Hump-Day Playlist 7/27/05

1. Hold On - Tom Waits, from The Mule Variations, 1999
One of my little sister's ex-boyfriends bought me this album for my birthday one year. One of my favorites.

2. Sexy MF - The Artist then Known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince
A high school buddy of mine was obsessed with Prince. This song has been stuck in my head for about a decade.

3. Two of Two - The Operacycle

4. Rock and Roll High School - the Ramones
Who doesn't like this song? Reminds me of the fact that I was loaded through most of high school.

5. On the Prowl - The Gossip

6. Bring It On - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
I've been listening to the NC mid-1990s Best of in my truck for two days straight.

7. Cat's in the Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe
Okay, this was this two-hit wonder's No. 2 hit back in 1994. And its a cover of an already classic song. As much as I hate to admit it, I prefer this version to the original. I think its the overdubbed vocals and the heavier mood created by electric guitars.

8. Sucker MC - the Lordz of Brooklyn (Check out the Flash on the main site)
Everlast (of early 1990s House of Pain and solo acoustic rap-rock artist fame) has tried for decades to get his Italian American buddies airplay. This acoustic cover of an old RUN-DMC joint is about a million times better than most of the popular rap-rock stuff.

9. Hurricane - Bob Dylan

10. Love Me - The Cramps
Rockabilly from hell...well, NYC. This song always reminds me of driving around Baton Rouge at night for some reason...hmmm

11. Cop Killer - Body Count
Yup...the same song that led the first Bush, his monkey-boy VP Dan Quayle, and perhaps every soccer mom in America to attack rapper Ice-T, who now plays a cop on TV. Hey kiddies...wanna shock mom and dad? Don't join a band and sing about being angry that the cops won't let you skateboard at the mall. Wanna really piss 'em off? Write a song about seeking revenge over years of police brutality. They might try to pin the LA Riots on you too.

12. The 1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie
One of the darkest tales of Depression-Era music, up there with Billie Holliday's Strange Fruit.