{"id":2259,"date":"2004-02-19T15:39:22","date_gmt":"2004-02-20T07:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/10-random-songs\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:25:14","slug":"10-random-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/10-random-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Random Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11704,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.justlikeadream.com\\\/mt\\\/archives\\\/001105.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20071018201408\\\/http:\\\/\\\/justlikeadream.com:80\\\/mt\\\/archives\\\/001105.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:42:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 06:54:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 06:54:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11705,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZStore.woa\\\/wa\\\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3542798&amp;selectedItemId=3542778&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11706,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZStore.woa\\\/wa\\\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3542798&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11707,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZStore.woa\\\/wa\\\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3023452&amp;selectedItemId=3023445&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20041226174415\\\/http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com:80\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZStore.woa\\\/wa\\\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3023452&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 18:43:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 06:54:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 06:17:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 06:17:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11708,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/phobos.apple.com\\\/WebObjects\\\/MZStore.woa\\\/wa\\\/viewAlbum?playlistId=115977&amp;selectedItemId=115975&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justlikeadream.com\/mt\/archives\/001105.html\" title=\"Just Like a Dream: Ten Random Songs\">From D<\/a>: Put your .mp3 collection on random, list the first 10 songs it plays. No editing allowed (though I don&#8217;t mind editorializing, myself).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mousse T: Horny (Clean Version) from DJ Mix 2000 (1998, 3:54)<\/strong>: One of the side effects of DJing for years was picking up a lot of CDs that I otherwise wouldn&#8217;t have &#8212; this was one of them. Actually, this track is one of the more listenable tracks from the album (which really isn&#8217;t saying much), and I can at least listen all the way through (if I&#8217;m distracted) without jumping for the &#8220;skip forward&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vienna Boys&#8217; Choir: Heiligste Nacht from Christmas in Vienna (1991, 4:26)<\/strong>: I actually got to meet (and sing with, if I remember correctly) one incarnation of the VBC many years ago, when they came through Anchorage and I was still a member of the Anchorage Childrens&#8217; Choir. This is an album that normally only gets played around Christmastime, as I&#8217;m no big fan of Christmas music, especially off-season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sisters of Mercy: Torch from Floodland (1987, 3:51)<\/strong>: I couldn&#8217;t listen to SoM for the longest time, after they got heavily overplayed at Sharkey&#8217;s, one of the earliest alternative clubs in Anchorage. Lots of SoM every weekend drove me away from them after a while. A few years later, I finally got back into them, and now there&#8217;s not much SoM that I don&#8217;t enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen: <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3542798&amp;selectedItemId=3542778\" title=\"iTMS: Queen: Don't Try Suicide\">Don&#8217;t Try Suicide<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3542798\" title=\"iTMS: Queen: The Game\">The Game<\/a> (1980, 3:52)<\/strong>: While I&#8217;m a long-time fan of Queen, this has to be one of their worst songs ever. Why is it that Grand Master Flash has been the <em>only artist ever<\/em> to come up with an anti-(bad thing of choice) song that was actually <em>good<\/em> (in this case, his anti-cocaine jam &#8220;White Lines (Don&#8217;t Do It)&#8221;)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madonna: Vogue (Bette Davis Dub) from Vogue (1990, 7:28)<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve always had a lot of respect for Madonna, and generally enjoyed the music she&#8217;s put out. No matter what you may think of her or her music, she&#8217;s managed to keep herself in the headlines and put out a lot of good, solid, pop\/dance music for many years now, generally doing so entirely on her own terms, whether that meant being outrageously sexual, outrageously religious, or just outrageous. The famous Madonna\/Britney kiss was one of the first big indicators I&#8217;ve seen from her that she might be slipping and getting a bit desperate for press &#8212; hopefully that was just a momentary aberration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DJ H. Geek: I Don&#8217;t Know Who I Am&#8230; from 3 Years and Counting&#8230; (1998, 10:07)<\/strong>: DJ Geek, aka Kory, is a friend of mine that I DJ&#8217;d with for a few years at Gig&#8217;s. He went from mixing to creating his own music, and was nice enough to occasionally toss a CD of his my way. These days, I&#8217;ll be listening to something, hear a track I don&#8217;t recognize right off, think &#8220;hey, that&#8217;s good&#8230;who is it?&#8221; and realize that it&#8217;s one of Kory&#8217;s tracks. Not bad, not bad at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love and Rockets: Lift (Malibu) from Resurrection Hex (1998, 4:17)<\/strong>: As good as it is, there&#8217;s <em>so<\/em> much more to LaR than just &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=3023452&amp;selectedItemId=3023445\" title=\"iTMS: Love and Rockets: So Alive\">So Alive<\/a>&#8220;. Have any of the members of Bauhaus gone on to any projects that <em>weren&#8217;t<\/em> listenable?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deconstruction: E-Trance from Trance Sexual (1996, 5:32)<\/strong>: Random rather forgettable trance, really. Not bad, not great. Just there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Die Krupps: To the Hilt from Rings of Steel (1995, 4:47)<\/strong>: Die Krupps aren&#8217;t one of my favorite industrial bands, and many of the remixes on the Rings of Steel album are more impressive than the original versions, but they&#8217;re not bad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>White Zombie: <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=115977&amp;selectedItemId=115975\" title=\"iTMS: White Zombie: I'm Your Boogieman (Sex on the Rocks)\">I&#8217;m Your Boogieman<\/a> from The Crow: City of Angels (1996, 4:29)<\/strong>: Cheezy, yeah. Loud, yeah. And virtually always a lot of fun. Who needs actual substance when good samples, drums, guitar work, and a healthy dose of pure attitude will do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From D: Put your .mp3 collection on random, list the first 10 songs it plays. 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