Red Mosquito

Perry Farrell is unhinged!

Drugs are a helluva drug.

He punches like I do.

But can you trip like he do?

Heck no. The only things I can probably beat him in are footraces and RM'ing.

Ello Sailor wrote:Drugs are a helluva drug.

I’m really into the Lo-Fi covers scene lately.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UXWm ... 8qRqR0SYuI

Jorge wrote:For no particular reason I have endeavored to create a playlist where each song is my favorite song from that year, from 1964 to present. One song per year. No repeat artists.

What I thought would be a fun and rewarding exercise (because I love making playlists) has proven itself an extremely annoying ordeal -- every time I think of the perfect song for a year, it turns out it's not from the year I thought. It's from the next year over or the year before, where I have already picked another song with enormous personal significance. Or I think of this great song from an album released in 1974, but before putting it in the 1974 slot I find out it was actually released as a single in late 1973.

There's no stopping me now though. I'm finishing this thing. And I am POSTING it.

Here's the playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GJCs ... ab73464495

Full list of songs:

Spoiler: show

1964 Beach Boys - "Don't Worry Baby"
1965 Smokey Robinson - "The Tracks of My Tears"
1966 Fred Neil - "The Dolphins"
1967 Love - "Alone Again Or"
1968 Otis Redding - "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
1969 The Velvet Underground - "Pale Blue Eyes"
1970 George Harrison - "What Is Life"
1971 Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"
1972 Van Morrison - "Jackie Wilson Said"
1973 The Who - "5:15"
1974 The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love"
1975 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
1976 Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"
1977 The Clash - "Complete Control"
1978 Ramones - "She's the One"
1979 Fleetwood Mac - "Tusk"
1980 ABBA - "The Winner Takes It All"
1981 Adolescents - "Kids of the Black Hole"
1982 Elvis Costello - "Man Out of Time"
1983 Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
1984 Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle"
1985 Kate Bush - "The Morning Fog"
1986 The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
1987 When in Rome - "The Promise"
1988 Talking Heads - "Nothing But Flowers"
1989 The Blue Nile - "Saturday Night"
1990 Cocteau Twins - "Cherry-coloured Funk"
1991 My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
1992 The Cure - "A Letter to Elise"
1993 Smashing Pumpkins - "Mayonaise"
1994 Jeff Buckley - "Last Goodbye"
1995 Pulp - "Something Changed"
1996 Red House Painters - "Have You Forgotten" - not on spotify - replaced with "Return of the Mack"
1997 Tanya Donelly - "The Bright Light"
1998 Sparklehorse - "Hundreds of Sparrows"
1999 Fiona Apple - "I Know"
2000 Yo La Tengo - "Last Days of Disco"
2001 Björk - "Aurora"
2002 Tom Waits - "Alice"
2003 Broken Social Scene - "Almost Crimes"
2004 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Breathless"
2005 Sleater-Kinney - "Jumpers"
2006 Sigur Rös - "Glósoli"
2007 Radiohead - "Nude"
2008 Bill Frisell - "Probability Cloud"
2009 Alicia Keys - "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart"
2010 Janelle Monáe - "Oh, Maker"
2011 Beyonce - "Countdown"
2012 Sky Ferreira - "Everything Is Embarrassing"
2013 Kanye West - "Black Skinhead"
2014 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Young Blood"
2015 Snakehips, Tinashe, Chance the Rapper - "All My Friends"
2016 Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cry"
2017 Bent Knee - "Holy Ghost"
2018 Mitski - "Geyser"
2019 Beabadoobee - "Disappear"
2020 María Pien - "Una Película"
2021 Fervors - "Grey Age"
2022 Caroline Polachek - "Sunset"
2023 Baroness - "Last Word"
2024 Jade - "Angel of My Dreams"

A few notes:
- 1964 to 2024 makes 61 tracks, not 60. I am stupid
- As a playlist, this sucks. The flow is completely off, there are a few long stretches of slow songs, no one will enjoy this as a listening experience but me.
- The easiest picks were songs that have personal significance. In some cases I found myself caught between a song that marked a specific moment vs. a song that I listen to more often.
- The specter of impression management crept in a few times. "How does this make me look? Wasn't there a cooler / more interesting song released this year?" I had to stamp it down by reminding myself that no one was gonna look at this anyway.
- No jazz anywhere (save for the Bill Frisell track) nor any Burt Bacharach, but that changes if we stretched the date range back by a few years; "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and maybe "Fables of Faubus" would appear
- I probably will extend the date range back to however far back I can manage, and then keep it as an evolving playlist I add a song to every year. Maybe!

Return of the Mack

Jorge wrote:

Jorge wrote:For no particular reason I have endeavored to create a playlist where each song is my favorite song from that year, from 1964 to present. One song per year. No repeat artists.

What I thought would be a fun and rewarding exercise (because I love making playlists) has proven itself an extremely annoying ordeal -- every time I think of the perfect song for a year, it turns out it's not from the year I thought. It's from the next year over or the year before, where I have already picked another song with enormous personal significance. Or I think of this great song from an album released in 1974, but before putting it in the 1974 slot I find out it was actually released as a single in late 1973.

There's no stopping me now though. I'm finishing this thing. And I am POSTING it.

Here's the playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GJCs ... ab73464495

Full list of songs:

Spoiler: show

1964 Beach Boys - "Don't Worry Baby"
1965 Smokey Robinson - "The Tracks of My Tears"
1966 Fred Neil - "The Dolphins"
1967 Love - "Alone Again Or"
1968 Otis Redding - "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
1969 The Velvet Underground - "Pale Blue Eyes"
1970 George Harrison - "What Is Life"
1971 Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You"
1972 Van Morrison - "Jackie Wilson Said"
1973 The Who - "5:15"
1974 The Rubettes - "Sugar Baby Love"
1975 10cc - "I'm Not in Love"
1976 Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"
1977 The Clash - "Complete Control"
1978 Ramones - "She's the One"
1979 Fleetwood Mac - "Tusk"
1980 ABBA - "The Winner Takes It All"
1981 Adolescents - "Kids of the Black Hole"
1982 Elvis Costello - "Man Out of Time"
1983 Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
1984 Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Dazzle"
1985 Kate Bush - "The Morning Fog"
1986 The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
1987 When in Rome - "The Promise"
1988 Talking Heads - "Nothing But Flowers"
1989 The Blue Nile - "Saturday Night"
1990 Cocteau Twins - "Cherry-coloured Funk"
1991 My Bloody Valentine - "Only Shallow"
1992 The Cure - "A Letter to Elise"
1993 Smashing Pumpkins - "Mayonaise"
1994 Jeff Buckley - "Last Goodbye"
1995 Pulp - "Something Changed"
1996 Red House Painters - "Have You Forgotten" - not on spotify - replaced with "Return of the Mack"
1997 Tanya Donelly - "The Bright Light"
1998 Sparklehorse - "Hundreds of Sparrows"
1999 Fiona Apple - "I Know"
2000 Yo La Tengo - "Last Days of Disco"
2001 Björk - "Aurora"
2002 Tom Waits - "Alice"
2003 Broken Social Scene - "Almost Crimes"
2004 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Breathless"
2005 Sleater-Kinney - "Jumpers"
2006 Sigur Rös - "Glósoli"
2007 Radiohead - "Nude"
2008 Bill Frisell - "Probability Cloud"
2009 Alicia Keys - "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart"
2010 Janelle Monáe - "Oh, Maker"
2011 Beyonce - "Countdown"
2012 Sky Ferreira - "Everything Is Embarrassing"
2013 Kanye West - "Black Skinhead"
2014 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Young Blood"
2015 Snakehips, Tinashe, Chance the Rapper - "All My Friends"
2016 Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cry"
2017 Bent Knee - "Holy Ghost"
2018 Mitski - "Geyser"
2019 Beabadoobee - "Disappear"
2020 María Pien - "Una Película"
2021 Fervors - "Grey Age"
2022 Caroline Polachek - "Sunset"
2023 Baroness - "Last Word"
2024 Jade - "Angel of My Dreams"

A few notes:
- 1964 to 2024 makes 61 tracks, not 60. I am stupid
- As a playlist, this sucks. The flow is completely off, there are a few long stretches of slow songs, no one will enjoy this as a listening experience but me.
- The easiest picks were songs that have personal significance. In some cases I found myself caught between a song that marked a specific moment vs. a song that I listen to more often.
- The specter of impression management crept in a few times. "How does this make me look? Wasn't there a cooler / more interesting song released this year?" I had to stamp it down by reminding myself that no one was gonna look at this anyway.
- No jazz anywhere (save for the Bill Frisell track) nor any Burt Bacharach, but that changes if we stretched the date range back by a few years; "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and maybe "Fables of Faubus" would appear
- I probably will extend the date range back to however far back I can manage, and then keep it as an evolving playlist I add a song to every year. Maybe!

Cool idea, thanks for sharing. Outside of The Beach Boys Otis and Clash, I don't think I'd have anything similar on my list. Did you ever consider any PJ? Like something off Vitalogy or No Code for your 94/96 selections? I love your '76 pick, that's a cool song.

Yes, I came close to picking "Man of the Hour" for 2003 until I remembered You Forgot It in People came out that year

I like that Siouxsie song.

Jorge wrote:Yes, I came close to picking "Man of the Hour" for 2003 until I remembered You Forgot It in People came out that year

Wait, fuck, dammit, YFIIP actually came out in 2002. Time to rearrange*

*This has happened to me at least a dozen times

Re-Arranged by Limp Bizkit came out in 1999.

You know what to do.

Don't be like that. Almost Crimes is correct at least.

In fact all the tracks are correct except "Almost Crimes" which is in the wrong year

fontaines dc are the biggest load of shite and have directly stolen and ruined entire artists catalogues

What the hell?

Back to Jorge's list, I think I would put Reckoner over Nude but by golly it's close.

Also cool to see Baroness on there.