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80 Proof Playlist Update #4

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I’ve decided to update the ol’ 80 Proof Playlist, because why not:

Here’s the latest round of song, in chronological order of the posts published. This time, I’ll also post some feedback on the song/post.

  1. “This is not a love song; this isn’t fantasy-land…” (Rush – Cold Fire)
    1. I actually didn’t like this song at first, but now it’s grown on me. I like the post as I see it as a very good basic building block of a relationship – settings expectations for better or worse. I believe I made my own version based on it and I think I’m going to make a second, revised version. Below is one of his best points.

    2. 18. If you have a problem with me, I expect you to tell me about it. I will continue to behave the way I do until I’m clearly told it is unacceptable. I may continue even afterwords but I’m willing to listen to reason.

  2. “After I count down three rounds…” – (The Dead South – In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company)
    1. This song is often stuck in my head after I give it a listen. Then I listen to it 20 times to get it through my system. Then 20 more.
  3. “Here besides news of holy war and holy need…” – (Duran Duran – Ordinary World)
    1. This is another song that grew on me. I’m not normally a fan of Duran Duran, beyond a few recognized hits. As for the post, I like it because it references important posts in Ace’s inventory, which makes it easier for me to reference them later.
  4. “Am I the righteous or the damned?” – (In This Moment – Oh Lord)
    1. Besides a good song, I like this post because it’s a promise to get to 52 posts in a year. Which I greatly appreciate given that Ace’s blog is one of the few I still read.
  5. “But find the ones that bring you life and you’ll find me” – (Nothing More – Fade In/Fade Out)
    1. This song rends my heart. It scares me. It reminds me that my Father is about to turn 70 this year, and though he looks around 10-20 years younger, depending on the day, when he started caring for my Mother after her stroke three years ago, it was the first time I’d seen him tired. The first time I’d seen him as an old man. The first time I’d seen him as normal. The first time I’d realized that he’d eventually fade out, just like my grandparents. I’m not ready for that at all.
    2. I enjoy homework assignments.
  6. “When the night is young and the land is dark…” (Stand By Me – Barron, Lemmy Kilminster, Dave Lombardo)
    1. I can appreciate the experience Ace talks about in this post as I’ve lived it a couple times. Even though I misinterpreted the homework assignment, I got out an email that contains a lot of what I should have said to someone some 3-8 years sooner than I did. The song’s an interesting variation, too.
  7. “I don’t have to look at you to see in yours eyes…” – (Drain – Right Through You)
    1. This song is eeriely beautiful. And it came in my life a time so appropriate for it that I don’t think it was just happenstance.
    2. It makes an extremely good point about how women tend to look for the meaning in what people don’t say or reveal. Which is an interesting way to look at things – it also makes more sense why some women are attracted to men who look like outright scumbags, besides the obvious talking points.
  8. “She’s got a smile that heals me…” – (Billy Joel – She’s Got a Way)
    1. I’m a fan of Billy Joel.
    2. There’s so much negativity around that we often forget there’s a very good reason that men naturally want women in their lives. It’s just that their natural programming to be a helpmeet to the right man is subverted by propaganda and societal messages that invert natural drives and incentivize the worst in women rather than rewarding their best and discouraging otherwise.
  9. “Behind the curtain, in the pantomime…” – (Queen – The Show Must Go On)
    1. I’m a fan of Queen
    2. I really like the central message of the song – too many men let a bad relationship or even worse, the end of a good one, torpedo their lives. I’m guilty of this to an extent as well, though I’m better than I used to be.
    3. I like that Ace reminds the reader that he’s learned things the hard way and has suffered plenty himself, rather than just pretending he was either always an Alpha Male or that he just magically found the keys to the kingdom and you too, for the price of $69.99, can be ballsdeep in a tsunami of women like me!
  10. “No way to prepare; impending despair…” (Type O Negative – Anesthesia)
    1. I’m slowly becoming a Type O Negative fan.
    2. This song has an eerie quality to it. Ace has said, a couple of times, that he hopes to be your dark secret that you read under the covers with a flashlight under the dark of night. This song is great background music for it.
    3. I agree with the premise to this post; loss and how you deal with it, are more responsible for your success with women than many things. Hell, most men, including myself, were drawn to this corner of the web because an overwhelming sense of loss. Loss of a loved one, and perceived loss of future opportunities due to lack of knowledge.

~Wald

80 Proof Playlist Complete

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I’ve gone through Ace’s blog and have added 9 songs to the 80 Proof Playlist, bringing it to 80 songs in length. As you read this, I’m working on the youtube playlist to bring it up to date.

  1. “..and I place a nameless stone.” (A Pale Horse Named Death – Shallow Grave)
  2. “Times have changed and times are strange…” (Ozzy Osbourne – Mama, I’m Coming Home)
  3. “I just wanna lay here and let myself die…” (A Pale Horse Named Death – DMSLT)
  4. “…zero to 60, can it outrun her memory?” (Montgomery Gentry – Speed)
  5. “…still got that feelin’ but I’m too old to die young now.” (Brother Dege – Too Old to Die Young)
  6. “How low low low can we keep digging this hole until we come out on the otherside?” (Red Sun Rising – The Otherside)
  7. “To feel the pain that spurs you on” (Alice in Chains – Your Decision)
  8. “…trying to be me, oh, it ain’t easy…” (Bad Company – Simple Man)
  9. “Sent a letter on a long summer day.” (Journey – Wheel in the Sky)

These songs are a bit dark. The last 5 from no.4 to no.9 will no doubt find their way into your ears more than appropriate, when you endure a break up.

All my best to you and yours.
~Wald

80 Proof Playlist Update #2

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It’s time for another update for the 80 Proof Playlist:

80 Proof Playlist (SBP)

First off, commenter Autist Overlord Attack Helicopter, asked me to make a youtube playlist. I’ve done so. It’s actually pretty simple to do; here are the instructions:

80 Proof Playlist Update #2 (SBP)

Here’s the youtube playlist.

Due to the nature of youtube playlists, I’m unable to get Ace’s own song “Quake” (it’s on soundcloud) on the youtube playlist unless Ace himself decides to put that song on youtube.

I’ve added 16 new songs to my playlist and to the actual youtube playlist, bringing the total of songs to 72.

  1. “Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry..” (Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut)
  2. “…if you will please, move in closer…” (Saliva – Ladies and Gentlemen)
  3. “…telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty…” (The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon)
  4. “…you wouldn’t stay with me if something better comes along…” (Wolfsheim – Find You’re Here)
  5. “The look on your face don’t deceive me; I told you before, so believe me…” (KLOQ – We’re Just Physical)
  6. “…Tell me, mother, will I die?’ ‘Yes, my child, and so shall I’…” (Chris Isaak – Black Flowers)
  7. “…heroin drip, no more so…” (Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants)
  8. “…when the band plays Hail to the Chief, they point the cannon at you…” (Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son)
  9. “…a hell of a revelation too sudden and insidious to escape…” (Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death
  10. “You thought you made a man, you better think again…” (Audioslave – Show Me How To Live)
  11. “When your line is crossed, I get off…” (Halestorm – I Get Off)
  12. “Now I bleed for you; burn for me…” (Type O Negative – Blood And Fire)
  13. “Arm yourself because no one else here will save you…” (Chris Cornell – You Know My Name)
  14. “Don’t care if he’s guilty; don’t care if he’s not…” (The Civil Wars – Devil’s Backbone)
  15. “That’s why I cut you just to heal you.” (Hugo – Hurt Makes It Beautiful)
  16. “I just wanna lay here and let myself die…” (DMSLT – A Pale Horse Named Death)

Please enjoy responsibly.

~Wald

80 Proof Playlist

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80 Proof Playlist (SBP)

I’ve been reading Ace’s blog seriously since sometime February last year. I enjoy what he has to say and find myself going over old posts every now and then. Another thing that really keeps me coming back is the music. He picks songs for each new post he makes and they all have relevance to the issue at hand. Listening to the songs enhances the reading experience immensely.

Also – Ace has fantastic taste in music. So without further ado – I present the 80 Proof Playlist: 72 of the best* songs. Here it is on youtube.

  1. “Good God, you’re coming up with reasons; good God, you’re dragging it out…” (Seether – Fake It)
  2. “If my heart were still alive, I know it would surely break…” (Megadeth – A Tout Le Monde)
  3. “It’s unlikely the world will end tomorrow-“ (Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun)
  4. “How will I know that you’ll be good, doing the things you know you should?” (Dommin – My Heart, Your Hands)
  5. “Shhhhh, it’s Ok; it’s just me.” (Panzer AG – Monster)
  6. “Open up your eyes…” (Tonic – Open Up Your Eyes)
  7. “Are we having fun yet?” (Nickelback – You Remind Me)
  8. “…no one cares in this world; where a girl loves a boy…” (Alizee – La Isla Bonita)
  9. “…but it wasn’t because I didn’t know enough…” (Gnarls Barkley – Crazy)
  10. “Two packs of cigarettes a day; the strongest whiskey Kentucky can make…” (Shinedown – What a Shame)
  11. “Trust I seek and I find in you…”  (Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters)
  12. “C’est pas ma faute..” (Alizee – Moi Lolita)
  13. “…to take us out of the dark…” (James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World)
  14. “…brought way too much baggage.” (My Darkest Days – Porn Star Dancing)
  15. “Keep fighting ’til the end and past the end you’ll be strong.” (Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra)
  16. “…but I feel none.” (Wolfsheim – Find You’re Gone)
  17. “Hey, son, I never told anyone…” (Charm City Devils – Devil is a Woman)
  18. “If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man…” ( Motörhead – Ace of Spade
  19. “I can hardly hear you say ‘What should I do?’; Well, you choose…” (JET – Look What You’ve Done)
  20. “And you got high on every little game…” (The Civil Wars – The One that Got Away)
  21. “…’Cause my shackles, you won’t be; my rapture, you won’t believe.” (Vertical Horizon – Shackled)
  22. “Just like smoke that fades and makes no sound…” (Shaman’s Harvest – Broken Dreams)
  23. “Hang my head, drown my fear; ’till you all just disappear…” (Chris Cornell – Black Hole Sun)
  24. “…it’s telling me all these these things you would probably hide.”  (Saliva – Always
  25. “This state is elevating as the hurt turns into hating…” (Korn – Here to Stay)
  26. “…I can see you’re out of aces; for a taste of your whiskey, I’ll give you some advice.” (Kenny Rogers – The Gambler)
  27. “I don’t know if I’ll cry; I don’t know if I’ll die laughing.” (Bad Company – Gone Gone Gone)
  28. “Do your demons – do they ever let go?” (Dio – Rainbow in the Dark)
  29. “The kitchen counter is a bad reminder of a better time…” (Thornley – So Far, So Good)
  30. “So much for your high-brow, Marxist ways…” (White Town – Your Woman)
  31. “What a wicked thing to say… (This world is only gonna break your heart.)”(HIM – Wicked Game)
  32. “Your membrane will be soft and smooth and your heart will be mine…” (Greenskeepers – Lotion)
  33. “The judge said ‘This man’s a danger to humanity’…” (Bad Company – Burning Sky)
  34. “What she said was not for the job or lover that she never had…” (The Smiths – What She Said)
  35. “Any love I gleaned from you, I had to beg, steal, or borrow…” (Oinomancer – Quake)
  36. “Just like every cowboy…” (Poison – Every Rose has its Thorn)
  37. “Promise me nothing; live ’til we die…” (Motörhead – Love Me Forever)
  38. “…every vow you break; every smile you fake…” (The Police – Every Breath You Take)
  39. “…because you know sometimes words have two meanings.” (Led Zeppelin -Stairway to Heaven)
  40. “But I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life…” (Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight)
  41. “When all in all we’re just like you…” (Spacehog – In the Meantime)
  42. “And I have all the time in the world – to make you mine…” (Depeche Mode – It’s No Good)
  43. “And I will plead no contest if loving you’s a crime…” (Motörhead – One More Fucking Time)
  44. “I dare you to call my bluff; [I] can’t take too much of a good thing…” (Halestorm – I Miss The Misery)
  45. “Don’t forget this fact – you can’t get it back…” (J.J. CALE – Cocaine)
  46. “They’re sharing a drink called loneliness, but it’s better than drinking alone.” (Billy Joel – Piano Man)
  47. “I try to convince myself that the plane is not gone.” (Slaughter – Fly to the Angels)
  48. “…saeclum in favilla” (Mozart – Requiem in D minor)
  49. “There’s nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home…” (Six:AM – Life is Beautiful)
  50. “This will never end ’cause I want more.” (Fever Ray – If I had a Heart)
  51. “Forever in debt to your priceless advice…” (Lana Del Ray Cover of Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box)
  52. “But I can’t fix you and you don’t want me…” (She Wants Revenge – Someone Must Get Hurt)
  53. “…you feed it once and now it stays…”  (Metallica – Until it sleeps)
  54. “In the dawn, I wake up to find her gone and a note says:”  (Tito & Tarantula – After Dark)
  55. “Trust me and take my hand; when the lights go out, you’ll understand…” (Three Days Grace – Pain)
  56. “If I can’t swim after 40 days…” (Jars of Clay – Flood)
  57. “Singin’ the blues while the lady cats cry..” (Stray Cats – Stray Cat Strut)
  58. “…if you will please, move in closer…” (Saliva – Ladies and Gentlemen)
  59. “…telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty…” (The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon)
  60. “…you wouldn’t stay with me if something better comes along…” (Wolfsheim – Find You’re Here)
  61. “The look on your face don’t deceive me; I told you before, so believe me…” (KLOQ – We’re Just Physical)
  62. “…Tell me, mother, will I die?’ ‘Yes, my child, and so shall I’…” (Chris Isaak – Black Flowers)
  63. “…heroin drip, no more so…” (Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants)
  64. “…when the band plays Hail to the Chief, they point the cannon at you…” (Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son)
  65. “…a hell of a revelation too sudden and insidious to escape…” (Rob Dougan – Clubbed To Death
  66. “You thought you made a man, you better think again…” (Audioslave – Show Me How To Live)
  67. “When your line is crossed, I get off…” (Halestorm – I Get Off)
  68. “Now I bleed for you; burn for me…” (Type O Negative – Blood And Fire)
  69. “Arm yourself because no one else here will save you…” (Chris Cornell – You Know My Name)
  70. “Don’t care if he’s guilty; don’t care if he’s not…” (The Civil Wars – Devil’s Backbone)
  71. “That’s why I cut you just to heal you.” (Hugo – Hurt Makes It Beautiful)
  72. “I just wanna lay here and let myself die…” (DMSLT – A Pale Horse Named Death)

Please enjoy responsibly.

~Wald

*My opinion

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