Thursday, May 3, 2007

Oon Tunes



Of course, we had the thorough intention from the beginning of our show to only play songs somehow containing the syllable "oon". This resulted in a vast amount of 'moon' and 'afternoon'-titled tracks, as well as a couple interpretive pronunciations for the tunes that didn't precisely fit. The result: songs both sweet and phonetically coherent. All-in-all, a succesful venture.

isobel campbell & mark lanegan – honey child what can i do
the apples in stereo – the afternoon
architecture in helsinki – sooner than soon
dinosaur jr - we're not al[oo]ne
the field mice – missing the moon
grinderman – man in the moon
the blow – come on petunia
revolving paint dream – in the afternoon
softlightes – the ballad of theo & june
the soft machine – out of tunes
tyrannosaurus rex – by the light of a magical moon
euros childs – hi mewn socasau
the high llamas – clarion u[oo]nion hall
m. ward – neptune’s net
claude debussy – claire de lune
the manhattan love suicides – suzy jo[oo]nes
the decemberists – cocoon
fujiya & miyagi – collarb[oo]one
devendra banhart – quedate luna
8-bit operators – pocket calculator [unrelated, but sweet]
luna – moon palace
of montreal – spoonful of sugar
au revoir simone – a violent yet flammable world
beulah – if we can land a man on the moon, surely i can win your heart
bill callahan – honeymoon child
midlake – balloon maker
gorky’s zygotic mynci - tsunami

for those with an affinity for poesy, read the poem aloud for a syllabically-repetitive composition of sorts.
[crooned the loon].