1. Weezer, Pork and Beans.” There are two Weezer modes that Weezer lovers love: “Blue Album” and Pinkerton. “Pork and Beans, from the “Red Album,” is very “Blue.” Given Mr. Cuomo’s antipathy toward Pinkerton, fans of the disc that birthed emo will be waiting a long time for such a foray, but as long as it doesn’t involve another trip to “Beverly Hills,” I think we’ll all be happy.
2. Funkadelic, “Cosmic Slop.”
3. Bis, “Powerpuff Girls Closing Theme.”
4. Charlotte Hatherley, “Behave.”
5. Flight of the Conchords, “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room).” “You’re so beautiful, you could be a part-time model.”
6. Ghostface Killah, “Beauty Jackson.”
7. Ween, “Spirit Walker.”
8. The Sleepy Jackson, “You Won’t Bring People Down in My Town.”
9. Iron & Wine, “Radio War.”
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes.” No artist will be the same as they were 20 years before, and it’s safe to say that if that were true of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they would all be in the same shape as Hillel Slovak. But of all the bands from the classic KROQ days, I wish the RHCP’s spirit and music today hewed closer to the original blueprint, a peculiar mix of seminal hip-hop, Frank Zappa and George Clinton. Because today, they could bore me into a coma.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
1. “Vogue” Madonna
2. “Baby Driver” Simon and Garfunkel
3. “50 Ways to Leave your Lover” Paul Simon
4. “Love You” Free Design
5. “Armee Guineenne” Bembeya Jazz National
6. “Stay Another Season” Free Design (OK, it’s spring, I get it!)
7. “A Rose For Emily” The Zombies
8. “Overture from ‘The Cowboys’” John Williams
9. “Ace in the Hole” Paul Simon
10. “Pink Bullets” The Shins
Wow, apparently that first Madonna track did NOT set the pace.
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May 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
1. Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
2. Burt Bacharach - Don’t Make Me Over
3. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Road
4. Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
5. Roxy Music - Tara
6. Tom Waits - Ice Cream Man
7. The Mamas & The Papas - Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)
8. Travis - Sing
9. Rush - Lakeside Park
10. Dionne Warwick - Message To Michael
May 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
1. Dogs Die in Hot Cars, “Lounger”
2. The Georgia Satellites, “Almost Saturday Night”
3. Young@Heart Chorus, “Forever Young”
4. The Flaming Lips, “Mr. Ambulance Driver”
5. Solomon Burke, “Someone Is Watching”
6. The Deathray Davies, “The Fall Fashions”
7. Patsy Cline, “Walkin’ After Midnight”
8. Nat King Cole, “Unforgettable”
9. Miles Davis, “Recollections”
10. Johnny Cash, “I Walk the Line”