The thought floored me at about 12:17 p.m. today as I crossed a city street: Why has no ska band significantly covered “Land of a Thousand Dances?” 

Too obvious?

Responding to a songlist challenge from my buddy Cliff.

“Alright Yuns… so this is a friendly competition to see who can come up with the worst HEARTBREAK Mix. As Jack says, Rack ‘Em Up… the going number is 10 a side I guess…”

Here we go.

Side One

1. Horn Intro – Modest Mouse
2. The World At Large – Modest Mouse
3. Float On – Modest Mouse
4. Ocean Breathes Salty – Modest Mouse
5. Don’t Change Your Plans – Ben Folds Five
6. Big River – Johnny Cash
7. One – Three Dog Night
8. Singular I – Steady Earnest
9. Through the Airwaves – Thomas Dolby
10. Down By The Sea – Men At Work

Side Two

1. Been Down So Long – The Doors
2. Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
3. Something About You – Level 42
4. I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson
5. Take My Breath Away – Berlin
6. Creep – Radiohead, as performed by Amanda Palmer ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjxNgf-korg )
7. I’m Gonna Crawl – Led Zeppelin
8. Perfect – Fairground Attraction
9. At Last – Etta James
10. The Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog

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Got this thing passed on. The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I’m interested in seeing what albums my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note – underneath the Body is a section for tagging -just start typing friends names, including mine.) 

Note: It seems this isn’t a “best of” or “fave albums ever” but more of a look back to certain albums that bookmarked their importance in your musical personality.

15 Albums
1. Velvet Underground – Loaded
2. Led Zeppelin IV
3. Men At Work – Business As Usual
4. The Beatles – Revolver
5. John Coltrane – Giant Steps
6. The Temptations – All Directions
7. Jennyanykind – Revelater
8. The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money
9. The Beatles – Abbey Road
10. Johnny Cash – Live At Folsom Prison
11. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
12. Prince – 1999
13. B.B. King – Completely Well
14. Led Zeppelin III
15. The Doors – The Doors