• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: March 13, 2009

    Killing me won't bring back your shuffle.

    For those who have not joined in the Friday Five here is all you need to know; each Friday I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it’s just me.

    The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The more the merrier!

    The Five:

    Big Bottom” (mp3) – Spinal Tap (from This Is Spinal Tap, 1984)

    “The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'”

    Seriously, what more can I say? So say we all: “Tap into America!”

    “One Caress” – Depeche Mode (from I Feel You, 1993)

    From the underrated Songs of Faith and Devotion, this track is Martin Gore doing what he does best.

    Solitude” (mp3) – Billie Holiday (from First Issue: The Great American Song Book, 1994)

    Recorded during her tenure with Verve during the 50’s, this is a prime example of Lady Day at her best. This performance is soulful, intimate and absolutely essential listening for any fan of music in general.

    “Stomp” – Brothers Johnson (from Light Up the Night, 1980)

    A nice slice of 80’s pop-funk from the Brothers Johnson.

    “P Control” – Prince (from The Gold Experience, 1995)

    Much like last week’s “Trust” this is the lesser of the funk tracks on The Gold Experience. For my money nothing beats “Billy Jack Bitch” for a straight up jam. Also of note is that fact that this record (as well as last week’s Batman) are currently out of print. Odd? Maybe…

    What is whisking you away today?

  • Friday Five

    The Friday Five: February 20, 2009

    We are indeed drifting into the arena of the shuffle.

    Short list today, we’ll return to ‘normal’ next week…

    For those who have not joined in the Friday Five here is all you need to know; each Friday I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it’s just me.

    The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The more the merrier!

    The Five:

    Ribbons” (mp3) – The Sisters of Mercy (from Vision Thing, 1990)

    “Vocab” – Fugees (from Blunted on Reality, 1994)

    Walk on the Wild Side” (mp3) – Lou Reed (from Transformer, 1972)

    “Lovers Forever” – Brothers Johnson (from Out of Control, 1984)

    “Fields of Coal” – …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (from The Century of Self, 2009)

    Tag! You’re it!