Alternative Grab Bag

Come join me, the Jean, as we experience thrills and chills from the offbeat world of alternative music including some of my favorites from punk, new wave, power pop, garage rock, post-punk, experimental, and indie/alternative. A few of the songs are old favorites of mine but most are only recent discoveries. Isn’t it nice when music can still offer you surprises? Enjoy!

They Might Be Giants

01. Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers – “Roadrunner (Once)” (1976)

02. The Stooges – “1969” (1969)
03. The Soft Boys – “I Wanna Destroy You” (1980)
04. World Party – “Put the Message in the Box” (1990)
05. They Might Be Giants – “Don’t Let’s Start” (1986)
06. MC5 – “Kick Out the Jams (Live)” (1969)
07. The White Stripes – “Hotel Yorba” (2001)
08. Tom Verlaine – “Kingdom Come” (1979)
09. The Real Kids – “All Kindsa Girls” (1977)
10. Cracker – “Euro-Trash Girl” (1992)
11. Cake – “Frank Sinatra” (1996)
12. Stephen Malkmus – “Jenny & the Ess Dog” (2001)
13. David Bowie – “Sound and Vision” (1977)
14. Guided By Voices – “I Am a Scientist” (1994)
15. The Magnetic Fields – “A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off”(1999)
16. Hoodoo Gurus – “I Want You Back” (1984)
17. Beat Happening – “Indian Summer” (1988)
18. Material Issue – “Valerie Loves Me” (1991)
19. John Cale – “Hallelujah (Live)” (1992)
20. Talking Heads – “(Nothing But) Flowers” (1988)

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