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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“Fusion Friday Random 10 for $200, Alex”

Hats off to IBM’s Watson computer for kicking some royal Jeopardy! butt this week.  This weeks’ 10 random tracks are from Live365 using “fusion” as the genre search:

1. “Leeward Winds” – Billy Cobham, Magic
2. “(It’s Just) Talk” – Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking)
3. “Mirage” – Jean Luc Ponty, The Very Best of Jean Luc Ponty
4. “68” – Lee Ritenour, 6 String Theory
5. “Five G” – Bill Bruford, One of a Kind
6. “Tell Me” – Chad Wackerman, Forty Reasons
7. “Swarming Goblets” – Brett Garsed, Uncle Moe’s Space Ranch
8. “The Thinking Stone” – Planet X, Quantum
9. “Silly Putty” – Stanley Clarke, Journey to Love
10. “Gazelle” – Lenny White, Anomaly

A Year 2000 Friday Random 10

On a whim, I set WMP to randomly play only songs from the year 2000; let’s see how this filter works out:

1. “2116” – Planet X, Universe
2. “Voodoodoodoo” – Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires Compilation soundtrack
3. “Green Destiny (Love Theme)” – Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack
4. “Power of Denial” – Thomas Newman, American Beauty soundtrack
5. “Tierra Verde” – Jeff Lorber, The Definitive Collection
6. “Headloss” – Caravan, Where But For Caravan Would I?^*
7. “Gibraltar” – Geoffrey Downes, The World Service
8. “Seeing Her Again” – Roger Eno, The Long Walk
9. “Quiet Theme (End Titles)” – Richard Marvin, U-571 soundtrack
10. “Loser” – 3 Doors Down, The Better Life

^*okay, this track is from 1974, but the compilation is from 2000

Well, not bad — even some good soundtrack action. TGIF, everyone!