Genrepalooza Presents: FG Radio - Tons of Lithium but very little Chill (3 Viewers)

[scorchy]

Round 592:

A. Cecilia -- Simon & Garfunkel

I won't be picking any Simon & Garfunkel, or Simon, or Garfunkel, but this did make me wonder if I'm the only who remembers this terrible cover of Cecilia by pop duo Times Two.  It spent many weeks at #1 in New Zealand in 1988.

 

[krista4]

Don't you mean you'll cultivate the botany playlist?

Well done.   

Botany 101  Seems like someone clever could come up with a better name for this category.

 

[Ilov80s]

Rd 592.B: Rose in Harlem by Teyana Taylor (Botany)

 

[Ilov80s]

Round 592

A. Sinaloa Cowboys - Cracker (Illegal Noir Pulp)

B. The Road Goes on Forever - Robert Earl Keen, Jr. (Illegal Noir Pulp)

Don’t think that Cracker song is on Spotify. The Bruce version is, want that?

 

[Eephus]

592.  Squid - Houseplants (Botany 101)

 

[rockaction]

Round 592

Category: Mornings With Artie and Paul 

Song: Kodachrome 

Artist: Paul Simon 

It's a jingle for the product as art! 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Round 592

Category: Mornings With Artie and Paul 

Song: Kodachrome 

Artist: Paul Simon 

It's a jingle for the product as art! 

Hey, my First Aid Kit song didn’t make it onto the Vocal Harmonies playlist.
 

I listened to it today and it’s become one of my favorites.

 

[rockaction]

Hey, my First Aid Kit song didn’t make it onto the Vocal Harmonies playlist.
 

I listened to it today and it’s become one of my favorites.

Nor did it have Cathy's Clown by the Everlys or Fleet Foxes. It is now updated. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Nor did it have Cathy's Clown by the Everlys or Fleet Foxes. It is now updated. 

More to listen to.

 

[scorchy]

Don’t think that Cracker song is on Spotify. The Bruce version is, want that?

Not really - maybe Bruce's 57 Channels and Nothin' On, given I'm pretty sure it qualifies as a crime against humanity.  Seriously, the Bruce version is fine.  Thanks for asking.

 

[simey]

Round 592

I've seen this band a couple times, and I like them a lot. They are an Americana band from New York.

Tree of Shade - Driftwood  (Botany)

and

I watched this trio's TV show in my youth. I love this song.

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando and Dawn   (Botany)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My SIL, BIL and their kids were there this week as well. How was it? 

The weather was perfect. So we did time at the beach, mini golfing and stuff like that. We tried not to all leave the house for very long stretches because of the cat. 

My grandparents bought a property on the Cape in 1957, and I went there almost every summer of my childhood and most years thereafter. It was sold after my grandmother died in 2015, but my uncle bought back one of the houses on the property (there are three) a couple of years ago. My mother bought her own property in 2008. She just sold it because she doesn't think she is able to care for it anymore, so this was our last time at that house. But she will rent for a few weeks in subsequent summers, so we'll keep going up there (sans cats) as long as it's feasible. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm still waiting for my "Songs Sung by Guys (or Gals) Named Kevin" channel to make it to Dayton. 

You want REO Speedwagon? I can give you REO Speedwagon. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

592.  Squid - Houseplants (Botany 101)

If there is a band called Houseplants that has a song called Squid, it should be drafted for Songs in the Key of Sea. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I_5j7lqQuKcV8yMuyipeC_MkgL3j1zc-RahK-ixFGb4/edit#gid=199888566

Retirement tracking post: https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/789651-genrepalooza-presents-fg-radio-tons-of-lithium-but-very-little-chill/?do=findComment&comment=23035740

Spotify playlists: https://forums.footballguys.com/topic/789651-genrepalooza-presents-fg-radio-tons-of-lithium-but-very-little-chill/?do=findComment&comment=23440265

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Artie/Paul and Botany added to the playlist post.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Bonus

The Obvious Child - Paul Simon (Artie and Paul in the Morning)

I almost included this in my cornucopia of S&G picks. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Rd 593.A: Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel (Paul and Art)

I am not too well versed in the solo Art career but this is one of the few solo songs I’ve heard of his that stands up to their collaborative work 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 593:

A. Botany 101

The Trees -- Rush

Whoever suggested this topic should have seen this coming.

B. Illegal Noir Pulp

Small Crimes -- Failure

The closer to Fantastic Planet's predecessor, Magnified. Could also qualify for Botany as it's in part about starting forest fires.

 

[scorchy]

The Trees -- Rush

Whoever suggested this topic should have seen this coming.

Beat me to it - not just the song but almost the exact same comment.

 

[scorchy]

Round 593

A.  I Touch Roses - Book of Love (Botany 101)

B. Avant Gardener - Courtney Barnett (Botany 101)

 

[simey]

Golden Oldies of Violence

Round 593

That's one body that'll never be found
You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence   (Illegal Noir Pulp)   

and

Delilah - Tom Jones  (Illegal Noir Pulp) 

She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

 

[rockaction]

Round 593

Category: Botany 101

Song: Prologue/Little Shop Of Horrors (Medley)

Artist: New Broadway Cast 

It's a play about a man-eating plant! From outer space! 

 

[Ilov80s]

593.B: Palm Trees in Memphis by Yo Gotti (Botany)

593.C: John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan Stevens (Noir/Crime)

593.D : Brisbane by Kingston Kane (100k)

 

[simey]

Round 594

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - G. Love & Special Sauce   (Artie and Paul in the morning)

and 

Bleecker Street - Simon and Garfunkel  (Artie and Paul in the morning)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 594:

100K

A. The Egg -- Shiner

6,155 monthly listeners

I found Shiner after the Spotify algorithm spit out one of their songs when I was listening to Failure. They are a post-hardcore band, whatever that means, from Kansas City who released four albums in their initial run from 1992 to 2003 and then re-formed in 2012 for the occasional gig and one more album. Their fourth album, The Egg (2001), mixes "alternative rock" and spacier styles not unlike what Failure did, and garnered somewhat of a cult following. What sticks out to me is that the drumming, by Jason Gerken, is outstanding, especially on the title track, which I have selected here. I may take another one of its tracks for Art Rock, etc next time that is rolled. 

B. Monterey -- Starflyer 59

52,075 monthly listeners

Apparently Starflyer 59 is a "Christian shoegaze" band. In any case, I dig this song, which the Spotify algorithm also spat out to me at some point. 

Songs That Make You Cry

C. Already Dead -- Beck

As I mentioned long ago, Sea Change was the soundtrack to my Lost Years. This may be the most despondent song in an album full of them.

D. I'm the One Who Understands -- War

During the Lost Years, when I wasn't agonizing over the loss of my marriage, I was agonizing over unrequited love/being put in the friend zone. This song encapsulates that experience and would devastate me whenever it came on. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Rd 594: Mama by Nduduzo Makahathini,Omagugu (100k)

I had a few 2022 jazz songs I considered for this mid year song draft but decided to keep that playlist towards the more popular rock-indie-pop-r&b stuff so I will just drop this here. 

 

[rockaction]

Round 594A

Category: Artie And Paul In The Morning 

Song: Richard Cory 

Artist: Them 

Cover song by Van Morrison and company is actually the first time I'd heard "Richard Cory." 

Round 594B

Category: 100K

Song: Gone To The Moon

Artist: Fastbacks

This quite unheralded gem from about '93/'94 was played often on my radio show, one of the few pop-punk songs that were pure enough (very rockist, very pop, very under 2:30) to make it. I played it darn near every week back-to-back with "Hung On A Bad Peg." The first six or so songs off of Zücker, the album those songs are off of, could have really sufficed as the blueprint for everything I was playing back then. 

 

[scorchy]

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence   (Illegal Noir Pulp)   

First reaction: "Oh, it's that Vicki Lawrence."  

Second reaction:  "Wait, she can really sing."

Third reaction: "Wasn't there a Kristy McNichol movie based on the song?  Better go check IMDB."

Kristy McNichol was one of my first crushes, after Pam Dawber but before Nancy McKeon.

 

[scorchy]

Round 594

A. Nights Like These - The Shondes (100K)

B. Talk Tough - Bat Fangs (100K)

C. Johnny Cash - Sons & Daughters (100K)

 

[rockaction]

Dice, please. 

Dice roll 759 - 52 - 29 - 904

Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt) (fourth roll)

Beelze And The Bubs (songs that mention the devil) (first roll)

Emerald Isle (Songs from Irish acts) (first roll)

Artie And Paul In The Morning (Simon and Garfunkel or Garfunkel or Simon) (second roll)

 

[simey]

Third reaction: "Wasn't there a Kristy McNichol movie based on the song?  Better go check IMDB."

I forgot about that movie. The first thing I saw Kristy McNichol in was some show called Apple's Way and then in a show called Family. I remember her brother, Jimmy, was on TV too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

We have a milestone:

100K (Artists with less than 100,000 monthly streams) -- 51 songs, 2 hours and TBD minutes

Only 35 of the songs are on the playlist, though. Doesn't look like it's been updated since we restarted. 

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Emerald Isle (Songs from Irish acts) (first roll)

There's a certain other long-running music thread on this board that might give some of us some ideas. 

 

[krista4]

Thinking about making it rain with my Beatles shtick on all the new categories that have been rolled since we restarted.  

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Thinking about making it rain with my Beatles shtick on all the new categories that have been rolled since we restarted.  

I can't do my equivalent shtick... 

 

[krista4]

I can't do my equivalent shtick... 

Oh yeah.  I guess that playlist doesn't have much to it anymore, either.   

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Oh yeah.  I guess that playlist doesn't have much to it anymore, either.   

Oh, the damage done. 

 

[krista4]

Oh, the damage done. 

We enjoyed it at the time!

 

[simey]

My sister showed me pictures today of their week at Emerald Isle, NC. They were there with her husband's side of the family to celebrate his Uncle's 85 birthday, his sister's 35th wedding anniversary, and to spread his cousin Katie's ashes.  

I mentioned in a draft back in November that my BIL's cousin, Katie, was murdered by her boyfriend that she had planned on leaving. He also killed himself. They had a celebration of life for her this past March on her birthday in Denver. My sister's family flew out for it.  Katie loved visiting Emerald Isle in the summers, and also visiting Cape Cod (her dad and stepmom live in Boston), and they wanted to spread some of her ashes in both of those places. They spread some of her ashes last Sunday evening at Emerald Isle. They toasted her out on the beach, and they had pretty roses and daisies placed in the sand in various places. My sister said that the tide had taken most of the flowers out to sea by the next day, but there was a group of flowers that survived the tide. Everyone wondered if this was a sign from Katie that she was there. Each day they would go to the beach to see if Katie was still there, and each day she was, and they would draw a new heart around her. Friday they took group pictures, and they were always standing behind Katie. She was in all of the group pictures. She was there.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Round 595:

A. Emerald Isle 

Bullet the Blue Sky -- U2

On the list I submitted for the ongoing U2 countdown, this is my highest-ranking song that hasn't been drafted yet. 

B. Beelze and the Bubs

Runnin' With the Devil -- Van Halen

Gotta have metal on this playlist, so why not one of the best metal songs ever. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

593

Cattails - Big Thief (Botany)

I think they're referring to the plant and not literally a cat's tail - but if it's the later please move to the "Animal's Anatomy" category.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

594

Jesus, Etc. - #### N Boots (under 100k)

 

[simey]

Round 595

The Super 70s

Devil Woman - Cliff Richard   (Beelze and the Bubs)

and

Limerick, Irelands finest

Dreams - The Cranberries  (Emerald Isle)

 

[Dr. Octopus]

595

Don't Go - Hothouse Flowers (Emerald Isle)

 

[scorchy]

Round 595

A. A Daisy Chain for Satan - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (Beelze and the Bubs) - if there was ever an FFA industrial countdown, this makes my top 10.

B. Devil in the Details - The Broken Family Band (Beelze and the Bubs)

 

[Ilov80s]

Have to go back to Van Morrison again

Rd 595.A: Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison and The Chieftains (Emerald Isle)

Rd 595.B: Galway Bay by Daniel O'Donnell (Emerald Isle)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Have to go back to Van Morrison again

I didn't bother to think about Van for Emerald Isle because I knew you would. 

 

[Eephus]

Something woke to counteract Van Morrison

595.  Hozier (feat. Mavis Staples) - Nina Cried Power  (Emerald Isle)

 

[rockaction]

Round 595 

Category: Emerald Isle 

Song: Sha Sha Sha 

Artist: Fontaines D.C. 

I feel like this stomper this afternoon. It's sort of a glam strut minus the platforms we're so used to in America.