30DMC Day 10 – A song that reminds you of family


Zehn kleine Jägermeister by Die Toten Hosen

Anytime I hear this song, I am back in Düsseldorf, rooting for Fortuna 95 and drinking Gatzweiler Alt. Die Toten Hosen have a song about Bayern that pretty much sums up how I feel about the Sounders.

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30DMC Day 9 – A Song By Someone That Inspires You


Freemasons of Enochian Magick by Penal Colony

Since Robert Anton Wilson and Richard Dawkins didn’t put out any tracks, I’ll go with a musical inspiration. This one is easy, and close to home. My old friend and sometimes musical cohort Dee Madden. Give him any instrument and he’ll be able to play it. Name a genre and he’s been in a band that kicked its ass. His latest Mimeograph recordings keep me plugging away at my projects. In return, I gave him an unhealthy fear of the number 23. It’s a fair trade.

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30DMC Day 8 – A song that gets stuck in your head all the time


Uncertain Smile by The The

There are plenty worse earworms that infect my brain from time to time, but for an actual song that will pop in and stick around for awhile, this one takes the cake. In fact, tracks 1 – 4 of the Soul Mining album have been known to play on repeat here for loops on end. Part of the appeal of this song, for me, is that it “feels” like it should have been in a John Hughes movie, so even though I know it wasn’t, my brain stumbles trying to place it.

Now for a few real earworms:




 

 

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30 Day Music Challenge Day 7 – A Song That You Hate


Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes

It is a near visceral reaction that I have to this song. A bad one. I was tempted to not even post a link to a video, but this Grosse Pointe Blank version takes some of the edge off.

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30 Day Music Challenge Day 6 – A song that makes you laugh


Nellie The Elephant by The Toy Dolls

The Toy Dolls are amazing but this live version from Top of The Pops puts them over the top.

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30 Day Music Challenge Day 5: A Song That Makes You Cry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

Hurt by Johnny Cash

Cry? Not really. It’s just not who I am. This song however does sting. When Trent Reznor first put it out, it was a good song. Fit into his catalog. Made perfect sense. It didn’t become a great song until Cash covered it. He gave it such weight and meaning. When I am at the end of my story I can only hope to put out something like this.

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30 Day Music Challenge Day 4 – A song that makes you smile


We Walk The Same Line by Everything But The Girl

When the darkness descends this is one of my go to songs for mood re-alignment. Plus EBTG is so close to EGBT…

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30 Day Music Challenge Day 3: Song from First Album Purchased


Surrender by Cheap Trick

I was in sixth grade and the album was Cheap Trick At Budokan. At the time, there was some minor scandal going on with the band. They had either not played a show, or hadn’t delivered some merchandise, or something of that nature. During a local newscast, Los Angeles anchorman and broadcasting legend Jerry Dunphy reported on the story. Jerry was the inspiration for Kent Brockman on The Simpsons, and in that slightly bombastic tone, ended the piece with “It appears it was a very ‘Cheap Trick’, indeed!”.

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30 Day Music Challenge – Day 2: 1st Song Heard From Favorite Band


Ceremony by New Order

There are a handful of bands that  would count as my favorite, including The Jazz Butcher and The JAMMs, but throughout the years, it always comes back to New Order. Throw in their related acts – Joy Division, The Other Two, Electronic, Revenge, Monaco, and Bad Lieutenant - and the choice is easy.

This song is the natural choice. First recorded by Joy Division, then later recorded and released by New Order after Ian’s death, it was the transition from one group to the next.

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30 Day Music Challenge – Day 1: Your Favorite Song


Orgasm Addict – The Buzzcocks

“Favorite song” is such a nebulous term. I love music. Different songs have different purposes at different times. This one, then is a strictly by the numbers choice. According to iTunes, this is my most played song. While I am sure that it being the first track on a fantastic album has something to do with it, it is one of my favorites.Edgy, upbeat, fun and sometimes just the kick I need to get going in the morning.

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