iTunes Shuffle 7/5/13

Once a week I shuffle my iTunes and listen to the first ten songs that come up. Here's this week's:

1. Shabazz Palaces - "Swerve... The reeping of all that is worthwhile (Noir not withstanding)"
2. Chance McCoy and The Appalachian String Band - "Indian Ate A Woodchuck"
3. Tori Amos - "Jackie's Strength"
4. Les Savy Fav - "Poltergeist"
5. Tori Amos - "Silent All These Years" (live 3/15/92)
6. Janet Jackson feat. Carly Simon - "Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
7. Yeasayer - "Final Path"
8. Belly - "Stay"
9. Sinkane - "Runnin'"
10. Mogwai - "Rano Pano"

Shabazz Palaces = incredibly smart hip-hop for people who also like Björk.

Chance McCoy = bluegrass from one of the members of Old Crow Medicine Show.

make me laugh
say you know what you want
you said we were the real thing
so i show you some more and i learn
what black magic can do
make me laugh
say you know you can turn
me into the real thing
so i show you some more and i learn

Les Savy Fav = noisy. I like it.

"Silent All These Years" is my longstanding favorite song of all time. The live versions from the early years are particularly beautiful.

years go by will I still be waiting
for somebody else to understand
years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty
and the orange clouds raining in my head
years go by will I choke on my tears
till finally there is nothing left
one more casualty
you know we're too EASY easy easy

I'll never be your lover
I'd rather make you suffer
You stupid motherfucker

Nothing's gonna stop the sky from falling
Nothing's gonna stop the water rising
Nothing's gonna stop the sun from burning out

Stay.
It's not time for me to go.

I don't mean to let you down
Gotta keep on runnin'

And a nice noisy instrumental from Mogwai to finish up