Pointe Blank
I don't have my iPod with me, but the high-school reunion playlist I've come up with is looking something like this:
X - Nausea (live in San Diego, 1982)
Iggy Pop - Repo Man Theme (with the Blondie band on backups)
The Weirdos - Life of Crime
Ramones - I Remember You (funny, huh?)
Generation X - Gimme the Truth (John Lennon cover, I think)
The Clash - Gates of the West
Billy Bragg - A New England
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
The Lambrettas - Da-a-ance
The Three O'Clock - Sorry (Easybeats cover)
The Jam - Absolute Beginners (live at the BBC)
Buzzcocks - ESP
David Bowie - Starman (live at the BBC)
Johnny Thunders - You Can't Wrap Your Arms Around a Memory (live in Tokyo, also funny, I think)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Suspect Device (SLF cover)
Snuff - Do Nothing (Specials cover)
Jawbreaker - With or Without U2 (U2/Misfits/Vapors cover)
You probably notice a couple shifts. It goes from dirtier, punker stuff to a cleaner, mod sound before getting back into punk and then proto-punks Bowie and Thunders. Then there are later bands covering songs from my high school era. Well, Ted Leo is current. Snuff and Jawbreaker are from the '90s and are ancient history.
I'm not sure about the transition from Billy Bragg to Lambrettas. Also, Lambrettas and the Three O'Clock back-to-back might be too much.
Of the tracks before Ted Leo, only one song was recorded after I graduated. Yeah, I cheated. Do you know which one was recorded after 1986?
No room for doom/gloom, newro, or second-wave ska. Someone else will have Joy Division, Siouxise, Bauhaus, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, the Specials, Madness, etc.
Man, I'm totally aging myself with this posts. But at least I'm in good company, judging from this movie here:
That soundtrack pretty matches up with my high school experience... Hope I don't see Benny "The Jet" tomorrow...
X - Nausea (live in San Diego, 1982)
Iggy Pop - Repo Man Theme (with the Blondie band on backups)
The Weirdos - Life of Crime
Ramones - I Remember You (funny, huh?)
Generation X - Gimme the Truth (John Lennon cover, I think)
The Clash - Gates of the West
Billy Bragg - A New England
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
The Lambrettas - Da-a-ance
The Three O'Clock - Sorry (Easybeats cover)
The Jam - Absolute Beginners (live at the BBC)
Buzzcocks - ESP
David Bowie - Starman (live at the BBC)
Johnny Thunders - You Can't Wrap Your Arms Around a Memory (live in Tokyo, also funny, I think)
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Suspect Device (SLF cover)
Snuff - Do Nothing (Specials cover)
Jawbreaker - With or Without U2 (U2/Misfits/Vapors cover)
You probably notice a couple shifts. It goes from dirtier, punker stuff to a cleaner, mod sound before getting back into punk and then proto-punks Bowie and Thunders. Then there are later bands covering songs from my high school era. Well, Ted Leo is current. Snuff and Jawbreaker are from the '90s and are ancient history.
I'm not sure about the transition from Billy Bragg to Lambrettas. Also, Lambrettas and the Three O'Clock back-to-back might be too much.
Of the tracks before Ted Leo, only one song was recorded after I graduated. Yeah, I cheated. Do you know which one was recorded after 1986?
No room for doom/gloom, newro, or second-wave ska. Someone else will have Joy Division, Siouxise, Bauhaus, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, the Specials, Madness, etc.
Man, I'm totally aging myself with this posts. But at least I'm in good company, judging from this movie here:
That soundtrack pretty matches up with my high school experience... Hope I don't see Benny "The Jet" tomorrow...
posted by gr at
5:03 PM
Wound up being an unnecessary (but fun) task. There was plenty to talk about and no soundtrack needed. A DJ Jester CD would have topped anything by anyone anyway! More on the weekend this afternoon...
-mw
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