365: IT TAKES TWO (COLLABORATIONS)

Well, in the words of the aforementioned Barry Manilow (see post 69), looks like we made it. 365 posts in 365 days, for what it’s worth. Cancer has not been cured, but we have finished something we started. For this post, we thought it might be nice to collaborate, and so we have. Thanks again to anyone who paid us the slightest attention. BUT WAIT !!! usefulmusic IS ALIVE !!! We’re just having a bit of a morph. Beginning next week we’ll be back, but different than ever before! Stay tuned!
So, goodbye it is then, for now. See you next week.
usefulmusic would also like to thank each other.
365: IT TAKES TWO (COLLABORATIONS)

1. The Only Ones featuring Pauline Murray – Fools
2. Madness featuring Ian Dury – Drip Fed Fred
3. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – Where the Wild Roses Grow
4. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
5. Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man – Mysteries
6. Time Zone featuring John Lydon and Afrika Bambaataa – World Destruction
7. Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur – Topknot
8. Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston – It Takes Two
30:04

9. Minuteflag — Fetch The Water
10. The Fucking Am — Doing Research For An Autobiography
11. Anthrax featuring Chuck D from Public Enemy — Bring The Noise
12. Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens — Streets Of Bakersfield
13. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder  — Ebony And Ivory
14. Queen & David Bowie — Under Pressure
15. A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders of the New School — Scenario
28:49

Total: 58:53

So Paul ended his half-hour with a poignant tribute to dual collaboration, and I ended mine with the greatest posse cut of all time. It takes a village to big-up oneself, you know. But wait, you might say, your total running time falls short of the 59-61 minute mark that you promised way back in who-knows-when! Well, as Marie Antoinette may or may not have said: “Always leave them wanting more.” Therefore (but conversely), we will be back next week, but with only a weekly post each (unless there is an internet clamor for us do more or to give up entirely). But wait, you might say, what will these subsequent posts be about?!? Well, interrobanger, you’ll just have to wait and see…

164: My Body Of Work

Yes, I realize it’s La Fête Nationale once again, but I had a witty rejoinder to the “Back” playlist:  I was going to compile songs with “Front” in them, but it turns out there’s not quite as many, and there were only so many Front 242 and Front Line Assembly songs that I could use. So instead I made a list of other body parts that might be bothering ol’ grandad, but hopefully they won’t be any time soon.

1. Head On — The Jesus And Mary Chain
2. Brainwashed — The Kinks
3. Violet Eyes — Meat Puppets
4. Dope Nose — Weezer
5. Big Mouth — Whodini
6. Teeth — Royal Trux
7. Bigmouth Strikes Again — The Smiths
8. Protect Ya Neck — Wu-Tang Clan
9. A Shot In The Arm — Wilco
10. Finger — Prince Buster
11. Fingertips (20) — They Might Be Giants
12. Belly Of The Beast — Anthrax
13. From The Gut — Hüsker Dü
14. Shake Ya Ass — Mystikal
15. Hip Drop — The Explosions
16. Bad Leg — The Fucking Am
17. On Your Knees — fIREHOSE
18. Tippi-Toes — The Meters

60:30

44: Covers, Part 1 (Yanks Doing Brits)

Doing any mix of covers is inherently difficult because there are thousands (if not tens of thousands) out there and hundreds (if not thousands) of tribute albums already in existence. For the latter reason, I tried to stay away from songs that are already on tribute albums (though I included the Dwight Yoakam just to make a point). For the former reason, I chose the loose theme of American artists doing British artists’ songs. Many of these are from my teenage/college years and were songs that introduced me to the artist being covered, but I also added some more recent ones for variety. I know there is a plethora of songs I could have also included on this list, but these are what easily came to mind.

Point of controversy: “Sweat Loaf,” by the Butthole Surfers, is only a very loosely-based cover of “Sweet Leaf,” (not even partially credited to Black Sabbath) but I included it anyway because I love listening to it.

1. Train In Vain                        Dwight Yoakam
2. Ceremony                              Galaxie 500
3. Strange                                   R.E.M.
4. Love Song                              Spoon
5. Got The Time                        Anthrax
6. War Pigs                                Faith No More
7. Sunshine Superman            Hüsker Dü
8. When Love Breaks Down   Portastatic
9. Beat My Guest                      Superchunk
10. Isolation                               Lee Ranaldo
11. I’m Down                              Beastie Boys
12. Head On                               The Pixies
13. Quicksand                            Dinosaur Jr.
14. Psycho Mafia                       Sonic Youth
15. Sweat Loaf                           Butthole Surfers
16. High Fidelity                       Zoogz Rift

60:45