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Monday Coffee Break: I Got Nuthin'

Posted at 8:55 AM on April 25, 2011 by Steve Seel (31 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

It's Monday, and as is often the case on Mondays, we're operating at less than 100% here on The Morning Show. We imagine you can sometimes relate to the feeling. So as we've done before (probably on a Monday), we're going to do an "I Got Nuthin'" set for today's 9:30 Coffee Break. We're looking for songs that feature the word "nothing" or "nothin'" in the title.

Songs played:
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
Mason Jennings "Nothing"
James Brown "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing pt 1"
Wilco "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)"
The Smiths "William it was Really Nothing"
Billy Preston "Nothing from Nothing"

Comments (31)

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince
Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing Part 1 - James Brown

Posted by tmpletz | April 25, 2011 9:02 AM

Nothing But Heartaches -- Supremes

Nothing from Nothing -- Billy Preston

I (Who Have Nothing) -- Ben E. King

A Town Called Big Nothing -- Elvis Costello

Nothing Is Easy -- Jethro Tull

Posted by lou | April 25, 2011 9:04 AM

Nothing From Nothing / Billy Preston
Nothing Else Matters / Metallica

Posted by chris | April 25, 2011 9:05 AM

Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Spoon - Got Nuffin

BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Posted by Oj | April 25, 2011 9:06 AM

How about slang for nothing?
"Nuffin to Lose" - Spoon

Posted by Andrew S. | April 25, 2011 9:06 AM

Nothing Short of Thankful — Avett Brothers

Love is Nothing — Liz Phair

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again) — Wilco

Posted by Jack | April 25, 2011 9:06 AM

wilco - nothing'severgonnastandinmyway again

please play this!

Posted by Dylan | April 25, 2011 9:06 AM

Nothing But Sunshine - Atmosphere

Posted by ALison B | April 25, 2011 9:08 AM

Nothing to Worry About - Peter Bjorn and John

Posted by Jamie | April 25, 2011 9:10 AM

Wilco - 'Misunderstood' ("I'd like to thank you all for nothing, nothing, nothing at all". Then Tweedy goes off on 'Nothing!' for a bit.

Good stuff.

Posted by Tom | April 25, 2011 9:11 AM

lou reed "Sweet Nothin'"

Posted by mark b | April 25, 2011 9:11 AM

I second the Love is Nothing--Liz Phair request.
Also:
Nothing--Depeche Mode
Nothing Better--Postal Service
Money for Nothing-Dire Straits

Posted by C | April 25, 2011 9:12 AM

I am Nothin' - Violent Femmes
William it was really nothing - The Smiths
Do Nothing - Skatelites

Please, Please, Please...
Sweet Nothin's by Brenda Lee

Posted by loran | April 25, 2011 9:13 AM

"Nothin's Comin'" -- The Vines
"Nothing Indeed" -- The Minutemen
"Nothing Lasts" -- Matthew Sweet
"Nothing Stays the Same" -- Elastica
"57 Channels (And Nothin' On) -- Springsteen

Posted by (JL) | April 25, 2011 9:13 AM

Depeche Mode - World Full of Nothing, Nothing
Chris Isaak - Nothing Changes

Posted by Eric K. | April 25, 2011 9:14 AM

"I Have Nothing"- Whitney Houston

"Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing"- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

"All or Nothing"- Cher

Nobody tells me nuthin'!

Posted by Justin | April 25, 2011 9:15 AM

The best song about nothing: "Nothing from Nothing" by Billy Preston

Posted by Cole | April 25, 2011 9:15 AM

On a side note: can you play the Seinfeld bass line between songs?

Posted by Justin | April 25, 2011 9:16 AM

Oh Sweet Nuthin' - Velvet Underground

Posted by Maggie | April 25, 2011 9:17 AM

Mason Jennings - "Nothing"

What a great track.

Posted by Jabroni | April 25, 2011 9:17 AM

This is kind of breaking the rules, but it's a great "I got Nothing" type song:

Tabletop Joe - Tom Waits
"I was born without a body/I got nothing but scorn"

Posted by Noelle | April 25, 2011 9:18 AM

I've got your Beatles:
Good Morning, Good Morning!

Posted by Linda | April 25, 2011 9:19 AM

nothingsevergonnastandinmyway (again)by Wilco

Posted by Clarissa | April 25, 2011 9:20 AM

How about the ultimate nothing song: 4'33?

Posted by Eryc | April 25, 2011 9:21 AM

I was going to request/suggest Spoon, but you just played a different Spoon song!
...How about "Sweet Nuthin"" by The Velvet Underground?

Posted by Rachel A | April 25, 2011 9:24 AM

Depeche Mode "Nothing"

Posted by STJ | April 25, 2011 9:25 AM

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' - The Velvet Underground

Posted by Jeffrey Bisek | April 25, 2011 9:27 AM

I second C's request of Nothing by Depeche Mode and Loran's request for Sweet Nothin's by Brenda Lee.

Posted by monnie | April 25, 2011 9:30 AM

Wait, nobody's mentioned "I got plenty of nothing" by Gershwin? Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald!

Posted by Gray | April 25, 2011 9:34 AM

Thanks for playing Mason!!!!

Posted by Jabroni | April 25, 2011 9:37 AM

Sometimes these requests make me wonder if the people making them actually listen to the station or not.

Did anyone really think they should play Whitney Houston or Metallica? Those are two prime examples of horrible, horrible mainstream crap musicians that I for one NEVER want to hear on The Current.

The Current is the best radio station I have ever heard, precisely because they don't play all the same tripe that the mainstream laps up.

Posted by Dylan | April 25, 2011 10:46 AM

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