Posted by bzedan on Sep 02, 2024
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We watched Civil War early on in the month and although some of the camera stuff wasn't on (watching any photography-focused movie with a person who was a photojournalist for over a decade, when oneself also has decades of photography experience is like watching VH1 Pop Up Video) the music was a fun mix, and reminded me how much I love the band Suicide, and the use of 'Rocket USA' was solid.
Speaking of music from movies, 'Sara Loves Her Juicy Fruit' has been on my monthly playlists before and is from Creep 2. It came up naturally in a suggested playlist and I dug it and couldn't figure out why more of this "Albert Natural" band wasn't out there then learned it was just a movie-only song very much riffing on like, Phish (though my partner clarifies it really is more in the style of Umphrey's McGee).
Realising there are a lot of covers in this one.
Related media to some of the songs:
- We all know 'Baker Street' but have you heard the demo, which has guitar in place of sax? It's got a different, but also very good, vibe. Not as sad, more dreamy, I guess?
- The_miracle_aligner overall has many classic language covers of songs that bop, but this cover of 'All Star' also I think is one of those covers that helps underline how genuinely a bop a song is. I've linked the orchestral version by Eric E. Britt before, I'm sure.
- Hey, you know how I first heard The Polyphonic Spree? In a flash game called The Quest For The Rest, by Amanita Design. The first scene of it is thankfully archived on Archive dot org, and it was so wild to play it um, literally 20 years later.
Anyway here's a link to August's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below.
- 'A Message to You Rudy - 2015 Remaster' - The Specials
- 'Come On Let's Go' - Broadcast
- 'King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1' - Neutral Milk Hotel
- 'Owner of a Lonely Heart' - Yes
- 'Everybody's Gotta Live' - Love
- 'Sara Loves Her Juicy Fruit' - Albert Natural
- 'Treat Me Right' - Norma Tanega
- 'Bone' - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- 'Hopscotch' - Pinc Louds
- 'The Secret To Life' - FIZZ
- 'Pure' - The Lightning Seeds
- 'All Star in Classical Latin' - The_miracle_aligner
- 'A Beautiful Morning - Single Version' - The Rascals
- 'Baker Street' - Gerry Rafferty
- 'This Is Gonna Hurt' - Dirty Nice
- 'Water Underground' - Real Estate
- 'Repetition Kills You' - The Black Ghosts
- 'Section 12 - Hold Me Now' - The Polyphonic Spree
- 'Black Hole Sun' - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
- 'Hold Me Closer' - Elton John
- 'Happiness' - Lovequest
- 'f*ckthat' - IAN SWEET
- 'Wicked Game' - Giant Drag
- 'Picture Book - 2018 Stereo Remaster' - The Kinks
- 'I Will Walk You Home' - Melanie
- 'Jubilation' - Norma Tanega
- 'Bark Like a God' - Sloppy Jane
- 'Night Life' - Scissor Sisters
- 'Heart And Soul' - Huey Lewis & The News
- 'Red Wine Supernova' - Skatune Network
- 'Still Be Friends' - Boy Jr.
- 'The Water' - Indigo De Souza
- 'On My Mind' - Sun City
- 'Rocket USA (2019 - Remaster)' - Suicide
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