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Soundtrack Just for Now…
Filed under Music by Kim at 8:47 pm on Sep 30 2009
This post is for Genie’s 9th Living Out Loud project: See the guidelines here.
I’ve always been wary or perhaps even phobic of the concept of bio-mechanics. You know, implants, anything foreign going under the skin. When all my friends were getting all into William Gibson and playing Shadowrun and talking about getting “ports” tattooed on the back of their necks, I was quietly making gag motions in the corner and unknowingly preparing myself to be the only person in America who hated the Matrix.
But there’s one bio implant thingy that would make me consider getting over my phobia. If I could have the equivalent of an ipod & headphones implanted in my body and not be dependent on any external device to listen to my music anytime I want… now that would be what I call having a personal soundtrack.
Since I don’t want to bore you to tears talking about stuff like the incredibly depressing fact that for a month in 1994 the song “(Everything I do) I do it for you” by Bryan Adams was my personal soundtrack in particular reference to a dude who did not treat me at all well, and all of the patheticness that represents, I am going to go ahead and bore you to tears with the music that is currently making my imaginary FMRI light up like a Christmas tree.
- Morrissey – I Have Forgiven Jesus
- Badly Drawn Boy – This Is That New Song
- Cream – I Feel Free
- Bonnie Prince Billy – Nomadic Revery (All Around)
- Crowded House – Italian Plastic
- The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Split Enz – Under the Wheel
- Grateful Dead – Black Muddy River
- Traveling Wilburys – End of the Line
- Beardfish – At Home Watching Movies (amazon sample)
- The Strokes – Trying Your Luck
- Sea Wolf – Song for the Dead
- Michael Nesmith & The First National Band – The Crippled Lion (amazon sample)
- Randy Travis – On The Other Hand
- Riverside – Conceiveing You
- Black Bonzo – Sound of the Apocalypse (& part 2)
I think there is some kind of very, very loose theme of change going on here. Though I can’t explain the Morrissey song, I just like it. And several songs above – I don’t know what they are about. And the Randy Travis song just leaps into my head whenever I utter the phrase “on the other hand”. I have to listen to it in self-defense.
I think it’s the coming of autumn; songs about death are like flipping up the death card in your tarot reading. Upheaval and change are surrounding me in my friends’ lives even though my changes are still in the offing. So “when the last rose of summer pricks my finger” (#8) I end up finding songs like these compelling.
1 mpomyon 01 Oct 2009 at 11:05 am
That’s a great list. I’m looking forward to getting to know a lot of new music here. Black Bonzo (is it wrong of me to start with dessert?) is already getting it’s hooks into me.
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Kim Reply:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
If I were you I would just go on amazon and get those Black Bonzo tracks pronto and listen to the albums in their entirety. They are so, so good.
In an interesting aside, I never would have heard of them if one of those download blogs hadn’t illegally put their stuff up for download – I know it ends up losing them money but I went on to buy all their stuff, I guess I am the exception.
The fact that anyone would listen to any of these tracks makes me happy! So listen to them in whatever order you please. I have this playlist (give or take) on repeat shuffle right now.
Oh also they are coming out with a new album soon – which I can’t wait for. Here’s what I wrote about them a while back.
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3 Meganon 04 Oct 2009 at 7:11 pm
There are many songs on your list that I’ve never heard before. I”m really excited to give them all a listen. It’s like I have a personal Kim playlist. Yay!
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Kim Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Yay!! I hope you enjoy even one! Some of the Youtube clips aren’t perfect but they get the idea across.
If you ever want another personal Kim playlist, know that I am a champion mix maker and love a challenge.
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4 karalon 04 Oct 2009 at 7:35 pm
wow! you went in a direction with your opening that is truly unique. very creative! i tend to stick with mainstream music, more out of what i have labeled “lack of time” than anything else. great to see alternatives. and michael nesmith? great!
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Kim Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Thank you! I totally make it my hobby to seek out weird stuff, most than some people and less than others, and I’m always happiest when I can bring someone together with new music they might like.
Michael Nesmith is one of the great underappreciated talents of our times!
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