Mixed Up: The LCD Funster
Phew! I am now one disc and one-third of the way through a planned three-CDR trilogy which I have christened The LCD Funster Mixes. The background: we are hosting a small get-together for some of Jodi’s work friends this weekend, and I wanted to have a few discs worth of material that I could just throw on so I would not constantly worry about what twelve-incher to throw on next.
Rule number one: Know your audience. “Work friends” covers a broad spectrum of folks, with entirely different, and many times conflicting, tastes in music. These are people for whom music is not at the center of their lives—difficult for someone like me to imagine. An audience and a setting for which the value of obscurity plummets—the only thing that matters is keeping the party going.
That’s my explanation for the relative mainstream-edness of what follows. It may seem odd, but there are in fact people out there who’ve never heard of the Arcade Fire, and that’s who the LCD Funster is for, indie cred be damned.
Roll disc one…
01 The Clash – London Calling
02 Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
03 Beastie Boys – Jimmy James
04 Johnny Cash – Get Rhythm
05 Stevie Wonder – I Was Made to Love Her
06 Pavement – Cut Yr Hair
07 Human League – Don’t You Want Me
08 Cheap Trick – Surrender
09 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Yr Money
10 Ike & Tina – Contact High
11 RHCP – Scar Tissue
12 Beatles – I’ve Just Seen a Face
13 Modest Mouse – Float On
14 Poison – Talk Dirty to Me
15 Afghan Whigs – Creep
16 Rick Springfield – Don’t Talk to Strangers
17 Stars – Elevator Love Letter
18 Link Wray – Rumble
19 Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
20 2Pac – 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
21 Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23
22 The Animals – Misunderstood
23 Flamin’ Groovies – Bam Balam
24 Samantha Fox – I Wanna Have Some Fun
25 Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
Two more of these to go. Should be fun. Definitely will be a fun listen.
I got so much other stuff on my mind, but alas, look at the time. Too tired. More tomorrow. Peace to the noiseboy, the original Mixed Up One.
N/P Can – The Free Concert DVD
Rule number one: Know your audience. “Work friends” covers a broad spectrum of folks, with entirely different, and many times conflicting, tastes in music. These are people for whom music is not at the center of their lives—difficult for someone like me to imagine. An audience and a setting for which the value of obscurity plummets—the only thing that matters is keeping the party going.
That’s my explanation for the relative mainstream-edness of what follows. It may seem odd, but there are in fact people out there who’ve never heard of the Arcade Fire, and that’s who the LCD Funster is for, indie cred be damned.
Roll disc one…
01 The Clash – London Calling
02 Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
03 Beastie Boys – Jimmy James
04 Johnny Cash – Get Rhythm
05 Stevie Wonder – I Was Made to Love Her
06 Pavement – Cut Yr Hair
07 Human League – Don’t You Want Me
08 Cheap Trick – Surrender
09 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Yr Money
10 Ike & Tina – Contact High
11 RHCP – Scar Tissue
12 Beatles – I’ve Just Seen a Face
13 Modest Mouse – Float On
14 Poison – Talk Dirty to Me
15 Afghan Whigs – Creep
16 Rick Springfield – Don’t Talk to Strangers
17 Stars – Elevator Love Letter
18 Link Wray – Rumble
19 Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
20 2Pac – 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
21 Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23
22 The Animals – Misunderstood
23 Flamin’ Groovies – Bam Balam
24 Samantha Fox – I Wanna Have Some Fun
25 Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
Two more of these to go. Should be fun. Definitely will be a fun listen.
I got so much other stuff on my mind, but alas, look at the time. Too tired. More tomorrow. Peace to the noiseboy, the original Mixed Up One.
N/P Can – The Free Concert DVD
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