I had a lot of fun writing this one, and it also influenced me to revisit REM’s early and mid-era catalog on vinyl, which is always enjoyable. I had overlooked the second side of Murmur for so long! Anyway, here are my song choices from this month’s challenge. The matrix, for reference:
- Worriers – “End of the World” (song of 2020)
- The Aquabats – “Pool Party” (it was a cool party)
- Cee-Lo Green – “The Art of Noise”
- Pinback – “How We Breathe”
- Herbie Hancock – “Chameleon”
- Common – “The Corner (feat. The Last Poets)”
- Jessie Ware – “Spotlight”
- Mrs. Magician – “There is No God”
- Def Leppard – “Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)”
- Frodus – “The Day Buildings Mysteriously Vanished”
- Prefab Sprout – “Moving the River”
- Dan Deacon – “Wham City”
- Andrew W.K. – “I Get Wet”
- Travis – “Flowers in the Window”
- Goldfinger – “Superman”
- Grandaddy – “El Caminos in the West”
- The Dead Milkmen – “Watching Scotty Die”
- Orange Juice – “Falling and Laughing”
- The Ramones – “Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)”
- Meat Loaf – “Everything Louder than Everything Else”
- Snapcase – “Bleeding Orange”
- LL Cool J – “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
- Sick of It All – “Clobberin’ Time”
- Buzzcocks – “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays”
- Deftones – “Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)”
- The Replacement – “A Little Mascara”
- Cock Sparrer – “Working”
- Sunny Day Real Estate – “In Circles”
- Husker Du – “I Apologize”
- Ruth – “Polaroid Romain Photo”
Because I can’t stop won’t stop (procrastinating), you’re all getting a challenge for September, too. I am going to try to keep grinding one out for every month the US is in “quarantine” due to COVID, so you can all look forward to another year or so of these!
[cue bitter sobbing]
Anyway, tune in tomorrow at 9AM Eastern for that, and don’t forget to tell a friend or two or however many the Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram algorithms allow to see your posts (probably around 2).
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