Fire ‘em up and spit ‘em out.
1) Reigning Sound – We Repel Each Other
2) Le Tigre – Sixteen
3) The Rezillos – My Baby Does Good Sculptures
4) Sufjan Stevens – Size Too Small
5) Mos Def – Mathematics
6) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – She’s Leaving You
7) The Dirtbombs – Do You See My Love
8) The Cramps – Fever
9) Buzzcocks – What Do I Get?
10) Motorhead – Fire Fire
And the obligatory Friday video:
I have a fantastic acoustic version of this song, and I know Johnny Cash covers it on one of his later albums. I just have a thing for gawky, maudlin Nick Cave.
What, no more biopics? Well, this could make a story. Not necessarily mine, but the Funeral Song is apt.
1. Opening Credits:
Let the Wind Blow – The Beach Boys
A couple of years before Brian Wilson resigned himself to being “a leaf on a windy day,” he prays for one exception to the laws of nature, “Don’t take her out of my life.”
2. Childhood:
Five Years – David Bowie
See, I’m 5 years old? No?
3. First Day of School:
Gitarren, Spielt Auf – The Comedian Harmonists
Uh, OK, strike up the guitars!
4. Falling in Love:
Strange Pursuit – Devo
5. Breaking Up:
Took Her Hand – The Cynics
“I took her hand to prove that I’m her man.” It didn’t work.
6. Falling in Love Again:
Backwards Overload – Raymond Scott
Electronic experiment/Electronium demonstration. Make what you will of the title. Interestingly, the remains of the Electronium are now owned by Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo.
7. Breaking Up Again:
Are You Jerkin’ Back & Forth? – Devo
Not the more familiar 1981 song.
8. Prom:
Dining Room – BPA
“You’re scattering my nerves… On Earth you’ll never be sane… I’ll never cry when he dies” I need help with this.
9. Birth of Child:
Ripples [Montage] – Raymond Scott
All sequencing done by the Circle Machine, Scott’s main instrument for the Soothing Sounds For Baby series.
10. Life Sucks:
Reuben and Cynthia – Gina Ferraro & William Schaffer
C: When will women be “forc’d to stop this doing things just like the men [?]” R: “…When she comes to strike a match.” What in hell does that mean?
11. Life’s Okay:
BACH: BWV 140 (So geh herein zu mir) – The Bach Ensemble/Joshua Rifkin
This recitative is about the joy of being married to Christ.
12. Mental Breakdown:
Blind Dog – BPA
13. Driving Theme:
The First Time Ever – Lopez Sophisticates
A gentle acoustic song with lyrics taken from exceptionally banal chitchat from an exceptionally pretentious prOn movie is not my idea of driving music. Maybe a different kind of driving is meant.
14. Flashback:
The Ghost Of Liberace – Sparks
15. High School Reunion:
I’m a Potato – Devo
16. Commitment Ceremony:
Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls – Sparks
17. Middle Age:
The Pacific Railroad – Cincinnati University Singers
18. Last Years:
Lovelines Questions – Chuck Jones
Not the cartoon director. That’s right, I’ll spend my dotage babbling intrusive romantic questions until the nurse puts a pillow over my face.
19. Funeral Song:
The place where the nuts hunt the squirrels – Napoleon XIV
20. End Credits:
Nice Streets Above – Wire
This website sees a first. Since i’ve been doing FRTs, i’ve been cheating a wee bit, because i didn’t have mp3age on my computer. Now, i have downloaded iTunes, in anticipation of an iPod i’m getting for Saturnalia, so for the first time ever, my FRT will reflect what i actually own, not what i wish i owned. Let’s see what happens:
Artist — “Song”
The Roots — “Intro/There’s Something Goin’ On”
Black Star — “RE: Definition”
Nelly Feat. Cedric the Entertainer — “Gettin’ It Started”
Jimi Hendrix — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Metallica — “Of Wolf and Man”
Kittie — “In Dreams”
Led Zeppelin — “Trampled Underfoot”
White Zombie — “Electric Head: The Agony (Pt. 1)”
A Perfect Circle — “Peace Love and Understanding”
Georg Friedrich Händel — “The Messiah: His Yoke is Easy”
And Bonus Track: Dave Brubeck Quartet: “Take Five”