Moss 1

I really am too clever for myself (at least I think so). Hence the title. This pick of the Rolling Stones covered tried not to be too obvious. Of course there is a little obvious, but doing the trademark genres all over the place, a little loony and a little sane. It's mostly just versions I like. I have so many covers of Stones songs, that I was sure I had made this pick before, but I could not find it, so here it is, with another one waiting to be dropped in. Be patient.

Moss 1

01 Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

02 Motörhead - Jumpin' Jack Flash

03 The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid - I'm Free

04 Jah Wobble & Jon Klein - Start Me Up

05 Ministry - Under My Thumb

06 Laibach - Sympathy For The Devil

07 Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter

08 Opium Jukebox - Ruby Tuesday

09 D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

10 The Residents - Paint It Black

11 Cowboy Junkies - Moonlight Mile

12 Angry Samoans - Miss You

13 Psychic TV - As Tears Go By

14 Sundays - Wild Horses

15 Dr. Phibes - 2,000 Light Years From Home

16 Rotary Connection - The Salt Of The Earth

17 Polyphonic Size - Mother's Little Helper

18 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

What's The Connection? Sweetheart

Happy Valentine's Day! This connection (I almost called it schatje, because I am partially Dutch) all has songs with Sweetheart in the title. I have a previous one about sweetest songs. But this wtc goes from the Golden Age to Teen Idol & Doo-Wop through traditional, soul and R&B right through my modern post -punk deconstruction where you say don't dream it, be it. Which sounds a little like a lot of scholastic bullshit. They're just cool songs and have nothing to do with the changing mores (or better: a-mores) of intimacy throughout the years.

What's The Connection? Sweetheart

01 Al Bowlly - Goodnight Sweetheart

02 Bing Crosby - Someday Sweetheart

03 Lawrence Welk - Let Me Call You Sweetheart

04 Dorothy Shay - Say That We Are Sweethearts Again

05 Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrea - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart

06 Nat King Cole - Sweethearts On Parade

07 Peggy Lee - Sweetheart

08 Connie Francis - I Never Had A Sweetheart

09 Patsy Montana - I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart

10 Bobby Sheen - I Want You for My Sweetheart

11 Raindrops - I Don't Want A Sweetheart

12 The Cleftones - Can't We Be Sweethearts

13 Martin Denny - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

14 Pentangle - Once I Had a Sweetheart

15 Dean Martin - Innamorata (Sweetheart)

16 Eddie Cochran - Sweetie Pie

17 Bee Gees - Sweetheart

18 Mariah Carey - Sweetheart

19 Candi Staton - I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)

20 Rainy Davis - Sweetheart

21 Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart

22 Magazine - Sweetheart Contract

23 Rolling Stones - Sweethearts Together

24 Thin Lizzy - Sweetheart

25 Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts

What's The Connection? The Real Thing

I must have listened to too many Coke commercials, since that is the first thing that pops up in my head whenever I hear the phrase The Real Thing and there is that song at the end, but this connection is not about Coca Cola (although I like Coke Zero). It's about a lot of things that are real, but mostly about songs with Real Thing in the title. As you listen to this, have a coke and a smile. Aaargh! It's become so commercialized and I mean my brain. Because no one paid me for all this advertising.

What's The Connection? The Real Thing

01 Tina Britt - The Real Thing

02 Pearl Jam & Cypress Hill - Real Thing

03 Bill Nelson - Real Thing This Time

04 Russel Morris - The Real Thing

05 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

06 Rick Riso - Gotta Have The Real Thing

07 D.C. Larue - Do You Want The Real Thing

08 Dean Martin - (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along

09 Newsboys - Real Good Thing

10 Syl Johnson - I've Got the Real Thing

11 Jellybean & Steven Dante - The Real Thing

12 Troy Dodds - The Real Thing

13 Intrepids - After You've Had Your Fling (Get Down To The Real Thing)

14 Super Eagles - Love's A Real Thing

15 Chip Taylor - (I Want) The Real Thing

16 Brothers Johnson - The Real Thing

17 Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing (New 7 Dance)

18 U2 - Even Better Than the Real Thing

19 Electric Express - It's The Real Thing Pt.1

20 2 Unlimited - The Real Thing (Extended)

21 KMFDM - Real Thing

22 Coca Cola - It's the Real Thing

What's The Connection? Disco 8

This one came together more from sequencing than from any set rules, which suits this Disco connection just fine. The order did more of the work than the idea ever did. Some tracks stretch things out, some feel slightly wrong in a way I like, and some are here simply because they kept insisting. This one happens to be part eight of the series, but it doesn’t behave much differently than the others. Previous volumes live under disco if that matters to you, with more turning up whenever they feel ready, but probably not for awhile since I am exhausted of disco for now. I know, I can't believe it either.

What's The Connection? Disco 8

114 Omni - Disco Socks

115 Rhond Durand - Disco Fever (Part 3)

116 Moderations - Ride The Disco Train

117 50 Cent - Disco Inferno

118 Lady Gaga - Disco Heaven

119 Television Personalities - Sooty's Disco Party

120 Syd Dale - Disco Tek

121 Seaquence - Disco Thing

122 Carole King - Disco Tech

123 Circle - Disco Break (Woody Bianchi Edit)

124 Matduke - Disco Dancer

125 Paul Jabara - Disco Wedding-Honey Moon-Disco Divorce

126 The Great Disco Bouzouki Band - Disco Bouzuki

127 Glam Sam and His Combo - The Last Days of Disco (Lemongrass First Kiss Rmx)

128 North By Northeast - Disco Unusual

129 Lake Shore Drive - The Disco Scene (Rick Gianatos Remix)

130 Bloodhound Gang - Disco Pogo

What's The Connection? Disco 7

The rules are still intentionally loose on this Disco connection. Disco doesn’t have to describe the sound, it just has to genuinely appear in the title and not sneak in as a remix label. A few of these tracks had been floating around since earlier volumes and finally found a home here, while others simply made more sense once the pile shifted. This all landed as part seven of the ongoing run, with the numbering and cover style staying consistent. The earlier volumes are collected under disco and the boundaries remain deliberately blurry.

What's The Connection? Disco 7

100 Stringfield Family - The Sound Of Disco Rock

101 The Legal Defense - The Disco Stomp

102 Nasty City - Disco Baby

103 Aquasky Vx Masterblaster - Disco Biscuit

104 Yaad Aa Raha Hai - Disco Dancer

105 Pleze - Disco 2000

106 Sil Austin - Disco Music

107 Alex Gopher - Super Disco

108 Sir Ted Ford - Disco Music

109 Bill Avery And Love Co. - Disco Fever

110 The Live Experience - Disco Joint

111 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco

112 Bonnie & Klein - Disco Size

113 Rozza & Wine - Disco Boogie Woman

What's The Connection? Disco 6

This is part six of the ongoing Disco connection. The word disco comes from discothèque, which is mildly interesting and completely irrelevant here, much like the organizing logic of this series. It functions mostly as a loose thread rather than an idea anyone needs to follow too closely. Numbering continues, the cover stays similar, and there are plenty more of these sitting around waiting their turn. Previous volumes can be found by clicking disco

What's The Connection? Disco 6

86 Lonnie Jordan - Discoland

87 Bjørn Torske - Disco Members

88 Mathematiques Modernes - Disco Rough (Long Version)

89 Lee Perry and the Full Experience - Disco Devil

90 Universal Energy - Disco Energy (I)

91 Transvolta - Disco Computer

92 Pulp - Disco 2000

93 Lyman Woodard Organization - Disco Tease

94 Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life

95 The J.B.'s - Rock Disco

96 Juan Formell Y Los Van Van - Disco Azucar

97 Terry Callier - Disco In The Sky

98 Sassy - Theme from Disco 77

99 Ladytron - Discotraxx

fnj

This three-letter pick, fnj, is made up of leftovers from the last week or two of compilation picks - tracks I didn’t end up using, but couldn’t bring myself to drop. They didn’t land where I first imagined them, but they still move, still groove, still do the job. No theme, no cleanup, just a stack of rhythm-forward records that earned a second life together. Thrown into camelot key order and nudged along by bpm, because that’s how my brain hears them anyway. Just a mixtape of things that refused to disappear. The title is just randomly chosen letters I hit on the keyboard with my eyes closed, so don't gain any meaning from that.

fnj

01 Kongas - Anikana O

02 Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)

03 Imani Coppola - Legend Of A Cowgirl

04 Orgone featuring Fanny Franklin - Who Knows Who

05 Bunny Sigler - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

06 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Long Dutch Remix)

07 The Blendells - La La La La La

08 Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun

08 Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster Of Love

09 Mandrill - Fencewalk

10 2Nu - This Is Ponderous

11 Laid Back - White Horse

12 The World's Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ (Extended Version)

13 James Brown - Get On The Good Foot

14 Lala Guerrero - Pancho Rock

15 The Premiers - Farmer John

16 Cannibal And The Headhunters - Land Of 1000 Dances