The Playlist - WTITYB (Whatever, Tell It To Your Blog)

I posted this on Myspace and it got a really good response, so I figured I’d post it here for posterity. It’s very nerdy.

Break Out Your Ipod or Itunes:

What’s a great late night song?
Almost anything by Tom Waits. It’s music for 3 am when the bar is almost empty, the night is winding down and you might just be staring at your whiskey glass contemplating the world. (Heart Attack And Vine, Closing Time, Small Change etc.)

Name 5-10 wistful/bittersweet songs that come to mind:
The Snowman - Stars
I Am Waiting - Rolling Stones
Take It With Me - Tom Waits
Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
The Last Days of Disco - Yo La Tengo
All My Little Words - The Magnetic Fields.
Suddenly Everything Has Changed - Postal Service cover of the Flaming Lips
Regret - New Order
A Day - Inara George
I Go To The Barn Cause I Like The - Band of Horses
Pitseleh - Elliott Smith
The Trial - French Kicks

The 4 Best Songs Ever Written:
Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
And Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
Earth Angel - Buddy Holly

3 Current Favorites Songs:
Consolation Prize - Phoenix
Black Roses - Yo La Tengo
Peak Out - Girl Talk

Classic Early Evening Drinking Music:
Anything By Django Reinhardt
Gershwin
The Ink Spots
The Flamingos

3 All Time Faves That Never Get Old To You:
Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
Love is the Drug - Roxy Music
Age of Consent - New Order

Song You Want To Play At Your Wedding:
Xmas Steps - Mogwai instrumental

Song You Want to Play At Your Funeral:
An Ascent - Brian Eno instrumental

4 Records You Really Dug from 2005:
Let Us Never Speak of It Again - Outhud
Arular - MIA
Apologies To the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade
Various Artists — One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found

4 Favorite Records From This Year So Far:
Bring It Back - Mates of State
It’s Never Been Like That - Phoenix
Fishscale - Ghostface Killah
New Sparklehorse

5 Good Angry Songs:
Reign In Blood - Slayer
Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana
Search & Destroy - Iggy & the Stooges
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Jizzlobber - Faith No More

4 Clever Song Titles Or Album Titles:
Dress Sexy At My Funeral - Smog
She Will Only Bring You Happiness - McClusky
The Difference Between Me and You Is I’m Not On Fire - McClusky
My Pain And Sadness Is Worse Than Your Pain and Sadness - McClusky

One of Your Favorite Lyrics:
It only figures
That I’d ride my bike
Into wet cement

And as I’m sinkin’
The last thing that I think
Is did I pay my rent?

- Ghost Ship In A Storm - Jim O’Rourke

5 Cover Songs Arguably Better Than the Original:
When U Were Mine - Crooked Fingers (Prince)
Ocean Breathes Salty - Sun Kil Moon (Modest Mouse)
Walking the Cow - Firehose (Daniel Johnston)
Go - Sparklehorse and the Flaming Lips (Daniel Johnston)
Spit on A Stranger - Kathryn Williams (Pavement)

Ironic Song to Brutally Murder Someone to in a movie:
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

Great Dance Song You Maybe Never Realized Was a Great Dance song Back in the Day:
Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

Good Albums To Workout To:
Give Up - The Postal Service
The Smell of Our Own - Hidden Cameras
We Don’t Need To Whisper - Angels and Airwaves
Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab

Good Album to Clean The House To:
Giant Steps - John Coltrane

Good Dining Music:
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Kinda Blue - Miles Davis
(ok, both these picks are OBVIOUS, can i say Django Reinhardt again?
Anything by the Showmen, Doo-Wop and ’50s soul is good too. Oh and Cole Porter, Sarah Vaughn and most jazz vocals)

A Good Album To Have Sex To:
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

A Good Album To Put You In the Mood (that is Not Sade, Marvin Gaye or Barry White):
10,000 Hz Legend - Air

Good Album To Sleep To:
Music For Airports - Brian Eno

5 Good Rock Songs That You Can Dance To:
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
Supernaut - Black Sabbath
20th Century Boy - T-Rex
The Pasenger - Iggy Pop

4 Good Dance Songs (any kind):
Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
Multiply - Jamie Lidell

Songs That Are Too Damn Sad:
Shadows - Red House Painters
Damage - Yo La Tengo
Levitate - Idaho

4 Happy, Life Affirming Songs:
What A Wonderful World This Would Be - Sam Cooke
I’m In Love - Wilson Pickett
I Believe When I Fall in Love - Stevie Wonder
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (obv, but sue me)

5 Great Love Songs:
Belle - Al Green
La La Means I love You - The Delfonics
I Love Every Little Thing About You - Stevie Wonder
The Book of Love - The Magnetic Fields
The Idea Of Turning Old - The Features

An Album Full of Tenderness:
And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out - Yo La Tengo
"Hundreds of Sparrows" - Sparklehorse

Song To Cheer Up A Friend:
Hey Joe - Sparklehorse

Song To An Ex That Isn’t Meanspirited:
Have a Good Life Baby - Dusty Springfield

Song To An Ex That Is Kinda Meanspirited:
Let It Die - Feist

Song to Listen to While in The Country Looking at Stars:
Track 4, Untitled - Sigur Ros ()

Song To Swim To:
The Swimming Song - Loudon Waingwright III

Song to lose your Mind to:
You Could Win a Rabbit - Animal Collective

Song To Cry In Your Pillow to:
"I Found a Reason" - Cat Power

Songs That Make You Feel Amped and Inspired:
"Ballad of Human Kindness" - The Dears

Great Semi-Obscure B-side:
Worrywort - Radiohead (Kid A era)

Song That Makes You Miss Your Mom:
"Hey Mama" - Kanye West

That’s Baby Makin’ Music (No, Really):
Collisions - Calla

Tough Break-Up Songs:
That’s No Way To Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
No Distance Left To Run - Blur
If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
Most of the Time - Bob Dylan

Criminally Underrated Band That Didn’t Get Attention and Then Broke Up:
Carissa’s Wierd

Triumphant:
You Are My Joy - Snow Patrol
Life is Still Sweet - White Hassle
The Comeback - Shout Out Louds
Counting Backwards - The Velvet Teen

So Happy It Makes You Wanna Skip:
Outta Site Outta Mind - Wilco (the sesame street version)

Feel No Shame: Great Current Pop Songs:
New Christina Aguilera Single
When You Were Young - The Killers
New Paris Hilton Single

Album No One Would Expect You To Love:
Justified - Justin Timberlake

Album No One Would Expect You To Dislike:
Radiohead - The Bends (mostly)

Album No One Would Expect You To Really Know:
South of Heaven - Slayer

Emo Album You Actually Like:
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

Good, But Overrated Cause Of Indie Revisionism:
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplan Over The Sea
Pavement - Wowee Zoweee
Weezer - Pinkerton

5 Desert Island Discs off the top of your head (30 sec clock):
Beatles - White Album
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Bowie - Low

3 Contemporary Artist That Were Your Faves 10 Years Ago:
Aphex Twin
Bjork
Stereolab

Music That Makes You Feel Sophisticated:
Francois Hardy, Yves Montange, Bryan Ferry

There Needs To Be A Myspace Music Page For:
Low-era David Bowie, Plastic Soul-era too

Fave Electronic Record You Own:
Las Vegas - Burger/Ink

Fave Hip-Hop Record You Own:
Midnite Marauders - Tribe Called Quest

Hip-Hop Song You Know All the Lyrics Too:
Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy

Random Album You Loved In High School But Are Afraid To Admit It:
Uplift Mofo Party Plan - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Album You May Have Listened To More In Highschool than Any Other Album:
House of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

If You Could Enter A Wrestling Ring to a Song It Would Be:
The Final Countdown - Europe

Album To Clear A Room With:
Anything by Warrant

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