I also get to hear lots of exciting new things, making me feel like a real renaissance man.
If you don't have Spotify, this post may be of limited appeal. But I thought I'd provide a compendium of all the lists I've compiled so far.
As well as the general theme, I've forced other rules on myself as the weeks have gone on. At the moment, the songs chosen:
a) must be from my own iTunes library (the only exception being songs that aren't on Spotify - in which case, I'm allowed a cover version)
b) no repeated content (eg. if the theme is 'Fruit', I'm only allowed one 'apple' song)
c) Each list must end with a Scott Walker song (I'm not sure why)
d) Only one song by each artist
e) The theme is usually reflected by the song title, rather than the content of the song itself
But these rules have only developed over time. I'm sure to have a whole alphabet of rules by the end of it, such as
k) All songs must not finish
v) No ears allowed
y) No songs with a G# in them
Not yet though.
So, here they are so far:
doppelgängbäng
A list compiled of pairs of songs with the same name. Quite straightforward - obviously you're not allowed two versions of the same song.
Song - Artist - Album
| Oasis | Amanda Palmer | Who Killed Amanda Palmer? |
| Oasis | Ugly Duckling | Journey To Anywhere |
| Wonderboy | The Kinks | Something Else by The Kinks |
| Wonderboy | Tenacious D | Tenacious D |
| Maybe Tomorrow | Chords | The Triptych [Disc 3] |
| Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 | Classic Jackson 5. The Universal Masters Collection |
| Witness (1 Hope) | Roots Manuva | Run Come Save Me |
| Witness | The Delgados | The Great Eastern |
| Butterfly | Lenny Kravitz | Mama Said |
| Butterfly | Scott Walker | Scott 3 |
| Oh Yeah | Can | Tago Mago |
| Oh Yeah | Ash | Crush (Disc 1) |
| Sometimes | Bilal | 1st Born Second |
| Sometimes | Les Rythmes Digitales | Darkdancer [UK] |
| Steppin' Out | Joe Jackson | The Collection |
| Stepping Out (Liverpool '78) | The Fall | Live At The Witch Trials [Bonus Tracks] [Disc 2] |
| Lullabye | Grizzly Bear | Yellow House |
| Lullabye | Ben Folds Five | The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner |
Sub2fuge
Songs under two minutes long.
| The House That Guilt Built | The Wrens | The Meadowlands |
| Beaumont's Lament | Quentin Tarantino | Jackie Brown |
| Threesome | The Divine Comedy | Victory For The Comic Muse |
| React | Jurassic 5 | Power In Numbers |
| Oh My Golly!!! | Pixies | Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim |
| How It Should Be (Sha Sha) | Ben Kweller | Sha Sha |
| Industrial Estate (Liverpool '78) | The Fall | Live At The Witch Trials |
| Black Sheep Boy | Tim Hardin | Black Sheep Boy - An Introduction To Tim Hardin |
| Defari Interlude | Dilated Peoples | Expansion Team |
| How She Boogalooed It | The Beach Boys | Smiley Smile / Wild Honey |
| April Come She Will | Simon & Garfunkel | Old Friends |
| Stay A While | Dusty Springfield | Dusty Springfield - Hits |
| Row | Jon Brion | Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Billie Holiday | The Billie Holiday Story |
| Whatever Happened To Pong? | Frank Black | Teenager Of The Year |
| Satan Is My Master | Ben Folds Five | Naked Baby Photos |
| Till The Morning Comes | Neil Young | After The Goldrush |
| We Came Through | Scott Walker | Scott 3 |
Namely...
Songs with people's names in them (I wonder if these explanations are a bit superfluous)
| Becky | Be Your Own Pet | Get Awkward |
| The Curse of Jonah Brian | Cats In Paris | Courtcase 2000 |
| Lucy | The Divine Comedy | A Secret History - The Best Of The Divine Comedy |
| Robert Onion | Frank Black & The Catholics | Dog In The Sand |
| Saint Simon | The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow |
| Rollin' Dany | The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace |
| So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright | Simon & Garfunkel | Old Friends |
| Ruby | Silver Apples | Silver Apples |
| Christina | Mr Hermano | Serve Chilled 2 (Disc 2) |
| Lizzy | Ben Kweller | Sha Sha |
| Caroline Goodbye | Colin Blunstone | Some Years: It's the Time of Colin Blunstone |
| Jesus Shootin' Heroin | The Flaming Lips | Finally The Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid 1983-1988 |
| The Thoughts Of Mary Jane | Nick Drake | Five Leaves Left |
| Judy Is A Punk | The Ramones | Ramones |
| Stephanie Says | The Velvet Underground | The Royal Tenenbaums |
| Jackie | Scott Walker | Scott 2 |
Namely... Folds
Ben Folds and Ben Folds Five have loads of songs based on names, so I gave them their own list. I'm annoyed that the Ben Folds Five songs are listed on Spotify as just 'Ben Folds', What about Robert Sledge? What about Darren Jesse? Eh? What's that? No-one cares? Oh. Ok.
| Kate | Ben Folds Five | Whatever & Ever Amen |
| Annie Waits | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
| Eddie Walker | Ben Folds Five | Naked Baby Photos |
| Julianne | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| Alice Childress | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| Zak And Sara | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
| The Ascent Of Stan | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
| Steven's Last Night in Town | Ben Folds Five | Whatever & Ever Amen |
| Jane | Ben Folds Five | The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner |
| Fred Jones, Part 2 | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
| Uncle Walter | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| Carrying Cathy | Ben Folds | Rockin' The Suburbs |
| Give Judy My Notice (Piano Version) | Ben Folds | Speed Graphic [EP] |
| Kylie From Connecticut | Ben Folds | Way To Normal |
| Emaline | Ben Folds Five | Naked Baby Photos |
The Final Front Ear
Songs about space. I'm pleased to see two Martian volcanoes represented.
| Space Walk | Lemon Jelly | Lost Horizons | |
| Astronaut: A Short History Of Nearly Nothing | Amanda Palmer | Who Killed Amanda Palmer? | |
| Pluto | Bjork | Homogenic | |
| A Comet Appears | The Shins | Wincing The Night Away | |
| Planetarium | Squarepusher | Hello Everything | |
| Bird Dream of Olympus Mons | Pixies | Trompe le Monde | |
| People Of The Earth | Graham Coxon | Happiness In Magazines | |
| Waiting for the Moon to Rise | Belle & Sebastian | Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant | |
| The Galaxist | Deerhoof | Friend Opportunity | |
| Mozart: Symphony #41 In C, K 551, "Jupiter" - Menuetto: Allegro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Best Of Mozart | |
| Intergalactic | The Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty | |
| Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia) | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | |
| Black Hole | Be Your Own Pet | Get Awkward | |
| Space Is Gonna Do Me Good | Frank Black | Teenager Of The Year | |
| Summer Sun | Logistics | Fabriclive 25 | |
| Another Green World | Brian Eno | LateNightTales: The Flaming Lips | |
| Best of Both Worlds | Scott Walker | Scott 2 | |
HSK&T
A body parts playlist! It stands for Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, by the way (even though only two of those are represented).
| Broken Face | Pixies | Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim |
| Your Redneck Past | Ben Folds Five | The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner |
| Hand On Your Heart | Kylie Minogue | Ultimate Kylie |
| Something Is Squeezing My Skull | Morrissey | Years Of Refusal |
| Kick Up Ya Foot | Roots Manuva | Slime and Reason |
| Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles | Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot |
| Lovefingers | Silver Apples | Silver Apples |
| Andy's Chest | The Velvet Underground | VU |
| Dirt Off Your Shoulder | Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse | The Grey Album |
| The Man Whose Head Expanded | The Fall | Perverted By Language [Disc 1] |
| Loose Tooth Tactile | Cats In Paris | Courtcase 2000 |
| She Lives In My Lap | Outkast | The Love Below |
| Talk To the Body | Magazine | Secondhand Daylight |
| Kissing The Lipless | The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow |
| The Cockfighter | Scott Walker | Tilt |
The Interview
This one's a bit more tricky. Songs that are questions, followed by songs that answer those questions. It was hard work. And Spotify's limitations robbed me of the glory of:
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust
I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff
Ah well...
| What Difference Does It Make? | The Smiths | The Smiths |
| It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference | Todd Rundgren | Almost Famous |
| Where's Summer B ? | Ben Folds Five | Ben Folds Five |
| Summer's Almost Gone | The Doors | Waiting For The Sun |
| Whither The Invisible Birds? | Deerhoof | Friend Opportunity |
| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | The Beatles | Rubber Soul |
| What Is This Note? | Eels | Souljacker |
| Note To Self | The Divine Comedy | Regeneration |
| Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)? | The Delfonics | Afrodisiac (Disc 1) |
| I Don't Know | The Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty |
| Have You Seen Her? | The Chi-Lites | Afrodisiac (Disc 1) |
| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
| Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) | Bill Withers | Jackie Brown |
| He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot | Grandaddy | The Sophtware Slump |
| What You Waiting For ? | Gwen Stefani | Love. Angel. Music. Baby |
| Something | The Willowz | Unveil |
| When Will Happiness Find Me Again? | Frank Black & The Catholics | Show Me Your Tears |
| Wait Until Dark | Scott Walker | Scott 2 |
Hit or Myth?
Supernatural/Mythology was the brief. This one was vague enough to create grey areas, but specific enough to exclude things. I think this one might be a bit tenuous. The lack of Dylan on Spotify lead to the inclusion of a delightful German cover version.
| I Don't Believe In Miracles | The Zombies | Live At the Bloomsbury Theatre, London |
| That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy | The Twilight Sad | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters |
| Ghost Town | The Specials | No.1s Of The Eighties |
| Angel Eyes | Ella Fitzgerald | Intimate Ella |
| Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World | The Divine Comedy | Victory For The Comic Muse |
| God Is In The House | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | No More Shall We Part |
| Venus In Furs | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico |
| Psykick Dancehall | The Fall | Dragnet |
| Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46: II. Ases's Death | Edvard Grieg | Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Nielsen: Aladdin |
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder | Song Review |
| The Singing Tree | Jeffrey Lewis | City & Eastern Songs |
| The Wizard Turns On … | The Flaming Lips | At War With The Mystics |
| Orion | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Rodrigo Y Gabriela |
| Temporary Like Achilles | Bob Dylan | Blonde On Blonde |
| Aladdin: Suite: I. Oriental Festive March | Carl Nielson | Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Nielsen: Aladdin |
| Magic Works | The Weird Sisters | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Soundtrack) |
| The Seventh Seal | Scott Walker | Scott 4 |
The Sceptred Aisle
Songs about Englishness. I wasn't sure how to go about this one. In the end I went relatively abstract. I initially wanted an Englishness playlist consisting of songs that weren't about England, didn't contain the word England, and weren't performed by English artists. I didn't quite manage it.
All the track names have some relevance to my conception of England, though the whole thing is more negative that I intended!
| Real Class | Beyond The Fringe | The Complete Beyond The Fringe (Disc 2) | |||
| Missing the War | Ben Folds Five | Whatever & Ever Amen | |||
| Sunny Meadowz | Del Tha Funky Homosapien | I Wish My Brother George Was Here | |||
| London Song | The Breeders | Title TK | |||
| Her Majesty | The Beatles | Abbey Road | |||
| Silly Games | Janet Kay | No 1 Reggae Album | |||
| Great Expectations | Jurassic 5 | Quality Control | |||
| Failure | Kings Of Convenience | Versus | |||
| Electioneering | Radiohead | OK Computer | |||
| The Immigrant | Nitin Sawhney | Serve Chilled 2 [Disc 1] | |||
| Kettering | The Antlers | Hospice | |||
| Something Old, Something New | The Fantastics | Afrodisiac (Disc 2) | |||
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Anyway, that's it so far. I'm not sure if this has been interesting for anyone. Note: these are the iTunes versions, so there may be some slight differences. The main ones being insane Beatles covers that are always a joy.
So. That was about music.
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