59 N. Chapel

I don’t know whether it is because Newark Night was last week or Claire posted a photo of Brett in Germany, but you know me: I like to reminisce with music. This playlist is a representative sampling of what Doug, Mike, Joel and I were listening to the summer I moved out of the dorms and into a little row house across from the Tower. Some of these are merely for documentation – I blame Louis for Fast Car. We probably wore out the Life Is Good CD, and the Just Say Yes, Vol.1 compilation too. All I remember is music 24/7 and the first address that wasn’t my parents or a dorm. Good times. Feel free to add more tunes (or correct me).

Spotify playlist:https://www.facebook.com/music/playlist/59-N-Chapel/10150968333099726 

  1. The Sugarcubes Birthday 
  2. Hüsker Dü Up In The Air 
  3. Fishbone Ma And Pa 
  4. Tracy Chapman Fast Car 
  5. Billy Bragg Greetings to the New Brunette 
  6. March Violets Miss Amanda Jones 
  7. UB40 Rat In Mi Kitchen 
  8. OMD Forever Live And Die 
  9. Echo & The Bunnymen Lips Like Sugar (12" Mix) 
  10. 10,000 Maniacs Hey Jack Kerouac 
  11.  The Feelies Slipping (Into Something) 
  12. Dumptruck Carefree 
  13. Midnight Oil The Dead Heart 
  14. The Connells Over There 
  15. Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy 
  16. OMD Dreaming 
  17. Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine 
  18. This Mortal Coil Song To The Siren 
  19. The Jesus & Mary Chain Sidewalking 
  20. The Mighty Lemon Drops Out of Hand (Extended Version) 
  21. The Sisters Of Mercy Lucretia My Reflection 
  22. The Chameleons Up The Down Escalator 
  23. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Lost Weekend 
  24. The Mighty Lemon Drops Inside Out 
  25. The Church Under The Milky Way 
  26. Jane's Addiction Jane Says 
  27. The Primitives Crash 
  28. Voice of the Beehive I Walk the Earth 
  29. Erasure A Little Respect 
  30. Everything But The Girl The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

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