As a palate cleanser after three discs with the same theme, this one has no theme at all. It's got a few near-outsider tracks; the Legendary Stardust Cowboy is discmates with a country and western song about reincarnation (which is not the least commercial thing you can do in Nashville; Peter Grudzien wrote country songs about being gay in the Sixties--commercial suicide now, but insanely brave then).
One time, driving to B Fest, Sean Frost popped in an album for our mutual listening enjoyment called "I Hate CDs", which was a digital compilation of Norton Records singles that had never been released on compact disc. During the opening track I said "Hey, this sounds like the Legendary Stardust Cowboy!" and irritated the hell out of my friend because 1) it was the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and 2) I apparently came off like a snotty record store clerk when I said it. I maintain that I was driving through Chicago on I-94 and wasn't trying to sound like a jerk intentionally.
I followed up the reincarnation song with a Tonio K. song about the Book of Revelation; it's a Hal Lindsay prophecy pamphlet you can slow-dance to if you feel like it.
Timothology: Strange Aeons Disc 34 / 48
Theme: None
Label phrase: "I live in a giant bucket."
01) Daydream Believer / The Monkees
02) Bip Bop Boom / Moon Mullins and the Night Raiders
03) Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix) / Cornershop
04) You Can Call Me Al / Paul Simon
05) Birdhouse In Your Soul / They Might Be Giants
06) Quarter to Three / Gary U. S. Bonds
07) Walk Don't Run / Those Darn Accordions
08) Whispering Bells / The Del-Vikings
09) Good Lovin' / The Bobs
10) Long Temps Passe / Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
11) Gun Slinger / Bo Diddley
12) Bring it to Jerome / David John and the Mood
13) Telstar / Los Straitjackets
14) Midnight to Six Man / The Pretty Things
15) Stand By Me / John Lennon
16) Paralyzed / The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
17) Yuh Dead Now / Tiger
18) We Walked This Road Before / Brad Wolfe
19) Hey John / Tonio K.
20) Bette Davis Eyes / Big Daddy
21) Cotton Eye Joe / Rednex
22) Poor Rock and Roll / Nicky and the Nobles
23) Paper in Fire / John Mellencamp
24) I'm a One Woman Man / Hindu Love Gods
25) Sheena is a Punk Rocker / Tracy Thornton
26) The Hippy Hippy Shake / Chan Romero
27) Sally MacLennane / The Pogues
28) The Hero / Queen
No comments:
Post a Comment