Thursday, July 19, 2007
My name is Rob, I got a real funky concept
Jimmay! turned 40 this past weekend. I went to Austin for the drinking marathon festivities. He invited us to bring our MP3 players and let loose the hounds of nostalgia. Here's the playlist I made:
#1. Happy Birthday -- Altered Images - Listening to Altered Images is like eating a pixie stick.
#2. My Own Way -- Duran Duran - The most underrated Duran Duran song.
#3. Shakin' -- Eddie Money - Jimmy and I shared our secret shame one night while watching MTV. We both like Eddie Money. A big American car on a Friday night, the promise of the first sip of beer...
#4. Hold It Now, Hit It -- Beastie Boys - When they could sample anything. I miss those days.
#5. Shake Your Rump -- Beastie Boys - We must have listened to Paul's Boutique a million times.
#6. I Touch Roses -- Book of Love - A song you would have heard in The World in Austin in 1988.
#7. Black Celebration -- Depeche Mode - Best thing, it's actaully about Guinness.
#8. Panic -- The Smiths - I can remember screaming "hang the deejay" too late one night.
#9. Genius Of Love -- Tom Tom Club - Genius of a song.
#10. Blue Monday -- New Order - Substance was the first CD I owned.
#11. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order - I remember dancing with the missus to this song about a million times.
#12. It Takes Two -- Rob Base - The "whoo" and the "yea" from this song mash up with just about any song in the world.
#13. Beats To The Rhyme -- Run-D.M.C. - The missus, Jimmy, and I are close friends of DMC.
#14. Run's House -- Run-D.M.C.
#15. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti - This should be a throw-away song, but it's still one of my favorites.
#16. How Soon Is Now? -- The Smiths - Every club played this song once a night in the 80s.
#17. Stigmata -- Ministry - This song separates the men from the boys. In Austin, there would be these mainstream kids who would go out for a "New Wave" night and hit the alternative clubs where Jimmy and I lived. When this song came on, you could see that they were thinking that things had gone too far and they were over their heads.
#18. Up The Junction -- Squeeze - There's a Squeeze song for every occasion. This is Jimmy's favorite Squeeze song, in particular the line "begging's not my business."
#19. Up The Creek -- Glenn Tilbrook - It's a song about getting older and yet staying funky. And being stupid. I get it now.
#1. Happy Birthday -- Altered Images - Listening to Altered Images is like eating a pixie stick.
#2. My Own Way -- Duran Duran - The most underrated Duran Duran song.
#3. Shakin' -- Eddie Money - Jimmy and I shared our secret shame one night while watching MTV. We both like Eddie Money. A big American car on a Friday night, the promise of the first sip of beer...
#4. Hold It Now, Hit It -- Beastie Boys - When they could sample anything. I miss those days.
#5. Shake Your Rump -- Beastie Boys - We must have listened to Paul's Boutique a million times.
#6. I Touch Roses -- Book of Love - A song you would have heard in The World in Austin in 1988.
#7. Black Celebration -- Depeche Mode - Best thing, it's actaully about Guinness.
#8. Panic -- The Smiths - I can remember screaming "hang the deejay" too late one night.
#9. Genius Of Love -- Tom Tom Club - Genius of a song.
#10. Blue Monday -- New Order - Substance was the first CD I owned.
#11. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order - I remember dancing with the missus to this song about a million times.
#12. It Takes Two -- Rob Base - The "whoo" and the "yea" from this song mash up with just about any song in the world.
#13. Beats To The Rhyme -- Run-D.M.C. - The missus, Jimmy, and I are close friends of DMC.
#14. Run's House -- Run-D.M.C.
#15. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti - This should be a throw-away song, but it's still one of my favorites.
#16. How Soon Is Now? -- The Smiths - Every club played this song once a night in the 80s.
#17. Stigmata -- Ministry - This song separates the men from the boys. In Austin, there would be these mainstream kids who would go out for a "New Wave" night and hit the alternative clubs where Jimmy and I lived. When this song came on, you could see that they were thinking that things had gone too far and they were over their heads.
#18. Up The Junction -- Squeeze - There's a Squeeze song for every occasion. This is Jimmy's favorite Squeeze song, in particular the line "begging's not my business."
#19. Up The Creek -- Glenn Tilbrook - It's a song about getting older and yet staying funky. And being stupid. I get it now.
Labels: Jimmay, music, Squeeze, The Missus, Weirdness
posted by Rob Booth, 7/19/2007
