Song of the day........Garbage with "Automatic Systematic Habit"

I love, love, love it when bands change up what they do from album to album. Yesterday Garbage released their "Not Your Kind Of People Album." In preparation for the album release the band had released mini-films for some of the songs on the album. I was particularly interested in this track. In the mini film for this song they had an interview with Garbage drummer, recording guru Butch Vig. If you remember he was the producer of Nirvana's breakthrough album "Nevermind," and more recently the Foo Fighters album "Wasting Light." In the video he explains that when they started playing around with this track in the studio that they chose to lead off the album with this track. The song itself has kind of a pop/dance feel to it. Butch said that he thought that it was a great way to lead off the album. He said that he wanted people to put the record on and listen to that first track and say "WTF?" So, the first new Garbage song that you hear in seven years is this one. I think it's marvelous!!!!

Garbage with "Automatic Systematic Habit" from Jimmy Kimmel show last week.

Song of the day......... Michael Jackson with "Thriller"

Say what you will about the guy. The man can sing and dance and all that. This was a huge hit for him back in the '80s. It was arguably one of the best music videos ever made as well.


Michael Jackson "Thriller"

Song of the day.......... Talking Heads with "Houses in Motion"

What can you say about the Talking Heads? Great band. A little bizarre at times, but very infectious. The song of the day is a lesser known Heads song called "Houses In Motion." Great song, and as you can see a great live jam.  

The Talking Heads with "Houses in Motion"

Song of the day..........God Lives Underwater with "The Rush Is Loud"

I never got into these guys when they originally came out. I remember a friend of the bass player in our band was really into them. Years later I am discovering them for the first time. I love bands that can mesh pop or hip hop sounds and rock. That's something that I think bands like Portishead and God Lives Underwater do exceptionally well. This song of the day is a good example of that.


God Lives Underwater with "The Rush Is Loud"

Song of the day..........Tears for Fears with "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

It seems like '80's music has often times received a bad wrap. There was some really good music coming out of that era though. Tears for Fears were one of those '80's bands that were putting out some really good tunes. This was one of their big hits, "Everybody Wants to Rule The World."

Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"

Song of the day....Nirvana with "You Know You're Right"

This was a Nirvana song that was released almost ten years after Kurt Cobain's death on a Nirvana compilation disc. Near the end of Kurt's life he was working on a project with Michael Stipe of R.E.M., and there are interviews with him where he said that Nirvana's sound was going to change in the coming albums. Nirvana's music is still very relevant today and it is unfortunate that we will never hear what could have been with Nirvana.

Nirvana with "You Know You're Right"

Song of the day..........They Might Be Giants with "Road Movie to Berlin"

Their stuff is always catchy and a bit quirky. Would like to catch them sometime when they come through Boulder/Denver. It seems like they tour still quite a lot. 

They Might Be Giants "Road Movie to Berlin"

Song of the day........Garbage with "Nobody Loves You"

This is one of my favorite songs from Garbage. I think this album usually gets overlooked when people talk about Garbage's music. It is unfortunate as there are some really great tracks on "Beautiful Garbage."

Garbage "Nobody Loves You"