Artist	Song
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Crushed
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	That Girl Suicide
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Evergreen
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Wisdom
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Cold to the Touch
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Donovan Said
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Miss June '75
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Anenome
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Vacuum Boots
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Who?
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Oh Lord
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Straight Up and Down
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	B.S.A.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Mary, Please
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Fucker
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Spanish Bee
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	IT Girl
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Ballad of Jim Jones
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Stars
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Cause I Love Her
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	If I Love You?

Comment:

I have listened to almost nothing except the Brian Jonestown Massacre since obtaining the two-disc retrospective (Tepid Peppermint Wonderland) on 6/24/05. I was so blown away by that collection that: 1) I've since purchased every one of their releases (I know that they're available for downloading on the band's website, but I really wanted to support the band as much as possible); 2) I've done something like six versions of this mix; and 3) I now embrace Anton Alfred Newcombe as my Lord and personal savior, despite being moderately annoyed by his seemingly endless quest to mythologize himself in DiG! (which I loved, even though it sort of plays like an indie-rock MTV's Real World with shades of Spinal Tap). Maybe my fascination with this band will wear off--after all, I do hope to return to the other discs that I own by many, many other bands--but I don't think it will do so anytime soon. Although they've got their own sound, the BJM are obviously indebted to many of my favorite bands--the Beatles, Stones, Velvet Underground, Galaxie 500, the Byrds and Spacemen 3, to name just a few--and are thus genetically engineered to trigger hero-worship on my part. Thanks to Dead Man, valis (perhaps their most long-term, vigorous champion here--props to him for that and for introducing them to a substantial number of folks here), Sean Lally, popkulcher, buglady, Gerry, George, Shawn and various & sundry other fine folks on this site who have included BJM songs on mixes that I've loved; I honestly can't believe that I didn't jump on the BJM bandwagon earlier. For those of you out there who already like/love this band, what's your favorite BJM album and song (for the latter, feel free to include a few picks if you can't narrow them down)? My favorite album is Give It Back (followed closely by Take it from the Man! and Their Satanic Majesties' Request, respectively) and my favorite songs (among many) are "Anenome," "Servo," "Cold to the Touch," "Satellite," and "Fucker." I apologize for sounding like such a rapturous, awestruck fanboy, but that's what I am right now--almost literally bursting at the seams with enthusiasm for Newcombe & Co's genius. [8/11/05: Again, this was updated, along with a change in title, to reflect my new double-disc "response" to the Tepid Peppermint Wonderland anthology. As you might notice, I've broken with two traditions of mine here: 1) I placed all of these songs in chronological order across the two discs instead of doing two separate discs of favorites in chronological order, and 2) I included the band's name in the title, due to the "anthology" nature of this two-disc set. I'm going to still retain the original title for the third disc, which would function as the "bonus disc" in my imaginary issue of this. Of the songs that were removed from the two versions of the two-disc mix that I previously submitted, it really hurt to ditch "All Around You (Intro)."]

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