Day 2 of 5 …
Mike’s Songs
1) ‘De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da’ by The Police (Zenyatta Mondatta)
Must be a pop-inspired shuffle experience. Sometimes I think the iTunes shuffle feature isn’t quite as ‘random’ as we think as I think it can sort similar types of music (and often artists) together. Then perhaps my music on my iPod is curated by my own tastes, that while diverse, are more familiar in connection than I let on. You can’t top the crisp flanged\chorus of Summer’s guitar and the firmly pounded drum beat of Copeland. Oh yeah, and Sting’s groove, voice and songwriting is great on this song. As one of their more radio friendly songs from mid-career Police, the chorus is incredibly catchy — with such inspired refrains as “de do do do, de da da da, is all I want to say to you” — how can you not at some point start to sing along?
Greg’s Songs
1) ‘Faberge Falls for Shuggie’ by Of Montreal (Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?)
I’ve never really gotten into Of Montreal, but this is pretty good. Some nice Rhodes/electric keyboard stuff in the beginning. The high pitch vocals are kind of annoying. The drum loop is interesting, but blah after the first few rounds. Right at three minutes, there’s an “ooh” line that reminds me of a counting song from sesame street. Not too memorable on the whole…
Aryn’s Songs
1) ‘Such Great Heights’ by The Postal Service (Give Up)
Speaking of college, this used to be a mainstay in the late night architecture dance parties. I havent listened to this one in probably a few years, and I think its still pretty great. This album really catapulted Gibbard and company into the mainstream and for good reason. Great beats, great melodies, great harmonization, great overall album. Oh and the video for this one is great too.
Stay tuned…day three tomorrow. Feel free to email us at helloshuffle2@hellocomein.com or leave comments here if you like. Send in your own shuffle playlist, we’ll post the best one.
While it might sound funny, and though this is a solid pop confection, the synth electronic pop of the last few years (Frou Frou, Postal Service etc) is starting to sound a bit dated to me. Perhaps its just a bit more bubblegum sounding than what I am looking for right now, but this song is a bit too clean. When I saw Imogen Heap almost exactly a year ago, she took the basic construction of these songs and was able to bring them to life right in front of us. I think that allowed her to develop ideas in a more raw and less calculated way…and it payed off. The songs were livlier and more fresh. The way Imogen’s lilting and resonant voice fits with the flairs of synths and broken beats later in the climax of the song are quite nice. After this and her solo record, I am curious to hear whether she takes a step forward into something more eclectic or at least what she comes up with next.
Aryn’s Songs
Check me out.. lets just say its been a productive day for me. Anyway here is the first sketch version of “Ancient Telephones”. I hope this one will be ripe for some group development. 
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