(The day I’d chose to “celebrate” and was halfway through recording got rescheduled because of the pandemic. Fortunately I still had an old unreleased demo from an April a couple years back. So hear ya go. Hope you are well, Love Rev.)
0:00:01-0:01:35) Shel Silverstein by BassNectar off of Beatfreak Bohemia
0:01:36-0:07:44) Revelation (Mother Earth) by Ozzy Osbourne off of Blizzard Of Ozz
0:07:44-0:09:10 (Rev. interruption 1 background music: Fred Of Ballaroy by Hazmat Modine off of Bahamut)
Hello and welcome to Aurally Fixated. Let’s get right down to it. Starting off the show today was BassNectar with the appropriately named Shel Silverstein off of their mixed-CDs Beatfreak Bohemia. That was followed by that old hippie Ozzy Osbourne singing about how us silly humans have got to stop destroying the planet, with Revelation (Mother Earth). And I hope you don’t mind getting preach at like that, because today is April 22 – Earth Day. And I’ve corralled a gaggle of tunes all about this spinning blue/green marble we’re hurtling through infinity on. Up next is one of my all-time favorite chunks of lyrics that’s ever been stuck together. If you don’t own Astronautalis’s album This Is Our Science, I’m sorry but your life ins’t complete. I give to you, The River, The Woods.
0:09:11-0:12:29) The River, The Woods by Astronautalis off of This Is Our Science
0:12:30-0:15:35) Walk Or Ride by The Ditty Bops off of The Ditty Bops
0:15:36-0:20:55) Back To The Earth by Rusted Root off of When I Woke
0:20:56-0:22:04 (Rev. interruption 2 background music: A Violet Fluid by Nine Inch Nails off of March of the Pigs)
What you just got done hearing was Rusted Root with their song Back To The Earth. Before that we had The Ditty Bops deciding weather to Walk Or Ride. And of course we started the whole thing off with Astronautalis poeting at us about The River, The Woods. And from one amazing lyricist to a trio of them here are the CunninLynguists with their song Earth’s Essence.
0:22:05-0:25:15) Earth’s Essence by CunninLynguists off of Sloppy Seconds Vol. 1
0:25:16-0:28:54) On Nature by Matisyahu off of Light
0:28:55-0:33:09) Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth off of Countdown To Extinction
0:33:10-0:33:59 (Rev. interruption 3 background music: The Magic Flute Theme & Variations Op.9 II. Var.4 by Georgi Moravsky off of 66 Must-Have Spanish Guitar Masterpieces)
Friends, thank you for allowing me to provide the soundtrack to whatever it is you’re doing to make the world a better place on this Earth Day. We started that cluster of songs with a track from CunninLynguists off their Sloppy Seconds Vol. 1. Then we followed that up with a tune called On Nature by Matisyahu off Light. And you just got done having your ears penetrated by another hippy band called Megadeth, with their songs about rich folks “Hunting” endangered species on ranches. That song was called Countdown To Extinction off their 1992 album of the same name. Well, now that thinking about that’s got me good and ornery, let’s jump right back into the music and see what happens.
0:33:40-0:40:29) Ænema by Tool off of Ænema
0:40:30-0:41:41) Dance Of The Earth by Igor Stravinsky off of The Rite Of Spring
0:41:42-0:45:15) The Earth Died Screaming by Tom Waits off of Bone Machine
0:45:16-0:46:39 (Rev. interruption 4 background music: Goldberg Variation #5 by Glenn Gould off of Bach: The Goldberg Variations)
We kicked that block of noise off with Tool and their hymn to the end of humanity Ænema. And I’m sure you figured out we ended that set with Tom Waits growling about how The Earth Died Screaming. And sandwiched in between those two, was something called Dance Of The Earth from the ballet The Rite Of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. A show so wild it caused a riot the first time people saw it. Paris 1913. On it’s opening night fancy folks in their tuxedos and evening gowns ripped the theatre apart, menaced the performers, and chased Stravinsky out of town – running for his life.
Back into the music. The next is another I’m sure you’ll recognize. A happier one about how we all share this dizzy little globe, and maybe we’re not so different, or far apart. And maybe, after all is said and done, it truly is just a Small World.
0:46:40-0:50:25) It’s A Small World by D-METAL STARS off of Metal Disney
0:50:26-0:55:59) Earth Song by Michael Jackson off of Number Ones
0:56:00-0:56:33) GoodBye Blue Sky by System of a Down
0:56:34-0:57:29 (Rev. interruption 5 background music: playing around before the party starts by Childish Gambino off of because the internet)
Brothers, sisters, and those both and neither, I just wanted to thank you for coming to this little temple of tunes. I know it can be bit of an ordeal, the whiplash of going from things like Metal Disney to Michael Jackson to System of a Down. But I have faith in you. You can take it. And don’t worry, it looks like we’re about hitting the hour mark, which means time is getting short. And since it’s Mother Earth’s Day, here are some songs about her, and I guess… her family?
0:57:30-0:58:09) The Planets by Animaniacs off of Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: 16 Original Songs From The Hit TV Series
0:58:10-1:02:05) 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse off of The Moon and Antarctica
1:02:06-1:05:54) Earth From Outer Space by Michael Franti & Spearhead off of All People
1:05:55-1:06:25) (Rev. Interruption 6. Background music: Deadman’s Lullaby by Mikelangelo And The Black Sea Gentlemen off of Dead Men Tell a Thousand Tales)
That was Michael Franti & Spearhead with Earth From Outer Space. Before that was the Animaniacs schooling on The Planets. And that just about does it for this Earth Day edition of Aurally fixated. We’ve got just one more track for you, a cheerily pessimistic (nihilistically optimistic?) one from George Carlin from back in 1992 when he was Jammin’ In New York with a bit he called The Planet Is Fine.
1:06:26-1:20:00) The Planet Is Fine by George Carlin off of Jammin’ In New York
