Astronomical Random Friday 10

I found it interesting when Zune pulled up three straight tracks with a decidedly astronomical feel to them.  Then I found it less interesting when I noticed that shuffle had been disabled and it was playing tracks in alphabetical order, so I eventually turned shuffle back on, but continued with the theme:

1. “Alien Hip Hop” – Planet X, Quantum
2. “Alien Earth” – Synergy, The Jupiter Effect
3. “All About Satellites and Spaceships” – Seven Percent Solution, All About Satellites and Spaceships
4. “All Around the World or Myth of Fingerprints” – Paul Simon, Graceland
5. “All of the Above: Full Moon Rising/October Winds/Camouflaged in Blue/Half Alive/Undying Love/Full Moon Rising Reprise” – Transatlantic, SMPTe
6. “Edge of the World” – John Scott, Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan soundtrack
7. “Oh Brother” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
8. “The Great Gig in the Sky” – Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon
9. “Under the Moon” – Camel, Harbour of Tears
10. “Ride of Your Life” – Rick Wakeman, Return to the Centre of the Earth

Have an out-of-this-world weekend, and happy Father’s Day!

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Friday Random 10

TGIF, time for the first ten random tracks of the day…

1. “Chinese Medicinal Herbs” – Jeff Lorber, Lift Off
2. “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind, & Fire, Greatest Hits
3. “4 Minute Warning” – Brian Eno, Music for Films III
4. “Heartland” – Roger Eno/Kate St. John, The Familiar
5. “Ethereal Cereal” – Ozric Tentacles, Tantric Obstacles
6. “On Presuming to be Modern” – Synergy, Cords
7. “Retroglide” – Level 42, Retroglide
8. “Down in the Hole” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
9. “The Domes of G’bal” – Ozric Tentacles, Live at the Pongmasters Ball
10. “Every Little Thing” – Yes, Yes

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Friday Random 10

Another Friday, another ten random tracks, this time straight off the external HD:

1. “Hearing Aid” – They Might Be Giants, Flood
2. “The Demon Power II” – Joe Hisaishi, Princess Mononoke soundtrack
3. “Cairo” – Geoff Downes, The World Service
4. “Farewell” – Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack
5. “Like Everyone She Knows” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
6. “Plurnstyle”, Ozric Tentacles, Become the Other
7. “Temperament of Mind” – The Strawbs, Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
8. “The Calling” – Ira Stein & Russel Walder, Transit
9. “Lucky Sevens” – The Push Stars, Paint the Town
10. “Zawinul/Lava” – Brian Eno, Another Green World

Enjoy your weekend!

Pop! Goes the Friday Random 10

Well, I set WMP to the “Pop” genre, but I’m not sure I agree with all these songs’ designations; may have to do some adjusting…

1. “Water is Wide” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
2. “One of Our Submarines” – Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless
3. “Under African Skies” – Paul Simon, Graceland
4. “Strawberry Letter 23” – The Brothers Johnson, Right on Time
5. “True Colours” – Go West, Aces and Kings: The Best of Go West
6. “Sex Symbol” – Marc Jordan, Living in Marina Del Rey and Other Stories
7. “Love So Right” – Bee Gees, Here at Last…Live
8. “Something We Can Do” – Vitamin Z, Rites of Passage
9. “Girl in the Moon” – Icehouse, Man of Colours
10. “Walk on the Ocean” – Toad the Wet Sprocket, PS: A Toad Retrospective

Toad the Wet Sprocket is one of those groups I never appreciated at the time but enjoy now.  And Vitamin Z was a great 80’s pop group that never quite got off the ground.

1991 Flashback Friday Random 10

A few weeks ago I tried a shuffled Random 10 from the Twins’ World Series year 1987; this week I’m giving their other World Series year 1991 a whirl:

1. “Topanga Safari” – Djam Karet, Burning the Hard City
2. “One More Go Round” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
3. “Live Throbbe [bonus track]” – Ozric Tentacles, Strangeitude
4. “A.D. Rock” – Rick Wakeman, 2000 A.D. Into the Future
5. “When It Rains It Snows” – They Might Be Giants, Miscellaneous T
6. “Corkscrew” – Steve Howe, Turbulence
7. “5 Bagatelles – I Prelude” – Gerald Finzi, FINZI: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles
8. “O’ Bilancio” – Rick Wakeman, Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV
9. “Frozen Man” – James Taylor, New Moon Shine
10. “How Much is Enough?” – The Fixx, Ink

Enjoy Labor Day weekend!

Friday Random 10

Friday means it’s time to set WMP on shuffle (like it wasn’t already) and capture the first ten songs to play again. Today’s playlist:

1. “Chariots of Fire” — Vangelis, “Chariots of Fire“
2. “I Want to Be Like You” — FFH, “I Want to Be Like You“
3. “Charlie Parker Loves Me” — Marc Jordan, “Living in Marina del Rey and Other Stories“
4. “Long Distance Runaround” — Yes, “Fragile“
5. “Copperline” — James Taylor, “New Moon Shine“
6. “Moses and Marco Polo Suite:  Marco Polo Theme” — Ennio Morricone, “Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone“
7. “Lennie” — Buggles, “Adventures in Modern Recording“
8. “Hey You” — Pink Floyd, “Echoes, the Best of Pink Floyd“
9. “Naon” — Jon Anderson, “Olias of Sunhillow“
10. “Jabular” — Ozric Tentacles, “There is Nothing“

Fin.