skullkrusher: dude, that's why God invented the internet

fair enough. Al Gore is pretty god-like. ;)

But seriously, being mean/rude just makes me kind of sad. Sarcastic, oppositional, etc? That's alright, but I try not to be a dick about it. For purely self-serving reasons. Cause it makes me sad/upset to be mean to people. Even on the internet.

homeschooled: The Goddamn Batman: Montgomery Gentry? Come on, no one likes Montgomery Gentry.

but........I like Montgomery Gentry...

Ergo you are Nobody.

markfara: /Yeah, you get it.
//I'm edgy.

No phillip glass?

gulogulo: homeschooled: The Goddamn Batman: Montgomery Gentry? Come on, no one likes Montgomery Gentry.

but........I like Montgomery Gentry...

Ergo you are Nobody.

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do you have any tobacco?

Snapper Carr: (for shame, Mr. President. There is never a good time to play Darius Rucker)



i can haz cheezburger?

markfara: CapnBlues: markfara: /Yeah, you get it.
//I'm edgy.

No phillip glass?

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When I'm in the mood for free-floating anxiety set to music, sure.

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It's not all like that. :)

markfara: toraque: For some reason I always pictured Obama listening to the Talking Heads.

"You may find yourself . . behind the wheel of a large automobile."

With a little practice, you can walk, you can talk just like me. . . .

Some civil servants are just like my loved ones
They work so hard and they try to be strong

Green Onions? Mr. Blue Sky? Tragic Kingdom?

Respectable list.

I've decided I will vote for whichever candidate plays Pleasureman Gunther & The Sunshine Girls - The Ding Dong Song at their next campaign rally. Truly any man who's willing to play that understands me.

markfara: I met Kim Gordon once. She was very nice.

Kim Gordon reminds me (physically) of the only ex I've ever feared for my life because of. she was nuts, and yes, it was awesome while it lasted.

Bloody William: I loved U2 until they started to suck around the mid-90s. Anything around Joshua Tree's still great.

God yes. Love Joshua Tree. Exit is one of my favorite songs still, just from the way it all comes together. I liked Rattle and Hum, I thought it had a lot of good tunes, if not particularly unique ones. Achtung Baby has several excellent songs and at least a couple I don't like. After that... U2 ceases to exist.

What's weird is I remember Boy and War but not Unforgettable Fire. Never even heard of it. Huh.

markfara: About 1/3 of Sonic Youth's output is indeed objectively bad. The rest ranges from amazing to merely good. (Seriously, "Rather Ripped" was one of the best releases of 2006.)



pretty much this. One's opinion of Sonic Youth probably depends on which album they listened to first.

Obviously, no Zappa.

RumsfeldsReplacement: Ricky Martin?????

Strategeryz0r: Ricky Martin?!?!

Ricky Martin, featuring Joss Stone

LewDux: RumsfeldsReplacement: Ricky Martin?????

Strategeryz0r: Ricky Martin?!?!

Ricky Martin, featuring Joss Stone

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Touche

NightOwl2255: Red Rocks

Sadly no. I didn't get to Colorado until 1987. It was weird, they'd schedule their main tour dates in Denver at the coliseum or something, but every couple of years there'd be a "surprise" show at Red Rocks. It was like that with less popular bands like Midnight Oil as well (which also put on a great farking show there). Anyway, the one I went to was after Joshua Tree came out, but after the official tour. Don't ask me to get more specific than that, because those were some lost years. :-)

markfara: CapnBlues: markfara: CapnBlues: markfara: /Yeah, you get it.
//I'm edgy.

No phillip glass?

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When I'm in the mood for free-floating anxiety set to music, sure.

Link (new window)

It's not all like that. :)

That's not too bad, actually. Was that Laurie Anderson I heard in there?

I have no idea. been listening to parts of that opera for about 12 years now. Basically, if you look at the pieces from "einstein on the beach" that are "Knee [#]" they're pretty listenable. His opera Akhnaten was also pretty listenable. You know, for Philip Glass, so right away whatever.

Karma Curmudgeon: dickfreckle: gulogulo: Mr Blue Sky makes me happy. It is my happy song and thus this list makes me happy.

That song sometimes brings tears of joy to my eyes. Love the choral at the end.

/Bruce

Speaking of Bruce, Don't Bring Me Down would be a pretty lulzy choice. I liked Mr. Blue Sky a lot more before it reborn into ad scores and bumper music.

Not to mention random YouTube videos.
Heavy Goes Bowling (new window)

/peelz

The Best Thing about Me Is You - Ricky Martin, featuring Joss Stone

IMPEACH!

No Motley Crue? What could possibly be more American than the Crue (or Van Halen)??

He's just showing off because he can have all these songs on his playlist and not get sued by the artists. The GOP candidates can't even hum a tune without having the original artist telling them to "stop it".

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It's still one of the "whitest" playlists ever. All he needs is some Huey Lewis.

/Working Men are Pissed

homeschooled: I wonder what Abraham Lincoln would think about presidents having playlists, and releasing them on f*cking Spotify as part of their campaigns.

What a joke.

Just like Obama's presidency then. The man is a joke and unfit to lead.

toraque: For some reason I always pictured Obama listening to the Talking Heads.

"You may find yourself . . behind the wheel of a large automobile."

That's it, I'm burning all my talking heads records. The thought of that person listening to the same music I do makes me feel physically sick.

List incomplete without 'Damn it feels good to be a gangsta'

Come on, there's even a verse about being President.

Rueened: toraque: For some reason I always pictured Obama listening to the Talking Heads.

"You may find yourself . . behind the wheel of a large automobile."

That's it, I'm burning all my talking heads records. The thought of that person listening to the same music I do makes me feel physically sick.

no one's biting, dude. *shrug* some days, it ain't easy.

markfara: FeedTheCollapse: markfara: About 1/3 of Sonic Youth's output is indeed objectively bad. The rest ranges from amazing to merely good. (Seriously, "Rather Ripped" was one of the best releases of 2006.)



pretty much this. One's opinion of Sonic Youth probably depends on which album they listened to first.

True. Luckily, my first exposure to them was "Goo," an album I still cherish.



I like Goo, but I can see why someone might not be impressed with it. Goo and Dirty are very much of their time, even if they're otherwise good albums. It feels cliche to say it, but Daydream Nation seems to be the perfect blend of their noisier early era and the more song-oriented latter era. Recommending SY is a bit hard as I think one's taste would probably dictate the better place to start (though I think Washing Machine-onward, with some exceptions, are very hit or miss).


Either way, Obama is totally a Bad Moon Rising kind of guy.

I have 7 of those songs on my iPhone. And really, there's no good reason why I don't have Aretha's cover of The Weight (or at least Mavis's).

Obama is actually a lot like U2. Both can be pretty damned inspirational and stirring, even if their most recent efforts have been half-hearted. Both are a little too "churchy" for their own good. And both are frequently attacked by empty-headed loudmouths who really don't know what they're talking about, but insist on shouting you down anyway.

markfara: I didn't care much for "The Eternal" the first time I heard it, although it has grown on me since.


I think I listened to The Eternal once. I may have to go back and relisten, but I thought it was really weak, especially coming off of Rather Ripped.


Is your handle a veiled Guided By Voices reference?


I've gotten that before. It's a Main reference.

Rueened: toraque: For some reason I always pictured Obama listening to the Talking Heads.

"You may find yourself . . behind the wheel of a large automobile."

That's it, I'm burning all my talking heads records. The thought of that person listening to the same music I do makes me feel physically sick.

He also breathes oxygen, so do us all a favor :)

Needs more Duke Silver.

I'm worried about the Black Eyed Peaness of it all.

Skleenar: Farkn Yaj Yenrac: 20 bucks says Obama picked less than 5 of those if any and an intern spent a week researching to get the proper "We're all in this together, roll up your sleeves, bring me back again, we're different but we can still relate, inspirational" mix and ensuring that there was not one possible controversial line for Fox News to nitpick. Hooray America.

It's really a change for the worse from the artistically challenging, but oh so true -to-his-soul campaign song lists of GWB.

I mean, those cuts from PiL's Metal Box GW used to fire up the crowds with really said something about who he was, even if it was difficult for his campaign crowds to follow.

You speak the truth. I also loved that he walked out on F**k the Police. It really showed you his soul.
Cheney using Imperial March for his entrance song was maybe a little too literal, though.

Famous Thamas: Rueened: toraque: For some reason I always pictured Obama listening to the Talking Heads.

"You may find yourself . . behind the wheel of a large automobile."

That's it, I'm burning all my talking heads records. The thought of that person listening to the same music I do makes me feel physically sick.

He also breathes oxygen, so do us all a favor :)

Not so. I have it on good authority that as an extraterrestrial, he breathes hydrogen.

So you won't catch me out like that.

Raphael Saadiq?

SECRET MOOSLIM

No, Fox News will run with the fact Obama likes a song that was written about Marijuana. Got to Get You into My Life (new window)