Anna Banananana<\/a>. \u00a0I didn’t want to do it, but they made me. \u00a0I’ve hated every minute of doing this.<\/p>\nI’m a liar. \u00a0It’s bloody brilliant and you should try it.<\/p>\n
My A to Z Playlist.<\/h2>\n
I set myself a little rule: all tracks listed have to be in my collection. \u00a0I broke it once – the Frank Zappa track isn’t, but I sing it to myself regularly so it’s allowed in. \u00a0And now I’ve listed it, I’ll buy the track anyway.<\/p>\n
Alkaline Trio<\/strong> – Time to waste<\/div>\nBeastie Boy<\/strong>s – Skills to pay the bills (Biffy Clyro & Busted came close<\/em>)<\/div>\nCud<\/strong> – I’ve had it with blondes (containing the perfect lyric “I was a teenage stamp collector: I’d lay on my back and youd stamp on my face”<\/em>)<\/div>\nDeftones<\/strong> – My own summer (Shove it)<\/div>\nElbow<\/strong> – The bones of you<\/div>\nFoo Fighters<\/strong> – Monkey wrench (the best pop song ever written. Fact<\/em>)<\/div>\nGene<\/strong> – Olympian<\/div>\nHyper<\/strong> – We control<\/div>\nIron Maiden<\/strong> – Run to the hills<\/div>\nJesus Jones <\/strong>– Info freako<\/div>\nKings of Leon<\/strong> – Fans (pipped KLF to the post<\/em>)<\/div>\nLed Zeppelin<\/strong> – Ramble on (the best Foo Fighters encore ever with Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones brought on stage, Taylor on lead vocal and Dave Grohl on drums, 2009 at Wembley with Number One Son – memories are made of this<\/em>)<\/div>\nMuse<\/strong> – Hysteria (the finest, most relentless, driving bass riff ever. Ever. Also awesome live. Their “<\/em>Unnatural selection” comes close though<\/em>)<\/div>\nN.E.R.D.<\/strong> – Lapdance (it was\u00a0so hard not put a Nirvana track in<\/em>)<\/div>\nOk Go<\/strong> – Invincible<\/div>\nPendulum<\/strong> – Showdown<\/div>\nQueens Of The Stone Age<\/strong> – Go with the flow (another Dave Grohl on drums classic<\/em>)<\/div>\nRadiohead<\/strong> – High and dry<\/div>\nSenseless Things<\/strong> – Homophobic asshole<\/div>\nTeenage Fanclub<\/strong> – Star sign (try it, it’s lovely<\/em>)<\/div>\nU<\/strong> -(I don’t have any tunes by\u00a0artists\u00a0beginning with U. \u00a0I must\u00a0rectify\u00a0this<\/em>)<\/div>\nVelvet Revolver<\/strong> – Slither<\/div>\nWedding Presen<\/strong>t – Take me (way overlong jangly brilliance by the Gedge<\/em>)<\/div>\nX-Ecutioners<\/strong> – It’s going down<\/div>\nYes<\/strong> – I’ve seen all good people<\/div>\nFrank Zappa<\/strong> – Beauty knows no pain<\/div>\nIt’s a bit early-to-mid-90’s-centric, but then so am I. \u00a0I was a stooodent in ’88 to ’92 before enjoying a growing social life with a proper job and some money through the 90’s. \u00a0Deal with it.<\/div>\n
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