The Challenge Thread

[muppet hi fi]

I'd be open to a Bowie challenge as well. I mainly only know Bowie stuff I've heard on the radio.

I could do ya one, differing, I reckon, from Kory's upcoming one with Doc Medulla. Straight up hard rocking guitar stuff's more your vibe, am I right Revbob? (I'd avoid the hits/singles, natch).

Oh yeah that's the sweet spot keep doing it until I tell you to stop.

And then I need to figure out what I might share with you. Do you like horns?

Oh yeah, I love horns, in nearly all permutations. I thought the gig here was to sway someone who may not dig/be hip to an act. (and Sabbath won't cut it for me, mate. Unless you must ...).

[revbob]

I'd be open to a Bowie challenge as well. I mainly only know Bowie stuff I've heard on the radio.

I could do ya one, differing, I reckon, from Kory's upcoming one with Doc Medulla. Straight up hard rocking guitar stuff's more your vibe, am I right Revbob? (I'd avoid the hits/singles, natch).

Oh yeah that's the sweet spot keep doing it until I tell you to stop.

And then I need to figure out what I might share with you. Do you like horns?

Oh yeah, I love horns, in nearly all permutations. I thought the gig here was to sway someone who may not dig/be hip to an act. (and Sabbath won't cut it for me, mate. Unless you must ...).

Yeah im having a slightly harder time getting a read on you. No Sabbath? They were my first musical love. I wore out my brothers cassette of Paranoid. But i figure it could be say a style you might like but an artist you don't know, but I think you're pretty well versed. Or maybe I got this all wrong. Doc's offer of KJ I think will work for me, I know the one song. But if he was offering say Duran Duran, lets just say I would never listen to that, that would be punishment.

[BostonBeaneater]

I'd be open to a Bowie challenge as well. I mainly only know Bowie stuff I've heard on the radio.

I could do ya one, differing, I reckon, from Kory's upcoming one with Doc Medulla. Straight up hard rocking guitar stuff's more your vibe, am I right Revbob? (I'd avoid the hits/singles, natch).

Oh yeah that's the sweet spot keep doing it until I tell you to stop.

And then I need to figure out what I might share with you. Do you like horns?

Oh yeah, I love horns, in nearly all permutations. I thought the gig here was to sway someone who may not dig/be hip to an act. (and Sabbath won't cut it for me, mate. Unless you must ...).

Yeah im having a slightly harder time getting a read on you. No Sabbath? They were my first musical love. I wore out my brothers cassette of Paranoid. But i figure it could be say a style you might like but an artist you don't know, but I think you're pretty well versed. Or maybe I got this all wrong. Doc's offer of KJ I think will work for me, I know the one song. But if he was offering say Duran Duran, lets just say I would never listen to that, that would be punishment.

He’s more a Phish man. They own Vermont with Ben & Jerry and those Teddy Bear assholes.

[Dr. Medulla]

Alright, revbob—if that's what your passport really says—I've come up with ten KJ songs that I think lean in your direction (more aggression, less pop). Name the bat time and I'll name the bat channel.

[Heston]

Eighties by Killing Joke is poppy?

[revbob]

Eighties by Killing Joke is poppy?

By my standards? Very much so. I could almost hear it being used in one of those 80s teen angst movies, hell it probably was.

[Dr. Medulla]

Eighties by Killing Joke is poppy?

By my standards? Very much so. I could almost hear it being used in one of those 80s teen angst movies, hell it probably was.

It's on the poppy side of KJ, but on the grander scale I wouldn't call it pop.

[revbob]

Alright, revbob—if that's what your passport really says—I've come up with ten KJ songs that I think lean in your direction (more aggression, less pop). Name the bat time and I'll name the bat channel.

So give it to me at anytime and I'll download them to my phone for listening. Ill work on my list for you...

[Dr. Medulla]

Alright, revbob—if that's what your passport really says—I've come up with ten KJ songs that I think lean in your direction (more aggression, less pop). Name the bat time and I'll name the bat channel.

So give it to me at anytime and I'll download them to my phone for listening. Ill work on my list for you...

My rule was only one song per album, which meant skipping some albums, but as I mentioned above, I mostly leaned towards dark and loud over the more relatively pop-oriented stuff ("Eighties" excepted).

Wardance (Killing Joke [1980])
Tension (What's This For …?)
Eighties (Night Time)
Another Bloody Election (Democracy)
Pandemonium (Pandemonium)
Seeing Red (Killing Joke [2003])
This Tribal Antidote (Hosannas From the Basement of Hell)
Here Comes the Singularity (Absolute Dissent)
Corporate Elect (MMXII)
I am the Virus (Pylon)

[Kory]

Still working on the Bowie one, having some issues paring down to 10, but I'll have it up today.

[muppet hi fi]

Still working on the Bowie one, having some issues paring down to 10, but I'll have it up today.

Lemme guess - it's all gonna be from 'Station to Station' through 'Lodger' (maybe one from 'Scary Monsters'). Am I right?

[Kory]

Still working on the Bowie one, having some issues paring down to 10, but I'll have it up today.

Lemme guess - it's all gonna be from 'Station to Station' through 'Lodger' (maybe one from 'Scary Monsters'). Am I right?

Well, he did ask for things that would speak to his taste in post-punk. Though I did cut one song from Heathen and one from Blackstar that I would have liked on there, and I would have liked to do a lot more side B's from Low and "Heroes," but I could only do ten and I wanted a higher overview. There is NO Scary Monsters track, but I did cheat one from Diamond Dogs, so there's that.

Alright, here. it is. I agonized over this and I'm still not sure it's right but I'm sure I'll get some suggestions:

Side A
Station to Station
Breaking Glass
Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) (this is a cheat at three songs but it's really more of a suite—such that somebody put it together like this on YouTube)
Sons of the Silent Age
Warszawa

Side B
Red Money
Stay
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Blackout
Sense of Doubt

[Dr. Medulla]

Still working on the Bowie one, having some issues paring down to 10, but I'll have it up today.

Lemme guess - it's all gonna be from 'Station to Station' through 'Lodger' (maybe one from 'Scary Monsters'). Am I right?

Well, he did ask for things that would speak to his taste in post-punk. Though I did cut one song from Heathen and one from Blackstar that I would have liked on there, and I would have liked to do a lot more side B's from Low and "Heroes," but I could only do ten and I wanted a higher overview. There is NO Scary Monsters track, but I did cheat one from Diamond Dogs, so there's that.

Alright, here. it is. I agonized over this and I'm still not sure it's right but I'm sure I'll get some suggestions:

Side A
Station to Station
Breaking Glass
Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) (this is a cheat at three songs but it's really more of a suite—such that somebody put it together like this on YouTube)
Sons of the Silent Age
Warszawa

Side B
Red Money
Stay
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Blackout
Sense of Doubt

Cool. Because I want to take this seriously, I won't be doing it until Friday or Saturday (once I'm done grading). I can offer my thoughts live, so to speak, or belch out one big post after the fact—your call.

[Kory]

Still working on the Bowie one, having some issues paring down to 10, but I'll have it up today.

Lemme guess - it's all gonna be from 'Station to Station' through 'Lodger' (maybe one from 'Scary Monsters'). Am I right?

Well, he did ask for things that would speak to his taste in post-punk. Though I did cut one song from Heathen and one from Blackstar that I would have liked on there, and I would have liked to do a lot more side B's from Low and "Heroes," but I could only do ten and I wanted a higher overview. There is NO Scary Monsters track, but I did cheat one from Diamond Dogs, so there's that.

Alright, here. it is. I agonized over this and I'm still not sure it's right but I'm sure I'll get some suggestions:

Side A
Station to Station
Breaking Glass
Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) (this is a cheat at three songs but it's really more of a suite—such that somebody put it together like this on YouTube)
Sons of the Silent Age
Warszawa

Side B
Red Money
Stay
Always Crashing in the Same Car
Blackout
Sense of Doubt

Cool. Because I want to take this seriously, I won't be doing it until Friday or Saturday (once I'm done grading). I can offer my thoughts live, so to speak, or belch out one big post after the fact—your call.

Oh, whatever's easiest for you. I don't want to dictate your experience of it. However your mind works best.

[Dr. Medulla]

Oh, whatever's easiest for you. I don't want to dictate your experience of it. However your mind works best.

You're not prepared to know how my mind works …