S, one of the students in my class last year has started a band with other former students of mine. One of the first songs they learned how to play is the Ramones song from the CD. Recently, I was talking to her and her mom about music. It seems that by fourth grade, S has already outgrown the Beatles. S complains that they aren't weird enough for her. She has discovered the Kinks because of the song "Picture Book" which I also put on last year's class CD. Her absolute favorite song right now is "Lola" and she and her friend Isadora are proud that they have figured out what the song is about. Her parents bought her a Clash CD but she doesn't quite like it because she can't understand what the lyrics are. It seems that she is not quite ready for harsher music, but still wants loud.
Of course, I have made her a CD. I didn't want to give her anything too mellow or anything too punk. It will be interesting to see what feedback I'll get from her about the CD.
The tracklist:
1. Three Girl Rhumba- Wire (1977)
2. Judy Is a Punk- Ramones (1976)
3. Echos Myron- Guided By Voices (1994)
4. Big Dipper- Built to Spill (1994)
5. Float On- Modest Mouse (2004)
6. Cut Your Hair- Pavement (1994)
7. Silver Lining- Beulah (2001)
8. Know Your Onion- The Shins (2001)
9 All For Swinging You Around- The New P’s (2003) (I decided not to introduce the word pornographer to her vernacular.)
10. Making Time- Creation (1967)
11. She’s Not There- The Zombies (1964)
12. Lola- The Raincoats (1979)
13. Cannonball- The Breeders (1993)
14. Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand (2004)
15. I’m a Pretender- The Exploding Hearts (2002)
16. Me and Mia- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (2004)
17. Radio, Radio- Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1978)
18. The Sound of Settling- Death Cab For Cutie (2003)
19. Sweet Jane- Velvet Underground (1970)
20. Once in a Lifetime- Talking Heads (1980)
21. Needles in the Camel’s Eye- Brian Eno (1973)
22. Debaser- Pixies (1989)
23. Words and Guitar- Sleater-Kinney (1997)
24. Harnessed in Slums- Archers of Loaf (1995)
25. Precision Auto- Superchunk (1992)
26. Someday- The Strokes (2001)
Only one reference to heroin, only one reference to pot smoking, and only one curse on the entire mix! The person who can name the songs with the aforementioned bad stuff wins a beer. Youthlarge can not participate. If Dor or Weasel win, then I will owe one of them two beers.
S also complained that there aren't enough female led rock bands. At first I thought I would give her more female oriented rock, but that will have to wait until Volume II. Any recommendations or glaring oversights?
12 comments:
if sophie really likes this mix, does that mean i have the musical tastes of a 4th grader? this looks like the best mix you've ever made, dan!
Arrgh, what a hard quiz. As for groovarinas, I suggest the following ideosyncratic, not always NY indie rock ideologically sound/hip collectives:
Elastica (introduce her to fake cockney accents!), The Runaways or the Donnas (same shit, different day), The Primitives, PJ Harvey, L7, Luscious Jackson (if only for "Naked Eye"), Booty Olympics, and although not any good I suggest Velvet Revolver because Scott Weiland is a big girl's blouse.
Also, there are these be-mulletted rainbow warriors:
Don't Harass Betty
i'd like to know what "lola" is about.
heroin reference - Velvet Undergrond
pot reference - the Breeders
swear - Archers of Loaf (if you're counting "ass")
slicing up eyeballs reference - the Pixies
Hey, can I still get a copy of that mix since Dad's CD recorder was sucking?
-Amy
marc,
yes
weasel,
the runaways next time.
pj harvey strikes me as always so overtly sexual. i don't know- at least her good stuff from years ago.
youthlarge,
you'll have to ask sophie and isadora
jamie,
"shit yeah, it's cool"- guided by voices
you are correct on the breeders bong reference.
"making time, shooting lines"- the creation
amy,
yes
and for the record, it was the superchunk song that i got all jewish traditional at the wedding.
Why can't I figure out who the 4th grader Sophie is? I can only think of a Sophia. It's going to bug me all night.
Anyway, I think something by 'that dog' should go on the girly mix, and maybe something by Kaia and maybe also, though she's not so punk rock, exactly, some early Brenda Kahn, preferably "I Don't Sleep I Drink Coffee Instead." But it says bitch AND shit, one right after the other. So maybe not.
But thanks for making me want to dig out old CD's!
Oh, OK. Now that I'm here at work, I've figured out the Sophie.
Cibo Matto! Female-led and fun. Plus, you can include "Know Your Chicken" as a sort of companion piece to "Know Your Onion" on vol. 1. — Adam K.
i saw cibo matto once but i don't have any of their stuff. maybe i'll have to enlist more help for vol. 2.
I'll transfer some up to my server for you and then let you know where to DL it from. Just remind me if you don't hear from me about it within a day or two. — Adam
that sounds illegal!
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