• Friday Five

    The Friday Five: June 10, 2011

    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:

    “Wednesday Week” by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (from Armed Forces, 197)

    Holy mid-tune break down, Batman!

    “Midnight in a Perfect World (FUSO mix)” by DJ Shadow (from The DJ Shadow Remix Project, 2010)

    I remember the arrival of Shadow’s Endtroducing….. in 1996. I was working at a record store—and when I say record store, I mean a record store—and recall spinning the disc twice daily, trying to figure out how in the hell this guy was able to patch together elements from disparate sources into cohesive, and damn funky, tunes. Remember, these were the days before technology made it easy. I’m still in awe.

    “Lullabye” by Ben Folds Five (from The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, 1999)

    I’ve never been much of a fan of Folds’ music. This tune, however, is lovely.

    “Lay Me Down” by The Frames (from For the Birds, 2001)

    Somewhere between The Commitments and The Swell Season, Glen Hansard was plenty busy putting out quality records with his band, The Frames.

    “Factory” by Band of Horses (from Infinite Arms, 2010)

    This week’s five came in like a lion, and is going out a lamb with the mellow lead-off track from Band of Horses’ latest, Infinite Arms.

    What’s on your shuffle today?