Friday Five: 10/31

In which I blather about five songs randomly selected from my iPod playlist as I listen to them.

"Vertigo" - U2
If I was at all worried that How to Dismantle... would be a let-down album after the brilliance of All That You Can't Leave Behind, this song quickly allayed them.

"Boom Boom" - Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Cover of the John Lee Hooker classic. They played this one when I saw them live, and it was amazing.

"Never Tear Us Apart"- INXS
Well at first blush, this song may seem schmaltzy and overproduced with predictable lyrics and strings requisite for a not-quite power ballad... OK, that's pretty much all it is. The important lesson is that a song doesn't have to be objectively good for me to like it (as if you hadn't figured that out by now).

"Promises, Promises" - Naked Eyes
I think I have 2 songs by this British synth-pop duo, and I really enjoy them both. They are one of those bands that I wonder why they never made it bigger.

"Pump Up the Volume" - MARRS
"Rhythmatic, systematic world control/ Magnetic, genetic demands your soul." I have an irrational fondness for this song, all 7 minutes of it.