Fun., "Some Nights"

Evidently this is what the young ones are clamoring for these days, and really... who couldn't use a little more fun?  Especially when it involves an upbeat dance rock track played during a reenactment of a Civil War battle.  Did I miss something?

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Jim Noir, "Car"

Po Jikiewicz got a kick out of this song... perhaps you will, too.  Enjoy this tasty offering from Chef Noir.

HTRMOS: Cansei de Ser Sexy, "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex"

OK, so maybe this connection is a little tenuous, but if a couple of notes went down instead of up in that opening line... couldn't you splice it with this?  

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY! NOSTALGIA WEEK! The Escape Club, "Wild Wild West"

In the grand tradition of gimmicky nonsense here at Tuna Day, today marks the beginning of Nostalgia Week .  This mostly means the posting of songs that hold an irrationally(?) dear place in my heart... mostly from the mid-'80s through the mid-'90s.  To kick things off, though, we're starting with an open request!  Two gimmicks in one!  Today's song comes to us courtesy of Wooden Brendbury.  All names have been changed to protect anonymity, in the event of tenacious digging from Politico or HuffPo.  Brendbury explains the trigger for his selection:

In 1989 our class took a field trip to 'Exchange City,' a fake city within a local community college where were were to learn about money.  We had to choose occupations, and everybody applied for what they wanted.  The teacher picked most of them, but we held elections for Judge and Mayor.  I was elected Mayor.  While at Exchange City, the Judge was arrested for speeding (no running was allowed in Exchange City).  Excited, I ran over to the newspaper to report the news, and while I was on my way, I got arrested for speeding, too.  The song playing on the "radio" (over the PA system) was... "Wild Wild West."  

Wild, Wild West.  Nothing could have been further from the truth.  It was on that day, over 20 years ago, that Brendbury resolved that he would never work in politics in a lawless town.  And that's why he lives in Washington.

Enjoy this ridiculously creepy (creepily ridiculous?) video...

The Flaming Lips, "Fight Test"

The first track from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots... and NOT ripped directly from Cat Stevens' "Father and Son"--no matter what a court of law would have you believe.  The song--and the video--is a little strange, and a bit silly... kind of like the Flaming Lips.  Enjoy!

Electric Light Orchestra, "Telephone Line"

Let it ring forevermore...