You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life - Albert Camus

Hey Mr. Dj (Friday Open)
by Manwhore

It’s Friday. I can use a break, and you can use a break. I’m the hero in my office for my Friday playlists, and they’ll never know it’s because of all of you (yet).

To start up our Friday thread, I have a couple of requests. First, in honor of Gripe, an emo set. I’ll leave the interpretation for that to our creative commenters.

Next, an 8 strong list. In honor of WVR. Fill me with an hour of listening. TGIF!!

Posted by Manwhore on 05/08/08 at 08:59 PM (Discuss this in the forums)

Comments

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 10:43 PM from

EMO..........

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 10:49 PM from

WVR?

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 10:57 PM from

WVR??

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:03 PM from

First, a Seventies theme-with goodies from 1979:

Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland

Peaches And Herb-Reunited

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers-Refugee

Fleetwood Mac-Tusk

ELO-Don’t Bring Me Down

Van Halen-Dance The Night Away

Dr. Hook-When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Styx-Babe

Alien

Apocalypse Now

The Dukes Of Hazard Mmm...Catherine Bach…

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Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 11:04 PM from

WVR???

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:10 PM from

Kilroy?

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:16 PM from

Kilroy??

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 11:26 PM from

WVR????

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 11:33 PM from

WVR?

I forgot about Erasure.

awesome

Keeping in that line.

WVR

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:37 PM from

Keeping with the 80s:

Kilroy?

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:42 PM from

Kilroy??

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:46 PM from

Kiroy???

Posted by on 05/08/08 at 11:46 PM from

How about a little self mockery:

The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/08/08 at 11:49 PM from

Kilroy

Posted by Kilroy on 05/08/08 at 11:57 PM from

Mary Jane pussed out at the Superbowl.

WVR

Other internet fun

Books

Posted by Kilroy on 05/09/08 at 12:04 AM from

I am coming up on my allotted bandwidth at work so I am out of the video game.

Well one more,

WVR

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/09/08 at 12:12 AM from

And with that...we go to 1984:

Van Halen-Jump

Genesis-That’s All

The Romantics-Talking In Your Sleep

The Fixx-One Thing Leads To Another

Ratt-Round And Round

Posted by Kilroy on 05/09/08 at 12:12 AM from

Last one for the site.

Hummmmm

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/09/08 at 12:48 AM from

And now forward a few years...as Conan O’Brien would say, “In the year 2000...”

Eiffel 65-Blue

3 Doors Down-Kryptonite

Macy Grey-I Try

Creed-With Arms Wide Open

Santana Feat. Rob Thomas-Smooth

Gladiator

Pets.com

And let’s not ever have to go through this again.

Posted by syddelish on 05/09/08 at 01:13 AM from

Done in the spirit of the older posts where we all put our iPods on random and posted the first few songs that played (except I’m only posting songs that have videos on YouTube)…

And, as I’m working on this post, I’ve noticed that the song titles coming up on random seem to mirror the discourse both in national politics and the comments here, hence the comments after the song titles.

Front 242 - Headhunter. Makes me think of Cheney for some reason.

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy. This seems to be W’s song to the GOP, considering the line “I want your soul, I will eat your soul”.

Prodigy - Firestarter. Obama’s match under Hillary’s ass? You decide.

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting. The Democrats primaries anyone?

Suicidal Tendencies - You Can’t Bring Me Down. Obama to Hillary.

Bloodhound Gang - Why’s Everybody Always Picking On Me? Ode to GripeBoy. And I say that with all respect, because I agree with him about 60% of the time.

Dead Milkmen - Methodist Coloring Book. A dedication to all the fundietarda that post here.

Ice-T - I’m Your Pusher. Fitting for Sharpton, Jackson and Wright.

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 01:18 AM from

Here’s a great way to end the week - it’s not music, though (and it may not be work safe, particularly if you work with fundie Christians).

Posted by syddelish on 05/09/08 at 01:55 AM from

That was fun, stogy.

I like that the British caller had misshapen, yellow teeth.

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/09/08 at 01:58 AM from

Stuff from ‘68 (in anticipation of what might happen at the Democratic Convention?)

Steppenwolf-Magic Carpet Ride

Cream-White Room

Janis Joplin-Piece of my Heart

Jimi Hendrix-All Along The Watchtower

The Beatles-Lady Madonna

The Rolling Stones-Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 02:51 AM from

Grab your Kleenex; I have some emo music for you:

“Helena” by My Chemical Romance

“I Will Possess Your Heart” by Death Cab for Cutie

“Big Casino” by Jimmy Eat World

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 02:52 AM from

Let’s try again:

“Helena” by My Chemical Romance

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 03:20 AM from

A WVR avalanche o’ songs:

“Welcome to the Terrordome” by Public Enemy

“What a Day” by Nonpoint

“Hey Man, Nice Shot” by Filter

“12 Hundred” by Mushroomhead

“A.D.I.D.A.S” by Korn

“Dance Floor Anthem” by Good Charlotte (it’s like a Gripe/WVR two-fer!)

“Love Me Dead” by Ludo (yes, I posted it last week, so what? It’s quantity that matters here)

“All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers

Posted by InsipiD on 05/09/08 at 03:23 AM from

I love this tradition, but I don’t do emo. I guess I’ll rejoin in progress next week.

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 03:38 AM from

I love this tradition, but I don’t do emo. I guess I’ll rejoin in progress next week.

This should help you get into the spirit of things:

Emo dancing

And hey, they dance better than I do.

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 03:40 AM from

You can still do a WVR Mega-list, InsipiD.

Another emo one (ironically Christian rock/emo):

“Meant to Live” by Switchfoot

Posted by InsipiD on 05/09/08 at 04:18 AM from

This should help you get into the spirit of things:

Emo dancing

Ok, now that was funny. I’ve seen those things do stuff like that before. There’s a farm field full of them not far from here.

Avalanche of songs theme: Songs popular during my middle/high school/college years (I didn’t like all of these, but I remember them).

Milli Vanilli Blame It On the Rain
Faith No More Epic
Tone Loc [url=http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zligio51yP4]Funky Cold Medina[/url]
Body Count Cop Killa
Living Colour Cult of Personality
A-haThe Living Daylights
Poison Fallen Angel
Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar on Me

Posted by InsipiD on 05/09/08 at 04:21 AM from

PIMF

Tone Loc Funky Cold Medina
Meth Minute 39 Emomelon Days

Posted by dwex on 05/09/08 at 06:05 AM from

Did someone say emo?

Or was that Elmo...

Posted by dwex on 05/09/08 at 06:23 AM from

Ah, the 70s

The Spinners - Rubberband Man

Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven

Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died

Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Rick Dees - Disco Duck

ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You

B.J. Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 07:01 AM from

Leon Russell-Bluebird
Melissa auf der Maur- Taste Me
Jeff Buckley-Grace
Shelby Lynne-Ain’t it the Truth
Neil Larsen- Last Tango in Paris
Alana Davis- The Reaper
Elvis Costello-Pump it Up
Todd Rundgren-Truth

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 08:19 AM from

After doing a bit of research, I have come to the conclusion that I know no Emo to speak of. So, I have opted for an avalanche of “close but no cigar”.

Dig, Laazarus, Dig - for Manwhore

Nick the Stripper - for Thrill

Dirtbag - For Hillary Clinton???

Like the Weather - for dwex, though I guess Natalie Merchant doesn’t qualify as a “Pop Tart” :).

Shout - as Emo as I can get :). These guys were the precursors.

Mother’s Talk - for dakrat

Stripped - for Lee and his feelings for Hillary :)

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 10:30 AM from

Let’s do some more emo so that flogg will have an idea of what it is:

It involves emotion, from where emo gets its name. It can be both whiny or angry:

“Vindicated” by Dashboard Confessional

Note that it generally is about love gone wrong:

“Predictable” by Good Charlotte

Or just plain depressing:

“Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie

For bonus points, the guys should be wearing mascara:

“I’m Not Okay” by My Chemical Romance

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 10:45 AM from

Emo dancing

Interestingly, that reminds me of my favorite one by Ron Paul.

Must be the feathers.

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 10:51 AM from

Ok, I get partial credit for “Dirtbag” and “Shout” :). How about one whiny and one angry:

Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears

Die, Die, Die My Darling - Metallica

Posted by Thrill on 05/09/08 at 12:02 PM from

Let me provide another avalanche; this time along political lines like sydellish’s list:

“Lovesong” by The Cure

Beautifully captures the attitude that certain conservative/libertarians have for Obama.

“Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba

A tribute to dwex’s asinine persistence

“Having a Blast” by Green Day

Hillary’s song for the Democratic convention

“Hate Everything About You” by Ugly Kid Joe

The essential song for the BDS-afflicted

“White Minority” by Black Flag

For all the Paulians still hanging on by their fingertips

“Master of Puppets” by Metallica

Honors the monetary and intellectual contributions of George Soros to the Democrat Party

“Back Off Bitch” by Guns N’ Roses

What Barack Axl Obama wishes he could say to Hillary.

Finally, because GNR just so perfectly captures the state of the relationship between all the Democrats and Hillary:

“I Used to Love Her (But I Had to Kill Her)”

Posted by Sean Galbraith on 05/09/08 at 12:17 PM from

iPod 5 star playlist + shuffle =

Nothing Compares 2 U - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

The Boxer - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I’m No Superman - Lazlo Bane

Sunrise - Norah Jones

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry

Patio Rock Star - Mike Lawless

Graceland - Paul Simon

Complication - Nine Inch Nails

Every Car You Chase - The Police vs. Snow Patrol

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/09/08 at 04:04 PM from

For Hillary: Rob Zombie-Living Dead Girl

For Barack Obama: Marilyn Manson-Personal Jesus

For John McCain: John Fogerty-The Old Man Down The Road

For Ron Paul and the Libertarian Party in general: Cypress Hill-Insane in the Membrane

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 05/09/08 at 05:01 PM from

And now some stuff from 1981:

Kim Carnes-Bette Davis Eyes

Journey-Who’s Crying Now

Styx-Best Of Times

The Police-Every Thing She Does Is Magic

Simon And Simon (I was a teenager in San Diego when this was on the air!)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Fedex

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 05:14 PM from

For Hillary: Rob Zombie-Living Dead Girl

For Barack Obama: Marilyn Manson-Personal Jesus

For John McCain: John Fogerty-The Old Man Down The Road

For Ron Paul and the Libertarian Party in general: Cypress Hill-Insane in the Membrane

Those are good WVR !!!

If Hillary makes a comback?

Ronald Reagan third term?

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 05:24 PM from

Ode to Rev. Wright?

Posted by on 05/09/08 at 05:30 PM from

For Jenna on the eve of her wedding night?

Posted by Manwhore on 05/09/08 at 06:06 PM from

To flogg-Daughtry (It’s not over)

some new shit. :-)

Posted by dwex on 05/09/08 at 06:37 PM from