Another exhibition, another iTunes playlist created in its honor. This one was a little tougher to come up with than the Pompeii or Urban Light playlists, as those had subject matter that many a pop tune have addressed—volcanoes! light! Korea? Not so much. And while I might have done ten songs about “the future,” that seemed like a cheat. So this time around I tried to find songs whose titles riffed on the titles of the artworks in the show. You can download this mix at the iTunes store:
1. Viva Voce: Brightest Part of Everyone [for Bahc Yiso’s Your Bright Future]
2. The Books: The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice? [ditto]
3. Earlimart: We're so Happy (We Left the Piano in the Truck) [for Bahc Yiso’s We Are Happy]
4. Minutemen: Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? [for Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries’ Beyond Truth and Reason]
5. Al Green: Tired of Being Alone [for Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries’ Hey, Am I All Alone Here?]
6. American Analog Set: White House [for Jeon Joonho’s The White House]
7. The Easybeats: I'll Make You Happy [for Choi Jeong-Hwa’s HappyHappy]
8. The Breeders: Divine Hammer [for Kim Beom’s Pregnant Hammer #1]
9. Iron & Wine: Radio War [for Kim Beom’s An Iron in the form of a Radio]
10. The Mekons: Hard to Be Human Again [for Gimhongsok’s Human Abstract]
11. Neko Case: The Needle Has Landed [for Kimsooja’s A Needle Woman]
12. Dios (Malos): You Got Me All Wrong [for Minouk Lim’s Wrong Question]
13. Superchunk: I Guess I Remembered It Wrong [ditto]
14. Elliott Smith: Shooting Star [for Do Ho Suh’s Fallen Star 1/5]
15. Sondre Lerche: Two Way Monologue [for Jooyeon Park’s Monologue]
16. The Electric Prunes: General Confessional [for Jooyeon Park’s Eclectic Rhetoric]
Scott Tennent