[Introspective] yet another tracklisting guess

Daniel McCarthy dpmccart at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Aug 13 22:19:47 PDT 2003


Well, since there's not all that much traffic on the list, I figure I might
as well throw my guess into the ring as well.  I predict the new compilation
will include:

A.)  The six most essential PSB tracks -- WEG, AOMM, IAS, WHIDTDT?, Go West,
Being boring.  These are their biggest hits, minus Heart, plus, for obvious
reasons, Being Boring.

B.)  Five or six of the better post-Very tracks -- Drunk, Home and dry,
SAVE, one or two new tracks, and maybe NYCB.  Or maybe not NYCB.

C.)  Either Domino dancing or LTMOD.  If I had to guess, I'd say LTMOD.
Also, either CYFH? or IWNDTKOT, but not both.

D.)  Some slower, less popular songs that are nonetheless favorites of Neil
and Chris or illustrate a side of PSB not seen in the big, hi-NRG numbers.
LCQ as well as or instead of Opportunities, for example, and Jealousy rather
than So hard or WTSHNN.

So my final prediction is:  1.)  WEG, 2.) LCQ, 3.) IAS, 4.) WHIDTDT?, 5.)
AOMM, 6.)  LTMOD, 7.) Being boring, 8.) Jealousy, 9.) CYFH?, 10.) Go West,
11.) SAVE, 12.) NYCB, 13.) Drunk, 14.) HaD, 15.) new track, 16.) new track.
There'd still be room for one or two more songs.  Rent or Opportunities, or
both, might make the cut.  Or maybe IWNDTKOT will be included after all,
perhaps instead of NYCB.  I think three from PSB's more up-beat, comedic
range is about all that the comp. will have.

If my guesses turn out to be mostly correct, a chronological ordering might
work well.  I particularly like the way the more up-beat, sunnier tracks --
GW, SAVE, NYCB -- would all be grouped together before returning to downbeat
pieces like Drunk and HaD.



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