The Friday Random Ten (Sort Of)

Inspired by Roxanne, I've started doing the Random Ten every Friday. It's actually a nice way to welcome the weekend. I end up hearing many songs that I forgot I even had. Today's Random Ten is sort of random because I skipped ahead any tracks that were from audio-books or speeches.

1. "Seed" - Sublime

I don't remember ever hearing this song before. That's the beauty of the shuffle feature on a 40 GB iPod. You hear songs that you didn't even know you had.

2. "Universally Speaking" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

A more mellow effort by the Chili Peppers. This song reminds me of summer 2002 which I spent in Berkeley, CA. I listened to this album to death while walking around Telegraph and Shattuck.

3. "Punk" - Gorillaz

Drunken Blur + unintelligible lyrics + electronic buzzing noises

4. "Nothin' to Do" - The Dandy Warhols

I love this band. Their music is just plain fun.

5. "Change Clothes" - Danger Mouse

From The Grey Album, in which DJ Danger Mouse mixed together Jay Z's Black Album with The Beatles' White Album. This song mixes Jay Z's "Change Clothes" with "Piggies". My favorite song on the album mixes "99 Problems" with "Helter Skelter". Charles Manson would dig that track.

6. "Field of Gold" - Sting

I'm not really into any post-Police Sting music.

7. "Little One" - Beck

I love everything this guy does. July 21 baby!

8. "Rock the Casbah" - The Clash

This is the tune Lyndie England and Charles Graner boogied to during late-night torture sessions at Abu Ghraib. Thanks to Alberto Gonzales, they rocked the casbah pretty damn good.

9. "Hard to Make a Stand" - Sheryl Crow

I've always liked Sheryl Crow. She's got that classic rock vibe. This song has some Keith Richards style guitar riffs. There's a line in the song about a girl who gets shot while walking into an abortion clinic. No wonder Walmart banned this album when it came out.

10. "Friend of the Devil" - The Grateful Dead

Al Franken's favorite band. I learned to play mandolin because of this song. 

What songs are in your head today? Please do share. Agitprop enjoys getting musical recommendations.

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Comments

[EARL KIRKMAN]

If you enjoy the mandolin you shoud have some Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, as well as some Alison Kraus. Both are rather lower on the 'excitement scale' that what you listen to now.

I also love all the Beck material, but will still give the Dead a break for a few more years to wear off the overplay from the 70's and 80's....