Day 165

Crass - "Do They Owe Us a Living

Starting with a few things posted up by Al.

MDC - "Selfish Shit"


Anthrax (UK) - "Capitalism is Cannibalism"


Husker Du - "Makes No Sense At All"

For some reason, Mitt Romney quoting the title.

X - "Los Angeles"


Misfits - "Some Kinda Hate"

Suggested on the front page of Youtube.

The Animals - "Good Times"

For reasons unknown tacked on to the end of the Misfits song.

Sugarloaf - "Don't Call Us"

Their second song.

Nirvana - "Blew"

Bleach released on this day 1989.

Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"

Singer/songwriter Steve Walsh turns 60 today.

Running count: 1,032 songs for 2011.

Day 164

UFO - "Lights Out"

Heard in the car on the way back from Hooters.

Metallica - "Of Wolf and Man"

Ditto. This song definitely grows on me, though the production is abysmal.

Bl'ast! - "It's In My Blood"

Via the band's Facebook page.

Negative Approach - "Dead Stop"

Going with suggestion via youtube.

Buffalo Springfield - "Mr. Soul"


First version is the original, second is a recent reunion.

Discharge - "State Violence State Control"

UK82.

Minor Threat - "Out of Step"

Lets try to do 10 songs from 'em.

Minor Threat - "Filler"


Minor Threat - "Minor Threat"


Minor Threat - "I Don't Wanna' Hear It"


Minor Threat - "Look Back And Laugh"


Minor Threat - "Betray"


Minor Threat - "Stand Up"


Minor Threat - "Straight Edge"


Minor Threat - "In My Eyes"


Minor Threat - "Little Friend"


Running count: 1,022 songs for 2011.

Day 162

Jawbreaker - "Boxcar"

Covered by Welter last night.

Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - "Chinese Rocks"

Covered by the Von Horrorbles last night.

Red Hill Ramblers - "Hot Rod for Sale"

Another band that played last night. Dug the double bass pedal and upright bass.

Louie Bellson - "The Hawk Talks"

First to use double bass.

Thin Lizzy - "Bad Reputation"

Found while researching other users of double bass.

Running count: 1,006 songs for 2011. There will be another post today. Blogger is acting up.

Day 159

Angelic Upstarts - "Police Oppression"

Courtesy Al.

Fugazi - "Latin Roots"

Same source.

Pailhead - "Man Should Surrender"

Same singer.

Ministry - "Where You at Now/Crash and Burn/Twitch"

Pailhead but the singer. Always sequenced as one song so I'm only counting it as one.

The Impressions - "I'm So Proud"

Let's balance that off with some Chicago Soul.

Van Halen - "Ice Cream Man"

For a hot day.

Hellhammer - "Triumph of Death"

Some Swiss metal for Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo who is looking like Swiss Cheese in there.

Running count: 1,001 songs for 2011.

Day 158

Dag Nasty - "Values Here"

Courtesy Vinny.

Prince - "1999"

Turns 53 today. I know I should have saved this for near the end.

Tom Jones - "Delilah"

Turns 71.

John Coltrane - "Giant Steps"


Spazz - "Let's Fucking Go!!!!

Trying to find some "brutal" songs in response to Sam McPheeters' Vice column on brutality.

Mayhem - "Funeral Fog"

Pretty brutal. Especially given the history of the band.

Running count: 994 songs for 2011.

Day 157

Let's do some R.I.P. for Brit producer Martin Rushent.

Stranglers - "No More Heroes"

Producer.

Buzzcocks - "Fiction Romance"

Producer.

T Rex - "Get It On"

Engineer. Maybe the last T Rex song on this blog?

Generation X - "Your Generation"

Producer.

999 - "Homicide"

Producer.

Pete Shelley - "Homosapien"

And we get into the new wave. Producer.

Human League - "Don't You Want Me"

Producer. Probably the most successful song he was associate with.

Go-Go's - "Head Over Heels"

Producer. Not surprisingly, these gals had taken a synth-pop turn here.

Let's get on to some other stuff.

Black Flag - "It's All Up to You"

Posted by the band's FB fan page.

Slayer - "Angel of Death"

Tom Araya turns 50 today.

Running count: 988 songs for 2011.

Day 156

Judas Priest - "Heading Out to the Highway"


Iron Maiden - "The Trooper"

Drummer Nicko McBrain turns 57 today.

Streetwalkers - "Run for Cover"

Nicko's first band.

Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"

Singer Richard Butler turns 55 today.

Sly and the Family Stone - "You Can Make It if You Try"

Guitarist Freddy Stone turns 64.

Running count: 978 songs for 2011.

Day 154

Slayer - "Chemical Warfare"

Kerry King's 47th birthday.

Slayer - "War Ensemble"


Curtis Mayfield - "Super Fly"

Would have been 69 today.

Byrds - "5D (Fifth Dimension)"

Drummer Michael Clarke would have been 65.

Led Zeppelin - "Lemon Song"


Running count: 973 songs for 2011.

Day 153

James Gang - "Walk Away"


James Brown - "The Big Payback"


The Saints - "Know Your Product"

Courtesy Randy. Killer horn section.

Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland"

Recent article rated this the best sax song of all time.

Rolling Stones - "Bitch"

Charlie Watts turns 70 today.

Chrome - "Half Machine Lip Moves"


Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime"

Interesting version.

Deathwish - "Tailgate"

Fairly obscure Boston HC.

Outburst - "The Hardway"

Off of one of the three NYHC comps I'd like to post in their entirety on this blog.

Collective Soul - "Shine"

Now being used to sell motor oil during basketball. One of the better (near)post-grunge tunes.

Running count: 968 songs for 2011.

Day 152

Big Star - "Back of a Car"


Cactus - "Feel So Good"

Live version. Decent sound though.

Third Base - "Gas Face"

Going with some tunes off of The Cactus Album.

Third Base - "Steppin' in the A.M."


KMD - "Who Me?"

KMD appear on a few songs on The Cactus Album. Leader Zev Love Ex later became MF Doom.

Bad Brains - "I"

Oft-overlooked song on The Roir Cassette.

Running count: 958 songs for 2011.