Music: November 2004 Archives

I've made two mixes lately.

One for some friends called alt.mush. Because I'm feeling mushy. I'm not usually one for ballads — Celine Dion makes me hurl — but somehow these always get to me.

1. "Such Great Heights"  — The Postal Service
   (Reminds me of the Pet Shop Boys)
2. "O Grande Amor"  — Antonio Carlos Jobim
3. "Sailor"  — Hem
4. "Hold On To Me" — Cowboy Junkies
5. "It's Only Time"  — The Magnetic Fields
   (In which a gay man sings the ultimate wedding first-dance song)
6. "Anniversary Song"  — Cowboy Junkies
   ("I wear your ring.")
7. "All The Way To Heaven"  — Amy Rigby
8. "Halloween"  — Kirsty MacColl
   (I like this one for obvious reasons)
9. "Sol Y Sombra"  — Fugu
   (Featuring the lead singer of Stereolab)
10. "Asleep And Dreaming"  — The Magnetic Fields
11. "Diamond in the Rough"  — Sean Colvin
12. "Forever in My Life"  — Prince
13. "Half Acre" (live version)  — Hem
14. "My Baby Just Cares For Me"  — Nina Simone
15. "Blue Skies"  — Benny Goodman (Art Lund, Vocals)
16. "At Last"  — Etta James
17. "Head" —  Kirsty MacColl

and another one reflecting my mood this week:

1. "Who the Fuck?" — PJ Harvey
   (Needs no explanation)
2. "Free World" — Kirsty MacColl
   (A song written for Thatcherite England is sadly appropriate to Bushy America)
3. "Don't Lie to Me" — Big Star
   (I dedicate this song to President Bush!)
4. "Big Hollow Man" — Danielle Dax
   (She did this one back in the 1980s. Why does it still have to sound so relevant? And it rocks like nobody's business)
5. "Oualahila Ar Tesninam" — Tinariwen
   (I don't know what they're singing, but they sure sound like they mean business too)
6. "Sticker Song / Shirat Ha'Sticker" — Hadag Nachash
   ("How much evil can you swallow?")
7. "High Water" — Bob Dylan
   ("You're dancin' with whom they tell you to / Or you don't dance at all.")
8. "There Won't Be Trumpets" — Bernadette Peters
   (A little hopefulness creeps in...)
9. "Luna y Sol" — Manu Chao
   ("Todo es mentira en este mundo / Todo es mentira la verdad")
10. "Mississippi Goddam" — Nina Simone
    (And Ohio, and Illinois, and Nevada, and Utah and... YAHHH!)
11. "40'" — Franz Ferdinand
    (I just like the funky feeling of dread)
12. "Turbulent Times" — Dele Sosimi
    (Title kinda speaks for itself, doesn't it?)
13. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" — Bruce Cockburn With Rob Wasserman
    (Ditto)
14. "Fightin' 4 Rebirth" — The Dining Rooms
15. "Move On" — Bernadette Peters
    (Because we just can't be bitter the whole time. "I chose and my world was shaken / So what? / The choice may have been mistaken / The choosing was not...")

Edited to add: I could have also added Eminem's "Mosh" or Nine Inch Nails "Head Like A Hole". Next time?