I see some hands over here...
Obligatory nitpickiness:
Okay, the Ryan Adams song actually came out before 9/11. It just became popular because the video showed him walking around New York City and OMG NEVAR FORGET! Never mind that it isn't even one of the four best songs on Gold and that Gold isn't nearly as good as Heartbreaker.
Oh, and you really don't want to drive up 85. Especially during rush hour. Gwinnett County is a vast, vast cesspool of sprawlicious horror.
As usual V, you are indeed correct. I was not going after Ryan Adams, per se. I was going after the people who assigned that role to Mr. Adams, a role I am not sure he was thrilled with. Which is again, not his fault. And given his blues cover of "Wonderwall", you know I am a fan.
As for your comments on 85, let me just say that that is one of the best uses of vocabulary, real and invented, I have seen in a while.
"For the record, I would like it explained to me why, when given antibiotics, I still feel like crap."
Depends on what you're on.
...gotta be from albums? for an Aughts list, that rule is....so last century.
The 00s will, for better or worse, be remembered for the mashup phenomenon. Maybe it's a flash in the pan, but it's this decade's flash in the pan. As such, my second disc is 1/3 mashups and/or Internet plunderphony. Since the “Artist” in a mashup is the DJ, some musicians appear in more than one mashup. However, the same song is not mashed twice, nor do any of the featured mashups include any of the non-mashed artists.
Here's disc one (will be xposted to my place for hating):
Bloodhound Gang, The Bad Touch (2000) 4:20
Look, it gets better, really.
Ms. Jackson, Outkast (2000) 4:30
The Song of that particular summer.
Goth Girl - John Wesley Harding (2000) 3:12
Once Around the Block - Badly Drawn Boy (2000) 3:44
Two bits of whimsy from Brit quasi-folksters.
Weapon of Choice, Fatboy Slim (2000) 5:45
Maybe this is coasting on the strength of the video, but one cannot deny this: if you walk without rhythm, you won’t attract the worm.
A Place Called Home - PJ Harvey (2000) (3:42)
There are just 3 voices that emerged in the nineties who sound like their sole purpose on this earth is to grab a mic and bring the rock. One of them, Zack de la Rocha, didn’t do anything in the aughts to make this list. One of the others is Polly Harvey, and this is my favorite song by her.
Going Blind - Go-Betweens (2000) 2:56
These 80’s Aussies reunited, turned out this album, and made me wonder why I never heard of them 15 years ago.
Mad World - Michael Andrews/Gary Jules (2001) 3:05
Yes, the Tears for Fears cover from Donnie Darko.
Book of the Month - Lovage (2001) 4:36
Dan the Automator is one of the underappreciated geniuses of hip-hop. His “Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By” is best enjoyed as an album, but this is one of the best individual tracks.
’97 Bonnie and Clyde - Tori Amos 2001 5:46
I’m not the biggest Eminem fan or Tori Amos fan, but Tori covering Marshall is compelling and creepy.
Same Boy You’ve Always Known - White Stripes (2001) 2:54
Any number of tracks from WBC or Elephant could have made the list; this choice is slightly more than arbitrary.
19-2000, Gorillaz (2001) 3:27
I have nothing witty to say here.
Last Nite, The Strokes(2001) 3:17
So we miss Ric Ocasek? We also seem to miss Tom Petty.
Five Days - Tricky (2001) 4:19
The last triphopper making interesting music rescues Cyndi Lauper from touring with Cher and makes her cool again, if only for a while.
Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliot (2001) 3:56
Yeah, it deserved to be played from all those car windows…
Romeo - Basement Jaxx (2001) 3:55
…but this shoulda’ been heard from more.
In These Shoes? - Kirsty MacColl (2001) 3:39
Hurt - Johnny Cash (2002) 3:38
Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon (2003) 3:28
Redemption Song - Joe Strummer (2003) 3:28
I thought chronology was less important than keeping these four -- swan songs by favorite artists and/or legends -- together. The next disc starts off more upbeat, really.
"For the record, I would like it explained to me why, when given antibiotics, I still feel like crap."
I say be happy you still feel bad, rather than feeling worse.
"apparently liking the work of Mr. Confessional made me "the coolest teacher ever." Which, we all know is a lie, but you know, it's nice to know that kids still understand the hyperbole."
Sorry, Frau Clark is the "coolest teacher ever." Not that you did anything wrong... she just gave us cookies and pizza.
Oh, and about the antibiotics? One thing they do, in addition to treating whatever you have, is kill the healthy bacteria in your digestive tract. Try eating some yogurt or taking some probiotics (Lactobacillus or Acidophilus supplements). I find that really helps me big-time when I'm on antibiotics.
"This Love" is this decade's "One Week" with regards to overplay-derived dislike. I can happily hear neither of them again for the duration.
On the topic of antibiotics, I once took an extra week's worth of tetracycline because I still felt bad. Hey, I felt mildly nauseated but had great skin.
"This Love" blows. "She Will Be Loved" is by far the better song off that album.
The benefit of walking to work, and listening to the 'Pod or StrongSad college radio when actually in the car, is I have very little exposure to things like "This Love." I think I heard the chorus once in a TV spot for a "Mix" station.
But since "This Love" was one of the songs I had to mime/hum in a Trashmasters question, and I and my teammates whiffed on that part:
helllz yeah, it's TEH SUCK OMG!!!eleventy!!
Dude, your brother's birthday party should include drunkeness, debauchery, and preferably a night in the pokey. Anything less and you have failed to fulfill your fraternal duties.
Noel
Noel, can you trust that things of this nature did occur, but since above comments remind me that students do read this weblog, I didn't want to get into the specifics. Plus, he's a cop, they tend to frown on nights in the pokey for themselves.
CDB
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