• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: March 2, 2012

    Friday Five

    Friday Five : ‘frī-(,)dā,-dē ‘fīv : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we’ll have a 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 Five:

    “Nice Guys” by We Are Scientists (from Barbara, 2010)

    I love tripping over songs that I forgot about. Ironically, the music blogosphere completely forgot about We Are Scientists by the time this release came out, which is a damn shame as it contains some of their strongest songs.

    “The Stars of Track and Field” by Belle and Sebastian (from If You’re Feeling Sinister, 1996)

    Oh, the toothache! Now with 90% more trumpet!

    I kid, because I care. I stumbled onto Belle and Sebastian during my stint working at a record store in the mid-’90s. Yes, an actual record store.

    “Long Kiss Goodnight” by The Notorious B.I.G. (from Life After Death, 1997)

    Goddammit, Diddy is one annoying motherfucker.

    “Leave in Silence (longer)” by Depeche Mode (from A Broken Frame, 1982)

    Just lovely.

    “Granny” by Dave Matthews Band (from Warehouse 8, Volume 3, 2007)

    “Love! Baby!” Nothing like wrapping up another Friday Five with a little bit of love. To quote my friend Dennis, “Hope you all hear something good this weekend!”

    What’s on your shuffle today?