George Clinton Pick

This is a fun pick for me. I really like George Clinton in his various aspects. Obviously he has all of his solo work, Parliament and Funkadelic. Not very many Red Hot Chili Pepper fans know about his association with them. Or that he worked with Prince. A mad genius, George put his touch on quite a few artists. I got to dance with him on stage once at a Chili Peppers show. What a blast! Here are some of my favorites that he put his stamp on.

George Clinton Pick

01 The Brides Of Funkenstein - Disco To Go

02 Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla

03 P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Pump

04 Parliament - Flash Light

05 Eric McFadden - Hey Bulldog

06 Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

07 Parlet - Help From My Friends

08 George Clinton - Atomic Dog (Original Extended Version)

09 Prince with George Clinton - We Can Funk

10 Sweat Band - Freak To Freak

11 Red Hot Chili Peppers - American Ghost Dance

12 Xavier - Work That Sucker To Death

13 Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove

14 Funkadelic - Can You Get to That

Dream Connection (Songs about Dreams and Dreaming)

Since we posted about MLK and his dream, might as well throw in a few songs about Dreams in general. This What's The Connection? is all about dreams and dreaming. Someone once asked me how I could like Kate Bush and Shonen Knife and Kenny Nolan at the same time. I don't know. I just do. These are my favorite Dream songs. And yes, I know I'm missing some fabulous songs. In just the Doo Wop genre there are probably enough to make another volume. Tell me your favorite Dream songs in the comments. Click on the cover I designed!

Dream Connection

01 Kenny Nolan - I Like Dreamin'

02 Stan Ridgway - The Impossible Dream

03 The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream

04 Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

05 Supertramp - Dreamer

06 Stompy Jones - Dream

07 Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour

08 Cheap Trick - Dream Police

09 Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer

10 Dean Martin - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On

11 Jacksons - Dreamer

12 The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream

13 Kate Bush - The Dreaming

14 Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'

15 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

16 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream

17 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

18 Human League - Things That Dreams Are Made Of

19 Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me

20 The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

21 Aerosmith - Dream On

22 Blondie - Dreaming

23 Shonen Knife - Daydream Believer

I Have A Dream Connection (Martin Luther King songs)

We've been in some weird times lately. We have bigots screaming for racism in the schools, school boards asking for segregation and pointing fingers of white supremacy. We almost seem more divided today than when Dr. King was alive. But we aren't. In reality, Dr. King asked when we would see people by the color of their deeds rather than the color of their skin. I think once we get past the political rhetoric we are closer together than we ever have been. I'm proud to live in the only country who fought a war to stop slavery and has been progressing under Conservative views to become more and more a country where color of the skin means less than your actions. This connection is about songs inspired by and about Martin Luther King. Enjoy this What's The Connection? on his birthday January 15th.

I Have A Dream 

01 Ben Harper - Like A King

02 Neil Diamond - Dry Your Eyes

03 Beatles - Blackbird

04 King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew - King Holiday

05 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John

05 Scientist - Martin Luther King

06 Common featuring Will.i.am - I Have A Dream

07 Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome

08 Nina Simone - Why (The King of Love Is Dead)

09 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

10 Patty Griffin - Up To The Mountain (Mlk Song)

11 Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What

12 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream

13 James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1

14 Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

15 The Speech - I Have A Dream

16 Queen - One Vision

18 Rascals - People Got To Be Free

19 Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona

20 U2 - MLK

Boogie Connection 2 (Songs with Boogie in the title)

 A continuation of the What's The Connection? Boogie. All songs from different genres with Boogie in the title. As usual, it's all songs I own and have listened to. Big Band to Heavy Metal, Blues to Disco. It's all in here. There are tons more Boogie songs. Please let me know which ones you love in the comments and maybe I'll add them to a future connection. Same cover as previous volume. As you listen to this on your device, what does Boogie mean?

Boogie Connection 2

19 AC-DC - Bad Boy Boogie

20 Biddu Orchestra - Bionic Boogie

21 Polecats - Boogie Man

22 Tommy Dorsey - Boogie Woogie

23 Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie

24 Eagles - Born To Boogie

25 Blue Oyster Cult - Buck's Boogie [Studio Version]

26 Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie

27 Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

28 Freddie Slack With Ella Mae Morse - Cow Cow Boogie

29 Chuck Berry - Guitar Boogie

30 Howard W. Brady - Hot Rod Boogie

31 John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie

32 T. Rex - I Love to Boogie

33 Barry Manilow - Jump Shout Boogie

34 Grateful Dead - New Speedway Boogie

35 Pussy Tourette - Pussy's Boogie

36 Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie

37 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Sex Bomb Boogie

38 Shonen Knife - Summertime Boogie

Boogie Connection 1 (Songs with Boogie in the title)

This What's The Connection? is all about songs that have Boogie in the title. Not necessarily Boogie songs. There are different types of Boogie dances and songs in genres from Boogie Woogie to disco boogie. I didn't try to distinguish , I just picked songs I liked. I hope You like them too. Please leave your favorite in the comments.

Boogie connection 1

01 Parliament - Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)

02 Barry Manilow - Bandstand Boogie

03 Y&T - Barroom Boogie

04 Big Fun - Blame It on the Boogie

05 Nile Rodgers & Chic - Boogie All Night

06 Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes - Boogie Flap

07 Eddie Murphy - Boogie In Your Butt

08 Jackson 5 - Boogie Man

09 Beautiful Band - Boogie Motion

10 Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman

11 KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes

12 Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)

13 Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie

14 Charlie Singleton & Stargasm - I Wanna Boogie With You

15 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie

16 Hot Chocolate - Mindless Boogie

17 Kool & The Gang - Spirit of the boogie

18 ZZ Top - Tube Snake Boogie

Bikes Connection (Songs about Bikes)

Lots of great songs about Bikes. I probably could have done a playlist of only bicycle songs, but I liked some songs in this What's The Connection? that were about motor bikes. So I expanded my definition. Too bad I missed your favorite Bike song. Let me know in the comments. The cover has a piece of the Bike poster that Queen gave away with their album. I always did love that poster.

Bike connection

01 Queen - Bicycle Race

02 Pink Floyd - Bike

03 Tomorrow - My White Bicycle

04 Chris Spedding - Motor Bikin'

05 Kraftwerk - Tour De France

06 Freezepop - Bike Thief

07 Miss Kittin - Meet Sue Be She

08 Debbie Harry - 0-Bike Boy

09 Bollock Brothers - Harley David (Son Of A Bitch)

10 Sheep on Drugs - Motorbike

11 The Sugarcubes - Motorcycle Mama

12 Iggy Pop - Motorcycle

13 Love & Rockets - Motorcycle

14 Autechre - Bike

15 Stereolab - Hillbilly Motobike

16 Madness - Riding On My Bike

17 John Cale - Bicycle

18 Nazareth - My White Bicycle

19 Montrose - Bad  Motor Scooter

20 Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize

Bonus Track:

The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Bike Ride to the Moon

Zydeco Pick 2

This is the continuation of Pol's Pick of Zydeco music. In this playlist find the missing pieces from volume 1 (for me). You may probably have your pick and you should let me know what those are in the comments below. Notice the same cover for volume two as volume one. And that the track numbers continue.

Zydeco Pick 2

24 Geno Delafose - Everybody's Dancin'

25 Rosie Ledet - I'm Gonna Take Care of Your Dog

26 Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers - Give Him Cornbread

27 Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin' - Lake Charles Connection

28 Beau Jocque - Git It, Beau Jocque!

29 Fats Domino - Hello Josephine

30 Zydeco Force - Zydeco Extravaganza

31 Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Sont Pas Sale

32 Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band - Bad Moon Rising

33 Fernest Arceneaux - Zydeco Boogaloo

34 Buckwheat Zydeco - Ya Ya

35 Nathan And The Zydeco Cha Chas - Your Love Lasts As Long As Your Money

36 Morris Francis - Fun in Acadiana

37 Nathan And The Zydeco Cha Chas - Steady Rock

38 Buckwheat Zydeco - Hot Tamale Baby

39 Zydeco Force - I'm On My Way

40 Myrick Freeze Guillory - Zydeco In D-Minor

41 Wayne Toups - Take My Hand

42 Lil' Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers - Where The Pretty Women At

43 Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band - Haterz