The Beat Frequency: 11/24/09

Haha...Spandau Ballet. I know their song "True" essentially from The Wedding Singer. I had no idea that was their actual name until this week's Modern Family aired, with Edward Norton playing their fake bassist. That episode was ridiculous.

We also had back to back doubles of Frightened Rabbit and Metric and another Florence + The Machine song. Yay.

As the show was the one before Thanksgiving, we played "Alice's Restaurant Massacre" by Arlo Guthrie. My dad's favorite.

1		Phil Collins	In The Air Tonight
2		Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes
3		Spandau Ballet	True
4		Vetiver	Everyday
5		The Thermals	Now We Can See
6		Swingfly	Winner
7		A.C. Newman	Drink To Me, Babe, Then
8		Mama Cass	Dream A Little Dream Of Me
9		Phoenix	Love for Granted
10		Billy Joel	Tell Her About It
11		Mads Langer	Fact-Fiction
12		Dave Matthews Band	The Space Between
13		Arcade Fire	Rebellion (Lies)
14		Frightened Rabbit	Swim Until You Can't See Land
15		Frightened Rabbit	The Twist
16		Metric	The Twist
17		Metric	Stadium Love
18		Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over
19		We Are Scientists	Inaction
20		The Longpigs	On and On
21		Carla Bruni	Quelqu'un m'a dit
22		TV on the Radio	Wolf Like Me
23		Phantom Planet	Dropped
24		Led Zeppelin	No Quarter
25		Arlo Guthrie	Alice's Restaurant Massacree (The Massacree Revisited)

The Beat Frequency: 11/17/09

Today I played a bunch of music including a song off of Florence + The Machine's album Lungs. I adore that whole album. I also played "Gimme Sympathy" which I also became obsessed with after playing on the show.

"Mr. Telephone Man" was played because I broke my phone this past weekend, I think from overuse.

I also played the new Alphabeat song "The Spell." They're still great.

"Jugband Blues" was featured because I found out that a song I have liked for a long time ("The Littlest Birds" by The Be Good Tanyas) featured lyrics from it.

I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if nothin' is mine
I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my lovin' in the winter

I like these. Particularly, "I don't care if I'm nervous with you."

1		Glee Cast	Dancing With Myself
2		Florence + The Machine	Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3		Matt & Kim	Cinders
4		Why?	Gemini (Birthday Song)
5		Red Molly	Wichita
6		Coldplay	X&Y
7		New Edition	Mr. Telephone Man
8		Bloc Party	So Here We Are
9		Alphabeat	The Spell
10		U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11		The Beatles	We Can Work It Out
12		The Grates	Burn Bridges
13		Sheb Wooley	Purple People Eater
14		Foo Fighters	Best of You
15		Pink Floyd	Jugband Blues
16		Tiësto feat. Kele Okereke	It's Not The Things You Say
17		Jason Mraz	A Beautiful Mess
18		Metric	Gimme Sympathy
19		Da Vinci's Notebook	Title of the Song
20		Rock Kills Kid	Are You Nervous?
21		Chairlift	Bruises
22		Thao with The Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster
23		The Ian Carey Project	Get Shaky
24	*	Discovery feat. Ezra Koenig	Carby

The Beat Frequency: 11/10/09

There were rumors that Aerosmith broke up this week, so I played their song at the beginning.

The Chartjackers song was a request from Rachel. The concept of this song is really cool. Check it out.



The rest of the show was a giant mix, but I thought it was pretty good.

1		Aerosmith	Jaded
2		Chartjackers	I've Got Nothing
3		Death Cab for Cutie	Your New Twin Sized Bed
4		Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire
5		Foo Fighters	Stranger Things Have Happened
6		John Mayer	Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift)
7		John Legend	Cross The Line
8		Beulah	Popular Mechanics for Lovers
9		Say Hi To Your Mom	Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android
10		Sara Bareilles	Love on the Rocks
11		Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
12		Rilo Kiley	Always
13		Three Dog Night	Shambala
14		Imogen Heap	Goodnight and Go
15		The National	Apartment Story
16		Adele	Cold Shoulder
17		The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby
18		Elizabeth & The Catapult	Taller Children
19		The Cave Singers	Summer Light
20	*	The Boy Least Likely To	The Boy With Two Hearts	The Law of the Playground
21	*	Discovery	I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (feat. Angel Deradoorian)	Discovery LP
22		Phoenix	Girlfriend
23		The Wombats	My First Wedding
24		David Bowie	Changes
25		Queen	Another One Bites The Dust
26		Spoon	All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed
27		Owl City	Fireflies

The Beat Frequency: 11/3/09

This was the week I was obsessed with the song "Alone." Oh Heart, I love singing your ballads in the shower. Thanks Glee for putting that back in my head.

I'm thinking that about 50% of this playlist was about a boy. Oh music, why are you so good?

Oh, and "Tom's Diner" was for Yee-Ann. Apparently Suzanne Vega is the "Mother of the mp3" because this song was used in making the audio compression scheme of the mp3. Learn something new everyday.

Jonathan Coulton's "Mandelbrot Set" was for my friend Rachel's birthday today and for everyone in my computer science class who had to do that bloody Mandelbrot Set-related project. Happy Birthday Rachel!

1		Heart	Alone	Bad Animals
2		Broken Social Scene	7/4 (Shoreline)	Broken Social Scene
3		Flight of the Conchords	Carol Brown	I Told You I Was A Freaky
4		The Boy Least Likely To	Be Gentle With Me	The Best Party Ever
5		Switchfoot	Dare You To Move	The Beautiful Letdown
6		Jonathan Coulton	Mandelbrot Set	(for Rachel's Birthday!)
7		This Is Ivy League	You and Me and the Moon	(Magnetic Fields cover)
8		Moonbabies	I'm Insane But So Are You	Junes and Novas
9		Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream	Walking on a Dream
10		Alphabeat	10,000 Nights	This Is Alphabeat
11		Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	Solitude Standing
12		Matt & Kim	Lessons Learned	Grand
13		Radiohead	15 Step	In Rainbows
14		Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself	Don't Stop
15		Caesars	Jerk It Out	Paper Tigers
16		Weezer	(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To	Raditude
17		The Temper Trap	Down River	Conditions
18		They Might Be Giants	Instanbul (Not Constantinople)	Flood
19		Cobra Starship	Guilty Pleasure	Viva La Cobra!
20		The Knife	Heartbeats	Deep Cuts
21		Muse	Time Is Running Out	Absolution
22		Fantastic Plastic Machine	Days and Days	Too
23		New Order	True Faith	Substance
24		Coldplay	Shiver	Parachutes
25		The Cast of Glee	Alone (feat. Kristin Chenoweth)