Definitely know the Fleetwood Mac, the Indigo Girls, the Cars, the Tragically Hip...maybe the Big Star, Incubus and Stereolab. (The Mighty Lightweights, I seem to recall, was an album that I bought on eMusic by accident when I just wanted to preview it.)
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Today I was listening to "All The Pain Money Can Buy" by Fastball (1998)
#music #listening #Fastball
Today I was listening to "All You Can Eat" by k.d. lang (1995)
#music #listening #KDLang
#AlternateFridayMusic for September 11 2026 the theme is "Parody"
Artist: Weird Al Yankovic
Album: Polka Party (1986)
Song: Dog Eat Dog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuSlrEoPWoQ
Yes, I know that somebody already posted a Weird Al song, but that was just a regular parody. I'm always more impressed by his "style parodies" where he's trying to encompass a band's style as a whole rather than a particular song. I didn't always notice these at first, and this may have been one of the first I actually identified as such. It is, of course, aimed at Talking Heads, particularly around the "Little Creatures" area, maybe as far back as "Remain In Light".
#music #WeirdAlYankovic
Dog Eat Dog
#FortnightFridayMusic for September 18 2026 the theme is "Chocolate"
Artist: Ween
Album: Chocolate & Cheese (1994)
Song: Voodoo Lady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrU8rSbRyQY
Ween are...I don't even know. Dark genre pastiche artists who commit to the bit? Chameleons who don't have one true style, voice or face. They Might Be Giants on really hard drugs, I said once. I don't even know. Not afraid to push the envelope too far. They did a song for South Park and maybe that's the closest analogue. Anyway, this song is basically a disco pastiche with a fuzz-guitar psychedelic break in the middle. I always think it's longer than it is.
The video is devoid of black people and has reverse video and flashing lights in it. Hadn't seen it before.
Today I was listening to "All That You Can't Leave Behind" by U2 (2000)
#music #listening #U2
#AlternateFridayMusic for July 3 2026 the theme is "Mushroom Love"
Artist: Tim Minchin
Album: Ready For This? (2009)
Song: If I Didn't Have You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEyJnwPIr4Q
Love is nothing to do with destined perfection
The connection is strengthened
The affection simply grows over time
Like a flower
Or a mushroom
Or a guinea pig
Or a vine
Or a sponge
Or bigotry
...or a banana
My wife doesn't care much for this song, but however much Minchin is digging a hole for himself with this song, it does basically accord with my beliefs about "soulmates"...
#music #TimMinchin
#AlternateFridayMusic for May 8 2026 the theme is "energized"? Okay sure
Artist: Shriekback
Album: Oil & Gold (1985)
Song: Malaria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBg5SoHajoI
I guess we doin' a different kind of prompt now? w/e
There are many reasons that "Oil & Gold" is still top of my albums list after all these years, and one of them is the 1-2-3 punch that kicks off the album, kinetic songs propelled mostly by Dave Allen's basslines and Carl Marsh's near-shouted vocals. It's a close call between this one the the second track, "Everything That Rises But Converge". (I guess maybe "Fish Below The Ice" sinks to mere "menacing" levels.)
I'm living in a neon house! I'm living in avalanche road! I'm living in hangover city!
#music #Shriekback
Shriekback "Malaria" 1985
#FortnightFridayMusic for April 3 2026 the word is "Blue"
Artist: Style Council
Album: Absolute Beginners Soundtrack (1986)
Song: Have You Ever Had It Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLXcQL5LAc
I've never been an unreserved Paul Weller fan. Whether with the Jam, or the Style Council, or solo, I find his output uneven. But this song is one of my favourites. It was apparently written for the "Absolute Beginners" movie musical (which I've never seen, but I do have the soundtrack album), and the melody was reused, with more political lyrics, for the song "With Everything To Lose" from the album "Internationalists"/"Our Favourite Shop". (Not the other way around, as I thought until today, because "Internationalists" came out first...)
Now I'm listening to "20 Jazz Funk Greats" by Throbbing Gristle (1979)
#music #listening #ThrobbingGristle
#FortnightFridayMusic for July 10 2026 the prompt is "Wild"
Artist: Screaming Blue Messiahs
Album: Gun Shy (1986)
Song: Wild Blue Yonder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM5jRl4Ijtg
It took me a while to really warm to this song, but it has a great guitar line and eventually I gave in.
#music #ScreamingBlueMessiahs
#MondayRandom10
Wow, I don't know many of these today. Definitely know the Sinéad O'Connor, somewhat familiar with the Nick Lowe, and the Tchaikovsky (I think it's the one with cannons). I feel like I should know the John Farnham but it's one of those vague titles that probably is barely in the song so it's not coming to mind. Might recognize the Jitters one if I heard it.
#MondayRandom10
Good selection this time...by which I mean I think I know more of these than usual. The Cult, the Melissa Etheridge, the Talking Heads, the John Taylor (and that soundtrack album is on the schedule for today), the Pat McCurdy, and the Thomas Dolby (one of my favourites!). (Maybe having Wizard Rock in my playlist is problematic, but as far as I can tell it's not giving Rowling any money so it's harmless. And maybe I'd know that song too if I heard it, I just can't remember that the tree's "open letter" is about.)
Today I was listening to "50-Odd Dollars" by Fred Eaglesmith (1999)
#music #listening #FredEaglesmith
I'm currently listening to "1999" by Prince (1983)
#music #listening #Prince
#MondayRandom10
Only really know the Iron Maiden and Simply Red songs here. Oh, and "Maneater" I guess. I suppose the Glee song is the Salt N Pepa song, not the Garbage song that I know better. (Vanessa Cardui the most obscure, as a Calgary artist with whom I am personally acquainted.)
Replying to
@Pepijn
Our smoke detector routinely goes off when we are broiling meat in the oven, if we don't turn on the overhead fan first. But one time we accidentally set a cloth pot-holder on fire on the new stove, and there was literally visible smoke throughout the house, and it did _nothing_. So it's sensitive, but to the wrong things.
Today I was listening to "1989" by Taylor Swift (2014)
#music #listening #TaylorSwift
Today I was listening to "1984: For The Love of Big Brother" by Eurythmics (1984)
#music #listening #Eurythmics
Definitely know the Weird Al and the Mothers of Invention songs, probably the Reba McEntire and Fun Boy Three songs. Lucid Sins must be pretty new, the name is only vaguely familiar.
Now I'm listening to "A Child's Adventure" by Marianne Faithfull (1983)
#music #listening #MarianneFaithfull
I'm currently listening to "All The Time, All The Time, All The Time..." by The Box (1985)
#music #listening #TheBox
Now I'm listening to "All Things Must Pass" by George Harrison (1970)
#music #listening #GeorgeHarrison
Replying to
@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space
I can't decide if they're both male or not. I mean, it is from 1982 so female doctors were likely still considered rare, but it's hard to tell. Doesn't really matter, I suppose. It's still a little uncanny.
(Also: concept art for "How To Get Ahead In Medicine" starring Richard E. Grant.)
Today I was listening to "All This Useless Beauty" by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1996)
#music #listening #ElvisCostello
Today I was listening to "154" by Wire (1979)
#music #listening #Wire
Replying to on universeodon.com
@fc@universeodon.com
For this week, I know the Tom Petty one the best; I have the Led Zeppelin, Juliana Hatfield and Flaming Lips ones in my collection but don't know them well; familiar with Everlast, Joy Division, Oscar Peterson and The Smithereens in general but not those particular songs.
Now I'm listening to "200 km/h In The Wrong Lane" by t.A.T.u. (2002)
#music #listening #t.A.T.u.
Now I'm listening to "Interventions And Lullabies" by The Format (2003)
#music #listening #TheFormat
Today I was listening to "All That We Needed" by Plain White T's (2005)
#music #listening #PlainWhiteTs
I'm currently listening to "All Things Being Equal" by Sonic Boom (2020)
#music #listening #SonicBoom
Today I was listening to "All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes" by Pete Townshend (1982)
#music #listening #PeteTownshend
Today I was listening to "All You Need Is" by Love & Money (1986)
#music #listening #LoveAndMoney
Today I was listening to "A Blessing And A Curse" by Drive-By Truckers (2006)
#music #listening #DriveByTruckers
Now I'm listening to "Western Stars" by Bruce Springsteen (2019)
#music #listening #BruceSpringsteen
Replying to
@stormygleason@hachyderm.io
Know the Love & Rockets one well, vaguely familiar with the Kirsty MacColl, have other songs by Fairport Convention, Bill Laswell, and Squirrel Nut Zippers, vaguely cognizant of the existence of the Mekons and Los Straitjackets.
Today I was listening to "2nd Opinion" by 4 Out of 5 Doctors (1982)
#music #listening #4OutOf5Doctors
#AlternateFridayMusic September 25 2026 the cue is "Bleak"
Artist: Chris de Burgh
Album: Eastern Wind (1980)
Song: Eastern Wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJRLcI5uzU
Chris de Burgh was on the verge of his breakthrough here--his next album would have "Don't Pay The Ferryman" and a few years after that he'd hit "The Lady In Red". And this album was already easing a little into lighter pop numbers. But the closing number is a quiet-to-intense number about the dread of one's quiet farming existence being ravaged by the "Eastern wind" of war and upheaval. For some reason it was the first one that came to mind for "bleak", because de Burgh's voice captures the feeling of hopelessness and despair.
#music #ChrisDeBurgh