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MUSIC 101: The 2000s
by Tym Stevens
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101 SONGS
FROM 101 GREAT ALBUMS!
In chronological order,
one album per act,
one song per album.
Garage Rock! Psychedelic! Beatlesque!
Soul! HipHop! Electro!
Country! Blues! Folk!
World! PostPunk! Indie!


From 2000 through 2009!
A crash course in crucial!

Music Primer series:
350 Albums: 1956-2020
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s

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The Music Player contains one song each
from these 101 classic albums!

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01) Goldfrapp, "Felt Mountain"
Electro HipHop.

02) Queens Of The Stone Age, "Rated R"
Stoner Rock.

03) Elliott Smith, "Figure 8"
Indie Beatles.>

04) The Sprague Brothers, "Forever And A Day"
Rockabilly and Beat Music.>

05) Shelby Lynne, "I Am Shelby Lynne"
Country Soul.

06) Spaceways Inc., "Thirteen Cosmic Standards By Sun Ra And Funkadelic"
Casmic Jazz Funk.

07) Original Soundtrack, "O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?"
Americana overview.

08) The Apples In Stereo, "The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone"
Beat Pop.

09) Elastica, "The Menace"
BritPunk.

10) Calexico, "Hot Rail"
Indie Tex-Mex.


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11) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "B.R.M.C."
Alt Fuzz.

12) Sam Phillips, "Fan Dance"
Alt songwriter.

13) Los Super 7, "Canto"
Alt Mexicana supergroup.

14) Swag, "Catchall"
"Abbey Road"-esque Pop.>

15) The Dirtbombs, "Ultraglide In Black"
Garage Rock.>

16) Finley Quaye, "Vanguard"
TripHop Folk.

17) Ex-Girl, "Back To The Mono Kero!"
Japanese Noizerock.

18) Sloan, "Pretty Together"
Power Pop.


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19) The Raveonettes, "Whip It On"
Biker Fuzz Dream Pop.

20) Johnny Cash, "The Man Comes Around"
Unplugged Country.

21) Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, "Dap-Dippin' With..."
Timeless Soul.

22) Elvis Costello, "When I Was Cruel"
Punk maturity.

23) Lee Fields And The Expressions, "Problems"
Classic Soul.

24) The Black Keys, "The Big Come Up"
New Blues.

25) Antipop Consortium, "Arrythmia"
Alt Rap.

26) Los Lobos, "Good Morning Aztlan"
Alt Roots.

27) Floetry, "Floetic"
English Conscious Rap.

28) The Kaisers, "Shake Me"
Early-'60s Meek and Beatles Rock.

29) Spoon, "Kill The Moonlight"
Alt Rock.

30) George Harrison, "Brainwashed"
Swan song master class.


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31) Martina Topley-Bird, "Quixotic"
Alt TripHop.

32) Ry Cooder/ Manuel Galban, "Mambo Sinuendo"
East L.A. Surf and Twang.

33) Wanda Jackson, "Heart Trouble"
Rockabilly Queen.>

34) Komeda, "Kokomemedada"
Perfect Pop for Now People.

35) The Jayhawks, "Rainy Day Music"
Indie Americana.>

36) Cesária Évora, "Voz D'Amor"
Cape Verdean singer-songwriter.

37) Gillian Welch, "Soul Journey"
Folk Soul.

38) The White Stripes, "Elephant"
Garage Rock.


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39) Le Tigre, "This Island"
Electro Grrrl.

40) Rachid Taha, "Tekitoi"
Algerian Rai Rock.

41) The A-Lines, "You Can Touch"
Garage Punk supergroup.

42) Air, "Talkie Walkie"
TripFunk.

43) Melissa Auf Der Maur, "Auf Der Maur"
Sabbath meets Grunge.

44) Daniele Luppi, "An Italian Story"
Imaginary '60s Cinecitta soundtracks.

45) Mr. Airplane Man, "C'Mon DJ"
Garage Blues.

46) Alif, "Dakamerap"
Dakar/Senegal Rap.

47) Keren Ann, "Nolita"
Israeli Indie Folk.

48) Earlimart, "Treble And Tremble"
LoFi Psyche.

49) Electrocute, "Troublesome Bubblegum"
Electro Pop.


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50) Tracy Bonham, "Blink The Brightest"
Grunge and Classic Rock.

51) The Budos Band, "The Budos Band"
AfroFunk.

52) Petra Haden, "Petra Haden Sings 'The Who Sell Out'"
Acapella cover songs.

53) Dengue Fever, "Escape From Dragon House"
Cambodian Prog Rock.

54) Stevie Wonder, "A Time To Love"
Motown King.

55) M.I.A., "Arular"
Sri Lankan Rap.

56) Wau Y Los Arrrghs!, "Canten En Espanol"
Spanish Garage Rock.

57) Of Montreal, "The Sunlandic Twins"
Baroque Psyche Pop.

"Go crazy/ Punch a higher floor!"


58) Gorillaz, "Demon Days"
ArtHop.

59) Von Iva, "Von Iva"
Electro Soul.

60) Kaiser Chiefs, "Employment"
BritBeat.

61) Vashti Bunyan, "Lookaftering"
Ethereal Folk.

62) Public Enemy, "New Whirl Odor"
Conscious Rap.

63) Robbers On High Street, "Tree City"
Latter Beatles.>

64) The Kills, "No Wow"
Punk Blues.

65) Franz Ferdinand, "You Could've Had It So Much Better"
Indie PostPunk.

66) Edan, "Beauty and the Beat"
Classic HipHop.


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67) Curlee Wurlee, "Oui Oui..."
French Garage Rock.

68) Kasabian, "Empire"
Alt BritRock.

69) The Bamboos, "Step It Up"
Funky Soul.

70) Autonervous, "Autonervous"
Coldwave Electro.

71) Sean Lennon, "Friendly Fire"
Indie songwriter.

72) Erase Errata, "Night Life"
PostPunk rethunk.


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73) The Micragirls, "Feeling Dizzy, Honey?"
Japanese Garage Pop.

74) Bikeride, "The Kiss"
Baroque Pop.

75) Fabienne DelSoul, "Between You And Me"
Garage and Psyche.

76) Robert Plant/ Allison Krauss, "Raising Sand"
Alt Roots.

77) Meshell Ndegeocello, "The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams"
Noir Soul.

78) Black Moth Super Rainbow, "Dandelion Gum"
Electrodelic.

79) Mary Weiss, "Dangerous Game"
Shangri-La Queen.

80) Mavis Staples, "We'll Never Turn Back"
Gospel Soul.

81) The Sound Stylistics, "Play Deep Funk"
Soulful Funk.

82) Noisettes, "What's The Time, Mr. Wolf?"
Indie Rock.

83) Amy Winehouse, "Back To Black"
Girl Group and Motown.


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84) Pas/Cal, "I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke And Laura"
Indie Pop.

85) Portishead, "3rd"
Downtempo TripHop.

86) The Fireman, "Electric Arguments"
McCartney Experimental.

87) Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, "Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground"
"Sgt. Pepper"-esque Pop.

88) Jessy Bulbo, "Taras Bulba"
Mexican Riot Grrrl.

89) Ty Segall, "Ty Segall"
Garage Fuzz.

90) The B-52s, "Funplex"
Electro Wave perfection.

"The Sound Of Young America."


91) Isobel Campbell/ Mark Lanegan, "Sunday At Devil Dirt"
Dreams and Rust.

92) The Duke Spirit, "Neptune"
Indie Rock.

93) Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes"
Choral Folk.

94) Beach House, "Devotion"
Dream Surf.

95) The Ettes, "Look At Life Again Soon"
Garage Rock.

96) Raphael Saadiq, "The Way I See It"
New Soul.

97) Wendy And Lisa, "White Flags Of Winter Chimneys"
Paisley Indie.

98) The Explorers Club, "Freedom Wind"
Classic Surf and Beat.>


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99) Kylie Auldist, "Made Of Stone"
Australian Soul.

100) Babe Ruth, "Que Pasa"
ProgHop.

101) Fiona Boyes, "Blues Woman"
Australian Blues.

Helping good Rocky's revival.

© Tym Stevens

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The Music Primer Series:*
1) 350 GREAT ALBUMS That Will Change Your Life!: 1956-2020

2) MUSIC 101: The 1950s

3) MUSIC 101: The 1960s

4) MUSIC 101: The 1970s

5) MUSIC 101: The 1980s

6) MUSIC 101: The 1990s


* The albums heard on the Decades series are different than the 350 Albums overview.

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Further Study, dept.:

• Revolution 1950s: The Big Damn Bang of Rock'n'Roll!, with Music Player!

• 1950s Rock, E: The 2000s disciples, with Music Player!

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• 2000 Great Albums on Pinterest!


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Exile On GRRL Street", Or How THE STONES Can Tribute Riot Grrrls Tributing Them!

Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger (1978)
ROCK Sex says, "Imagine THE ROLLING STONES honoring women who have honored them!"

Take a walk on the wild side with the Video Playlist below!

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F O R E P L A Y
Or, 'I Bet You're Papa Don't Know You Can Bite Like That'


THE ROLLING STONES went into tax exile in 1971 to avoid England's insane tariff fees. The resulting double-album EXILE ON MAIN STREET (1972) has a sloppy grace to it, recorded by shifting members with bad habits in the basement of a French villa. That shambling excess and ruined glory parade had a huge impact on bands from Glam to Punk, from New York Dolls and Patti Smith to Husker Du and Sonic Youth.

Keith Richards had a surprise signature hit from it with his 'stud on the run' anthem, "Happy".

THE ROLLING STONES -"Happy" (1972)



That song is the obvious blueprint for John Cougar's boneheaded "I Need A Lover". But it also triggered this scorching riposte.

Liz Phair felt like an outcast in a male-driven Chicago music scene. Her 1993 debut album EXILE IN GUYVILLE leveled the playing field, routinely voted as the best Indie album of the year. Before her, Pussy Galore had done a cassette-only remake of Exile On Main Street in their trademark 'rip it up and fall apart' Punk style. But Liz's album was a song-by-song response of original songs.

Her response to "Happy" is a scalpel stripping away stupid male bullshit. After years of 'personal freedom' songs by selfish guys who just treat women like groupies, this song killed all that flat dead with a cold stare and a wounded heart. And it has a great riff, too!

LIZ PHAIR -"Fuck And Run" (1993)

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C O I T U S
Or, 'Have You Seen Your Daughter, Baby, Stepping Out Of The Shadows?'

My fantasy is that THE STONES should cock a snook at their own studboy stance in their finest androgyne tradition and record a cover album of female rockers' songs influenced by them.

Here's a video set-list of songs they should do.


Presenting

E X I L E
O N
G R R R L
S T R E E T !

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BETTY DAVIS -"They Say I'm Different" (1974)


IKE & TINA TURNER -"Baby Get It On" (1974)


THE RUNAWAYS -"Hollywood" (1977)


SUZI QUATRO -"Tear Me Apart" (1978)


PATTI SMITH -"25th Floor" (live 1978)


CANDY SLICE (Gilda Radner) -"Gimme Mick" (1979)


(This one begs for a duet of Mick and Marianne playing the two parts...)
MARIANNE FAITHFULL -"Why'd Ya Do It?" (1979)



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HEART -"Even It Up" (1980)


(In the spirit of "Miss You"...)
GRACE JONES -"Pull Up To The Bumper" (1981)


(In the spirit of "Shattered"...)
BUSH TETRAS -"Too Many Creeps" (1982)


THE PANDORAS -"Want Need Love" (1984)


THE STAPLE SINGERS -"City In The Sky" (1974)


EURYTHMICS -"I Need A Man" (1988)


(This was Liz's response to "Loving Cup" from EXILE ON MAIN STREET...)
LIZ PHAIR -"Mesmerizing" (1993)


PJ HARVEY -"Rid Of Me" (1994, live 2001)



- - - - S I D E / T H R E E - - - -

(In the spirit of "Dead Flowers"...)
HOLE -"Doll Parts" (1994)


ELASTICA -"Never Here" (1995)


MARSHA HUNT -"Baby John" (1973)


THE HEADCOATEES -"Punk Girl" (1997)


(For the title alone...)
TRACY BONHAM -"You Can't Always Not Get What You Don't Want" (2000)


BOSS HOGG -"Whiteout" (2000)


GARBAGE -"Cherry Lips" (2002)



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THE KILLS -"Cat Claw" (2002)


(Just for the genderfunk chorus "Boy, you're such a stupid bitch and girl, you're just a no-good dick" alone...)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS -"Black Tongue" (2003)


(In the spirit of "Wild Horses"...)
GILLIAN WELCH + David Rawlings -"Look At Miss Ohio" (2004)


THORNETTA DAVIS -"The Deal" (1996)


LUCINDA WILLIAMS -"Atonement" (2003)


JULIETTE LEWIS & THE LICKS -"Hot Kiss" (2006)


PEACHES + Joan Jett -"You Love It" (2006)


THE ALABAMA SHAKES -"I Ain't The Same" (2012)

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A F T E R G L O W

Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall
C'mon, Mick and Keith, it's a win-win.

You bring all their audiences into yours, stay hip, honor those who honored you, get them some really deserved royalties, put some perverse verve back into your image, don't strain for any new songs, and inspire a lot more young women out there. It's all good!


Ah well, this awesome album will probably never happen. You can't always get what you want.

I know, it's only ROCK Sex, but I can fantasize! (Yes, I do!)



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1950s, with 2 Music Players!

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1960s, with 2 Music Players!

• THE RUNAWAYS, And Why Women Of Rock Are Essential!


• THE BRITISH INVASION!, with Music Player!

• Rolling Stones > The Clash > Garbage

• "Jumpin' Jack Flash" - The Rolling Stones > Ananda Shankar

• "Use Me" - Bill Withers > Grace
• "PHYSICAL GRAFFITI" - Led Zeppelin > Branford Marsalis > Rolling Stones


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "John The Revelator" - Son House > White Stripes > Gillian Welch > Depeche Mode

ROCK Sex asks "who's that writing/ John the Revelator"?

Any creative act inspires another. That's the nature of creativity and the mantra of this column. Everything anyone creates tracks back to what has been handed to us from before. Many of the songs we take for granted, such as "House of the Rising Sun", have been around since previous centuries.

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Blind Willie Johnson ignites today's baton swap with the song "John The Revelator". He recorded this country Blues take on an old Gospel song with his wife, Willie B. Harris.

[Blind Willie is also responsible for "In My time of Dying" (Dylan, Zeppelin), "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Zeppelin), and "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" (Fairport Convention).]

BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON -"John The Revelator" (1930)



SON HOUSE did a startling a capella version that became a signature tune in his repertoire:

SON HOUSE -"John The Revelator" (1965)


The standard has since been covered by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Thee Headcoats, Beck, R.E.M., Frank Black, A. A. Bondy, Nick Cave, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Cameo, and Tom Waits.

Larkin Poe, the duo of Rebecca and Megan Lovell, proselytize the moody blues in their contemporary cover of Son House's classic.

LARKIN POE -"John The Revelator" (2018)



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"Go tell my disciples..."

Revelation is open to endless interpretation.

Meg and Jack White revealed the classic within their own Garage stomp.

THE WHITE STRIPES -"Cannon" (1999)



Gillian Welch and running partner David Rawlings did an epic, confessional sequel to it as the title piece of her classic album:

GILLIAN WELCH -"Time (The Revelator)" (2001)



Depeche Mode also made a sequel as a sociopolitical protest against perpetually myopic dictatorships.

DEPECHE MODE -"John The Revelator" (2006)




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• JIMMY REED: The Groover of Rock, From Motown To Sesame Street, with 2 Music Players!

• "TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN" - Tiny Bradshaw > Johnny Burnette Trio > The Yardbirds > T.Rex > Aerosmith

• "Whole Lotta Love" - Muddy Waters > Led Zeppelin > Funkadelic > Tina Turner

• "Mystery Train" - Carter Family > Jr. Parker > Elvis Presley > Jim Jarmusch

• LADIES FIRST: "When the Levee Breaks!" - Memphis Minnie > Led Zeppelin

• "Fell In Love With a Girl/Boy" - The White Stripes > Joss Stone


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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Cool Ethereal Folk: VASHTI BUNYAN

"Just Another Diamond Day" album (1970)
VASHTI BUNYAN is an english folk singer with an ethereal voice. She recorded quite a bit in the late '60s but without getting the fame she deserved.

Recently a collection of her ahaunting work brought new ears to her timeless classics, and she has reemerged in response to all the cult attention.

Listen to this first song and see if you aren't hooked...


Vashti Bunyan -"Train Song" (1966)


Vashti Bunyan -"Love Song" (1969)



And here she is now, still with us, showing us how it's done right.

Vashti Bunyan session -"Here Before" (2005)


VASHTI BUNYAN -"Heartleap" (2014)



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• WOMEN OF ROCK: The 1960s, with 2 Music Players

• ROCK Orgy: "American Pie"

• Don McLean > Lori Lieberman > Roberta Flack > The Fugees

• "Indian Rope Man": Richie Havens > Julie Driscoll + Brian Auger > Bob Marley

• "Something In The Way" - James Taylor > The Beatles > Nirvana


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: A Music Player Checklist

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