Hardly Soft

This pick came about because of Concrete Blonde (and Krezip). I met Johnette Napolitano at a radio convention when their first album was coming out. They hadn't even seen it in print yet. And they were not famous and they were really nice. Hanging out with me and my buddies waiting for their rep to bring out the first copies of their LP. So we talked for awhile, had some common interests and just messed around. One of the things that she told me was that they came up with the name Concrete Blonde (After Dream 6) because it was Hard and Soft at the same time which is what they were trying to sound like. Later that day I got to hear Still In Hollywood and I thought it was as good as if not better than anything on Dream 6 (Tomorrow May Never Come, etc). Later when Krezip, a Dutch band, came out, it reminded me of Concrete Blonde and some other hard, but soft songs. That's when I made this playlist compilation pick. The title was a play on the original idea behind it all.

Hardly Soft

01 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

02 Krezip - All Unsaid

03 No Doubt - Don't Speak

04 Garbage - Til The Day I Die

05 Hole - Jennifer's Body

06 Juliana Hatfield Three - My Sister

07 The Pretenders - Kid

08 Concrete Blonde - True

09 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

10 Josie and the Pussycats - 3 Small Words

11 L7 - Pretend We're Dead

13 Patti Smith - Gloria

14 Joan Jett - Crimson and Clover

15 Brix Smith - Oringina

16 Pixies - Gigantic

17 Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart

18 Jefferson Starship - Somebody To Love

19 Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle Jangle Morning

20 Bjork and PJ Harvey - Satisfaction

21 The Heads - Damage I've Done