Comments on: They’re Throwing Me Out The Door

By: craigsays

craigsays — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:40:52 +0000

Knocked out in round 1
Prince-”Head”

By: Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:05:36 +0000

Don’t know the Placebo track, but I love those other two. Witch Hunt makes a great soundtrack if you ever go to a dinosaur exhibit. Trust me.

By: MaxMarginal

MaxMarginal — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:51:02 +0000

4 clicks: Special K by Placebo - hard to become president with songs about gay club drugs.

Witch Hunt: Desparation - not easy to become president with their artwork.

Ted Leo: Loyal to My Sorrowful Country - not a chance in hell.

By: MeganCarpentier

MeganCarpentier — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:30:33 +0000

I accept your challenge, sir. I bow before your superior musical tastes, and submit that my utter lameness rather than any offensiveness would be what would disqualify me from the Presidency. I’m not really even cool enough to comment here.

By: Arkhangel

Arkhangel — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:14:19 +0000

I’m one & done with ‘Ye’s “Gangsta Gangsta”. No lyrics, a block rocking beat to be certain, but the title is lethal, my friend.

By: ACitizen

ACitizen — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:36:29 +0000

You are the Master! I bow before your arrogance and chutzpah…Dude!

But I have one parting shot fer ya…..

These guys capture Murkkka as it truly is today. If Obama could get them up on stage then yeah…

I’d listen to his punk-ass jive.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:30:24 +0000

Am I too safe? Or perhaps I have a skewed idea of what’s acceptable. I had to go out all the way to #18… but I like it:

Search and Destroy — Iggy and the Stooges…

I was secretly hoping for Hamburger Lady, but mebbe next time. Lookout honey, ’cause I’m using technology.

By: Kilo

Kilo — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:20:00 +0000

Out at #3 or maybe #1 if the lyrics get questioned.
1. Spiderbait – Black Betty
2. Powderfinger – Belter
3. Cypress Hill – Make a Move
4. Nick Cave – Get Ready For Love

By: dswift

dswift — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:05:54 +0000

Not that I don’t have a few of the Darkened Anger That Alarms Tipper Gore type tunes. But being 1.5 generations removed from your core demographic, my old-fartism coughed up not much; to wit:

Crime Don’t Pay–Joe Jackson
Heart Full Of Soul–The Yardbirds
Cantaloop–Us 3
Jo-Jo–Miles Davis
Mood Indigo–Duke Ellington
We Dance Alone–Beck
Toccata–Enid Katahn, piano
Sweaters–Laurie Anderson
Who’s Gonna Save My Soul–Gnarls Barkley
Mezzamorphic–Bluetech
For Jim H.–Joe Pass, John Pisano
Scatterbrain–Jeff Beck
Natty Dread–Bob Marley
Octoroon–Laura Love
Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza–Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Don’t Stop –Brazilian Girls
Celebration on the Planet Mars–Metropole Orchestra featuring The Beau Hunks Saxtette
Better World–B.B. King
Wake Up–Alanis Morissette
Blue Spark–X
Suite No.2 in D minor, Allemande–Pablo Casals
Jazz Me Blues–Bix Beiderbecke
The Downfall of the Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill–John Fahey

. . . etc etc. Most scandalous toward the top of a random sort of 5,763 tunes, at #61:
Vatican Rag–Tom Lehrer

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:52:20 +0000

Track 1: The Clash, “The Right Profile.” A song about a washed-up, pill-popping Montgomery Clift — debauched, yes, but too obscure a reference for anyone to care.
Track 2: Ollabelle, “Before This Time.” A gospel song? That not only negates Track 1, but probably raises my chances a bit.
Track 3: Cornershop, “Butter the Soul.” Instrumental, so no offending lyrics, but crazy sonic experimentation is, at the least, not a plus.
Track 4: The Clash, “Know Your Rights.” And The Only Band That Matters comes back to finish me off. No contest, really.