'Move my feet and touch my soul,
bass line, drum beat, rock 'n' roll
Just play that music' - Big Audio Dynamite 'Just Play Music'
I love music. I can't sing, but Iove to warble tonelessly to any and all songs that are on my iPod. I love most music but seemed to have got a bit stuck in alternative 80's and 90's music, so that a very small percentage of what i listen to was made post 2000. I like what I like. I hate techno and a lot of dance music. As with everyone, songs remind me of very specifiic times and places. There is definitely a soundtrack to my life (KH!) and music has been an integral part of almost every relationship I've ever had. So, I thought that I would do what I used to do all of the time from a very young age with cassette tapes and then cds - make a mix. I'll try and do it once a month and I'll put a link from youtube so you can hear/see it. Let me know your likes and dislikes. The first one is called 'Just Play Music' and here it is:
Just Play Music by Big Audio Dynamite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDwY87UP1zI
Ah, Mick Jones. Saw this band first in 1986 and saw them again this January and they were just as brilliant now as then.
Kiss Me, Deadly by Generation X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe5PaIa0SX4
Would you look at that 17 year-old Billy Idol?
Sometime to Return by Soul Asylum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_lGnFtKJrk&ob=av2e
My favorite song to do my verison of a headbanging dance. Trivia: Singer Dave Pirner once dated Winona Ryder.
April Skies by the Jesus and Mary Chain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPPP3BXurHk&ob=av2e One of my favorite bands. Poppy songs with lots of guitar.
Hitsville UK by the Clash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cI2FEtDefs
Very atypical song by my favorite band of all time, the Clash, from their much-maligned triple LP, Sandinista! The female singer, Ellen Foley, later appeared for one season on the TV show Night Court.
Hold My Life by the Replacements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOrcMxmEug&feature=fvst The most brilliant and dysfunctional band of their time. One time I saw them and the roadie had to play drums for the whole gig because the drummer went to the movies with his girlfriend.
Start Choppin' by Dinosaur Jr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUzTKMa1Yu8
J Mascis rarely speaks to his audience, but when he does its with the same lackadaisical drawl that defines his songs. A unique voice, not to everyone's liking, but I love it.
Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMXjunSx80
I was lucky enough to see him a few times at Sin-e in NYC. What could have been.
Dissident by Pearl Jam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-aF5mPHrKQ
I loved so-called grunge in '92 and I love it today. Its my 'get your angst out' music.
Third Stone from the Sun by Jimi Hendrix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUg7xl4kKUw
The short version (!) of this fantastic instrumental by the incomparable Hendrix.
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