Haircuts, beaches, robots, rainbows, Kodak pictures and polyester brides…
Sunshine, we are ready to rock, if you ever decide to return to the East Coast.
(Complete playlist is below the fold.)
playlist for
Summer Pop Vol. 2
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Watching The Detectives
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
The Clash – Rudie Can’t Fail
Elliott Smith – Baby Britain
The Dresden Dolls – Shores of California
The Cure – In Between Days
Pavement – Cut Your Hair
Squeeze – Tempted
Rolling Stones – She’s Like a Rainbow
Paul Simon – Kodachrome
The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane
Liz Phair – Polyesther Bride
Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation
Camper Van Beethoven – Good Guys and Bad Guys
Brian Eno – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1
The Patti Smith Group – Distant Fingers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
The Polyphonic Spree – Light & Day / Reach For The Sun
a few of these are classic O’mix tape standards!
you’re still my favorite radio station, Evan!
another note: I’ve recently been introduced to The Equals — a great late 60s British band, that penned a few of the songs that became Clash hits, like Police on my Back. Are you familiar with their albums? Another one: I just discovered Slade. Who knew that Cum On Feel The Noize was not a Quiet Riot original?? :)
Josie!
Yes… Good Guys and Bad Guys is still making the cut! Glad you’re out there listening in radio land.
I don’t know the Equals but cannot wait to check them out. Yay thanks for the tip. I tell ya tapping the undiscovered old music is really my favorite thing the past few years.
Some parties that I came late to (in the past decade) which fulfilled the promise of checking one’s pop music blind spots:
Wire – Pink Flag
70′s British punk. Ramones fast with Clash level musicianship… so good.
Nina Simone – I don’t know how I missed her but I am so happy that i will be listening to her from now until I depart this mortal curl (sp)
Brian Eno’s 1st two albums (Here Come The Warm Jets & Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy)
Better than Bowie. Sorry. needed to be said.
Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison – It’s like the sequel to Astral Weeks. Jazzy meandering vocals with very few hooks that make for a tres existential Irish trip.
RE: Slade
Don’t you remember?
Because of Sade I used to pronounce them “Schlardayy”
It’s in my best one-liners of 1986 collection.
You know they retired Kodachrome today. So in 10 years no one will have any idea what Paul Simon was on about.