With the rules of the Random 10, the odds of any mariachi music coming into this list are probably pretty slim. But it should be there anyway: I have a three day business trip to Mexico City next week and will be experiencing that fair country for the first time. Should be a heck of a trip; I’m really looking forward to being there now that some of the post-election fallout has settled.
- MF Doom, “Who Do You Think I Am? (Feat. King Ceasar, Rodan, Megalon, Kamakiras, and Kong)” (Operation: Doomsday)
- Chris Bell, “Fight At The Table” (I Am The Cosmos)
- The Velvet Underground, “I Heard Her Call My Name” (White Light/White Heat)
- Bettye Lavette, “On the Surface” (I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise)
- Death Cab for Cutie, “We Looked Like Giants” (Transatlanticism)
- David Byrne, “Walk on the Water” (Look Into The Eyeball)
- Mazzy Star, “Mary of Silence” (So Tonight That I May See)
- Sting, “Shape of My Heart” (Ten Summoner’s Tales)
- The Cure, “Jumping Someone Else’s Train” (Three Imaginary Boys)
- Bobby Bare, “Shine On Harvest Moon” (The Moon Was Blue)