I was going to write something called “Breaking Up With The National” but then I realised it would end up being a few thousand words long. If I were to write a few thousand words now, tomorrow at work would be really really bad.
jesus christ you have confused me
cornered, wasted, blessed and used me
forgive me, girls, I am confused
stiff and pissed and lost and loose
This month I was planning to make a fake mix tape that focused on Australian-accented singers, but then I found out about some music being released next month that I’m certain to want to include. So here’s something else.
Take the Money and Run
a fake mix tape
01. Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, but I Feel Like a Millionaire
02. Spiderbait - Buy Me A Pony
03. The National - Pay For Me
04. Barenaked Ladies - If I Had $1000000
05. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
06. Patti Smith - Free Money
07. Bruce Springsteen - Used Cars
08. Simon & Garfunkel - Keep The Customer Satisfied
09. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)
10. Blueline Medic - Making The Nouveau Riche
11. Straylight Run - Dignity And Money
12. Big Black - Big Money
13. Radiohead - Dollars and Cents
14. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
15. Das Racist - Commercial
16. the Mountain Goats - Alpha Desperation March
17. Lou Reed - Men Of Good Fortune
18. Liz Phair - Shitloads Of Money
Life has given me an opportunity to get my mope on. Who needs therapy when you’ve got mixtapes?
I’m well and truly breaking some of my self-imposed rules about such things, but I’m allowed because it’s a special occasion.
One For The Good Days
a fake mix tape
01. All - Long Distance
02. The Magnetic Fields - All The Umbrellas In London
03. the Mountain Goats - Raja Vocative
04. The Swell Season - When Your Mind’s Made Up
05. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - I Let Love In
06. Robyn - Be Mine
07. the Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice - Sudden Oak Death
08. Radiohead - Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was
09. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
10. The National - The Perfect Song
11. the Mountain Goats - Waving At You
12. Underground Lovers - Cold Feeling
13. the Mountain Goats - Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise
14. Radiohead - Videotape
15. Jackson C. Frank - You Never Wanted Me
16. Eels - It’s A Motherfucker
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
High Violet disappointed me more than any album I can think of has ever disappointed me. But there’s still something there. Almost all of it is in this song.
(And it’s the one song Padma Newsome has a writing credit on, too. Go figure.)
I’m curious.
Mine are, in no particular order:
- Willie Nelson, “September Song,” off of Stardust
- Nelly, “#1,” from Nellyville, for this I will not apologize
- Patsy Cline, “I Fall to Pieces,” from Showcase
- Modest Mouse, “Gravity Rides Everything,” from The Moon & Antarctica
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line,” off of A New World Record
So?
The National’s next album is coming out on 4AD.
I don’t know how I am going to cope with such a convergence of awesomenesses. I can only dream of the kind of cross-pollination that could theoretically occur.
Never mind that, though. I have set the countdown timer for May and will proceed to be excited.
—
The National’s Matt Berninger, on the band’s forthcoming album, in Under the Radar. The record is due in May, and it should absolutely be called Underwater Peacock. (via crumbler)
Oh boy. Excuse me while I spend the next five months in an unbearable state of terrified anticipation.
