FRIDAY RANDOM TEN

Yes, it’s the Friday Random Ten, in which we tickle the throat of the iPod d’Elisson to see what random tunes it barfs up.

This week, the Randomizer has coughed up three - count ’em, three - Beatles songs. One of them is “A Day In The Life,” which, if I were to pick my single favorite Fab Four tune, might very well be the one. I can still remember hearing it the very first time, when WPLJ, a New York FM station, had gotten hold of an advance copy and aired it before the scheduled release date of the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. It was a true revelation, a window into the future of popular music.

1. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
   
2. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) - The Beatles
   
3. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) - Frank Zappa
   
4. Song For Children - Brian Wilson
   
5. For No One - The Beatles
   
6. The Internet Is For Porn - Avenue Q, Original Cast Recording
   
7. To Cry You A Song - Jethro Tull
   
8. Zol Nokh Zayn Shabes - The Klezmer Conservatory Band
   
9. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
   
10. Coffee Song - Skanatra
    

Update: Commenter Sadie correctly pointed out that I had only posted nine songs. No, I was not checking to see if anyone was paying attention; it was just a Brain-Fart on my part. [Probably part of the same Brain-Fart that caused me to inadvertently delete last week’s Friday Random Ten. Thank Gawd for the cached version of the site I found on Yahoo.] Regardless, I’ve plugged up the gap.

It’s Friday. What are you listening to?