What's The Connection? Shut Up

This connection is about shutting up, not talking, keeping quiet. It's not too far fetched that there are a lot of songs about that topic. In general people tend to talk too much (including me) so finding songs about keeping quiet was very satisfying. Some of my favorites are on this list. Zappa suggests another activity, The Fall and The Stranglers just say no. Joe Dolce wants your whole face to keep quiet. Pearl Harbour wants you to dance, Joe Pop -O- Pie wants you to listen, Julie Brown wants you to kiss her, Consolidated wants you to play music and Ice-T via Jello Biafra wants you to be happy. All great suggestions! Negativland, who more people need to know, is asking nicely and the Buzzcocks just say it is annoying if you don't. All of them amuse me to no end. Enjoy them all! Especially the cover!

What's The Connection? Shut Up

01 Consolidated - I Reckon You Should Shut The Fuck Up And Play Some Music

02 Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face

03 Jimmy Reed - Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth

04 Chungking - Please Don't Talk

05 Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up

06 Holly & The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up

07 Garbage - Shut Your Mouth

08 Residents - Shut Up! Shut Up!

09 Stranglers - Shut Up

10 The Fall - Shut Up!

11 Joe Walsh - Shut Up

12 John Moore - Put Up Or Shut Up

13 Madness - Shut Up

14 Julie Brown - Shut Up and Kiss Me

15 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers

16 Pearl Harbor and the Explosions - Shut Up and Dance

17 Ultravox! - Quiet Man

19 EMF - Shaddap You Face

20 Buzzcocks - Noise Annoys

21 Pop -O- Pies - Shut Up And Listen

22 Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar Some More

23 Ice-T - Shut Up, Be Happy

24 Negativland - Quiet Please

What's The Connection? Route 66

I understand that this connection is horribly inadequate. There are way too many version 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? Planes

So many of these songs were at one time or another the spark for trying to make this connection. So I can't say that one song or another got me to finally put this together. Each one of them at one point or another was the inspiration. But the final piece that got it going was hearing Chantel Kreviazuk cover John Denver on the Armageddon Soundtrack. I thought it was quite good and it reminded me of the other times I was thinking of making a compilation of songs about planes. For me, Eno and 801 (Ray Manzarek, Eno, etc) had always had great songs about planes. The Three O'Clock with their 80's version of psychedelic music, up through the Hawaiian comedy of Rap Reiplinger (brilliantly funny guy who unfortunately is dead, but get his albums anyway.) This has quite the variety and is better for it.

What's The Connection? Planes

01 10cc - I'm Mandy, Fly Me

02 Chantel Kreviazuk - Leaving On A Jet Plane

03 Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner

04 801 - Flight 19

05 Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More

06 The Anubian Lights - In Flight

07 Bill Nelson - Aeroplane Wings

08 To Heaven A Jet - Airfields

09 Bjork - Aeroplane

10 Rolling Stones - Flight 505

11 The Three O'clock - Jet Fighter

12 Nazz - When I Get My Plane

13 Motors - Airport

14 Flamin Groovies - First Plane Home

15 20-20 - Jet Lag

16 New York Dolls - Jet Boy

17 Alien Sex Fiend - Hurricane Fighter Plane

18 System Of A Down - Jet Pilot

19 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight

20 Rap Reiplinger - Mahalo Airlines

What's The Connection? Moving

I put this together when we were moving from California to Texas. Great move btw. It had to have Kate Bush. That was first for this connection. Even though it was not about moving house, but just not being still. In fact most of the songs here have moving in the title, but are more about not being still than packing a house up and putting things in boxes. But that's okay a couple are and the rest are just great songs. Tell me what songs you would want played as you were moving towards a new start.

What's The Connection? Moving

01 TV Theme - Jeffersons - Moving On Up

02 kd Lang - Just Keep Me Moving

03 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - I'm Moving On

04 Hank Snow - I'm Moving On

05 Don Elliot - Slow Down (You're Moving Too Fast) Pt. 1

06 Adrian Sherwood - Moving House

07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Keep On Moving

08 Mike Oldfield - Earth Moving

09 Carol Bayer Sager - You're Moving Out Today

10 Cars - Moving In Stereo

11 Rolling Stones - I'm Moving On

12 Debbie Harry - The Jam Was Moving

13 Butthole Surfers - Moving To Florida

14 Kate Bush - Moving

15 Buzzcocks - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat

16 Green On Red - Keep On Moving

17 Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Moving

18 Cortina - Music Is Moving

19 Mad Professor - Moving Dub

What's The Connection? Old 2

I was going to say something dumb, like I can't remember what volume this was, as if I was too old to remember, but I didn't think it was appropriate. Especially becuase this volume of getting old is a connection at least partially of death and dying. We all come up to it eventually. And make our peace with it one way or another. It's part of getting old. And partially when we get devastating news, like getting a disease so you may not get much older. I was diagnosed with cancer, which if you scanned the qr code from a couple days ago, you know. But I have always known I would die an old man, perhaps from a disease like cancer or perhaps being shot by a jealous husband or perhaps, just getting old. Either way it is a good selection of songs that are compatible with volume one in my mind. And I hope you play them until you die, may that day be a long ways away.

What's The Connection? Old 2

22 Polyphonic Size - Mother's Little Helper

23 John Mayer - Stop This Train

24 UB40 - Until My Dying Day

25 David Bowie - Never Get Old

26 Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying

27 Yoko Ono - I'm Dying

28 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Borrowed Time

29 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

30 Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen

31 Lyle Lovett - Old Friend

32 SPK - In the Dying Moments

33 Neil Young - Old Man

34 Louis Armstrong - When I Grow Too Old To Dream

35 Adele - When We Were Young

36 Elvis Costello - Veronica

37 Young Fresh Fellows - Happy Death Theme

38 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

What's The Connection? Old 1

I started this one a few years back when I was about to turn 60, I have since redone this connection a few times, depending on the audience and the person getting old to provide music for birthday parties. Almost everyone was as old as me. I removed a few from this list and added others, but this is the original. Take what you want from volume 1 (add from volume 2, if you want), add a birthday song and then favorites of the old birthday person. This one has old songs for ladies and men and most of us can identify with at least a few of theses states. If you can't connect, you are not old enough. Have a sense of humour about this.

What's The Connection? Old 1

01 Pink Floyd - Time

02 Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle

03 Chicago - Old Days

04 Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years

05 David Bowie - Golden Years

06 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey

07 Soft Cell - Frustration

08 The Who - My Generation

09 Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper

10 Stranglers - Old Codger

11 LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

12 Neil Young - Dirty Old Man

13 John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road

14 Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll Too Young To Die (Edited Version)

15 Five For Fighting - 100 Years

16 Donnalou Stevens - Older Ladies

17 Toby Keith - As Good As I Once Was

18 Lefty Frizzell - I'm An Old, Old Man (Tryin' To Live While I Can)

19 Jan & Dean - Little Old Lady From Pasadena

20 Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four

21 Adam Sandler - Grow Old With You

What's The Connection? Mountains

There probably should be multiple volumes of songs with Mountain in the title, but I only have one volume of this connection. I should make more, but I haven't yet. I made this around the time of Kate Bush's alnum that included her mountain song, but lots of older mountains to climb here. One of my favorites besides Bush, is Neil Young. Used to sing that a lot. I also have to say that Joe Walsh, Jane Wiedlin and Budgie are up there as favorites. Not that the rest are bad, they are all great songs and have a place in my heart. Tell me your favorites, whether they are on this connection or not. If they aren't on this list maybe I will start climbing for another volume. Inspire me.

What's The Connection? Mountains

01 Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain

02 Flatt And Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown

03 John Denver - Rocky Mountain High

04 Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep-Mountain High

05 Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

06 Reba McEntire - Climb That Mountain High

07 Pete Seeger - She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain

08 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

09 Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain

10 Dolly Parton - My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

11 Steve Miller Band - Wild Mountain Honey

12 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Go Tell It on the Mountain

13 Dorothy Shay - Makin' Love, Mountain Style

14 Harold Dorman - Mountain Of Love

15 Neil Young - Sugar Mountain

16 Dick And Dee Dee - The Mountain's High

17 Shamen - Move Any Mountain

18 The Magnificents - Up On The Mountain

19 Budgie - I Ain't No Mountain

20 Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

21 Jane Wiedlin - Big Rock Candy Mountain

22 Ersel Hickey - Bluebirds over the Mountain

What's The Connection? Medical Personnel

Mostly about Doctors and Nurses I called it medical personnel so I covered my basis. I had a nurse song that had to go in, one pharmacist song (a cover, but a great cover) that had to be in there and two surgeon songs which is technically also a doctor song (although one is about the girl of a surgeon, so maybe not, but I love the song and the band. The Killer Pussy song is what made me decide to make the connection, even though that is the outlier song. In fact, the song from the Fall was my second thought. Then all the rest. It was during covid that I decided to actually put it together. I have a few that are made during that time. It was difficult since I had some medical issues including multiple surgeries and finding that I have cancer. I will live so don't feel bad yet. But I will put a QR code in at the bottom if you want to know more.

What's The Connection? Medical Personnel

01 Beatles - Doctor Robert

02 Ted Nugent - Just What The Doctor Ordered

03 Killer Pussy - Teenage Enema Nurses In Bondage

04 Fleetwood Mac - Doctor Brown

05 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood

06 Chants R&B - I'm Your Witchdoctor

07 Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor

08 Steely Dan - Doctor Wu

09 Wire - Surgeon's Girl

10 Weird Al Yankovic - Like A Surgeon

11 Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders

12 Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor

13 Kiss - Calling Dr. Love

14 Van Halen - Somebody Get Me A Doctor

15 The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist

16 Harry Nilsson - Lime in the Coconut

17 Cheap Trick - The Doctor

18 UFO - Doctor Doctor

19 Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

20 Doobie Brothers - The Doctor

21 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes

22 Chocolate Watch Band - I Don't Need No Doctor

23 Devo - Theme From Doctor Detroit

What's The Connection? Hotdogs

It's that time of year when people eat hotdogs and this connection celebrates that with a great pick of Hot Dog songs. The songs all have Hot Dog in the title, except for the two commercials which just have dog in the title. The last one is not even about Hot Dogs, but it still kind of fits, because you could use the jingle to talk about hot dogs instead of dog food. Although I would not suggest that Ken-L Ration is good food for dogs. In fact I bet there are some hot dogs that have more beef than Ken L Ration. I could be wrong. Some of these songs are not about the food we eat in summertime, but rather just an expression of joy. I didn't make the distinction. Leave it to say that I do love a good Hebrew National hot dog (and even some of the no name brands) and not just because they report to a higher power. Either way enjoy these songs this summer.

What's The Connection? Hotdogs

01 Armour Hot Dogs - The Dogs Kids Love To Bite

02 Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog

03 South Filthy - Hot Dog

04 Elvis Presley - Hot Dog

05 Wanda Jackson - Hot Dog ! That Made Him Mad

06 Bill Haley - Hot Dog Buddy Buddy

07 George Melly - I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll

08 Big Bill Broonzy - Hot Dog Mama

09 Big Al Jano's Blues Mafia Show - The Hot Dog Man

10 Four Shells - Hot Dog

11 Archies - Hot Dog

12 The Delfonics - Hot Dog! ( I Love You So)

13 Gene Krupa - Ooh Hot Dog

14 Perry Como - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)

15 Martini Ranch - Hot Dog (12 Inch Remix)

16 Colourbox - Hot Doggie

17 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Tropical Hot Dog Night

18 Hasil Adkins - No More Hot Dogs

19 Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog

20 Dread Zeppelin - Hotdog

21 John Cougar Mellencamp - Hotdogs And Hamburgers

22 David Lee Roth - Hot Dog And A Shake

23 Tankard - Hot Dog Inferno

24 Limp Bizkit - Hot Dog

25 Ken-L Ration Dog And Puppy Food - My Dog's Better Than Your Dog

What's The Connection? Horses 2

Okay this is interesting as a connection continuation. Volume two of the horses WTC. But this one, unlike volume 1 which had all songs with Horse in the title (except for one), has no songs with horse in the title (except for one). Rather they are all songs about ponies and saddles. Like volume one, which had one song about a particular type of horse, this volume also has one song about a type of horse. So completely different, and yet quite similar. I just can't help it. Colourbox has such a good Horse song, but it didn't fit on volume one, so I had to figure out how to make it work this time. Someday look up the David Christie song, it's pretty interesting. The guy is worth looking up as well as his other songs, but too long to get into here.

What's The Connection? Horses 2

20 Morrissey - Tony The Pony

21 Roy Rogers - Saddle Serenade

22 Prince - Horny Pony

23 Neil Young - Saddle Up The Palomino

24 Frankie Laine - Blazing Saddles

25 David Christie - Saddle Up

26 Lyle Lovett - Which Way Does That Old Pony Ride

27 Yello - Blazing Saddles

28 Beatles - Dig a Pony

29 Charley Patton - Pony Blues

30 Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle

31 Linda McCartney - Appaloosa

32 Fuckpony - Ride The Pony

33 Fleshtones - Ride Your Pony

34 Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse (Shoot Out)

35 Free - Ride On Pony

36 Ted Nugent - Saddle Sore

37 The Cramps - Saddle Up a Buzz Buzz

38 Cheap Trick - Ride The Pony

What's The Connection? Horses 1

My daughter liked horses, but I think she liked trucks and big machinery better as a little girl. We would go to farms and look at horses, but she seemed to notice the tractors as much. So I was spared the cost of horseback riding lessons and feeding and caring for a horse. But that did not mean that horses were not in my future as these horse songs will show. All except for the last one in this connection have Horse in the title. Lots of bands have songs about horses. I will show more tomorrow from a different angle. So many of these songs are really good ones that I really enjoy listening to. The KMFDM song I first found as a b-side to another hit, but I loved it. Prefab Sprout is just one of my favorites and who doesn't like Echo & The Bunnymen?

What's The Connection? Horses 1

01 America - A Horse With No Name

02 Prefab Sprout - Horsin' Around

03 Taylor Swift - White Horse

04 George Harrison - Dark Horse

05 Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

06 Tower Of Power - Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)

07 Toby Keith with Willie Nelson - Beer For My Horses

08 Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)

09 Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses

10 The Fuzztones - All The King's Horses

11 Laid Back - White Horse '89 (White Bitch Mix)

12 U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

13 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Swimming Horses

14 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - King Horse

15 The Cult - Horse Nation

16 The Clash - 4 Horsemen

17 KMFDM - Crazy Horses

18 Doobie Brothers - Rocking Horse

19 Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

What's The Connection? Heaven 2

Continuing on the connection of Heaven songs, here's volume 2. A few of my favorite Heaven songs are in this volume. Death In June, who many people do not seem to know unfortunately, is one of those. Two others who have heaven songs that when they came out, I could not stop listening to. Yes and Robyn HItchcock & the Egyptians.. The first almost an exercise in vocals and recording techniques and the latter not long after I had discovered the Soft Boys (late, I'm sure). I had the album and the twelve inches and could not stop listening to them. The rest filled out by other tracks I liked and owned. I started this connection because I was doing graphics and marketing for a massage place with heaven in the title. Now is your chance to leave in the comments your choices of heaven songs that I missed.

What's The Connection? Heaven 2

21 Paul Anka - Tears In Heaven

22 Chris Rea - Tell Me There's A Heaven

23 Bing Crosby - Pennies From Heaven

24 Tex Ritter - I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

25 Warrant - Heaven

26 Jagged Edge - Walked Outta Heaven

27 Eurogliders - Heaven (Must be There)

28 Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven

29 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

30 Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide

31 Death In June - Heaven Street

32 Blow Monkeys - Heaven Is A Place

33 Love & Rockets - If There's a Heaven Above (Canada Mix)

34 The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven

35 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Heaven

36 Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You

37 Los Lonely Boys - Heaven

38 Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)

39 Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven

40 The Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away

41 Yes - We Have Heaven

What's The Connection? Heaven 1

Millions upon millions of songs include the word Heaven in the title. This connection is my volume one of Heaven songs. Rock to new wave, disco to metal. Hard to dislike a heaven song. And I d like every one of these songs. Hard to say which is my favorite, and I am not sure if it is Talking Heads or Tuxedomoon or the Stylistics or the Bee Gees. All of them are songs I love and own (like usual). Include your favorite songs about heaven in the comments, but perhaps wait until tomorrow when I have part two.

What's The Connection? Heaven 1

01 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

02 Mildred Bailey - Heaven Help This Heart Of Mine

03 The Stylistics - You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)

04 Talking Heads - Heaven

05 Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven

06 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)

07 Lisa Stansfield - Little Bit Of Heaven

08 Meat Loaf - Heaven Can Wait

09 Neil Sedaka - Stairway To Heaven

10 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

11 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

12 Tuxedomoon - In Heaven

13 Donna Summer - Heaven Knows

14 Q Feel - Dancing In Heaven-Orbital Be-Bop (Single Version)

15 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You

16 Seal - This Could Be Heaven

17 Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

18 Cure - Just Like Heaven

19 Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven

20 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven

What Is The Connection? Hair

This connection is all about hair. People get extremely excited about hair. Upset if it isn't cut or styled just right. I have this belief that it is "only hair" and it doesn't make that much of a difference. No matter what you do to it, color it, cut it, style it, it doesn't matter because in almost every case, it will grow back. I have had my hair shaved, colored, whacked off, grown past my butt, in conservative cuts and in some completely radical cuts. People do stare (even today) at some of the more wild ones, but mostly they are okay with it. You do get pulled over by the police more with a mohawk than a crew cut, but if you are polite, it doesn't matter much for most. Every now and again the exception comes true, but not as a rule. And yes, I like that movie South Pacific. What all this has to do with this Connection is probably nothing. 

What Is The Connection? Hair

01 Mitzi Gaynor - I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

02 The Dickies - Hair

03 Husker Du - Flip Your Wig

04 The B-52's - Wig

05 Kimberly Rew - My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long

06 Mojo Nixon - Don't Want No Foo-Foo Haircut On My Head

07 Morrissey - Hairdresser On Fire

08 Plastics - Back To Wigtown

09 America - Sister Golden Hair

10 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair

11 Donna Lynn - My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut

12 Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool

13 PJ Harvey - Dry-Hair

14 Prince - She's Always In My Hair

15 Robin Hitchcock - Star Of Hairs

16 The Heads (with Ed Kowalczyk) - Indie Hair

17 The Who - Cut My Hair

18 Timbuk 3 - Hairstyles And Attitudes

19 Pavement - Cut Your Hair

20 Original Broadway Cast - Hair

What's The Connection? Ghost Riders In The Sky

I can't say that I heard Marty Robbins first. or even second. My first real recollection of hearing the song came from the Outlaws. The perhaps Johnny Cash or Dean Martin and the Baja Marimba Band. A couple of versions on here I didn't even remember having. Fred Penner I knew because I listened to a lot of Penner when my daughter was growing up (I probably heard Sandwiches and Cat Comes back a million times), But some of the others I hadn't listened to for some while until I put them on this connection. Not that they aren't great version each in their own way. Ghost Riders In The Sky is a brilliant song, but until the Nick Cage movie, I doubt many people had a use for a compilation with all these versions. And what's funny is there are way more I could have used. But these will have to do for now.

What's The Connection? Ghost Riders In The Sky

01 Marty Robbins - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

02 California Guitar Trio - Ghost Riders On The Storm

03 The Baja Marimba Band - Ghost Riders in the Sky

04 Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

05 Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

06 Dean Martin - Ghost Riders In The Sky

07 The Ramrods - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

08 Gene Autry - Ghost Riders In The Sky

09 Fred Penner - Ghost Riders in the Sky

10 Vic Damone - Ghost Riders In The Sky

11 Concrete Blonde - Ghost Riders In The Sky

12 Vaughn Monroe - Ghost Riders in the Sky

13 Deborah Harry - Ghost Riders In The Sky

14 Spiderbait - Ghost Riders In The Sky

15 Stan Jones - Riders In The Sky

16 Bob James - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

17 Lee Press-On And The Nails - Ghost Riders In The Sky

18 The Outlaws - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky

What's The Connection? Happy 1

When Pharrel came out with his Happy hit, I started thinking of some of my favorite Happy songs. This connection is those songs. All songs with Happy in the title, but not the Pharrel hit. If you leave some suggestions in the comments for more songs, then maybe I'll make that into volume 2 and this time include the big hit. I'm not going to talk about any band or song except for the Cosmopolitans. They didn't do much, but were friends with Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey. All girl band. All of which is not important to my story. I found the 45 and had to buy it immediately as soon as I saw it. What's completely coincidental is that the song on here is based on an exercise record by Debbie Drake. I only own a couple of exercise LP's but that happens to be one of the ones I own. I found it in a thrift store, specifically a Goodwill and thought it sounded hilarious. The cover was so out of touch with "today" (back then) that it made me laugh. When I saw that the Cosmopolitans had a track of the same name. I had to get it. And sure enough they were related. Everything they sing is stuff Debbie Drake has on her list. Made me happy.

What's The Connection? Happy 1

01 Judy Garland - Get Happy

02 The Partridge Family - Come On Get Happy

03 Pratt and McClain - Happy Days

04 Melleny Melody - I'm So Happy Just To Be Here With You

05 Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

06 Blood, Sweat and Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy

07 Beat Farmers - Happy Boy

08 The Housemartins - Happy Hour

09 REM - Shiny Happy People

10 The Turtles - Happy Together

11 Rolling Stones - Happy

12 The Who - Happy Jack

13 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy

14 B-Witched - Get Happy

15 Michelle Branch - Are You Happy Now

16 Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains

17 Garbage - Happy Home

18 Elvis Costello - I Hope You're Happy Now

19 The Cosmopolitans - (How To Make Your) Husband Happy

20 Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)

21 Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - Happy-This Party Is It

22 Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy

23 Ren & Stimpy - Happy Happy Joy Joy

24 Dave 'Baby' Cortez - The Happy Organ 

25 Ray Catoldi - Happy And You Know It

26 Roy Rogers - Happy Trails

Busta Jones Pick

This is late coming, but a continuation of the Talking Heads family pick. This pick is Busta Jones. He played on the Remain In Light Tour, but doesn't seem to make it onto any of the studio recordings as far as I can tell. But he is pretty essential on the tour and is on the live record. Best part of his pick is that he also played with Chris Spedding, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. So the quality of his pick is pretty good. I included some solo work and some of the other bands he was in. Not much more to say, except that the Bombers track is really long, but way cool, even before you know that Busta Jones is on it.

Busta Jones Pick

01 Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment

02 Busta Jones - Keep On Making Me Hot

03 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

04 Bombers - The Mexican

05 Bombers - (Everybody) Get Dancin'

06 Brian Eno - The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch

07 Busta Jones - Just A Little Misunderstanding

08 Robert Fripp featuring David Byrne - Under Heavy Manners

09 Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless

10 The Seclusions - We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet

11 The Seclusions - Seclusion Theme

12 Chris Spedding - Hey Miss Betty

13 Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk

What's The Connection? Fantasy 1

It was inevitable that this What's The Connection? would be picked. If only for the Earth Wind & Fire song, it was a topic I liked. Aldo Nova and that sealed the deal. Many people do not know the Japanese band Ippu Du. It was an early 80's band with member singer/guitarist Masami Tsuchiya. They had some cool records and he had a several great solo albums, as well as guesting on several albums with Japan and their members among other bands. Definitely look for Rice Music of his solo and any of the first three or four Ippu Du albums. Mostly in Japanese, but such a great sound. The song I used here was the title track from the third album from 1981.

What's The Connection? Fantasy 1

01 Aldo Nova - Fantasy

02 Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy

03 Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy

04 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy

05 Victoria Beckham - Midnight Fantasy

06 Mariah Carey - Fantasy

07 George Michael - Fantasy

08 Mad Professor - Fantasy Dub

09 Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasy

10 The Kinks - A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy

11 Bad Company - Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy

12 38 Special - Fantasy Girl

13 Joan Jett - Fantasy

14 Thompson Twins - Another Fantasy

15 Lush - Fantasy

16 Ippu Du - Radio Fantasy

17 Ween - Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy)

18 Black Box - Fantasy

19 Ofra Haza - Oh Fantasy

What's The Connection? Sim Sala Bim

Sim Sala Bim or Abracadabra are the words we use to perform magic. They are magical words. I heard them often when my Uncle used to visit. He was a magician. Kinda famous. And our family is part of the lineage of the Bamberg's. Doesn't mean anything unless you know and follow magic. Me, I'm a magician with the turntable, that's it. So coming up with magic songs for a connection was fun for me. I am sure I missed many, but you will straighten me out about those. I don't know of any songs with Sim Sala Bim in the title, but Hocus Pocus? Yes. Abracadabra? Yes. The rest are all just Magical.

What's The Connection? Sim Sala Bim

01 Santana - Black Magic Woman

02 Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic

03 The Who - Magic Bus

04 Heart - Magic Man

05 Louis Prima & Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic

06 Pilot - Magic

07 Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic

08 The Dubs - Could This Be Magic

09 Bay City Rollers - You Made Me Believe in Magic

10 Olivia Newton-John - Magic

11 Frank Zappa - Magic Fingers

12 Steve Miller - Abracadabra

13 Queen - A Kind Of Magic

14 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

15 Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

16 Perry Como - Magic Moments

17 The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic

18 The Drifters - This Magic Moment

19 Platters, The - (You've Got) The Magic Touch

20 De La Soul - Magic Number

21 Cars - Magic

22 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Spanish Castle Magic

23 Focus - Hocus Pocus

What Is The Connection? Dancing 1

This is one of those easy and yet fun ones. The hardest part is leaving songs out. But you have to make the choices. These are obviously songs with Dancing in the title. Many are Discosongs, but not all. I have some new wave, some rock etc all in here. Reflects my tastes at the time of compiling this connection. Most people have heard of Billy Idol and some have heard his earlier band Generation X. More punk until this song and then he went more new wave right after this. He's released this as Billy Idol later, but even just using the name Generation X is better. Disco Tex is aband that probably wouldn't be allowed to exist nowadays (even though this song is tame compared to some he sang.)  Tell me which Dancin' dongs you would have picked instead of these.

What Is The Connection? Dancing 1

01 The Kinks - Come Dancing

02 Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days

03 Generation X - Dancing With Myself

04 Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

05 Kool & The Gang - Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh, La, La, La)

06 Abba - Dancing Queen

07 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing

08 Alabama - Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard

09 Disco Tex - Get Dancin'

10 Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine

11 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

12 Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing

13 Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses

14 Chris Isaak - Dancin'

15 Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

16 Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing

17 Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool

18 Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling

19 King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight

20 Q Feel - Dancing In Heaven-Orbital Be-Bop (Single Version)

21 Bauhaus - Dancing

22 The Gentrys - Keep On Dancing

What Is The Connection? Do The

This should make sense, especially after yesterday's post. All songs that have Do The [Blank] in the title. Even though I am posting it after yesterday's Connection, I made this one much earlier. I just forgot about it until I posted the Work It comp. One of my favorites on this collection is The Jazz Butcher song. It's just weird enough to be right in my wheelhouse. The Other one is Little Nell. I'm not certain where it was first released, but I used the version on a Rocky Horror Picture Show multiple CD soundtrack. It was a bonus track and it sounds so normal. Peace, Love + Pitbulls is a band I don't know that much about. I first heard a track in very early 90's. They were Dutch and Swedish and they had a great industrial-dance kind of feel that I really liked. Can't tell you much else about them. But great tracks including this one.

What Is The Connection? Do The

01 Stranglers - Do The European

02 A Certain Ratio - Do The Du

03 The Three Johns - Do The Square Thing

04 Ledernacken - Do The Boogaloo

05 Peace, Love + Pitbulls - Do The Monkey

06 Infectious Grooves - Do The Sinister

07 The Jazz Butcher - Do The Bubonic Plague

08 Cabaret Voltaire - Do The Snake

09 Roxy Music - Do The Strand

10 Joe Jackson - (Do The) Instant Mash

11 Jack Lords - Do The Nasty

12 Evan Johns And The H-Bombs - Do The Dootz

13 Soft Boys - Do The Chisel

14 The Table - Do The Standing Still

15 Dead Kennedys - Do The Slag

16 Husker Du - Do The Bee

17 F-Word - Do The Nihil

18 Little Nell - Do The Swim

19 Byron Lee & the Dragonaires - Do The Iwer

20 Tim Curry - Do The Rock

What's The Connection? Work It

It's not quite "work" it. Probably more like Blank It or maybe Do It. This What Is The Connection is all songs with titles that have something action It. Kinda fun to come up with. I'm no English major, but I believe this is a transitive verb followed by the pronoun "It". If that's correct, I thank all my English teachers, especially Mr. Rale in high school. If I am wrong, then blame my memory. Either way this was fun to do. I was actually working on another compilation when I did this one. It was a Workout compilation, hence the Work It title. Just where my headspace was. Notice that the first track is not a whole track, but just a sample of Tone Loc.

What's The Connection? Work It

01 Tone Loc Efx - Let's Do It

02 Limbomaniacs - Shake It

03 Montell Jordon - This Is How We Do It

04 B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

05 KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)

06 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It

07 People´s Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna

08 Erasure - I Like It

09 Al Hudson & The Partners - You Can Do It

10 Two In A Room - Wiggle It

11 Will.I.Am - I Like To Move It

12 Yello - Do It (Radio)

13 Tito Nieves - I Like it Like That

14 Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull - I Like It

15 Baha Men - Move It Like This

16 Elvis Costello - Pump It Up

17 Devo - Whip It

18 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

Gospel Brunch

Sometime in the 90's, I put this pick together. One of my most favorite Steve Martin movies is Leap Of Faith. Brilliant movie and it had great music in it. It reminded me of a few other tracks by the Violent Femmes (and the Mercy Seat - Gordon Gano). Throw in some music from Sister Act (also from 1992) and a couple I figured would be perfect with them and this compilation came together. The name came from a gospel show that the House of Blues put together (a great show). I saw it in several cities and it was always top grade. Music and food! I am sure that there are other people that know this music inside and out who could leave a great number of suggestions in the comments, but I am at my limit here. Uptempo gospel that makes me want to stand up and clap and dance from not all gospel bands. I'd love to know more. I think it would be hard to top this one, but I would love to be wrong.

Gospel Brunch

01 Patti LaBelle - Ready For a Miracle

02 Ann Nesby - I'm Getting Ready

03 Lyle Lovett - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord

04 Aubrey Ghent - Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus

05 Violent Femmes - Jesus Walking On The Water

06 The Mercy Seat - I Don't Need Nobody Else (But Jesus)

07 Campbell Brothers featuring Katie Jackson - I Feel Good

08 John Pagano - Change in My Life

09 Bessie Smith - On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)

10 Beyonce - Swing Low Sweet Chariot

11 Mahalia Jackson - We Shall Overcome

12 The St. Francis Choir Feat. Lauryn Hill, Ryan Toby, Devin Kamin & Ron Johnson - Joyful, Joyful

13 Pops Staples - I Shall Not Be Moved

14 Prince Dixon - Get Right Church

15 James Brown - The Old Landmark

16 The Mercy Seat - Let Me Ride

17 The Housemartins - I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like A Shelter)

18 Whitney Houston with the Georgia Mass Choir - I Go To The Rock

19 Shirley Caesar and Ann Nesby - The Stone

20 The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day

21 Angels of Mercy - Rain Celebration Medley

22 Deloris And The Sisters - Will Follow Him (Chariot)

What Is The Connection? Crazy

This connection is all about crazy songs. I did not use songs where they were Mad, even though Mad can mean Crazy in the UK. In fact the Toy Dolls have a great song about being crazy called We're Mad. These are not all about a person being crazy, there are beats and minds and love and much more that can be crazy, but in general all that stuff drives people crazy, too. The Wall Of Voodoo track was quite good, but just did not get enough recognition, which probably drove the band crazy. It was a good album, if lacking the elephant in the room. Billy Joel is the only one who doesn't have a track with Crazy in the title, but we all know why. This will drive you crazy. There is a special order of these songs and it isn't BPM. I won't say what it is, but you can guess.

What Is The Connection? Crazy

01 Billy Joel - You May Be Right

02 Heart - Crazy On You

03 Wall Of Voodoo - Far Side Of Crazy

04 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

05 Marti Brom - That Crazy Beat

06 Pam Tillis - Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)

07 Junior Brown with Red Simpson - Semi-Crazy

08 Patsy Cline - Crazy

09 Linda Ronstadt - Crazy He Calls Me

10 Paul Davis - I Go Crazy

11 Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years

12 Gene Austin - You're Driving Me Crazy

13 Van Morrison - Crazy Love

14 Madonna - Crazy For You

15 Seal - Crazy

16 Storm and Her Dirty Mouth - Crazy Love

17 Icehouse - Crazy

18 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

19 Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy

20 Beyonce Featuring Jay Z - Crazy In Love

21 Prince - Let's Go Crazy

22 Coldcut featuring Junior Reid - Stop This Crazy Thing

What's The Connection? Boobies

So much nicer than just Tits or Boobs. This connection is about women's breasts. Doesn't matter how you say it, most people like them. Male or female. I love the Rodney Carrington song, because he says it best. It doesn't matter if they are big or small, male or female, they are all great (I paraphrase). People have been singing about them for all time. I have early "hits" from Ruth Wallis and Rusty Warren on here to the Black Eyed Peas (which can be considered both a song about the front humps as well as the back humps.) I always remember the Stranglers song (and yes it reminds me specifically of sets I really liked both in High School and College and after). I won't mention names. But I do think of them fondly. Sure there are those will say that I am a pig and I will accept that label in this instance. I just know what I like and I am not ashamed to say it. I especially would love it if you have a song that fits this What's The Connection and leave it in the comments.

What's The Connection? Boobies

01 Ruth Wallis - Boobs

02 Holy Modal Rounders - Boobs A Lot

03 Rusty Warren - Bounce Your Boobies

04 Rodney Carrington - Show Them To Me

05 Priscilla Ahn - The Boobs Song

06 Jonathan Fin - The Titty Song

07 Rachel Bloom - You Can Touch My Boobies.mp3

08 Don't Stop or We'll Die - She Got Titties (In All The Right Places)

09 Lene Alexandra - My Boobs Are Ok

10 Joe Walsh - I.L.B.T.'s

11 Frank Zappa - Titties 'n Beer.mp3

12 Robert Lund And Spaffcom - 99 Words For Boobs

13 Stranglers - Peaches.mp3

14 Sparks - Tits.mp3

15 Cledus T Judd featuring Jamie Johnson and Terry Eldredge from the Grascals - (If I Had) Kellie Pickler's Boobs

16 Commodores - Brick House

17 Black Eyed Peas - My Humps

18 Lords Of Acid - I Must Increase My Bust

19 Frank Kvitta & Marco Remus - Ass 'n' Titties

20 Anvil - Show Me Your Tits

21 Fabulous Poodles - Tit Photographer Blues

22 Pork Dukes - I Like Your Big Tits-Let's See If It Fits

23 The Mac Ladds - Sweaty Betty

What Is The Connection? Better

This What' the Connection is all about Better songs. Meaning having the word Better in the title. It's volume one because there are a lot more Better songs available. This is just my first shot at my favorite better songs. Eventually I will make another one. For now this is it. Leave comments about better, better songs. One of my favorites of the whole shebang is Was (Not Was). I love the whole premise. But there are a lot of these tracks that could fit that, Crazy P has an amazing couple of albums and even though they are newer, I like them. 

What Is The Connection? Better

01 Crazy Penis - There's a Better Place!

02 Paul Carrack - Always Better With You

03 The Kinks - Better Things

04 Geri Halliwell - Don't Get Any Better

05 Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better

06 The Who - You Better You Bet

07 David Bowie - A Better Future

08 Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better

09 Olivia Newton-John - Making A Good Thing Better

10 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better

11 Was (Not Was) - I Feel Better Than James Brown

12 The Partridge Family - Together We're Better

13 Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

14 U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

15 The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

16 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better

17 The Association - Better Times

18 Graham Parker - Life Gets Better

19 Janet Jackson - Better Days

20 James Ingram - Better Way

21 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Everyday is A Better Day

Obscure Gospel 2

Side two of this cassette pick from way long ago. I had probably recently gotten the BEF album, and I really liked it. I mixed in old and new songs, but even the new songs had an older feel. BEF fell right into that mold. I added another surf song and a couple of new wave (robotic songs), an oldie and even one Canadian "rock" band. Harlequin was on one of those label only samplers and I really liked the track. So it got put on the cassette. Originally the cassette had a cover with a variety of orange, red and yellow markers making an abstract background for the cursive title I hand made. I tried to mimic that on the digital version.

Obscure Gospel 2

18 British Electric Foundation featuring Gary Glitter - Suspicious Minds

19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity

20 The Wedge - Night Of The Living Wedge

21 Booker T. And The MG's - Green Onions

22 The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)

23 Bakersfield Boogie Boys - I Get Around

24 Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)

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

26 Gary Myrick & The Figures - I'm Not A Number

27 Buster Brown - Fanny Mae

28 British Electric Foundation featuring Paula Yates - These Boots Are Made For Walking

29 Harlequin - Innocence

30 Go-Go's - Automatic

31 British Electric Foundation featuring Glen Gregory - Wichita Lineman

Independence Day

On this Independence Day (4th of July in the USA) this pick is dedicated to the freedom of all Americans. It may not feel like it sometimes and we always have to fight for that freedom from tyranny, but it is real. These songs reflect that sometimes it doesn't feel like freedom, but it is always in the spirit of all Americans. We are currently fighting against tyranny, where authoritarians are trying to get rid of political opponents in illegal ways, but like Dan Bongino says, freedom and independence is like a beach ball. You can try to hold it underwater, but it always wants to pop back up and it will! Enjoy your 4th of July! And if you are American (or not), fight for your right to be Independent! It is a God given right, not to be trifled with by any state or country.

Independence Day 

01 Jon And Vangelis - State Of Independence

02 White Heart - Independence Day

03 Count Five - Declaration Of Independance

04 Spock's Beard - 4th Of July

05 David Byrne - Independence Day

06 Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land

07 Damon - The Battle Hymn (Of The Republic)

08 Boston - Star Spangled Banner-4th of July Reprise

09 U2 - 4th of July

10 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

11 Sweet - 4th Of July

12 Kenny Chesney - Freedom

13 Dave Alvin - Fourth Of July

14 X - 4th Of July

15 Mariah Carey - Fourth Of July

16 Dub Syndicate - Independence

17 Donna Summer - State Of Independence

Obscure Gospel 1

This pick was one of my early 90's cassettes I made. Side one of that cassette to be precise. Soon you will get side two. I have no idea where the Obscure Gospel title came from. Probably to just throw people off, but I really can't remember, It's just stuff I was listening to at the time. I loved the version of Batman from the Jam. The Hawaiian band Shnazz had one great album, so I put on two tracks. The fact that the Tubes sounded so Motownish and yet so Tubes-like was great to me. The DOA track I had to buy without listening to it. For the longest time I actually played it at the wrong speed. It was a 12 inch single and I played it at 33. It was better at 45, but decent at 33. Some old songs and some newer ones as I was likely to do back then. Yes, from the amazing Drama album, surf from the Electric Firebirds, who no one (still) knows. Side one was an amazing start.

Obscure Gospel 1

01 The Ventures - Walk Don't Run

02 The Jam - Batman

03 Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

04 Uncle Rainbow - Anyway The Wind Blows

05 Shnazz - I Think We're Alone Now

06 Shnazz - (I Want To) Jump On Your Bones

07 Tubes - Don't Touch Me There

08 DOA - Let's Fuck

09 Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy

10 Graham Parker - You Hit The Spot

11 The Electric Firebirds - Electric Fireworks

12 Yes - White Car

13 Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like

14 The Jam - Away From The Numbers

15 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

16 Beatles - P.S. I Love You

17 Cristina - Drive My Car

My Wedding Music 1

Today is my Anniversary. Thank you. I have two per year. This is the first one of the year and December is the second. We got married in Vegas at the Little White Wedding Chapel and then later in a Catholic church in California. That one had a big reception. You probably have guessed that I am a DJ. I have done probably close to a thousand weddings. Love them. I hired another DJ to do my wedding. I gave him four CD's. One was this pick, which we also gave to all of our guests, and that my wife and I picked together. Two of the CD's were background music for cocktails and dinner, so our DJ (and friend) could enjoy dinner. The other two included music we wished he could play, but he had free range to play anything he wanted. He was good, so we knew he would look at the crowd and play what they wanted. We only said he had to play our first dance, which we did a rhumba to. Our reception was a rager. People had to unexpectedly spend the night in a hotel. Some planned ahead. The next day we continued. Ask in the comments if you are interested in the other CD's.

My Wedding Music 1

01 Etta James - At Last

02 Elton John - Chapel Of Love

03 Beatles - Love Me Do

04 Prince - Take Me With U

05 UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love

06 Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)

07 Jesus And Mary Chain - My Girl

08 Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

09 Paul Anka - The Way You Make Me Feel

10 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours

11 Rose Royce - I'm In Love (And I Love The Feeling)

12 Natalie Cole - Unforgettable

13 Jorge Santana - Love The Way

14 Brian Eno - I'll Come Running

15 Pussycat Dolls - Sway

16 Mary Wells - My Guy

17 Elvis Crespo - Suavemente

18 Blossom Dearie - Deed I Do

19 Van Morrison - Someone Like You

20 Frank Zappa - Anything

21 Depeche Mode - Somebody (Remix)

22 Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis - Cruisin'

23 Adam Sandler - Grow Old With You

Now I Know My ABC's

I made this pick some time ago. And It's kind of stupid. I was making a cassette with bands using band names or artists using every letter of the alphabet. Dumb. But I did it anyway. My rules were simple I could only use the last name of artists and articles (the, a, an, etc) didn't count in band names. Was not that hard. Mostly new wave-ish bands, but that wasn't the criteria, it just turned out that way, because that's what I was listening to at the time. So there is a theme, but not really much of one. You deserve to hear it, but don't judge me too much. What do you think of me? The original cassette had hand drawn kids blocks. I changed it a little for the CD cover, but still blue to pink.

Now I Know My ABC's

01 Abecedarians - Where Whitey Ain't Allowed

02 Bad Brains - I & I Survive

03 Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died

04 Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro

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

06 Fishbone - Ugly

07 Martin Gore - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth

08 Robyn Hitchcock - Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl

09 Ippu-Do - Lunatic Guitar

10 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Taste Of Cindy

11 Klark Kent - Don't Care

12 Lene Lovich - New Toy

13 Miracle Legion - The Backyard

14 The Normal - Warm Leatherette

15 Ric Ocasek - Jimmy Jimmy

16 Public Image Limited - Rise

17 Q Feel - Dancing In Heaven-Orbital Be-Bop

18 Revolting Cocks - You Goddamn Son Of A Bitch

19 Poly Styrene - Dreaming

20 Television - Friction

21 Ultravox! - Young Savage

22 Vandals  - LadyKiller

23 World Entertainment War - Marlboro Man Jr

24 X - When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch

25 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Bridge Over Troubled Music

26 Frank Zappa - He's So Gay