Brainwaves – October 13, 2020 – Pure and easy coal mining
Written by Brian Blum on 13/10/2020
Some pure and easy songs – from Sebadoh, the Who and the Teardrop Explodes – and some music to send you down to the coal mine from the Police, the Pretenders and Devo. Plus the Well Pennies, Vampire Weekend, the Beatles, Neil Young, and Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class! (Can you say “Mill Valley?”)
| Band | Song |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Oh Susanna |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain |
| Neil Young and Crazy Horse | Twisted Road |
| Frightened Rabbit | The Twist (soundtrack: Chuck) |
| Minus the Bear | Thanks for the Killer Game of Crisco Twister |
| Sebadoh | Too Pure |
| The Who | Pure and Easy |
| The Teardrop Explodes | Pure Joy |
| Pure Prairie League | Woman |
| The Well Pennies | All My Loving (cover: The Beatles) |
| Niv Kaikov | New Way |
| Visage | Visage |
| Temples | Test of Time |
| Editors | Munich |
| The Features | Exhibit A |
| Ash | Burn Out |
| Hole | Celebrity Skin |
| Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class | Mill Valley |
| The Tokens | Groovin’ on the Sunshine – Sesame Street |
| R.E.M. | Furry Happy Monsters (from The Muppet Show) |
| R.E.M. | So. Central Rain |
| Rankin’ Roger | Roller Blades (You Can’t Catch Me) |
| The Cure | Why Can’t I Be You? |
| Genesis | Paperlate |
| Sufjan Stevens | The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts |
| The Polyphonic Spree | It’s the Sun |
| The Beatles | Here Comes the Sun (soundtrack: Love) |
| Blitzen Trapper | Ever Loved Once |
| Vampire Weekend | A-Punk |
| The Police | Canary in a Coalmine |
| The Pretenders | Back on the Chain Gang |
| Devo | Working in the Coalmine |
| Pharrell | Happy (soundtrack: Despicable Me 2) |
| Deaf School | What a Way to End it All |
