Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5

[tepista]

trying to name some that were missed (sorry if its posted and i didn't see it)

I'm on Fire - Dwight Twilley Band
Fire - Jimi
Hang Fire - Stones
Fire Woman - Cult

Dude, good call. Great fucking song, haven't thought of it for years. Played it a couple times with this chick singing lead, 'twas hot, know I'm saying?

power pop perfection

[Marky Dread]

Top 5 songs about spies/detective agencies etc.


1. Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
2. Aloha Steve and Danno - Radio Birdman
3. I Spy (For The F.B.I.) - The Untouchables
4. C.I.D. - U.K. Subs
5. Bad Detective - The Coasters/New York Dolls

[JennyB]

JBWFTDS - The Clash
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
I'm Bugged - XTC
Spy of Love - INXS
The Spy in the Cab - Bauhaus

[JoseUnidos]

Teenage FBI - Guided by Voices
Doubles & Trebles - Wire
A Spy in the House of Love - The dB's
...

[gkbill]

Hello,

Secret Agent Man - DEVO
Spy In the House of Love - Was (Not Was)
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
Spymaster - The Neighborhoods
I Spy - The Untouchables

[revbob]

CIA Man - The Fugs

My Baby Loves the Secret Agent - Detroit Cobras

Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello

I Spy - Dead Kennedys

I Kill Spies - Agent Orange

[Inder]

A Spy in the House of Love - The dB's

GREAT song. Here's a live version that kicks ass.

[muppet hi fi]

1. Bad Detective - Dolls
2. Fingerprint File - Stones
3. Julie's Been Working For the Drug Squad - Clash
4. Gun - John Cale
5. Don't Feel Too Good - Only Ones

Honorary mention: Bowie's You Feel So Lonely You Could Die, which concerns a spy being hunted for assassination but is vague enough to be a layman's downer heartbreaker.

[101Walterton]

Hippy Chick - Soho
007 - Desmond Decker
James Bond - The Selecter
Man At C & A - The Specials
We Are Detective - Thompson Twins

[gkbill]

Hippy Chick - Soho
007 - Desmond Decker
James Bond - The Selecter
Man At C & A - The Specials
We Are Detective - Thompson Twins

Hello,

I should have added those - can I amend my list to (00)7?

[101Walterton]

Hippy Chick - Soho
007 - Desmond Decker
James Bond - The Selecter
Man At C & A - The Specials
We Are Detective - Thompson Twins

Hello,

I should have added those - can I amend my list to (00)7?

Yes

[Flex]

As usual, trying to avoid previous picks:

1. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
2. Toy Dolls - James Bond Lives Down Our Street
3. Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (aka The Inder Special)
4. Tom Waits - Small Change
5. The Clash - Washington Bullets

[Flex]

To be clear, my #3 pick may be somewhat unlistenable. But here we are.

[muppet hi fi]

As usual, trying to avoid previous picks:

1. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
2. Toy Dolls - James Bond Lives Down Our Street
3. Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (aka The Inder Special)
4. Tom Waits - Small Change
5. The Clash - Washington Bullets

I actually thought about this one but decided it's more an historical polemic rather than about spooks per se, though it does reference mercs in the last verse.

[Flex]

I actually thought about this one but decided it's more an historical polemic rather than about spooks per se, though it does reference mercs in the last verse.

A lot of that history has the hand of the CIA in it, so I figured it was appropriate. Plus, it's a top tune.