Unknown Pleasures

Ah yes, the October playlist and it's a day early. Here are many of my favourite autumn-like songs in one place:

1) Disintegration- The Cure

2) The Killing Moon- Echo and the Bunnymen

3) How Soon is Now- The Smiths

4) What's a Girl To Do- Bat for Lashes

5) Love Fade- Tamaryn

6) PDA- Interpol

7) Tape Song- The Kills

8) Shadowplay- The Killers

9) C'mere- Interpol

10) I Wanna Be Adored- The Stone Roses

11) About Her- Malcolm McLaren

12) Slow Hands- Interpol

13) Mild Confusion- Tamaryn

14) This Charming Man- The Smiths

15) URA Fever- The Kills

16) 7/4 Shoreline- Broken Social Scene

17) Reel Around the Fountain- The Smiths

18) She's Lost Control- Joy Division

19) Black Balloon- The Kills

20) Heavenly Bodies- Tamaryn

21) Obstacle 1- Interpol

22) Last Day of Magic- The Kills

23) The Headmaster Ritual- The Smiths

24) Jesus Fever- Kurt Vile

25) The Waves- Tamaryn

26) Jane Says- Jane's Addiction

27) We Used to Wait- Arcade Fire

28) Undertow- Warpaint

29) I Wanted Everything- Kurt Vile

30) The Last Goodbye- The Kills

High and Dry

The Bottomless Blue

The November playlist:

This month is tough for me. Less sunlight and most likely snow (here in Alberta). So I stuck to gloomy 80's inspired tracks or trippy sun drenched tracks. This playlist also features some of the Smiths instrumental tracks, which are not frequently played as well as some killer tracks by She Wants Revenge, a sexy synthy goth-esque band I was super into a few years ago. Either way, this playlist will get me through this month.

Private Idaho- The B-52's

National Anthem- Lana Del Rey

Shoplifters of the World- The Smiths

Blue Monday- New Order

Yellow Lines- Mount Sims

These Things- She Wants Revenege

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore- The Smiths

About her- Malcolm McLaren

Videotapes- Blouse

The Headmaster Ritual- The Smiths

The Modern Age- The Strokes

In Between Days- The Cure

Oscillate Wildly- The Smiths

The Waves- Tamaryn

Obstacle 2- Interpol

Teen Age Riot- Sonic Youth

Nowhere- Wild Nothing

Taken for a Fool- The strokes

We Used to Wait- Arcade Fire

Sister- She Wants Revenge

Banquet- Bloc Party

Love Fade- Tamaryn

Harsh Realm- Widowspeak

Money Changes Everything- The Smiths

I Love You Slightly Less Than I Used To...

"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"- The Smiths

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

Some of the new finds my roomie and I acquired over the holidays.

Take My Hand

I knew tonight was ominous as we pre-drank to The Smiths.

That is not the best way to kick off a night out.

As Morrisey says:

"There's a club, if you'd like to go

You could meet someone who really loves you

So you go, and you stand on your own

And you leave on your own

And you go home

And you cry

And you want to die "

And "I would go out tonight

But I haven't got a stitch to wear"

So I knew it was ominous. As soon as I got home I played "How Soon is Now" the most beautiful song I have heard all day. I love the Smiths so much that I wish I could say they were part of my childhood just as Britney Spears and the Moffats. Unfortunately they are not, so I continue to seek information on them. Tomorrow I will go on a quest for the album "Meat is Murder" on vinyl and attempt to find a book on the Smiths or Morrisey himself.

I Am Human and I Need To Be Loved

One of my favourite songs of all time.

A live clip of "How soon is now" by The Smiths.

Hand In Glove

The 90's upbringing. Awesome cartoons like Inspector Gadget, Dunkaroo's and Pogs. Although, being a 90's child does have it's drawbacks, like missing out on crucial 80's music. Since I am technically a 90's child, I am late on experiencing the Smiths. I wish it wasn't so.

The Smiths bring that slowly drowning in your own pool of sorrow sound that I like. It's most likely the vocals that bring the effect. The Smiths was the time period when Morrissey was an attractive piece.

My friend says that when she listens to the Smiths, especially the track "Hand in Glove" she feels like suffocating herself in her pillow. That's intense, but that's what the music brings up; intense emotions and tears. I relate The Smiths to Interpol, not sound wise, but rather for the fact that when I hear the music, I imagine dying to that particular track. It's odd to imagine, not suicidal, but romantic. I guess I'm a hopeless romantic...