Playlist of the week (IT IS NOT WEAK)

What had happened was...
I was getting ready for a shoulder surgery. The patient was under anesthesia and the surgeon was prowling the OR lounge area, hunting for the coffee cups, only minutes away from scrubbing in and starting what would turn out to be a 2 and 1/2 hour operation. I would have to act quickly. Knowing this surgeon, we would all be listening to John Denver for the next few hours (That would be bad). I quickly loaded my IPOD into the dock we have in OR #5 and made an On-The-Go playlist containing the three following albums.

1) Fleet Foxes (3 of 3 stars)

2) Mystery Jets - Twenty One (3  of 3 stars)

3) Radiohead - OK Computer (3 of 3 stars)

  

For more on my rating system, check out my blog on the new Portishead.

The three records are all the way, through and through, phenomenal.

Everywhere I read reviews about them, the reviewers made comments like, "The Fleet Foxes are the Beach Boys reborn", Uh.. yeah. You just need to hear the harmonies for yourself. If an album invokes some kind of emotional response, then I think the artist has succeeded in creating something. It did, and I am not referring to gas. My recommended track from the album to wet your whistle to... Your Protector

The Mystery Jets were amazing. Again in terms of emotional response, I felt all warm and fuzzy listening to the songs of this record which, seeing how I have listened to both of the other two records enough times to recognize The Mystery Jet's songs, when I heard a new track I knew instantly who it was and I was happy. Check out the track Flakes and see how it rubs you.

Last but not least, Radiohead... Well, I know, In Rainbows is the latest studio album. I must have listened to it 12 times in a row when I first got it. I love it. I needed some Radiohead and wasn't going back to In Rainbows yet. I wanted to shake it up a little but not put everyone in the room into the fetal position by the end of surgery. Ok Computer is an aweome record. Is it the best Radiohead album? YES. IT IS. I AM SURE OF IT. Karma Police, Climbing Up The Walls, Lucky I would put the entire track listing here but you'd only download them and you need to own the hard copy.

Regardless of your opinion on that topic, let me say this, the combination of the three albums onto one playlist, randomized, was a beautiful thing. I had that wonderful question asked to me, "Who's This?" and, "This is pretty good", to which I can only reply, "Yeah, I know." This is my Playlist of the week. I will import it as a permanent playlist on my Ipod and Itunes.

This is Randall_, Last Survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.