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I struggled with which Animal song to put at #1 (Miike Snow vs PJ). This won because of the lyrics:
I struggled with which Animal song to put at #1 (Miike Snow vs PJ). This won because of the lyrics:
I'd rather be
I'd rather be with
I'd rather be with an animal
It's the soul song for many a veterinarian, tech/nurse, assistant, and customer service rockstars. Veterinary medicine because humans are gross.
This is the playlist with some extras that didn't make the cut.
I echo the thank yous to @krista4 and @KarmaPolice for pulling all of this together.
I ranked it #19. It's the longest running music program in television history, and I still watch it. I worry about PBS surviving in this current climate. It will be sad if ACL is cancelled, and even sadder if Sesame Street is. Sesame Street is already looking for a new distribution partner since Warner Brothers Discovery (HBO and Max) decided not to renew their contract with them. Almost 10 years ago Sesame Workshop had to cut a deal with Warner Brothers Discovery so they could air new shows, because budget cuts hurt them and they needed help financially to continue. The deal was HBO and Max would air new shows first, and then a few months later the new shows would be shown for free on PBS. Sesame Street's Season 55 will be shown this year, and then reruns will be shown for a couple of years since HBO and Max own the license to Sesame Street's library through 2027. I think (and hope) Sesame Workshop will find a streaming service or channel that wants them, but for families that can't afford streaming services, getting PBS for free has always been a great way for children to enrich their lives with the greatest educational children's program ever. If PBS is done away with a lot of kids won't get exposed to Sesame Street. PBS and NPR are both targets of people that want to defund them, and there was a meeting held last week on trying to make that happen.
Thanks for that. I think I enjoyed it being Hotel California more than it being surfy. Needed more reverb and the outro has so much potential for surf guitar but they just skipped the most redeemable part of the song. 
Thanks - I kept my list more to the more traditional height of Afrobeat era from the 1970s. I left out more modern Afrobeats stuff from this century like that, Burna Boy, Wizkid, etc. They are a bit outside my wheelhouse and I haven’t listened to as much of that. But I would be down for listening to a playlist of those.
It’s funny to me how I never noticed the mallet-ness to a bunch of these songs until they showed up on your playlist - sort of like once you notice the cowbell on Don’t Fear the Reaper, you can’t unhear it. Little Wing was one of the biggest surprises to me - I never noticed that instrument until now.
I had the same reaction about Little Wing... when I was looking stuff up for my son, I saw it listed in a reddit thread. it's Jimi, so I only ever payed attention to the guitar until then. but yeah- once I heard it, I realized just how much it made the song. same deal with I Will Follow for me.
I'll be bumping it next week (not with cocaine) as I don't think I'll be able to get through the last three playlists until then.
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Hoosiers and Blue Velvet came out the same year, which is crazy to think about now.Very interested in somebody who would do a concept album about Dennis Hopper.
I still think of Hopper from his manic turn in Blue Velvet and the movie I’ve never seen that is Easy Rider. (Why haven’t I seen it? If it was about the importance of showing the ‘now,’ and the now is now old, why would I feel impelled to watch the dated? I reject it on its own terms.)
But damn if what didn’t filter down to me was his turn as the drunk father of a basketball player in the mainstream and bourgeois Hoosiers. Getting sober proved too much for the man, and he breaks during the all-important tournament.
Anyway, did some promo digging and read some articles and liked this perspective best. From Hopper’s adopted home. What is it about New Mexico and the unbridled, huh?
‘Life, Death and Dennis Hopper’: The Waterboys give a tip of the hat to Taos
If you've been scrolling Instagram lately, you may have seen a plethora of reels promoting the Waterboys' upcoming release, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.” One of the …www.taosnews.com
Easy Rider is not good. It’s significant but it’s just not a good movie.Very interested in somebody who would do a concept album about Dennis Hopper.
I still think of Hopper from his manic turn in Blue Velvet and the movie I’ve never seen that is Easy Rider. (Why haven’t I seen it? If it was about the importance of showing the ‘now,’ and the now is now old, why would I feel impelled to watch the dated? I reject it on its own terms.)
But damn if what didn’t filter down to me was his turn as the drunk father of a basketball player in the mainstream and bourgeois Hoosiers. Getting sober proved too much for the man, and he breaks during the all-important tournament.
Anyway, did some promo digging and read some articles and liked this perspective best. From Hopper’s adopted home. What is it about New Mexico and the unbridled, huh?
‘Life, Death and Dennis Hopper’: The Waterboys give a tip of the hat to Taos
If you've been scrolling Instagram lately, you may have seen a plethora of reels promoting the Waterboys' upcoming release, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.” One of the …
I haven't seen it since I was a teenager. I remember thinking it was artsy and "innovative." It probably wouldn't hold my attention now. Great soundtrack, though.Easy Rider is not good. It’s significant but it’s just not a good movie.Very interested in somebody who would do a concept album about Dennis Hopper.
I still think of Hopper from his manic turn in Blue Velvet and the movie I’ve never seen that is Easy Rider. (Why haven’t I seen it? If it was about the importance of showing the ‘now,’ and the now is now old, why would I feel impelled to watch the dated? I reject it on its own terms.)
But damn if what didn’t filter down to me was his turn as the drunk father of a basketball player in the mainstream and bourgeois Hoosiers. Getting sober proved too much for the man, and he breaks during the all-important tournament.
Anyway, did some promo digging and read some articles and liked this perspective best. From Hopper’s adopted home. What is it about New Mexico and the unbridled, huh?
‘Life, Death and Dennis Hopper’: The Waterboys give a tip of the hat to Taos
If you've been scrolling Instagram lately, you may have seen a plethora of reels promoting the Waterboys' upcoming release, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.” One of the …
My first spin of the night is the new album by Marlon Williams, a wonderful singer from New Zealand who made my MADs Global 31.
He's singing in Maori, the language of his ancestors but one he didn't grow up speaking. As far as I can tell, it's a combination of traditional folk songs and new songs he wrote. He has a beautifully expressive voice that transcends language.
Te Whare Tīwekaweka - Album by Marlon Williams | Spotify
Marlon Williams · album · 2025 · 14 songs
I have to check this out. The Waterboys are just excellent and this is such an interesting concept.
The scene with him and Christopher Walken is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time; and I'm Sicilian
He knew he was dead either way.
On another board I participated in a movie scene draft. That was my second-round pick.The scene with him and Christopher Walken is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time; and I'm Sicilian
ETA: I did draw my dad as black on those plates where you had to draw a family portrait and when my kindergarten teacher asked me why, I said "because he is black". He's not. He was just Italian.
Yep. It's never stopped Rock. Better list the Scrabble values, though.
Otis Redding for me thanks
Hopper is one of my all time greats, elevates every scene he's in.Hoosiers and Blue Velvet came out the same year, which is crazy to think about now.Very interested in somebody who would do a concept album about Dennis Hopper.
I still think of Hopper from his manic turn in Blue Velvet and the movie I’ve never seen that is Easy Rider. (Why haven’t I seen it? If it was about the importance of showing the ‘now,’ and the now is now old, why would I feel impelled to watch the dated? I reject it on its own terms.)
But damn if what didn’t filter down to me was his turn as the drunk father of a basketball player in the mainstream and bourgeois Hoosiers. Getting sober proved too much for the man, and he breaks during the all-important tournament.
Anyway, did some promo digging and read some articles and liked this perspective best. From Hopper’s adopted home. What is it about New Mexico and the unbridled, huh?
‘Life, Death and Dennis Hopper’: The Waterboys give a tip of the hat to Taos
If you've been scrolling Instagram lately, you may have seen a plethora of reels promoting the Waterboys' upcoming release, “Life, Death and Dennis Hopper.” One of the …
His scenes in True Romance were great too.
With the recent talk, I think I am going with The Waterboys.
Don't screw it up or you'll get a bang on the ear.
Nice - I was listening to the Dennis Hopper one today in light of the discussion and liked it, but not familiar at all otherwise with them.
I will be doing The Smashing Pumpkins, my favorite band from the college years (and beyond). Really looking forward to it!
I'm doing The Commodores. I keep giving you guys the chance to do Grand Funk Railroad, but y'all apparently don't like picking low-hanging fruit
The Commodores and The Gap Band. Things going to get funky this round.I'm doing The Commodores. I keep giving you guys the chance to do Grand Funk Railroad, but y'all apparently don't like picking low-hanging fruit
As voted on by all of you, my MAD 5 artist is (Arthur Lee and) Love.
