Saturday, February 02, 2008
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) XXIX: Obama for America
In the fear of sounding partisan, I am really REALLY excited about Barack Obama; moreso than I have been about any other presidential candidate that I can remember. In 2000, I paid no attention to political news at all and figured that Gore and Bush seemed almost exactly the same (oh, the folly of youth!); in 2004, Dean seemed like a decent candidate, yet the DNC chose John Kerry (whom I never really got too enthused about); but this year, we have Obama, who really is the only goddamn hope America has left for turning this pseudo-dynastic oligarchy to an end. Honestly, if Obama doesn't get the nod, then I'm probably going to end up voting Republican, no matter who runs. Or maybe I'll just stay at home and softly cry myself to sleep. If the American people (who, it should be noted, actually voted Bush into office in 2004) can't see that Obama is clearly the only real hope for change this country has left, than they deserve exactly what they get.
Watch this video and tell me you aren't inspired or, at the very least, moved:
Now, with my liberal ranting out of the way, let's get to that thar Random!
1. Ween - Never Squeal
2. Andrew Bird - Imitosis
3. The Who - The Dirty Jobs
4. The Pogues - Body of an American
5. Megadeth - Truth Be Told
6. Killing Joke - Another Bloody Election
7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
8. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Is This Love?
9. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Jah Live
10. HIM - Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly
11. Outkast (Andre 3000) - Prototype
12. DEVO - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
13. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
14. The Mars Volta - Conjugal Burns
15. Unloco - Bruises (live)
16. Faith No More - Falling To Pieces (live at Brixton Academy)
17. Boards of Canada - Pete Standing Alone
18. George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Madison Blues
19. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
20. The I Love You But I'm Not In Love With Yous - Old Folks Home
WOW! One hell of a Random this week! Start it off with a laid-back swing track off Ween's first album, then into the best track off Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha, sounding not unlike an acoustic Beck tune featuring Jeff Tweedy. You got a sweet track off The Who's underrated Quadrophenia (which, by the way, is a FAR better record than Tommy), then you got yourself the incomparable Pogues doing their Celtic punk thing way before it was cool, go right into Muh-fuckin' Megadeth shredding through a newer song (and it's still pretty badass), then go straight into the industrial anarcho-punk Killing Joke (who are WAY underrated) blasting the appropos "Another Bloody Election". Then, the somewhat-hated (but not by me!! I'm wearing my Smashing Pumpkins fanboy hat!) Ava Adore, where The Smashing Pumpkins tried thier hand at goth/techno and failed miserably, at least sales-wise (still a good album, though. You can't tell me that "Tear" isn't a fan-fucking-tastic song), then into an unexpected double shot of Marley, first with the incredibly catchy "Is This Love?" followed up with one of my personal favorites, the underplayed "Jah Live"; which is then followed by the catchiest, girliest chorus in the wussiest metal song ever by a band whose biggest highlight is being Bam Margera's whippping boys. Things pick up pretty fast though, with Andre 3000 doing his best Prince impression (and killin' it!), six minutes of DEVO's twisted, geeky, angular techno/pop/punk, the first track off the first Pantera album that matters (and consequently one of the harder tracks on Guitar Hero) and some beautiful chaos from Mars Volta's newest album Bedlam In Goliath. Nu-metal also-also-rans Unloco follow up with thier almost-almost hit Bruises, but the tempo gets picked up quickly with some classic live Faith No More. Boards of Canada soothe the soul before George Thorogood spreads his white-boy blues around. Then we all suffer through Jesus Jones, before finally grinding to a halt with the greatest-named unsigned band of all time and thier lo-fi indie rockin'.
A couple weak spots notwithstanding, this is one goddamn great Random: a solid A.
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In the fear of sounding partisan, I am really REALLY excited about Barack Obama; moreso than I have been about any other presidential candidate that I can remember. In 2000, I paid no attention to political news at all and figured that Gore and Bush seemed almost exactly the same (oh, the folly of youth!); in 2004, Dean seemed like a decent candidate, yet the DNC chose John Kerry (whom I never really got too enthused about); but this year, we have Obama, who really is the only goddamn hope America has left for turning this pseudo-dynastic oligarchy to an end. Honestly, if Obama doesn't get the nod, then I'm probably going to end up voting Republican, no matter who runs. Or maybe I'll just stay at home and softly cry myself to sleep. If the American people (who, it should be noted, actually voted Bush into office in 2004) can't see that Obama is clearly the only real hope for change this country has left, than they deserve exactly what they get.
Watch this video and tell me you aren't inspired or, at the very least, moved:
Now, with my liberal ranting out of the way, let's get to that thar Random!
1. Ween - Never Squeal
2. Andrew Bird - Imitosis
3. The Who - The Dirty Jobs
4. The Pogues - Body of an American
5. Megadeth - Truth Be Told
6. Killing Joke - Another Bloody Election
7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
8. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Is This Love?
9. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Jah Live
10. HIM - Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly
11. Outkast (Andre 3000) - Prototype
12. DEVO - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
13. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
14. The Mars Volta - Conjugal Burns
15. Unloco - Bruises (live)
16. Faith No More - Falling To Pieces (live at Brixton Academy)
17. Boards of Canada - Pete Standing Alone
18. George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Madison Blues
19. Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now
20. The I Love You But I'm Not In Love With Yous - Old Folks Home
WOW! One hell of a Random this week! Start it off with a laid-back swing track off Ween's first album, then into the best track off Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha, sounding not unlike an acoustic Beck tune featuring Jeff Tweedy. You got a sweet track off The Who's underrated Quadrophenia (which, by the way, is a FAR better record than Tommy), then you got yourself the incomparable Pogues doing their Celtic punk thing way before it was cool, go right into Muh-fuckin' Megadeth shredding through a newer song (and it's still pretty badass), then go straight into the industrial anarcho-punk Killing Joke (who are WAY underrated) blasting the appropos "Another Bloody Election". Then, the somewhat-hated (but not by me!! I'm wearing my Smashing Pumpkins fanboy hat!) Ava Adore, where The Smashing Pumpkins tried thier hand at goth/techno and failed miserably, at least sales-wise (still a good album, though. You can't tell me that "Tear" isn't a fan-fucking-tastic song), then into an unexpected double shot of Marley, first with the incredibly catchy "Is This Love?" followed up with one of my personal favorites, the underplayed "Jah Live"; which is then followed by the catchiest, girliest chorus in the wussiest metal song ever by a band whose biggest highlight is being Bam Margera's whippping boys. Things pick up pretty fast though, with Andre 3000 doing his best Prince impression (and killin' it!), six minutes of DEVO's twisted, geeky, angular techno/pop/punk, the first track off the first Pantera album that matters (and consequently one of the harder tracks on Guitar Hero) and some beautiful chaos from Mars Volta's newest album Bedlam In Goliath. Nu-metal also-also-rans Unloco follow up with thier almost-almost hit Bruises, but the tempo gets picked up quickly with some classic live Faith No More. Boards of Canada soothe the soul before George Thorogood spreads his white-boy blues around. Then we all suffer through Jesus Jones, before finally grinding to a halt with the greatest-named unsigned band of all time and thier lo-fi indie rockin'.
A couple weak spots notwithstanding, this is one goddamn great Random: a solid A.
