Zoolicious Music!
Caelyn and I spent the day at the Fort Worth Zoo yesterday. For the adventure, I made a little on-the-spot to-the-zoo-and-back mix (hence the length, just about an hour and a half). If you can’t tell, I chose the songs based on their titles, not necessarily their themes. Since it’s a quick mix, it’s not really put together well by sound. I’d definitely arrange it differently if I spent time listening to how they do/don’t blend together. But I did keep like animals together, like at the zoo. (I might try, but I’m not sure I could accomplish both the sound and animal organization at once, anyway. I don’t think I could work in “Bears” sound-wise either, and Caelyn deserved for at least one of her songs to be included.)
There’s a shift too, from watching the animals to thinking like them.
And there are too many of the same artists in there. That’s a mix no-no. But what can I say? Belle & Sebastian and Caribou like animals and they come to mind quickly. (Maybe I should’ve just listened to The Milk of Human Kindness.) Anyway, sorry there’s no artwork or download option. I’m sure you’re not in this for my playlists alone, but I’m the administrator around here. (Nothing on this list is so obscure that you couldn’t find it on iTunes, if you’re interested.)
Please Do Not Feed the Animals
“The Beast and the Dragon, Adored” — Spoon
“Wolf Like Me” — TV on the Radio
“Lord Leopard” — Caribou
“Paper Tiger” — Beck
“The Fox in the Snow” — Belle & Sebastian
“Comfy in Nautica” — Panda Bear
“Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” — Radiohead
“Whalebones” — Man Man
“Funny Little Frog” — Belle & Sebastian
“The Boston Monkey” — Otis Redding
“Bees” — Caribou
“The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!” — Sufjan Stevens
“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” — Frank Sinatra
“Bears” — Andrew Peterson & Randall Goodgame
“A Good Flying Bird” — Guided by Voices
“I’m a Cuckoo” — Belle & Sebastian
“Side with the Seeds” — Wilco
“My Little Corner of the World” — Yo La Tengo
“Fidgeting Wildly” — Centro-matic
“I Shall Be Released” — Bob Dylan
“Jumping Fences” — Olivia Tremor Control
“Geometry of Lawns” — The Clientele
“Fireworks” — Animal Collective
“Pet Sounds” — The Beach Boys
May all your days be as zoolicious as mine.
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[...] Like I was saying, we went to the Fort Worth Zoo yesterday. (Do you think when Caelyn gets to be 13 or so she’ll be telling her friends that her mom listens to such “weird, lame music”? Is the Lorelai/Rory relationship attainable in that regard?) [...]
I shoulda put YLT’s “Tired Hippo” on there! They like to write about animals too.
I keep thinking of other tracks. Maybe I should make another volume for when JSmo makes us drive to Abilene and take advantage of her season zoo passes. Suggestions welcome!
That’s a fun idea, and good songs! I really like how you put in the animal-perspective breakout theme (I know a Miley song you could use!), especially “I Shall Be Released” –> “Jumping Fences!”
Here are a few I came up with:
Silver Jews - “Animal Shapes”
Don Caballero - “Bears See Things Pretty Much The Way They Are” (Don Cab are the best title-ers ever)
Joanna Newsom - Monkey & Bear
The Kinks - “Too Much Monkey Business”
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - “The Lion Lair”
Animal Collective - “We Tigers” & “Seal Eyeing”
Beach House - “Gila”
Centro-matic - “A Critical Display of Snakes”
Lex! Thanks! I love your suggestions!! You know, I was trying to think of a song for snakes, and the first thing that came to mind was “Cold Hearted Snake” (which I don’t have, but C.C. could certainly give it to me. Oh, wait, he accidentally erased his entire iTunes library when we were in Altus, and his iPod). That blocked all productive snake thought. I tried to think of a lion one too, but instead of songs, things like Pedro the Lion and the album art for Pacifico kept clouding my thoughts.
Anyway, now I’m definitely making a Vol. II for our next Zooventure!
Oh, and you know I want to know the Miley song! We can both just say it’s for Caelyn.
Oh yeah. And I think I should start using that Don Cab title in everyday conversation.
“Breakout” is the title-track from Miley’s most recent album!
Yeah it is!! I should totally add it! Miley’s perfect for the zoo.
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