Friday, November 01, 2024

Stuck In Thee Garage #552: November 1, 2024

Do we overuse parentheses? Maybe (maybe not). Whatever the case, there are plenty of song titles that include parentheses and this week's installment of Stuck In Thee Garage features two hours' worth of them. Are they necessary? That might require an after-hours discussion to come to a conclusion.


This playlist could lead you into a series of wacky misadventures:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)/Let's Dance

Hallelujah the Hills - Bring On the Lucie (Freeda People)/The World is Most Certainly Haunted and I am One of Its Best Ghosts

Spiritualized - Let It Bleed (For Iggy)/Everything Was Beautiful

Chixdiggit - (I Feel Like) (Gerry) Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart)/Chixdiggit

OFF! - I Need One (I Want One)/OFF!

Ozzy Osbourne - Now You See It (Now You Don't)/Bark at the Moon

Alvvays - Lollipop (Ode to Jim)/Antisocialites

Snail Mail - Forever (Sailing)/Valentine

She Sir - Mirror, No (We're the Same)/Rival Island

Rod Stewart - You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It)/Gasoline Alley

L.T.D. - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again/Something to Love

Sunset Rubdown - For the Pier (And Dead Shimmering)/Random Spirit Lover

Spiral Stairs - Trams (Stole My Love)/Doris and the Daggers


Hour 2

The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me)/London Calling

Frank Black - I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)/The Cult of Ray

Wire - Options R (Star)/Pink Flag

Krill - Sick Dogs (For Ian)/Lucky Leaves

The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Mistakes (Too Many to Name)/The Town That Cursed Your Name

The Proper Ornaments - Cremated (Blown Away)/Foxhole

Nanami Ozone - Make It All Right (Damage)/NO

Beck - Pay No Mind (Snoozer)/Mellow Gold

Folly Group - I Raise You (The Price of Your Head)/Human and Kind EP

The Posies - Fight It (If You Want)/Amazing Disgrace

Sonic Youth - Brave Men Run (In My Family)/Bad Moon Rising

The Young Leaves - Hey Man (Backup Plan)/Life Underneath

Queens of the Stone Age - How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)/Queens of the Stone Age

Judas Priest - (Take These) Chains/Screaming for Vengeance

Grant Hart - (It Was a) Most Disturbing Dream/The Argument

Courtney Barnett - An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)/Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Thrush Hermit - (Oh Man!) What to Do/Clayton Park

The Tragically Hip - I'll Believe in You (Or I'll Be Leaving You Tonight)/Live at the Roxy


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