Today, a list of 12 songs I think you all should hear. These aren’t necessarily my favourite songs, nor by my favourite artists, and because I’m going to make this list up as I go I can’t even tell you if the songs have anything in common, at least not until I get to the end. And because I don’t really think any of these songs are in any way needing to be ranked, I’ve used a random list generator from http://www.random.org to help.
I’ve picked songs that I hear often from my personal playlist, but maybe you’re not familiar with. It’s all about discovery.
7. “My Mother The War”, 10,000 Maniacs, The Wishing Chair
1. “Prayer for You”, Texas, Southside
12. “Dream by Dream”, The Chills, Kaleidoscope World (CD)
8. “Fantastic Tear”, Clouds, Penny Century
10. “Olympia, WA”, Rancid, … And Out Come The Wolves
6. “Uncle Phranc”, Team Dresch, Captain My Captain
5. “It Goes A Long Way”, Falling Joys, Aerial
2. “Falling Inside”, George, Other Songs
9. “Inanay”, Tiddas, Sing About Life
11. “Chartered Trips”, Husker Du, Zen Arcade
3. “Extraordinary”, Liz Phair, Liz Phair
4. “Solid Wood”, Alison Moyet, Singles
Go, listen, set your ears free.
Commentary (may contain hyperbole)
7. “My Mother The War”, 10,000 Maniacs, The Wishing Chair
When I listen to this, not only do I get Natalie Merchant’s wonderful vocals, but the whole song has a discordant ring to it. It’s different, quite different, and some days I think it’s this track more than any other that saves the 1980s from being a dull musical decade.
1. “Prayer for You”, Texas, Southside
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12. “Dream by Dream”, The Chills, Kaleidoscope World (CD)
A guaranteed WTF moment whenever I hear it. The timing is wrong, I can’t tap my foot to it, but it’s so right too. Score 1 New Zealand. “Goodnight Martin.”
8. “Fantastic Tear”, Clouds, Penny Century
Another half point to NZ. Awesome vocal work by Jodi Phillis, and great harmony by Trish Young. Power pop at it’s most powerful, cuts through all traffic noise.
10. “Olympia, WA”, Rancid, … And Out Come The Wolves
Rocking road song.
6. “Uncle Phranc”, Team Dresch, Captain My Captain
Too honest, too hardcore, too discordant, Donna Dresch was the Patti Smith of the 90s. I was overjoyed to pick up a copy of this CD in a second hand store in Wellington.
5. “It Goes A Long Way”, Falling Joys, Aerial
One solid point for Australia. Suzie Higgie is a great, melodic storyteller. To use the old chestnut (are there ever any new chestnuts), I’d listen to Suzie Higgie sing the phone book. The older I get, the more I like the Falling Joys rather underrated third album.
2. “Falling Inside”, George, Other Songs
Again, Australia. More great voice, this time from Katie Noonan. More discord, maybe that’s what this list is all about, songs that sound wrong yet so right. Who knows? (it it was all about Dischord where’s the Fugazi?)
9. “Inanay”, Tiddas, Sing About Life
Sweet sweet, and about as Australian as you get. I don’t understand a word of this song but sing along all the time and love it.
11. “Chartered Trips”, Husker Du, Zen Arcade
Power fuzz, Bob Mould, a great throbbing driving song.
3. “Extraordinary”, Liz Phair, Liz Phair
Great lyrics — “average everyday sane psycho supergoddess”.
4. “Solid Wood”, Alison Moyet, Singles
Voice.