Random 10 for Oct. 20, 2008
1. Ween, “Don’t S*** Where You Eat”
2. The Pernice Brothers, “Somerville”
3. The Rolling Stones, “She’s a Rainbow”
One of the more eclectic songs from the Rolling Stones’ Sixties catalog, “She’s a Rainbow” forgoes blues for puffy-shirted psychedelia, complete with a tinkling piano line and a twee string section arranged by future Led Zeppeliner John Paul Jones. Here, the bad boys perform the 1967 single on “Top of the Pops.”
4. The Young Fresh Fellows, “Do the Fonzie”
5. The Flaming Lips, “Buggin’”
6. Loretta Lynn with Jack White, “Portland, Oregon”
The coal miner’s daughter 2004 comeback album produced by the White Stripes’ Jack White, Van Lear Rose, proved to be an astounding marriage of two incredible, seemingly disparate talents. “Portland, Oregon” isn’t my favorite track on the record, but it’s still mighty fine.
7. Tom Petty, “Don’t Do Me Like That”
8. Woody Guthrie, “Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You)”
Being on the brink of worldwide economic collapse, maybe it’s time to brush up on our Woody Guthrie folks ballads and boxcar etiquette. I’m not sure where this musical montage came from, but I like it.
9. Hadacal, “Being with You”
10. Willie Mabon, “I Don’t Know”
– Chase
