I did this once before. Earlier today I copied the list of songs played on 102.1 in the previous twelve hours and I've added little notes to each one.
People seemed to like that entry from September, but this kind of thing is a little more labour intensive than I like. Still, I'll try to do this every few months or so. Here's the second instalment of Twelve Hours of Edge Analysis.
10:50AM Hostage Life - Sons Of Hostage Life This is a Toronto band with a pretty catchy Rancid thing going on. They get bonus points for singing about Union Station. 10:45AM Pearl Jam - Even Flow Definitely a classic alternative staple. Songs like this don't age. 10:38AM Beck - Loser Another classic. It's nice to see CFNY hasn't totally fogotten us old fogies. 10:33AM Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves I dig this tune. I dig this band. When this tune comes on, I crank it. 10:26AM Moby - Porcelain I was never a big Moby fan, but this a nice track, although I find it a little boring. 10:22AM Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race I conversed with Alan Cross about this song yesterday. You can see his comments here. 10:15AM Sum 41 - Motivation I tired of these guys quickly. They may be from Ajax, but I still can't handle this track. 10:01AM Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) My wife loves this song, I find it boring. 9:58AM Sam Roberts - Bridge To Nowhere This was SLS worthy and I still like it. 9:55AM Neverending White Lights - Age Of Consent This one is growing on me. I wasn't sure at first, but darn it, I think I like it. 9:47AM Three Days Grace - Pain More local talent that I wished I liked more. It's not bad, but it's nothing special. 9:43AM Finger Eleven - Paralyzer Speaking of local talent, this is a rather poppy number from our friends. Remember, Scott Anderson dropped by SLS to chat about One Thing. 9:36AM Modest Mouse - Dashboard The Modest Mouse faithful don't like this new song, but I do. It's SLS-worthy. 9:32AM Cypress Hill - Audio X I don't know this tune! Could someone please send it to me, I'd love to hear it. 9:20AM Our Lady Peace - Innocent It's nice to see CFNY favours Ontario talent. Check out how many of these tunes are Ontario-based musicians. I dig the OLP. 8:51AM IllScarlett - One-A I loved IllScarlett's first single and I love this one. I jack this one when it comes on, which is often. 8:37AM The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old Damn, I love this track. I'll be seeing these guys next week. I hope they play it again. 8:21AM Linkin Park - In The End I have nothing bad to say about Linkin Park. Their hits, like this one, were fun. 8:08AM Incubus - Anna Molly This is one of my favourite songs right now. Anna Molly is a megalomaniac. 7:46AM Muse - Starlight It's no Hysteria, but it's nice. It's just not memorable, ya know? 7:34AM Nickelback - Figured You Out I'm done with Nickelback. 7:23AM Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit The definitive classic alternative selection. Load up on guns... 7:10AM Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves See 10:33AM 6:48AM Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) See 10:01AM 6:36AM The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon With the Hip coming to town, CFNY has upped their Hippage. Of course, their Hippage is typically high, and so it should be. I love this song. Surprised? 6:19AM Gnarls Barkley - Crazy I'm tired of Crazy, but it was fun while it lasted. 6:13AM Pearl Jam - Alive Two songs from Ten this morning. Why the hell not? 6:03AM Finger Eleven - Paralyzer See 9:43AM 5:57AM Stone Temple Pilots - Creep From Core, this is another song that takes me back to the early 90s. Good stuff. 5:53AM Michael Andrews Feat. Gary Jules - Mad World Awesome cover. Not only is it better than the original, but it seems to get better every time I hear it. 5:41AM Green Day - Brain Stew This is the song I think of when Billy Talent's Fallen Leaves comes on. They both share that crunchy guitar sound during the opening. Great tune. 5:37AM Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief Wolfmother has a cool 70s vibe going and I'm digging this track just as I enjoyed their two previous SLS-worthy songs. 5:25AM U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday You know CFNY is going to throw a little U2 on during every 12 hour period. At least they went old school. 5:20AM Killers - Read My Mind It's okay, I guess. I'll stick with Hot Fuss. 5:14AM Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home? OLP has a number of catchy tunes that play well on the radio. This is one of them. 5:11AM Raconteurs - Level Great track from the Rac. 5:05AM Smashing Pumpkins - Zero I've always felt Zero is under appreciated. It's one of my favourite Pumpkin tracks 5:01AM IllScarlett - One-A See 8:51AM 4:57AM Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds Zzzzzzzzz. 4:53AM AlexisOnFire - This Could Be Anywhere In The World Yeah, I like this track. I threw it on the last SLS. How many Ontario bands are we at? 4:45AM Prodigy - Firestarter Here's a golden oldie. It was good fun, wasn't it? 4:42AM The Tragically Hip - The Lonely End Of The Rink Yeah!!! More TTH - lace up the skates and sing that anthem. Lest we forget the unofficial video. 4:37AM Rage Against The Machine - Renegades Of Funk These guys are reuniting for a really big she-ow. I wonder if Cornell will join them. I miss RatM. 4:31AM DJ Champion - The Plow I must admit, I'm not yet familiar with this one and therefore have no comment. 4:27AM Incubus - Anna Molly See 8:08AM 4:22AM Offspring - Self Esteem Yeah, I'm a carefree teen again! This was a huge song in my circle in the mid 90s. 4:18AM Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race See 10:22AM 4:12AM Hot Hot Heat - Bandages Nice Cancon selection. Great track. 4:07AM Nirvana - Lithium Perhaps my favourite Nirvana track, although that's hard to say. It's awesome. 4:02AM Muse - Starlight See 7:46AM 3:59AM OK Go - Here It Goes Again After seeing that treadmill video a couple of times I grew tired of this song. 3:54AM Eminem - Lose Yourself I must admit, this is still a solid track Mr. Mathers. Oscar-worthy indeed. 3:52AM Hostage Life - This Song Was Written By Committee This one never grew on me. 3:46AM R.E.M. - The One I Love Delving into the R.E.M. catalogue, this is a nice selection. 3:44AM Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment From Newmarket, Ontario of all places, home of Serial Joe as I recall, TPC have a nice single on their hands. 3:40AM Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows I loved it then and I love it now. Fantastic! 3:35AM Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor This single broke these guys in this country. It's a goodie. 3:31AM Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves See 10:33AM 3:27AM Coldplay - Speed Of Sound Not my favourite Coldplay song, I must admit. 3:22AM 30 Seconds To Mars - From Yesterday Jared Leto sings for this band, but you already knew that. Their sound does nothing for me. 3:14AM Lenny Kravitz - American Woman A useless cover of a great Canadian song. I hate Lenny for this. 3:07AM Tool - The Pot Sometimes I really like Tool, sometimes I don't. This one is typical Tool, in fact, it sounds like several of their other songs. 3:01AM Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) See 10:01AM 2:57AM Seether - Remedy Nirvana redux! 2:53AM Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams American Idot made Green Day relevant again and this might be my favourite track from that album. 2:49AM City And Colour - Comin' Home Yeah, I like it. What are you going to do about it? 2:42AM Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger A beautiful song from Oasis. This entire album is gold. 2:38AM Matt Mays - When The Angels Make Contact It's too early for me to judge this track. It needs a few more listens. 2:35AM Linkin Park - One Step Closer Another Linkin Park hit. I'm okay with that. 2:29AM The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Herculean This is an intriguing project. It's Damon Albarn but it's not the Gorillaz, although Danger Mouse is involved. It's good. 2:25AM Finger Eleven - Paralyzer See 9:43AM 2:21AM Foo Fighters - My Hero I still remember when they played this in Ottawa after Gretzky's last game in Canada. It brings a shiver to my spine and a tear to my eye. 2:17AM Army Of Anyone - Goodbye I haven't heard a lot of this song, and I don't love it yet. In fact, I find it a little boring. 2:12AM Sum 41 - Pieces I'll pass, thanks. 2:07AM Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Yes, this is a pretty song. Yes, it's easy on the ears. Yes, I tried not to like it but it's highly likeable. 2:02AM Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief See 5:37AM 2:00AM DJ Champion - No Heaven I'm sick of it, but for a while last year I really liked this song. 1:56AM Felix Da Housecat - Ready 2 Wear This song sounds like it's from the 80s and if you like that sound you might like this. I don't. 1:53AM Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA Remix) Firstly, this is the best song title ever. Otherwise, it's a lot like the song above. 1:49AM Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch This must have been part of a trio of 80s inspired dancy tracks. This is the best of the three. 1:45AM Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out The summer of 2004 and the leader of the trifecta package. It's still good. 1:40AM Streets - Fit But You Know It It's fun to sing this with your best Brit accent. 1:37AM Killers - Mr. Brightside This tune got played into the ground, so it's unfair for me to trash it now. 1:29AM Metric - Dead Disco I like Metric. 1:26AM Gary Numan - Cars The original Cars, nice touch. Numan was ahead of his time. 1:22AM Erasure - A Little Respect Speaking of the 80s and that sound, here's one of the staples. Not my cup of tea, but I was sound asleep when this aired. 1:18AM Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Just look at the next set of songs and you'll catch the vibe. Not for me, but that's okay. 1:14AM Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind A great single that I threw on SLS. One of my favourites from 2005. 1:11AM Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated Speaking of Jared Leto, remember when he took the mic in My So Called Life for Rayanne and finished this song. That was the first sign that 30 Seconds to Mars was inevitable. Great song. 1:08AM Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco Not as stong as the first single, but still solid. 1:04AM Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl The Chemical Brothers had some cool singles, but this one wasn't one of my favourites. 1:00AM Benny Benassi - Satisfaction Ha! I love the stuff they play in the wee hours of the morning.
