Two, Two Mints In One (repost)

Repost of this rom 2022 (and for some reason I lost my Three Mints In One and haven't re-made it yet, so it still isn't up) Some Connections are easy to pick, some are harder. You can't just search for doubles in song titles using regular search. Anyway, here is my pick of this What's the Connection? I named it Two Mints In One, because of the old commercial with twins in them. I'm too clever for myself. It doesn't really make sense unless you are me. Sometime in the future look for Three being the magic number. Three word songs that repeat the same word three times. I just have to get it ready. If you haven't seen what I do to prepare my mp3's, then you should look at that, read the complete instructions. In the meantime, please, please enjoy enjoy. I know I missed some, so if you think of any, let me know in the comments. BTW, this post was Inspired by Manolis who posted up a great comp when words are hard to find at ButterBoy

Two, Two Mints In One

01 Wire Train - Love, Love
02 Matt Bianco - Yeh-Yeh
03 Buggles - Clean Clean
04 The Beau Brummels - Laugh, Laugh
05 Squeeze - Bang Bang
06 The DI's - Yo-Yo
07 Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom 
08 Descendents - Hey Hey
09 Devo - Please Please
10 The Residents - La La
11 Music Machine - Talk Talk
12 Plastic Bertrand - Wha! Wha!
13 Freur - Doot Doot
14 The The - The The
15 Blondie - Rush Rush
16 Talk Talk - Talk Talk
17 Trio - Ya Ya
18 Butthole Surfers - Dum Dum
19 Nina Hagen Band - Wau wau
20 Dome - Ur-Ur

World Domination (repost)

This is a repost of a compilation playlist of various dance music from around the world. There's no rhyme or reason, except that I thought it had a danceable beat. We have all sorts of genres here, Reggae, Salsa, Soca, Bhangra, Rai and more. Music from the Americas, India. Africa, France, Yemen and much more. What's exciting to me is that this disparate music all kind of fits and flows. Be interesting to see what choices you would make. Leave a comment on what you would add or leave off this Pick. I would love to program a radio station to do a format like this. Top forty style DJ's with this music playing in rotation. I still think this is a great radio format. I would now add some zydeco and ska.

World Domination

01 Malkit Singh Golden Star UK - Jugni
02 Chaba Fadela - N'sel Fik
03 Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
04 Orquesta De La Luz - Salsa Caliente Del Japon
05 Boukan Ginen - Nati Kongo
06 Les Negresses Vertes - Zobi La Mouche
07 Luiz Gonzaga - O Fole Roncou (The Bellows Roared)
08 Black Stalin - Let The Soca Play
09 Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Kazet (Dance Remix)
10 Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman - Ziggarats Of Cinnamon
11 Yothu-Yindi - Djapana
12 Ofra Haza - Im Nin'alu
13 The Clash - Armagideon Time
14 Love Jones - Li'l Black Book
15 Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment
16 Sonora Dinamita - A Mover La Colita
17 Alpha Blondy - Yeye
18 Dub Syndicate - Reggae Raga
19 Clara Nunes - A Deusa Dos Orixás
20 Mustafa Ashraf - Yenes
21 Apache Indian - Chok There
22 Banda San Miguel - Disco Rayado
23 Gangbusters - Bad Attitude
24 Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate - Train to Doomsville
25 Jonga - Marcatchá

I'm Just A Dreamer (repost)

Repost from a few years go, All updated: I admit it. I like ballads. Smooth seductive sometimes. Slow most of the time. I've made many picks of ballads, slow songs. This is just another one. The title is from the Jacksons lyrics. I like the song. Notice that some of these songs are not about love. So I wouldn't use all of these at a wedding. A few are about loss or cheating. That doesn't stop it from being a great ballad. At the time, these were some of the slow ballads I was listening to. I hope you enjoy the playlist.

I'm Just A Dreamer

01 George Michael - Careless Whisper
02 Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love
03 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
04 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
05 Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
06 The Cars - Drive
07 Tina Turner - Private Dancer (extended remix)
08 Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough
09 USA For Africa - We Are The World
10 Jacksons - Dreamer
11 Spandau Ballet - True
12 Quincy Jones & James Ingram - 100 Ways
13 Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
14 Heatwave - Sho'nuff Must Be Luv
15 Commodores - Zoom
16 Billy Ocean - Suddenly
17 Smokey Robinson - Being With You
18 Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You
19 Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do
20 Sade - Smooth Operator (Long Version)

Africa 2 (repost)

All updated. I told you yesterday how I got started listening to African music. I found that African music had influenced quite a bit of "western" music as well. I through in a few here along with some of the picks I didn't fit on the first compilation. And some cheesy tracks that were popular when I put this together. I started the journey in the 80's, but I didn't put this together until much later (as witnessed by the Lion King). Remember this is not an end all be all compilation of African music. It would be falling very short if that was the case. It is just a starting point that I had with a couple added bonuses. There is so much to find. Please look for it. I cannot say that I liked everything I got. I have my favorites, but I had some busts too. These picks are a springboard for you. Find what you like and go forth.

Africa 2

15 Rhyth-O-Matics - Afro-Ska
16 King Sunny Ade - Kira Kira
17 Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Yebo! (Mbaqanga Mix)
18 Fela Kuti - Army Arrangement
19 The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
20 Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
21 Babatunde Olatunji - Jin-Go-Lo-Ba
22 Kanda Bongo Man - Zing-Zong
23 Edikanfo - Something Lefeh-O
24 The Bhundu Boys - Jit Jive
25 Lebo M - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
26 Angelique Kidjo featuring Peter Gabriel - Salala

Africa 1 (repost)

I updated this. It is Brian Eno's fault. I started listening to African based pop music because of him. He had something to do with Edikanfo, so I bought the album. I had no idea about anything to do with Africa. But that one album opened up a stream of music that I could not stop. I am ignorant enough to label this all African, but I know that it is a large continent with a variety of styles of music and so much I still have no idea about. I made two compilations of my pick of African pop music. There is so much more available. I'm sure someone will post in the comments where to go next, This is just to whet your appetite, BTW, Edikanfo led to Fela Kuti, which led to Manu Dibango, which led to the rest. All because I listened to one album. I took a chance and it paid off. More tomorrow.

Africa 1

01 Zap Mama - Brrrlak!
02 Manu Dibango - Electric Africa
03 Fela Kuti - Government Chicken Boy
04 Osibisa - Music for Gong Gong
05 Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Kazet (Dance Remix)
06 Kotoja - Sawale
07 Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited - Hondo
08 Babatunde Olatunji - Soul Makossa
09 Mory Kante - Ye Ke Ye Ke
10 Edikanfo - Nka Bom
11 Kanda Bongo Man - Sai
12 Papa Wemba - M'Fono Yami
13 Baaba Maal - Mariama
14 Youssou N'Dour - Fakastalu

Death In June: Runes & Roses

I've done a few picks where I had Death In June on them and some that were inspired by their work. Just yesterday I had Sixth Comm on a Dark Wave-ish pick (featuring Patrick O-Kill who was in Death In June at one point) and Revelio several months ago, where I talked about the band in that Neo Folk pick. These guys, (really Douglas P and whoever he wants to work with at that moment make up the band) have been post-punk, neo folk, industrial, dark wave, martial marching music and whatever other things people think they are. I don't care what it's labeled, but I do like a lot of their music. So this is my choice of songs of their's. It covers 10 or eleven of their albums over the years - not all of them, but it's a decent sampling. I came up with the name and the cover for it (it sounded like something they would do, but haven't). I see the skull being embossed...

Death In June: Runes & Roses

01 Death In June - Nirvana
02 Death In June - The Calling (Mk II)
03 Death In June - Rain Of Despair
04 Death In June - She Said Destroy
05 Death In June - Heaven Street
06 Death In June - We Drive East
07 Death In June - Come Before Christ And Murder Love
08 Death In June - Hail! The White Grain
09 Death In June - Runes And Men
10 Death In June - To Drown A Rose
11 Death In June - Giddy Giddy Carousel
12 Death In June - Fall Apart
13 Death In June - Nothing Changes
14 Death In June - He's Disabled
15 Death In June - Little Black Angel
16 Death In June - The Giddy Edge Of Light
17 Death In June - Hollows Of Devotion
18 Death In June - But,What Ends When The Symbols Shatter
19 Death In June - Rose Clouds Of Holocaust
20 Death In June - 13 Years Of Carrion
21 Death in June - All Pigs Must Die
22 Death in June - Disappear In Every Way

Avada Kedavra 1

This pick is a companion to the Revelio comp from last June. That one was more Neo Folk and this one leans more to the Dark Wave, to me they overlap a lot. I almost had enough that I liked to do a part two, maybe sometime in the future. This past Halloween we had many kids dressed as characters in Harry Potter, besides making sure they said Trick or Treat we always asked for a spell and the one all of them said was Avada Kedavra. If they would have used the spell Accio, we would have given them more candy, but they didn't. Another compilation that is very slightly connected is my Viking one for Leif Erikson day. Not so much in sound, but maybe in feel. That one is more rock and metal. This not so much.

Avada Kedavra 1

01 Danheim - Berserkir
02 Sieben - Love's Promise
03 The Hafler Trio - Suppressed Noise
04 Lustmord - Black Star
05 Nurse With Wound - Yagga Blues
06 Einsturzende Neubauten - Sabrina
07 Swans - God Damn The Sun
08 In Gowan Ring - Hazel Steps
09 Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud - 14
10 Sonne Hagal - Flackerndes Feuer
11 Sixth Comm - Neiflheim
12 Autechre - Bike
13 Non - Out Out Out
14 Sigur Ro´s - Hoppipolla