I thought I would throw together a calm….calm….positive…. playlist to listen to on the train up to my PhD viva on Monday morning. Any more suggestions are welcome; this is still a work in progress.
Thanks also for the top tips from Twitter folks: toastkid, deats, Big_Phil, tableturn, bindisdad, deb_max, RobMurrayUK & others
- All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace! – Sufjan Stevens (Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State)
- Alright – Supergrass (I Should Coco)
- Apply Some Pressure – Maximo Park (A Certain Trigger)
- Au Grand Jour – Stereolab (Misc 3)
- Begin The Begin – R.E.M. (Life’s Rich Pageant [UK Bonus Edition])
- Breathe – The Prodigy (The Fat of the Land)
- Bring It On Home – Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin 2)
- Do It – The Beastie Boys (Ill Communication)
- Enjoy – Bjork (Post)
- Everything Will Be Alright – The Killers (Hot Fuss)
- Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz (Demon Days)
- Good Day – Dresden Dolls (The Dresden Dolls)
- Happy Phantom – Tori Amos (Little Earthquakes)
- Head up high – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
- Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles (Abbey Road)
- Holding My Own – The Darkness (Permission To Land)
- I Am A Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits)
- I Am A Scientist – Guided By Voices – Songs from the LHC (Songs from the LHC 1)
- I Feel Alright – Screamin Jay Hawkins (Alligator Wine (The Best Of))
- I’m A Believer – The Monkees (Anthology [Disc 1])
- It’s Gonna Be (Alright) – Ween (The Mollusk)
- Make It Easy on Yourself – Burt Bacharach (The Best of Burt Bacharach)
- Mellotron – Stereolab (Peng!)
- Pause – Stereolab (Transient Random Noise Bursts)
- People Do It All the Time – Stereolab (Cobra & Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night Sky)
- Perspective – Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel)
- Nice Dr – Radiohead (The Bends)
- Ready For The Floor (Album Version) – Hot Chip (Ready For The Floor (CDM))
- Rock The House – Gorillaz (Gorillas)
- Roll With It – Oasis (Roll With It)
- Sex Goddess Of The Western Hemisphere – Maggie Estep (No More Mister Nice Girl)
- She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby (The Golden Age Of Wireless)
- Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers (Hot Fuss)
- Step into My Office, Baby – Belle & Sebastian (Dear Catastrophe Waitress)
- Take Me to the River – Talking Heads (More Songs About Buildings and Food)
- Think For Yourself – The Beatles (Rubber Soul)
- To The End – Blur (Parklife)
- Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) – Janis Joplin (Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits)
- Well That Was Easy – Franz Ferdinand (You Could Have It So Much Better With Franz Ferdinand [UK])
- Where’s Your Head At – Basement Jaxx (Rooty)
- Yeah Yeah Yeah Song – The Flaming Lips (At War With The Mystics)
- You Can Have It All – Kaiser Chiefs (Employment)
- You Can Make It If You Try – Sly & The Family Stone (Greatest Hits)
- All I Want – Joni Mitchell (Blue)
- Now It’s On – Grandaddy (Sumday)
- Race For The Prize – The Flaming Lips (The Soft Bulletin)
- Blow Wind Blow – Dr John (Dr John’s Gumbo)
- The Go In The Go-For-It – Grandaddy (Sumday)
- I’m Nervous – Daniel Johnston (Daniel Johnston)
- Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel (Shaking The Tree)
- Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing – Stevie Wonder (Innervisions)
- Do You Realize – The Flaming Lips (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
- Eleven O’Clock – Morphine (The Best Of Morphine)
- Whip It (Live) – Devo (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)
- Please, please, please let me get what I want – The Smiths (Hatful Of Hollow)
- Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Breathe – U2
- Easy Muffin – Amon Tobin
- There Goes the Fear – Doves
- Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – Bob Marley
- Clever Trevor – Ian Dury
- Einstein A-Go-Go – Landscape
Comments
The Wonderstuff’s cover version of the Indigo Girl’s “Close to Fine.”
Lots of followers keeping our fingers crossed – whats the theme song to you thesis? A discussion I have had since 2006 when I did my public defence http://www.digital-rights.net/ ?p=667
Ween…. Cool x
i know this is well late! but, tree green by john martyn. you should give it a whirl, even when you’re not on the train