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12-25-09 Footnotes
Show 213:
The Sound Opinions Desert Island Jukebox Special
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1 Frequently at the end of Sound Opinions, Jim and Greg add songs to the Desert Island Jukebox. This jukebox is filled with tracks that Jim and Greg would take with them if stranded on a desert island. They’ve posed this same age-old rock question to many of their guests. In this episode you’ll hear the music that these artists say they can’t live without:

Saul Williams – James Brown, Live at the Olympia
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with Saul Williams

Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand – Leonard Cohen, The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand – Neil Young, “Ohio”
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with Franz Ferdinand

Peaches* – Prince, Purple Rain
Listen to Jim and Greg’s dissection of Purple Rain
*Peaches will be on Sound Opinions later this month.

Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix – Serge Gainsbourg, Histoire de Melody Nelson
Thomas Mars of Phoenix – D’Angelo, Voodoo
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with Phoenix

Craig Finn of The Hold Steady – The Replacements, “I Will Dare
Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady – Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti
Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady – American Music Club, Mercury
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with The Hold Steady
Listen to Jim and Greg’s dissection of Let It Be

Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit – The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
Grant Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit – Bob Dylan, Planet Waves
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with Frightened Rabbit

Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips – John Lennon, “(Just Like) Starting Over
Listen to Jim and Greg’s interview with The Flaming Lips



Songs Featured in Show #213
The Saints, “(I’m) Stranded,” (I'm) Stranded, 1977
Saul Williams, “Banged and Blown Through” The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, 2007
James Brown, “Brother Rapp,” Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971
Franz Ferdinand, “Take Me Out,” Franz Ferdinand, 2004
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Ohio,” 4 Way Street, 1971
Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne,” Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1968
The Constantines and Feist, “Islands In The Stream,” 2009
Ella Fitzgerald, “Christmas Island,” Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas, 2002
Prince and the Revolution, “I Would Die 4 You,” Purple Rain, 1984
Phoenix, "1901," Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, 2009
Serge Gainsbourg, “Ballade de Melody Nelson,” Histoire de Melody Nelson, 1971
D’Angelo, “Playa Playa,” Voodoo, 2000
The xx, “Islands” xx, 2009
The Replacements, “I Will Dare,” Let It Be, 1984
Led Zeppelin, “Kashmir,” Physical Graffiti, 1975
American Music Club, “Over and Done,” Mercury, 1993
The Hold Steady, “One for the Cutters,” Stay Positive, 2008
Bob Dylan, “On a Night Like This,” Planet Waves, 1974
The Flaming Lips, “Race for the Prize,” The Soft Bulletin, 1999
The Flaming Lips, “(Just Like) Starting Over” Live on Sound Opinions
John Lennon, “(Just Like) Starting Over,” Double Fantasy, 1980
The Replacements, “Answering Machine,” Let It Be, 1984
Run D.M.C., “Christmas in Hollis,” A Very Special Christmas, 1989
The xx, “VCR,” xx, 2009
Queen, “God Save the Queen,” A Night at the Opera, 1975


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