We have a rarity this week: two DJ posts in a row! It was a busy weekend, so I didn’t get an open thread in. Wouldn’t have mattered anyway. Main topic would’ve been about the election and there’s still a spirited debate in progress on that topic.
So that’s how I’ll justify my neglect of your RVS needs this week. I didn’t want back-to-back open thread topics, so we’ll do back-to-back music. Why not? It’s not like you have a choice anyway, with both me and pfluffy drowning in mid-Fall melancholia.
All that said, here’s what I’m looking for this week.
- Segue Tunes: Those songs that turn into other songs. Like they’re two different songs, but when you listen to them on an album they run together. I have a couple of examples in mind in the dedications.
- Sequel Tunes: Companion songs that are either parts 1 and 2 or whatever.
- Double albums: Best song from each from any artist.
- Back in Black: If you can’t think of any on this theme, just play some AC/DC.
Dedications for the week. It’s all in the above YouTube playlist.
Santino: Parabol/Parabola by Tool
pfluffy: Need You Tonight/Mediate by INXS
Delurked: Don’t Cry and Don’t Cry by Guns N’ Roses
WVR: Brain Stew/Jaded by Green Day
One of my favorite #1’s – NIN’s Head Like a Hole to Terrible Lie
Another – Pink Floyd’s The Dogs of War to One Slip.
And one more – Panic! At The Disco’s Say Amen to This is Gospel.
#2 – Johnny Be Good and Bye Bye Johnny
#3 – U2, from the Joshua Tree – With or Without You and from Rattle and Hum – I was gonna go with Pride, but All I Want Is You seems to go better with With or Without You.
A #4 – A few weeks ago, randomly about the time my son (12 years old) was going to bed, we started hearing AC/DC coming from his room several nights in a row. He somehow got it in his head that he liked listening to Thunderstruck while falling asleep, and did it for almost a week. Seems more of a wake up song to me, but whatever works for you…
#ParentingDoneRight
You can pick almost all of Abbey Road for #1. I’ll limit it to 3 of them.
Sun King – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bNMxWGHlTI
Mean Mr Mustard – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMarHac3VpQ
Polythene Pam – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb0dTdTeHMU
I think Pink Floyd is a gold mine for #2.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJf5ZbumlgY
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ5Mt4aiGSE
Some Muse for #2
Exogenesis Symphony Part 1 (Overture) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9kqU_7-CgI
Exogenesis Symphony Part 2 (Cross Pollination) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgdr1AnlP8s
Exogenesis Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhlQzFX-PU
I’ll go with Use Your Illusion I & II for #3
November Rain – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
Civil War – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isCh4kCeNYU
Some AC/DC
Let There Be Rock – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f2g4RMfhS0&index=6&list=RDEMDs8vWIQKMflBG8QUQQaUrw
The seventies were filled with these, made for good radio filler on FM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZhfFXEMMI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zc8A8idwg
And of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTY8s12OXS8
Also, for Jim Acosta, who got his pass back (at least for now):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA
I call your Tool #1 and raise you a Tool #2:
Message to Harry Manback by Tool – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_8qZW1CBA
Message to Harry Manback II by Tool – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Xgoks0VQo
In keeping with my “songs that feature answering machines”, here’s a **TRIPLE** #1 by Local H:
Hit the Skids or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Rock by Local H – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDq_BXWQiGE
500,000 Scovilles by Local H – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v1b1JRJoa0
What Can I Tell You by Local H – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x43AoHAYE8k
Damn, you guys are owning this one. Couple more series.
Crane Wife by Decemberists – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cp8LERM70
And a couple of favorites from Slipknot…
Vermilion Pt 1 and Pt 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGAeFcivlYQ
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds did a double album Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus. Abbatoir Blues was the better album, but I always loved the title track to LoO.
Lyre of Orpheus – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLcaS76OtM
Cannibal’s Hymn – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lifrd-gagcA
He also had a couple of companion songs. I have probably played these before, I really like them. They bookend his album Let Love In.
Do You Love Me Pt.1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1y5o2aFEco
Do you Love Me Pt. 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9qPvpElvg
He was wrote a whole album of songs about PJ Harvey when she dumped him. His wife looks just like her.
Black Hair – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fFRlMzzLs
West Country Girl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7rYNzJxdaU
2. “Fear” — Rush
The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear)
Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear)
Frankly, I’m not too wild about Part II (The Weapon) so I’m not posting it.