Another year, another soundtrack project mix. I have a lot of my usual suspects (Beatles, Wire, People Under the Stairs, Rush) and some artists that have followed me since high school (New Order, Simple Minds, Beastie Boys, Rush).
The trend I see is that when I started this project in 2005 my taste in music was pretty much set in stone, and now occasional odd songs, bands, or genres come and go. (Makes me wish I started this project in high school to see more radical changes…or perhaps not?) I still can’t explain why, for example, Smashing Pumpkins makes it on my list for a third time, while Nirvana — somewhat similar in style/genre/decade but clearly the better band — has never made it.
You can listen to most of the songs on Apple Music or Spotify (those marked with * are not available on Spotify).
- The Meters: “Here Comes the Meter Man”
- Beastie Boys: “Body Movin’”
- The Beatles: “Hey Bulldog” *
- The Shins: “The Rifle’s Spiral”
- Rival Schools: “Wring It Out”
- fIREHOSE: “Down With The Bass”
- All: “Wonder”
- Hüsker Dü: “Punch Drunk” *
- Bob Mould: “The Descent”
- Sleigh Bells: “Comeback Kid”
- Foster the People: “Pumped Up Kicks”
- Wire: “Free Falling Divisions”
- Man Or Astro-Man?: “Dr. Space”
- They Might Be Giants: “You Probably Get That a Lot”
- Simple Minds: “Thirty Frames a Second”
- New Order: “Confusion (Arthur Baker 12” Mix)”
- People Under The Stairs: “The Second Track”
- Casual: “Flamethrower”
- Wugazi: “Nowhere To Wait” *
- Smashing Pumpkins: “Quiet”
- Rush: “The Anarchist”
