Are you ready?
Soko at Amoeba. What's In My Bag? Take one.
I don't know what I want start with, wait, I have to make a count.
Number one, favorite record of all time.
'Three Imaginary Boys' by The Cure
The record that matters the most to me.
I don't know if it's the short version or if it has all the b-sides
but some of the b-sides from this record are my favorite
like that song 'I Want To Be Old.'
'Fire in Cairo' is one of my favorite songs ever
There's not one song on this record that, as soon as I hear the first few notes,
I have shivers all over my body.
And Robert Smith is my favorite vocalist, ever.
Second favorite record of all time.
Love Morrissey, for being so emotional.
I can relate to every bit of lyrics, of everything.
except maybe 'Girlfriend in a Coma.'
'Unloveable'
Probably my all-time...
all-time favorite song and probably the song that I've listened to the most
and I can relate to the most
because that's mostly how I feel most times.
Wow it seemed like the record was not even in it, it's so thin.
The second Depeche Mode record. It has my favorite Depeche Mode song, that is 'See You.'
I love watching early videos of Depeche Mode
When they're super young and skinny, all British and proper and...
having their tape running the drum machine on stage was like the 'new thing'
and their sound is so good, their drum machine sound is always my favorite.
They are the coolest.
One of my other favorite lyricists would be Johnny Thunders.
The lyrics for 'Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory'
are probably my favorite lyrics ever written.
and the way he performs it on this record
is all acoustic, by himself. It's so much better than the band version.
This record is really touching because it's just him
and all of his pain and doubts
You can feel his soul as he goes through the songs
'I'm a Boy, I'm a Girl' is my favorite
gender weirdness song
He wasn't scared of wearing girls' clothes and wearing earrings at the time
and he got so criticized for it, but
he's a true hero, not caring about anything and doing it so full on
I have so much respect for him.
The Jam is a super-influential band for me
That song 'Start' is one of the songs that made me want to play bass
The baseline...
It makes me want to dance each time I hear it and it
also makes me wanna be a better musician
This is probably the record I listen to the most to go to bed.
or wake up when I need a slow wake up
'Here She Comes' is so beautiful.
I saw them at Fuck Yeah Fest
That was really cool. I was crying the whole time.
The Only Ones. I just love this record so much.
I DJ a bit
'Another Girl, Another Planet' is a song that I DJ almost every time.
and 'The Beast' has some of my favorite melodies ever.
And the first line, being 'Run from the beast...'
To me, 'run from the beast,' I feel like it's like I'm running away from myself
So each time I feel like I'm a coward, I listen to that song
and it's trying to send me subliminal messages
to stop being a coward, basically.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
How could he write a song about a killer
and be a number one hit at that time?
That song 'Mister Raffles.'
It's like a random fact, of someone killing someone in Barcelona
but the song is so poppy, and feels so good, it's got a little...
reggae/ska break in the middle of it
It's got all these elements of everything that was going on in that era
that shouldn't go together, but completely magically work
like super cheesy organ and horns, but the song is so genius.
Because of this record I like guitars so much
because on this record I feel like the hooks are guitar lines
instead of being lyrics
When I think of Television, all I think about is... [sings]
More than, like, 'Venus de Milo,' I mean...
It's cool, it's a good hook. But the guitars are so good.
and you don't care that all the songs are almost longer than they should
Fuckin', Verlaine is the best.
She's the coolest. Big loss for music.
She's such a beautiful talent.
and there's so much emotion in her voice
'Tears in the Typing Pool' is probably one of the
most touching lyrics and performance
Can never go wrong with some Paul Simon.
I mean, I can probably pick every single Simon & Garfunkel album without going on, but
on this record, there's that song 'Duncan' that I love
I cover it sometimes.
There's one of my favorite lines in it.
He's just thanking the Lord for my fingers because he can't actually play guitar.
It's reminding me to just be grateful to be able to actually play music.
We're done. That's what's in my bag.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for listening to me babbling about all I love about music.
Oh, thanks for having my record in the stores too.
That's, like...big.