I love FineTune. What a fantastic time-waster. There’s even a special site for listening on your Wii. My profile, here.
Playlist…
1. Foggy Eyes by Beat Happening
2. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream by Bob Dylan
3. Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby by Carl Perkins
4. I Feel Free by Cream
5. Making Time by Creation
6. Runaway by Del Shannon
7. Misirlou by Dick Dale & His Deltones
8. Blue Moon by Elvis Presley
9. Stay With Me by Faces
10. Dreams by Fleetwood Mac
11. Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent
12. Tired Of Waiting For You (Album Version) by Green Day
13. Cold, Cold Heart by Hank Williams
14. Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix Experience
15. I Found Out by John Lennon
16. Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
17. Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
18. Rumble by Link Wray & His Ray Men
19. Lucille by Little Richard
20. Float On by Modest Mouse
21. (When You Wake) You’re Still In a Dream by My Bloody Valentine
22. Down By the River by Neil Young
23. Holland, 1945 by Neutral Milk Hotel
24. Laughing by R.E.M.
25. I Put a Spell On You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
26. Cold Blooded Old Times by Smog
27. The Way We Get By (Album Version) by Spoon
28. Venus (LP Version) by Television
29. Don’t Let Me Be Understood by The Animals
30. Moulty by The Barbarians
31. You Don’t Miss Your Water by The Byrds
32. That’ll Be The Day by The Crickets
33. All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks
34. River Euphrates by The Pixies
35. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Remastered Album Version ) by The Ramones
36. Favorite Thing (Album Version) by The Replacements
37. Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones
38. 1969 by The Stooges
39. I Can’t Stand It by The Velvet Underground
40. A Quick One, While He’s Away by The Who
41. For Your Love by The Yardbirds
42. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue by Them
43. Hanky Panky (Single Version) by Tommy James & the Shondells
44. Louie Louie by Toots And The Maytals
45. Three Girl Rhumba by Wire
I found http://www.pandora.com to come up with better playlists,
but your mileage may vary.
yeah, pandora is okay…
Oh man, I like how you intersperse the oldies with the newer ones. I swear “Blue Moon” has got to be the most depressing songs ever. And “Runaway” is just so compelling to me–I love how it resists the urge to overexplain, we’re suspended in this kind of emotional anguish: not just of a broken heart and a break-up but, jesus, the mystery of “why she ran away” which speaks to so much dangerous potential. It really sets your imagination into spasms, which is so much of what guilt, jealousy, heart-break in a relationship is about–the uncontrolled imagination. “And I wonder where she will stay” gets me every time.
Del Shannon sure was an ugly guy though.
i love the element of mystery in great songs — most of these songs don’t necessarily TELL a story, they HINT at a story.
“give my love to rose” is one of my favorite examples: who the hell is this guy singing this song? what’s he gonna do with all this money? will he really give it to rose?
imagination is what it’s all about!