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• 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

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

• Fleetwood Mac, "Silver Springs"
  
  
  
  


• Gordon Lightfoot, "If You Could Read My Mind"
  
  
  
  


• Beck, "Lost Cause"
  
  
  
  


• Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb"
  
  
  
  


• Golden Smog / Jeff Tweedy, "Please Tell My Brother"
  
  
  
  

Labels: music, sad, songs

Toby Keith, How Do You Like Me Now?
Zappa, RDNZL
Parliament, Chocolate City
Fleetwood Mac, Tusk
Elton John & Kiki Dee, Don't Go Breaking My Heart
The Who, Bell Boy
Phil Collin, Sussudio
Prince, I Would Die 4 U
Smash Mouth, Walkin' On the Sun
Eric Johnson, Cliffs of Dover
The Beach Boys, Wouldn't It Be Nice (stereo)
ELO, Rockaria (one of the most underappreciated songs of all time)
Genesis, It

Sometimes the randomization gods smile.

Labels: carido, music, songs

With one exception, all from the same albums as the original list, and that one is by the same composer/performer.

Lowell George, "20 Million Things."
Minutemen, "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing."
Todd Rundgren, "Don't You Ever Learn."
Mr. Fripp, "Here Comes the Flood."
Wilco, "Pot Kettle Black."

Yes, "Here Comes the Flood" is really a Peter Gabriel song, and "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette" is really a Darryl Hall song. But the versions I'm thinking about both appeared on Fripp's Exposure.

And, yes, one can argue that the performance and arrangement on "Don't You Ever Learn" are anything but "small." But I think that the underlying song is and that the underlying song comes through the over-arrangement quite nicely, even takes advantage of it. Well, maybe excepting the ride out.

Labels: perfect, small, songs

Little Feat, "Rocket in My Pocket."
Minutemen, "Corona."
Todd Rundgren, "A Dream Goes on Forever."
Mr. Fripp, "You Burn Me Up I'm a Cigarette."
Wilco, "Heavy Metal Drummer."

Labels: perfect, small, songs