It’s a story that would easily fit on these pages, so I won’t call it long, just private. The conclusion to it is me making a CD for someone I met through the Junior League of Los Angeles. If you know me, and you know the Junior League, you will know as well how utterly fricken unlikely that is. It is, however, what it is, and onward we go; this is a pop CD, the goal of which was contrapuntal.
I will now offer a shoutout to Tegan and Sara fans in advance because they seem to ferret out any reference, however glancing, to the duo. Yo. Your girls are in good company here.
All but five of these tunes are the product of my recent dive into the Santa Monica library collection.
01. “The Kind” – Steve Earle
02. “Da Doo Ron Ron” – Dave Edmunds
03. “Hello My Baby” – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
04. “Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution)” – The Bangles
05. “Extraordinary Machine” – Fiona Apple
06. “Color Me Impressed” – The Replacements
07. “Yanqui Go Home” – Camper Van Beethoven
08. “Been It” – The Cardigans
09. “Burn Down This Town” – Rosanne Cash
10. “Let’s Move to the Country” – (Smog)
11. “Yankee Go Home” – Richard Thompson
12. “Something Familiar” – Curve
13. “Wolf at the Door” – Patty Larkin
14. “Chuco’s Cumbia” – Los Lobos
15. “Worms” – Beth Orton
16. “Time Running” – Tegan and Sara
17. “That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)” – Dusty Springfield
18. “Happy Trails” – Quicksilver Messenger Service
A few comments: the Bangles tune was written by Elvis Costello; yes, it’s really Dave Edmunds doing “Da Doo Ron Ron,” and it’s good; Zap Mama contributes to the Ladysmith tune, and that’s a good thing; Curve’s “Something Familiar” is at the moment vying with the Los Lobos tune as my favorite of the collection; Dusty Springfield does a hell of a rendition of “Hi-De-Ho.”
And finally, even though I know for a fact that I am vastly underrating the collective behavioral range of the Junior Leaguers, I just can’t help thinking that the Cardigans tune might cause a world-annhilating explosion if brought into contact with a sufficient number of members.
Thanks for shopping at BTC News.
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Breaking News! Rosanne Cash’s “Burn Down This Town” has been replaced by The Breeders’ “Cannonball Divine Hammer”. For now.
Plus, edited for style at noon on Saturday. !
Plus, the final version of the Junior League CD as burned, below! We should learn in a few days how well, or not, it was received, and of course will report on that if we feel like it.
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01. “The Kind” – Steve Earle
02. “Da Doo Ron Ron” – Dave Edmunds
03. “Hello My Baby” – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
04. “Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s A Doll Revolution)” – The Bangles
05. “Extraordinary Machine” – Fiona Apple
06. “Color Me Impressed” – The Replacements
07. “Divine Hammer” – The Breeders
08. “Yanqui Go Home” – Camper Van Beethoven
09. “Been It” – The Cardigans
10. “Let’s Move to the Country” – (Smog)
11. “Something Familiar” – Curve
12. “Chasing Strange” – Chocolate Genius
13. “Hollywood Bed” – The Blasters
14. “Wolf at the Door” – Patty Larkin
15. “Chuco’s Cumbia” – Los Lobos
16. “Worms” – Beth Orton
17. “Time Running” – Tegan and Sara
18. “That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)” – Dusty Springfield
19. “Happy Trails” – Quicksilver Messenger Service
Ah, Los Lobos…many memories here in my Moscow hovel. Sloppy YouTube version here
http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Los+Lobos/+videos/+1-5tbIHCSQBHI
Well now, that was strange: your comments, mofo, got trapped in the spam filter for no reason that I can see, unless it’s the Russian web address. Let me know which one you prefer and I’ll delete the extraneous one. Anyway, yeah, I’m a long-time fan too.
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