Random 10 for Aug. 22, 2008
1. General Public, “I’ll Take You There”
2. Sun Volt, “Drown”
3. The Pretenders, “Thumbelina”
4. Bruce Springsteen, “Growin’ Up”
Another early Springsteen classic from his first record, way back in 1973: “I pushed B-52 and bombed ‘em with the blues / With my gear set stubborn on standing / Broke all the rules, strafed my old high school / Never once gave thought to landing / I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd / But when they said “come down” I threw up ..” OK, so it’s not exactly ”Catcher in the Rye,” but it’s fun to sing along to.
5. Siouxsie & The Banshees, “Fireworks”
6. The Boomtown Rats, “Rat Trap”
Funny that this Boomtown Rats song would come up, since this 1978 single is probably the closest Bob Geldof and mates ever came to a Springsteen-styled tale of young, working-class dreamers.
7. Fugazi, “KYEO”
8. Hank Williams, “Why Don’t You Love Me?”
9.Porno for Pyros, “Pets”
Perry Farrell is hands-down one of rock all-time insufferably obnoxious characters (and that’s saying something), but occasionally the self-absorbed freak can crank out a winner. Here, Farrell’s onetime band, Porno for Pyros, performs one of those winners, “Pets,” at Woodstock 1994.
10. The Monkees, “Last Train to Clarksville”
– Chase
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wow, that’s a true random ten, huh? no editing or forwarding to the next, slightly cooler song at all? i’m impressed.