Up to The Usual Thing
The weekend edition has this town way overrated ...
"Up," Ticklepenny Corner
"Up All Night," Green
"Up in This (Blood on the Banjo Remix)," Don McCloskey
"Uphill Battle," Sarah McLachlan
"Upside Down," Jack Johnson
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)," Stevie Wonder
"Uptown," Prince
"Upward Over the Mountain," Iron & Wine
"Us," Michael Been
"Used to Get High," John Butler Trio
"Useless Desires," Patty Griffin
"The Usual Thing," Marshall Crenshaw
Bonus track: "Uuuu (Medium Swing)," The Seventy Sevens. Mike Roe and the boys paying the bills with a peppy little number written and recorded for the CD that accompanies an instructional video called "Ballroom for Beginners." If there's a second video for more advanced dance students, the 77's really need to record "Uuuu (Fast Swing)" to cut loose the way they sound like they want to on this song.
"Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel
and an out-of-range "UHF" by Weird Al...
Posted by: cjmr's husband | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Up in Heaven (Not Only Here) - The Clash
Up on Cripple Creek - The Band (three versions, one of which is a live version possibly with Bob Dylan)
Up on the Housetop - Reba McEntire (from a Christmas album)
Up to Me - Bob Dylan
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Uptown - Roy Orbison
UR - Alanis Morissette
Urban Legends - Swirling Eddies
The Uruk-hai - LOTR: The Two Towers soundtrack
Posted by: wanderingoutlaw | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:09 AM
In range:
"Urusei Yatsura Theme" - Animetal Lady
Out of range:
"UFO" - Pink Lady
"UFO Theme (teletype version)" - John Barry
"Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" - Lemon Demon
"Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Under Ice" - Kate Bush
"Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie
"Underdog Theme" - Butthole Surfers
"Useless Chatting" - dot/Hack//SIGN Soundtrack
Posted by: MikhailBorg | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Up From the Underground - Chris Thomas King
Uptight - Green Day
Up On the Ladder - Radiohead
Using Our Feet - Badly Drawn Boy
Up So Close - Cake
Posted by: D Johnston | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:23 AM
60 songs, 56 after cleaning out the duplicates. I like:
"Up Front," Wipers
"Up the Beach," Jane's Addiction
"Upstarts and Broken Hearts," Dropkick Murphys
"Uptown Girl," Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
"The Upwards War and the Downwards Cycle," Less Than Jake
"Us and Them," Pink Floyd
"US Forces," Midnight Oil
"The Usual," Welt
And "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start" by the Ataris gets an honorable mention for its title, but it's really not a great song.
Posted by: Chris Koeberle | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Again an eclectic list from Fred - from indie faves like "Iron & Wine" to fratboy hero Jack Johnson. Fred seems to avoid classic rock & 80s punk/new wave so my lists never have much overlap, and this week is no exception:
"Up-Toon" - The Clash
"Up for the Down Stroke" - Parliament
"Up from the Skies" - Jimi Hendrix
"Up in Heaven (Not Only Here)" - The Clash
"Up in the Air" - Husker Du
"Up in the Country" - Scissorfight
"Up In the North" - The fiery furnaces
"Up On Cripple Creek" - The Band
"Up The Junction" - Squeeze
"Up The Neck" - the Pretenders
"Uprising" - Joe Lovano
"Us and Them " - Pink Floyd
"US Forces" - Midnight Oil (1 studio, 2 live).
"Use It" - New Pornographers
"(Used to Be) a Cha-cha" - Jaco Pastorius
"Used and Abused" - Midnight Oil
Standout track? I have to go with "Up In Heaven", you can't beat the Clash. The Parliament track is a close second. Midnight Oil doesn't grab me anymore the way they did when I was 16, but I was glad to see Peter Garret on the BBC the other day - seems to be doing well in his new role as Environmental Minister.
Posted by: | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:41 AM
"Up All Night," Counting Crows
"Up All Night," Unwritten Law (no relation)
"Up and Away," Dave Matthews
"Up In the Sky," Oasis
"Upon the Wind and the Waves," The Waterboys
"Uptight," Green Day
"USA-Holes," NoFX
"Use Me," Hootie and the Blowfish (yeah, Hootie! I have an irrational love for them. Not really their music, mostly their existence.)
"User," Local H
"User (Demo)," Local H
Posted by: Geds | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:45 AM
"Up Above the Daily Hum", by the Flaming Lips
"Up Around the Bend", by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Up in the Hills", by the High Llamas
"Up on Cripple Creek", by Bob Dylan
"Up the Ladder to the Roof", by The Supremes
"Uptown Odyssey", by Galactic
"Uranium", by the Commodores (the lesser-known band of that name)
"Us and Them", by Pink Floyd, and as performed by the Easy Star All-Stars
"Useless Song", performed by Martin Wolfson
"Üss a kölökre", by Beatrice
Posted by: Jack Bishop | Feb 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I'd ask if you remember "Husker Du"? [*], but you didn't remember to sign your name, so I can't. [Sad now]
[*] "Husker Du" is Norwegian & Danish for "Do you remember?"
Someone has Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", I'm sure. 'Fess up!
Posted by: Jeff | Feb 15, 2008 at 12:01 PM
A good selection today:
"Up Around the Bend", Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Up So Close," Cake
"Up To Me," Jethro Tull
"Uranus, The Magician," Zubin Mehta; New York Philharmonic Orchestra
"Us And Them," Easy Star All-Stars
"Us And Them," Pink Floyd
"U.S. Blues," The Grateful Dead
"U.S. Blues," The Harshed Mellows
"U.S. Forces," Midnight Oil
"Use It," The New Pornographers
"Used To Love Her (But I Had To Kill Her)," Voodoo Glow Skulls
"Useless Stuff," Cracker
"Usurper Girl," C Average
From this selection, I'm going to recommend "Use It," but everything is worth a listen although "Up So Close" and "Useless Stuff" are far from the best efforts from the bands in question. In addition, I would be reluctant to recommend "Usurper Girl" unless you're the kind of person who enjoys old-school Dungeons & Dragons and thinks that Black Sabbath songs are too short, too slow, and too emotionally uninvolved.
Posted by: cminus | Feb 15, 2008 at 12:22 PM
"Up on Cripple Creek," - The Band
"Upside Down," - Diana Ross
Posted by: Linkmeister | Feb 15, 2008 at 01:05 PM
Jeff - Jeg husker, and yeah, jeg ikke husker to write my name. I've had an irrational (?) dislike of Billy Joel since middleschool, so you won't find "uptown girl" on my iPod.
cminus - "Use It" is a really good song, so is that whole album.
Posted by: vanya | Feb 15, 2008 at 01:25 PM
"Use Me" - cover version by Howard and the White Boys
Posted by: mmack | Feb 15, 2008 at 02:11 PM
Up Against the Wall - The Be Good Tanyas
Up in This Town - Boy
Upside Down - Jakalope
Use It - The New Pornographers
Use it Up - The Tragically Hip
A very fine list this week, if short. I must echo the love for the New Pornographers. Also, the tunes by the Be Good Tanyas and Jakalope are among my favourites from each band's repertoire.
Posted by: borealys | Feb 15, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Up Against The Wall - Peter Bjorn & John
Up The Punks - Add N To (X)
Upon Westminster Bridge - Half Man Half Biscuit
The Upper Peninsula (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) - Sufjan Stevens
Uranus, The Magician - Holst
URAQT - M.I.A.
Us And Them - Pink Floyd
Us V Them - LCD Soundsystem
Posted by: Ray | Feb 15, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Around the Bend -- CCR
Up in the Air, Junior Birdsmen -- Sharon, Lois, and Bram
Us -- Les McCann
Usher Me Down -- Jennifer Knapp
Posted by: rm | Feb 15, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Up Against the Wall - Full Metal Jacketz
Up in Heaven (Not Only There) - The Clash
Up on Cripple Creek - the Band
Up to Me - Bob Dylan
Up to Me - Roger McGuinn
Upfield - Billy Bragg
Upp med kjolarna / Snus och mus och brännvin - Dalarna Femund Spelmanslag
Uptight - Green Day
Used - Rocket from the Crypt
Posted by: Theo | Feb 15, 2008 at 07:56 PM
"Up In Hell", Desert Sessions
Posted by: David no longer in Maine | Feb 16, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Fred,
I know you like Regina Spektor, so there's really no excuse for her "Us" to not be on your list. It's off of Soviet Kitsch, and it may be her best song.
Posted by: clay | Feb 17, 2008 at 04:25 PM
"Ur Djupet" - Finntroll
"Urgent" - Foreigner
Just out of range: "Ulochki moskovskaya", by Lyube
Posted by: coffeedryad | Feb 18, 2008 at 02:36 AM