Son of Timatollah

• Gorillaz, "Punk"
  Punk - Gorillaz


• The Ramones, "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
  Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - The ...


• The Tubes, "I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk"


• Weather Report, "Punk Jazz"
  Punk Jazz - Weather Report


• Minutemen, "History Lesson, Part 2"
  History Lesson Part 2 - The Mi...

Labels: five, five songs, punk, songs

• The T-Bones, "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"
  No Matter What Shape (Your Sto...


• The Guess Who, "These Eyes"
  These Eyes - The Guess Who


• Phish, "Weigh"
  Weigh - Phish


• Parliament, "Big Footin'"
  Big Footin' - Parliament


• Radiohead, "My Iron Lung"
  My Iron Lung - Radiohead

Labels: five, five songs, parts, parts is parts, songs

These are songs I ripped from 45s, which I think means I have license to share with my friends, this afternoon. I would link to appropriately licensed online versions of these, if they were available, but they're not. I'm not thrilled about that, since I could make each of you a CD or cassette tape of these songs if I wanted to, but I don't have $675k to spare if those bastards should be able to prove in court that I'm "a distributor."

I admit being deflicted about this: Artists clearly have a right to earn income from their creations. Whether the RIAA and its international co-conspirators represent or have ever really represented those artists is another question, but I'm not looking for a fight with them. Mongo only pawn in game of life.

• Kraftwerk, "Dentaku"
  
  My 45 is a chartreuse vinyl promo copy, not for sale (as retail), in a rice-paper sleve with English text on the "Pocket Calculator" side and Japanese on the "Dentaku" side.


• Ian Lloyd, "Slip Away"
  
  Written by Ric Ocasek. This song has such a thick sound. I was hoping it would be a big hit.


• Robert Ellis Orrall with Carlene Carter, "I Couldn't Say No"
  
  I'm glad this one was a hit.


• Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Keep It, Part Two (Inferiority, Part One)"
  
  The several years later follow up to the original. Who knows what Kevin was thinking. Best line is rushed, buried: "Just like Jon Voight in 1969." Yeah, the mp3 artifacts are annoying. Think I recorded it a little too hot. May try again on this one.


• Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra, "A Swinging Safari"
  
  For the Cloverbottom guys. And Mr. Gene Rayburn. Yes, the audio is poor, but, please, someone in my family has been carrying this around since 1962, so be gentle.

Labels: 45, 7", five, five songs, rpm, single

Let's try this again. I have a feeling that Mr. Fripp and his minions had something to do with my previous post of the same name disappearing.

• Radiohead, "Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box"
  Packt Like Sardines In A Crush...


• Weather Report, "Cucumber Slumber"
  Cucumber Slumber - Weather Rep...


• Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie"
  Polk Salad Annie (Album Versio...


• Phish, "The Mango Song"


• King Crimson, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part II". King Crimson being indisposed, the part of King Crimson will be played by Dream Theater
  Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2 -...

Labels: course, five, five course meal, five songs, meal

Five songs about homelessness:

• Derek and the Dominos, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
  Nobody Knows You When You're D...


• The Chambers Brothers, "Time Has Come Today"
  Time Has Come Today - The Cham...


• Pet Shop Boys, "Theatre"
  The Theatre - Pet Shop Boys


• XTC, "The Smartest Monkeys"
  The Smartest Monkeys - XTC


• Crystal Waters, "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"

Photo by Arty Smokes, used under a Creative Commons license.

Labels: five, five songs, homeless, homelessness, songs