All the 2020 has started to catch up to me, so this week I thought it would be nice to remember what “fun” and “joy” feel like. Thus, I offer you these exuberant frivolities and escapist delights.
Listen
The originally aired stream is no longer available.
An “unmixed” version is now available on Spotify. The aired recording of “Soul Finger” is not in Spotify’s collection, so the original (IMO lower-quality) version has been substituted. Nicole Campbell’s “Horizontal Asymptote” is also not in Spotify’s collection; you can hear it from her Bandcamp site (and you should, it’s lovely, and inspired the name of my fake video game rock band). Some interstitial tracks have also been omitted.
Playlist
| Artist | Title | Release |
|---|---|---|
| John Williams | Main Title - Rebel Blockade Runner | Star Wars: A New Hope |
| Big Pig | I Can’t Break Away | Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure |
| Freezepop | Brainpower | Future Future Future Perfect |
| Bad Lip Reading | Seagulls! (Stop It Now) | Seagulls! (Stop It Now) - Single |
| The Magnetic Fields | I’m Sorry I Love You | 69 Love Songs, Vol. 3 |
| Lick The Tins | Can’t Help Falling In Love | Some Kind Of Wonderful |
| Flogging Molly | Within a Mile of Home | Within a Mile of Home |
| Ghost of Paul Revere | Baba O’Riley | Field Notes, Vol. 1 |
| Henry Jackman | Arcade Finale | Wreck-It Ralph (Original Score) |
| The Decemberists | The Infanta | Picaresque |
| Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Buster Voodoo | 11:11 |
| Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Permanent |
| Ian Kelly | White Wedding | Diamonds & Plastic |
| Melodicka Bros | Du Hast (Way Too Happy) | Du Hast (Way Too Happy) - Single |
| William Shatner | Common People | Has Been |
| Letters to Cleo | I Want You to Want Me | 10 Things I Hate About You (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) |
| Weird Al Yankovic | Fun Zone | UHF |
| Victor & Penny & The Loose Change Orchestra | Cantina Band (Live) | Live At the Living Room Theatre |
| The Bar-Kays | Soul Finger | All-Time Greatest Hits |
| John Barry Orchestra | On Her Majesty’s Secret Service | Best of Bond… James Bond 50th Anniversary Collection |
| Fatboy Slim | Push And Shove | Palookaville |
| The Beatles | I’ve Just Seen a Face | Help! |
| Na Leo Pilimehana | Pineapple Princess | Anthology II |
| Erasure | A Little Respect | The Innocents |
| The Pogues | Love You ‘Till The End | Pogue Mahone |
| April Smith & The Great Picture Show | Movie Loves A Screen | Songs For A Sinking Ship |
| Incredible Bongo Band | Bongo Rock | Bongo Rock |
| Nicole Campbell | Horizontal Asymptote | Science |
| Stan Bush | The Touch | The Transformers: The Movie |
| VNV Nation | Perpetual | Matter+Form |
| Gorillaz | 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) | G-Sides |
| Weird Al Yankovic | The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota | UHF |
| Howard Shore | Samwise The Brave | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| Vera Lynn | We’ll Meet Again | We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn |