Pilgrimage to Please

everyone is, everything is broken

"Pilgrimage," R.E.M.
"Pillar to Post," Aztec Camera
"Pineapple Head," Crowded House
"Pink Cashmere," Prince
"Pink Houses," John Cougar Mellencamp
"Pink Moon," Nick Drake
"Planet Telex," Radiohead
"Please Don't Go," Violent Femmes
"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," The Smiths
"Please Send Me Someone to Love," Fiona Apple

Re: "Please Don't Go," Brian Ritchie rules.

Listen to "Pink Houses" and then listen to Mellencamp's revisiting of the same theme in that song of his they're now using to sell beer or pickup trucks or whatever it is the ad is for. The contrast is like a clinic in the importance of details.

And, yeah, that link for "Pink Moon" is to the Volkswagen commercial. Remember when that ad came out and people recoiled in horror from the sacrilege? But then some others argued that at least the ad would help to introduce Nick Drake to a new audience. Well, I was part of that new audience, so I'm gratefully fond of that ad.

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[Ray]

Pink & Blue - Andre 3000
Pink Glove - Pulp
Pitseleh - Elliott Smith
Planet of the Shapes - Orbital
Planet Telex - Radiohead
PLastic Man, You're the Devil - Pink Mountaintops (no, I don't know either)
Play Dead - Bjork
Play It Cool - Super Furry Animals
Playground For A Wedgeless Firm - Chemical Brothers
Playground Love - Air
Please Forgive Me - David Gray

Hmm, I used to have the REM, Violent Femmes, and Smiths songs - must have been on tape. Time to get the credit card out...

[Marza]

Speaking of songs that are incongruous to the commercials they appear in: Richard Buckner's _Ariel Ramirez_ as a Volkswagon ad - or at least that Volkswagon ad. It might have been apt if they were coming out with a line of technicolor VW buses.

But, that song is now on my favorites playlist, and I'd never heard of him before.

"Pilgrimage," Nine Inch Nails
"Pillars," Sunny Day Real Estate
"Pills & Smoke," Swingin' Utters
"Pinball Wizard," Original Broadway Cast of The Who's Tommy
"Pinball Wizard," The Who
"Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op," Mark Mothersbaugh [from The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou soundtrack]
"Pinhead," The Ramones
"Pinion," Nine Inch Nails
"Pink Triangle," Weezer
"Piss On The Wall," J. Geils Band
"Pixeleen," Steely Dan
"Plainsong," The Cure
"Planet Earth," Duran Duran
"Planet Of The Apes Medley," The Simpsons
"Play Dead," Bjork
"Play It All Night Long," Warren Zevon
"Play The Game," Queen
"Play The Game Tonight," Kansas
"Play With Fire," The Rolling Stones
"Played Out," The Urge
"Playground Love," Air
"Please," Nine Inch Nails
"Please," Yipes!
"Please Baby," Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
"Please Don't Bend" Desmond Dekker
"Please Lock The Door," Pat McCurdy And The Confidentials
"Please Pass The Milk," They Might Be Giants
"Please Stand Up," British Sea Power
"Please Stay," Warren Zevon

The top recommendation is Warren Zevon's grim-eyed ode to the South, "Play It All Night Long," followed closely by British Sea Power's anything-but-grim "Please Stand Up."

Like Ray, I apparently need to update my Violent Femmes collection to digital.

[cminus]

The unsigned one previously is from me -- how did "Remember personal info?" get deselected?

[Theo]

Pills - the New York Dolls
Planet Earth 1988 - the Ramones
Platypus (I Hate You) - Green Day
Please Don't Touch - Headgirl (Motörhead & Girlschool)
Please, Mrs. Henry - Bob Dylan

[Drew Johnston]

"Pissing in the Wind," Badly Drawn Boy
"Plan B," Badly Drawn Boy
"Please Don't Tease," The Donnas

[GeoX]

Wow, that's a lot.

The Chieftains, "Pilgrimage to Santiago" (five parts)
Elvis Costello, "Pills and Soap"
Depeche Mode, "Pimpf"
Slim Cessna's Auto Club, "Pine Box"
The Legendary Shack Shakers, "Pinetree Boogie"
Pulp, "Pink Glove"
Stan Ridgway, "Pink Parakeet"
XTC, "Pink Thing"
Siúcra, "Piper's Despair/The Earl's Chair/Richard Dwyer's"
Gordon Bok, "Piper's Refrain"
Nina Simone, "Pirate Jenny"
Jeremy & Julian Soule, "Pirate Theme"
The Legendary Shack Shakers, "Piss and Vinegar"
Sage Francis, "Pitchers of Silence"
Milkcan, "PJ Berri Jam"
The Cure, "Plainsong"
Joan Baez, "Plaisir d'Amour"
Dexys Midnight Runners, "Plan B"
Duran Duran, "Planet Earth"
Johnny Dowd, "Planet Happiness"
Teenage Fanclub, "Planets"
The Chieftains, "Planxty George Brabazon"
The Pogues, "Planxty Noel Hill"
Buck 65, "Plastic Bag"
Suikoden II, "Plastic Castle in the Air"
Jefferson Airplane, "Plastic Fantastic Lover"
Aesop Rock, "Plastic Soldiers"
Jethro Tull, "Play in Time"
Nullsleep, "Playful Panda"
The Revels, "Pleasant and Delightful"
The Monkees, "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Tom Waits, "Please Call Me Baby"
Royal Sefton, "Please Enjoy Your Stay"
The Smiths, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
The Revels, "Please to See the King"
Tom Waits, "Please Wake Me Up"

[hilker]

"Pinball Number Count (DJ Food Edit)" - Sesame Street
"Ping" - Tosca
"Pins & Needles" - Tipper
"Pittsfield" - Sufjan Stevens
"Planet 54" - Harmonic 33
"Planet of Visions" - Kraftwerk
"Platinum Spider" - Fila Brazillia

[kristina]

so which Nick Drake album should I buy?

[Thlayli]

"Planet Rock", Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force

[Indiana Joe]

"Pilots Of Purple Twilight", Tangerine Dream
"Piney Brown Blues", Big Joe Turner
"Pink Elephants On Parade", The Disney Chorus
"Píobaireachd", Máire Breatnach
"Pipeline", The Chantays
"Pipeline", Dick Dale (With Stevie Ray Vaughn)
"Pique 7", Wolgemut
"Plaisir De La Table/Eibhli Gheal Chuiun", Orealis
"Planet Of The Apes", Jerry Goldsmith
"Planxty Burting (Live)", The Chieftains
"Planxty Loftus Jones", Mick Moloney
"Platterspil", Wolgemut
"Playboy of the Western World", Derek Bell
"Playground", Henry Adam Curtis
"Please Please Me", The Beatles

Lots of Celtic music in this bunch. I can't believe I'm the first one to post the Beatles, though.

[Ian Mathers]

"Pillars of Salt" - Murder by Death
"Pimp" - Shivaree
"Pimpin' All Over the World" - Ludacris
"Pin (Remix)" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Pink Moon" - Damien Jurado (yep, it's a cover)
"Pinned Together, Falling Apart (Live)" - the Dears
"Pioneer Skies" - Chemical Brothers
"Pioneers" - Tunng (also a cover)
"Pissing" - Low
"Pitbull" - Jega

That was a particularly bizarre selection.

[Pho]

Re: "Please Don't Go," Brian Ritchie rules.

True enough, though if you ever saw them in concernt, Victor DiLorenzo, rock's most peripitetic percussionist, made the show.

[Pho]

Re: "Please Don't Go," Brian Ritchie rules.

True enough, though if you ever saw them in concernt, Victor DiLorenzo, rock's most peripitetic percussionist, made the show.

[spluffer]

Pillar Of Davidson - Live
Pineapple And The Monkey - The Faces
Pinegrove Blues - Sonny Landreth
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Clifton Chenier
Pink Napkins - Frank Zappa
Pink Turns to Blue - Hüsker Dü
Pinocchio's Furniture - Frank Zappa
Pipeline - Agent Orange
Piss Aaron - Todd Rundgren
Pittsburgh to Lebanon - Butthole Surfers
Plague - Courtney Love
Plan Your Revolution - John Mayall
Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
Planet of Sound - Pixies
Planet Queen - T. Rex
Planets of the Universe - Fleetwood Mac
Plastic Factory - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Plastic Fantastic Lover - Jefferson Airplane
Plastic People - Frank Zappa
Plastic Rose - Dave Alvin
Platinum High - Jucifer
Play for Today - The Cure
Play Guitar - John Mellencamp
Play In Time - Jethro Tull
Play It All Night Long - David Lindley & Hani Naser
Play On Little Girl - T-Bone Walker
Play With Me - Jeff Beck
Playboy - Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam
Playboy's Theme - Henry Mancini
Playing With Pink Noise - Kaki King
Playing Your Song - Hole
Please Be Kind - Django Reinhardt
Please Don't Be Gentle With Me - The Minutemen
Please Don't Turn Me Away - Roy Buchanan
Please Go Home - The Rolling Stones
Please, Please Baby - Dwight Yoakam
Please Release Me - Roger Miller
Please Send Me Someone To Love - Freddie King
Please, Don't Puke In My Car - The Ruiners

[Emma Goldman]

And, of course, "Pink Cadillac."

[borealys]

Pilgrim, Sarah Slean
Pinball Wizard, The Who
Playground, 54-40
Plea From a Cat Named Virtue, The Weakerthans

[julia]

Please Mister Postman Beatles
Please Please Me Beatles
Plunky's Lament Bela Fleck
Peggy Sue Buddy Holly
Putting on the Ritz Ella Fitzgerald
Putting on the Ritz Fred Astaire
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want Josh Rouse
Punjabi Folk Song Ravi Shankar
Paint me on velvet Austin Lounge Lizards
Pizza on the ground Austin Lounge Lizards
Please Let Me Be Your Third Wo The Bobs
Papa Was a Rolling Stone Temptations
Proud Mary Traveling Wilburys
Panic Pure Vic Chesnutt/Kristin Hersh
Part Time Lover Stevie Wonder
Pride & Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan
Peg Steely Dan
Piano Improv (Live) Prince
PiratesWhoDontDoAnything VeggieTales
Prince Caspian Phish
Put Me Out of My Misery Melissa Etheridge
Piece of my Heart Melissa Etheridge
Paradise by the Dashboard Ligh Meatloaf
Peel Me a Grape Lyle Lovett/Blossom Dearie
Paper and Fire John Cougar Mellencamp
Pick Yourself Up Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers
People Get Ready Eva Cassidy
Presence Of The Lord Eric Clapton & Blind Faith
Playground in my Mind Clint Holmes
Peace Train Cat Stevens
Promised Land Bruce Springsteen
Prelude/Angry Young Man Billy Joel
Pressure Billy Joel
Piano Man Billy Joel
Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Bessie Smith

[David]

"Pillow Of Your Bones", Chris Cornell

[Theo]

I knew I'd forget one...

"Pirate Love", Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers

[Sarah]

"Pilgrim", Steve Earle
"Pinch Me" Barenaked Ladies
"Pink Emerson Radio" Kathleen Edwards
"Pixie" Ani DiFranco
"Plastic Jesus" Dead Kennedys
"Please" Ray Lamontagne
"Please Don't Bury Me" John Prine

[JET]

While I am gratified to see XTC and Azec Camera, I'm a little taken aback that neither Van der Graaf Generator's Pilgrims or Mr. Bungle's Pink Cigarette aren't mentioned at all. Both essential tracks for the even slightly more adventurous palate.

High Llamas - Pilgrims
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims
Chris Cornell - Pillow of Your Bones
Goldfrapp - Pilots
Sparks - Pineapple
Momus - Ping Pong With Hong Kong King Kong (A Sing Song)
Robert Plant - Pink and Black
Mr. Bungle - Pink Cigarette
Muse - Pink Ego Box
Mew - Pink Monster
No-man - Pink Moon
Stan Ridgway - Pink Parakeet
Marc Almond - Pink Shack Blues
Tipper - Pins 2 Needles
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pioneers Over 'C'
Ain Soph - Pipe Dream
Amon Tobin - Piranha Breaks
Stephen Sondheim - Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Pissin' on your Steps
Badly Drawn Boy - Pissing in the Wind
Lovage - Pit Stop (Take Me Home)
Eno/Moebius/Roedelius/Plank - Pitch Control
MC Pitman - Pitman Sez
Elliot Smith - Pitseleh
The Jam - Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
Devin Townsend Band - Pixillate
Nick Drake - Place To Be
Pain of Salvation - Plains of Dawn
The All Seeing I - Plastic Diamond
Scott Walker - Plastic Palace People

[John E Thelin]

Either remove the "neither" or substitute an "are" for the "aren't".

My kingdom for an edit button.

[mcc]

Phillipa Chicken - Radiohead
Pillowcase - Dntel
Pinch - Can
Pink Lemonade - Kittie
Pink Maggit - Deftones
Pinocchiobot - The Mathletes
Pir - Autechre
Playgirl - Ladytron

[litlnemo]

Pilgrimage - R.E.M.
Pineapple Head - Crowded House
Pink Frost - the Chills
Pitseleh- Elliott Smith
Place in France mix 3 - Gavin Guss
Placebo - the Posies
Places That Are Gone - Tommy Keene
Plains Of Nazca (Single Version)- Sun Dial
Plainsong- the Cure
Planet, Schmanet, Janet- Tsunami Bomb
Play For Today - the Cure
Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) - Rockpile
Play the Game - Queen
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
Please Come Home for Christmas- -James Brown
Please Do Not Go - Violent Femmes
Please Don't Go - The Innocents
Please Don't Tell My Baby - Mickey & The Milkshakes
Please Let Me Get What I Want - Halo Benders
Please Return It - The Posies (4 different versions)

[Steve]

Sorry I'm late to the party...only ones I have that not listed so far (I think):
Piano Smacher - Blue Man Group
Pick'n and Yodel - Havalina Rail Company
Pied Piper - Petra (I used to think this song was the coolest...a long time ago)
Pilgrims - Rick Elias
Ping Pong Over The Abyss - The Seventy Sevens
Pink Bullets - The Shins
Plan B - Dexys Midnight Runners
Plaisir D'Amour - Emmylou Harris
Place In This World - Michael W. Smith (Why is this on my computer? I have no excuse. I hate this song. But freedom of information laws require me to disclose it here.)
Play God - Chagall Guevara
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Please Don't Hurt Me - The Holmes Brothers
Plot 180 - Passengers (U2)
Plow King - From The Simpsons

[kristina]

My election day playlist.......

Name Artist
Impossible Dream, The (The Quest) Brian Stokes Mitchell
Death or Glory The Clash
The World Turned Upside Down Billy Bragg
The End of the World The Cure
Ain't Got So Far to Go David Byrne
16 Military Wives The Decemberists
The Long Way Around Dixie Chicks
A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free Elliott Smith
This Will Be Our Year OK Go
Truckin' The Grateful Dead
Dead Quote Olympics The Hives
Hallelujah John Cale
I've Been Everywhere Johnny Cash
Pink Houses John Mellencamp
Thin Blue Flame Josh Ritter
Do Something Macy Gray
Move On Mike Doughty
Anvil of Crom Orchestra & Chorus Of Santa Cecilia; Radio Symphony Of Rome
Cinnamon Girl Prince
Dear Mr. Man Prince
Revolution Rock The Clash
We Are the Champions Queen
Cinderella Man Rush
Unmei Brian Owens
the rain small
Steady On Storyhill
Women And Men They Might Be Giants
Pictures At An Exhibition La Grande Porte de Kiev (The Great Gate Of Kiev) Atlanta Symphony Orch.
One U2
Love and Peace or Else U2
If God Will Send His Angels U2
Allemande Yo-Yo Ma
Pink Moon Nick Drake
Planet Telex Radiohead
Girl In the War Josh Ritter
How High the Moon Ella Fitzgerald
Peer Gynt Suite #1 In the Hall of the Mountain King Royal Promenade Orchestra
Closer to the Heart Rush