Below are the track listings for the 2005 two-disc set. Click HERE for a printable list. We hope you enjoy the 2005 experience. |
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Disc One |
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Title |
Artist |
Comments by The SnakPak 5's lead singer |
| You Can't Be Serious | The SnakPak Five | An infectious SnakPak ditty. |
| TV | The Flying Lizards | A semi-esoteric 80s classic. |
| Lorelei | Cocteau Twins | A better-known 80s classic. |
| Radishes | The SnakPak Five | Piano-based instrumental. |
| Not For Sale | CocoRosie | Two ladies of Paris. |
| Bastard Wants To Hit Me | They Might Be Giants | Unconventional subject matter. |
| Changes | Butterfly Boucher & David Bowie | Young Aussie upstart covers a great past hit -- with the obvious endorsement of the author. |
| El Capitalismo Foraneo | Gotan Project | Thanks to Anne-Marie for sending this my way. |
| 70s TV Cop | The SnakPak Five | Think of Mannix, Cannon, Kojak, etc. |
| I Don't Blame You | Cat Power | Polly made me a Cat Power fan. |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | ELO -- a guilty pleasure. |
| I'm Sorry I Love You | The Magnetic Fields | Nice beat. You can march to it. |
| Mad World | Tears for Fears | Ts for Fs brought us the great line: "I find it kind of funny. I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had." |
| Johnny Sunshine | Liz Phair | Olde tyme Phair. From Exile in Guyville. |
| Full Moon | The SnakPak Five | They only come out at night. |
| Sunshine Superman | Donovan | We lip-synched to this as kids on the pool table with cue sticks as mic stands. |
| Forgive Her Anything (home demo) | Elvis Costello | "Why is the radio so brutally cheerful?" |
| Big Time Sensuality | Björk | A live version of a 90s staple. |
Disc Two |
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| The Object | MC Honky | Watch the watch. |
| I Can Explain | The SnakPak Five | Built around the bass. |
| The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure | The Magnetic Fields | Pop semiotics. |
| Lo Boob Oscillator | Stereolab | One of my ex-students used this in her project -- a computer-simulated roller rink. |
| Terrible Angels | CocoRosie | Their background sounds sound like farm animals. |
| Alone Again (Naturally) | Har Mar Superstar | Local boy makes good. Sells out. |
| How Does Tomorrow Afternoon Look? | The SnakPak Five | Guest voices: Coyle and Sharpe. |
| Reflecting Light | Sam Phillips | "Now that I've worn out...I've worn out the world...". |
| Memories Are Made of This | Johnny Cash | 1932 - 2003 |
| Here Comes the Sun | Peter Tosh | There goes the snow. |
| Walk to the Store | The SnakPak Five | The incidental music of your life. |
| Ah Pook the Destroyer/Brian Gysin's All Purpose Bedtime Story | William S. Burroughs | From the "beat poets put their work to music" era. |
| Dial-A-Curse | National Lampoon Radio Hour | Joe McDonnell put this on his disc last year. I'm shamelessly repurposing it here. |
| faint | The SnakPak Five | This was written the day my wife fainted in my arms from hitting her funny bone on a car door. |
| Yeah! Oh, Yeah! | The Magnetic Fields | A great male/female duet. |
| Cecilia | Bruce Ruffin | Pre-Simon & Garfunkle. |
| Give Me a F'rinstance | The SnakPak Five | Early SnakPak music. So 2004. |
| Museum of Idiots | They Might Be Giants | This one goes out to my co-workers. |
| Lay Lady Lay | Magnet and Gemma Hayes | The next generation. |
| Mad World | Gary Jules | Appropriately sad version. |
| Peace Train | Cat Stevens | 4 more years. Then perhaps? |
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Copyright 2005, SnakPak Media Concerns, see also SnakPak SongPak |
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