World Domination 2

Taking a break from the Soul Sizzle series I have a pick of what I call my world domination picks. I always thought this would make a great radio station. All danceable tracks from around the world. It is the one thing in common with these tracks. It's not the genres which are all around the world. I looked for songs with a dance beat. Frankly I have little idea what all the lyrics mean, so they could all be saying that I am a lazy fatboy or worse. Maybe you know one or two, but you probably don't know them all. But in a club (or in your house or car) it is hard to ignore the infectious rhythms. I am working on a few more so tell me your ideas for more of this.

World Domination 2

26 Bomba Estereo - Fuego

27 Major Lazer featuring Mo & DJ Snake - Lean On

28 Khaled - Didi

29 Panjabi Mc - Mundian To Bach Ke [Knight Rider Mix]

30 DJ Snake, Selena Gomez & Ozuna featuring Cardi B - Taki Taki

31 Magic System - Premiere Gaou

32 Gipsy Kings - Bamboleo

33 Mahala Rai Banda - Mahalageasca

34 Stromae - Alors On Danse (Dubdogz Remix)

35 Shakira - Ojos Asi

36 Bunji Garlin - Differentology (Ready For The Road) (Major Lazer Remix)

37 MC Fioti - Bum Bum Tam Tam

38 Kanda Bongo Man - Monie

39 Toofan - Gweta

40 Apache Indian - Boom Shakalak

41 Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)

42 Malkit Singh - Jind Mahi

43 Sly And Robbie - Boops (Here To Go)

44 X Press 2 featuring David Byrne - Lazy (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Soul Sizzle Teal

I started a series yesterday and this is volume two of this pick. I actually number it with colors, so this one is Teal. Similar flavor but a bit more of the funk to start it off and it gets a little dirtier, a little psychedelic and it's a bit more seventies soul. Fits in perfect after SS Red, so the numbering of the tracks continues. Mostly pretty well known songs, but an occaisional drip of a deeper track. Nothing outrageous. It will play well at your next get together, or in the car. Tell me what you like best about this one in the comments.

Soul Sizzle Teal

17 James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing

18 Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher

19 Isley Brothers - That Lady (Part 1 & 2)

20 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good

21 Meters - Cissy Strut

22 Ohio Players - Skin Tight

23 Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke

24 T-Connection - Groove to Get Down

25 Shalamar - Right In The Socket

26 Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can

27 Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard

28 O' Jays - Backstabbers

29 Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need A Change of Mind

30 Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You

31 Etta James - Seven Day Fool

32 The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack

Soul Sizzle Red

I am numbering these by color. They are distinct from some other mixtapes I have, but complimentary. Try these picks for fun: Philly Steak, Stax Of Wax, Taking It Back. All fun. I have a few of these Soul Sizzles planned (and I already made the covers for several, so I better finish them up quick.) My rules were simple. It had to be songs I owned and liked. Danceable with no repeat artists within each volume and had to represent a groove history of black music and mostly be recognizable tracks although deep cuts would be fine. How did I do? Fun fact: the Cameo track was released at least four times. I usually use the version on the TGIF soundtrack, but today I used the version from their first album (very funky album! - Cardiac Arrest) which is what made me love that band even when they started going a little pop later in their years.

Soul Sizzle Red

01 Aretha Franklin - Think

02 Etta James - Tell Mama

03 Junior Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun

04 The Temptations - Get Ready

05 Jacksons - Shake Your Body Down To The Ground

06 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

07 Emotions - Best Of My Love

08 Earth, Wind & Fire - September

09 Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real

10 Chic - Everybody Dance (12" Single Mix)

11 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

12 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

13 T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do  (12'' version)

14 Lakeside - It's All The Way Live

15 Spinners - The Rubberband Man

16 Cameo - Find My Way

What's The Connection? True 3

Part three of this True connection (that just made me think of something completely unrelated - Andrea True Connection) is more rock oriented, although I did throw in a couple of outliers. Look at the last couple of days for the first two parts of this series. At least one more in the current pipeline. A couple of rockabilly here and some early rock as well as afew other rockier choices, even prog and surf are in here. It's all true. Notice the album cover. I was making it and I searched for abstract background that conveys truth. What came up was not so much what you see in the background now. I took what I found and applied a watercolor to it and then another artistic filter, so it's not very true at all.

What's The Connection? True 3

35 Beach Boys – And Your Dream Comes True

36 Buddy Holly – True Love Ways

37 Everly Brothers – True Love

38 Elvis Presley – True Love

39 George Harrison – True Love

40 Bing Crosby – True Love

41 Ashford & Simpson – Tried, Tested And Found True

42 Billy Barry – My Love Is True

43 Carl Perkins – Your True Love

44 Bill Haley – I’ll Be True

45 Casey Howie & The Seniors – True Fine Mama

46 Bobby Nelson – There Ain’t Nothin’ True About You

47 Babys – True Love True Confession

48 Byron Johnson – True Affection

49 Eagles – Is It True

50 Andy Scott's Sweet – Is It True

51 Agent Orange – Say It Isn't True

52 Blue Oyster Cult – Train True (Lennie's Song)

53 Jon Anderson – True Hands Of Fate

54 Bill Nelson – It’s All True

55 Circa – True Progress

56 Cyndi Grecco – Making Our Dreams Come True

57 Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams (Come True)

58 The Who – It’s Not True (Mono Version)

What's The Connection? True 2

Yesterday I posted a connection of all true songs (songs with True in the title) and it was pretty good and all over the place in genres and the connection continue today. These are all different, but continue with the numbering (as will the next couple) but are all more or less in the same category and feel as each other. They sort of all just belong. I do want to say that right about at the time this song of their's came out the Red Hot Chili Peppers were one of the bands I was seeing live a lot (them and Fishbone) and this album was just so good. Got mine autographed and they slurred all over it, lol! Don't think they would do that today. Also notice the cool Buddy Holly cover at the end (I'll post Buddy's version tomorrow).

What's The Connection? True 2

17 Teenage Fanclub – God Knows It’s True

18 The Undertones – True Confessions

19 The Icicle Works – One True Love

20 Bangles – Some Dreams Come True

21 Aztec Camera – Birth Of The True

22 Ric Ocasek – True To You

23 Tom Verlaine – True Story

24 The White Stripes – Well It’s True That We Love One Another

25 X – True Love

26 Red Hot Chili Peppers – True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes

27 Steel Pulse – Rumors (Not True)

28 UB40 – Tell Me Is It True (Fugees Remix)

29 Roxy Music – True To Life

30 World Party – All Come True

31 The The – True Happiness This Way Lies

32 Tracey Thorn – It’s All True

33 Radiohead – True Love Waits

34 Erasure – True Love Ways

What's The Connection? True 1

Lots of True songs available. Before I even begin, I have at least four volumes of this connection. I'll post this one first with a variety of genres and then do a couple more aimed at specific ones. I met Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde a couple of times. She and James Mankey were really nice, down to earth, real people. She told me they came up with their name because it was hard and soft at the same time. I probably have said this story before, but hung out a couple of times during their first tour in various places. They always had time. Go check out my Hardly Soft pick from a few years ago, it actually has the same song here and there, but the rest are different.

What's The Connection? True 1

01 Spandau Ballet - True

02 New Order - True Faith (Shep Pettibone Mix)

03 Concrete Blonde - True

04 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

05 Cabaret Voltaire - Everything Is True

06 Bill Nelson - When Your Dream Of Perfect Beauty Comes True

07 Stevie Wonder - Never Had a Dream Come True

08 Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair

09 Prince - Strange But True

10 Ladytron - True Mathematics

11 Ray Gant & The Arabian Knights - I Need A True Love

12 Sly & The Family Stone - Color Me True

13 Hot Chocolate - We Had True Love

14 Al McCarther - His True Love For You

15 Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True)

16 The Beach Boys - Be True To Your School

Top Pick Albums 1988

In 1988 I started a new part to my top picks of the year. I still did the top songs (see yesterday's post) and I still did the top albums, but I added the top compilations of the year. So the top compilations I was able to get in 1988 with the top albums I got that year. Somehow or another an extra track was thrown in for the top albums, so it wasn't the top ten albums but rather the top 11 albums. So you get one extra track. Every year after this one, I did the same thing until I stopped doing these each year. I included all the album covers and I know that M+M were really 1987, but I couldn't get it until 1988, so it stays. Click on ONE of the covers, you'll get both if you choose well.

Top Pick Albums 1988

01 The Primitives - Crash

02 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Why Be Lonely

03 The Sugarcubes - Birthday

04 Ministry - You Know What You Are

05 Everything But The Girl - I Always Was Your Girl

06 Pere Ubu - We Have The Technology

07 Pixies - Gigantic

08 M.E.S.H. - Meet Every Situation Head On

09 Luxuria - Public Highway

10 Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Killing Jar

11 Sinead O'Connor - Troy

Top Pick Compilations 1988

12 The Damned - Smash It Up, Pts. 1 & 2

13 The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe

14 Alphaville - Big In Japan

15 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking

16 Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)

17 The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

18 Human League - Don't You Want Me

19 Cabaret Voltaire - Gut Level

20 Joy Division - Novelty

21 Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach