Friday, April 29, 2011

The Weekly Theory 4.29.2011

File under Useless Information

I was recently watching a syndicated episode of How I Met Your Mother  and in it the lead character was dating a girl who played bass guitar in a reggae band. He and his friends proceeded to talk about how cool female bassists were, and that led to the weekly theory.

I Have a Theory…

that bands with female bassists are two times cooler than bands without female bassists.



Top Ten
In honor of the theory, the top ten songs by bands with a female bassist are:

10. Lazy Eye – Silversun Pickups (Nikki Moninger) Lazy Eye - Carnavas
9. It's a Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads (Juliana Hatfield) It's a Shame About Ray - The Atlantic Years - The Best of the Lemonheads
8. Tomorrow, Wendy – Concrete Blonde (Johnette Napolitano) Tomorrow, Wendy - Bloodletting
7. Top of the World – Shonen Knife (Michi Nakatani)  Top of the World - If I Were a Carpenter
6. Pretend We're Dead – L7 (Jennifer Finch)  Pretend We're Dead - Bricks Are Heavy
5. Drown – Smashing Pumpkins (D'Arcy Wretzky) Drown - Singles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4. Violet – Hole (Kristin Pfaff) Violet - Live Through This
3. Our Lips are Sealed – The Go-Go’s (Kathy Valentine) Our Lips Are Sealed - Beauty and the Beat
2. Teenage Riot – Sonic Youth (Kim Gordon) Teen Age Riot - Daydream Nation
1. Gigantic – The Pixies (Kim Deal) Gigantic - Surfer Rosa

Song of the Day
In honor of any bassist named Kim, the song of the day is, of course, the Pixies' "Gigantic".




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