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September 24, 2005

A Very Special Friday Random Play

In which I put my top 10 favorite records of all time (not including "Master of Puppets", "Bizarre Ride..." or "Physical Graffiti" since they aren't on Rhapsody) and hit shuffle. 20 songs to give every album a better chance of being represented.

  1. The Clash - "The Card Cheat": London Calling
  2. John Coltrane - "Pursuance Part 3": A Love Supreme
  3. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - "Who?": Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
  4. Sonic Youth - "Cross the Breeze": Daydream Nation
  5. Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant": Never Mind the Bollocks...
  6. Son Volt - "Live Free": Trace
  7. The Rolling Stones - "You Got the Silver": Let it Bleed
  8. The Geraldine Fibbers - "Dragon Lady": Lost Somewhere Between the Earth...
  9. Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot": Daydream Nation
  10. The Clash - "Four Horsemen": London Calling
  11. Tom Waits - "The Heart of Saturday Night": The Heart of Saturday Night
  12. Eric Dolphy - "Hat and Beard": Out to Lunch
  13. Brian Jonestown Massacre - "This is Why You Love Me": Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
  14. John Coltrane - "Psalm Pt. 4": A Love Supreme
  15. The Clash - "Clampdown": London Calling
  16. The Rolling Stones - "Monkeyman": Let it Bleed
  17. The Pixies - "Debaser": Doolittle
  18. The Geraldine Fibbers - "House is Falling": Lost Somewhere...18
  19. The Rolling Stones - "Gimmee Shelter": Let it Bleed
  20. The Clash - "Lost in the Supermarket": London Calling

Posted by Half-Cocked at September 24, 2005 12:14 AM

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Ahhhh.. Let it Bleed. I think the best or second best of the "holy four" (beggars/let it bleed/sticky/exile). "Daydream Nation" - I actually saw SY at First Ave in Downtown Mnpls on Nov 7, 1988. Still got the ticket stub. They had a ton of Fender Jags lined up b/c they broke strings on nearly every song.

Posted by: Mr. T at September 24, 2005 05:59 PM

I've seen SY in Minneapolis thrice. Twice at First Avenue and once at the Walker Art Center. The Daydream Nation tour in '88 was not one of them though. I was 16 at the time and only bought tapes based on what I read in Rolling Stone. Daydream Nation was one of them, though. They had to have all those extra axes because each song called for a different tuning. Playing a SY song on your own is such a pain in the ass because you have to completely fuck up your guitar in order to do it right.

Posted by: Steve at September 25, 2005 02:34 AM

They played at the Walker? Wow must have missed that one. I no longer follow SY but, I believe Daydream was probably there last, good album, maybe even their best after Sister. The pre-Nirvana hardcore and post-punk days will always be remembered. The Minutemen, the Meat Puppets, ahhhh....those were the days. I also saw Husker Du at First Ave before they started building snowmen on stage. The Butthole Surfers were magnificent back then as well.

Posted by: Mr. T at September 30, 2005 08:04 PM