First, two tracks united by their common interest in conformity...
1. a. Punks Jump Up
Its almost as if Kitsune Maison wanted their compilation albums to spell out conformity with big overt people-letters.
I first heard this song while listening to Triple JJJ while jogging (vertically, not horizontally) in Metung, a small town on the Gippsland Lakes whose main attraction is its long lakeside boardwalk. Anyhow, just in case the taste of conformity doesn't overpower thee at a first listen, check out the film clip for this on youtube, and remember, "We're all individuals!"
From the album Hail to the Thief
This album was recently slagged off in uncertain terms by a Year 9 in the school "Newspaper" ("All the news that fits we print"), in a FITFUL attempt to mock Thom Yorke on the basis that his voice is too whiney. Well don't bother left-clicking this little blue link below and selecting "Download with BitComet" if thats the extent of your Radiohead appreciation; a fantastic band whose masterful song Talk Show Host is the perfect theme to Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet. But that's another song, this is Sit Down, Stand Up (Snakes and Ladders)
Secondly, two tracks straight out of post-punk heaven...
2. a. Gang of Four
Yeah that's right, my music's SO alternative that photobucket doesn't even have properly sized jpg. files of the album covers, or in the case of The Dance, an album cover at all
A great song (redundant description, I'm not going to be wasting my time forcing something like ABC's Murderer of Love on you) from one of my favourite bands. Appearing on what's been described as "the best debut British album of all time" - Entertainment - Damaged Goods is typical of a band which defined the post-punk genre in the wake of Ian Curtis' death (although Postcard Records' Orange Juice - whose lead singer Edwyn Collins had a breakout 90's solo hit with Never Met A Girl Like You Before - tried to fill the Curtis-void with slightly happier tunes).
"Heated couplings in the sun / or is that untrue?"
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