Rand-o-music!

[Sunspots]

*bump!*

I've just worked out that my DVD player will play CDs full of mp3s ON RANDOM!!!

The anticipation that randomness creates is so refreshing! -It's great.

Ten tunes at random:

Janes Addiction ~ Been Caught Stealing
-Their 'hit'.

James Mercer, Sam Beam & Rosie Thomas ~ The Past & The Pending (Live)
-A Sub Pop acoustic live love-in.

Al Green ~ Simply Beautiful
-And it is.

Wiley Terry ~ Follow The Leader
-Funk before it was called funk.

The Dirtbombs ~ Got To Give It Up
-YEAH!!!

Yazoo ~ Don't Go
-Not sure where I got that from, but it's a classic.

Elliott Smith ~ The Ballad Of Big Nothing
-Seductively miserable.

Skip Spence ~ Little Hands
-Lovely little song, about...??

Dr. John ~ Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
-Stinky!

S.O.U.L. ~ Soul
-You gotta have it.

 

[Dubversion]

ok, this is cool.. let's see.

Don Carlos - I'm Not Crazy
sweet reggae voice, underrated

O.V. Wright - Everybody Knows
heartbreaking early soul, recommended by maya

Art Brut - Moving To LA
witty, abrasive, nasal

Thee Headcoats - Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot
scrabbly garage by men in deerstalkers

Sparklehorse - Saturday.
favourite song from my favourite ever album

Leatherface - Dead Industrial Atmosphere
Tyneside hardcore marvellousness

Stereolab - Ping Pong
French Marxism never sounded so bubbly

Low - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
the miserableness just got miserabler

Handsome Family - Intro to Magic Balls
a talky bit from a great live bootleg

PW Long's Reelfoot - Signifyin' Honkey
deeply brilliant and totally underrated US blues bastard

 

[Sunspots]

-I wanna have another go!
-I wanna have another go!
-I wanna have another go!

Ten more:

The Lovin' Spoonful ~ Speakin' Of Spoken
-A groovy little number.

Coco Rosie ~ Tekno Love Song
-Damaged but beautiful. Accompanied by a harp.

Vivian Stanshall ~ The Question
-As deep or as shallow a song as you wish it to be.

Candi Staton ~ Old Man's Sweetheart
-So good to hear her say it.

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood ~ Some Velvet Morning
-Practically guaranteed to be on any compilation I do. 'Cos it's fantastic.

The Velvet Underground ~ Candy Says
-'What do you think I'd see, if I could walk away from me?...'

LFO ~ Love Is The Message
-Cool, sexy, crystalline funk. A bit too uptempo after 'Candy Says'...

The Raspberries ~ Tonight
-The missing link between The Small Faces and Teenage Fanclub. Pure pop.

Steve Winwood ~ I'm A Man
-Another sixties groover. I really don't buy or read Mojo, honest.

Jolie Holland ~ Wandering Angus
-Helga, many thanks again for this. Utterly, utterly divine.

 

[chriswill]

Cappadonna - Revenge
Young Wu MC

Slayer - Seasons in the abyss
Lol different from the above

Thirteen Senses - Thru the glass
Ok, Not great

808 state - Bird
From Don solaris, OK

Manic Street Preachers - Repeat (UK)
"repeat after me fuck queen and country"

The Prodigy - Claustrophobic sting
Ahhhhhh

The verve - already there
Ok early track from a storm in heaven

Pearl Jam - W.M.A.
Top tune (not heard in ages)

Dizzee Rascal - Round we go
Shite, next

Ashanti - Baby
Erm....for the wife

 

[Dubversion]

well if you can..

Olav Basoski - Waterman (original dub)
housey track with Sister Nancy sample

the quik - berts apple crumble
mod boogaloo stuff

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
nothing's cooler.

julie london - cry me a river
wrenching

method man - release yo delf (prodigy mix)
moody

William S Burroughs - Words of Advice For Young People
so wrong it's right

Duke Ellington Orchestra & Count Basie Ochestra - Take the A Train
smooth

swervedriver - son of mustang ford
the one good tune they did, but what a tune

black box recorder - girl singing from the wreckage
sardonic and accurate and neurotic

kode 9 and daddy gee - sign of the dub
fucking dark

 

[spanglechick]

Hmmm - how is my mainstream taste going to hold up to scrutiny?

At least you're all going to know the songs I guess...

No Pun Intended - The hives
a not-too-embarrasing start. Love them live.

Remember Me - The Zutons
Used to love this album, but it all sounds a bit samey now.

I'm Just a Killer for Your Love - Blur
Feckin dirty Blur. Yummy.

It Can't come quickly enough - Scissor Sisters
SS tracks alway cheer me up on shuffle. Another great live act.

Someone Like the Moon - Pulp
niiiiice...

Repetition - Blur
Rather a lot of Blur on my ipod... but i like 'em

Michael - Franz Ferdinand
gah - FF have to be the antithesis of music forum tastes, right? ooops

Me and My Shadow - Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Junior
politically incorect, but swingingest fun, pally...

Mack the Knife - Frank Sinatra
my ipod often plays two in a row from the same album when on shuffle - anyway, good song with a great pedigree.

Denis - Blondie
...doo be doo, I'm in love with you...

great ending huh?

 

[Sunspots]

Ted Taylor ~ Ramblin' Rose
-Songs the MC5 taught us.

The Upsetters ~ Scratch The Dub Organiser
-Got to be this version. Super-reverbed emperor's march. Walk tall!

The Sonics ~ Have Love Will Travel
-Fuck that car ad. This rocks.

Cluster ~ Caramel
-Undeniably chirpy bit of krautrock. (-Are you listening, BoC?)

The Rascals ~ Little Dove
-US popsters get spiritual with the help of Alice Coltrane.

Swearing At Motorists ~ East Of Biloxi
-Required listening for morose drunks everywhere.

Anne Peebles ~ I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
-Peebles warbles: the house falls down. <sorry>

The Cramps ~ Twist & Shout
-Drug Train, but with different lyrics!

Funkadelic ~ Hit It & Quit It
-Sound advice, baby.

The Seeds ~ Fallin' Off The Edge Of My Mind
-a.k.a. 'Rockers Meet Kim Fowley In A Madhouse Downtown'.

Okay, okay. -I'll stop now, honest...

 

[Sunspots]

Michael - Franz Ferdinand
gah - FF have to be the antithesis of music forum tastes, right? ooops

I'm no particular fan of Franz Ferdinand, but that song is excellent. Tightest thing they've ever done! I listened to it earlier, actually...

 

[siarc]

Quasimoto - mr two-faced

and what could he achieve if he stayed off the weed?

Ligeti Gyorgy - Ligeti Gyorgy - The Ligeti Project Vol 1 - Piano Concerto - III Vivace cantabile

this is quite good, aimard is amazing, not that familiar

Fennesz - Shisheido

from 'endless summer' which is lovely vienna cum california glitchsurf (yes)

03-Lyric Suite for String Quartet - 3

alban berg's finest string qt composition, amazing stuff

Guided By Voices - Awful Bliss

dunno what this sounds like but it's one of about 40 songs on that album

Primal Scream - Rocks

yeah it's crap but it's on their 'live in japan' album

Animal Collective - I Remember Learning How To Dive

early collective ch00n can't remember anything more

01 - Symphony in C- Moderato alla breve

neoclassical stravinsky, meh, the other two pseudo symphonies are masterpieces

Pixies - The Thing

a b side, b movie inflected ephemera iirc, still their b sides collection is fantastic

Fennesz - Got to Move on

glitch yr mum, this stuff is all over my randomized winamp playlists like a crazy woman's shit

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

How do I get Windows Media Player to do a 'random track' thing?

 

[siarc]

Play Media in a Playlist in Random Order
SUMMARY: Shuffle around media playback in Windows Media Player.

It's simple to play the media files in your Windows Media Player playlist in a random order. Just press CONTROL-H. If you'd rather not remember this keyboard shortcut, click on the small button at the bottom of the window that looks like two arrows, one pointing up, one pointing down.

at the risk of sounding like a twat, swap wmp for winamp 2x !1!!!!!11

 

[Flavour]

iTunes randomifier... first 10 tunes

1. Mobb Deep - Get Away
2. Squarepusher - Anstromm feck-4
3. Asian Dub Foundation - Intifada
4. Common - Come To Me
5. Mu-ziq - Gruber's Mandolin
6. Mezo & Tabb - Wyjscie z Blokow
7. Jason Forrest - Ceci n'est pas du disco
8. Morrissey - Suedehead
9. Dead Prez - Way 4 Life
10. Elvis Costello - Busy Bodies

 

[fishfingerer]

London's Burning - The Clash
I wasn't bored in London, terrified or exhausted mostly, no telly either.

Whit Week Malarkey - Half Man Half Biscuit
"I've got a blackbelt in no can do".

New Day Rising - Husker Du
Live version of the ferocious show opener.

Wish The World Away - American Music Club
Mark Eitzel in all too rare rock out mode.

Love Factor Five - Mikabomb
Japanese female punk, one of the few available antidotes to shite indie twaddle that's all the rage these days.

Favourite - Neko Case
What a fucking voice that woman has.

God Squad - Celibate Rifles
6 minute slagging of god botherers from the Aussie punkers.

Put It To Me Straight - Reverend Horton Heat
I dig the reverend but this is a bit shit.

I'm In Trouble - The Replacements
Drunken replacements play one of their songs to the tune of Last Train To Clarksville.

Roadie - The Pennywhores
A poor damned soul doomed to spend eternity as a roadie for atrocious metallers Wolfsbane.

 

[AverageJoe]

How do I get Windows Media Player to do a 'random track' thing?

Click on the Play tab at the top. It will open up a drop down menu and about halfway down there is a 'shuffle' option. Click on it and away you go!

 

[tashi]

Blur / Bugman
Albarn goes into full scuzz mode. Not a bad start to the day, if it is a bit long.

Dumptruck / Long Ride
Sounds Big Sand or possibly Meat Puppets, but turns out to come from Boston.

Pixies / Dig For Fire
Aha, more Bostonians. Mighty, mighty Bostonians!

The Melody Unit / Suite For Caesar
There's a change of tack.

Captain Beefheart / Moonlight On Vermont
Gimme that ol' time religion! Beefheart is the blues.

On Earth / 110 Life
Pitch Shifter / N/A
The first one is an hour of Urbanite mix tape, which would be cheating, so it gets skipped. And the second is only 13 seconds long. Nope, neither count.

Digitalverein / If it only were so simple
Ah, bleepy house. Thinner is my favourite cooler-than-thou German netlabel.

Paul Simon / The Boxer
What is it with the effects on this one? They sound like they're being controlled by a gibbon. Lay off the effects, Shiva! (All gibbons are called Shiva, it's a scientific fact.)

Cyndi Lauper / The World Is Stone
I swear I have never heard this before in my life, ever. What the fuck is it doing on my computer?? It's been covered by Celine Dion , for god's sake.

OK, computer, what's next then? Sarah Maclachlan, or something?

Daniel Johnston / Urge
Ah, the ANTI-Sarah Maclachlan! "Get attached to a rolling stone, you're liable to get crushed", that's a clever link, computer, especially since you can't understand the lyrics.

Blur / She's So High
You're rounding it off with more Albarn, then. Neat. Hey, wait. Your mixtapes aren't supposed to be better than mine. You're a MACHINE, mulligan, you are ROCKS AND OIL. You'll be having my girlfriend next.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Oh Lord Give Us More Money - Holger Czukay
13+ minutes of primitive sampladelic genius

Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp
Worst Goldfrapp track thus far? - whatever, skip it

Turn - New Order
New Order by numbers. Note to self - delete this (and rest of album)

Walk of Shame - Thee More Shallows
A not unpleasant languid tune, but nothing special

Two Dogs Dead - cLOUDDEAD
Strangely compelling daft-hop

When The Music's Over - The Doors
You either love em or hate em. I love em. But this bloody mp3 is blipping!

The Blue Blue Third - Rip Rig and Panic
Actually a solo piano piece by Mark Springer - and still one of the most stunningly beautiful things I've ever heard

Beauty & the Beast - David Bowie
Some songs need to be heard thru speakers, not phones, and this is one

Non Song - To Roccoco Rot
Nice electro ambience, if a tad too long

'84 Pontiac Dream - Boards of Canada
Pleasant enough track off their mostly disappointing new lp

 

[spanglechick]

julie london - cry me a river
wrenching

genius song - and use of the word "plebian" - classy...

 

[bluestreak]

let's have a go then...

1. Salty (12" vocal rhyme) - Dylan Rhymes.

not that interesting breaky stuff

2. Another Day Full Of Dread - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

he sees a darkness you know. and you KNOW.

3. Purple - Whirlwind Heat.

well, i wouldn't pay for it.

4. Reginald Derry - Bill Hicks.

Makes me laugh every time.

5. Go AHead - Rilo Kiley.

She sings, and we listen. but would we pay any attention?

6. billiard player song - shellac

the art of noise.

7. squarepusher theme - squarepusher.

it's glitchy like that.

8. don't be a fool, billy - super furry animals.

well, it's off the b-sides album.

9. ave b - gogol bordello.

far nicer than anythign off an ep called east infection should be.

10. the right time - ray charles.

not one of his best.

 

[holteman]

transmission - joy division
catchy

children of the revolution - t-rex
not my fav marc bolan track but still cooool

it aint me babe - bob dylan
mr zimmerman had to be in there somewhere

death of a clown - the kinks
me love me kinks so i do

walk of life - dire straights
nowt dire about that

dirty old town -the pogues
how is he still alive!

true faith - new order
one of my fav ever songs since i was 7

another girl another planet - the only ones
space travels in my blood, there aint nothing i can do about it

teenage kicks -undertones
ahh john peel i miss thee

in a rut - the ruts
your in a rut..you gotta get out of it out of it out of it!

 

[DaveCinzano]

"the hours" budapest
"sex" atari teenage riot
"witness (one hope) (agentlovelette remix)" roots manuva
"hot flush (sabres of paradise mix)" red snapper
"two bit rhythm (m.i.a. mix)" m.i.a./diplo feat ll cool j/cavemen
"killavanilla" alex h
"comfortably re-shaven" manriki
"garden of earthly delights (x-press 2 supavox)" d*note
"cheeky (remix)" lady sovereign
"protection (dj nite's beatless mix)" massive attack

 

[YouSir]

Using only a third of my music collection...

1: Junior Reid - Chant Down Babylon

Best listened to whilst stoned/in a slightly odd mood because that's the only time when throwing your arms around and shouting along feels right. Skipped, too slow for me at the moment.

2: Libertines - The Saga

From their not so great album and one of my least liked songs from them. Again, skipped.

3: Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll

Not skipped.

4: Beach Boys - Little Deuce

A song best heard whilst drunk and 'surfing', alone in your room.

5: Skip James - Center Blues

Sometimes I wish I was black, blind and over 80 years old, not for any real reason, just because.

6: Louis Armstrong - April In Paris

A song for Martinis, not that I've ever had a Martini, but I feel that it'd probably fit quite well.

7: Junior Reid - Caribbean Girl

Too much synth for me, which is a weakness with quite a few of Junior Reid's songs.

8: The Skatalites - Hot Cargo

A song to drink Rum too, with windows open, on a warm night.

9: Bill Monroe - I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

Bluegrass balladry goodness, pint jug and banjo optional.

10: Dick Dale & The Del Tones - Take It Off

Another ' ' I think.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

The Seeds - No Escape
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Black Hair
Leyton Buzzards - 19 & Mad
Gene Pitney - Princess In Rags
King Tubby - There's Dub
Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Houari Benchenet - Mal Galbi
The Pixies - Brick Is Red
Marianne Faithfull - Sunny Goodge St

 

[stavros]

Shame On A Nigga / Wu-Tang Clan
west coast boring school

First of all I don't have an MP3 player so I can't really contribute a list. Second of all, the Wu-Tang Clan are very definately not West coast. They're from Staten Island, NY, and were in effect the East coast alternative to the LA-based G-funk of around 1992/3.

 

[Sunspots]

I think I'm addicted to this thread...

13th Floor Elevators ~ Levitation
-If anyone can fly, it's gonna be Roky!

A Silver Mt. Zion ~ Triumph Of Our Tired Eyes
-"Sisters and brothers / We have surely lost our way" <sigh>

Gorky’s ~ A Face Like Summer
-"And I know thats where it begins..." Never too sure whether this one's happy or sad, but I love it.

Soulflay ~ Scratch
-Junkyard funk, made on toys. Solid break.

Devendra Banhart ~ Quedate Luna
-Bewitching little latin numero from his album nuevo. Or something.

Pussy Galore ~ Alright
-Fuckin' COME ON!

Parliament ~ I Call My Baby P-U-S-S-Y-C-A-T
-Psych-funk stomper, with lyrics that pre-date Clinton's later obsession with all thangs canine...

The Breeders ~ Cannonball
-I'm a big fan of Pixies, but I only first heard this a couple of years ago. Naturally, it rocks.

Fever Tree ~ I Can Beat Your Drum
-Wigged-out garage pop, elevated by an unexpectedly savage fuzz solo.

Aimee Mann ~ Wise Up
-<blub>

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Breeders ~ Cannonball
-I'm a big fan of Pixies, but I only first heard this a couple of years ago. Naturally, it rocks.

where the hell were you for the entire mid-90s then?

 

[Sunspots]

where the hell were you for the entire mid-90s then?

Although I never went to university, I understand that tune was rather big at student discos in them days.

But I was either at work, or out of my head. -Probably both, actually.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Although I never went to university, I understand that tune was rather big at student discos in them days.

i wouldn't know, i was at school

 

[FridgeMagnet]

for what it's worth

Don't Give Up / Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush
Ultra Violence / Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Hella Nervous / Gravy Train!!!!
Makeshift Patriot (Clean) / Sage Francis
The Flame / Fine Young Cannibals
A Garage Dayz Nite / Beatallica
Olson / Boards Of Canada
Sabac Feat. Necro - Positive & Negative / Psycho+Logical-Records & Uncle Howie Records CD Sampler
Violin Concerto in E major - Allegro / London Concertante
(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? (Featuring Missy Elliot) / Lil' Kim

 

[Sunspots]

i wouldn't know, i was at school

-And it shows, ya feckin'...... reader!!!

 

[Sunspots]

Olson / Boards Of Canada