By AmyLee
Whatever …
Honey Badger does not give a dookie.
I couldn’t be bothered to write an intro.
The Aloof A-List Playlist:
Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care - Awww!The Bar cares, Ms. Irma. Here, we’ve saved you a seat. What will you have? Come give us a group hug. (swawilg)
Frank Zappa - I Don’t Even Care - Uncle Frank and J Guitar want to make absolutely sure you know that they don’t even care. About what, i’m not sure. Something about America, seems like. Righteous funk jam. O blue puss, wherefore art thou? (Fred Erickson)
The Lyrics - So What !! - The Lyrics are unimpressed by your capitalist pig lifestyle. Crunchy harmonica garage blues hits the spot. Eat your heart out, Mick and Keith. (megadom)
The Byrds - She Don’t Care About Time - Utterly gorgeous, and reportedly a fave of the band. Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? Oh, Gene Clark just got listed last week. Find a guru who gives a rat’s. (George Boyland/Webby)
Kirsty MacColl - They Don’t Know - She’s in love and couldn’t care less what others think. Not really clear what they think might be unsuitable about the guy though. Shimmery, sparkly, flawless pop joy. (ShivSidecar)
Smokey Robinson - Being With You - Totally besotted, he doesn’t care what others think about his love interest, despite her reputation. Unclear if his feelings are reciprocated. What could possibly go wrong. (severin)
Bread - It Don’t Matter To Me - Bet it does, Dave, you never seemed to be the hippie sort. And welcome to the Marconium. Finally. (BanazirGalbasi)
Alison Krauss and Union Station - It Doesn’t Matter - Sad and beautiful breakup tune. Bit of a pity party maybe, but such a pretty pity party. (magicman)
John Prine - Hello In There - OK, this one got to me. Be kind to old people. Some of us are lucky enough to still have a few left in our lives. Some of us are old already. If you’re not there yet, you will be, and karma can be a bitch. Looking at you, Governor(s). (BanazirGalbasi)
Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Who is that weird dude sitting alone at the end with his head on the bar? Creepy stalker. Get a life. Best youtube comment - “My cat’s personal anthem”. (MussoliniHeadkick)
Green Day - Burnout - Prime Dookie, could have done a whole album dump. Apathy apparently motivates these guys to put down the blunts and get their asses off to the couch to cough up tunes about apathy. (Loud Atlas)
Nirvana - Breed - You don’t care, I think we got the message. Kurt apparently freaking out at the prospect of American middle-class adult responsibilities. (Traktor Albatrost)
Sick on the Bus - We Are Sick On The Bus - (Carpgate) And we don’t give a fuss!
The Stooges - Dirt - Iggy’s been in dirt and hurt and doesn’t care, he’s got other things going on. Glorious scorching psych blues. (Fred Erickson)
Graham Parker - Everything Goes - The world’s going to shit but we’re not bothered, everything's copacetic. Or will be. Right. (Jamesowen475)
The Leisure Society - Save It For Someone Who Cares - I have no idea what this song means, except it seems that they don’t seem to care about the mundanity of everyday life that goes on around them. Whatever, darkish lyrics keep it on the delightful side of twee. (Shoegazer)
The Flaming Lips - Flowers of Neptune 6 - Wayne Coyne is exactly my age, a decade or so too young to participate in the Woodstock and Viet Nam goings on at the time. The Lips channel the wreckage of that generation and resultant apathy. Oh shit, it’s our turn now. (ParaMhor)
Spiritualized - I Think I’m In Love - Breaking up is hard to do. Multiple substances help to blur the line between purported indifference and love. (ParaMhor)
Grateful Dead - Morning Dew - So much for the human experiment. We’ve gone and nuked ourselves all to oblivion. Ok, so there are still two left, but who knows what kind of mutant spawn would emerge from those irradiated reproductive organs. It doesn’t matter anyway. Bit of ash in your eye there, Jerry? (Chris7572)
Hank Mobley - I Should Care - Snuck an instrumental in after all. Lovely sax jazz with lots of space. (Nicko)
The Blasé B-List Playlist:
Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids (Daysinscotland)
Candi Staton - As Long as He Takes Care of Home (Nicko)
George Jones - I Just Don’t Give a Damn (magicman)
America - Submarine Ladies (Fred Erickson)
Elliott Smith - Someone That I Used to Know (tincanman2010)
Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says (TarquinSpodd)
Belle & Sebastian - Is It Wicked Not to Care (megadom)
Snog - The Human Germ (Nicko)
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer (tincanman2010)
Dead Can Dance - Severance (vanwolf2)
Everything But the Girl - Careless (swawilg)
The Go-Betweens - Rock’n’Roll Friend (Nilpferd)
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand (PopOff!)
The Folk Implosion - Natural One (happyclapper)
Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don’t Care (ParaMhor)
Liam Lynch’s Lynchland - United States of Whatever (ajostu)
Chicago - Dialogue (Pts. 1 & 2) (SweetHomeAlabama)
Ten Years After - I’d Love to Change the World (Marconius7)
Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party (megadom)
The Cure - So What? (PopOff!)
Sleaford Mods - No One’s Bothered (megadom)
Alternative TV - How Much Longer (severin)
The Defects - Survival (Carpgate)
White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit (AltraEgo)
Guru’s Wildcard Picks:
The Rolling Stones - You Got the Silver
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel No. 2
The Smiths - Death of a Disco Dancer
Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Devil May Care (Mom and Dad Don’t)
Anti-Nowhere League - So What
These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations from last week's topic: Just ignore this: songs about indifference. The next topic will launch on Thursday at 1pm UK time.
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