What's The Connection? Kings 2

I did part 1 of this Kings connection in November of last year, but today is actually King's Day, so here is part two. Nothing special to post about these songs with King in the title, but I hope you get to have a little something Dutch in celebration of the King of Nederland. That's all. I suppose I should have more, but I am celebrating.

What's The Connection? Kings 2

20 Go West with Kate Bush - The King Is Dead
21 Tackhead with DJ Cheese - King Of The Beat (Tackhead Remix)
22 Aerosmith - Kings And Queens
23 Jimmy Liggins - Boogie Woogie King
24 Barbara McNair - He's a King
25 Styx - Long Live The King
26 Gamalon - The King
27 Focus - House Of The King
28 UB40 - King
29 Steely Dan - Kings
30 Billy Barry - I'm A King
31 Michael Schenker - To Live For The King
32 Renaissance - Kings & Queens
33 Sade - Your Love Is King
34 Ringo Starr - King Of The Kingdom
35 Golden Earring - King Dark

What's The Connection? Route 66 (repost)

Repost of this, because it's my 66th birthday today! I even updated the links! I understand that this connection is horribly inadequate. There are way too many versions of Route 66 or about Route 66 to really do this justice. But these are the main ones I have. I even put the Eagles and Jackson Browne in because it was about Route 66. Nat King Cole will always be my definitive but I must say that Depeche Mode has caught my ears in recent times with their version. I especially like the mashup version with their other hit. I first heard it on a single and I have loved it ever since. If you have another great version I didn't bring up on this list please leave it in the comments. I would love to hear it. Great song! I traveled along Route 66 before and it was very fun, even if it doesn't actually go all the way through any longer, the historic route is there. I stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona and it was a site to see. I recommend that everyone do it at least once.

What's The Connection? Route 66

01 The Surfaris - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
02 Jason & The Scorchers - Route 66
03 Dr. Feelgood - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
04 Blue Cheer - Route 66
05 Rolling Stones - Route 66
06 Glenn Frey - Route 66
07 The Yardbirds - Route 66
08 Them - Route 66
09 The Motels - Route 66 (Live)
10 The Pretty Things - Route 66
11 The Cramps - Route 66
12 Nancy Sinatra - Route 66
13 Nat King Cole And His Trio - Get Your Kicks On Route 66
14 Al Jarreau - Route 66
15 Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel-Route 66 (Mega-Single Mix)
16 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
17 Manhattan Transfer - Route 66
18 Eagles - Take It Easy
19 Jackson Browne - Take It Easy
20 The Dregs - Route 66
21 The Replacements - Route 66
22 Chuck Berry - Route 66
23 Buckwheat Zydeco - Route 66
24 Yo La Tengo - Route 66
25 Matchbox - Route 66
26 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Route 66

What's The Connection? Sixties

In just a day or two it will be my birthday (you can send presents of music if you want) and I am going to be 66. I started looking for songs with sixty six in the title (and there are a lot if you include Route 66 songs). Come back tomorrow for those. But I found quite a few with sixty in the title. So I am presenting some of them. This connection has nothing to do with birthdays, but here you go. It also has nothing to do with an "era" so hopefully you aren't confused anymore.

What's The Connection? Sixties

01 The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns (Single Version)
02 Brent J. Cooper - Sixty Seconds to What
03 Sir Douglas Quintet - Sixty Minutes Of Your Love
04 Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four
05 Du-Droppers - Can't Do Sixty No More
06 Erasure - Sixty-Five Thousand
07 Dominoes - Sixty-Minute Man
08 Pablo Cruise - Zero To Sixty In Five
09 Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine
10 Brian Setzer - Sixty Years
11 Paul Davis - Sixty-Five Love Affair
12 U2 - Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
13 Gogol Bordello - 60 Revolutions
14 Neil Young - Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part I)
15 Asleep At The Wheel - Route 66
16 Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy - Sixty Six
17 Larry Norman - Six Sixty Six
18 Elton John - Sixty Years On
19 Inspirators - Three-Sixty
20 Throbbing Gristle - Six Six Sixties

Classic Jack

I have been doing my House cleaning and dividing up all my tracks I previously had all under a house series and putting into more precise categories. This pick I call Classic Jack and I am not sure that is a good and proper category, but that's what I am calling it. It is classic Chicago House and it leans towards the Jack sound. Really, jacking was more of a specific dance style rather than music and this pick does have classic styles that ended up becoming Deep and the Acid direction it ended up going towards later. But this is the historical or classic start of it, So hopefully the title works for you as it did for me. Either way, they're all great tracks!

Classic Jack

01 DJ Pierre - Box Energy (Original 12' Club Mix)
02 Phuture - Acid Trax
03 Mr Fingers - Washing Machine
04 Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
05 Cajmere - Percolator
06 The Todd Terry Project - Bango (To The Batmobile)
07 LNR - Work It To The Bone
08 Jaxine - Jack Me Free (Less Summer Mix)
09 Fingers Inc. - Can You Feel It
10 KC Flightt - Voices (Out Of Reach Wonka Remix)
11 Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
12 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
13 Royal House - Can You Party
14 Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body
15 Chip E - Time To Jack (Original 12' House Mix)
16 Adonis - No Way Back (Vocal)

Techno

For the last several days I've been cleaning up some old House picks and putting tracks where they actually belong. I'm trying to make a pick of songs that are one CD's length and have what I consider the most category of the category. Instead of mixing it all in to one big category that doesn't match at all. Today the category is Techno. You tell me if I did good. At least notice that the covers are all different, but related. 

Techno

01 Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
02 Ben Klock - Subzero
03 Underground Resistance - The Final Frontier
04 The Surgeon - La Real
05 Plastikman - Spastik
06 Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon (Original mix)
07 Regis - Blood Witness
08 Robert Hood - Minus
09 Model 500 - No Ufo's (Remix)
10 Jeff Mills - The Bells
11 Dave Clarke - Red 2
12 Marcel Dettmann - Corebox
13 X-101 - Sonic Destroyer
14 DVS1 - Black Russian

Rave

I was cleaning an older House pick because I realized I had crossed over into other territories (I keep wanting to say Terror-tories, but that's wrong) So I broke off to make a couple of other picks that were a little more true to their categories. Hopefully I got it less wrong this time with this Rave journey. I went a few in the day and I am not sure I remember much except for crazy old school lights and "feelings" of bass (and many body parts), but I'm pretty sure many of these tracks were played. I think. Can't be too sure. They do sound familiar.

Rave

01 Congress - 40 Miles Vocal Mix
02 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
03 Urban Hype - Trip To Trumpton
04 The Klf - What Time Is Love (Original)
05 Awesome 3 - Don't Go
06 DJ Seduction - Hardcore Heaven
07 Hyper On Experience - Lords Of The Null-Lines (Foul Play Remix)
08 N-Joi - Anthem
09 Liquid - Sweet Harmony
10 Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
11 Altern-8 - Activ-8 (Come With Me)
12 Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy
13 Acen - Trip II The Moon (The Darkside)
14 Bizarre Inc. - Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix)
15 The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place (Fairground Mix)
16 Shut Up And Dance - £10 To Get In
17 SL2 - On a Ragga Tip
18 Nookie - Shining In Da Darkness

Big Beat

I am re-arranging some things. I am definitely not getting rid of things around the House. My wife keeps dropping hints. Watching Hoarders. Telling me vinyl is hoarding, but so far I have not gotten the message. I still have thousands of LP's and CD's (even some 8-tracks and laser discs) and I can't even think of getting rid of any. They're neatly stored in temperature controlled room, even though I end up playing mostly mp3's like these. This is my attempt at making a brilliant Big Beat pick and I hope you like it. Technically there is at least one Breakbeat song which is related but close enough for me.

Big Beat

01 Groove Armada featuring Gram'ma Funk - I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)
02 The Crystal Method - Busy Child
03 Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
04 Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock
05 The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
06 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
07 Coldcut - Stop This Crazy Thing (Funkymix)
08 Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
09 Freestylers - Push Up
10 Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
11 Moby - Go (Woodtick Mix)
12 Low Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
13 The Wiseguys featuring Greg Nice - Start the Commotion
14 Propellerheads - Spybreak!
15 The Prodigy - Firestarter