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;Hall and Oates, One on One:Drum machine carries the beat.
 
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;Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill:Everybody else has covered it, why can't we?
 
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;Madonna:Queen of our pop
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;Michael Jackson:King of our pop
 
;New Order, Blue Monday:Official dance club hit of our generation.
 
;New Order, Blue Monday:Official dance club hit of our generation.
 
;New Order, Every Little Counts:Essence of irony. Lonesome Tonight is another slow jam from NO.
 
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;Violent Femmes, Kiss Off:Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
 
;Violent Femmes, Kiss Off:Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
 
;Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go
 
;Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go
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===Other music===
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More bands with TGA/GDA sensitivity I would like covering include
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*Aimee Mann
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*Cocteau Twins
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*The B52s
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*Bob Marley
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*Cake
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*Coldplay
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*The Flaming Lips
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*Fleetwood Mac
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*Garbage
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*Joy Division
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*Morrissey
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*Natalie Merchant
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*Neil Young
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*No Doubt
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*Pink Floyd
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*Sade
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*Siouxsie and the Banshees
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*Smashing Pumpkins
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*Weird Al Yankovic
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Bands that don't fit that sensitivity—but who cares?—include
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*Alicia Keys
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*Aretha Franklin
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*Björk
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*Dinosaur Jr.
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*Erasure
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*James Brown
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*Joni Mitchell
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*King Missile
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*Kraftwerk
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*Lush
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*The Muppets
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*Prince
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*Radiohead
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*Stevie Wonder
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*Tom Waits
  
 
===Musicians and Instruments===
 
===Musicians and Instruments===

Revision as of 13:28, 27 March 2012

Music

Kobi and I are supposed to put together a musical act for our 25th reunion at The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy). Here's a list of possible tunes we'll perform:

Music from our time at high school

(alphabetical by artist)

Depeche Mode, People Are People
"Why should it be you and I should get along so awfully?"
Depeche Mode, Sometimes
Downtime song.
Echo and the Bunnymen, Lips Like Sugar
Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
If WBCN wasn't rocking this on my alarm radio in Perkins freshman year, I don't know whether I'd make it through breakfast.
Hall and Oates, One on One
Drum machine carries the beat.
Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill
Everybody else has covered it, why can't we?
Madonna
Queen of our pop
Michael Jackson
King of our pop
New Order, Blue Monday
Official dance club hit of our generation.
New Order, Every Little Counts
Essence of irony. Lonesome Tonight is another slow jam from NO.
Peter Gabriel, Don't Give Up
Denny Hannon '88 performed both sides of this duo; we won't make that mistake. Anything from So would go over well.
Sinéad O'Connor, Just Like U Said It Would B
Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Tears for Fears, Mad World
Tears for Fears, Pale Shelter
The Cure, In Between Days
Cheery, bet a lot of day-schoolers woke up to this on the way to Byfield.
The Cure, Just Like Heaven
Big hit at our college dance parties.
The Police, Every Breath You Take
What better breeding ground for casual stalkers than a boarding school? jk—not!
The Police, King of Pain
The Pretenders, Don't Get Me Wrong
Crossover between alternative types and mainstream listeners.
The Psychedelic Furs, Heartbreak Beat
The Smiths, Ask
"Shyness can stop you from performing the songs you'd like to."
The Smiths, How Soon Is Now?
Alt Anthem.
The Smiths, anything from The Queen Is Dead
U2, Pride (In the Name of Love)
U2, With or Without You
Mr. Robb performed this with a student band. Just one incident from a long list of embarrassing fraternization with the enemy.
Violent Femmes, Kiss Off
Drowned in teen angst all over the place, pretty easy to play. "They'll hurt me bad, but they do it all the time." "I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record."
Violent Femmes, Please Please Please Don't Go

Other music

More bands with TGA/GDA sensitivity I would like covering include

  • Aimee Mann
  • Cocteau Twins
  • The B52s
  • Bob Marley
  • Cake
  • Coldplay
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • Garbage
  • Joy Division
  • Morrissey
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Neil Young
  • No Doubt
  • Pink Floyd
  • Sade
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Weird Al Yankovic

Bands that don't fit that sensitivity—but who cares?—include

  • Alicia Keys
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Björk
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Erasure
  • James Brown
  • Joni Mitchell
  • King Missile
  • Kraftwerk
  • Lush
  • The Muppets
  • Prince
  • Radiohead
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Tom Waits

Musicians and Instruments

kobi

  • Acoustic guitar

sreeves

I wouldn't be ashamed to rock a 505, the Gov's 707 probably not still available. Here's what I can bring if necessary:

  • V-Drums
  • Electric bass + amp
  • Electric guitar
  • PA + 2 mics
  • Prophet 2000 sampling keyboard
  • Ensoniq synth
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