Thursday Random Eight (9/11/2008)

The first eight songs of the morning after setting the iPod to shuffle play:

Husker Du - You Can Live At Home: Well, after my snarky comment last week about the Warehouse: Songs and Stories album, this song puts me in my place as it is one of my favorites from the collection. A loud, fast, fun ending to the lengthy release.

Genesis - Visions of Angels: Ah, my roots are showing on this one. Although it isn't something I listen to with much regularity anymore, Trespass is probably my favorite Genesis album. This song is interestingly dismal.

Deerhoof - Giga Dance: One of those bands who I listen to a lot but never really know the name of their songs. So, now I know this one; a fun disarray of rhythm, noise, and strange vocals.

The Everly Brothers - Kiss Your Man Goodbye: I kinda got into the Everly Brothers a bit after I heard a cover of Lord of the Manor by Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. I was surprised to learn they had a fairly diverse catalog; in addition to the pop songs that are the most familiar, there was also a root-sy type of sound that is pretty interesting.

Tom Waits - Murder in the Red Barn: After seeing his show in Columbus a few months ago, it has pretty much been a Tom Waits summer for me, playing his music practically non-stop for weeks after the show.

Material Issue - Satellite: A while back I dumped every MI album onto the iPod and promptly forgot all about them. Pretty straight pop stuff, and this song is fun in its simplicity.

Flaming Lips - Rainin' Babies: Still really like their early - mid-90's stuff.

Boredoms - GO!!!!!: Heh, an hour long collection of noise from the Super Roots 5 release. Not a bad way to close out the random eight this week.