LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
A month in and we're at part three. We'll get through all of these someday, I promise. Final part should be up in 10-ish days, so if you haven't sent me your playlist yet, that gives you an idea of how long you have before the deadline.
As always, listen, comment and enjoy. The links have been sent.
namkcuR
My entry this time is an all-1970s list. The only criteria for a song to get in were for it to be from the 70s and for me to like it. This list was designed to highlight the diversity of the decade, as many consider the 70s to be the most diverse/eclectic decade for popular music(at least in the mainstream). I tried to represent a wide array of genres and subgenres, although they couldn't all be represented equally(i.e. some get one song, some get a bunch, that kind of thing, that's just how it unfolded). A lot of these are sort of obvious choices, and you probably won't discover much 'new' music here(although some of my selections are far less obvious and might be new to you). That's pretty much it. It's a love-letter to the 70s.
You can listen to each of the four 'sides' individually, but they're designed to segue nicely into each other, so you can listen straight through too.
This was a really tough list to make because there's so much to choose from; I had to make some tough cuts, and use various official edits of some songs to save time, and I still actually used up all of the available time(it's exactly 160:00 long), but I think I ended up with a pretty good list. I hope you enjoy it.
Side A - Disco, Funk, R&B, & Soul
1. Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough(7" Edit)" - Number Ones(International Version) (3:56)
2. Abba - "Summer Night City" - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (3:34)
3. Bee Gees - "Night Fever" - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (3:33)
4. K.C. and The Sunshine Band - "That's The Way I Like It(Single Version)" - The Best of K.C. and The Sunshine Band (3:06)
5. The Village People - "Go West(Edit)" - We Want You - Greatest Hits(Europe Import) (3:33)
6. Parliament/Funkadelic - "Night Of The Thumpasorus People" - Mothership Connection (5:10)
7. Commodores - "I'm Ready" - Caught In The Act (3:24)
8. Earth, Wind, and Fire - "Shining Star" - That's The Way Of The World (2:51)
9. Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Just As I Am (2:04)
10. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On?" - What's Going On? (3:53)
11. Stevie Wonder - "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Songs In The Key Of Life (3:37)
12. The Delfonics - "Didn't I(Blow Your Mind This Time)" - The Delfonics (3:23)
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41:58
Side B - Singer-songwriters(Pop & Country) & Classic Rock
1. Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3:13)
2. The Carpenters - "For All We Know" - Carpenters (2:33)
3. Billy Joel- "She's Always A Woman To Me" - The Stranger (3:21)
4. Cat Stevens - "Morning Has Broken" - Teaser and the Firecat (3:20)
5. Harry Chapin - "Cats In The Cradle" - Verities & Balderdash (3:44)
6. Bruce Springsteen - "Factory" - Darkness On The Edge Of Town (2:17)
7. Dolly Parton - "Jolene" - Jolene (2:43)
8. America - "Horse With No Name" - America (4:08)
9. Neil Young - "Heart Of Gold" - Greatest Hits (3:09)
10. Bob Dylan - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (2:32)
11. Led Zeppelin - "Tangerine" - III (3:10)
12. Grateful Dead - "Fire On The Mountain" - Shakedown Street (3:46)
13. George Harrison - "What Is Life" - All Things Must Pass (4:22)
14. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Refugee" - Greatest Hits (3:22)
15. The Who - "Love Reign O'er Me" - Quadophenia (5:48)
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51:24
Side C - Early Metal & Hard Rock, Glam, Punk, and Post-Punk
1. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way" - Greatest Hits (3:50)
2. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" - Paranoid (2:53)
3. T-Rex - "Children Of The Revolution" - Stand-Alone Single (2:29)
4. Argent - "God Gave Rock And Roll To You(45' Edit)" - In Deep (3:20)
5. David Bowie/Mott The Hoople - "All The Young Dudes(David Bowie and Ian Hunter vocal)" - All The Young Dudes(Remastered) (4:24)
6. Queen - "Killer Queen" - Greatest Hits I&II (3:02)
7. The Clash - "Garageland" - The Essential Clash (3:15)
8. The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (2:27)
9. Wire - "Mannequin" - Pink Flag (2:37)
10. The Police - "Can't Stand Losing You" - Outlandos d'Amour (2:58)
11. Television - "Elevation" - Marquee Moon (5:07)
12. Patti Smith - "Dancing Barefoot" - Wave (4:16)
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40:19
Side D - Electronic & Prog
1. Kraftwerk - "Transistor" - Radio-Activity (2:15)
2. Pink Floyd - "Any Colour You Like" - Dark Side Of The Moon (3:26)
3. Genesis - "Seven Stones" - Nursery Cryme (5:08)
4. Yes - "Awaken" - Going For The One (15:31)
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26:19
Total runtime: 160:00
Mr. V
Jibber-jabber:
I've been dying to do another DI and I reckon this might just be my favourite list. I have never used most of these artists before and in fact, most of this music has come out very recently - a fair chunk of it I've only had for a few weeks. But it all fits together. I place a great deal of importance on transitions and I'm really happy with all of these. Thematically, this list kind of follows where I've been at in my life over the last little bit. It just sounds like where I'm at. It's the music I listen to. Hope you like it. PS: My track 31 actually isn't 24 minutes long. Well, it is, but the first four minutes are the song and then it transitions into like 20 minutes of beach noise which obviously isn't compulsory listening.
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nameless
1. Cocaine 80s - "Nameless" - The Pursuit EP (2:49)
2. Rhye - "The Fall" - Woman (3:45)
3. LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want" - London Sessions (6:29)
4. The National - "All The Wine" - Alligator (3:15)
5. The Black Keys - "Little Black Submarines" - El Camino (4:11)
6. Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" - R U Mine? (single) (3:20)
7. Tame Impala - "Mind Mischief" - Lonerism (4:32)
8. Vampire Weekend - "Hanna Hunt" - Modern Vampires of the City (3:56)
9. Amy Winehouse - "Love is a Losing Game" - Back to Black (2:35)
10. John Legend - "Prelude" - Get Lifted (0:43)
11. John Legend - "Let's Get Lifted" - Let's Get Lifted (3:37)
12. Frank Ocean - "Thinkin Bout You" - Channel Orange (3:21)
13. Flume - "Warm Thoughts" - Flume (3:49)
14. Miami Horror - "Moon Theory" - Illumination (4:23)
15. Autre Ne Veut - "Play by Play" - Anxiety (5:15)
16. The Weeknd - "Wicked Games" - House of Balloons (5:25)
17. Cut Copy - "Need You Now" - Zonoscope (6:09)
18. CLASSIXX - "Holding On (Original Mix)" - Hanging Gardens
19. Chromeo - "Don't Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix)" - Don't Turn The Lights On (single) 5:33)
20. Mark Ronson & The Business Connection - "Bang Bang Bang" - Bang Bang Bang (single) (4:05)
21. Daft Punk - "Lose Yourself to Dance" - Random Access Memories (5:50)
22. Groove Armada - "Serve Chilled" - Vertigo (5:09)
23. U2 - "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" - Pop (5:15)
24. The xx - "Angels" - Coexist (2:53)
25. Dan Sultan - "Goddess Love" - Get Out While You Can (4:13)
26. Frightened Rabbit - "The Twist" - The Midnight Organ Fight (3:31)
27. Best Coast - "Last Year" - The Only Place (3:33)
28. Beach House - "Used To Be" - Teen Dream (4:02)
29. Los Campesinos! - "You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing" - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (5:09)
30. Japandroids - "The House That Heaven Built" - Celebration Rock (4:49)
31. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Rush to Relax" - Rush to Relax (24:39)
Total runtime: 142:27
LJT
Tractatus Logico- Musicum I
It's been a while since I took part in a Desert Island, my taste in music I would not say has changed but I like to think my taste has considerably broadened. Looking back on previous DI most of the music I listened to followed a very similar structure, I was always the indie rock/pop guy at school. Now I'm out in the working world and I find myself looking more towards dub-step and other electronica much more and hip hop which I actively avoided while younger but I will always enjoy a good melody no matter how complex or simple a song is. There is no particular theme to these playlists other than to introduce folks to some of the great music I have been listening to over the past couple of years. There is a loose idea that part I is a bit more accessible than part II, to guide the listener into some of the more eclectic material in the second half. The title I have nicked from Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and these playlists are (in a small corny way), a logical musical treatise on how music remains such a big part of my life, and long may it "reign o'er me".
01. A Lull- "Weapons of War"- Confetti (4:13)
02. James Pants- "Beta"- James Pants (2:55)
03. Ulrich Schnauss- "Passing By"- Faraway Trains Passing By (6.35)
04. Loops of Your Heart- "Broken Bow"- And Never Ending Nights (10.17)
05. Trembling Blue Stars- "This Once Was An Island"- The Last Holy Writer (4.11)
06. Joe Goddard Feat. Valentina- "Gabriel"- Gabriel EP (5.36)
07. JJ- "Ecstasy"- JJ N°2 (3.33)
08. Wolf Gang- "Dancing With the Devil"- Dancing With the Devil (3.42)
09. Delicate Steve- "Wally Wilder"- Positive Force (4.03)
10. Chic- "What About Me"- Risque (4.14)
11. Gil Scott Heron- "Home Is Where the Hatred Is"- Pieces of a Man (3.22)
12. Dog is Dead- "Do the Right Thing"- All Our Favourite Stories (4.26)
13. Fruit Bats- "The Banishment Song"- Tripper (5.57)
14. How to Dress Well- "Suicide Dream (Orchestral)- Just Once EP (4.50)
15. Anna Calvi- "Suzanne & I"- (4.11)
Total:72:16
Tractatus Logico- Musicum II
01. Stara Rzeka- "Przebudzenie Boga Wschodu"- Cien Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem (12.10)
02. Balam Acab- "Regret Making Mistakes"- See Birds EP (4.18)
03. Tricky- "Aftermath"- Maxinquaye (7.38)
04. Open Mike Eagle- "Pissy Transmissions"- Unapologetic Art Rap (3.23)
05. Ghostpoet- "Survive It"- Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (4.23)
06. iLiKETRAiNS- "The Hive"- The Shallows (5.01)
07. Kuedo- "Truth Flood"- Severant (3.39)
08. Divine Fits- "For Your Heart"- A Thing Called Divine Fits (5.25)
09. Stellar Om Source- "Fascination"- Joy One Mile (5.57)
10. Django Django- "Waveforms"- Django Django (4.26)
11. Moonface- "Faraway Lightning"- With SInaii: Heartbreaking Bravery (4.45)
12. Laurel Halo- "Carcass"- Quarantine (4.32)
13. Disco Inferno- "Love Stepping Out"- The 5 EPs (6.22)
14. Blood Orange- "Champagne Coast"- Coastal Grooves (4.52)
15. Jono McCleery- "Wonderful Life"- There Is (3.22)
Total: 80:20
Grand Total: 152:36
bono_212
Here we are, my first "Concept" list. What's the concept? I just wanted to make a list of songs with girl's names in the title.
It started as one of those simple ideas...I was driving in my car with Travis and "Oh Sherrie" came on for the 10,000th time. We started talking about songs with girl's names in them and very quickly I decided it would be fun to make a list of them. Then I decided that it might make a nice DI list. I think I started with "Oh Sherrie", "Kayleigh", "Kelsey" (by Metro Station) and "Meet Viriginia"...you're probably going to think the list improved fairly well over that.
Over the next year or so (yes, I've been working on this for a while), every time a new song would come on the radio, I'd get excited and make sure to add it to the list as soon as I got home.
Unfortunately, as these things often do, what started as a fun little hobby soon went down the rabbit hole of insanity. I suddenly had all of these arbitrary rules that mattered to no one but me for what could be on the list. It was for that reason that original staples from the list, "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Hurricane J" (replaced by "Chelsea Dagger" thanks to the Blackhawks) got the boot. The former for not being the name of the actual girl in the song, the latter because Jessie's name is not spelled out in the song title. Those are just two examples of my insanity in creating this list.
But, you know what? I think it was worth it. I really enjoy it and I've had a generally great time making it as well. Shouldn't that always be a part of the fun?
Anyways, I don't want to take up more of your time, I just thought you might like to hear a little about what went on while I made this list. I tried to preserve a bit of that radio feeling that I got while creating this, as you might hear in the opening and closing songs especially. I hope you guys enjoy!
1. Polaris - "Hey Sandy" - Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete (2:33)
2. The Ramones - "Judy Is a Punk" - Ramones (1:31)
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Taste of Cindy" - Psychocandy (1:42)
4. The Magnetic Fields - "Candy" - The Wayward Bus (2:31)
5. The House of Love - "Christine" - The House of Love (3:24)
6. The Cure - "A Letter To Elise" - Wish (4:19)
7. Wild Nothing - "Only Heather" - Nocturne (3:14)
8. Bat for Lashes - "Marilyn" - The Haunted Man (4:32)
9. Cocteau Twins - "Lorelai" - Treasure (3:41)
10. Prefab Sprout - "Goodbye Lucille #1" - Steve McQueen (4:32)
11. Marillion - "Kayleigh" - Misplaced Childhood (3:32)
12. Steve Perry - "Oh Sherry" - Street Talk (3:48)
13. The Killers - "Believe Me Natalie" - Hot Fuss (5:04)
14. M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays = Youth (5:24)
15. Bell X1 - "Eve, The Apple of My Eye" - Music in Mouth (4:02)
16. One EskimO - "Kandi" - One EskimO (4:02)
17. Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home" - A Few Small Repairs (4:24)
18. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says" - Nothing's Shocking (4:52)
19. Train - "Meet Virginia" - Train (4:00)
20. Franz Ferdinand - "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" - You Could Have it So Much Better (2:50)
21. Okkervil River - "Savannah Smiles" - The Stage Names (3:37)
22. Rod Stewart - "Maggie Mae" - Every Picture Tells a Story (4:58)
23. Pure Prairie League - "Amie" - Bustin' Out (4:18)
24. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - (2:54)
25. Simon & Garfunkel - "Cecilia" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (2:52)
26. The Hollies - "Carrie Anne" - The Hollies' Greatest Hits (2:58)
27. Neil Diamond - "Cracklin' Rosie" - Tap Root Manuscript (2:57)
28. The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" - The Beatles (3:48)
29. Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac (4:10)
30. The National - "Karen" - Alligator (3:57)
31. The Velvet Underground - "Stephanie Says" - VU (2:48)
32. Rolling Stones - "Ruby Tuesday" - Between the Buttons (3:15)
33. The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee" - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (2:41)
34. Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Greatest Hits: Edison Lighthouse (2:47)
35. Them - "Gloria" - The Angry Young Them (2:36)
36. Bruce Springsteen - "Candy's Room" - Darkness of the Edge of Town (2:46)
37. Donnie Iris - "Ah! Leah!" - Back on the Streets (3:44)
38. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" - Yours Truly, Angry Mob (3:22)
39. The New Pornographers - "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" - Twin Cinema (3:03)
40. The Fratellis - "Chelsea Dagger" - Costello Music (3:34)
41. The Knack - "My Sharona" - Get the Knack (4:54)
42. Amanda Palmer - "Melody Dean" - Theatre is Evil (4:02)
43. Elvis Costello - "Veronica" - Spike (3:07)
44. The Nails - "88 Lines About 44 Women" - Mood Swing (4:54)
Total runtime: 157:37
phanan
1. David & David - "Welcome To The Boomtown" - Boomtown (5:33)
2. Simple Minds - "See The Lights" - Real Life (4:24)
3. Beach House - "Lazuli" - Bloom (5:02)
4. Washed Out - "Before" - Within and Without (4:46)
5. Boards Of Canada - "New Seeds" - Tomorrow's Harvest (5:39)
6. Doves - "Winter Hill" - Kingdom Of Rust (5:19)
7. The Church - "Ripple" - Priest = Aura (6:04)
8. Big Country - "Chance" - The Crossing (4:29)
9. Winter Hours - "Island Of Jewels" - Wait Till The Morning (5:12)
10. R.E.M. - "Half A World Away" - Out Of Time (3:28)
11. Hugo Largo - "Fancy" - Drum (4:18)
12. Low - "Especially Me" - C'mon (5:27)
13. The National - "About Today" Cherry Tree (4:11)
14. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:47)
15. George Harrison - "Behind That Locked Door" - All Things Must Pass (3:10)
16. The Jayhawks - "Settled Down Like Rain" - Hollywood Town Hall (3:01)
17. The Decemberists - "Calamity Song" - The King Is Dead (3:50)
18. John Mellencamp - "Minutes To Memories" - Scarecrow (4:13)
19. The New Pornographers - "Crash Years" - Together (4:07)
20. The Radio Dept. - "This Time Around" - Clinging To A Scheme (3:46)
21. Grimes - "Genesis" - Visions (4:15)
22. Fiction Factory - "(Feels Like) Heaven" - Throw The Warped Wheel Out (3:33)
23. Men At Work - "It's A Mistake" - Cargo (4:47)
24. The Smiths - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - Louder Than Bombs (3:37)
25. Modest Mouse - "Dark Center Of The Universe" - The Moon & Antarctica (5:03)
26. Real Estate - "Out Of Tune" - Days (4:52)
27. Dumptruck - "Carefree" - For The Country (3:05)
28. Tom Petty - "Wildflowers" - Wildflowers (3:17)
29. Gordon Lightfoot - "Hi'Way Songs" - Songbook (3:37)
30. The Rolling Stones - "Dead Flowers" - Sticky Fingers (4:05)
31. Head Candy - "Part Of The Earth" - Starcaster (4:44)
32. Buffalo Tom - "Mineral" - Let Me Come Over (4:34)
33. Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up" - Deep (5:26)
34. Memoryhouse - "Walk With Me" - The Slideshow Effect (4:43)
35. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" - The Suburbs (5:20)
36. Shearwater - "Star Of The Age" - Animal Joy (5:01)
Total time: 159:47
As always, listen, comment and enjoy. The links have been sent.
namkcuR
My entry this time is an all-1970s list. The only criteria for a song to get in were for it to be from the 70s and for me to like it. This list was designed to highlight the diversity of the decade, as many consider the 70s to be the most diverse/eclectic decade for popular music(at least in the mainstream). I tried to represent a wide array of genres and subgenres, although they couldn't all be represented equally(i.e. some get one song, some get a bunch, that kind of thing, that's just how it unfolded). A lot of these are sort of obvious choices, and you probably won't discover much 'new' music here(although some of my selections are far less obvious and might be new to you). That's pretty much it. It's a love-letter to the 70s.
You can listen to each of the four 'sides' individually, but they're designed to segue nicely into each other, so you can listen straight through too.
This was a really tough list to make because there's so much to choose from; I had to make some tough cuts, and use various official edits of some songs to save time, and I still actually used up all of the available time(it's exactly 160:00 long), but I think I ended up with a pretty good list. I hope you enjoy it.
Side A - Disco, Funk, R&B, & Soul
1. Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough(7" Edit)" - Number Ones(International Version) (3:56)
2. Abba - "Summer Night City" - Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (3:34)
3. Bee Gees - "Night Fever" - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (3:33)
4. K.C. and The Sunshine Band - "That's The Way I Like It(Single Version)" - The Best of K.C. and The Sunshine Band (3:06)
5. The Village People - "Go West(Edit)" - We Want You - Greatest Hits(Europe Import) (3:33)
6. Parliament/Funkadelic - "Night Of The Thumpasorus People" - Mothership Connection (5:10)
7. Commodores - "I'm Ready" - Caught In The Act (3:24)
8. Earth, Wind, and Fire - "Shining Star" - That's The Way Of The World (2:51)
9. Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Just As I Am (2:04)
10. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On?" - What's Going On? (3:53)
11. Stevie Wonder - "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - Songs In The Key Of Life (3:37)
12. The Delfonics - "Didn't I(Blow Your Mind This Time)" - The Delfonics (3:23)
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41:58
Side B - Singer-songwriters(Pop & Country) & Classic Rock
1. Elton John - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3:13)
2. The Carpenters - "For All We Know" - Carpenters (2:33)
3. Billy Joel- "She's Always A Woman To Me" - The Stranger (3:21)
4. Cat Stevens - "Morning Has Broken" - Teaser and the Firecat (3:20)
5. Harry Chapin - "Cats In The Cradle" - Verities & Balderdash (3:44)
6. Bruce Springsteen - "Factory" - Darkness On The Edge Of Town (2:17)
7. Dolly Parton - "Jolene" - Jolene (2:43)
8. America - "Horse With No Name" - America (4:08)
9. Neil Young - "Heart Of Gold" - Greatest Hits (3:09)
10. Bob Dylan - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (2:32)
11. Led Zeppelin - "Tangerine" - III (3:10)
12. Grateful Dead - "Fire On The Mountain" - Shakedown Street (3:46)
13. George Harrison - "What Is Life" - All Things Must Pass (4:22)
14. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Refugee" - Greatest Hits (3:22)
15. The Who - "Love Reign O'er Me" - Quadophenia (5:48)
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51:24
Side C - Early Metal & Hard Rock, Glam, Punk, and Post-Punk
1. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way" - Greatest Hits (3:50)
2. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" - Paranoid (2:53)
3. T-Rex - "Children Of The Revolution" - Stand-Alone Single (2:29)
4. Argent - "God Gave Rock And Roll To You(45' Edit)" - In Deep (3:20)
5. David Bowie/Mott The Hoople - "All The Young Dudes(David Bowie and Ian Hunter vocal)" - All The Young Dudes(Remastered) (4:24)
6. Queen - "Killer Queen" - Greatest Hits I&II (3:02)
7. The Clash - "Garageland" - The Essential Clash (3:15)
8. The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" - Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (2:27)
9. Wire - "Mannequin" - Pink Flag (2:37)
10. The Police - "Can't Stand Losing You" - Outlandos d'Amour (2:58)
11. Television - "Elevation" - Marquee Moon (5:07)
12. Patti Smith - "Dancing Barefoot" - Wave (4:16)
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40:19
Side D - Electronic & Prog
1. Kraftwerk - "Transistor" - Radio-Activity (2:15)
2. Pink Floyd - "Any Colour You Like" - Dark Side Of The Moon (3:26)
3. Genesis - "Seven Stones" - Nursery Cryme (5:08)
4. Yes - "Awaken" - Going For The One (15:31)
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26:19
Total runtime: 160:00
Mr. V
Jibber-jabber:
I've been dying to do another DI and I reckon this might just be my favourite list. I have never used most of these artists before and in fact, most of this music has come out very recently - a fair chunk of it I've only had for a few weeks. But it all fits together. I place a great deal of importance on transitions and I'm really happy with all of these. Thematically, this list kind of follows where I've been at in my life over the last little bit. It just sounds like where I'm at. It's the music I listen to. Hope you like it. PS: My track 31 actually isn't 24 minutes long. Well, it is, but the first four minutes are the song and then it transitions into like 20 minutes of beach noise which obviously isn't compulsory listening.
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nameless
1. Cocaine 80s - "Nameless" - The Pursuit EP (2:49)
2. Rhye - "The Fall" - Woman (3:45)
3. LCD Soundsystem - "All I Want" - London Sessions (6:29)
4. The National - "All The Wine" - Alligator (3:15)
5. The Black Keys - "Little Black Submarines" - El Camino (4:11)
6. Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" - R U Mine? (single) (3:20)
7. Tame Impala - "Mind Mischief" - Lonerism (4:32)
8. Vampire Weekend - "Hanna Hunt" - Modern Vampires of the City (3:56)
9. Amy Winehouse - "Love is a Losing Game" - Back to Black (2:35)
10. John Legend - "Prelude" - Get Lifted (0:43)
11. John Legend - "Let's Get Lifted" - Let's Get Lifted (3:37)
12. Frank Ocean - "Thinkin Bout You" - Channel Orange (3:21)
13. Flume - "Warm Thoughts" - Flume (3:49)
14. Miami Horror - "Moon Theory" - Illumination (4:23)
15. Autre Ne Veut - "Play by Play" - Anxiety (5:15)
16. The Weeknd - "Wicked Games" - House of Balloons (5:25)
17. Cut Copy - "Need You Now" - Zonoscope (6:09)
18. CLASSIXX - "Holding On (Original Mix)" - Hanging Gardens
19. Chromeo - "Don't Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix)" - Don't Turn The Lights On (single) 5:33)
20. Mark Ronson & The Business Connection - "Bang Bang Bang" - Bang Bang Bang (single) (4:05)
21. Daft Punk - "Lose Yourself to Dance" - Random Access Memories (5:50)
22. Groove Armada - "Serve Chilled" - Vertigo (5:09)
23. U2 - "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" - Pop (5:15)
24. The xx - "Angels" - Coexist (2:53)
25. Dan Sultan - "Goddess Love" - Get Out While You Can (4:13)
26. Frightened Rabbit - "The Twist" - The Midnight Organ Fight (3:31)
27. Best Coast - "Last Year" - The Only Place (3:33)
28. Beach House - "Used To Be" - Teen Dream (4:02)
29. Los Campesinos! - "You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing" - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (5:09)
30. Japandroids - "The House That Heaven Built" - Celebration Rock (4:49)
31. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Rush to Relax" - Rush to Relax (24:39)
Total runtime: 142:27
LJT
Tractatus Logico- Musicum I
It's been a while since I took part in a Desert Island, my taste in music I would not say has changed but I like to think my taste has considerably broadened. Looking back on previous DI most of the music I listened to followed a very similar structure, I was always the indie rock/pop guy at school. Now I'm out in the working world and I find myself looking more towards dub-step and other electronica much more and hip hop which I actively avoided while younger but I will always enjoy a good melody no matter how complex or simple a song is. There is no particular theme to these playlists other than to introduce folks to some of the great music I have been listening to over the past couple of years. There is a loose idea that part I is a bit more accessible than part II, to guide the listener into some of the more eclectic material in the second half. The title I have nicked from Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and these playlists are (in a small corny way), a logical musical treatise on how music remains such a big part of my life, and long may it "reign o'er me".
01. A Lull- "Weapons of War"- Confetti (4:13)
02. James Pants- "Beta"- James Pants (2:55)
03. Ulrich Schnauss- "Passing By"- Faraway Trains Passing By (6.35)
04. Loops of Your Heart- "Broken Bow"- And Never Ending Nights (10.17)
05. Trembling Blue Stars- "This Once Was An Island"- The Last Holy Writer (4.11)
06. Joe Goddard Feat. Valentina- "Gabriel"- Gabriel EP (5.36)
07. JJ- "Ecstasy"- JJ N°2 (3.33)
08. Wolf Gang- "Dancing With the Devil"- Dancing With the Devil (3.42)
09. Delicate Steve- "Wally Wilder"- Positive Force (4.03)
10. Chic- "What About Me"- Risque (4.14)
11. Gil Scott Heron- "Home Is Where the Hatred Is"- Pieces of a Man (3.22)
12. Dog is Dead- "Do the Right Thing"- All Our Favourite Stories (4.26)
13. Fruit Bats- "The Banishment Song"- Tripper (5.57)
14. How to Dress Well- "Suicide Dream (Orchestral)- Just Once EP (4.50)
15. Anna Calvi- "Suzanne & I"- (4.11)
Total:72:16
Tractatus Logico- Musicum II
01. Stara Rzeka- "Przebudzenie Boga Wschodu"- Cien Chmury Nad Ukrytym Polem (12.10)
02. Balam Acab- "Regret Making Mistakes"- See Birds EP (4.18)
03. Tricky- "Aftermath"- Maxinquaye (7.38)
04. Open Mike Eagle- "Pissy Transmissions"- Unapologetic Art Rap (3.23)
05. Ghostpoet- "Survive It"- Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam (4.23)
06. iLiKETRAiNS- "The Hive"- The Shallows (5.01)
07. Kuedo- "Truth Flood"- Severant (3.39)
08. Divine Fits- "For Your Heart"- A Thing Called Divine Fits (5.25)
09. Stellar Om Source- "Fascination"- Joy One Mile (5.57)
10. Django Django- "Waveforms"- Django Django (4.26)
11. Moonface- "Faraway Lightning"- With SInaii: Heartbreaking Bravery (4.45)
12. Laurel Halo- "Carcass"- Quarantine (4.32)
13. Disco Inferno- "Love Stepping Out"- The 5 EPs (6.22)
14. Blood Orange- "Champagne Coast"- Coastal Grooves (4.52)
15. Jono McCleery- "Wonderful Life"- There Is (3.22)
Total: 80:20
Grand Total: 152:36
bono_212
Here we are, my first "Concept" list. What's the concept? I just wanted to make a list of songs with girl's names in the title.
It started as one of those simple ideas...I was driving in my car with Travis and "Oh Sherrie" came on for the 10,000th time. We started talking about songs with girl's names in them and very quickly I decided it would be fun to make a list of them. Then I decided that it might make a nice DI list. I think I started with "Oh Sherrie", "Kayleigh", "Kelsey" (by Metro Station) and "Meet Viriginia"...you're probably going to think the list improved fairly well over that.
Over the next year or so (yes, I've been working on this for a while), every time a new song would come on the radio, I'd get excited and make sure to add it to the list as soon as I got home.
Unfortunately, as these things often do, what started as a fun little hobby soon went down the rabbit hole of insanity. I suddenly had all of these arbitrary rules that mattered to no one but me for what could be on the list. It was for that reason that original staples from the list, "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Hurricane J" (replaced by "Chelsea Dagger" thanks to the Blackhawks) got the boot. The former for not being the name of the actual girl in the song, the latter because Jessie's name is not spelled out in the song title. Those are just two examples of my insanity in creating this list.
But, you know what? I think it was worth it. I really enjoy it and I've had a generally great time making it as well. Shouldn't that always be a part of the fun?
Anyways, I don't want to take up more of your time, I just thought you might like to hear a little about what went on while I made this list. I tried to preserve a bit of that radio feeling that I got while creating this, as you might hear in the opening and closing songs especially. I hope you guys enjoy!
1. Polaris - "Hey Sandy" - Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete (2:33)
2. The Ramones - "Judy Is a Punk" - Ramones (1:31)
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Taste of Cindy" - Psychocandy (1:42)
4. The Magnetic Fields - "Candy" - The Wayward Bus (2:31)
5. The House of Love - "Christine" - The House of Love (3:24)
6. The Cure - "A Letter To Elise" - Wish (4:19)
7. Wild Nothing - "Only Heather" - Nocturne (3:14)
8. Bat for Lashes - "Marilyn" - The Haunted Man (4:32)
9. Cocteau Twins - "Lorelai" - Treasure (3:41)
10. Prefab Sprout - "Goodbye Lucille #1" - Steve McQueen (4:32)
11. Marillion - "Kayleigh" - Misplaced Childhood (3:32)
12. Steve Perry - "Oh Sherry" - Street Talk (3:48)
13. The Killers - "Believe Me Natalie" - Hot Fuss (5:04)
14. M83 - "Kim & Jessie" - Saturdays = Youth (5:24)
15. Bell X1 - "Eve, The Apple of My Eye" - Music in Mouth (4:02)
16. One EskimO - "Kandi" - One EskimO (4:02)
17. Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home" - A Few Small Repairs (4:24)
18. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says" - Nothing's Shocking (4:52)
19. Train - "Meet Virginia" - Train (4:00)
20. Franz Ferdinand - "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" - You Could Have it So Much Better (2:50)
21. Okkervil River - "Savannah Smiles" - The Stage Names (3:37)
22. Rod Stewart - "Maggie Mae" - Every Picture Tells a Story (4:58)
23. Pure Prairie League - "Amie" - Bustin' Out (4:18)
24. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - (2:54)
25. Simon & Garfunkel - "Cecilia" - Bridge Over Troubled Water (2:52)
26. The Hollies - "Carrie Anne" - The Hollies' Greatest Hits (2:58)
27. Neil Diamond - "Cracklin' Rosie" - Tap Root Manuscript (2:57)
28. The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" - The Beatles (3:48)
29. Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac (4:10)
30. The National - "Karen" - Alligator (3:57)
31. The Velvet Underground - "Stephanie Says" - VU (2:48)
32. Rolling Stones - "Ruby Tuesday" - Between the Buttons (3:15)
33. The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee" - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (2:41)
34. Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Greatest Hits: Edison Lighthouse (2:47)
35. Them - "Gloria" - The Angry Young Them (2:36)
36. Bruce Springsteen - "Candy's Room" - Darkness of the Edge of Town (2:46)
37. Donnie Iris - "Ah! Leah!" - Back on the Streets (3:44)
38. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" - Yours Truly, Angry Mob (3:22)
39. The New Pornographers - "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" - Twin Cinema (3:03)
40. The Fratellis - "Chelsea Dagger" - Costello Music (3:34)
41. The Knack - "My Sharona" - Get the Knack (4:54)
42. Amanda Palmer - "Melody Dean" - Theatre is Evil (4:02)
43. Elvis Costello - "Veronica" - Spike (3:07)
44. The Nails - "88 Lines About 44 Women" - Mood Swing (4:54)
Total runtime: 157:37
phanan
1. David & David - "Welcome To The Boomtown" - Boomtown (5:33)
2. Simple Minds - "See The Lights" - Real Life (4:24)
3. Beach House - "Lazuli" - Bloom (5:02)
4. Washed Out - "Before" - Within and Without (4:46)
5. Boards Of Canada - "New Seeds" - Tomorrow's Harvest (5:39)
6. Doves - "Winter Hill" - Kingdom Of Rust (5:19)
7. The Church - "Ripple" - Priest = Aura (6:04)
8. Big Country - "Chance" - The Crossing (4:29)
9. Winter Hours - "Island Of Jewels" - Wait Till The Morning (5:12)
10. R.E.M. - "Half A World Away" - Out Of Time (3:28)
11. Hugo Largo - "Fancy" - Drum (4:18)
12. Low - "Especially Me" - C'mon (5:27)
13. The National - "About Today" Cherry Tree (4:11)
14. Beck - "Lost Cause" - Sea Change (3:47)
15. George Harrison - "Behind That Locked Door" - All Things Must Pass (3:10)
16. The Jayhawks - "Settled Down Like Rain" - Hollywood Town Hall (3:01)
17. The Decemberists - "Calamity Song" - The King Is Dead (3:50)
18. John Mellencamp - "Minutes To Memories" - Scarecrow (4:13)
19. The New Pornographers - "Crash Years" - Together (4:07)
20. The Radio Dept. - "This Time Around" - Clinging To A Scheme (3:46)
21. Grimes - "Genesis" - Visions (4:15)
22. Fiction Factory - "(Feels Like) Heaven" - Throw The Warped Wheel Out (3:33)
23. Men At Work - "It's A Mistake" - Cargo (4:47)
24. The Smiths - "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" - Louder Than Bombs (3:37)
25. Modest Mouse - "Dark Center Of The Universe" - The Moon & Antarctica (5:03)
26. Real Estate - "Out Of Tune" - Days (4:52)
27. Dumptruck - "Carefree" - For The Country (3:05)
28. Tom Petty - "Wildflowers" - Wildflowers (3:17)
29. Gordon Lightfoot - "Hi'Way Songs" - Songbook (3:37)
30. The Rolling Stones - "Dead Flowers" - Sticky Fingers (4:05)
31. Head Candy - "Part Of The Earth" - Starcaster (4:44)
32. Buffalo Tom - "Mineral" - Let Me Come Over (4:34)
33. Peter Murphy - "Cuts You Up" - Deep (5:26)
34. Memoryhouse - "Walk With Me" - The Slideshow Effect (4:43)
35. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" - The Suburbs (5:20)
36. Shearwater - "Star Of The Age" - Animal Joy (5:01)
Total time: 159:47
I'd fix it if I still could.
what I described is exactly what I did expect the first time I played this game, and while I've only participated in one longer di and a mini, it's hardly what people have done. Despite the way threads dedicated to pitchfork bnm bands do dominate this place, there is still a decent variety of music being discussed. Then on top of that, people were pulling out lists filled with other things they listen to. Oneblood's total hip hop list, LM has deftly crossed genres with each list he's made, phanan had an uncanny ability to provide context in which I find myself enjoying songs that I know I would hate on their own, iyup made a mini blues rock list last time, what i daid before about your list, laz's is different too, etc. it's probably the way they were grouped together, or just the order in which I started listening (which is why I haven't cracked gump or Joey's yet) where it's felt like a best of this place's favorite current bands has dominated. There was even that person who made metal list that one time (and I was the only person who liked it). 
