Arrakis? More like Ar-ROCK-is! The April 2024 Record-Spinning Challenge Thread

[ranbalam]

9 - Gurney Halleck: This warrior is also a poet. Play something with great lyrics.

Waits has long been a favorite lyricist of mine, among so many others. I chose Blue Valentine because early in my Waits journey, when I first heard Romeo is Bleeding it became a favorite immediately.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 12: Little Maker

Common - Can I Borrow A Dollar ?



His first album which didn’t receive much attention, but he’d soon gain critical acclaim with the follow-up Resurrection alongside eventual commercial success with Like Water For Chocolate & Be.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 11

Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life

There’s a lot of reasons I played this today.

I’ve played it a lot. A lot of time has passed since the last time I played it. I love it a lot. Some people thought it was over produced (hey @NathanRicaud love ya!). I’ve been listening to her a lot today because of the new album. I read the New Yorker article on her today which had a lot of words and explained how the whole viral thing with Pharrell and the success of this album was a lot for her. I also love her music a lot.

This video has 22 million views, that’s a lot:

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 11
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Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life

There’s a lot of reasons I played this today.

I’ve played it a lot. A lot of time has passed since the last time I played it. I love it a lot. Some people thought it was over produced (hey @NathanRicaud love ya!). I’ve been listening to her a lot today because of the new album. I read the New Yorker article on her today which had a lot of words and explained how the whole viral thing with Pharrell and the success of this album was a lot for her. I also love her music a lot.

This video has 22 million views, that’s a lot:

Day 12

Maggie Rogers - Notes from the Archives: Recordings 2011-2016

Before Pharrell compared her to Wu-Tang (and yall think I’m special), Rogers had self released two albums. These are collected here as well as other unreleased material from before Alaska blew her up.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

11 - Vladimir Harkonnen: Play something that's a lot.

I feel a whole lot better every time I play this 58 year old slice of complete perfection...



The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

12 - Little Maker: These baby sandworms are also known as sandtrout. Play something early by someone who went on to bigger things.

The band was billed $606.17 in studio time to record this album.

They ended up doin' a'ight...



Nirvana - Bleach

 

[Turbo]

11 - Vladimir Harkonnen: Play something that's a lot.

The Flaming Lips "The Soft Bulletin" (1999 Warner Brothers; 2019 reissue)

 

[jfitzy]

13 - Thumpers: These devices call sandworms with their steady beat. Play something where the drumming or beats take center stage.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

I love Chad Smith’s drumming. Him and Flea really know how to lay down a groove.

 

[ranbalam]

10 - The Butlerian Jihad: This war destroyed all the thinking machines. Eschew electronics and play something acoustic today.

 

[ranbalam]

11 - Vladimir Harkonnen: Play something that's a lot.

Especially for my wife...she's in another room doing taxes, I'm sure this will help her finish up if I play it loud enough.

 

[imtheocean]

13 - Thumpers: These devices call sandworms with their steady beat. Play something where the drumming or beats take center stage.

The internet never disappoints. When I was thinking about what to play today, I thought it would be a cool mashup to have the iconic fill on In The Air Tonight mixed with a sandworm. A google search shows that someone else thought of it two years ago.

Phil Collins ~ Face Value

 

[LeSamourai]

8 - Shai-Hulud: The giant sandworm is the lynchpin of the whole desert ecosystem. Play something by someone highly influential.

New Order - Low-life

A lot of the 80s would not have sounded the same without New Order.

 

[ranbalam]

12 - Little Maker: These baby sandworms are also known as sandtrout. Play something early by someone who went on to bigger things.

 

[LeSamourai]

9 - Gurney Halleck: This warrior is also a poet. Play something with great lyrics.

Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby

The first thing that grabs you is that voice, but she's always had evocative lyrics to match.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 13: Thumpers

Billy Cobham - Spectrum

 

[Wes C. Attle]

7 - The Bene Gesserit: Play something bewitching

Radiohead - Burn The Witch/Spectre

 

[Wes C. Attle]

8 - Shai-Hulud: The giant sandworm is the lynchpin of the whole desert ecosystem. Play something by someone highly influential

Pixies - Doolittle



Edit: just realized @TenderLovingKiller® also used another Pixies record for this one. Nice!

 

[Wes C. Attle]

9 - Gurney Halleck: This warrior is also a poet. Play something with great lyrics

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - Sing “Dancing On The Edge!”



I love this record; it still gets even better with each listen

 

[ranbalam]

13 - Thumpers: These devices call sandworms with their steady beat. Play something where the drumming or beats take center stage.

Normally I'd try to go a little deeper, but this one is undeniable.
There's of course When the Levee Breaks, the beat that continues to give and give.
Then there's Four Sticks - animalistic yet complex and ingenuitive beat.
And don't forget Rock and Roll, which opens with some fire and ends with even more. As a young lad I'd drag my thumb on the turntable so I could slow it down and learn that ending solo.
Stairway, as sick of it as I am, has a perfect drum moment too, and maybe it's one not everyone notices or appreciates. At 4:45, the switch from hat to ride is so perfect and adds such atmosphere.

 

[imtheocean]

14 - Paul Atreides: Play something by someone has been, or has been called, the "savior" of their genre.

Don't know about being a savior, but Jenny has certainly resurrected the Laurel Canyon sound.

Jenny Lewis ~ Joy'all