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A blog for the playlists: because I can’t pronounce some of these song titles

a playlist (mostly) by julie henry

1. ben gibbard - complicated (avril lavigne)
2. reel big fish - hungry like the wolf (duran duran)
3. sufjan stevens - the one i love (REM)
4. rufus wainwright - somewhere over the rainbow (wizard of oz - judy garland*)
5. 45 seconds of reel big fish - hungry like the wolf, again, after which i realized i had already played that and cut it off… *facepalm*
6. mountain goats - the sign (ace of base)
7. flaming lips - bohemian rapsody (queen)
8. david byrne - i wanna dance with somebody (whitney houston)
9. ted leo - since you been gone (kelly clarkson)
10. ben gibbard - girls just wanna have fun (cyndi lauper)
11. eva cassidy - fields of gold (sting)
12. goldfinger - 99 red balloons (nina)
13. gary jules - mad world (tears for fears)
14. ben folds - bitches ain’t shit (dr. dre)

i know the last one isn’t an indie artist, but i love that cover, and so does julie, who helped me out by giving me many of these songs and cutting my work in half for this week’s show. plus, it’s my show, i can do what i want.

all of these songs are licensed under creative commons, so be free to download any of these mp3s by right-clicking on the song title and choosing “save target as” or “save link as” from the menu.

1. green oasis (+travismith) - “boulevard of broken songs” *
2. christina vs jet - “dirrty girl“
3. marvin gaye vs radiohead - “sexual high” *
4. gorilla cake [gorillaz vs cake] - “never feel good” *
5. u2 vs lyrics born - “callin on sunday” *
6. duran duran vs destiny’s child - “undone soldier“
7. incudoubt [incubus vs no doubt] - “hellamaniac“
8. missy elliot vs queens of the stone age - “no one get your freak on“
9. blondie vs the doors - “rapture riders“
10. gym class heroes vs fall out boy - “where is your make out club” *
11. the hives vs madonna - “i hate music“
12. daft queen [daft punk vs queen] - “another one bites da funk“
13. stereoasis [stereo mcs vs oasis] - “superconnected“
14. nirvana vs depeche mode - “dream on about a girl“
15. kraftwerks vs coldplay - “computer talk“

* = recommended

1. coldplay - clocks
2. led zeppelin - stairway to heaven
3. radiohead - exit music
4. red hot chili peppers - under the bridge
5. pink floyd - money
6. incubus - drive
7. white stripes - seven nation army
8. dashboard confessional - the places you come to fear the most
9. u2 - with or without you
10. rolling stone - paint it black
11. weezer - say it ain’t so
12. nirvana - penny royal tea

all performed by the string quartet tribute group, except the rolling stones and pink floyd, which, i believe, were performed by the london philharmonic.