Shuffle Shame: Week of June 4, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012

Week of June 4, 2012

1. "I Touch Roses"--Book of Love, Book of Love:
Woof. This song is a tough one. It is not my bag for sure, but I did kind of dig it when I was in high school--kind of a closet, guilty pleasure. I'm no Dance Randy, but I do have this song on my ipod on purpose. I'm going to own it but with MILD SHAME.

2. "House of Pain"--Van Halen, Dressed to Kill (Live Bootleg):
Even though this song did not show up on an album until 1984, it is one of Van Halen's oldest songs, as evidenced by its appearance on this 1977 live bootleg. A lot of the songs on this bootleg recording sound like crap, but this one sounds decent--it still has some sound quality issues but is better than a lot of the others. This version is definitely more raw than the studio version, in some ways it is much better with a little harder edge to it. SHUFFLE GOLD!!

3. "A Straighter Line"--Eleven Hundred Springs, Bandwagon:
Eleven Hundred Springs is a country band out of the Dallas area. They play the older style country, rather than the over-produced Nashville style. I have not listened to it enough to be a fan, but my friends back in TX say they are legit. NO SHAME.

4. "Rings On Her Fingers"--The Smithereens, 2011:
The Smithereens put out their first full-length studio album in since 1999 last year. It's solid Smithereens music with only 1 or 2 standouts. I really liked the Smithereens first two albums and kind of half followed them after the early 90s. NO SHAME.

5. "Quiet Night"--The Mother Truckers, Let's All Go To Bed:
For awhile, this was my friend Danny's favorite band in Austin. They play country/rock crossover stuff and are apparently incredible live. I have three of their albums but have not given them enough attention. Solid stuff and NO SHAME (Also, check out "Dynamite").

1 comment:

Chad G. SpringerJuly 15, 2012 at 2:51 PM
I feel like you need something in the rating system between NO SHAME and SHUFFLE GOLD. Something that might not bring it with both hands but yet you still really like it. NO SHAME seems a little ho hum as a description for some of these songs which you clearly like. While I would agree that "Rings on Her Fingers" is NO SHAME, perhaps something off their first two albums would be a really great song but not quite warrant SHUFFLE GOLD. Anyhoo....just a thought. Keep up the great work, dude!
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RATINGS KEY

SHUFFLE GOLD: I love this song/artist. This rating will be for songs/artists that are important in defining my musical taste for any given period in my life.

SHUFFLE GOODNESS: I feel good when this song comes on. It may be an artist that I really like but a song that is not as strong as others.

MEH: This rating is for songs that I do not like but am not necessarily shamed by. I am likely to skip this song in a shuffle out of sheer indifference.

MILD SHAME: I am mildly shamed by having this song on my shuffle. It may be a pop song that I like or a guilty pleasure in some cases. It may also be my kids' music or other pop music that does not resonate with me. If this song were to come on during a shuffle, I might enjoy my guilty pleasure or skip it, but for this blog it is NOT a shuffle killer.

SHUFFLE KILLER: The definition of "SHUFFLE SHAME." I am truly embarrassed to have this song in my collection. If one of these songs comes up, I will kill the shuffle for that week.