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Posted at 11:29 AM on February 15, 2008 by Tony Lopez (1 Comments)

I always wanna be by your side...

“The C in Cake,” Gastr del Sol
I love guitar noodlings, particularly on a Sunday morning when I’m trying to clear my head. Gastr del Sol was formed by David Grubbs, indie rock royalty as far as I’m concerned. Fans of Squirrel Bait and Slint know what I’m talking about. The song’s title was the inspiration for those other cool Chicago noodlers, The Sea and Cake. And it segues really well into the Shuffle’s next song…

“You Really Got Me,” The Kinks
I’m about to reveal something potentially blasphemous. Faced with the choice of the original or Van Halen’s cover, I’ll take the cover. I know, I know, it’s a shame, a disgrace, a shandeh, if you will! It’s only because the first time I heard the classic it was accompanied by Diamond Dave’s yowl and Eddie’s fret-tapping. It’s iconic for me at this point. Van Halen really messed me up.

“Last Snowstorm of the Year,” Low
From Trust. I like this record a lot. Alan Sparhawk’s other project, The Retribution Gospel Choir, is finally releasing its self-titled debut on Mark Kozelek’s Caldo Verde label. Looking forward to that.

“Unison,” Bjork
Bjork is on my long list of people I’d want at my dinner party. Mostly because you never know when she’s gonna freak out and beat the hell out of somebody. And her husband, Matthew Barney, is definitely invited. That dude is out there! This is my favorite song from Vespertine. Here she is giving me chills at London’s Royal Opera House.

“Show Business,” A Tribe Called Quest
Tribe hooked up with Lord Jamar and Sadat X from Brand Nubian on this cut from their masterpiece, The Low End Theory. They paint a pretty dismal portrait of the rap industry. And this was 1991. It hasn’t gotten much better. For a long time now, the major labels have been churning out a style of rap that is virtually indistinguishable from pornography.

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Belle & Sebastian - "Is It Wicked Not to Care?"
A friend of mine had recently broken up with her longtime boyfriend, and I thought it particularly odd that she had this song quoted in one of her profiles. One of the prettier songs on Boy with the Arab Strap.

Ben Lee - "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart"
Not an enormous fan of Against Me! and not a fan at all of Ben Lee, but when the latter covers the former's entire New Wave album, the results are magic.

The Darkness - "English Country Garden"
The opening piano part so obviously cribs from the New Pornographers' "Electric Version", it kind of detracts from the song for me. Still, I think One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back was a tad underrated (and a great title!)

The Beatles - "Eleanor Rigby"
Didn't this pop up on someone's list a few weeks back?

Morrissey - "I Will See You in Far-Off Places"
I think this song is kind of ridiculous. He already did the whole USA-bashing thing better with "America Is Not the World", anyway.

Posted by Mac Wilson | February 15, 2008 1:21 PM

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