I Got Tired of Being Sexy
This is the 11th or 12th edition of my annual mix CD that goes out to friends with the xmas cards.
As before if you're a regular here, send me your snail-mail address and a copy is yours. (iTunes addicts: if you prefer I'll send you an MP3 CD with metadata and bonus tracks! Just let me know.)
| I Got Tired of Being Sexy | | Stuff I've been listening to in 2005 |
| Cansei de Ser Sexy | 1 | Acho um Pouco Bom
Best band name of the year, from São Paulo.
mp3 |
| Cessna | 2 | Book
I just bought it to make me feel wiser.
mp3 buy |
| Ray Bryant | 3 | Up Above the Rock
Jazz piano veteran funks out. (1968) |
| Cathy Davey | 4 | Clean and Neat
Like a pure white cotton sheet.
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| The Mountain Goats | 5 | Palmcorder Yajna
It will be too late by the time we learn what these cryptic symbols mean.
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| Dealership | 6 | All the Kids
I found this band through a member's blog and it's hard not to speculate who the song could be about, You're So Vain-style.
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| Torch | 7 | Peel Me a Grape
Either amuse me or lose me.
mp3 |
| Juana Molina | 8 | Tres Cosas
It won't be anyone's fault.
mp3 words |
| Brazilian Girls | 9 | Corner Store
Bet they wish they had a nickel for every time someone said "they're not Brazilian and only one of them is a girl". |
| Julieta Venegas | 10 | Fe
It would be so easy to throw myself out the window, knowing you were under it with open arms.
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Thievery Corporation with
Patrick De Santos | 11 | Sol Tapado
I'm a new listener to Thievery Corp and I can never figured out what they've recorded, remixed or simply compiled. |
| Sun Ra | 12 | Transition
Sun Ra on a good day makes me think of Mingus. (1957) |
| The Mexicos | 13 | Lofi Referee
Loud-soft-loud still works in my book.
mp3 buy |
| Anthony Rochester | 14 | Métropolitain
Vocalese like a Star Trek theremin.
mp3 buy |
| Cibelle | 15 | Sereia, Amor d'Água
This is from the Suba tribute but she's got her own stuff out now. |
| Thunderball | 16 | Vai Vai
More recycled Brasiliana of uncertain origin. |
| Torch | 17 | You Came a Long Way From St. Louis
Too good not to include two tracks, this one a capella with Seela's beau Jon Green on the skins.
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| John Benjamin Band | 18 | What We Need More of is Science
Be sure to check out MC Hawking's entry in the same SongFight! contest.
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| Frump | 19 | Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a parody of Frump's song The Library which is a parody of the Ramones' song Teenage Lobotomy, or is it the other way around? |
| La Bionda | 20 | Wanna Be Your Lover
Italian bubblegum synth-pop answer to Major Tom. (1982) |
| The Dishes | 21 | The Perfect Nanny
As heard on This American Life.
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| Yoko Kanno & the Seatbelts | 22 | Tank! (TV Edit)
Not that John and Yoko. (1998) |
| Seu Jorge | 23 | Rebel Rebel
David Bowie, favela style. Moda na gringa é feliz natal.
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Again I am indebted to Fluxblog, Webjay and the MP3 blog scene in general.
Last year I had to omit Morningwood's "Take Off Your Clothes" to maintain a family listening experience.
This year it was Alice and the Enemies' "Touching Boys in Supermarkets" (follow that link for a listen) and, even moreso, the Brazilian Girls' "P***y P***y P***y Marijuana".
There. Now I can start my playlist for 2006...