:: The English Beat ::

Long before Hammertime, there was “Ranking Full Stop.” Still the superior product, in my opinion. And Brak always cracks me up, but your mileage may vary.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, Asylum Street Spankers, Brak, Christian Zimmerman, Combustible Edison, Dan Hicks, English Beat, Los Lobos, Metal Molly, Mexican Institute of Sound, Os Mutantes, Simian Mobile Disco, The Wrens, Vells, Ween

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Ranking Full Stop

   English Beat

   Are you ready? Are you ready to stop?

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3. Jealous Guy

   Art Brut

   From 2007’s It’s A Bit Complicated

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4. Don’t Touch Me

   Brak

   Um. It’s Brak.

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5. Diary Of Lost Girl

   Christian Zimmerman

   Smooth and vaguely Brazilian

6. BREAK

7. Kiko And The Lavender Moon

   Los Lobos

   Spooky and catlike

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8. Napiers

   The Wrens

   Shards of sonic glass

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9. The Piano Has Been Drinkin’ (Not Me)

   Dan Hicks

   Like Tom Waits, only intelligible

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10. 2000 E Agarrum

    Os Mutantes

    A return to form

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11. BREAK

12. Ocean Man

    Ween

    As heard on the Spongebob Squarepants movie

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13. Ambulance

    Simian Mobile Disco

    Fun ride to the hospital

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14. Crying Lightning

    Arctic Monkeys

    Quite fun, chaps

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15. In The Hours Of Flowers

    Vells

    Vellvety, har

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16. BREAK

17. Acoustic PVC

    Metal Molly

    The acoustic version of this song

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18. Dance This Mess Around

    Asylum Street Spankers

    As popularized by the B-52s

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19. Bienvenidos a mi Disco

    Mexican Institute of Sound

    From the early years

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20. BREAK

21. Cadillac

    Combustible Edison

    From the soundtrack to La Dolce Vita

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