phanan
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Let the listening commence...
As previously mentioned, each Master List thread will appear approximately 10 days apart to allow adequate time for hearing all playlists. Hopefully this will greatly enhance the experience for everyone involved.
I will be sending out PMs with links for these five playlists to all players, as well as any additional listeners who express interest in participating. As of right now, I've got gump, GAF, and SP on that list.
Here are our first five entries, in the order they were received:
collapse
So my playlist can definitely be listened to straight through if you are so inclined. However, I decided to divide it up to make it more manageable, and so instead of one overarching idea or mood, each section has a vague concept behind it. Hopefully everyone will find something they enjoy on my list!
A Call To Arms : We Will Conquer Kings
epic ambitions.
1. Dimmu Borgir - "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" - Death Cult Armageddon (5:18)
2. The Vita Ruins - "All The Kids Must Be Sleeping" - A Day Without A Name (3:50)
3. Powerglove - "This Is Halloween" - Saturday Morning Apocalypse (3:53)
4. The Furious City - "Invictus" - Prevail (3:07)
5. Periphery - "Jetpacks Was Yes" - Periphery (3:57)
6. Agalloch - "Falling Snow" - Ashes Against The Grain (9:40)
7. Kylesa - "Don't Look Back" - Spiral Shadow (3:21)
8. Finntroll - "Ett Norrskendad" - Nifelvind (3:34)
9. In Flames - "Dead End" - Come Clarity (3:23)
Total Time: 39:58
Screams And Sleep : Days Undone, Dreams Unforeseen
wavering reality.
1. Red Sparowes - "Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes" - At The Soundless Dawn (8:28)
2. Whirl - "Leave" - Distressor (4:14)
3. Twin Panda - "Tony's Song" - On Barren Earth (4:02)
4. Envy - "Pieces Of The Moon I Weaved" - Recitation (4:48)
5. Thorr-Axe - "March Of The Wizards" - Roots Of The Mountain (2:03)
6. Sleep - "Dragonaut" - Sleep's Holy Mountain (5:43)
7. Opeth - "Bleak" - Blackwater Park (9:16)
Total Time: 38:30
Amphetamines : (Clarity/Collapse)
mechanical euphoria.
1. Cloudkicker - "Oh, God." - Beacons (5:41)
2. Paper Tiger - "The Bully Plank" - Made Like Us (3:38)
3. Animals As Leaders - "On Impulse" - Animals As Leaders (6:10)
4. Underworld - "Bird 1" - Barking (6:51)
5. Jaydiohead - "Dreaming Up" - Jaydiohead - Jay-Z x Radiohead (3:33)
6. Childs - "Marysal" - Yui (6:53)
7. Atlantis - "Constantinople" - The Silent Ballet: Volume II (7:25)
Total Time: 40:06
Infinite Resignation : It's Not Alright, And That's Alright
triumphant melancholy.
1. Bring Me The Horizon - "Crucify Me" - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen it. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret. (6:20)
2. The Middle East - "Blood" - The Recordings Of The Middle East (5:27)
3. Alcoholic Faith Mission - "Nut In Your Eye" - 421 Wythe Avenue (3:44)
4. The National - "Sorrow" - High Violet (3:25)
5. The Never Setting Suns - "Stupid Girl, Crazy Horse" - And Now We're Not Alone (4:04)
6. Sikth - "Where Do We Fall? - Death Of A Dead Day (4:40)
7. Zao - "I Lay Sleepless In My Grave" - The Funeral Of God (1:33)
8. Architects - "Hollow Crown" - Hollow Crown (4:25)
9. B.M. Sharp - "The Naif" - Music Is Tight (3:42)
Total Time: 37:16
(2:35:50)
LemonMelon
Judge this book by its cover: this is a party, eclectic in sound, but homogeneous in spirit. The playlist is divided into soul/R&B, electronic, and rap/hip-hop thirds, with each receiving a roughly equal amount of tracks, so the disco ball is just me being lazy. I’ve been putting this list together for over two years, but I delayed releasing it because I wanted it to be as deep as possible, offering the very best of what each genre has to offer (with, of course, only the best sequences I could manage gluing them together). Don’t let my perfectionist tendencies betray the fun I had making this list, however; I really think this is one of the most enjoyable, unique playlists that I’ve come across. Let’s just pretend this isn’t Oneblood’s last list made more acceptable to B&C tastes.
Track listing:
1. Michael Jackson – “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Off The Wall (6:04)
2. Funkadelic – “One Nation Under A Groove” – One Nation Under A Groove (7:28)
3. Beastie Boys – “Hey Ladies” – Paul’s Boutique (3:47)
4. De La Soul – “Change In Speak” – 3 Feet High And Rising (2:32)
5. Todd Rundgren – “Wolfman Jack” – Somthething/Anything (2:55)
6. Wilson Pickett – “In The Midnight Hour” – The Very Best of Wilson Pickett (2:40)
7. The Supremes – “Back In My Arms Again” – Gold (2:53)
8. Sam and Dave – “Soothe Me” – The Best of Sam and Dave (2:30)
9. The Four Tops – “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” – The Ultimate Collection (2:44)
10. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “The Tracks of My Tears” – The Definitive Collection (2:54)
11. The Spinners – “It’s A Shame” – The Best of The Spinners (3:14)
12. Stevie Wonder – “My Cherie Amour” – My Cherie Amour (2:54)
13. Aretha Franklin – “Ain’t No Way” – Lady Soul
14. Isaac Hayes – “Walk On By (Single Version)” – The Very Best of Isaac Hayes (4:33)
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “The Game Gets Old” – I Learned The Hard Way (3:55)
16. Kanye West – “Touch The Sky” – Late Registration (3:56)
17. Daft Punk – “One More Time” – Discovery (5:20)
18. The Streets – “Blinded By The Lights” – A Grand Don’t Come For Free (4:43)
19. Madonna – “Get Together” – Confessions on a Dance Floor (5:14)
20. Gorillaz – “Dare” – Demon Days (4:04)
21. Crystal Castles – “Suffocation” – Crystal Castles (2010) (4:02)
22. Cut Copy – “Lights & Music (Single Version)” – Lights & Music (4:59)
23. Neon Neon – “Raquel” – Stainless Style (5:01)
24. Hercules and Love Affair – “Blind” – Hercules and Love Affair (6:18)
25. LCD Soundsystem – “Tribulations” – LCD Soundsystem (4:59)
26. The Go! Team – “Ladyflash” – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (4:16)
27. Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer” – Psychich Chasms (4:01)
28. Annie – “Heartbeat” – Anniemal (3:06)
29. MGMT – “Electric Feel” – Oracular Spectacular (3:49)
30. Lupe Fiasco – “Sunshine” – Food & Liquor (3:55)
31. Outkast – “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” – Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast (5:57)
32. The Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa” – Ready To Die (4:09)
33. Nas – “Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)” – Illmatic (4:07)
34. Common – “Faithful” – Be (3:33)
35. Jay-Z – “Feelin’ It” – Reasonable Doubt (3:48)
36. The Roots – “You Got Me” – Things Fall Apart (4:19)
37. Erykah Badu – “Window Seat” – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (4:49)
38. Massive Attack – “Unfinished Sympathy” – Collected (5:12)
Total runtime: 2:36:53
iron yuppie
My playlist is organized around the themes of day and night. However, it also represents the seasonal change from fall to winter during a transitional period in my life. I trust that the other contestants will have heard of most of the artists represented here, but I have tried to show elements of their styles that may be neither familiar nor expected. I hope that everyone finds something to enjoy here.
A DAY & NIGHT IN THE LIFE
Disc 1: Day
1. M83 – “You Appearing” – Saturdays = Youth (3:39)
2. Fleet Foxes – “Sun Giant” – Sun Giant EP (2:14)
3. Pink Floyd – “Cirrus Minor” – More (5:18)
4. U2 – “Breathe” – No Line on the Horizon (5:00)
5. Wild Nothing – “Bored Games” – Gemini (4:01)
6. Robert Plant – “One More Cup of Coffee” – Dreamland (4:04)
7. The Rolling Stones – “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” – Sticky Fingers (7:16)
8. The White Stripes – “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” – White Blood Cells (3:04)
9. Elton John – “Come Down in Time” – Tumbleweed Connection (3:26)
10. Wayne Shorter – “Deluge” – Juju (6:52)
11. Animal Collective – “Loch Raven” – Feels (4:59)
12. Iron & Wine – “Peace beneath the City” – The Shepherd’s Dog (4:45)
13. Antony & The Johnsons – “Swanlights” – Swanlights (6:08)
14. Christopher O’Riley – “Let Down” – True Love Waits: O’Riley Plays Radiohead (5:32)
Disc 2: Night
15. Depeche Mode – “Waiting for the Night” – Violator (6:07)
16. Veil Veil Vanish – “Anthem for a Doomed Youth” – Change in the Neon Light (4:02)
17. Fever Ray – “Mercy Street” – Mercy Street Digital Single (5:44)
18. David Bowie – “Fashion” – Scary Monsters (4:52)
19. LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great” – Sound of Silver (6:26)
20. The National – “All the Wine” – Alligator (3:17)
21. Portishead – “Mourning Air” – Portishead (4:16)
22. Miles Davis – “Générique” – Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud (2:50)
23. Hercules & Love Affair – “You Belong” – Hercules & Love Affair (4:12)
24. Thom Yorke – “Cymbal Rush” – The Eraser (5:15)
25. The Cure – “Sinking” – The Head on the Door (4:53)
26. Zola Jesus – “Trust Me” – Stridulum EP (2:01)
27. The Smiths – “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” – The Queen Is Dead (4:03)
28. Björk – “All Is Full of Love” – Homogenic (4:32)
Total Runtime: 2:08:48
Reggo
Gloria Grey
"All of you are weak. Lying safe and sound in your cozy little sanities. In your nice, safe, minds. BREAK THEM."
Track listing:
1. My Chemica Romance - “Romance” - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (1:05)
2. Steven Wilson - “The Guitar Lesson” - Cover Version IV (4:08)
3. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - “A Little Push” - The Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2:43)
4. Tori Amos - “Raining Blood” - Strange Little Girls (6:22)
5. Passengers - “Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)” - Original Soundtracks 1 (3:35)
6. Celtic Frost - “Danse Macabre” - Morbid Tales (3:52)
7. Tom Waits - “Black Box Theme” - The Black Rider (2:42)
8. The Dresden Dolls - “Slide” - The Dresden Dolls (4:30)
9. Roddy Bottum - “The Pass Where The Devil Can See” - Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (0:57)
10. Siouxsie & The Banshees - “Helter Skelter” - The Scream (3:49)
11. Skinny Puppy - “Worlock” - Rabies (5:31)
12. The Beatles - “Revolution 9” - White Album (8:13)
13. Marilyn Manson - “Empty Sounds Of Hate” - Antichrist Superstar (1:39)
14. Radiohead - “Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors” - Amnesiac (4:07)
15. The Cure - “Subway Song” - Boys Don't Cry (1:52)
16. A Perfect Circle - “Lullaby” - Thirteenth Step (2:01)
17. Axis of Perdition - “Isolation Cubicle 312” - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital (3:12)
18. Sarah Brightman and Company - “Crucifixus” - Repo! The Genetic Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1:48)
19. U2 - “Please” - Please (Single) (5:50)
20. Tool - “Viginti Tres” -10,000 Days (5:03)
21. Type O Negative - “Black Sabbath” - Nativity In Black (7:45)
22. Inhale - “black” - Silence, Memory, & Withdrawal (6:27)
23. Amiina - “Doctor Finkelstein/In The Forest” - Nightmare Revisited (3:18)
24. Slipknot - “The Virus Of Life” - Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses (5:25)
25. Green Day - “¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)” - 21st Century Breakdown (3:48)
26. Sunn O))) - “Bathory Erzsebet” - Black One (16:00)
27. Porcupine Tree - “Bonnie The Cat” - The Incident (5:45)
28. Krzysztof Penderecki - “Als Jakob Erwachte” - Inland Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (7:28)
29. Hiro Goto and Adrienne Woods - “The Unforgettable Fire” - Still Strung Out on U2: Vol. 2 (4:05)
30. Muse - “Take A Bow” - Black Holes And Revelations (4:40)
Total runtime: 137:40 or 2:37:40
Screwtape2
Does The Metropolis Dream of Innocence?
We are children of a lesser groom, the mistakes of a strobe light room,
Where strangers flock and lose themselves in Technicolor attire.
We are creatures of the night, running for our lives in a spinning city,
Seeking sanctuary in backstreets but stumbling forth from beneath the globe.
Fearless fashion, even artists by some description,
Yet it is all a zombie occupation where the anthill moans.
On the corners, vicious vicars advertising the latest faith,
They lead you from the charcoal darkness into a silver, sterile haven.
In this holy site, and holy if simply clean, they explain this dangerous game,
“It is a lithium and synthetic religion of exterior revision
--through simian precision!”
We are the howl, the cavernous growl, the sacred scream
The invisible men in a ghost world, hiding even from itself.
Like a symphony the mood inside us changes to a gloomy awareness,
Paralysis when the passing feeling still persists.
Homegrown and vengeful, harlequins and harmless heroes in pain,
The Metropolis is faded, the Ginza guardians have abandoned their posts,
The silver towers and poles of white bleed in the black and acid rain.
Like an unfinished symphony the nighttime roar at times falls silent,
Breathless smokestacks pump the city’s lifeblood no longer.
A longing shadow creeps, it tries to the follow the caravan,
The caravan of puppets, sheep and freaks seeks the edge of the world.
Gargoyles and gas plant pillars, garbage pylons and broken glass giants.
Like ghosts caste out of the next world into a kingdom of ash and cinder,
Fashioned to please the nearly blind or at least conditioned to depress.
In a capital of a ghost world, seek no dreams
Yet in the center circle there spins a massive globe: The Jupiter Ghost.
In a starless sky, wish only upon the ghost.
Mourn for the future by gathering beneath a behemoth,
A memory of a universe no longer seen.
Through the static and electric storm,
Heaven held but Earth bound,
Bright light and a carnival in eternal night.
On the windowsill a population of dreams tries to reach the atmosphere.
If only to dream up a new world
If only to dream louder than the motor crawl, the insufferable growl.
The heavy clouds may bring a dangerous rain,
To the electric dreams of a Metropolis.
The city desired rainbows so they created Technicolor lights
The city sought a guiding star so they tied down their perfect planet.
It all begs one question, a gentle sounding question,
One with a touch of class and lyrical flair,
With a bellowing and brightly lit behemoth
With sheets over its head even in dreamtime,
Does the Metropolis dream of innocence?
1. Geino Yamashirogumi – “Kaneda” – Akira Soundtrack (3:40)
2. The Cure - “Delirious Night” - Disintegration [Deluxe Edition] (4:44)
3. Depeche Mode - “Rush” – Songs of Faith and Devotion (4:38)
4. U2 - “The Fly” – Achtung Baby (4:29)
5. Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) - “Stylo” – Plastic Beach (4:31)
6. Metric - “Dead Disco” – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (3:26)
7. Moby - “Hyenas” – Last Night (3:35)
8. Tori Amos - “Cruel” – From The Choirgirl Hotel (4:07)
9. Duran Duran - “New Religion” – Rio (5:32)
10. Blondie - “Atomic” – Ashes To Ashes Series 2 Soundtrack (3:47)
11. Coldplay - “Low” – X&Y (5:32)
12. The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – Urban Hymns (5:58)
13. Slowdive - “Souvlaki Space Station” – Souvlaki (5:59)
14. Empire of The Sun – “Standing On The Shore” – Walking On A Dream (4:25)
15. The Passions - “I’m In Love With A German Film Star” –Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (3:58)
16. Gary Numan – “Films” – The Pleasure Principle (4:10)
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dazzle” – Hyaena (5:31)
18. Bat For Lashes – “The Wizard” – Fur and Gold (4:17)
19. Morrissey - “Jack The Ripper” – Certain People I Know [single] (3:31)
20. Najwa Nimri – “That Cyclone” – Carefully (3:21)
21. Florence + The Machine – “Blinding” – Lungs (4:40)
22. The Glove – “Mouth To Mouth” – Blue Sunshine (5:37)
23. Stone Roses - “I Wanna Be Adored” – Stone Roses (4:53)
24. Garbage - “The World Is Not Enough” – Bond…James Bond (3:59)
25. David Bowie – “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (5:13)
26. Bush – “Synapse (Philip Steir / My Ghost In The Bush Of Life Mix)” –Deconstructed (6:29)
27. Kraftwerk – “Radioactivity” – The Mix (6:53)
28. Todd Rundgren – “Living” –Liars (5:36)
29. Faithless – “Insomnia (Monster Mix)” – A Night At The Roxbury Soundtrack (6:45)
30. Passengers – “United Colours” – Original Soundtracks 1 (5:29)
31. The Creatures – “Pluto Drive” – Boomerang (4:41)
32. Kenji Kawai – “The Ballade of Puppets: Flowers Grieve and Fall” – Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence Soundtrack (3:40)
Total Time: 2:32:51
As previously mentioned, each Master List thread will appear approximately 10 days apart to allow adequate time for hearing all playlists. Hopefully this will greatly enhance the experience for everyone involved.
I will be sending out PMs with links for these five playlists to all players, as well as any additional listeners who express interest in participating. As of right now, I've got gump, GAF, and SP on that list.
Here are our first five entries, in the order they were received:
collapse
So my playlist can definitely be listened to straight through if you are so inclined. However, I decided to divide it up to make it more manageable, and so instead of one overarching idea or mood, each section has a vague concept behind it. Hopefully everyone will find something they enjoy on my list!
A Call To Arms : We Will Conquer Kings
epic ambitions.
1. Dimmu Borgir - "Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse" - Death Cult Armageddon (5:18)
2. The Vita Ruins - "All The Kids Must Be Sleeping" - A Day Without A Name (3:50)
3. Powerglove - "This Is Halloween" - Saturday Morning Apocalypse (3:53)
4. The Furious City - "Invictus" - Prevail (3:07)
5. Periphery - "Jetpacks Was Yes" - Periphery (3:57)
6. Agalloch - "Falling Snow" - Ashes Against The Grain (9:40)
7. Kylesa - "Don't Look Back" - Spiral Shadow (3:21)
8. Finntroll - "Ett Norrskendad" - Nifelvind (3:34)
9. In Flames - "Dead End" - Come Clarity (3:23)
Total Time: 39:58
Screams And Sleep : Days Undone, Dreams Unforeseen
wavering reality.
1. Red Sparowes - "Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes" - At The Soundless Dawn (8:28)
2. Whirl - "Leave" - Distressor (4:14)
3. Twin Panda - "Tony's Song" - On Barren Earth (4:02)
4. Envy - "Pieces Of The Moon I Weaved" - Recitation (4:48)
5. Thorr-Axe - "March Of The Wizards" - Roots Of The Mountain (2:03)
6. Sleep - "Dragonaut" - Sleep's Holy Mountain (5:43)
7. Opeth - "Bleak" - Blackwater Park (9:16)
Total Time: 38:30
Amphetamines : (Clarity/Collapse)
mechanical euphoria.
1. Cloudkicker - "Oh, God." - Beacons (5:41)
2. Paper Tiger - "The Bully Plank" - Made Like Us (3:38)
3. Animals As Leaders - "On Impulse" - Animals As Leaders (6:10)
4. Underworld - "Bird 1" - Barking (6:51)
5. Jaydiohead - "Dreaming Up" - Jaydiohead - Jay-Z x Radiohead (3:33)
6. Childs - "Marysal" - Yui (6:53)
7. Atlantis - "Constantinople" - The Silent Ballet: Volume II (7:25)
Total Time: 40:06
Infinite Resignation : It's Not Alright, And That's Alright
triumphant melancholy.
1. Bring Me The Horizon - "Crucify Me" - There Is A Hell, Believe Me I've Seen it. There Is A Heaven, Let's Keep It A Secret. (6:20)
2. The Middle East - "Blood" - The Recordings Of The Middle East (5:27)
3. Alcoholic Faith Mission - "Nut In Your Eye" - 421 Wythe Avenue (3:44)
4. The National - "Sorrow" - High Violet (3:25)
5. The Never Setting Suns - "Stupid Girl, Crazy Horse" - And Now We're Not Alone (4:04)
6. Sikth - "Where Do We Fall? - Death Of A Dead Day (4:40)
7. Zao - "I Lay Sleepless In My Grave" - The Funeral Of God (1:33)
8. Architects - "Hollow Crown" - Hollow Crown (4:25)
9. B.M. Sharp - "The Naif" - Music Is Tight (3:42)
Total Time: 37:16
(2:35:50)
LemonMelon
Judge this book by its cover: this is a party, eclectic in sound, but homogeneous in spirit. The playlist is divided into soul/R&B, electronic, and rap/hip-hop thirds, with each receiving a roughly equal amount of tracks, so the disco ball is just me being lazy. I’ve been putting this list together for over two years, but I delayed releasing it because I wanted it to be as deep as possible, offering the very best of what each genre has to offer (with, of course, only the best sequences I could manage gluing them together). Don’t let my perfectionist tendencies betray the fun I had making this list, however; I really think this is one of the most enjoyable, unique playlists that I’ve come across. Let’s just pretend this isn’t Oneblood’s last list made more acceptable to B&C tastes.
Track listing:
1. Michael Jackson – “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Off The Wall (6:04)
2. Funkadelic – “One Nation Under A Groove” – One Nation Under A Groove (7:28)
3. Beastie Boys – “Hey Ladies” – Paul’s Boutique (3:47)
4. De La Soul – “Change In Speak” – 3 Feet High And Rising (2:32)
5. Todd Rundgren – “Wolfman Jack” – Somthething/Anything (2:55)
6. Wilson Pickett – “In The Midnight Hour” – The Very Best of Wilson Pickett (2:40)
7. The Supremes – “Back In My Arms Again” – Gold (2:53)
8. Sam and Dave – “Soothe Me” – The Best of Sam and Dave (2:30)
9. The Four Tops – “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” – The Ultimate Collection (2:44)
10. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “The Tracks of My Tears” – The Definitive Collection (2:54)
11. The Spinners – “It’s A Shame” – The Best of The Spinners (3:14)
12. Stevie Wonder – “My Cherie Amour” – My Cherie Amour (2:54)
13. Aretha Franklin – “Ain’t No Way” – Lady Soul
14. Isaac Hayes – “Walk On By (Single Version)” – The Very Best of Isaac Hayes (4:33)
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “The Game Gets Old” – I Learned The Hard Way (3:55)
16. Kanye West – “Touch The Sky” – Late Registration (3:56)
17. Daft Punk – “One More Time” – Discovery (5:20)
18. The Streets – “Blinded By The Lights” – A Grand Don’t Come For Free (4:43)
19. Madonna – “Get Together” – Confessions on a Dance Floor (5:14)
20. Gorillaz – “Dare” – Demon Days (4:04)
21. Crystal Castles – “Suffocation” – Crystal Castles (2010) (4:02)
22. Cut Copy – “Lights & Music (Single Version)” – Lights & Music (4:59)
23. Neon Neon – “Raquel” – Stainless Style (5:01)
24. Hercules and Love Affair – “Blind” – Hercules and Love Affair (6:18)
25. LCD Soundsystem – “Tribulations” – LCD Soundsystem (4:59)
26. The Go! Team – “Ladyflash” – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (4:16)
27. Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer” – Psychich Chasms (4:01)
28. Annie – “Heartbeat” – Anniemal (3:06)
29. MGMT – “Electric Feel” – Oracular Spectacular (3:49)
30. Lupe Fiasco – “Sunshine” – Food & Liquor (3:55)
31. Outkast – “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” – Big Boi and Dre Present…Outkast (5:57)
32. The Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa” – Ready To Die (4:09)
33. Nas – “Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)” – Illmatic (4:07)
34. Common – “Faithful” – Be (3:33)
35. Jay-Z – “Feelin’ It” – Reasonable Doubt (3:48)
36. The Roots – “You Got Me” – Things Fall Apart (4:19)
37. Erykah Badu – “Window Seat” – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (4:49)
38. Massive Attack – “Unfinished Sympathy” – Collected (5:12)
Total runtime: 2:36:53
iron yuppie
My playlist is organized around the themes of day and night. However, it also represents the seasonal change from fall to winter during a transitional period in my life. I trust that the other contestants will have heard of most of the artists represented here, but I have tried to show elements of their styles that may be neither familiar nor expected. I hope that everyone finds something to enjoy here.
A DAY & NIGHT IN THE LIFE
Disc 1: Day
1. M83 – “You Appearing” – Saturdays = Youth (3:39)
2. Fleet Foxes – “Sun Giant” – Sun Giant EP (2:14)
3. Pink Floyd – “Cirrus Minor” – More (5:18)
4. U2 – “Breathe” – No Line on the Horizon (5:00)
5. Wild Nothing – “Bored Games” – Gemini (4:01)
6. Robert Plant – “One More Cup of Coffee” – Dreamland (4:04)
7. The Rolling Stones – “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” – Sticky Fingers (7:16)
8. The White Stripes – “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” – White Blood Cells (3:04)
9. Elton John – “Come Down in Time” – Tumbleweed Connection (3:26)
10. Wayne Shorter – “Deluge” – Juju (6:52)
11. Animal Collective – “Loch Raven” – Feels (4:59)
12. Iron & Wine – “Peace beneath the City” – The Shepherd’s Dog (4:45)
13. Antony & The Johnsons – “Swanlights” – Swanlights (6:08)
14. Christopher O’Riley – “Let Down” – True Love Waits: O’Riley Plays Radiohead (5:32)
Disc 2: Night
15. Depeche Mode – “Waiting for the Night” – Violator (6:07)
16. Veil Veil Vanish – “Anthem for a Doomed Youth” – Change in the Neon Light (4:02)
17. Fever Ray – “Mercy Street” – Mercy Street Digital Single (5:44)
18. David Bowie – “Fashion” – Scary Monsters (4:52)
19. LCD Soundsystem – “Someone Great” – Sound of Silver (6:26)
20. The National – “All the Wine” – Alligator (3:17)
21. Portishead – “Mourning Air” – Portishead (4:16)
22. Miles Davis – “Générique” – Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud (2:50)
23. Hercules & Love Affair – “You Belong” – Hercules & Love Affair (4:12)
24. Thom Yorke – “Cymbal Rush” – The Eraser (5:15)
25. The Cure – “Sinking” – The Head on the Door (4:53)
26. Zola Jesus – “Trust Me” – Stridulum EP (2:01)
27. The Smiths – “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” – The Queen Is Dead (4:03)
28. Björk – “All Is Full of Love” – Homogenic (4:32)
Total Runtime: 2:08:48
Reggo
Gloria Grey
"All of you are weak. Lying safe and sound in your cozy little sanities. In your nice, safe, minds. BREAK THEM."
Track listing:
1. My Chemica Romance - “Romance” - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (1:05)
2. Steven Wilson - “The Guitar Lesson” - Cover Version IV (4:08)
3. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - “A Little Push” - The Dark Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2:43)
4. Tori Amos - “Raining Blood” - Strange Little Girls (6:22)
5. Passengers - “Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)” - Original Soundtracks 1 (3:35)
6. Celtic Frost - “Danse Macabre” - Morbid Tales (3:52)
7. Tom Waits - “Black Box Theme” - The Black Rider (2:42)
8. The Dresden Dolls - “Slide” - The Dresden Dolls (4:30)
9. Roddy Bottum - “The Pass Where The Devil Can See” - Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (0:57)
10. Siouxsie & The Banshees - “Helter Skelter” - The Scream (3:49)
11. Skinny Puppy - “Worlock” - Rabies (5:31)
12. The Beatles - “Revolution 9” - White Album (8:13)
13. Marilyn Manson - “Empty Sounds Of Hate” - Antichrist Superstar (1:39)
14. Radiohead - “Pull/Pulk Revolving Doors” - Amnesiac (4:07)
15. The Cure - “Subway Song” - Boys Don't Cry (1:52)
16. A Perfect Circle - “Lullaby” - Thirteenth Step (2:01)
17. Axis of Perdition - “Isolation Cubicle 312” - Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital (3:12)
18. Sarah Brightman and Company - “Crucifixus” - Repo! The Genetic Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1:48)
19. U2 - “Please” - Please (Single) (5:50)
20. Tool - “Viginti Tres” -10,000 Days (5:03)
21. Type O Negative - “Black Sabbath” - Nativity In Black (7:45)
22. Inhale - “black” - Silence, Memory, & Withdrawal (6:27)
23. Amiina - “Doctor Finkelstein/In The Forest” - Nightmare Revisited (3:18)
24. Slipknot - “The Virus Of Life” - Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses (5:25)
25. Green Day - “¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)” - 21st Century Breakdown (3:48)
26. Sunn O))) - “Bathory Erzsebet” - Black One (16:00)
27. Porcupine Tree - “Bonnie The Cat” - The Incident (5:45)
28. Krzysztof Penderecki - “Als Jakob Erwachte” - Inland Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (7:28)
29. Hiro Goto and Adrienne Woods - “The Unforgettable Fire” - Still Strung Out on U2: Vol. 2 (4:05)
30. Muse - “Take A Bow” - Black Holes And Revelations (4:40)
Total runtime: 137:40 or 2:37:40
Screwtape2
Does The Metropolis Dream of Innocence?
We are children of a lesser groom, the mistakes of a strobe light room,
Where strangers flock and lose themselves in Technicolor attire.
We are creatures of the night, running for our lives in a spinning city,
Seeking sanctuary in backstreets but stumbling forth from beneath the globe.
Fearless fashion, even artists by some description,
Yet it is all a zombie occupation where the anthill moans.
On the corners, vicious vicars advertising the latest faith,
They lead you from the charcoal darkness into a silver, sterile haven.
In this holy site, and holy if simply clean, they explain this dangerous game,
“It is a lithium and synthetic religion of exterior revision
--through simian precision!”
We are the howl, the cavernous growl, the sacred scream
The invisible men in a ghost world, hiding even from itself.
Like a symphony the mood inside us changes to a gloomy awareness,
Paralysis when the passing feeling still persists.
Homegrown and vengeful, harlequins and harmless heroes in pain,
The Metropolis is faded, the Ginza guardians have abandoned their posts,
The silver towers and poles of white bleed in the black and acid rain.
Like an unfinished symphony the nighttime roar at times falls silent,
Breathless smokestacks pump the city’s lifeblood no longer.
A longing shadow creeps, it tries to the follow the caravan,
The caravan of puppets, sheep and freaks seeks the edge of the world.
Gargoyles and gas plant pillars, garbage pylons and broken glass giants.
Like ghosts caste out of the next world into a kingdom of ash and cinder,
Fashioned to please the nearly blind or at least conditioned to depress.
In a capital of a ghost world, seek no dreams
Yet in the center circle there spins a massive globe: The Jupiter Ghost.
In a starless sky, wish only upon the ghost.
Mourn for the future by gathering beneath a behemoth,
A memory of a universe no longer seen.
Through the static and electric storm,
Heaven held but Earth bound,
Bright light and a carnival in eternal night.
On the windowsill a population of dreams tries to reach the atmosphere.
If only to dream up a new world
If only to dream louder than the motor crawl, the insufferable growl.
The heavy clouds may bring a dangerous rain,
To the electric dreams of a Metropolis.
The city desired rainbows so they created Technicolor lights
The city sought a guiding star so they tied down their perfect planet.
It all begs one question, a gentle sounding question,
One with a touch of class and lyrical flair,
With a bellowing and brightly lit behemoth
With sheets over its head even in dreamtime,
Does the Metropolis dream of innocence?
1. Geino Yamashirogumi – “Kaneda” – Akira Soundtrack (3:40)
2. The Cure - “Delirious Night” - Disintegration [Deluxe Edition] (4:44)
3. Depeche Mode - “Rush” – Songs of Faith and Devotion (4:38)
4. U2 - “The Fly” – Achtung Baby (4:29)
5. Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) - “Stylo” – Plastic Beach (4:31)
6. Metric - “Dead Disco” – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (3:26)
7. Moby - “Hyenas” – Last Night (3:35)
8. Tori Amos - “Cruel” – From The Choirgirl Hotel (4:07)
9. Duran Duran - “New Religion” – Rio (5:32)
10. Blondie - “Atomic” – Ashes To Ashes Series 2 Soundtrack (3:47)
11. Coldplay - “Low” – X&Y (5:32)
12. The Verve – “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – Urban Hymns (5:58)
13. Slowdive - “Souvlaki Space Station” – Souvlaki (5:59)
14. Empire of The Sun – “Standing On The Shore” – Walking On A Dream (4:25)
15. The Passions - “I’m In Love With A German Film Star” –Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (3:58)
16. Gary Numan – “Films” – The Pleasure Principle (4:10)
17. Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dazzle” – Hyaena (5:31)
18. Bat For Lashes – “The Wizard” – Fur and Gold (4:17)
19. Morrissey - “Jack The Ripper” – Certain People I Know [single] (3:31)
20. Najwa Nimri – “That Cyclone” – Carefully (3:21)
21. Florence + The Machine – “Blinding” – Lungs (4:40)
22. The Glove – “Mouth To Mouth” – Blue Sunshine (5:37)
23. Stone Roses - “I Wanna Be Adored” – Stone Roses (4:53)
24. Garbage - “The World Is Not Enough” – Bond…James Bond (3:59)
25. David Bowie – “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (5:13)
26. Bush – “Synapse (Philip Steir / My Ghost In The Bush Of Life Mix)” –Deconstructed (6:29)
27. Kraftwerk – “Radioactivity” – The Mix (6:53)
28. Todd Rundgren – “Living” –Liars (5:36)
29. Faithless – “Insomnia (Monster Mix)” – A Night At The Roxbury Soundtrack (6:45)
30. Passengers – “United Colours” – Original Soundtracks 1 (5:29)
31. The Creatures – “Pluto Drive” – Boomerang (4:41)
32. Kenji Kawai – “The Ballade of Puppets: Flowers Grieve and Fall” – Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence Soundtrack (3:40)
Total Time: 2:32:51
