The 11 Best Songs By The Get-Up Kids

This weekend I took the long drive up the California 5.  A dreary drive that was immensely improved by two unhappy children in the backseat who made it their obligation to inform us of their unhappiness every 5 seconds in case we had already forgotten.  One of them even used the kid-version of backseat wolf-crying by alerting us to a coming waterfall of vomit...causing us to pull over to a 7-11...only to find out it was a false alarm and more like a false warning as our child then somehow convinced us only a Slurpee would quiet their complaints.  It worked but only for about 15 minutes.  But after 4 hours of screaming...that 15 minutes was gold.  We made this 14-hour trip all for the 2-hour reunion of old friends, which was cut short because everyone had to get home to their babysitters.

This week sees not one but two big reunion releases.  (Also see:  Gang of Four - Content)  But the Get-Up Kids was one just waiting to happen.  They never seemed really happy being on their own. It's only been 7 years since their last proper release...but it's a welcome return.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Get-Up Kids:

1.  Mass Pike (Red Letter Day)
2.  Overdue (On A Wire)
3.  Is There A Way Out (Guilt Show)
4.  Out Of Reach (Something To Write Home About)
5.  Action and Action (Something To Write Home About)
6.  Walking On A Wire (On A Wire)
7.  Shorty (Four Minute Mile)
8.  Dark Night of the Soul (Guilt Show)
9.  Holiday (Something To Write Home About)
10.  Let The Reigns Go Loose (On A Wire)
11.  Up On the Roof (Eudora)

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The 11 Best Albums of 1999

It was the year Napster broke into the music industry and changed it forever. Why? Because the record labels were forcing crap like Britney, Nsync, and Backstreet Boys upon the masses. Music fans wanted more...they wanted better...and they fought to find it.

Here are the 11 Best Albums of 1999:

1. Beck - Midnight Vultures

2. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrun

3. Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret

4. Black Star - Black Star

5. Wilco - Summerteeth (Summer Teeth)

6. Dr. Dre - 2001

7. Rage Against The Macine - The Battle for Los Angeles

8. Moby - Play

9. The Roots - Things Fall Apart

10. Travis - The Man Who

11. The Get-Up Kids - Something To Write Home About

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