Happy Prompting — My Playlist for the AI Revolution
Living high, sitting in the sun Sit on your ass ‘til your work is done You lazy mother, your hands are clean You pull the strings and you got the clout There’s something filthy living in your mouth Pushing your buttons, you get away for free
Let somebody do the dirty work Find some loser, find some jerk Find some dumb ass do it all for free Let somebody do the dirty work Find some loser, find some jerk Find some grease ball, yeah
That’s how the Stones land clearly at number 1 with Dirty Work (1986).
Strictly speaking, the title was what prompted me to put this list together. My father brought me the record from West Berlin back in ‘86. In my eyes, still the unrivalled best album the Stones ever made.
The Playlist
I compiled these songs — the old-fashioned way, by hand — that are a) great and b) thematically spot-on. All of them deal with themes like control, machines, imagination, the future — or they simply have the right vibe.
| # | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Work | The Rolling Stones | Dirty Work (1986) |
| 2 | Starman | David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust (1972) |
| 3 | Time Waits For No One | The Rolling Stones | It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (1974) |
| 4 | Die Roboter | Kraftwerk | Die Mensch-Maschine (1978) |
| 5 | All You Zombies | The Hooters | Nervous Night (1985) |
| 6 | Machines (or ‘Back To Humans’) | Queen | The Works (1984) |
| 7 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears | Songs From The Big Chair (1985) |
| 8 | Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | Daft Punk | Discovery (2001) |
| 9 | Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | Travelling Without Moving (1996) |
| 10 | Junge | Heino | Junge (2013) |
| 11 | Just My Imagination | The Rolling Stones | Still Life (1982) |
| 12 | Under My Thumb | The Rolling Stones | Still Life (1982) |
The list starts with the Stones, and it ends with the Stones: Under My Thumb.
Keep it under control.