July 23, 2011

Play It Again, Sam, or I'll Have to Let My Fist Do the Talking


What was I saying about turning this into a baby blog? It probably had something to do with what a great idea that is.

Anyway, now that Mara James has been introduced to the world, it is time for her to have an epic soundtrack to accompany her numerous poops & pees, spit-up, arm and leg flailings, naps, feedings, and adorable facial expressions - you know, songs that really capture the ups and downs of being a little baby in a big city. Please, offer any selections you may have--I'll consider all suggestions: silly, poignant, somber, hokey, political, easy listening, etc (nothing too obscene though, at least till she's out of diapers).

This is your chance to make a lasting impression on an actual baby human female. Take a look at a random sampling of the playlist as it currently stands:

(in no particular order)

  • The Pixies - "Havalina" ; "Dig for Fire"

  • Bjork - "Isobel (Deodato Remix)" ; "Hidden Place" ; "Big Time Sensuality"

  • Soul II Soul - "Back to Life" ; "Keep On Movin"

  • Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

  • PJ Harvey - "Dress" ; "Send His Love To Me"

  • The Beatles - "With a Little Help from My Friends" ; "Love Me Do" ; "Here Comes the Sun" ; "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"

  • Siouxsie & the Banshees - "The Ghost in You"; "Kiss Them For Me"

  • The Cure - "Close to You" ; "Just Like Heaven"

  • The Organ

  • The Police - "Walking on the Moon"

  • Le Tigre - "Sweetie" ; "Eau d'Bedroom Dancing"

  • Digable Planets - "Good to Be Here"

  • Atlas Sound - "Quick Canal" ; "Walkabout"

  • Beach House - Teen Dream

  • Tricky - "Black Steel"

  • Cibo Matto - "Sugar Water" ; "Spoon"

  • A Tribe Called Quest - "Excursions" ; "Check the Rhime" ; "Jazz"

  • Horace Andy - "Skylarking"

  • Janelle Monae - "Cold War" ; "Faster"

  • Lykke Li - "Dance, Dance, Dance" ; "I Know Places"

  • Massive Attack - "Protection"

  • MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha"

  • Ramsey Lewis Trio - "The In Crowd"

  • Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" ; "Wanna Be Startin Something"

  • Sam Cooke - "Cupid" ; "What a Wonderful World"

  • TV on the Radio - "Stork & Owl"

  • De La Soul - "A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays"

  • Radiohead - "Subterranean Homesick Alien"


4 comments:

Ben said...

Here are some ideas:
The Flaming Lips - Fight Test
Jonquil - It Never Rains
Blur - Tender
Jonsi - Grow Till Tall
Bowerbirds - The Northern Lights
Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn
Built to Spill - Center of the Universe
Grandaddy - Now It's On
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
M83 - We Own the Sky
Mountain Man - Animal Tracks
Anything by Elizabeth Mitchell or Frances England.

Mike said...

Big Black - "Colombian Necktie" or really anything from Songs About Fucking
Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum"
Mclusky - "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues"
Bikini Kill - "Suck My Left One"
Merzbow - Think Vagina

Scrap Heap Pete said...

I'm appalled, Michael! No G.G. Allin or Anal Cunt?!? Now there's some filth to rival what hits her diapers.

Collin said...

I've been keeping a list for a while:
Van Morrison - Everyone
The Beatles - Two of Us
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
MJ - Rock w/ You
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke/Superstition/Sunshine
Ben Jones - Beachy
Thao - The Clap
Bob Marley - 3 Little Birds
Jilll Scott - Golden
RunDMC - Peter Piper
Bjork - Frosti
Curtis Mayfield - No Thing on Me
The Drifters - Up on the Roof
Portishead - Deep Water
Odetta - Hit or Miss