1) Danielle Howe – Kill My Love For You
2) Vashti Bunyan – Lately
3) Le Tigre – Mediocrity Rules
4) Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus
5) Scissor Sisters – Laura
6) Ultravox! – Saturday Night in the City of the Dead
7) Billy Bragg – A New England
8) Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
9) Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out (Beatles cover, the only Stevie Wonder song I can handle)
10) Dim Stars – Monkey
I’ve recently rediscovered MC Lyte and I’m consistently blown away by her voice and her rhymes. I wish for more badass women like her in mainstream hip hop that aren’t presented as sexpots or novelty acts. Here’s Paper Thin:
And a remix by MF Doom, MC Lyte – Paper Thin (Shallots). Right click, save as.
Week four of the real FRT for me:
Artist — “Song”
Les Misérables Original Cast — “The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery”
Peter Tchaikovsky — “Manfred Symphony, 4th Movement” (performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra)
PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele) — “II Simply Grand Minuet”
Pantera — “Primal Concrete Sledge”
James Carter & the Prisoners — “Po’ Lazarus”
Dave Matthews Band — “You Never Know”
Black Star — “Twice Inna Lifetime”
Opeth — “The Baying of the Hounds”
Rage Against the Machine — “Killing in the Name”
Black Sabbath — “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
Bonus: Charles Mingus — “Peggy’s Blue Skylight”
1. The Camera Eye by Rush // 2. Commando by The Ramones // 3. I Thank You by Sam & Dave // 4. La Regle de Jeu by Pizzicato Five // 5. Ball and Chain by XTC // 6. Nothing by Anthrax // 7. Tennessee Two-Step by Joe Maphis // 8. My Man Called Me by Big Mama Thornton // 9. Dancing With Myself by Nouvelle Vague // 10. Shootout at the Fantasy Factory by Traffic
1. “Takin’ It All The Way”, United State of Electronica
2. “Ode To Billy Joe”, Bobbie Gentry
3. “Copacabana”, Barry Manilow
4. “Foreplay/Long Time”, Boston
5. “Hush”, Deep Purple
6. “Hey Nineteen”, Steely Dan
7. “I Can’t Wait”, Nu Shooz
8. “Pop Goes The Weasel”, 3rd Bass
9. “Sure Shot”, Beastie Boys
10. “The Warrior”, Scandal featuring Patty Smyth