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ventaIt's Friday! It's about three o'clock! It's time to Boogie At Your Desk!
Friday afternoons need a little something. I think they need a Top Tune. Something to make you shuffle in your seat and, if possible, Boogie At Your Desk.
I'm not claiming that any track provided to enable At-Desk Boogying is one of the world's best or most profound pieces of music. It will, however, be a tune which makes me smile, and which has at some stage made me surreptitiously Boogie At My Desk.
Desks are not compulsory, of course. Feel free to boogie through your office, in your bedroom, round your lab, across your classroom, on the train - wherever you find yourself on a Friday afternoon.
If you like the track, go out and buy the album it belongs to - I'll try and recommend a suitable CD to purchase for any BAYD track.
The link to the mp3 will expire at some point in the future.
Today you are invited to Boogie At Your Desk to:
The Wildhearts - Suckerpunch [link to mp3 download expired, or YouTube link may still be active]
I do listen to recent music, honest. But lots of the good stuff I've heard lately hasn't been very BAYD-appropriate. And I've been feeling that BAYD has been veering towards the twee of late. So it's time for some big, dumb 80s rock.
Yes, I know this was released in 1993. It's not like the 80s ended dead on midnight, Dec 31st 1989, y'know.
Anyway, I fancied listening to the Wildhearts yesterday and discovered a big gap in my mp3 collection. So last night I went to grab the CD from the shelf... and found I didn't own it. What? How did that happen? I had to listen to my (rather flaky, old, pirated) tape version. This morning necessitated a quick detour to HMV where I picked up Earth vs. The Wildhearts... and it turns out the reissue has a whole extra song. Which is nice.
HMV also waggled its tempting Blue Cross sale items at prices which would have been rude to walk past. So I also left with albums by Front 242 and Fay Hield (I like to keep people guessing).
Earth vs. The Wildhearts is one of those albums that everyone with rock inclinations should own. Is it clever? Nope. Is it breaking new ground? Nope. Is it fun? Hell, yes. It's got lyrics about taking "whisky straight, and drugs for free" and living in squats and isn't trying to be all arch and ironical at you. In fact, it might not know what those words mean. It also gets the Andrew WK award for an album cover designed to appeal only to grubby 14-year-old boys (sorry about that). For more of the same, try Everlone and The Miles Away Girl.
However! Do you have a favourite track for dancing at your desk? Any BAYD tunes you think are staringly obvious omissions? I'm thinking of doing a few Guest BAYD posts, so if you've got a suggestion let me know... Comments are screened to preserve the surprise ;)
Friday afternoons need a little something. I think they need a Top Tune. Something to make you shuffle in your seat and, if possible, Boogie At Your Desk.
I'm not claiming that any track provided to enable At-Desk Boogying is one of the world's best or most profound pieces of music. It will, however, be a tune which makes me smile, and which has at some stage made me surreptitiously Boogie At My Desk.
Desks are not compulsory, of course. Feel free to boogie through your office, in your bedroom, round your lab, across your classroom, on the train - wherever you find yourself on a Friday afternoon.
If you like the track, go out and buy the album it belongs to - I'll try and recommend a suitable CD to purchase for any BAYD track.
The link to the mp3 will expire at some point in the future.
Today you are invited to Boogie At Your Desk to:
The Wildhearts - Suckerpunch [link to mp3 download expired, or YouTube link may still be active]
I do listen to recent music, honest. But lots of the good stuff I've heard lately hasn't been very BAYD-appropriate. And I've been feeling that BAYD has been veering towards the twee of late. So it's time for some big, dumb 80s rock.
Yes, I know this was released in 1993. It's not like the 80s ended dead on midnight, Dec 31st 1989, y'know.
Anyway, I fancied listening to the Wildhearts yesterday and discovered a big gap in my mp3 collection. So last night I went to grab the CD from the shelf... and found I didn't own it. What? How did that happen? I had to listen to my (rather flaky, old, pirated) tape version. This morning necessitated a quick detour to HMV where I picked up Earth vs. The Wildhearts... and it turns out the reissue has a whole extra song. Which is nice.
HMV also waggled its tempting Blue Cross sale items at prices which would have been rude to walk past. So I also left with albums by Front 242 and Fay Hield (I like to keep people guessing).
Earth vs. The Wildhearts is one of those albums that everyone with rock inclinations should own. Is it clever? Nope. Is it breaking new ground? Nope. Is it fun? Hell, yes. It's got lyrics about taking "whisky straight, and drugs for free" and living in squats and isn't trying to be all arch and ironical at you. In fact, it might not know what those words mean. It also gets the Andrew WK award for an album cover designed to appeal only to grubby 14-year-old boys (sorry about that). For more of the same, try Everlone and The Miles Away Girl.
However! Do you have a favourite track for dancing at your desk? Any BAYD tunes you think are staringly obvious omissions? I'm thinking of doing a few Guest BAYD posts, so if you've got a suggestion let me know... Comments are screened to preserve the surprise ;)
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Date: 2013-02-01 04:09 pm (UTC)Re: guest BaYD
Bring it on :)
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Date: 2013-02-01 04:19 pm (UTC)I suspect that ultimately nor did I, since these days few of my favourite new albums would qualify!
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Date: 2013-02-01 04:21 pm (UTC)