JCC Song Shuffle

Today:

Monster ~ Lady GaGa
Ringo No Uta ~ Voltaire
Hate Lives in a Small Town ~ Voltaire
The Canyon ~ A.R. Rahman
Endlos ~ Heimataerde
Robber Baron ~ Voltaire
Last Hope ~ Apocalyptica
Gloria et Morte ~ Heimataerde
Buck Dich ~ Rammstein
Debra ~ Beck

 

Continues

Fair and Guiling Copesmate Death ~ Theatre of Tragedy
Higeki Wa ~ Dir en Grey
And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad ~ Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
Liebesspiel ~ Lacrimosa
Eifersucht ~ Rammstein
Coin Operated Goi ~ Voltaire
Oh Lord (Wake The Dead) ~ Voltaire
Du Hast (Jacob Hellner Remix)
Maximus ~ Hans Zimmer
Keine Lust ~ Rammstein

 

Baba O'Riley - The Who
Impressionable - Helmet
Stan - Eminem & Dido
Aneurysm - Nirvana
FBLA - Helmet
Heart Of Stone - The Rolling Stones
Outshined - Soundgarden
Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
Born On The Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
All My Life - Foo Fighters

 

Boomin' Granny - Beastie Boys
Dearly Departed - DeVotchKa
Mr. Ambulance Drive - Flaming Lips
Honey Pie - The Beatles
The Wedge (8-20-93) - Phish
It's All I Can Do - The Cars
Joe Bean - Johnny Cash
Untouchable Face - Ani DiFranco
A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to be Free - Elliott Smith
The Wanting Comes in Waves - The Decemberists

 

Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
The Art of Self-Defense - The Jesus Lizard
Summertime - John Coltrane
Hello, I Love You - The Doors
This Is a Call - Foo Fighters
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Lithium - Nirvana
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey
Opossum Minister - Clutch

 

Good Morning Beautiful - The The
Lola - The Kinks
Always Crashing in the Same Car - David Bowie
Golden Showers - Butthole Surfers
I've Been Waiting for You - Pixies
Your Lucky Day in Hell - Eels
The Curtain With (acoustic) - Phish
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
The HIV Song - Ween
Fight Test - Fllaming Lips

 

Passive Restraints - Clutch
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
Can't Stand Losing You - The Police
Crystal Morning - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Here Is No Why - Smashing Pumpkins
Resolution - John Coltrane
Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
Human Behaviour - Bjork
Karma Police - Radiohead

 

E. Charles White ~ Molotov
The Mob ~ Hans Zimmer
Por Ahi ~ Maldita Vecindad
Fassade -3. Satz ~ Lacrimosa
Cenizas ~ Maldita Vecindad
Noko ~ Molotov
The Information ~ Beck
On Whom The Moon Doth Shine ~ Theatre of Tragedy
Du Hast ~ Rammstein
Why so serious? ~ Hans Zimmer

 

Myxomatosis - Radiohead
Blandest - Nirvana
The tourist - Radiohead
Railroad Man - Eels
Glow Girl - The Who
Soft Shock - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Flame! - Heatmiser
Vultures - Phish
Harpua - Phish
Blue Sunday - The Doors

 

Nice.

 

Cloudless – Peter Gabriel
Commendatore Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fare Thee, Honey, Fare Thee Well (1st Take) – Count Basie
Queen of the Night – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eres Todo Para Mi – Free Chapel
Romans VII – Keith Green
Somebody to Hold Me – Jonathan Richman
I’m Waiting for You – Michael W. Smith
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Rebecca St. James

Cloudless – Peter Gabriel

This gorgeous piece is off of Gabriel’s instrumental soundtrack for the great film, Rabbit Proof Fence. The film is set in the past, but Gabriel’s soundtrack is surprisingly modern, an ambient, gorgeous, electronic score. Somehow it’s a perfect fit, the stark landscapes of Australia and the aching loneliness of the main characters matching up beautifully to the ambient, minimalist score.

Commendatore Scene – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

This one’s off the soundtrack for Amadeus, the wonderful, wonderful film about Salieri and his fraught relationship with the genius Mozart. This is a random track; I think I have the entire soundtrack on here, which is three CDs, packed to the limit with some of the most beautiful music ever created, mostly recorded by Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields. It’s an album crafted to create a love of classical music; if you know someone who steadfastly refuses to like classical music, force them to listen to this soundtrack and watch their resolve melt away.

Fare Thee, Honey, Fare Thee Well (1st Take) – Count Basie

This is off an essential jazz album, The Complete Decca Recordings of Count Basie, covering, on three CDs, the three years that Basie and his orchestra recorded on the Decca label. If you’re not into early jazz, this’ll get you into it. The recordings have been remastered to their best quality yet, though they still have some of the imperfections of their period. You won’t care though.

Queen of the Night – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

What a coincidence! It’s another one off the Amadeus soundtrack. This aria is from The Magic Flute and it’s one of the greatest arias ever written. The melody, when sung by someone with the chops, is breathtaking.

Eres Todo Para Mi – Free Chapel

Free Chapel is the church, with a campus in Georgia and another in California, pastored by Jentezen Franklin. Their worship group puts out a CD every year. This is a great, great live experience album. At the time of the release of this album, their worship leader was Hispanic, so he managed to work in a track in Spanish. The style isn’t Spanish at all, but it’s still a great song, rousing, energetic and fantastic.

Romans VII – Keith Green

Talked about Keith Green earlier. This one is off of So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt, one of his best albums, and an album that he GAVE AWAY for free at his concerts and to anyone who wrote and asked for one. Seems he didn’t think he should profit from making Christian music; I told you he was a figure like Christian music hasn’t seen since his death. It’s a quiet, piano based tune about human frailty.

Somebody to Hold Me – Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman’s work with the Modern Lovers was foundational early punk, but once he went solo, he changed tack. The wonderful album, Jonathan Sings, is a throwback to the styles of the late fifties. It’s pure comfort music. It’s simply impossible not to have a warm feeling that all is right with the world and love can conquer everything while listening to tracks like this one. Beautiful, inspiring pop. His voice may take a little while getting used to; he said of this album that his voice on this one was the voice of someone who always sounds like he has a cold when he actually has a cold. But it’s a taste well worth acquiring.

I’m Waiting for You – Michael W. Smith

I’ll Lead You Home is probably the best pop gospel album ever recorded. Smith has an incredible facility for catchy, evocative melodies. This closing song is as great an example of that as there is on the album. It’s a quiet, reverent meditation on God’s longing for reconciliation with every person. It has a wonderful wordless bridge that is pure beauty.

Sunshine of Your Love – Cream

Normally, I wouldn’t even mount a defense of this song. I mean, come on. but this particular version is a live recording from Cream’s BBC Sessions album. It’s a great album of Cream playing live on various BBC programs. A little interview stuff, but mostly just great, great songs put down live in studio. I have the main version of this song on here too, but you can’t pass up the BBC Sessions version of any of their songs.

Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Rebecca St. James

I think this is the only St. James song I have on here. I love this old Christmas folk song, but it never gets sung anymore. This version is far from folky. It’s really pretty punky, with a heavy bass and a distorted guitar that builds through the song. I enjoy it.

 

I'll have to check out those Cream BBC Sessions...

 

The Who one is good too.

Watto, what are you on about? Have I put something in the wrong genre again?

 

Tell you what, I'm-a post a real early jazz song shuffle.

*clicks early jazz folder*

 

On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
Peg On My Heart - Al Jolson
Stardust - Glenn Miller
Bread And Gravy - Ethel Waters
Rosetta - Art Tatum
Riverboat Shuffle - Wolverines
Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - Fats Waller
Lazy Bones - Hoagy Carmichael
Stratford Hunch - Jelly Roll Morton
Rocking Chair - Jack Teagarden & Louis Armstrong
Washboard Blues - Conny Boswell


Would ya look at that - no less than 5 Hoagy Carmichael compositions in a random selection of 10 early jazz tunes. No wonder he's my favorite composer. They sure don't make 'em like that anymore!

 

Would I receive a snide look/sneer if I said that I've never been able to get into jazz?

 

Not from me. Most jazz these days is just snobby.
But it started out as cool stuff for regular people. Tell me what you think of this, the first version of Stardust (1933):

 

It's okay, but not really my thing.

 

*smirk

 

I suppose a smirk is better than a sneer.

 

Tried John Coltrane?

 

Yes

 

Haha, OK. I really like Coltrane and some stuff by others such as Miles Davis. But I know what you mean, jazz can be hard to get into, and as mentioned above a lot of the contemporary / modern stuff is pretty snobby (and really not that good IMO).

You shouldn't have to try to like the music that you like.