I’ve had a bit of a sweet-tooth, acoustically speaking, the last few months. Little help? It doesn’t have to be anything original or great, just something I can bob my head to on the L train. I’ll start:
Letter From an Occupant, The New Pornographers
Go, Apples In Stereo
Show Me, Mint Royale
Church On Sunday, Green Day
Step Aside, Sleater-Kinney
Hey Ya, Outkast (for those just waking up from comas)
She’s Electric, Oasis
Heart by Rockpile, from the Seconds of Pleasure LP.
Perfect, $.99 to iTunes.
**Subaru ** and Bright Future in Sales by Fountains of Wayne
Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
What I like About You by the Romantics - quite the standard by now…
Platinum Blonde Life by No Doubt
My Sharona by - well you know
Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
**Sedated, Rockaway Beach ** and my fave **Sheena is a Punk Rocker ** by the Ramones
I don’t know the names of all the songs on the new Raconteurs album, but a few songs qualify…
bazillions of others, but you get the idea…oh, and I would add **Sugar ** by Rockpile…
I’m thinking of a bunch of songs by XTC:
Statue of Liberty
Mayor of Simpleton
All You Pretty Girls
No Thugs in our House
Ball and Chain
Sgt Rock
Rockpile got me thinking of Nick Lowe, which led me to She Don’t Love Nobody and Ragin’ Eyes.
Do Your Thing, by Basement Jaxx. I can’t hear it without chair-dancing.
“Choked Up” by Whiskeytown, which I recently found out isn’t on any of their records but some compilation.
“How Will You Shine” by the Gourds. I think you can listen here.
Chick Habit and Hold Tight off the soundtrack for Death Proof.
*It Will Stand * by the Showmen.
Grace Kelly by MIKA
This has been in my head since yesterday…
Paper Planes by M.I.A. while being more of a hip hop song, certainly fits the bill. One of the most awesome choruses of all time.
For something a little more guitar oriented, there’s Aside by the Weakerthans.
Handpocket or Twins in Love by Best Friends Forever (actually, most of their songs. I doubt you’ll find their album in stores, so check their myspace for some free downloads)
The Fix by Minus the Bear
Sad Sad City, Piano Man, or Shoot 'Em Down by Ghostland Observatory
I Want Candy or White Kids Love Hip Hop by MC Chris (aka MC Peepants)
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House by LCD Soundsystem
Ooh La La by Goldfrapp
whatever that retardedly addictive song is by the Ting Tings on the new iPod commercial
Bob Mould - “See A Little Light”
The Housemartins - “Get Up Off Our Knees” or “We’re Not Deep”
Buzzcocks - “I Don’t Mind”
Marshall Crenshaw - “You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time” or “Cynical Girl”
The dB’s - “Black And White”
The Go-Betweens - “Love Goes On!” or “Right Here”
The Pogues - “London Girl” or “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”
Apples In Stereo - “Please”
I’ll second the XTC recommendations and add “Respectable Street” (though “Statue of Liberty” and “Mayor Of Simpleton” are better bets for what you’re looking for)
Straight from my “Butt Wiggle” playlist…
“Not my Slave” by Oingo Boingo
“Hyperactive” by Thomas Dolby
“Short Skirt Long Jacket” by Cake
“Dare” by Gorillas
“Fell in Love with a Girl” by White Stripes
“Steal My Sunshine” by Len
“Dancing With Myself” by Billy Idol
“Nothing But Flowers” by Talking Heads
“Do You Wanna Hold Me” by Bow Wow Wow
You beat me to it! I opened this thread to recommend Paper Planes.
So, I’ll second the recommendation by Sunshine and Smiles.
“That’s When the Ceremony Starts” by the Hidden Cameras.
I love peppy with orchestration.
Modern Love - David Bowie
Walkin’ on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
What I Like About You - The Romantics
Snake-Handler - Jupiter Coyote
RR
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My partner has been honing her Garage Band skills lately (and enduring my unsolicited Producer advice), and cooked up this little up-beat instrumental number. It is an original composition using a few percussion loops. You do have to register for macjams if you want to download it.
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well, if we’re plugging friends, here’s my favorite Jenny Penny tune: “Suck it Up”