Swimtrack

[christopher575]

My little iPod has been doing a pretty great job lately. Mostly it's shuffling in Information Society, Orgy, and Got a Girl, and that's just fine by me. At first I thought I had accidentally turned on the "play in order" mode when I heard three Orgy songs in a row, but then something else came on. If you aren't familiar with them, they burst onto the scene with a cover of "Blue Monday" by New Order, which I think is amazing. A lot of people hate covers, though, and even more think New Order is somehow untouchable. Whatever. They had a few more somewhat popular tracks and then faded from view. But a quick glance around and I see they're pretty active, so I should probably see what their albums that I haven't heard before sound like. Here's a very neat video they made.

Speaking of covers, and Information society, and what I'm listening to in the pool, I know I've mentioned that I love Orders of Magnitude, InSoc's latest. But it's all covers and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I only recognized a few of the songs! After a long afternoon of housework (Garrett gets back tonight and our friend Ana visits tomorrow) I decided to finally sit down and make a playlist on YouTube of the original versions of the songs from Orders of Magnitude. They're not what I would consider a twee or wacky band in any way, so a few of the songs on the album are delightful and surprising.

Tomorrow I use up the last half day of my 7.5 use-or-lose vacation days I was instructed to take by the end of the fiscal year, plus another half day from my current pool of PTO. Garrett's also got the day off since today's a travel day. Not sure if I'll go out for a walk in the morning or not, but on days off I don't feel a huge obligation to get out there.

Today at the pool, there were two guys there who may or may not be part of that ever-dwindling swim team. I suspect they were, because they did the same routine I've seen them do before. No coach was there, though. Maybe even he's quit!

Comments

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I love making playlist but shuffle is fun too.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Blue Monday is the only Orgy song I remember. I love covers, as long as they're different from the original. Otherwise, what's the point?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

It's funny, people get mad at that, too. "That song is perfect! Why would you change it!"

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I've only ever listened on shuffle on my iPods and that's been much easier to deal with since I started buying earbuds with controls on the cords and I can skip without pulling them out of my pocket. When I'm swimming I just have to reach around to the back of my head. But it might be time to start making some playlists, especially now that a CD of my old workout soundtrack ("Light" CD single by KMFDM) is on its way to me in the mail.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Ha, true. I just don't think remakes need to always be the lead singles, but for some reason they usually are. Cover a song because you love it, not because you want a hit.