Comments on: The Friday Five: November 20, 2009

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:13 +0000

Word.

Richard Swift – Dressed Up For The Letdown
Public Enemy – Who Stole the Soul?
XTC – Runaways
Elvis Presley – Milky White Way
Linton Kwesi Johnson – If I Woz a Tap Natch Poet

By: Bill C

Bill C — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:07 +0000

Maggie’s Farm – Dylan. This version comes from a Bootleg live in New Amsterdam in 2003 or so. Great song, great version, great way to start the weekend.
Splendid Isolation-Warren Zevon. A great song from one of the greatest songwriters in Rock n Roll history. Zevon was a genius who is too often associated with one song.
Year 1-X- Exene Cervenka on lead vocals. Typical raucous X song, and typically great.
I Liked it Alot-Charlie Pickett and the Eggs. Charlie was the King of South Florida rock and roll in the early 80’s. A number of artists, including Michael Stipe, cite his influence. This is not one of his better songs, but if you ever get the change to grab the Eggs, do it.
Mendocello-Cheap Trick. Bad way to end my five. Not a very good song.
So, since I didn’t want to end on that note-
Wandering Eye-The Blasters. There are no bad Blaster’s songs.

By: EightE1

EightE1 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02:43 +0000

Journey, “Faithfully.” Wow. Starting things off with the greatest “I’m Weary of the Road” rock-star power ballad ever. I think I read once that Jon Cain (who wrote the song) was originally supposed to sing the lead vocal on this. I’ve heard Jon Cain sing; they definitely made a good choice in giving it to Steve Perry.

Dean Martin, “That’s Amore.” Can never hear this song without thinking of Moonstruck. Dean-o was so smooth, though, wasn’t he?

LL Cool J, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” Remember when he did this on MTV Unplugged? Remember how he tore that room apart? Why has that never made it to an official Unplugged compilation? Curious aside: I used to do a pretty funny impression of Jimmy Stewart rapping this song.

Gowan, “Guerilla Soldier.” The guy who replaced Dennis DeYoung in Styx, from a solo live record he did many moons ago. The version of “Moonlight Desires” on this album is killer. This track’s okay.

Maia Sharp, “Fall Like Margarite.” Sharp is one of my favorite singers. Her voice is thick with something I can’t quite identify, but I love it. Her most recent record, Echo, is fine; this one (Fine Upstanding Citizen) is very good, too.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:43:08 +0000

1. “Gee, Officer Krupke” from the West Side Story movie soundtrack
2. “Jealous Guy”–John Lennon
3. “I Hate Everything About You”–Three Days Grace
4. “Sunny Came Home”–Shawn Colvin
5. “You Could Write a Book”–Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

By: Kristi

Kristi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:59 +0000

My Five:

R.E.M. – Imitation of Life
U2 – Always
Cowboy Junkies – Working on a Building
Pomegranates – Beachcomber
The Downtown Moneywasters – Rest My Bones

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:34 +0000

Well howdy-do! Its a busy day at the office, so I’ll have to do this one quick:

1. Gaslight Anthem – “We Came to Dance”
– saw them live and loved jamming out to ever song. Glorious.

2. Woody Herman – “Woodchopper’s Ball”
– classic “Benny Goodman” feel, really great clarinet boogie.

3. Ani Difranco – “Gravel”
– bold, string-pickin’, girl angst. LOVE Ani Difranco in every way possible.

4. Frightened Rabbit – “Floating in the Forth”
– one of their more melodic tunes. really fabulous accent. i’m a sucker for a brogue.

5. Tegan and Sara – “Call it Off”
– cannot WAIT to finally get my hands on their new album. “The Con” is one of the few albums that I can listen to through and through.

PS – Michael! I’m going to be hanging out with Katie this afternoon in DC. She’s coming to frolic amongst the city-dwellers.