My Fave Free iTunes Songs

I love free crap on iTunes.

I'll download whatever's on the house: Scott Baio's reality trainwreck, nine minutes of Ratatouille, a show about chubby kids exercising. I rarely retain the vids, but the free song of the week is almost always a keeper, such as the coked-out raveness of Goldfrapp's Ooh La La  or Mike Farris' Sit Down Servant, a New Orleans stomp from a Screamin' Cheetah Wheelie. And then there's the Noisettes (pictured, eating microphone), a ferociously hot London art-punk band.

The following are a few of my fave freebies -- alas, they're not free anymore, but if you're looking for something cool or different to sample, check 'em out:

Callin' Me -- Consequence (smartass smart-hop)
Home -- Great Northern (lush L.A. indie pop)
Ooh La La -- Goldfrapp (sexy coked-out rave jam)
Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit) -- the Noisettes (hot chick punk)
Sit Down Servant -- Mike Farris (white-boy Bourbon Street bop)
Los Angeles -- Sugarcult (updated Sunset Strip metal)
Love Song -- Sara Bareilles (if Tennille divorced the Captain)
D.A.N.C.E. -- Justice ('80s spelling-lessong dance track)
Kiss the Sky -- Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra (technosoul a la Gnarls Barkley)
You Know I'm No Good -- Amy Winehouse (Brit-brat takes on Phil Spector)

Comments

[chase]

The Magic Numbers was once a free download, and I ended up buying two of their albums. ... and Vega 4 "Life is Beautiful" was a freebee ... still on my ipod in rotation ...

[Tonianne]

I was introduced to both Goldfrapp and Corinne Baily Rae via free iTunes downloads, and ran out to buy both cds. Goldfrapp's cd did not disappoint, but I wound up enjoying the free acoustic version of "Put Your Records On" far more than the version CBR includes on her album.

I also discovered Living Things via "Bom Bom Bom" - a great running warm-up song.

And then there was Jace Everett's "Bad Things." Because when he drawls "I want to do bad things to you," it is time to bust out the bourbon.

Or the scotch. Or the beer.