What's The Connection? Spots 1

Mostly coming from the Hit The Spot compilation several days ago. I was listening to Graham Parker and thinking how many other Spot songs there were and that I could put into a connection. Reminded me of this bar I used to go to. In a strip mall, way in the back. Had a bartender who probably had worked there for a hundred years and matching cocktail waitresses. The oldest uniforms ever. It was called The Spot. No longer there (I checked) but they opened at 6 am and closed the latest they possibly could. Great place to go if you want to drink all day. And they could make all these crazy shots. Lots of fun in the 80's and 90's. Yes, I have a spotted past. 

What's The Connection? Spots 1

01 Stranglers - Two Sunspots

02 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Late Spot

03 Julian Cope - Sunspots (Single Remix)

04 Levi Smith's Clefs - Cool Spot

05 Nine Inch Nails - Sunspots

06 Sun - Hot Spot

07 Dean Martin - You Hit the Spot

08 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Sunspot Baby

09 Graham Parker - You Hit The Spot

10 Run C&W - Itchy Twitchy Spot

11 Kylie Minogue - Spotlight

12 Viki Lane - You Hit The Spot

13 Ted Nugent - Tight Spots

14 Solas - The Beauty Spot (Reels)

15 Saturday Night Band - Touch Me On My Hot Spot

16 Cars - Night Spots

17 Phil Manzanera - Hot Spot

18 The Banana Splits - This Spot

19 The Bronzettes - Hot Spot

20 Ludacris - Number One Spot

21 Tell-Tale Hearts - Sunspots (Single Remix)

What's The Connection? Camera 1

Kinda working off the Photo Connection I did some time ago, but from the camera point of view. The lens is aimed at the camera itself. I pretty much started with Buggles (and sort of Yes) and a Figures on a Beach tune called In Camera Obscura which is already at the other photo connection above. I might use it again in volume 2 because it's a cool song, but I tried to stay away from anything I had already posted in that one. I have another hours worth for part two. You'll have to wait for that one. In the meantime here's what I have so far.

What's The Connection? Camera 1

01 Rush - The Camera Eye

02 Morrissey - The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye

03 Pavement - Camera

04 REM - Camera

05 Buggles - I Am A Camera

06 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera

07 Neil Young - Distant Camera

08 Robin Guthrie - Camera Lucida

09 Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies

10 Shriekback - Carrying Cameras

11 Cabaret Voltaire - Cut the Damn Camera

12 Steve Howe - Camera Obscura

13 Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (Original 1982 7_ Single Version)

14 Peter Murphy - I've Got A Secret Miniature Camera

15 Scott Goddard - 10,000 Cameras

Repost: Alec R Costandinos Pick

This French guy is not that well known, unless you know disco. Probably best known for being the first to make disco concept albums and his version of Romeo & Juliet. He has worked under multiple names and with multiple names. This pick is just the tip of the iceberg. He co-wrote Cerrone's Love In C Minor and he's the guy behind bands such as Love And Kisses, Sphinx and Sumeria among many others. He wrote the title track (and more) for the movie Thank God It's Friday - a great disco movie. Here are a few of my favorite picks.

Alec R Costandino Pick

01 Alec R Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet Acts I-II

02 Alec R Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet Acts III-IV-V

03 Alec R Costandinos - Grooves

04 Alec R Costandinos - Americana

05 Sumeria - Cosmic traveller (12 Maxi)

06 Love And Kisses - I've Found Love (Now That I've Found You)

07 Cerrone - Love In C Minor

08 Love And Kisses - Thank God It's Friday

09 Sphinx (Alec R Costandinos) - Simon Peter

10 Sphinx (Alec R Costandinos) - Judas Iscariot

Repost: Tax Day Connection

Tomorrow is the day that's most hated by pretty much everyone in the USA, except for IRS agents and Tax Preparers. If you voted me in to be King, I would get rid of the federal income tax and abolish the IRS. There. Everyone feels better. It's fair to everyone. No one pays. Then we could charge for use. The states could still do what they want, tax or not. But this is not about politics. This is about music. Here are some songs about taxes in this What's The Connection? Let me know how you feel about these songs in the comments below. I don't care what you think about taxes themselves. But if we have to pay taxes, please do yourself a favor and read the book Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright. Happy Tax Day!

Tax Connection

01 Don Henley - Workin' It

02 Celine Dion - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)

03 Guns N' Roses - I.R.S.

04 Relient K - Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)

05 Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

06 Tower of Power - Taxed To The Max

07 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes

08 Jimi Hendrix - Tax Free

09 B.O.B (Aka Bobby Ray) featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

10 Steve Howe - Success Story

11 Cheap Trick - Taxman, Mr. Thief

12 Ruder Than You - Tax Man

13 Blue Blot - IRS Blues

14 Toy Dolls - Lester Fiddled The Tax Man

15 Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury

16 The Human Beinz - April 15th

17 Ultravox! - Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)

18 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

19 Beatles - Taxman

20 The Who - Success Story

Racing Pick 1

I was messing about with Car songs and fitting them into categories for different Picks. Mostly starting with Yello. Which I really like, especially the 12 inch version. It's a more upbeat Kraftwerk. And had two other songs I wanted to use (but I didn't) Yes White Car and Queen I'm In Love With My Car. But they didn't quite make it to the end. And I couldn't put the Rush song with other songs about Super Cars, so I started thinking more about racing and came up with these. It kinda goes with my series On The Road Again and not quite my Cars series (although It came from looking at those.) The last track by Fred Penner doesn't quite fit, but I love the song and I used it anyway. We get all kinds of races and racers in here, but no Wacky Racers. Sorry...

Racing Pick 1

01 Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street

02 Kayak - Monte Carlo Rally (No Total Loss)

03 The Go-Go's - Speeding

04 Devo - Speed Racer

05 Mosaics - Let's Go Drag Racing

06 Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels (The Chase)

07 Royal Crescent Mob - Stock Car Race

08 Yello - The Race (12'' Mix)

09 Naked Eyes - Pit Stop

10 Bill Nelson - Hot-Rod Racer

11 Cozy Powell - Formula One

12 Atsuko AsahI - Arms Grand Prix Official Theme Song

13 Rob Zombie - Demon Speeding

14 B-Boy Tronik - Sports Cars Racing

15 Mogwai - Mexican Grand Prix

16 Rush - Red Barchetta

17 Big Black - Racer X

18 Lynyrd Skynyrd - White Knuckle Ride

19 Fred Penner - Car, Car Song

What's The Connection? Naturally 1

This one came about because I was looking at something completely different and a side glance caught my eye. Nothing to do with what I was working one at the time, so of course it took my attention and I came up with this. A few originals and covers, but mostly not. Gilbert O'Sullivan is a guilty pleasure for me and hearing versions by Awolnation and the Pet Shop Boys, I couldn't resist putting all three versions on the comp. Same with Ringo (and the Beatles) with the original from Buck Owens. NRBQ and The Fabulous Thunderbirds is the last one. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so you got both. The cover was fun to make too. Naturally, I had been thinking of Groovy Library when I made it. Just my style of that.

What's The Connection? Naturally 1

01 Awolnation with Midland - Alone Again (Naturally)

02 Wilson Pickett - Let It Come Naturally

03 Rose Royce - Doin' What Comes Naturally

04 Beatles - Act Naturally

05 Dorothy Shay - Doin' What Comes Naturally

06 Van Halen - A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)

07 Heatwave - Naturally

08 Buck Owens and his Buckaroos - Act Naturally

09 Sheena Easton - What Comes Naturally

10 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)

11 Huey Lewis & The News - Naturally

12 Avant Garde - Naturally Stoned

13 Genes Loves Jezebel - Come Naturally

14 Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally

15 Al Stewart - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It

16 Katy Perry - Naturally

17 NRBQ - It Comes To Me Naturally

18 Debbie Gibson - Naturally

19 Fat Mattress - Naturally

20 Blackberry Smoke - What Comes Naturally

21 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - It Comes To Me Naturally

22 The Cult - Naturally High

23 Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John - Alone Again, Naturally

Hit The Spot

This pick is just some songs that I was listening too and decided should be together. I had been relistening to some disco and realized that some good tracks never get played. And that I had some good remixes of songs that just hit the spot for me. Graham Parker was in there before I started down the disco-ish path and I kept him in. The Feel Fine mix of Right Said Fred fit in there and Labelle I had been trying to fit in somewhere (especially that remix). I put the Donna Summer track from Thank God It's Friday. The original by Serge Gainsbourg is sexy as hell and Summer doesn't mess about on it either. So far all songs about sexual situations so I added lesser known Rinder & Lewis because it fit in with subject matter and sonically. And the Cerrone track about a four way encounter always gets pushed aside for his other hits. The last two tracks fit together and almost no one knows Supermax (or at least not enough). So you get the two. together.

Hit The Spot

01 Donna Summer - Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)

02 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Sex Mix Edit)

03 Graham Parker - You Hit the Spot

04 Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (Feel Fine Mix)

05 Labelle - Lady Marmalade (Disco Purrfection Version)

06 Rinder & Lewis - Lust

07 Cerrone - Love In C Minor

08 Supermax - Love Machine (12'' Version)

09 The Miracles - Love Machine