8/1 Friday Random Ten: Feel the tension

Or maybe I'm just picking up on more of it 'cuz of where my head's at.

1. Pink Floyd--The Scarecrow
(admittedly an exception)
2. Elvis Costello & the Attractions--Pretty Words
3. Neko Case--The Needle Has Landed
4. Eurythmics--Somebody Told Me
5. Midnight Oil--Beds Are Burning
6. Bonzo Dog Band--My Pink Half of the Drainpipe
7. The Fiery Furnaces--Straight Street
8. Milt Jackson--Misterioso
9. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention--How Could I Be Such a Fool*
10. Dressy Bessy--Maybe Laughter

*The original gangsta "Freak Out!" version