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Originally posted by Mike:

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In the time we argued about it, RL could've downloaded a SNZ song, listened to it and actually known whether it was something he was interested in or not.

But then we could not have had this discourse.

True. Though the mods probably disagree with me, thread hijacking is always a good time.

Not getting involved in anything above but for RL, the Squirrel Nut Zippers have about three or four pretty solid albums out. They have a lot of members so I am not too sure on how big of a role Andrew Bird plays in it but their music isn't that bad. I think he would arrange some of the string parts and play violin on the albums, also some of the Zippers played on a couple of his CDs under his "Bowl of Fire." I know that you aren't particularly saying that you think they suck but that you heard they suck, but I just wanted to let you know that I have heard them and they aren't that bad.

Unlike eric, I would take Andrew Bird's solo work over their music any day but that is just me. Anyways, you should check them out, maybe you would like them.

Weren't the Squirrel Nut Zippers the band in Swingers? I always considered them just a novelty act that latched onto that awful mid-90's swing boom.

I remember that tune "Hell." In the afterlife...

ok, well, since I knew I couldn't cram Andy Bird into 10 songs (thanks, RL!), here's:

Andrew Bird's Best 10 Songs, Part 2:

"Why?"
"Armchairs"
"Master Fade"
"Too Long"
"Scythian Empires"
"Two Way Action"
"Weather Systems"
"Opposite Day"
"Dear Old Greenland"
"Case in Point"

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Originally posted by Hophead:
Weren't the Squirrel Nut Zippers the band in Swingers?

I believe you're thinking of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Squirrel Nut Zippers were an old-school jazz revival band, but unlike Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Cherry Poppin' Daddies, who basically stuck to the lounge/swing stuff, the Zippers were all over the map. The concept of an indie band that played early 20th century music was (and is) pretty cool.

Squirrel Nut Zippers

H -Hot
PF - Perennial Favorites
I - The Inevitable
BB - Bedlam Ballroom

1. Hell (H)
2. Suits Are Picking Up the Bill (PF)
3. Anything But Love (I)
4. Baby Wants a Diamon Ring (BB)
5. Put A Lid On It (H)
6. Blue Angel (H)
7. Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter (PF)
8. La Grippe (I)
9. Bedlam Ballroom (BB)
10. Got My Own Thing Now (H)
11. Low Down Man (PF)
12. Lugubrious Whing Whang (I)
13. Bent Out of Shape (BB)
14. Meant to Be (H)
15. Ghost of Stephen Foster (PF)
16. Wash Jones (I)
17. Do What (BB)
18. Memphis Exorcism (H)
19. My Drag (PF)
20. Don't Fix It (BB)

I never really got into SNZ too deep, but "Ghost of Stephen Foster" is probably one of my favorite songs ever.

Jonathan Richman

Back in Your Life (Back in your Life)
This Summer Feeling (Jonathan Sings!)
This Kind of Music (Jonathan Sings!)
Vincent Van Gogh (Rockin' & Romance vs.)
Lonely Little Thrift Store (I'm So Confused)
Just Look at Me (Surrender to Jonathan)
Let Her Go into the Darkness (You must ask the heart)
The Tag Game (Jonathan Sings. cd xtra track)
Morning of our Lives (Live)
Corner Store (It's Time)

any comments about Jonathan being inter-changeable, and any song is as good as another is absolute nonsense to anyone who listens closely.

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Originally posted by Ralph M:
Squirrel Nut Zippers

H -Hot
PF - Perennial Favorites
I - The Inevitable
BB - Bedlam Ballroom

1. Hell (H)
2. Suits Are Picking Up the Bill (PF)
3. Anything But Love (I)
4. Baby Wants a Diamon Ring (BB)
5. Put A Lid On It (H)
6. Blue Angel (H)
7. Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter (PF)
8. La Grippe (I)
9. Bedlam Ballroom (BB)
10. Got My Own Thing Now (H)
11. Low Down Man (PF)
12. Lugubrious Whing Whang (I)
13. Bent Out of Shape (BB)
14. Meant to Be (H)
15. Ghost of Stephen Foster (PF)
16. Wash Jones (I)
17. Do What (BB)
18. Memphis Exorcism (H)
19. My Drag (PF)
20. Don't Fix It (BB)

Hey Ralph, not a bad list, but I'm curious as to why you ignored Christmas Caravan. "Winter Weather" and "Indian Giver" are both excellent.

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Originally posted by Ishmaelscoffin:
Jonathan Richman

Back in Your Life (Back in your Life)
This Summer Feeling (Jonathan Sings!)
This Kind of Music (Jonathan Sings!)
Vincent Van Gogh (Rockin' & Romance vs.)
Lonely Little Thrift Store (I'm So Confused)
Just Look at Me (Surrender to Jonathan)
Let Her Go into the Darkness (You must ask the heart)
The Tag Game (Jonathan Sings. cd xtra track)
Morning of our Lives (Live)
Corner Store (It's Time)

any comments about Jonathan being inter-changeable, and any song is as good as another is absolute nonsense to anyone who listens closely.

Two Richman songs sadly missing from this list:

"I was Dancing At The Lesbian Bar"
"Reno"

If you throw in his Modern Lovers stuff, you can't get more essential than "Roadrunner".

Couldn't agree more ericg75.

I coulda posted 40...but I liked the discipline of 10 strokes ha ha.....

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Jonathan Richman

i ll follow the 2 previous list about him.

Oooh... What about Aphex Twin?!

(INLCUDING his many aliases )


1. Windowlicker
2. Vordhosbn
3. Arched Maid Via RDJ
4. 4
5. Alberto Balsalm
6. Ageispolis
7. Tha
8. Meltphace 6
9. Pitcard
10. Flim

The Flaming Lips

TBS = The Soft Bulletin
YBTPR = Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
AWWTM = At War With The Mystics
TFTSH = Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
CTM = Clouds Taste Metallic

1. Waitin' For A Superman (TSB)
2. The Gash (TSB)
3. Race For The Prize (TSB)
4. What Is The Light? (TSB)
5. Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung (AWWTM)
6. Kim's Watermelon Gun (CTM)
7. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate (TSB)
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 (YBTPR)
9. Buggin' (TSB)
10. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton (TSB)
11. Do You Realize?? (YBTPR)
12. Be My Head (TFTSH)
13. The Abandoned Hospital Ship (CTM)
14. Sleeping On The Roof (TSB)
15. All We Have Is Now (YBTPR)
16. Are You A Hypnotist?? (YBTPR)
17. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (AWWTM)
18. Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles (CTM)
19. Pilot Can At The Queer Of God (TFTSH)
20. She Don't Use Jelly (TFTSH)

Cream

FC = Fresh Cream
DG = Disraeli Gears
WOF = Wheels Of Fire
G = Goodbye

1. Badge (G)
2. As You Said (WOF)
3. Strange Brew (DG)
4. Sweet Wine (FC)
5. We're Going Wrong (DG)
6. Anyone For Tennis (Single)
7. White Room (WOF)
8. Sunshine Of Your Love (DG)
9. SWLABR (DG)
10. I Feel Free (FC)

Cool.

Dispatch

1. Bats in the Belfry
2. Two Coins
3. The General
4. Water Stop
5. Elias
6. Bullet Holes
7. Walk With You
8. Cover This
9. The Way It Goes
10. Railway Station

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Originally posted by Wonderhat7:
The Flaming Lips

TBS = The Soft Bulletin
YBTPR = Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
AWWTM = At War With The Mystics
TFTSH = Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
CTM = Clouds Taste Metallic

1. Waitin' For A Superman (TSB)
2. The Gash (TSB)
3. Race For The Prize (TSB)
4. What Is The Light? (TSB)
5. Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung (AWWTM)
6. Kim's Watermelon Gun (CTM)
7. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate (TSB)
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 (YBTPR)
9. Buggin' (TSB)
10. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton (TSB)
11. Do You Realize?? (YBTPR)
12. Be My Head (TFTSH)
13. The Abandoned Hospital Ship (CTM)
14. Sleeping On The Roof (TSB)
15. All We Have Is Now (YBTPR)
16. Are You A Hypnotist?? (YBTPR)
17. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (AWWTM)
18. Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles (CTM)
19. Pilot Can At The Queer Of God (TFTSH)
20. She Don't Use Jelly (TFTSH)

My favorite is Probably "Meta Mars". I love that song.

I can tell that you like Soft Bulletin a lot more than Yoshimi (I'm the oposite)

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quote:
Originally posted by Wonderhat7:
The Flaming Lips

TBS = The Soft Bulletin
YBTPR = Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
AWWTM = At War With The Mystics
TFTSH = Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
CTM = Clouds Taste Metallic

1. Waitin' For A Superman (TSB)
2. The Gash (TSB)
3. Race For The Prize (TSB)
4. What Is The Light? (TSB)
5. Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung (AWWTM)
6. Kim's Watermelon Gun (CTM)
7. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate (TSB)
8. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1 (YBTPR)
9. Buggin' (TSB)
10. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton (TSB)
11. Do You Realize?? (YBTPR)
12. Be My Head (TFTSH)
13. The Abandoned Hospital Ship (CTM)
14. Sleeping On The Roof (TSB)
15. All We Have Is Now (YBTPR)
16. Are You A Hypnotist?? (YBTPR)
17. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (AWWTM)
18. Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles (CTM)
19. Pilot Can At The Queer Of God (TFTSH)
20. She Don't Use Jelly (TFTSH)



My favorite is Probably "Meta Mars". I love that song.

I can tell that you like Soft Bulletin a lot more than Yoshimi (I'm the oposite)

Mmmm... "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate".... what an amazing song. It would be my numero uno, fo sho.

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Originally posted by Ambassador Duke:
Hendrix

1. Crosstwon Traffic
2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
3. Purple haze
4. My Friend
5. Burning of the Midnight Lamp
6. Manic Depression
7. Ezy Rider
8. Freedom
9. 1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
10. Fire
11. House Burning Down
12. Machine Gun
13. Look Over Yonder

No "Spanish Castle Magic"?

And Hophead isn't a Goo fan... weirdo.

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This leaves off a lot, but Top 10 Andrew Bird songs:

"A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left"

My favorite Andrew Bird song and probably my most listened-to song. I love it. (Masterfade is a close second RL)

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Originally posted by ericg75:
Hey Ralph, not a bad list, but I'm curious as to why you ignored Christmas Caravan. "Winter Weather" and "Indian Giver" are both excellent.

I tend to put seasonal music in a different category than my main collection. I agree with your suggestions - but I would not introduce anybody to SNZ with Christmas Caravan.

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Originally posted by Vypa:
Built to Spillzy, yo.

1. Kicked It In the Sun (Perfect From Now On)
2. Carry The Zero (Keep It Like a Secret)
3. Velvet Waltz (Perfect...)
4. Made Up Dreams (Perfect...)
5. Randy Describes Eterneity (Perfect...)
6. Reasons (There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
7. Broken Chairs (Keep...)
8. The Plan (Keep...)
9. I Would Hurt A Fly (Perfect...)
10. You Were Right (Keep...)
11. Conventional Wisdom (You In Reverse)
12. In the Morning (There's Nothing...)
13. Untrustable Part 2 (Perfect...)
14. Car (There's Nothing...)
15. Big Dipper (There's Nothing...)
16. Just a Habit (You In Reverse)
17. Cleo (There's Nothing...)
18. Out of Sight (Perfect...)
19. Stop the Show (Perfect...)
20. Israel's Song (There's Nothing...)

Edit: If you notice the whole "Perfect From Now On" album is on my list. That is no mistake. That album is so fuggin' sweet that words can not explain it. If you haven't heard it I implore you to pick it up.

man...wonderful choices...but...where the hell is Twin Falls?think about it...