Stupid Girls

A Playlist Inspired by Pink's Stupid Girls. Great Video !! Get Playlist from Apple's iTunes Store.

Commentary

I started listening to this playlist towards the end of March/beginning of April 2006. Obviously, it was inspired by Pink's Stupid Girls (video), but over the course of few weeks, as I tweaked and adjusted, it grew into something very different. With Stupid Girls as a focal point, I wanted songs that were a bit more rock, punk, and or dance. I wanted to bang my head a little with some good beats, and hopefully some great guitar work. But you know me, I can't totally overcome the melancholy, so I had to intermix some tearjerkers and folkies. So there you have my newest playlist.

The highlights include:

• Pink's Stupid Girls. Well duh. I love this song, and the video is funny as hell. Lyrics such as,

  what happened to the dream of a girl president?
  she's dancing in a video next to 50 cents

  has generated a lot of discussion about why so many young girls to 'bitches' and 'ho's' for rock and hip/hop videos. But aside from inspiring generational gender equity questions, the song is fun, so more power to Pink.
   
• I've just been introduced to Blue October from a late night viewing of their video, Hate Me (video). Hate Me is evocative, sad, and rocking in that Deftones' Change way. A screaming chorus, with blazing guitars, and sad, so sad, accompaniment violin, and kicking lyrics.

  Hate me today
  Hate me tomorrow
  Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you
  Hate me in ways, yeah ways hard to swallow
  Hate me so you can finally see whats good for you

  
   
• You're Love Means Everything, Parts I & II. Faultline has created an inspiring album with Your Love Means Everything, and the two title songs do it justice as an introduction if you've never heard the album. I love Chris Martin's vocals on Part II, but even the instrumental Part I is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. And as you know, I did a Dana/Alice, L Word music video of Part II a few weeks back.
   
• Stereophonics' Superman. This is a great song, but I have to admit, that if I for some reason don't get to hear the lyrics

  Superman on a aeroplane
  Sitting next to Lois Lane
  You gotta that woman but you want her gone
  So you can fuck a teenage blonde

  I feel all cheated. I love that part of the song.
   
• Peter Gabriel, Cyndi Lauper, the Smiths, and David Bowie with Queen add a bit of the 80's flare to the list. I still love Peter Gabriel's Red Rain, boy is that song proving itself timeless. The Smith's Louder than Bombs album is one of my favorites. No one does happy little sad songs than the Smiths. Yeah, hang the DJ, cause Heaven Knows I'm miserable now. Morrissey is good, but he was great when coupled with Johnny Marr.
   
• Gregory Douglass and Rachel Sage are two artist whom I wish would break. It doesn't have to be super big but they both deserve nice record contracts that make them well-off if not wealthy. Teeter and Stark are the two albums that I use songs from here for Douglass. Both are great albums; though I still love Teeter more. Rachel Sage I was introduced to from MP3.com. Yeah, remember that site. Wildflower is the song I selected for this list, so give it a listen to.
   
• I'm not even certain I need to mention the All-American Rejects, Weezer, Franz Ferdinand or the Fray; they've each come out of their emerging new artist phase and have breakthrough albums. So if you haven't heard of them, wow, just turn VH1 on for a countdown or during its video blocks.

I've been super busy with work for these last few weeks and this playlist has been guiding me through the minefield of closing projects, new clients, and multiple new projects by current clients, and has even gotten me to take some time to enjoy the sun and the turn to spring. So I hope you enjoy.

Playlist

Name	Artist	Album	Year	Genre
Red Rain	Peter Gabriel	So	1986	Rock
Space Dog	Tori Amos	Under the Pink	1994	Pop
Boy Blue	Cyndi Lauper	True Colors	1986	Adult Contemporary
Nobody	Five For Fighting	The Battle For Everything	2004	Rock
Confessions, Pt. 2	Usher	Confessions (Special Edition)	2004	R&B/Soul
Under Pressure	Queen & David Bowie	Hot Space	1982	Rock
God's Will	Martina McBride	Martina	2003	Country
Panic	The Smiths	Louder Than Bombs		rock
Time	Gregory Douglass	Teeter	2002	Rock
Talk	Coldplay	X & Y (Bonus Video Version)	2005	Alternative
Fight the Power	Public Enemy	Power to the People and the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits	2005	Hip-Hop/Rap
Superman	Stereophonics	Language. Sex. Violence. Other?	2005	Rock
Tit for Tat	World Leader Pretend	Punches	2005	Rock
Appassionato	World Leader Pretend	Punches	2005	Rock
Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand (Special Edition)	2004	Alternative
Dare	Gorillaz	Demon Days	2005	Alternative
Better Tomorrow	Gregory Douglass	Stark	2005	Folk
Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper & Sarah McLachlan	The Body Acoustic	2005	Pop
True Colors	Cyndi Lauper	The Body Acoustic	2005	Pop
Perfect Situation	Weezer	Make Believe	2005	Alternative
Stupid Girls	P!nk	Stupid Girls - Single	2006	Pop
A Pain That I'm Used To	Depeche Mode	Playing the Angel	2005	Alternative
Precious	Depeche Mode	Playing the Angel	2005	Alternative
Number 1	Goldfrapp	Number 1 - EP	2005	Electronic
Your Love Means Everything	Faultline	Your Love Means Everything (Bonus Tracks)	2004	Rock
Your Love Means Everything, Pt. 2	Faultline & Chris Martin	Your Love Means Everything (Bonus Tracks)	2004	Rock
Dirty Little Secret	The All-American Rejects	Move Along	2005	Alternative
Wildflower	Rachael Sage	The Blistering Sun	2006	Pop
Hate Me	Blue October	Foiled	2006	Alternative
How to Save a Life	The Fray	How to Save a Life	2005	Rock

Footnotes

Music Edge has a great interview with Blue October.

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1. On 04/21/2006, says:

   Hi, longtime lurker here, finally dragged out of my shell with this post.  I find you can find out so much from a person based on a mixtape er playlist.

   I had Panic in my head while at work today.  I found myself humming it then finally I just started singing, my officemate was not so impressed with my sudden burst of song

   Hang the dj, hang the dj, hang the bless-ed dj…

 
2. On 04/21/2006, Alnisa Allgood says:

   Yeah, I love that refrain. I’ve definitely found myself singing it this month. No co-workers to give me crazy looks, though my cat did look in askance.

 
3. On 06/06/2006, says:

   What a great playlist, Alnisa!  I still am so behind in my music gathering, as you know.  Just wait, I’ll be part of the millennium yet…

   I miss you; let’s talk soon!

   Mary

 
4. On 06/06/2006, Alnisa Allgood says:

   Hey you. How’s Texas treating you? I’m getting ready to introduce a new playlist. I’m still tweaking it some, but a lot of new songs have been capturing my attention lately, so this will be that list. But this playlist has kept me entertained for almost two months, especially Blue October and the Fray.

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