Playlists

[flwyd]

Many moons ago, I promised mirumototusbasa that I'd make her a few tapes and CDs to accompany her on road trips. I asked her what kind of music she liked, and she said "Everything but Christian and Country." "Aha!" I said. "I'll make you a CD of good Country and one of good Christian." After I'd recorded one side of a tape, my Cube had issues, so the project got put on hold. Finally, after much slack, "It's in the mail." In the interest of increasing awareness of good music (and because I didn't have a chance to print out jewel case inserts), I have included the playlists below. Now that I've created the playlists, anyone want a CD? This is honestly kick ass Country and Christian music, as well as a couple discs of neat stuff. (Incidentally, The Strange Album may not be the best thing to listen to while driving.)

Lord God Almighty let me tell the news
my head got wet in midnight dew
great God i been down on my bended knees
talking to a man from galilee
michael spoke and he sound so sweet
i thought i heard the shuffle of angels' feet
He put one hand upon my head
great God Almighty let me tell you what He said

[bridge:]
go tell that lonesome liar
go tell that midnight rider
tell the gamblin', ramblin' backslider
tell them God Almighty gonna cut 'em down

[chorus:]
you might run on for a long time
run on, ducking and dodging
run on, children, for a long time
let me tell you God Almighty gonna cut you down

you might throw your rock and hide your head
work in the dark with your fellow men
sure as God made you rich and poor
you're gonna reap just what you sow

[chorus] x3

some people go to church just to signify
trying to make a date with a neighbor's wife
brother let me tell you just as sure as you're born
you better leave that woman alone

[bridge]
[chorus] x8

-- "Run On," traditional

Country Music for City Dwellers

1. Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
2. Poor Jenny - The Everly Brothers
3. The Nobody Knows About My Cares and Nobody Cares About My Nose Rag - The Blue Velvet Band
4. Trials, Troubles, Tribulations - Geoff and Maria Muldaur
5. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
6. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
7. El Paso - Marty Robins
8. Crazy - Patsy Cline
9. Take Me Back to Tulsa - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
10. Red River Valley - Gene Autrey
11. Hickory Wind - The Byrds
12. 40 Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy
13. Phantom 309 - Red Sovine
14. Cowboy Camp Meetin' - Sons Of The Pioneers
15. Cool Water - Sons Of The Pioneers
16. She - Emmy Lou Harris
17. Man of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers
18. Rank Stranger - The Stanley Brothers
19. Flint Hill Special - Flatt and Scruggs
20. Heaven - Flatt and Scruggs
21. Wayfaring Stranger - Bill Monroe
22. Opus 57 - The David Grisman Quintet
23. Summertime - Mike Auldridge
24. Sing Me Back Home - The Seldom Sene
25. His Eye is on the Sparrow - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

Christian Music for Heathens

1. Jesus Christ - Woody Guthrie
2. Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Nóirín Ní Riain
3. Puer Natus in Bethleem - Les Moines D'Hautecombe Chantet
4. Bach - Jesus Joy of Mans Desire - Bach
5. Amazing grace - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
6. Let It Shine on Me - Leadbelly
7. Yes, Jesus Loves Me - John Fahey
8. Jesus Gonna Be Here - Tom Waits
9. The First Time - U2
10. O Mary Don't You Weep, Don't You Moan - The Spirituals Project Choir
11. Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Tom Waits
12. Didn't Old John Cross The Water - Leadbelly
13. I'll Have A New Body - Hank Williams
14. "40" - U2
15. There's No Hiding Place - The Spirituals Project Choir
16. Witness - The Spirituals Project Choir and Anthony Brown
17. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - Paul Robeson
18. Samson & Delilah - Reverend Gary Davis
19. Joshua Fit The Battle - Pete Seeger
20. Judgement - Sister M. Nelson
21. Soldier - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
22. When The Saints Go Marching In - Fats Domino
23. Why Don't You Live So God - Muddy Waters
24. Come On Children, Let's Sing - Mahalia Jackson
25. Keep Your Hand On The Plow - Mahalia Jackson
26. Don't Let Nobody Turn You Roun' - The Spirituals Project Choir
27. Run On - Moby
28. Good Religion - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
29. The Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams

Mascara Snake: "Fast and bulbous!"
Captain Beefheart: "That's right The Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous... tight, also."
MS: "Bulbous also tapered!"
CB: "Yeah, but you gotta wait 'till I say; 'Also a tin teardrop'."
MS: (Laughing) "Christ!.."
MS: "Fast and bulbous!"
CB: "That's right the Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous... tight, also!"
"Also a tin teardrop"
MS: "Bulbous also tapered!"
CB: "That's right!"

Pena
Her little head clinking
Like uh barrel of red velvet balls
Full past noise
Treats filled 'er eyes
Turning them yellow like enamel coated tacks
Soft like butter hard not t' pour
Out enjoying the sun while sitting on
Uh turned on waffle iron
Smoke billowing up from between her legs
Made me vomit beautifully
'n crush uh chandelier
Fall on my stomach 'n view her
From uh thousand happened facets
Liquid red salt ran over crystals
I later band-aided the area
Sighed
Oh well it was worth it
Pena pleased but sore from sitting
Chose t' stub 'er toe
'n view the white pulps horribly large
In their red pockets
I'm tired of playing baby," she explained
'n out of uh blue felt box let escape
One yellow butterfly the same size
Its droppings were tiny green phosphorus worms
That moved in tuck 'n rolls that clacked
'n whispered in their confinement
Three little burnt scotch taped windows
Several yards away
Mouths open t' tongues that vibrated
'n lost saliva
Pena exclaimed, "That's the raspberries"

-- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - "Pena"

The Strange Album

1. Pena - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2. Manah Manah - Muppets
3. Element Song - Tom Lehrer
4. Yellow - Ken Nordine - Various Artists
5. Bushwhacked II - Chris Morris (?)
6. The Dangerous Kitchen - Frank Zappa
7. For Horsemen - Beatallica
8. Intro - Sigur Rós
9. Cows with Guns - Dana Lyons
10. Sperms Got Germs - Evolution Control Committee
11. Bruces - Monty Python
12. What's He Building? - Tom Waits
13. The Evils of D&D - Dead Alewives
14. control to efficiency - [The User] - Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers
15. Bike - Pink Floyd
16. melodie - Various Artists - Theramin Music
17. Electricity - Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
18. Dungeons & Dragons, Part 2 - Dead Alewives
19. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Tom Waits
20. Steak For Chicken - The Moldy Peaches
21. Alice's Resturant - Arlo Guthrie

Paleolithic - (Old) Rock to Roll By

1. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
2. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
3. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
4. No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
5. Jambalaya - Fats Domino
6. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
7. Wake up little Susie - The Everly Brothers
8. Working For The Man - Roy Orbison
9. Help! - The Beatles
10. N.S.U. - Cream
11. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
13. Siles Lane (Live 68) - Pink Floyd
14. New Speedway Boogie - Grateful Dead
15. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
16. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
17. Gimmie Shelter - The Rolling Stones
18. Baba O'Riley - The Who
19. All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan and the Band
20. Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
21. Tom Sawyer - Rush
22. Cocaine Decisions - Frank Zappa
23. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
24. Crazy Train - Black Sabbath

Road trippin’ with my two favorite allies
Fully loaded we got snacks and supplies
It’s time to leave this town
It’s time to steal away
Let’s go get lost
Anywhere in the u.s.a.
Let’s go get lost
Let’s go get lost

Blue you sit so pretty
West of the one
Sparkles light with yellow icing
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for

So much as come before those battles lost and won
This life is shining more forever in the sun
Now let us check our heads
And let us check the surf
Staying high and dry’s
More trouble than it’s worth
In the sun

Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for

In big sur we take some time to linger on
We three hunky dory’s got our snakefinger on
Now let us drink the stars
It’s time to steal away
Let’s go get lost
Right here in the u.s.a

Blue you sit so pretty
West of the one
Sparkles light with yellow icing
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun
Just a mirror for the sun

These smiling eyes are just a mirror for
These smiling eyes are just a mirror for
Your smiling eyes are just a mirror for

-- Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Road Trippin'"

Neolithic - (New) Rock to Roll By

1. Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
2. I Fought The Law - Clash
3. Bullet the Blue Sky - U2
4. It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
5. Fascination Street - The Cure
6. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
7. Come as You Are - Nirvana
8. Would? - Alice in Chains
9. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
10. No Shelter - Rage Against the Machine
11. Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
12. Stinkfist - Tool
13. Ashes to Ashes - Faith No More
14. The Antipop - Primus
15. Shelf In The Room - Days of the New
16. Parallel Universe - Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. Taste In Men - Placebo
18. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips

Music to Cruise By (Instrumentals)

1. Green Onions - Booker T & the MGs
2. Bubblehouse - Medeski, Martin, and Wood
3. Double Bass - Gorillaz
4. Fixed Income - DJ Shadow
5. On the Painted Desert - Boom Boom Satelites
6. Nut Rocker - B. Bumble & the Stingers
7. Apache - Jorgan Ingmann & His Guitar
8. Breeze from Santes Maries - Jesse Cook
9. Bicycling to Afghanistan - Robert Fripp String Quartet
10. God Moving Over the Face of the Waters - Moby
11. Bonzo's Montreaux - Led Zeppelin
12. Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band
13. Clubbed to Death - Rob D

Drivin' Tunes

1. Piece of Crap Car - Bu La'ia
2. Race Car Ya Yas - Cake
3. Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones
4. Drivve My Car - The Beatles
5. Car Song - Woodie Guthrie
6. Low Rider - War
7. Stickshifts and Safety Belts - Cake
8. Shut Down - Beach Boys
9. The Distance - Cake
10. Maybelline - Chuck Berry
11. Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
12. Mashin' on the Motorway - DJ Shadow
13. Long Line of Cars - Cake
14. Cars - Gary Numan
15. Highway 40 - Brak
16. One for the Highway - Fats Domino
17. Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
18. Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix
19. Truckin' - Grateful Dead
20. On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
21. Road Trippin' - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Comments

[hattrickflyer.livejournal.com]

Wow, you somehow missed *THE* greatest driving song ever ("Radar Love" by Golden Earring) as well as two other great ones - "Running Down a Dream" by Tom Petty and "Turn the Page" by Metallica (I like their cover better than Bob Seger's original). Other suggestions - Elastica's "Car Song", Jan & Dean's "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" and Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55".

[dilemma.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, no. Sammy Hagar should not be remembered. Certainly not for that crappy driving song.

And Trevor, I'd like a copy of your country and christian music cds. Even if I dont' like it, I'll be able to say I gave it a shot before I condemned it to a firey hell.

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Giving it a shot is all I ask. Send me your snail mail address.

Yay!

[mirumototsubasa.livejournal.com]

Music! Huzzah! Though how I'll print the lists up I don't know.And the way you set up your lj with the sidebat things and all dissagrees with my browser such that I can't see most of the "strange" list, nor whatever's in the red block. Ah, the joys of a severely outdated system.

[altamira16.livejournal.com]

I took A LOT of flack last week for not knowing who Tom Lehrer was. Anyway, I think I love your taste in music. Could I get a copy of your Christian Music for Heathens and maybe your Road Trippin' one?

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO TOM LEHRER IS?!?!?
*grin*
Sorry, I missed out on the flak-giving session apparently, so I just had to slip that in...

(I like people to know who he is for 2 reasons- first, because he is a musical genius, obviously.. but also, I just like to be able to brag about the fact that he knows me by name (he was a professor at UCSC, my alma mater) and greeted me in the halls with "Morning, doll!" on several occasions.)

I do hope that you have sought out some of his music by now, it's fabulous.

[hattrickflyer.livejournal.com]

I always remember him cuz in the liner notes for the Pollution song he mentions that you can replace the cities (the breakfast garbage we throw out in the bay / they eat as lunch in San Jose) with ones more local (Troy/Perth Amboy) and my dad was working in Perth Amboy at the time.

The song of his I remember tho is the hunting song.

[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Yes, quite. Erm... what's your address?

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

Evolution Control Committee sound familiar... What else have they done?

[trism.livejournal.com]

If there is so much good music about Christianity why is none of it from "Christian" artists?

Just a rhetorical question.

Ono-san