{"id":1406,"date":"2007-09-28T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T15:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/2007\/09\/28\/friday-random-ten-honorable-estate-edition\/"},"modified":"2007-09-28T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T15:42:59","slug":"friday-random-ten-honorable-estate-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/28\/friday-random-ten-honorable-estate-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Random Ten: Honorable Estate Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, not really random, nor for that matter ten. Nor even Friday, as the big event is tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Here’s the first twenty songs of the playlist:<\/p>\n

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  1. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, I’m Just a Lucky So and So<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Lyle Lovett, Good Intentions<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Al Green, I’m Glad You’re Mine<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Patricia Barber, Lost In This Love<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, So Far to Fall<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Never Can Say Goodbye<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Loving Paris, Loco<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Parliament, Mothership Connection<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Yannick Noah, December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Gary Moore, Eyesight to the Blind<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. Maria Papadopoulou, Maskaremeni<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. Gipsyland, Salaam<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. Esther Phillips, Cry Me a River Blues<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. Either\/Orchestra, No Me Molesta<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Mondo Bongo<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. Alihan Samedov, Sen Gelmez Oldun<\/em><\/li>\n
  17. Cesaria Evora, Nho Antone Escaraderode<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. Billie Holiday, Comes Love<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. Madeliene Peyroux, Don’t Wait Too Long<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. Living Colour, Love Rears It’s Ugly Head<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We hit ’em heavy right at the beginning; once Satchmo and Duke are finished, there won’t be a dry eye in the house. A few more lovey-dovey songs to set the mood, and then the tempo ratchets up and stays there. Never Can Say Goodbye<\/em> is the first of many lesser-known covers of well-known songs; it’s a nice way to mix in some familiarity without stooping to cliche. And Yannick (not Noah<\/a> — see comments) has a version of December 1963<\/em> that is really too catchy to be believed. Joe Strummer tops the list with three entries in the total of eighty songs; Mondo Bongo<\/em> because it’s romantic and we’re rocking the Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/a><\/em> vibe; All In a Day<\/em> because there’s a line in there about “East of Chavez Ravine,” where the actual wedding is being held; and the Clash’s Death or Glory<\/em> because Death or Glory<\/em> is awesome.<\/p>\n

    A keen eye will detect that we haven’t limited ourselves to conventionally romantic tunes, but have allowed the occasional foray into ironic detachment; that’s okay, the relationship is like that too.<\/p>\n

    Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go get married.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Okay, not really random, nor for that matter ten. Nor even Friday, as the big event is tomorrow. Here’s the first twenty songs of the playlist: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, I’m Just a Lucky So and So Lyle Lovett, Good Intentions Al Green, I’m Glad You’re Mine Patricia Barber, Lost In This Love Emerson, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}