Gambling Connection (Songs about gambling)

Take a chance on this gambling connection, bet money, roll the dice, pick a card, nice and easy and hit the jackpot, if you're feeling lucky. There's a million of these, but here's my pick to make this Gambling What's The Connection. Since you're going to Vegas, might as well play these along with the ones from the previous post's playlist. If you play your cards right maybe this will help you win. Or maybe it's just some cool songs with a theme. You may want to search the blog for some songs about Luck (I'm guessing you'll strike gold somewhere near St. Patrick's Day.

Gambling Connection

01 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1)

02 Sammy Davis, Jr. - Luck Be a Lady

03 Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts

04 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

05 Lil'l Ed and the Blues Imperials - Life Is Like Gambling

06 Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Feelin' Kinda Lucky

07 Sonny Lester & His Orchestra - Strip Poker

08 Linda Scott - Don't Bet Money Honey

09 Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King

10 Merle Travis - I'm A Natural Born Gambling Man

11 Barry Manilow - Ready To Take A Chance Again

12 Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy

13 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice

14 Moonshine Willy - Roulette Wheel

15 George Strait - Ace In The Hole

16 CC Catch - Midnight Gambler

17 Madonna - Gambler

18 Sylvers - The Roulette Wheel Of Love

19 Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance

20 The Turtles - Outside Chance

21 The Daily Flash - Jack Of Diamonds

22 T-Bone Walker - You're My Best Poker Hand

23 AC-DC - The Jack

24 Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Viva Las Vegas

This is the perfect playlist for a trip to Las Vegas, including a couple of versions of the song Viva Las Vegas made famous by Elvis, but done by hundreds of people. This pick includes a couple of my favorites, plus other Vegas associated songs. Sure Frank and Dean and Sammy are on this compilation, but also so much more. A wide variety of genres from lounge to punk. Either way, enjoy your trip to Las Vegas!

Viva Las Vegas

01 Wayne Newton - Viva Las Vegas

02 Nancy Wilson - The Best Is Yet to Come

03 Petula Clark - Downtown

04 Martin Stenmarck - Las Vegas

05 Judy Garland - Lucky Day

06 Nat King Cole - I'm Shooting High

07 Dean Martin - Who's Got The Action

08 Frank Sinatra - Luck Be a Lady

09 Sammy Davis, Jr. - I'm Gonna Live Till I Die

10 Peggy Lee - This Could Be the Start of Something Big

11 Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas

12 Tony Christie - Las Vegas

13 Phil Vassar - What Happens In Vegas

14 Bruce Springsteen - Viva Las Vegas

15 Faith Hill - Let's Go To Vegas

16 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Las Vegas Turnaround

17 The Grascals - Viva Las Vegas

18 Hootie & the Blowfish - Las Vegas Nights

19 Swing Cats - Viva Las Vegas

20 The Thrills - Your Love Is Like Las Vegas

21 Nina Hagen - Las Vegas

22 The B-52's - Queen Of Las Vegas

23 ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas

24 AC-DC - Sin City

25 Southern Culture On The Skids - 40 Miles To Vegas

26 Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas

Collins X Pick (Phil Collins in Brand X)

A couple of posts ago, you got some Phil Collins in various appearances. This time the pick is Brand X. A progressive Jazz Fusion band that for some time featured Phil Collins. Here is an introduction to the band Brand X, with Phil Collins. He was with the band throughout most of the later 70's (and appeared on some much later reunion tours). But the best stuff from the band, according to me, are the albums represented here of the late seventies. If you like these songs, definitely pick up the albums, as they are quite good. You will notice that the cover I designed has the five main album covers of Brand X where Collins played included as part of the design. 

Collins X Pick

01 Brand X - Euthanasia Waltz

02 Brand X - Nuclear Burn

03 Brand X - Born Ugly

04 Brand X - Sun in the Night

05 Brand X - Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already...)

06 Brand X - Disco Suicide

07 Brand X - Malaga Virgen

08 Brand X - Don't Make Waves

09 Brand X - Not Good Enough, See Me

10 Brand X - Voidarama

11 Brand X - Triumphant Limp

Beautiful Guitar Solos 4

The last (for a while) of the Beautiful Guitar solos picks. A couple on this volume were planned from the beginning, but a couple were added as I was releasing these originally. That's what happens when you comment and leave your favorites in the comments. I had already made a Guitars comp (loud shredding guitars), a Girls and Guitars pick. And Picks that featured Sax, Bass, Drums etc. All coming at one point or another. But I still always come back to these four. Play them at night or the morning when I want something beautiful played. I hope you listen to them as you get ready for bed (sleep or otherwise). They've been god to me. BTW, did you notice that each one of these has a different guitar on the cover, even though they look similar?

Beautiful Guitar Solos 4

40 BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

41 Wes Montgomery - Days of Wine and Roses

42 Porcupine Tree - The Sound Of Muzak

43 Gary Moore - Don't Believe A Word

44 Carl Verheyen Band - On Our Way

45 Ottmar Liebert - Barcelona Nights

46 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

47 Kenny Burrell - Make Someone Happy

48 Pat Metheny - Are You Going With Me

49 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

50 Steve Vai - Sisters

51 Beatles - Something

52 Emerson Lake & Palmer - From the Beginning

53 Genesis - Firth Of Fifth

Phil Collins Pick

You could put this into a family pick, because it follows Phil Collins' appearances on various other band tracks. Obviously Genesis, Brand X and solo. Some he sings on, some he drums, but there is a Phil Collins feel to most of these songs. It may take you a couple of listens, but he's in there. This gets pretty diverse. I mean Adam Ant and Philip Bailey don't play the same kind of music as Camel and Eno. So, I think you will like the journey with Phil. I'm sure I missed a few tracks and obviously I had to pare down to one from each of his ventures. If I missed your favorite, let me know in the comments below. Click on the cool album cover. And keep checking back, because eventually I will post a more comprehensive beginners look at Brand X. Very cool.

Phil Collins Pick

01 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You

02 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

03 Tommy Bolin - Savannah Woman

04 John Cale - Pablo Picasso

05 Steve Hackett - Star Of Sirius

06 Brand X - Soho

07 Anthony Phillips - Which Way The Wind Blows

08 Brian Eno - No one receiving

09 Camel - Hymn To Her

10 Robert Fripp - You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette

11 Mike Oldfield - Sheba

12 Peter Gabriel - Biko

13 Robert Plant - Big Log

14 Adam Ant - Strip

15 Phillip Bailey - Easy Lover

16 Chaka Kahn - Watching The World

17 Phil Collins - You`ll Be In My Heart

Beautiful Guitar Solos 3

A continuation of the Beautiful Guitar Solos playlist pick. This third volume has a couple of tracks that were suggested by guitar playing friends, plus more Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. I had already picked Pink Floyd, but several people seconded the tribute to Syd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" to make that a must have track. These may not be the fastest, or loudest guitar solos, but they definitely are the most beautiful. See if you agree. There will be another volume coming, so look for that too. And if you have a favorite, whether it made this playlist or not, be sure to include it in the comments.

Beautiful Guitar Solos 3

28 Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

29 Jesse Cook - Tempest

30 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

31 Roy Buchanan - The Messiah Will Come Again (Instrumental)

32 Pat Metheny - Travels

33 John Mayer - Edge Of Desire

34 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)

35 Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

36 Talking Heads - The Great Curve

37 Carpenters - Goodbye To Love

38 Guns N' Roses - November Rain

39 Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble - Flood Down In Texas

Acoustic Zep (Led Zeppelin's acoustic tracks)

Like the earlier Pretty Sabbath pick and the ELP Barrelhouse Ragtime pick this playlist takes a side of a band and highlights it. In this case it is the pretty, acoustic sounds of Led Zeppelin. Page, a master at guitar, is amazing acoustically. These tracks on this pick prove it. From almost every year and album there was a track you could play for your parents (to show it wasn't all noise). Things are not so different today. The music changes, but the dynamic between kids and parents and their choices of music doesn't change much. Our job as parents is to expose kids to a variety of music, so it isn't lost, but also to keep an open mind about the "noise" they listen to. You might not like the parental advice, but the playlist is great. So don't mind me and just listen.

Acoustic Zep

01 Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur

02 Led Zeppelin - Tangerine

03 Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

04 Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away

05 Led Zeppelin - Friends

06 Led Zeppelin - That's The Way

07 Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom

08 Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole

09 Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

10 Led Zeppelin - Hats Off To (Roy) Harper

11 Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side

12 Led Zeppelin - Going To California

13 Led Zeppelin - Thank You

14 Led Zeppelin - Black Country Woman

15 Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

16 Led Zeppelin - The Battle Of Evermore

17 Led Zeppelin - Your Time Is Gonna Come

18 Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do

Beautiful Guitar Solos 2

This is part two of the Beautiful Guitar Solos playlist pick. The idea was to get the most beautiful solos, not the most rockin'. I started this thinking of three different solos. Two were in volume one: Eddie Hazel's "Maggot Brain" where George Clinton told him to imagine his mom dying right before playing. And the other in volume one was Frank Zappa "Watermelon In Easter Hay". The third is in this volume and set the tone for what I was looking for. That was Santana "Flor D'Luna (Moonflower)" So that gives you an idea of what I was trying to achieve. The people I asked were all given those parameters. And there is one track on this volume that I had forgotten about that was recommended to add to this pick. That was the track from Carl Verheyen Band. Beautiful! More Coming!

Beautiful Guitar Solos 2

13 Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan

14 Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky

15 Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

16 Steve Vai - For the Love of God

17 Carl Verheyen Band - Gretchen's Theme

18 John Scofield & Pat Metheny - The Red One

19 Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways

20 Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You

21 Santana - Flor D'Luna (Moonflower)

22 Toto - Jake To The Bone

23 Robin Trower - Day Of The Eagle

24 Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

25 Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight In Harlem

26 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

27 George Benson - Breezin' (12'' Version)

Rockabilly Pick 1

I've liked Rockabilly since I first heard it. Old, New, Psychobilly, every Billy. It's all good. I like to dance to it, I like to listen to it, I just like it. So when Detlef made a compilation of cool Psychobilly (and posted on Butterboy's great site), it reminded me of this comp I had made. So I'm posting up this pick. Hopefully you will enjoy this introduction to not that new anymore Rockabilly. Let me know your favorite rockabilly songs in the comments below. BTW, the cover is pretty cool, I adapted a way bitchin' picture and used it as the beginning of the cover. 

Rockabilly Pick 1

01 Jason & the Scorchers - White Lies

02 Gun Club - Sex Beat

03 The Rockats - Go Cat Wild

04 kd Lang And The Reclines - Bopalena

05 Untamed Youth - Pabst Blue Ribbon

06 Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me

07 Robert Gordon with Link Wray - Red Hot

08 Stray Cats - Rumble in Brighton

09 The Jets - Love Makes The World Go Round

10 Batmobile - Kiss Me Now

11 Deke Dickerson - Hot Rodder's Lament

12 Brian Setzer - Ignition

13 Chris Isaak - Gone Ridin'

14 The Baseballs - Umbrella

15 Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Trio - Steady Baby

16 The Cramps - Human Fly

17 Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks - Wonderin'

18 Buck Naked  And The Bare Bottom Boys - Bend Over, Baby (And Let Me Drive)

19 Red Elvises - Boogie On The Beach

20 Kingtinued (Doug Church) - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

21 Blasters - I'm Shakin'

22 Hillbilly Hellcats - Hillbillies on Speed

23 Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freak Out

24 Three Bad Jacks - Hellbound Train

25 Marti Brom & Her Barnshakers - Eat My Words

26 The Honeydrippers - Rockin' At Midnight

27 Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie

Two, Two Mints In One (Songs that repeat a word twice in the title)

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

Beautiful Guitar Solos 1

This was pretty easy. I picked what I thought were some songs that had the most beautiful guitar solos of all time. I then asked friends, musicians, DJ's what their favorite Beautiful Guitar Solos were (I got a few more that I had forgotten.) And came up with this pick. Several already finished in the series and more to be added. This first volume will have to do for now. I am putting it up now, because another cool site (ButterBoy) had a compilation playlist from Paszek that reminded me of this one. That one was Beautiful Instrumentals. Quite good. Go get that one too, and keep a lookout for the other volumes in this series coming.

Beautiful Guitar Solos 1

01 Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)

02 Little River Band - It's A Long Way There

03 David Gilmour - Raise My Rent

04 Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

05 Robin Trower Band - Daydream

06 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

07 Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers

08 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

09 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise

10 Roy Buchanan - The Messiah Will Come Again

11 Pat Metheny - Dream Of The Return

12 Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You

What's The Connection? Puzzles

This connection is all about Puzzles. I was at another blog site (ButterBoy) and I was stumped by the Puzzle from Doc Solaris that he had in a 4x4 Puzzle compilation, but I remembered this What's the Connection about puzzles. A couple of crosswords and some just puzzling and one that is a riddle about the puzzle of life. So one thing led to another and here I am posting this up. One day I'll figure out Doc's puzzle (If you get it, let me know in the comments below.)

WTC Puzzles

01 Melanie - Jig Saw Puzzle

02 Barbara Mandrell - Crossword Puzzle

03 Tanya Tucker - The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle

04 Jules Shear - The Great Puzzle

05 Dr. John - Monkey Puzzle

06 Buckethead - Puzzle Box

07 Sly & The Family Stone - Crossword Puzzle 

08 Trevor Rabin - 8M80B Puzzle

09 Fleetwood Mac - Jigsaw Puzzle Blues

10 Village Soul Choir - Life is Like a Puzzle II

11 Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle

12 The Yardbirds - Puzzles

13 Jethro Tull - Crossword

14 Tangerine Dream - Tangram (Puzzle Part)

15 Shirley Ellis - The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle In Song)

16 Shonen Knife - Crossword

17 Genesis P-Orridge & Astrid Monroe - The Final Puzzle

18 Gotye - Puzzle With A Piece Missing

19 Bobby Helms - Jig Saw Puzzle

20 Westlife - Puzzle Of My Heart

21 Five For Fighting - The Riddle

Nederlandse Pick (songs from the Netherlands)

Songs/bands from the Netherlands that I like. Some sung in English and the others in Dutch. I actually learned how to speak "Dutch" first. I learned English (or rather American as a second language). I am a first generation American and proud of it. My mother fully from the Netherlands (I have family that stretches back for hundreds of years in one area of Nederland) and my father from a Dutch colony that is in the South Pacific. Yes, my parents had a mixed marriage. Anyway, that's besides the point. I have always looked for songs from what most people call Holland. Here were some of my favorites when I made this compilation playlist years ago. I pulled it out because someone named Peerke posted up a Belgian Pop comp on ButterBoy's site and made me think of this pick. Either way, genres all over the map. I just like these songs.

Nederlandse Pick

01 Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul

02 Krezip - I Would Stay

03 Van Dik Hout - Pijn

04 Kane - Rain Down On Me

05 Herman Brood - Saturday Night

06 Blof - Geen Idee

07 Doe Maar - Is Dat Alles

08 Golden Earring - Radar Love

09 Xymox - Phoenix Of My Heart-Wild Thing

10 Candy Dulfer with David Stewart - Lily Was Here

11 Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon (Club Mix)

12 De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Watskeburt-! (DJ Versie)

13 Skihut - Toeter Op Mijn Waterscooter

14 The Outsiders (NL) - Touch

15 Shocking Blue - Venus

16 Q'65 - The Life I Live

17 Cuby And The Blizzards - Your Body Not Your Soul

18 De Dijk - Wat Nog Meer

19 Lul - Colony

20 De Raggende Manne - Lullen Bij De Bus

21 Heideroosjes - Dan Breekt De Hel Los!

Am I Bent Pick (ambient chill music)

Around this time, I was noticing that all these places were starting to play "Chill" or "Ambient" music. To me up to then, "Ambient" meant Brian Eno "Music For Airports". Anyway several artists I like made ambient remixes or just ambient songs. I was listening to The Orb and Art Of Noise and told myself I could make a better pick, yet slightly bent version of Ambient, therefore the play on the word "Ambient" = "Am I Bent". Too clever for myself. Either way this was my attempt using the songs in my collection at the time to put together this playlist. I was inspired to post this because of someone else (George at Groovy Library) posting a compilation (actually two) on his website that I really liked. Not the same, but the same feeling. So I looked for this to be able to post it. Later, much later I made the Slow Poof picks, so those are kind of related. Check them out if you haven't already.

Am I Bent

01 Single Gun Theory - Words Written Backwards

02 Nostradamus - Sadeness Part 1

03 Prayers - Alleluia

04 PM Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

05 The KLF - No More Tears

06 The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

07 Miranda Sex Garden - Gush Forth My Tears

08 Siouxsie & the Banshees - Sea Of Light

09 Brian Eno - Fractal Zoom

10 Jam & Spoon - Stella

11 Art of Noise - Moments In Love

12 Primal Scream - Higher Than The Orb

Luck Connection (Songs with Luck in them)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I guess you are lucky today, because here is my pick of lucky songs. A wide variety of songs about Luck. Lots of clovers all over the cover. Again nothing to do with St. Patrick or really the Irish, but somehow luck has been associated with the Irish. Good for them. Anyway, a couple of covers that I thought were worthy of inclusion instead of the originals. I never was a huge fan of Paul McCartney's Luck of the Irish, so when Japanese band Shonen Knife did a good cover of it, I had to include it. And besides I already had another McCartney track. A song or two from the movies. Some country, some blues, some dance, some jazz, some prog. Something for everyone. I hope it brings you lots of luck!

Luck Connection

01 Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - I'm Just A Lucky So And So

02 Julie London - If I'm Lucky

03 Frank Sinatra with Chrissie Hynde - Luck Be A Lady

04 Jo Stafford - With A Little Bit Of Luck

05 Judy Garland - Lucky Day

06 K.D. Lang And The Reclines - Luck In My Eyes

07 John Lee Hooker - Mr. Lucky

08 Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm

09 Josie Kreuzer - Lucky & Wild

10 Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck

11 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

12 Jo Boxers - Just Got Lucky

13 Madonna - Lucky Star

14 Paul McCartney - With A Little Luck

15 High Fashion - Feelin' Lucky Lately

16 Well Red - Get Lucky

17 Style Council - Luck

18 The Sugarcubes - Lucky Night

19 The Strokes - Trying Your Luck

20 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck

21 Britney Spears - Lucky

22 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man

23 Shonen Knife - The Luck Of The Irish

Celtic Pick 2 (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)

More Irish music for you to enjoy this St. Patrick's Day. If you're lucky there will be even more tomorrow. This continues this playlist pick. Most of it is Irish bands, a couple of songs about Ireland (or associated Irish events). You can't really call Johnny Cash Irish now can you? But his pick in here is perfect for St Patrick's Day. There's a couple of doubles in these two volumes, but only because I had to. They just fit in perfectly. Either way, drink a good Irish beer, make sure it's not got green dye in it and walk home or take Lyft.

Celtic Pick 2

23 Jeff & Mychael Danna - The Blood Of Cuchulainn

24 Enya - Only Time

25 Christy Moore - Finnegan's Wake

26 Dropkick Murphys - The Spicy McHaggis Jig

27 Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

28 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

29 The Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover

30 Van Morrison & The Chieftains - She Moved Through The Fair

31 Johnny Cash - Forty Shades of Green

32 Bill Whelan - Riverdance

33 The Dubliners - Molly Malone

34 The Pogues - Dirty Old Town

35 Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston

36 Great Big Sea - End of The World

37 The Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover

38 Glen Hansard with Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

39 The Rumjacks - An Irish Pub Song

40 Kodaline - High Hopes

41 The Cranberries - Zombie

42 The Script featuring Will.I.Am - Hall Of Fame

43 Celtic Woman - Danny Boy

Celtic Pick (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)

To get you thinking of St. Patrick's Day here is my pick of Irish bands and the songs I like. No Beer songs here (see my connections Beer volume 1 & Beer volume 2 for those). Although St. Patrick's day is really an American holiday Irish decided long ago to celebrate with us (and not complain about appropriation.) Just do everyone a favor and drink some good Irish beer preferably not colored green. One of my favorite Irish bands (although they are technically Irish-American) is Gaelic Storm. One of the best bands to see live. I highly recommend them. Their song on this playlist is just a small example of how great they are. Not that the others are slouches, either. All very cool. I love how Bing Crosby fits in right next to Snow Patrol. Tomorrow, if you're lucky, you'll get more Irish related stuff.

Celtic Pick

01 Enya - Orinoco Flow

02 The Pogues with Cait O'Riordan - Danny Boy

03 Sinéad O'Connor - Never Get Old

04 Van Morrison - Into the Mystic

05 The Irish Rovers - The Unicorn

06 Waterboys - And A Bang On The Ear

07 Oyster Band - Love Vigilantes

08 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

09 Bing Crosby - Who Threw The Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

10 The Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

11 Great Big Sea - When I'am King

12 The Shamrock Singers - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

13 Horslips - King of the Fairies

14 The Cranberries - Linger

15 The Corrs - Breathless

16 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

17 The Evergreens - Macnamaras Band

18 Clannad - In A Lifetime

19 Gaelic Storm - Johnny Tarr

20 Dropkick Murphys - The Legend of Finn MacCumhail

21 U2 - Stories for Boys

22 Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies

VAN RHEEcordings

This is not the typical pick or connection on this blog. This was a cassette made by a friend (yes, a girl) out of the records I had at my home. I ended up listening to this quite often. Wore the thing out. I had to reproduce it based on a faded out home made cassette label that had water stains on it. But here it is, named after my first DJ company name for me and now for you. The spelling and title is exactly how it was on the cassette, not my choice, although now it is my pick. The cover had to be redone, but it is reminiscent of the original. Hand lettered Times Roman on a dark red background.

VAN RHEEcordings

01 Prism - Don't Let Him Know

02 Elektrics - Pretty Plastic

03 Toto - Africa

04 Queen with David Bowie - Under Pressure

05 Asia - Cutting It Fine

06 Dire Straits - Hand In Hand

07 Electric Light Orchestra - Another Heart Breaks

08 Jules and the Polar Bears - Good Reason

09 Queen - Calling All Girls

10 Pearl Harbor & The Explosions - Drivin'

11 The Romantics - What I Like About You

12 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

13 Tommy Tutone - Fat Chance

14 Paul Collins' Beat - Rock N Roll Girl

15 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)

16 Roxy Music - Avalon

17 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

WSB (William S Burroughs) Pick

William S Burroughs was part of the Beat Generation. He was wild and crazy and started or promoted a bunch of stuff in his lifetime. A heroin addict, writer and promoter of the avant garde. His voice is distinctive and he was sampled as much as he sampled others. Here are some of the Cut and Paste (which is what became sampling later on) he appeared on or instigated. Think of it as an introduction to William S Burroughs and his work. This started life as a cassette (therefore side 1 and side 2) but has been completely redone as this higher quality playlist. Like yesterday's pick, this is not for everybody. I'm not sure, but I think he would have been a Libertarian in today's world. But I think he thought of himself as an anarchist or liberal. My how times change. I love the cover.

William S Burroughs Pick

Side 1

01 William S Burroughs - Is Everybody In

02 The Strange Parcels - Disconnection

03 William S. Burroughs & R.E.M. - Star Me Kitten

04 Limbomaniacs - Pavlov's Frothing Dogs

05 Ministry - Quick Fix

06 A Split Second - Colosseum Crash (12" Version 89)

07 Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfunction

08 Laurie Anderson - Late Show

09 William S Burroughs & Gus Van Sant - The Hipster Be-bop Junkie

10 William S Burroughs & Kurt Cobain - The 'Priest' They Called Him

11 Laurie Anderson - Sharkey's Night

12 William S Burroughs & Martin Olson - The Five Steps

Side 2

13 Material - Seven Souls

14 William S Burroughs & Gus Van Sant - Millions Of Images

15 William S Burroughs - The Lord's Prayer

16 William S. Burroughs - Words Of Advice, Kim Like The Great Gatsby

17 William S Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer

18 Mark Stewart + Maffia - The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number

19 Burroughs + Hosono + Gysin - Recalling All Active Agents

20 Material - Ineffect

21 Burroughs + Hosono - Junkie Relations

22 Material - Soul Killer

23 William S Burroughs - Kill the Badger!

24 Factor 42 - Shut Up!

25 Material - The Western Lands

26 Soft Machine - She's Gone

Classifieds Pick

It's hard to describe this pick. Let's do it this way. There are two kinds of people. People who think The Beatles song "Revolution 9" is brilliant and those that think it is the worst Beatles song ever. This pick is not for the latter, because all of the songs on this playlist are descended from Revolution 9. You will hate or love this playlist. There is no inbetween. I am in the love category which is why I made what was originally this cassette. But now redone in better quality. Not spoken word, but incorporating found cut ups like William S Burroughs did (I'll post a comp of his sometime), but also incorporating samples of sound and music in various ways. The Beatles didn't do it first, but they did get it into every household of America first.

Classifieds Pick

Side 1

01 Red Zone - News From The Red Zone

02 Negativland - Time Zones

03 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Time Zones

04 Hage Van Dijk - Sorry, But I'm Building A Flying Saucer

05 Jane Bond & the Undercover Men - Stuff We're Not Supposed To Know

06 Beatles - Revolution 9

07 Copernicus - They Own Everything

08 Étant Donnés - Le Coeur Sert Le Corps

09 Blah Blah Blah - Central Park

Side 2

10 Front 242 - Funkahdafi

11 Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit

12 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Southern

13 Voice Farm - Reconstruction 

14 Frank Zappa - Porn Wars

15 Bill Nelson - Hard Facts From The Fiction Department

16 Cabaret Voltaire - Gut Level

17 Touch Ritual - Departing Platform 5

18 Bill Nelson - Exactly The Way You Want It

19 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Why Be Lonely

Them's Fighting Words 5 (Southern Rock Pick)

This is the last in the series for now. I have a few more coming, but I still have to prepare the files and organize everything. You probably don't know, but I own all the songs I put in these comps and I carefully place them in specific order. They flow well one to the next, because I place them there in that order, thematically sometimes, or by energy or feel or BPM. Well this Them's Fighting Words playlist pick has some cool choices. Let me know which ones you love and which ones you hate, but more importantly which ones you notice I am missing. Perhaps they'll show up on future volumes. In the meantime, I hope you have enjoyed all of the volumes so far.

Them's Fighting Words 5

71 Holman Autry Band - Sweet Southern Wind

72 Wet Willie - Country Side Of Life

73 Hogjaw - County Line

74 Jimmie Van Zant Band - Party In The Parking Lot

75 Point Blank - Mean To Your Queenie

76 Humble Pie - 30 Days In The Hole

77 Alabama - My Home's In Alabama

78 North Mississippi AllStars - Shake 'Em On Down

79 Rossington Collins Band - Don't Misunderstand Me

80 Gov't Mule - Soulshine

81 Bishop Black - Southern Hospitality

82 Amberson-Baggett Band - Rise of the Rebel

83 Johnny Van Zant - Brickyard Road

84 A Thousand Horses - Smoke

85 Grinderswitch - Open Road

86 The Cadillac Three - The South

87 Little Feat - Oh Atlanta

Them's Fighting Words 4 (Southern Rock Pick)

More of the Southern Rock playlist in this pick I call Them's Fighting Words. We're in the fourth volume and you will notice that I am putting in (for the second time) a guy who is definitely not from the South. I'm talking Neil Young. He calls himself a Canerican, but either way he is not from the south and I'm sure that plenty of you think I shouldn't put him in here at all. The first track is pretty much a dig against the South and the track today is just about a Southern Railroad. Not enough to qualify as Southern. But I like these tunes and they are linked to the South. If only because of Lynyrd Skynyrd's response to his songs. These tracks do fit in musically, so for me they stay. I would love to get your feedback on what other songs I should put into this series, because it obviously can keep going for a long time with hits (and should be hits) in plentiful supply.

Them's Fighting Words 4

54 Drive-By Truckers - Ronnie And Neil

55 Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow

56 Molly Hatchet - Gator Country

57 Widespread Panic - Ain't Life Grand

58 Dickey Betts - Time To Roll

59 Van Zant - My Kind Of Country

60 Gregg Allman Band - Before The Bullets Fly

61 Outlaws - Hurry Sundown

62 Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'lanta

63 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - South-ern Pac-i-fic

64 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

65 Sea Level - That's Your Secret

66 The Charlie Daniels Band - Long Haired Country Boy

67 38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

68 Blackfoot - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

69 Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left Of Me

70 The Black Crowes - Remedy

Them's Fighting Words 3 (Southern Rock Pick)

You'll notice that I have a few bands that have appeared multiple times throughout this series. I can't help that, there are some bands in this pick that completely represent what southern rock means to me. But there are some bands in this volume of Them's Fighting Words playlist that have not appeared before. Little Feat, for instance should have been up here way before. And one day I will do an Almman Brothers Family comp, because they have a few splinters that show up here (as well as Skynyrd family). Enjoy this volume and look out for tomorrow. BTW, Happy Birthday, Eric!

Them's Fighting Words 3

35 Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See

36 Nashville Pussy - The South Is Too Fat To Rise Again

37 Molly Hatchet - Bounty Hunter

38 Blackfoot - Left Turn On A Red Light

39 Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

40 Gov't Mule - Bad Little Doggie

41 Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now

42 Gregg Allman - Can't Keep Running

43 Johnny Van Zant - Coming Home

44 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue

45 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love

46 Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself

47 Amazing Rhythm Aces - Third Rate Romance

48 North Mississippi Allstars - Goin' Down South

49 38 Special - Hold On Loosely

50 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps

51 Blackberry Smoke - Waiting For The Thunder

52 Jimmie Van Zant Band - Southern Comfort

53 Dickey Betts - Rock Bottom

Them's Fighting Words 2 (Southern Rock Pick)

Continuing on with the Southern Rock pick that I call Them's Fighting Words, here's volume 2 of this multi volume series. In this playlist we get some more of my favorites. The first volume was some of the first probably more mainstream southern rock songs, but I missed a few that wouldn't fit on a CD. This has got a couple less "popular" songs mixed in with Ramblin' Man which is probably the definitive Southern Rock song. I'm pretty sure I know why Nashville Pussy isn't hitting the mainstream, but I love their sound. And, boy, are they great in concert. Kentucky Headhunters, Black Stone Cherry, Grinderswitch all fit in nicely among FreeBird and the "Bands" (Charlie, Allman, Marshall). More coming tomorrow!

Them's Fighting Words 2

17 Charlie Daniels Band - The South's Gonna Do It Again

18 Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man

19 Marshall Tucker Band - Take The Highway

20 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Homesick

21 Wet Willie - Keep On Smilin'

22 Nashville Pussy - Pillbilly

23 Ram Jam - Black Betty

24 Blackberry Smoke - Pretty Little Lie

25 Blackfoot - Train  Train

26 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - If You Wanna Get To Heaven

27 Black Stone Cherry - Lonely Train

28 The Kentucky Headhunters - Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine

29 Grinderswitch - Miss Understanding

30 38 Special - Caught Up In You

31 Outlaws - There Goes Another Love Song

32 Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel

33 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

34 Little Feat - Dixie Chicken

Them's Fighting Words 1 Southern Rock Pick

Southern Rock is a genre that is filled with some amazing artists. Coming from a childhood in California, the closest thing we got was the Eagles and that's Southern California rock, not Southern. But discovering real Southern Rock was eye opening. It was so good. And then later moving to the South I realized that the stereotypes were not true (and completely true in another way). Anyway, I love Southern Rock. I used all the stereotypes when I made these compilation playlist picks, but that's for me to remember where I came from, not what they have come to mean. So too bad, I incorporate the Confederate flag in the cover. I use hillbilly phrase for the name (not even typical Southern, shame on me). What ever. I stereotyped you based on my own prejudices from years ago. Get over it. Now if you don't like it, I just say, Bless Your Heart. Just enjoy the music.

Them's Fighting Words 1

01 38 Special - Robin Hood

02 Blackfoot - Highway Song

03 Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides

04 Neil Young - Southern Man

05 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

06 Molly Hatchett - Flirtin with Disaster

07 Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post

08 Moby Grape - Omaha

09 The Band - Cripple Creek

10 Eagles - Already Gone

11 Souther, Hillman, Furay Band - Fallin in Love

12 Flying Burrito Brothers - Christine's Tune

13 Marshall Tucker Band - Fire on the Mountain

14 Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy

15 New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Panama Red

16 Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down To Georgia

Bauhaus Family Covers

If you downloaded yesterday's post , you'll have an idea where this post is coming from. I'm no going to get into Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Tones on Tail or any of the guys in the band. Just suffice it to say these guys had great taste in music. This pick is all about the covers they did in each incarnation. Bowie, the Beatles, John Cale, Eno, T Rex, Iggy Pop and so much more. One day I should do a matching playlist of all these originals. It took me years to track down the original 45 of Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores (John Cale). someone else should hear it besides me. Anyway, this is two sides of what was originally a cassette, so it's longer and divided by the original sides. Enjoy these covers.

Bauhaus Family Covers

Side 1

01 Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores

02 Daniel Ash - Me And My Shadow

03 Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust

04 Daniel Ash - Hold Your Head Up

05 Bauhaus - Telegram Sam

06 Love & Rockets - Ball Of Confusion

07 Daniel Ash - Fever

08 Bauhaus - Third Uncle

09 Daniel Ash - Spooky

10 David J - Antarctica Starts Here

11 Peter Murphy - Final Solution

12 Daniel Ash - Day Tripper

13 Peter Murphy - The Light Pours Out Of Me

Side 2

14 Daniel Ash - Rock On (Space Echo Mix)

15 David J - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend

16 Peter Murphy - Funtime (In Cabaret)

17 Tones on Tail - Heartbreak Hotel

18 Love And Rockets - Lucifer Sam

19 Peter Murphy - Funtime

20 Bauhaus - I'm Waiting For The Man

21 Daniel Ash - Gimme Some Loving (Edit)

22 David J - The Guitar Man

23 Daniel Ash - Knocking On Heaven's Door

24 Bauhaus - Night Time

25 Daniel Ash - Rock On

Bauhaus Family Pick

Bauhaus consisted of Peter Murphy (vocals), Daniel Ash (guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums) and David J (bass). They were a dark post-punk band that pretty much started goth rock. Amazing band, but because of friction in the band, they break up. Peter Murphy goes solo, the rest of the band becomes Tones on Tail and then Love & Rockets. Each is quite good. A couple of other solo albums and there you have it another family broken up with some really cool separate projects. Here are some of the tracks I like in this pick to give you an introduction to the family. Notice the Mondrian in the background of the cover. Yes, part of the Bauhaus art movement. BTW, If you like this one, check out tomorrow's post.

Bauhaus Family

01 Love & Rockets - Holiday On The Moon

02 Bauhaus - Dark Entries

03 Love & Rockets - No New Tale To Tell

04 Tones on Tail - Go!

05 Love & Rockets - Haunted When The Minutes Drag (USA Edit)

06 Tones on Tail - Burning Skies

07 Love & Rockets - So Alive

08 Daniel Ash - Get Out Of Control

09 Peter Murphy - Strange Kind of Love

10 Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes

11 Peter Murphy - All Night Long

12 Tones on Tail - OK This Is The Pops

13 Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up

14 Daniel Ash - Come Alive

15 Tones on Tail - Lions

16 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

Joy Division Family Pick

Joy Division was a band that didn't last long enough. With the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis right at the brink of their stardom it signified and end. But it became a new beginning for the rest of the band. They became New Order which hit with several great albums and singles, but also had several splinters off that as well. This pick includes several of those side projects during and after New Order. They have been on and off again at least a few times although they have worked on projects alone and some with each other as different bands. Here is my pick of that bunch (including a couple Joy Division tracks to round it out.)

Joy Division Family Pick

01 Peter Hook & The Light - Disorder

02 Banderas - This Is Your Life

03 Electronic - Forbidden City

04 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

05 Electronic - Getting Away With It

06 Electronic - Disappointed

07 Revenge - Pineapple Face

08 Zachery Allan Starkey with Bernard Sumner - Force

09 The Other Two - Tasty Fish

10 New Order - Blue Monday

11 Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim

12 Man Ray - Tokyo Joe

13 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

14 Monaco - I've Got A Feeling

15 Monaco - What Do You Want From Me

16 Freebass - Not Too Late

17 Joy Division - She's Lost Control

A couple of tracks that almost made it, but didn't:

Echo & The Bunnymen (with Stephen Morris) - Soul Kitchen (Live)

Revenge - White Light, White Heat

Cats Connection

Well, I had to do a Cat connection since I had the dog one. I no longer have cats (I'm very allergic) but the cat on the cover was my cat. I have no idea why the cat loved the sink, but there you go. Sorry to say, but no longer with us. Like the Dog What's the Connection? there are tons of songs with cat, pussycat, kitten, kitty in the title. These are my favorites that I own, though. Let me know which favorite cat song of yours, that I missed, by telling me in the comments. Maybe I will have to make volume two. Enjoy the meowsic. I do like cats, I just like dogs better. But cat music is pretty darn good. The Johnny Holiday theme music is what I use to bring me up into the arena. Presenting Pol Inate! Whoo hoo!

Cats 1

01 Shonen Knife - Catnip Dream

02 Fred Penner - The Cat Came Back

03 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

04 Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat

05 Cure - The Love Cats

06 Ivor Biggun - The Pussy Song

07 Johnny Holiday - Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse

08 Janet Jackson - Black Cat

09 Devo - Pink Pussycat

10 Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat

11 David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

12 Scorpions - Hell Cat

13 Brian Setzer - Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat

14 Primus - Tommy The Cat

15 Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut

16 The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do the Dog

17 Squeeze - Cool For Cats

18 Adrian Belew - Big Electric Cat

19 Ann Bennett - Felix The Cat

20 Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle

21 Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues

22 Muddy Waters - Tom Cat

23 The Rockats - Go Cat Wild

24 Beatles - Leave My Kitten Alone

Dogs Connection 1

Here are my favorite songs about dogs. Couple of things you should know about me and dogs. I am allergic to dogs and cats (and pretty much most pets), but I've had dogs most of my life. I currently have two. Both boxers. Our family has worked with boxer rescue's in the past, fostering dogs. Our two dogs now are rescues. I recommend West Coast Boxer Rescue and DFW Boxer Rescue. Help them out, donate or foster a dog. Boxers are the best dogs ever! Wiggle butts. One of my dogs is on the cover of this playlist. 

If you get a boxer (or any dog) please get one from a rescue site. That will help. As for the music, I know there are a million other Dog songs. These are my pick in this What's The Connection? Notice Storm covering the Cramps great song. Ask me about my Storm story. Also kind of a sick song about the dogcatcher from Bay Area punk reggae band Babylon Reps that will make you want to help rescue dogs. Great version of the Beatles' Hey Bulldog! (probably one of my favorite Beatles' songs). Tell me your favorite Dog songs in the comments and shoot off a picture of your dog here or on Facebook especially if it is a boxer.

Dogs 1

01 Webb Pierce - I'm Walking The Dog

02 Storm and The Balls - Can Your Pussy Do the Dog

03 Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

04 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

05 Colin James and The Little Big Band - No More Doggin

06 George Clinton - Atomic Dog

07 Gogol Bordello - Dogs Were Barking

08 Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog

09 Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog

10 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

11 Lobo - Me and You and a Dog Named Boo

12 Paul Anka - Puppy Love

13 Patti Page - (How Much Is) That Doggy In The Window

14 Skinyard - Hey Bulldog

15 AC-DC - Give The Dog A Bone

16 Ted Nugent - Dog Eat Dog

17 The B-52's - Quiche Lorraine

18 Anslem Douglas - Who Let the Dogs Out

19 The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog

20 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

21 Babylon Representatives - Dog Catcher

22 Bauhaus - Hair Of The Dog

23 Butthole Surfers - Underdog

Newfangled Again volume 7

I'm sorry to say it, but this might be the last of this pick. No more Newfangled Again. Unless I got really inspired while posting and listening to this series. We'll see. Let me know how it went for you. Let me know if you want to see more. Anyway, I like this one, because I finally added Brian Eno to it and that always makes any pick better. That and newish Bowie. A cool band from the Netherlands. It's all fun. I had a blast making and playing this. I hope you do too. And especially I hope that it helps lead you down a rabbit trail looking for other cool stuff. There's so much of it out there. Go find it!

Newfangled Again 7

132 Ok Go - Here It Goes Again

133 U2 - I Will Follow

134 TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me

135 Quit Your Dayjob - Coconut

136 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

137 Wire - Sand in My Joints

138 The Fratellis - Skinny Girls

139 The Dears - You And I Are A Gang Of Losers

140 Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire

141 The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

142 Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

143 Shiny Toy Guns - Dont Cry Out

144 The Rapture - Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh Huh

145 The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love (Phones' Wolf At The Door Remix)

146 Klaxons - Golden Skans

147 Heideroosjes - De Portier (Blij Dat Ie Blaffen Kan)

148 The Long Blondes - Once And Never Again

149 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance

150 David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans (V1)

151 Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle Bicycle You Are My Bicycle