Last night I was on my way to the Bourne-Falmouth girls’ basketball game and hit shuffle on the old iPod and had one of the sublime conglomerations spit out by my mp3 player. I got in six songs on the drive back and forth (I also listened to a bit of the Celtics-Wiz game) and the songs thrown out were great. I thought it might be fun to delve into the shuffle every now and then as a change of pace. So here goes …
1. Everlong by Foo Fighters: So funny because I was watching Storytellers on Paladia the other night and caught the performance of this song and remembered just how much I love it. This version on my iPod is the acoustic version, I think from the Howard Stern Show a few years back. Played this way it really becomes a pretty cool love song and a reminder that Kurt Cobain was not the only talented member of Nirvana. Who knew when that band was blowing up that it would be the guy behind the drum kit that would be making meaningful music for the longest time? A great gem to start the ride with.
2. Porch by Eddie Vedder: It’s a Pearl Jam song, but this was from a bootleg of one of Ed’s solo gigs from last year. I love the way he plays it live by himself with just a guitar and it just builds to a crescendo. Hard to believe it’s a protest song, because it feels like a relationship song.
3. Sometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event: I remember Jimmy Kimmel saying he had this band on one night last year and I said I’ve got to see what these guys look like, figuring they’d be outcasts from Ozzfest. Instead of looking like Slipknot, they looked more like a throwback to The Talking Heads and this song they played was amazing and haunting. It’s a tune about a dude that catches a glimpse of his dream girl at a bar late at night, but she’s with someone else. There’s been a break-up.
And she leaves…
with someone you don’t know
but she makes sure you saw her
she looks right at you and bolts
As she walks out the door
your blood boiling
your stomach in ropes
and when your friends say what is it
you look like you’ve seen a ghost
Probably my favorite discovery from last year, just ahead of Phoenix’s “1901.” It’s really great story-telling.
4. Undone (The Sweater Song) by Weezer: Just a fun song, although i could do without the talking over in the beginning that’s inserted to the album version. This tune always makes me laugh because I can picture my kids singing it in the backseat “watch me unravel, I’ll soon be naked, lying on the floor, lying on the floor, I come undone.”
5. My Name Is Jonas by Weezer: For some reason the iPod wanted me to have a double shot of Rivers and the boys. I got this at the end of the work day, which was perfect because it’s kind of an anti-work song.
6. Champagne Supernova by Oasis: One of the brats’ biggest hits, it’s trippy and nonsensical, but I still enjoy it. My favorite rendition I’ve heard was done by Hootie and the Blowfish at the Melody Tent back in 2008, it was a fun encore tune they threw in. Darius Rucker nailed it.
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Dude – The Airborne Toxic Event are great, but you already know how I feel about the Foo Fighters.