Song of the Day: "I Need to Know"

ARTIST: Marc Anthony
TITLE: "I Need to Know"
YEAR: 1999

While watching football most of the day, an advert kept coming on that uses this song. Earlier this year, I picked up a cheap remix single for it, and that is because it is one I remember fondly and still much enjoy to this day. The advert got it stuck in my head most of the day, so I thought I'd give it some space here today.

Listen here. The track is available on Marc Anthony's self-titled album.

Faith (George Michael)

George Michael's Faith is hugely successful and still shows up critics' lists of the greatest albums. Despite containing the awesome track "Look at Your Hands," one of the few tracks from this album not to appear on a Michael compilation, I often delayed picking this one up. However, I finally got a copy. There's not actually a track on here that I hadn't heard before, but I will just say that any acclaim this gets is deserved. Great tracks and sequenced well.

Tracks:
1. Faith
2. Father Figure
3. I Want Your Sex (Parts 1 & 2)
4. One More Try
5. Hard Day
6. Hand to Mouth
7. Look at Your Hands
8. Monkey
9. Kissing a Fool
10. Hard Day (Shep Pettibone remix)
11. A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Part 3)

"The Perfect Drug" versions (Nine Inch Nails)

After my NIN concert experience, I was left feeling a bit of a void in my collection, owning none of their music. I rectified that quickly by picking up a copy of the single of remixes of "The Perfect Drug." This is a strange first purchase for many reasons. For one, I didn't actually hear it live. For a second, the hit version of "The Perfect Drug" isn't actually included. Still, it was there and I wanted it, so buy it I did. While some of the remixes are decent, I wouldn't say this single is stunning in any way. My favorite is probably Spacetime Continuum, with The Orb a close second. While it's likely a non-essential for those who aren't Nine Inch Nails completists, it isn't without its merits. Overall, this is a purchase to consider if you happen to see it around, but by no means a must-have, move-it-to-the-top-of-your-wish-list type thing.

Tracks:
1. The Perfect Drug (Meat Beat Manifesto)
2. The Perfect Drug (Plug)
3. The Perfect Drug (Nine Inch Nails)
4. The Perfect Drug (Spacetime Continuum)
5. The Perfect Drug (The Orb)

Songs of the Day

These are a few songs that popped into my head during my class Thursday. I don't know what it is about that class, but I always seem to end up with songs competing with the material.

ARTIST: A Foot in Coldwater
TITLE: "(Make Me Do) Anything You Want"
YEAR: 1972

A killer track from a Canadian band that seems to be largely forgotten. Shame. This isn't the full version of the track as it's edited down, but better than nothing, so take a listen here. It's available on Best of A Foot in Coldwater, among other AFiC CDs.

ARTIST: Joy Division
TITLE: "Shadowplay"
YEAR: 1979

It recently received a minor revival when The Killers remade it. They did a good job, but nothing can top Joy Division. Listen to the song here. It can be purchased on many Joy Division sets, the most complete of which is a box set entitled Heart and Soul.

ARTIST: Yes
TITLE: "Your Move"
YEAR: 1971

"Your Move" is one of my favourite Yes tracks. I don't know why. It's played all the time on classic rock radio, but it still hasn't burned on me, despite me not even being a huge Yes fan. I guess this song just has "it." Try Seeqpod for hearing it. The song is available on The Yes Album.

Song of the Day: "Genius of Love"

ARTIST: Tom Tom Club
TITLE: "Genius of Love"
YEAR: 1982

Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" is one my favourite songs of all time. It's just that awesome. It was playing over the system before Nine Inch Nails took the stage, leading me to spotlight it today.

Hear it here. The song is available on Tom Tom Club's self-titled album.

Set list: Nine Inch Nails

So, yeah, I was counting on somebody posting this set list. It seemed like NIN fans had a big enough Internet presence that I could count on doing that kind of thing. Wrong! Nobody kept a very good set list for this show. The ones before and after? Yep. Nashville? Nope! Suck-ass crowd (for this and other reasons).

So yeah, I went to Nine Inch Nails' Hallowe'en show, and despite some crowd problems and my lack of set list, it was awesome. They rocked hard and really had great effects to complement the performance. I particularly enjoyed hearing "The Hand That Feeds," which was followed up by "Head Like a Hole" as the last two songs before the encore. Great stuff. "Discipline" was also amazing live, as was "Hurt" during the encore. "Survivalism" was cooler than I expected and "March of the Pigs" was insaaaaane. However, maybe the best part was the Ghosts tracks. I hadn't heard them before, but the segments of the show when they were played were absolutely amazing. I may need to invest in that album.

The opening act, Health, was pretty cool. Not really my thing, but some nice modern progressive rock stuff. I felt bad for them, because the audience assholes were giving them a rough time. I cheered, anyway. I swear, some concertgoers are retarded and should be banned. Go home and listen to your albums if you want to have control over who's playing and what they're playing. Otherwise, buy your ticket and enjoy the show you're given, 'cause it ain't your set list to frickin' decide.

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UPDATE: I see now that one of the NIN forums has updated its set list to look much more like what I remember. I'm gonna go ahead and post it here as it seems likely to be accurate.
1. 999,999/1,000,000
2. Letting You
3. Discipline
4. March of the Pigs
5. Head Down
6. The Frail
7. Closer
8. Gave Up
9. The Warning
10. The Great Destroyer
11. 5 Ghosts I
12. 25 Ghosts III
13. 19 Ghosts III
14. Ghosts Piggy
15. The Greater Good
16. Pinion/Wish
17. Terrible Lie
18. Survivalism
19. The Big Comedown
20. 31 Ghosts IV
21. Only
22. The Hand That Feeds
23. Head Like a Hole
--encore--
24. Echoplex
25. God Given
26. The Good Soldier
27. Hurt
28. In This Twilight

Song of the Day: "I'm Not Losing Sleep"

ARTIST: David Bowie
TITLE: "I'm Not Losing Sleep"
YEAR: 1966

This is one of David Bowie's early singles. I'm just starting to realise how awesome Bowie is, but this particular single is one I've loved since I first heard it. It's an awesome slice of 1960s pop, and while it's not the sort of thing for which he'd become famous, it's still great.

I can't find anywhere to stream it. The song is available on various early Bowie compilations, including Early On (1964-1966). It is also available on some various artists discs.