Random 10 for September 23, 2009
1. The Cure, “Hot Hot Hot.” Robert Smith gets just about as funky as his dreary Gothic self will allow in this classic from 1987′s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. When glorious tracks like this one from the days when I could chew on my bangs reassert themselves on the iPod, I have to ask why Smith cannot seem to make a record now that is more fun than your average traffic ticket. Nobody wants their favorite bands to break up, but there’s always a worse alternative.
2. Lily Allen, “—- You.”
3. Chris Walla, “Geometry &c.”
4. Datarock, “True Stories.” No, these Norwegians didn’t simply drag out a copy of the amazing Once In a Lifetime box set and start scribbling song titles — well, clearly they did do something like that, but not just that. The music on this great single is an unexpectedly strong homage to the Eno/Byrne African high-life rhythms found on Fear of Music and Remain in Light, so these goofballs clearly did their homework.
5. Metric, “Stadium Love.”
6. Menomena, “Wet and Rusting.”
7. Radiohead, “All I Need.”
8. King of Prussia, “Misadventures of the Campaign Kids.”
9. Marissa Nadler, “Your Heart is a Twisted Vine.”
The Bird & The Bee - Love Letter To Japan
10. The Bird and the Bee, “Love Letter To Japan.” If Greg Kurstin and Inara George weren’t over 30 in this “Logan’s Run” chart environment, this song could have easily been a huge pop hit. The video was clearly shot in Los Angeles, not Shinjuku — and labeled as such for your convenience — but both Bird and Bee are LA creatures, so we expect nothing less.
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1. Terence Trent D’Arby, “If You Let Me Stay”
2. John Lee Hooker, “It’s My Own Fault”
3. Charlie Rich, “Lonely Weekends”
4. Marianne Faithful, “As Tears Go By”
5. Bob Seger, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man”
6. The Dead Milkmen, “Two Feet Off the Ground”
7. The Beatles, “She’s a Woman”
8. The Dixie Chicks, “There’s Your Trouble”
9. The Dream Academy, “The Love Parade”
10. My Morning Jacket, “Touch Me, I’m Going to Scream, Pt. 2″