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Monday, August 22, 2005

City to Surf 12km Run - Will Listen to Crap for Charity

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Alright people, elaborate fundraising idea for those who like to keep their sado-altruistic yinyang in harmony for this Sunday's City to Surf.

The last race I, erm man of action did, was only possible through the sweet relief my carefully chosen iPod playlist [see:vanishing pointless: A Man of Action Dislikes Eye of the Tiger With a Great Passion]. On the theory that you can put up with anything for an hour or so, I thought I'd open my playlist for sale for a good cause as penance for my narrow minded music related sanctimony [see: innumerable yah! boo! Iggy Pop/ Johnny Cash/ John Cale/ New Order/ adorable Japanese girl bands did it better comments on the interweb]. Here's the plan:

1. You nominate a song/songs in comments at $10 a pop. Now this could be Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You, but then why not get your kicks by having me listen to Whitney Houston's version. Or imagine the fine pleasures had at the thought as I struggle up the final hill at the 11km mark, lungs aburst, only for the bowel loosening sounds of Aga Doo or anything from Rattle and Hum to come through my headphones.
2. I put these songs into a playlist and press play at the start.
3. If your song comes up during the race, you donate $10 to Oxfam. If it doesn't you don't have to.

Goddit?

To keep myself sane and get the ball rolling, I'm treating myself to 5 songs for a total of $50. They are:
Comfort Eagle - Cake
Panama - Van Halen
Cinnamon - Piggies
Apple Tree - Wolfmother
Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age

And further ,and not all crap it looks, additions from sponsors in the Will Listen to Crap for Charity Playlist are:
Never Been Any Reason - Head East from Stephanie
Boys of Summer - DJ Sammy from Kate
Car Song - Cat Empire from Vic
Signed Sealed Delivered - DJ Smash from Reid
Hangin' Tough - NKOTB from Saffron
All the Cats Join In - Benny Goodman from Rob
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson from Ampersand Duck
I've Never Been to Me - Charlene from santos

Keep them coming people, don't make me use guilt.

More!
Lola - the Kinks & All seats taken - Bec Cartwright from Mindy
Girls on Film - Wesley Willis from Chook
Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns and Roses from Jon
Celebrate - Namie Amuro from Heech (can't find it yet - anybody?)

And here we go...
Breathless - Kenny G from Nat
Ghostbusters[techno mix] - Ray Parker Jnr from Jean
Metal Machine Music - Die Krupps from Yellowsupurinter

That looks like it. 20 songs. Cheers all. Might psyche myself up by watching Atanarjuat.

38 Comments:

Blogger Stephanie said...

This is to tempting (to a former 'radio personality') to pass up...I'll do. Just do the conversion for me, 'k?

Alright..." Never Been Any Reason", Head East.

8/23/2005 12:11:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Hi Steph
Wooh!
-AU$ is a low low US$7.50
-12k is a spookily similar 7.5miles
-Sunday is Saturday
-cricket is kind of like baseball but not really

I don't know the song but any song with "sweet lovin'" in the lyrics can't be all that bad.

8/23/2005 07:02:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Ha! Found it.

My ears! My sides!

8/23/2005 08:08:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aahhh! The spam, the spam!

Okay, I've been giving this a lot of thought and I've decided not to go with any Enya (that's just unnecessarily cruel) so here's mine:
Boys of Summer Remix by Dj Sammy, link to MP3 here
http://www.streamwaves.com/theboysofsummergreencourtremix/songs/921648/summary.htm

Bit of a dodgy site mind you...

Anyway, this song tortured me for several years one afternoon at the gym and I haven't gotten over it. Enjoy!

8/23/2005 08:28:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Spam! Hmm all gone now. Never had it before just the occasional bit of blog hooring. May have to disable anonymous commenting if it keeps up.

Gym music - it's shit. Goodonya for joing in and not choosing Enya - I think there'll now be a $20 premium rate for Enya songs).

8/23/2005 09:12:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OOhhh this is going to be fun! I reckon Chris can come up with something to melt your lobes.

8/23/2005 09:17:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nominate Car Song - Cat Empire... don't want to upset your running rhythm with any Cher or Shannon Noll numbers...
Good luck!

8/23/2005 09:28:00 am

 
Blogger Reid said...

Hi Anthony,

How's about the DJ Smash mix of Stevie Wonder's 'Signed Sealed Delivered'. If you want the tune for your iPOD, let me know.

BTW. I'll donate something whether the song comes up or not. How's that?

8/23/2005 01:13:00 pm

 
Blogger deborah said...

I once did the city to surf in Sydney. Back when I was 12. And at the time I was a NKOTB fan. I listened to their new album (on cassette)because i actually wanted to.

Thank god times have changed.

So now, its your turn >

Hangin' Tough, by NKOTB (New Kids On The Block)

Enjoy :)

8/23/2005 02:52:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Crafty
-do his worst!

Vic
-Double mercies. My rhythm is kind of thump thump to a gradually decreasing tempo.

Reid
-Bless. Can't ask for a fairer deal than that (though I haven't heard the song yet). I should be able to hunt it down with Acquisition , a program that a certain guamian lady pointed me to. If not I'll be asking.

Saffy
-NKOTB Hanging Tough - how evil. Ahmm thank you.

8/23/2005 05:00:00 pm

 
Blogger Stephanie said...

But...the album cover (Flat as a Pancake) boasts a pancake! With syrup!

8/24/2005 04:36:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Sure the pancake is tasty looking but nowhere near as tastty as the guy on the left.

8/24/2005 07:12:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice idea, Spicey.

Since I'll be dancing balboa while you're running, I might as well nominate something along those lines.

How about Benny Goodman, his orchestra, and "All the Cats Join In"? Upbeat, with a nice walking bass line that you can run to.

I'll donate $10 just cos Oxfam is good, and another $10 if it comes up during your 12km.

8/24/2005 02:12:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Thanks Rob

Not quite sure how the idea came to me. The Balboa? Does it involve running up stairs?

Oxfam is good and so areyou for chipping in. Strong odds of Benny getting a spin if more songs don't get nominated and I may get a double dose of NKOTB. Could discourage shilly shallying.

8/24/2005 08:10:00 pm

 
Blogger Ampersand Duck said...

Let me be the Black Fairy and grant you a listen to
Pat Wilson: Bop Girl.
That should get you up the hill.
In this context 'I'd rather you do it, not me' works both ways!

8/24/2005 08:58:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Hello Ampers&

That's a wicked "spell" you cast.

No luck on finding it on the interweb but I will endure, without incriminating yourself , you wouldn't have a copy would you? Otherwise a suitable other OZ new wave number might have to stand in.

8/24/2005 09:32:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

i'll give oxfam $20 if you include "i've never been to me by charlene.

and i'll even throw in a wad of cotton for your bleeding ears.

8/24/2005 09:49:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Bop Girl has been found! Ahmm wooh!

Hey Lady
A deal! Is there a reason the link is to French cast iron kitchenware?

[and a guy that did the Nikka Whiskey ad in the 60's figurine gravatar. Ace!]

8/24/2005 10:09:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

and I hope that's mentholated cotton wad

8/24/2005 10:16:00 pm

 
Blogger Stephanie said...

"I've Never Been to Me"??? Ugh...that was nominated by my listeners as one of the biggest crap songs of all time...boy Spicey.

8/24/2005 11:37:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

cooking? wtf? try this.a

lychee-flavoured cotton wads.

8/25/2005 01:28:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Steph - your listeners have exquisite taste, you should hear the Lowry organ version Santos has supplied just above.

Santos - lychee. Could be just the thing to make ear wax palatable.

8/25/2005 07:23:00 am

 
Blogger deborah said...

Just to balance out the kindness displayed by less evil bloggers :)

I am waiting for the Abba request.

8/25/2005 07:23:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Well you can request more than one song...

8/25/2005 08:04:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't know if you can get it, but I'll sponsor you (Oxfam) a tenner if you listen to (and sing) Celebrate by あむろ。なみえ as you go past King Edward at around 7:30
hm

8/25/2005 10:21:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Hey cheers Heech. I'm sure I can track it down. Nice choice. There's a container of ramen stock here for you too BYW.

8/25/2005 11:43:00 pm

 
Blogger Mindy said...

Lola. By the Kinks (I think). Also, if you put Bec Cartwright on your ipod, it comes up and you keep running without throwing up I will donate $20 to Oxfam. (I've gotten nastier since visiting Kate's blog yesterday).

8/26/2005 10:20:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Mindy

You're on! I'll hunt around for Bec but she may trigger Lleyton spasma of "come on!" in which case I may have to just shoot myself.

8/26/2005 10:27:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jon says he'll nominate something by the Gunners. I think he's thinking 'Oh Sweet Child of Mine'. I think he'd probably donate $100 if you did the C2S in a metal-hair wig, but that might be pushing it...

8/26/2005 12:25:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Cool! Shall I put him down for sweet child o mine then? Wig! Something like this?

8/26/2005 12:35:00 pm

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, Oh Sweet Child of Mine it is. We have it here if you need it.

I was thinking more like this:
http://forbattle.blogspot.com/2005/08/scary-80s-hair.html

8/26/2005 02:50:00 pm

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

...well I could be a bastard (and a bit of a music snob) and pick you up on the technicality that a song equals a track and therefore suggest one of the tracks off Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music (15 min. odd of screeching guitar feedback and noise) - but how about something simpler and easier to find: that Crazy Frog/Disco Frog shit.

8/26/2005 08:06:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

try here for namie amuro.

8/26/2005 08:43:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Yellowsplinter

I think the argument is over whether it's music or not. A nice challenge but a little too much musical real estate. How about a compromise with Metal Machine Music by teutonic funsters and espresso machine makers Die Kruppe?

Cheers Santos. I gave acquisition bit of a shake and it fell out.

8/26/2005 11:04:00 pm

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Die Kruppe?

Hmmmm. How about Rammstein.

8/26/2005 11:38:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Oops that should be Die Krupp*s*, I should at least steer clear of Einsomething Neuthingyamy.

8/27/2005 03:20:00 pm

 
Blogger tokyo goat said...

mmmmm....namie amuro!!??

8/27/2005 04:17:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

[Sigh] yes. Last chance for requests?

8/27/2005 04:28:00 pm

 

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