Friday, May 30, 2014

The Things They Carried

Or, Fifty at fifty.

"Pink Moon", by The Chills.
"Wuthering Heights", by Kate Bush.
"Marquee Moon", by Television.
"1/1", by Brian Eno.
"Music for 18 Musicians", by Steve Reich.
"Trees and Flowers", by Strawberry Switchblade.
"Transmission", by Joy Division.
"Love Will Tear Us Apart", by Joy Division.
"Atmosphere", by Joy Division.
"Twenty Four Hours", by Joy Division.
"Blue Monday", by New Order.
"Party Fears Two", by Associates.
"What Goes On", by Velvet Underground.
"Dream Baby Dream", by Suicide.
"Are 'Friends' Electric?", by Tubeway Army.
"Candy Skin", by Fire Engines.
"Roadrunner", by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.
"Another Girl, Another Planet", by The Only Ones.
"I Feel Love", by Donna Summer.
"I Feel Space", by Lindstrom.
"Autobahn", by Kraftwerk.
"This Charming Man", by The Smiths.
"Tiny Tears", by Tindersticks.
"Jaffa Boy", by Birds Nest Roys.
"Circumspect Penelope", by Look Blue Go Purple.
"Ghost Town", by The Specials.
"Cruiser's Creek", by The Fall.
"Song to the Siren", by This Mortal Coil.
"Dr Mabuse", by Propaganda.
"Save Me", by Aimee Mann.
"Shivers", by Boys Next Door.
"Cattle and Cain", by The Go-Betweens.
"Sexy Boy", by Air.
"Brimful of Asha", by Cornershop.
"Eternally Yours", by Laughing Clowns.
"Revelator", by Gillian Welch.
"Don't Point That Thing at Me", by The Clean.
"Love's Not Good Enough", by Skyhooks.
"Golden Brown", by The Stranglers.
"Watching the Detectives", by Elvis Costello.
"New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)", by Simple Minds.
"A Forest", by The Cure.
"Uptown Top Ranking", by Althea and Donna.
"I'm In Love with a German Film Star", by The Passions.
"Back to Nature", by Magazine.
"Ever Fallen in Love", by Buzzcocks.
"O Superman", by Laurie Anderson.
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine", by The Slits.
"Baby I Love You So", by Colourbox.
"Map Ref 41°N 93°W", by Wire.