iTunes Shuffle 10/24/14

1. Janis Joplin - "Summertime" (George & Ira Gershwin, orig. from Porgy and Bess. First recording sung by Abbie Mitchell, film version sung by Loulie Jean Norman. Also made famous by Billie Holiday.)
2. Arthur Alligood - "Why'd You Let Me Go Cold?"
3. GRMLN - "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" (Vampire Weekend cover)
4. The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Frank, AB"
5. Judy Garland - "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin, from A Star Is Born)
6. Combustible Edison - "Hallway Ted" (from Four Rooms)
7. Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous)(Evelyne Dubourg, piano)
8. FOKN Bois - "Thank God We're Not A Nigerians"
9. Paul Thorn - "You're Not The Only One"
10. Phantogram - "When I'm Small"

Standards involving a Gershwin featuring heavily here. Big fan. And Judy Garland's "The Man That Got Away" is one of the most impressive things she ever did. #gaycardrenewed

Other thoughts:

1. GRMLN's Vampire Weekend cover is just lovely.
2. Chopin is always welcome.
3. Following Chopin with a Ghanaian duo which describes its genre as "gospel porn rap" is even more welcome.
4. That Ghanaian gospel porn rap? I am a lily-white American and I have no knowledge of intra-African rivalries, but high quality talkin' shit transcends all national barriers. Shit-talking about soccer:

"You barely qualify
But then you get stuck
President Goodluck
But you still suck."

That's grade-A talkin' shit right there.

5. Phantogram is so awesome.

Two songs not on Spotify this week. You need to listen to the GRMLN one. The Combustible Edison one is just a 30 second jazz interlude from an old soundtrack and it's not on YouTube either. I don't feel like uploading it.

Enjoy!