ANTHEM!!!
Somebody should start a band that just covers indie-rock-type anthems. The older I get the more I use rock shows as personal pep rallies. I go, I get hopped up, I remember how much I love life, I return to said life more energized. Just like a pep rally.
I’m not gonna learn to play an instrument (or sing) just so’s I can start this band, so somebody’s gonna have to do it for me.
Please comment with song suggestions. I’ll get us started:
“Cut Your Hair” – Pavement
“Loser” – Beck
“Cannonball” – The Breeders
“I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone” – Sleater Kinney
“Now We Can See” – The Thermals
“The Eye of the Tiger Applies to Everything” – Superhopper
“No Lucifer”/”Waving Flags” (medley?) – British Sea Power
“Vamos” – The Pixies
“Bang Bang Rock & Roll” – Art Brut
And, duh…
“Tally Ho” – The Clean
“Blitzkrieg Bop” – Ramones
“Pill Popper Parts 1 & 2” – The Oblivians
Ok. Must. Stop. Now. Your turn…
I left off “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements
“Run to the Hills” Iron Maiden
“Voodoo Lady” Ween
“Ice Age” Joy Division
“Blister in the Sun” Violent Femmes
“Time to Pretend” MGMT
“Waiting for my Man” Velvet Underground.
I know. I know. These aren’t all indie rock! But so what!