Alternative Milestones Episode 59 – Spring is Springing!

Thu, Mar 13, 2025

We’ve got daffodils! We’ve got trees in bloom! We’ve got robins! We’ve got dandelions! We’ve got temps in the 70s! We’ve got grass greening!

We’re a week early, but I think it’s official.

We’re celebrating 3 birthdays in this week’s playlist with tracks from U2, The Jayhawks, and Thirty Seconds to Mars. As usual, the release milestones run the gamut of alternative music eras and genres, from 1975 – 2020.

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Playlist

David Bowie, “Young Americans”

from Young Americans (2016 Remaster)

Parlophone UK - 1975

Adam and the Ants, “Car Trouble”

from Dirk Wears White Sox

Do It - 1979

The Psychedelic Furs, “Pulse”

from The Psychedelic Furs

Columbia - 2002

Beck, “Mixed Bizness”

from Midnite Vultures

Geffen - 2004

Nerf Herder, “Vivian”

from How to Meet Girls

Honest Don's - 2000

Disturbed, “Stupify”

from The Sickness

Reprise - 2000

Flogging Molly, “Salty Dog”

from Swagger

SideOneDummy Records - 2000

Kaiser Chiefs, “I Predict a Riot”

from Employment

Polydor Records - 2005

Hoodoo Gurus, “Bittersweet”

from Mars Needs Guitars!

Elektra Records - 1985

Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Battle of One”

from A Beautiful Lie

Virgin Records - 2005

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, “Mourning in America”

from The Brutalist Bricks

Matador - 2010

The Jayhawks, “Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces”

from Paging Mr. Proust

SHAM - 2016

Tim Curry, “Sweet Transvestite”

from The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Roxy Cast

Ode - 1975

The Presidents of the United States of America, “Kitty”

from The Presidents of the United States of America: Ten Year Super Bonus Special Anniversary Edition

PUSA Music - 2004

Will Butler, “Anna”

from Policy

Merge Records - 2015

Howard Jones, “Things Can Only Get Better (2018 Remaster)”

from Dream Into Action (2018 Expanded & Remastered Edition)

Cherry Red Records - 1985