Monday, January 26, 2015

Listen up: 24 hours of music

A while back I decided to create a playlist that would take all the good parts of the radio — a variety of music — and leave out all the bad parts of the radio — commercials, songs that suck.  And now I've ended up with a solid 24 hours of music I like.

This list was a departure for me in a few ways. Usually I like my playlists to have themes, but this one had no theme. If a song segued well from its predecessor, it was in; one of the things I hate most about the radio is that there's so little regard for how songs work together. I mean, I like Nine Inch Nails and I like James Taylor — but that doesn't mean I want to hear them back-to-back.

So here, if you care to listen for yourself, is the complete 24-hour playlist. Enjoy!


  • Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
  • The Infanta - The Decemberists
  • Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax
  • The Killing Jar - Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Caught a Lite Sneeze - Tori Amos
  • Girl With the Red Balloon - The Civil Wars
  • A Common Disaster - Cowboy Junkies
  • Johnny Feelgood - Liz Phair
  • Nature Boy - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  • Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums - A Perfect Circle
  • Bones - MS MR
  • Is She Weird - The Pixies
  • Creep - Radiohead
  • Blood and Roses - The Smithereens
  • Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
  • Matte Kudasai - King Crimson
  • Vienna - Ultravox
  • Goin' Out West - Tom Waits
  • Run Through the Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
  • When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
  • How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
  • Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
  • Days and Days - Concrete Blonde
  • Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
  • Walk on By - Isaac Hayes
  • Child in Time - Deep Purple
  • Fred's World - Angelo Badalamenti
  • Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails
  • Lucretia My Reflection - The Sisters of Mercy
  • 2000 Light Years From Home - The Rolling Stones
  • Silent Lucidity - Queensryche
  • No New Tale to Tell - Love and Rockets
  • Everyday is Like Sunday - Morrissey
  • The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
  • The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
  • Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
  • Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
  • A Song From Under the Floorboards - Magazine
  • Add it Up - Violent Femmes
  • Gold Lion - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  • 52 Girls - The B-52s
  • Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • I Wanna Be Like You - Los Lobos
  • Apeman - The Kinks
  • Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
  • Just Another Day - Oingo Boingo
  • Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus
  • Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
  • Tom Sawyer - Rush
  • Transmission - Joy Division
  • Cat House - Danielle Dax
  • Cecilia Ann - The Pixies
  • Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
  • Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
  • Hunter - Dido
  • Where Do the Children Play? - Cat Stevens
  • My Little Town - Paul Simon
  • Joey - Concrete Blonde
  • The Flame - Cheap Trick
  • Kiss From a Rose - Seal
  • Theme from The Valley of the Dolls - k. d. lang
  • La Vie en Rose - Louis Armstrong
  • Coney Island Baby - Tom Waits
  • Pretty Fifties - David Lynch
  • Runaway - Del Shannon
  • 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
  • Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
  • Julie's in the Drug Squad - The Clash
  • Jump Around - House of Pain
  • White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
  • Atomic Dog - George Clinton
  • Genius of Love - The Tom Tom Club
  • Hey Ya! - OutKast
  • Can't Make Love - Wall of Voodoo
  • Tainted Love - Soft Cell
  • Close To Me - The Cure
  • I Melt With You - Modern English
  • Beautiful World - Devo
  • Psycho Killer (Live) - Talking Heads
  • Memo From Turner - The Rolling Stones
  • Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
  • A Pistol for Paddy Garcia - The Pogues
  • Morricone Theme - Wall of Voodoo
  • Per Qualche Dollaro in Più - Ennio Morricone
  • Battle Without Honor or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei
  • 21st Century Digital Boy - Bad Religion
  • Suffragette City - David Bowie
  • Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
  • Love is a Stranger - Eurythmics
  • All For Love of One - Mediaeval Baebes
  • Summoning of the Muse - Dead Can Dance
  • The World Spins - Julee Cruise
  • La Serenissima - Loreena McKennitt
  • Willow's Song - Faith and the Muse
  • Ghost of Love - David Lynch
  • Incarceration of a Flower Child - Marianne Faithfull
  • Bliss - Tori Amos
  • Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
  • Master and Servant - Depeche Mode
  • Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
  • Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
  • My Baby Does Good Sculptures - The Rezillos
  • T-Town - The Glory Holes
  • Jerry Was a Race Car Driver - Primus
  • Baby I Love You - The Yayhoos
  • The Breakup Song - Greg Kihn Band
  • Buddy Holly - Weezer
  • Baby Blue - Badfinger
  • One - Three Dog Night
  • Sally Go 'Round the Roses - The Jaynetts
  • Dear Prudence - The Beatles
  • Polyester Bride - Liz Phair
  • No Myth - Michael Penn
  • Tempted - Squeeze
  • Found Out About You - The Gin Blossoms
  • Caroline - Concrete Blonde
  • Tear in Your Hand - Tori Amos
  • Someone Saved my Life Tonight - Elton John
  • Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
  • Bad Sneakers - Steely Dan
  • Wake Up - Arcade Fire
  • Sweetest Thing - U2
  • The Love Cats - The Cure
  • Marry Me - Emilie Autumn
  • Dirty Dog - Switchblade Symphony
  • Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
  • Un Amico - Ennio Morricone
  • O Children - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
  • Big Time - Peter Gabriel
  • Shitloads of Money - Liz Phair
  • Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
  • Eminence Front - The Who
  • Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
  • Secret Agent Man - Devo
  • Close (To The Edit) - Art of Noise
  • One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head
  • Little Girls - Oingo Boingo
  • Too Young to Date - D-Day
  • Busy Child - The Crystal Method
  • Blue Monday - New Order
  • End of Line - Daft Punk
  • Closer - Nine Inch Nails
  • Suspiria - Goblin
  • Tubular Bells (Opening Theme) - Mike Oldfield
  • Magic and Ecstasy - Ennio Morricone
  • Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme) - Tangerine Dream
  • Nicaragua - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Last: The Lonely Shepherd - Zamfir
  • Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
  • Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
  • Alsatian Cousin - Morrissey
  • Come Out and Play - The Offspring
  • Ball and Chain - Social Distortion
  • Anything, Anything - Dramarama
  • Girl U Want - Devo
  • Rock Lobster - The B-52s
  • Saber Dance - The UK Subs
  • Misirlou - Dick Dale
  • Il Giardino Dell Delizie - Ennio Morricone
  • Im Nin'Alu - Ofra Haza
  • Isabella - The Mediaeval Baebes
  • Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
  • Past the Mission - Tori Amos
  • Big Log - Robert Plant
  • I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
  • Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
  • One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
  • Driver Down - Trent Reznor
  • Is That All There Is? - Cristina
  • Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf
  • It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Dolly Dawn
  • My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
  • I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
  • Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
  • Dad I'm in Jail - Was (Not Was)
  • God's Away on Business - Tom Waits
  • Lucifer Sam - Pink Floyd
  • Spy Vs. Spy - Combustible Edison
  • Incense and Peppermint - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • Hold Tight - Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tick
  • Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
  • Love is Like Oxygen - Sweet
  • Turn to Stone - Electric Light Orchestra
  • Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe
  • Help! - The Beatles
  • All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
  • Come and Get It - Badfinger
  • Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
  • Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
  • Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
  • Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
  • Baby Got Going - Liz Phair
  • Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100
  • Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants
  • The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
  • Entertain - Sleater-Kinney
  • Anarchy - KMFDM
  • Dragula - Rob Zombie
  • Hell Broke Luce - Tom Waits
  • FFF - Public Image Ltd.
  • Piggy - Nine Inch Nails
  • Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground
  • Spark - Tori Amos
  • Night of a Thousand Furry Toys - Rick Wright
  • Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel
  • C'est la Mort - The Civil Wars
  • Don't Let it Bring You Down - Neil Young
  • Twist in my Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram
  • All Dead, All Dead - Queen
  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
  • Moving Through Time - Angelo Badalamenti
  • Martha's Dream - Nick Cave
  • Quintet for Glass and String - Garry Eister
  • Rabbia e Tarantella - Ennio Morricone
  • Procession - The Wicker Man Soundtrack
  • Memorial - Michael Nyman
  • Shalott - Emilie Autumn
  • Yes, Anastasia - Tori Amos
  • Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon and Garfunkel
  • Julia Dream - Pink Floyd
  • I'm Not in Love - 10cc
  • Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
  • This Corrosion - The Sisters of Mercy
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
  • 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
  • What God Wants (Part 1) - Roger Waters
  • Happiness in Slavery - Nine Inch Nails
  • Peace Frog - The Doors
  • Grindhouse (Main Theme) - Robert Rodriguez
  • Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
  • Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
  • Childhood's End - Pink Floyd
  • Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
  • Freedom - Anthony Hamilton and Elayna Boynton
  • Johnstown - O Susanna
  • Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan
  • Babe, You Turn Me On - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Femme Fatale - The Velvet Underground
  • Precious Things - Tori Amos
  • Thank God I'm Pretty - Emilie Autumn
  • Cities in Dust - Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Red Bats With Teeth - Angelo Badalamenti
  • Senza Motivo Apparente - Ennio Morricone
  • Terminal Frost - Pink Floyd
  • Flying - The Beatles
  • Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead
  • Domino - Van Morrison
  • What Makes You Happy - Liz Phair
  • Why Can't I Touch It? - The Buzzcocks
  • New Frontier - Donald Fagen
  • Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
  • Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Like a Soldier - Johnny Cash
  • Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
  • Who Did That to You? - John Legend
  • You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
  • Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
  • Orange Crush - R.E.M.
  • Rock the Casbah - The Clash
  • Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone
  • The Suits are Picking Up the Bill - Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • Balboa Blue - The Marketts
  • Take Five - Dave Brubeck
  • Cadillac - Combustible Edison
  • Pablo Picasso - The Burning Sensations
  • Riders in the Sky - Dick Dale
  • Jackie Chan - The Dollyrots
  • I Say Nothing - Voice of the Beehive
  • Paperback Writer - The Beatles
  • Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw
  • Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
  • You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
  • I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
  • Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
  • Jungle Love - The Time
  • Kiss - Tom Jones and the Art of Noise
  • Chick Habit - April March
  • Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
  • My Sharona - The Knack
  • Walking in L.A. - Missing Persons
  • Touch Piggy's Eyes - Danielle Dax
  • Thela Hun Ginjeet - King Crimson
  • Oh Look - KMFDM
  • March of the Pigs - Nine Inch Nails
  • Opheliac - Emilie Autumn
  • Liquid Diamonds - Tori Amos
  • Trovommi Amor - The Mediaeval Baebes
  • Until the End of the World - Julee Cruise
  • Carolyn's Fingers - The Cocteau Twins
  • Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
  • Coming Back to Life - Pink Floyd
  • What is Love? - Howard Jones
  • Harmony - Elton John
  • 5:15 - The Who
  • My Old School - Steely Dan
  • Fall On Me - R.E.M.
  • And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles
  • Turn Around - They Might Be Giants
  • The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
  • Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye - Phantom of the Paradise Soundtrack
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
  • Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
  • Pump it Up - Elvis Costello
  • Doctorin' the Tardis - The Timelords
  • Brass Monkey - The Beastie Boys
  • Because I Got High - Afroman
  • Just One Fix - Ministry
  • The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
  • Jeremy - Pearl Jam
  • Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
  • Pills and Soap - Elvis Costello
  • I Don't Mind If You Forget Me - Morrissey
  • Elephant Talk - King Crimson
  • They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
  • Tidal Wave - Dick Dale
  • Faccia a Faccia - Ennio Morricone
  • Dominion/Mother Russia - The Sisters of Mercy
  • Never Gonna Stop - Rob Zombie
  • Clubbed to Death - Rob Dougan
  • Principles of Lust/Sadeness - Enigma
  • Dream Song - Ministry
  • The Mark Has Been Made - Nine Inch Nails
  • All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground
  • White Rabbit - The Jefferson Airplane
  • Angel - Jimi Hendrix
  • Gloomy Sunday - The Smithereens
  • Delia's Gone - Johnny Cash
  • Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
  • Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
  • Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
  • Rockin' Back Inside my Heart - Julee Cruise
  • Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) - Pink Floyd
  • The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
  • Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  • Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who
  • A Day in the Life - The Beatles 

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