August 2006 Music Diary

Here's what iTunes tells me that I'm listening to most this month-

Crazy As She Goes - Legion of Doom (Gnarls Barkley vs Raconteurs mash-up)
Velvet Sugar - Go Home Productions (Archies vs Velvet Underground mash-up)
Crazy B**ch - Buckcherry
When You Were Young - The Killers
She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
Hate Me - Blue October
Until She Comes - Psychedelic Furs
Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Faultline & Keane
Metal Gear Solid Main Theme - KCE Japan Sound Team

Crazy as She Goes is a solid mash-up, but the Velvet Sugar one is my favorite. I mean, c'mon, Archies AND Velvet Underground? How can you beat that?

The Buckcherry song is another one of those great songs where you don't realize just how filthy the lyrics are because you're too busy singing them.

Can the Killers make a bad song? I didn't pre-order their new album, but the pre-release track is damn good.

Speaking of stuck in my head, much thanks to Greg Brown for introducing me to the Kooks. The whole album is growing on me - but She Moves In Her Own Way permanently scorched itself inside my head.

I don't know what I think of Blue October yet - but Hate Me is in regular rotation this month. The Psychedelic Furs and Jeff Buckley songs are ones I tried to learn on the guitar - but Lover, You Should've Come Over proved too daunting. Some of my favorite Keane tracks are the covers they do for benefit albums - I dig this cover.

Lastly, if you're writing an action sequence, the Metal Gear Solid music will put you in the right frame of mind - sneaking around in ventilation systems, stealth, fighting bad guys, and betrayal betrayal betrayal. However, don't listen to the Metal Gear Solid music if you're trying to write something funny and light. Take my word for it - otherwise your intended romantic comedy will feature shoot outs, mullets, and hiding in cardboard boxes.... say, now that I think about it, nevermind. I'd pay to see a romantic comedy like that.