Playlist of the Week: A Playlist for Guy-Man

by: Hilary Crisan

I’ve been known amongst friends and family as the go-to girl for music suggestions for most of my life. On my Tumblr account, username behold-and-love-this-giant, I have playlist requests from various followers, which I fill to my best ability. It may sound conceited, but whenever you get people asking you what they should be listening to at least once a week, what are you supposed to think?

With that being said, I am a huge Daft Punk fan. Long story short, I’ve loved Daft Punk since I’ve seen their “One More Time” video snippet from the Interstella 5555 film on the Cartoon Network anime block Toonami when I was 8 years-old. I always connected the strongest with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, a.k.a the “gold robot”, the strongest. Whenever he speaks during interviews (those rare times), everything he says aligns with what I believe perfectly—especially bands that he says he knows and loves.

One day the thought occurred to me: what if Guy-Manuel asked me to make a playlist for him of bands that I thought he would enjoy? The thought itself seemed creepy, but I acted on it anyways. And here we are, with a 36 song, a little over 2 hours long playlist of bands I would suggest to Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk, if he were to hypothetically ask.

Which is unlikely.

1. “No One’s Gonna Love You” by Band of Horses.
2. “The Concubine” by Beirut.
3. “Our Deal” by Best Coast.
4. “Sleepyhouse” by Blind Melon.
5. “Hazel” by Bob Dylan.
6. “Come On! Feel The Illinoise!” by Sufjan Stevens.
7. “Well Respected Man” by the Kinks.
8. “Ghost” by Bombay Bicycle Club.
9. “Nighttiming” by Coconut Records.
10. “Off The Record” by My Morning Jacket.
11. “The Killing Moon” by Echo and the Bunnymen.
12. “Go Outisde” by Cults.
13. “I Should Watch TV” by David Byrne and St. Vincent.
14. “Art of Dying” by George Harrison.*
15. “Caring Is Creepy” by The Shins.
16. “Stuck In The Middle With You” by Stealers Wheel.
17. “Cowgirl In The Sand” by Neil Young.
18. “Comin’ Through” by The War On Drugs.
19. “Baby We’ll Be Fine” by The National.
20. “Back To You” by thenewno2.
21. “Chills, The” by Peter Bjorn and John.
22. “It’s Not True” by William Fitzsimmons.
23. “Hummer” by the Smashing Pumpkins.*
24. “M79” by Vampire Weekend.
25. “Sax and Violins” by the Talking Heads.
26. “Blank Generation” by Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
27. “Northern Sky” by Nick Drake.
28. “Y Control” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
29. “Underneath the Sycamore” by Death Cab for Cutie.
30. “Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
31. “Book of Stories” by the Drums.
32. “Metal Guru” by T. Rex.
33. “Time Stand Still” by Rush.
34. “Bug Powder Dust” by Kruder and Dorfmeister.
35. “World News” by Local Natives.
36. “Smile” by Pearl Jam.

Listen to Hilary's playlist and check out our other playlists here.

*due to technical difficulty not all songs are featured on the grooveshark playlist