(Today I Made) A Playlist

For some reason, when I put my iPod on shuffle this morning, the first five songs that came on all had parentheses in the title. As a result, I produced an “All Parentheses Playlist.”

I set some guidelines for this; not just any tune with parentheses can make the list. I put “Kicks” by Paul Revere & The Raiders as the one example of what doesn’t count. Any song that was (Single Version), or (Featuring…), or (Studio Session), etc. doesn’t make the cut. Similarly, all songs had to be over a minute, so a lot of Mike Patton’s solo stuff didn’t make it.

In the cases such as Fishbone, Clutch, Deftones and Elvis Costello, I had several choices, but went with what song I wanted to hear the most today. I didn’t add “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) by the Melvins either, because the Fleetwood Mac & Peter Green original was simply called, “The Green Manalishi.” Nice try, Buzz.

This turned out to be a decent list of tunes; check it:
 

What Does it Take (To Win Your Love) – Junior Walker & The All Stars
Rise n’ Shine (Epic Doobie Nightmare #1) - Estradasphere

Don’t Let Go (Hold on to what you got) – Bo Diddley

Kicks (Single Version) – Paul Revere and the Raiders

Polizei (zu spat) – Trans Am

Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.) – Anthrax

Psychology is B.S. (Not Science) – Tub Ring

Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in It’s Spotlight) – Thin Lizzy

(Nothing But) Flowers – Talking Heads

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – Kenny Rogers

What Comes Around (Goes Around) – Dr. John

(In the Wake Of) The Swollen Goat – Clutch

1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) – Jimi Hendrix

Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) – Incubus

Sell Your Body (To The Night) - Turbonegro

Who is He (And What is He to You?) – Bill Withers

Gonorrhable Discharge (Torment) - Kilbacca

(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello

E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) – Blue Oyster Cult

Can’t We All Just Get Along (At The Dinner Table) – Guttermouth

Burr (The Man) – Lake Trout

Invertus Indica (The Marijuana Convictions) – Cephalic Carnage

No Good (Attack The Radical) – Pantera

It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Roger McGuinn

Stretch (You Are All Right) - Tortoise

Exit Music (For A Film) – Radiohead

Bang A Gong (Get It On) – T. Rex

You Pick Me Up (Just To Throw Me Down) “Therapy” – Infectious Grooves

The Omen (Ave Satani) – Fantômas

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky – Johnny Cash

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) – Three Dog Night

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson

Tragedy of War (In III Parts) – Company Flow

Good Guys (Don’t Wear White) – Minor Threat

Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) – Robert Johnson

(High) Visibility – Helmet

C.F.T. (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution) – Isis

Jazz (We’ve Got) – A Tribe Called Quest

Magic Finger (it’s my dink) – James Kochalka

Change (In the House Of Flies) – Deftones

Skinny (It’s Overflowing) – Quicksand

Why? (What’s Goin On) – The Roots

Stubb (A Dub) – Mr. Bungle

Girl (You Captivate Me) - ?& The Mysterians

(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go – Curtis Mayfield

Ship of Fools (Stone of Exile) – Secret Cheifs 3

Thank you (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sly and the Family Stone

Spiral Meningitis (Got Me Down) - Ween

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

I Know Somethin (Bout You) – Alice In Chains

Spider Baby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah) – White Zombie

We Have Spy-Tech (We Know) – Mayor Meighnot Administration

? (Modern Industry) – Fishbone

Wake Up (To Yourself) – Weaker Youth Ensemble

Psychology of A.I. (Numbers Follow Answers) – Man Or Astro-man?

(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais – The Clash

Three For Flinching (Revenge Of The Porno Clowns) – Dillinger Escape Plan

(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – Martha and The Vandellas