The Random Ten is an easy post

In the heart of the campaign, I'll take a quick and easy post here and there...so today I offer up ten random songs from the home iTunes...all of 'em are four stars except for the last which gets five...

"Body Movin'" by the Beastie Boys

Good, solid start...kicking it moderately old school with the Boys...does it amaze anybody else that they've only put out seven albums in twenty-plus years?

"Gremmie Out of Control" by Pearl Jam

it's weird how various groups get hooked on a certain old style...Pearl Jam seem to dig surf and girl groups...kinda cool...like how the Beatles liked Motown

"Guitars, Cadillacs" by Dwight Yoakam

I love this a capella track by Dwight...no instrumentation, no guitar...just his voice doing one of his better known songs

"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" by Flatt & Scruggs

all finger pickin' and banjo strummin', this track is pretty typical of these kings of bluegrass...good stuff, not my favorite bluegrass track, but I do love hearing Scruggs drop a simple "oh, honey" in each break

"Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton

dorky eighties country pop...kinda fun

"Bob Dylan's 49th Beard" by Wilco

beautiful simple tune from Tweedy and the boys from the tour edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, proving that just because it didn't make it onto the album doesn't mean that it's not a classic

"Ten Little Indians" by Harry Nilsson"

rarely has a song based on the Ten Commandments been so entertaining...each Indian drops off in the order of the commandments

"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum

now there's a classic guitar rock tune...this should totally be on Guitar Hero...fuzzed out guitar with religious bent...

"Unwed Fathers" by John Prine

nothing special here...pretty John Prine song but not nearly his finest work ever

"Black Eye" by Uncle Tupelo

and Tweedy makes his second appearance but this time with the first band, the ones who started it all...wither Jay Farrar?