I know I am preaching to the choir here when I praise David Byrne. He's a social commentator with the unusual gift of providing real-time, cogent critiques of popular culture in which he's immersed. The amazing Naive Melody (and its use in Wall Street) is one example (h/t to Ollie Stone for creating one of my favorite 80's montages ever). Link here.
(Nothing But) Flowers was released in the band's last album, 1988's Naked. I dig it. There is very much a Gen X vibe to the song, but its wistful, ironic lyrics still resonate today. Perhaps it influenced Douglas Coupland, who published Generation X three years later.
Track 2: "99 Luftballoons" by Nena [Live 1983] - Rob
Track 3: "Down With Disease" by Phish [Live 12/11/97] - Whitney
In point of fact, I'm not the hugest Phish fan. I like 'em; I've seen them once live (Portsmouth 2011) and watched them via live streaming a dozen times or more because a number of my friends enjoy them and will put it on the big TV with folks over. They entertain, they have some virtuosity, and they don't take themselves seriously.
The cassette for the album Hoist was hurled into the air by some radio deejay at a pre-Preakness outdoor music show in the streets of Baltimore on night in 1994. I caught it. I listened to it. I liked it a lot. I've learned virtually no other Phish stuff through the years (save "Bouncing Around the Room," "Wilson," "Tweezer," and one or two others), but I know this album pretty damn well. It's a rock album more than a jam album. Anyway, this song seems to be unfortunately fitting, so here's what is deemed by the Phish peeps as one of the best-ever renditions, Rochester '97.
Track 4: "Dirty T.B. Blues" by Victoria Spivey - Rootsy
[Pulled from the Rootsy-recommended John's Old Time Radio Show and their pertinent playlist OTRS 104 “Corona-Crazy – Early American Songs About Epidemics and Health Crises”]
Track 5: "The End" by The Doors - TJ
"It's only Wednesday, but I am very much Martin Sheen in the opening of Apocalypse Now at the moment..."
Track 6: "Mad World" by Tears for Fears - Squeaky
Track 7: "Ghost Town" by The Specials - Rob
Track 8: "People Get Ready" by Eva Cassidy - OBX Dave
Track 9 - "Synchronicity II" by The Police - Rob
Track 10 - "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins - Shlara
"Not sure what this says about my head space at the moment."
Who's got Track 11?
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