0:00:01-0:02:29) Just Because by Elvis Presley off of Elvis Presley
0:02:30-0:03:35 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 1: Beacon Street by Sixo off of Free Floating Rationales)
Greetings and welcome. I am Rev. This is Aurally Fixated, and that was Elvis Aaron Presley – Just because. Today, the 28th day of August, is National ‘Just Because’ Day.
Every day we do things because we’re expected to. Living up to identities either foisted upon us, or we’ve spent a lifetime creating – both can be prisons. But today try and step outside of all of that. Of your definition of yourself. Maybe do something you’d never do. Why? Because it’s Just Because Day. Now, that may sound like some silly made-up holiday – But aren’t they all. So here’s a block of folks I don’t think I’ve played yet.
0:03:36-0:08:24) Baby, Please Don’t Go by AC/DC off of ’74 JailBreak
0:08:25-0:11:25) I wanna be your dog by The Stooges off of The Stooges
0:11:26-0:15:24) Animal by Prick off of Prick
0:15:25-0:18:15) Monster by L7 off of Bricks Are Heavy
0:18:16-0:20:09) My Beloved Monster by Eels off of Beautiful Freak
0:20:10-0:22:10) Godzilla by Kesha off of Rainbow
0:22:11-0:24:45 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 2: Graveyard by Phantom Five off of Halloween Garage Rock)
Thank Fucking-Christ for Kesha. She saved that last chunk of racket from making you hear only what I listened to back in high-school. That of course was her from her practically perfect in every way album Rainbow – that was Godzilla. Just before that we heard from some Eels serenading about My Beloved Monster, from their appropriately named Beautiful Freak. Immediately preceding that was L7 with a pretty little lust-song entitled Monster. Then, further back in time, we heard from a superbly “out there” band. From their self-titled debut we listened to Animal by Prick. Right before that we heard, howling at us all the way from 1969, The Stooges with the classic, I wanna be your dog. Which, of course, bled into AC/DC. Back before Bon Scott’s famous… “Death by Misadventure.” That of course was them channeling the blues standard Baby, Please Don’t Go.
Up next we have the absolutely astounding, in every way; folk, blues goddess, Odetta with fellow activist and singer, the King of Calypso, Harry Belafonte, Brought together to sing (There’s A) Hole In the Bucket. Why? Why the hell not?
0:24:46-0:28:05) (There’s A) Hole In the Bucket (With Odetta) by Harry Belafonte off of Harry Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall
0:28:06-0:33:27) Hole In The Bucket by Michael Franti & Spearhead off of Home
0:33:28-0:35:55) Fixing A Hole by The Beatles off of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
0:35:56-0:39:25) The Beach by Dr. Dog off of Fate
0:39:26-0:40:47 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 3: Interlude One by Cunninlynguists off of Southernunderground)
Fate just brought us Dr. Dog with one of my favorite songs, The Beach. There’s just something about the desperation and delicacy in his voice. Before that we had a tune called Fixing A Hole by some group apparently called… Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And jumping back a track, before that was Michael Franti & Spearhead with a song off, what I think, was their very first album, Home. That was Hole In The Bucket.
Thank you for sharing your valuable time, and hopefully, happily, expanding your musical horizons a smidge. I am honored by your open-mindedness. And if nothing’s tickled your fancy so far, who knows, maybe your song is coming up in this next chunk.
0:40:48-0:41:40) I’m Against It by Groucho Marx off of Paris Hollywood
0:41:41-0:43:45) I’m Against It by The Ramones off of Road To Ruin
0:43:46-0:45:25) I Don’t Wanna by Sham 69 off of If The Kids Are United: The Best Of
0:45:26-0:48:52) Dr. No by The R.O.C. (feat. Jason Cortez) off of Digital Voodoo
0:48:53-0:52:47) 1996 by Marilyn Manson off of AntiChrist SuperStar
0:52:48-0:56:26) Ride the Fence by The Coup off of Party Music
0:56:27-0:58:19 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 4: Untitled I by Rasputina off of Unknown)
We started that mound of melodies off with one of the scenes the censors said could stay in the 1932 Marx Brothers classic Horse Feathers. I hear a good chunk of it was hacked out and burned. Anyway, that of course was Groucho singing I’m Against It, which was slammed into a wall of sound by the same name from The Ramones. Then we went from punk to punk and landed on Sham 69 with I Don’t Wanna. Then we jumped tracks a bit with an offering from The R.O.C‘s Digital Voodoo – we heard Dr. No. Then we heard from 1996 from the old AntiChrist SuperStar himself, Mary Manson. And lastly, right there was some Party Music, straight out The Coup that was Ride the Fence.
By my calculations, we are now on the wrong side of the hour mark, which means time is short. I’m a bit heartbroken about it, but it’s not for us complain about our cards, but to just play the hands we’re dealt.
0:58:20-1:04:07) The Jack by AC/DC off of High Voltage
1:04:08-1:05:23) Little Queen Of Spades by Robert Johnson off of The Ultimate Best of the Blues Collection
1:05:24-1:11:20) Ace of Spades by Drain STH off of Horror Wrestling
1:11:21-1:15:19) King of Hearts by Esham off of Mail Dominance
1:15:20-1:16:33 (Rev. Interruption BackGround music 5: Communion by Tony Maimone & Yuval Gabay off of State Of The Union)
That number you just heard was King of Hearts by Esham off his Mail Dominance record. Right before that was a cover of the MotörHead classic Ace of Spades by the now defunct Drain STH. Before that, of course, was the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Robert Johnson singing to us about the Little Queen Of Spades. And I’m sure the more aurally fixated out there noticed we started off with another classic Bon fire if an old AC/DC track called The Jack – just because.
And now, I can think of no better way to leave you, than in the old withered hands of William S. Burroughs.
1:16:33-1:21:05) Spare Ass Annie by William S. Burroughs & Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy off of Spare Ass Annie And Other Tales
