October 13, 2013

145 Turn! Turn! Motherfucker, Turn!

  1. "Black Mud" The Black Keys
  2. "The Cutter" Echo & The Bunnymen; from a Rhino CD box set I picked up at a friend's yard sale Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground
  3. "Why I Am" Dave Matthews Band; a powerful track from Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
  4. "Bad Motor Scooter" Montrose (aka Sammy Hagar's old band); from the other CD box set I bought that day The Heavy Metal Box Set
  5. "Time Flies" from the Weezer album Hurley; co-written with legendary songwriter Mac Davis.  
  6. "Mystery Achievement" Pretenders
  7. "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" The Smiths
  8. "Amanda" from Boston's underwhelming and much belated Third Stage
  9. "I'd Have You Anytime" George Harrison
  10. "I Will Run To You" Stevie Nicks w/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; I think we all assume that Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty had a love affair back in the day (ditto for Don Henley). I can imagine Stevie and Don doing it, but Tom Petty seems too skinny and bony to have sex with. What does this have to do with the music? I forget.
  11. "Not The Only One" Bonnie Raitt
  12. "Border Song" Elton John; this is one of those songs I never knew the title of. Why not always name a song after the words in the chorus you sing over and over? ANSWER ME!
  13. "This Tornado Loves You" Neko Case; hey Elton! Neko named this song after the chorus, she sings it, like, a hundred times! Get with the program!
  14. "Ballad Of A Thin Man" Bob Dylan; Someday I will create a playlist of songs where the title is not a lyric in the song. Clearly "Border Song" and "Ballad of a Thin Man" will make the list.
  15. "She Bangs The Drums" The Stone Roses
  16. "O Valencia!" The Decemberists
  17. "Cruel To Be Kind" Letters To Cleo has also very successfully covered the Cars song "Dangerous Type". This Nick Lowe cover is on the soundtrack to Ten Things I Hate About You.
  18. "The Violet Hour" The Civil Wars