What's The Connection? Mighty 1

Making this connection started with Earth, Wind & Fire. Always liked that song (and the whole album) and it wasn't that popular yet. It was the next couple of albums that brought them some stardom. But this was the start of the incline. I put two versions of  You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) because both are great and I couldn't choose. The best part is when I added the movie/TV soundtracks. Both are pretty decent. I do not know if they were ever redone by any rock bands, but they would make great candidates for songs. I used the Mouse for the cover, because, well, why not? Nothing else is quite so mighty.

What's The Connection? Mighty 1

01 John Wetton - Mighty Rivers

02 Bob Dylan - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, the Eskimo)

03 The Ventures - Mighty Queen (Queen The Eskimo)

04 Housemartins - The Mighty Ship

05 Johnny Paycheck - (It's A Mighty Thin Line) Between Love And Hate

06 Victor Young & His Orchestra - The High And The Mighty

07 Dave Barker & Upsetters - Shocks Of A Mighty

08 Spinners - Mighty Love

09 Earth, Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty

10 Green On Red - Mighty Gun

11 Grant-Lee Hitchcock - Mighty Joe Moon [Live]

12 Kylie Minogue - Mighty Rivers

13 White - Mighty Love

14 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

15 Jimmy Somerville - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

16 Elvis Costello - Getting Mighty Crowded

17 Fishbone - Mighty Long Way

18 Win Singelton - The Mighty Hercules

19 TeeVee Toons - Mighty Mouse

What's The Connection? Dirty 1

This connection of dirty songs is related to the Dirt connection I did earlier. Got more Dirt and Dirty songs coming up sometime. But these are my favorite of the bunch. It includes both Dirt and Dirty songs including one of my favorite Lou Reed songs. But also Frank Zappa, Earth, Wind & Fire, The B-52's, AC-DC, The Standells and a bunch more. Album cover is similar, so they go together. Look for more dirty songs later, I think I have another several hours more to go.

What's The Connection? Dirty 1

01 Lou Reed - Dirt

02 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

03 Eagles - Dirty Laundry

04 Frank Zappa - Dirty Love

05 Earth, Wind & Fire - Dirty

06 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Dirty Little Secrets

07 Revolting Cocks - Dirt

08 KMFDM - Dirty

09 Neil Young - Dirty Old Man

10 Prince - Dirty Mind

11 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana

12 The B-52's - Dirty Back Road

13 Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Dirty Talk

14 AC-DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

15 Foreigner - Dirty White Boy

16 The Standells - Dirty Water

17 All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret

18 Depeche Mode - Dirt

19 Nashville Pussy - Pussy's Not A Dirty Word

20 Toy Dolls - Dirty Doreen

21 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Thirty Dirty Birds

What's The Connection? Atoms

I started working on this along with the Bill Nelson pick and the Atomic WTC. I will state right up front that I left of Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother which I love, but it was just too long and I would have to leave off a several of the others I wanted to include. So don't be mad, just add it in yourself if you want. All Atom songs except for two. One Atomic one left over from the previously mentioned connection and one French song. Obviously there is some Bill Nelson. There is also one track from Anubian Lights who I saw live with Lydia Lunch once and I loved their stuff. Bought a bunch of CD's at the time. Enjoy how eclectic this one is.

What's The Connection? Atoms

01 Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Little Atoms

02 Rick Wakeman - After the Atom

03 Vangelis - Atom Blaster

04 Jools Holland - Atom Bomb

05 Robyn Hitchcock - Furry Green Atom Bowl

06 Biosphere - Fast Atoms Escape

07 Sunshine Boys Quartet - Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb

08 Billy Sherwood - Age Of The Atom

09 Heaven & Hell - Atom And Evil

10 Paul McCartney - Mr H Atom + You Know I'll Get You Baby (Bonus Track)

11 Bill Nelson - Bride of The Atom

12 Roky Erickson and the Aliens - Creature with the Atom Brain

13 Bedlam Four - Hydrogen Atom (Or Mushrooms Are In)

14 Pet Shop Boys - The Sound Of The Atom Splitting

15 The Clash - Atom Tan

16 Coldcut - Atomic Moog

17 Anubian Lights - Atoms Of The Gods

18 André Popp - La java des bombes atomiques

Kinks Kovers

This was fun to do. But also frustrating at the same time. I like the Kinks and originally was making a pick of my favorite Kinks songs. But I got to the frustrating part. The Kinks are great songwriters and sometimes great at recording. They are too British for me at times and my favorites are sometimes not anywhere near the top listened to songs by the Kinks. I compare them to the Who, but the Who were better in the studio. For instance, You Really Got Me. A great song. But Van Halen does it way better than the Kinks. In fact I like that song done better by 801 with Brian Eno. And Stop Your Sobbing. There is no doubt that the Pretenders do a much better version of the song. So that's not true for every song. But definitely a few. So I took some of my favorite covers of Kinks songs and put this together. Not an end all be all covers collection, just some of my favorites. Many versions of songs on this one. Some of my favorites: Shonen Knife, The Fall, Stranglers, The Jam, Nancy Sinatra, etc.

Kinks Kovers

01 Queens Of The Stone Age - Everybody's Gonna Be Happy

02 Def Leppard - Waterloo Sunset

03 Buster Poindexter - Alcohol

04 David Bowie - Waterloo Sunset

05 Sonny & Cher - Set Me Free

06 Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing

07 Green Day - Tired Of Waiting For You

08 Yo La Tengo - King Kong

09 Stranglers - All Day & All Of The Night

10 The Standells - Sunny Afternoon

11 801 - You Really Got Me

12 Monks Of Doom - King Kong

13 The Hammersmith Gorillas - You Really Got Me

14 Bob Geldof - Sunny Afternoon

15 Van Halen - You Really Got Me

16 Big Star - Till The End Of The Day

17 Silicon Teens - You Really Got Me

18 The Sun - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

19 The Fall - Victoria

20 Robbie Williams - Lola

21 Lee Rocker - Come Dancing

22 The Jam - David Watts

23 Ace Frehley - Lola

24 Patti Lupone - Superman (Wish I Could Fly) (Live)

25 Shonen Knife - Till The End Of The Day

26 Gary Lewis & The Playboys - A Well Respected Man

Zombies Family Pick

Nothing to do with the undead. This has to do with the band the Zombies and the family pick. So Argent, Colin Blumstone solo and either of them as a guest like Rod Argent with the Who or Blumstone with Alan Parsons. Good songs all the way through. It's funny for years I had heard Santana do She's Not There, but once I heard the Zombies original version, it's hard to hear Jorge anymore. I'm sure you have your favorite Zombies familial pick that I didn't include, just add it into the comments. I'd love to know what you like.

Zombies Family Pick

01 The Alan Parsons Project - The Eagle Will Rise Again

02 Argent - Hold Your Head Up

03 Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye

04 The Zombies - The Way I Feel Inside

05 The Alan Parsons Project - Old And Wise

06 Argent - Liar

07 Argent - Time of the Season

08 Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind

09 The Zombies - Care Of Cell 44

10 Steve Hackett - For Absent Friends

11 The Zombies - She's Not There

12 The Zombies - Tell Her No

13 Argent - God Gave Rock and Roll to You

14 Colin Blunstone - Misty Roses

15 The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

16 Who - Who Are You

Boy Band Pick 3

This is the last volume of my Boy Band picks. This one goes back to the original idea of boy bands, hence the Beatles, Monkees, Raspberries, Teenagers, Jackson Five, Osmonds, Bay City Rollers, etc I also added a couple of tracks from a few bands that I wanted to use in volume 1, some Mexican boy bands, more Asian boy bands and a few assorted that I wanted to put on the previous volumes but didn't have room. If by now your favorite boy band wasn't included, sorry. Leave your pick in the comments.

Boy Band Pick 3

42 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love

43 Take That - Patience

44 Prettymuch & CNCO - Me Necesita

45 Selena & Barrio Boyzz - Donde Quiera Que Estes

46 CNCO With Yandel - Hey DJ

47 B2K and  P. Diddy - Bump, Bump, Bump

48 Jackson Five - I Want You Back

49 Shinee - Replay (Everything)

50 TVXQ - Jumon (Mirotic)

51 Raspberries - Let's Pretend

52 Seo Taiji and Boys - I Know ('92 TV Edit)

53 2gether - U + Me = Us (Calculus)

54 Menudo - Hold Me

55 Big Time Rush Ft. Snoop Dogg - Boyfriend (Jump Smokers Radio Edit)

56 98 Degrees - Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)

57 Monkees - Daydream Believer

58 Big Bang - Fantastic Baby

59 O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

60 Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand

61 Aventura - Obsesion

62 Jonas Brothers - Sucker

63 Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night

64 The Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River

Boy Band Pick 2

Ok, it's part two of the Boy Bands pick. This volume includes some of the Korean wave of boy bands. So enjoy those. I also added a few bands that I wanted to include in yesterday's volume, but ran out of room. Some of these bands in these volumes are bands because some producer made them up. Others were families and still others just friends. But I would say the majority are just made up bands that held some kind of audtions. It's up to you to figure out which is which. I don't really care, I just want them to be good bands. Or atleast good songs.

Boy Band Pick 2

21 Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (7 Master Mix)

22 112 - Peaches & Cream

23 Marshall Dyllon - Live It Up

24 Linear - TLC

25 5ive - When The Lights Go Out

26 Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)

27 BBMak - Back Here

28 Shinee - Sherlock

29 Dream Street - It Happens Every Time

30 Another Bad Creation - Iesha

31 Bts - Dynamite

32 East 17 - House Of Love

33 Emblem3 - Chloe (You're The One I Want)

34 H.O.T - Candy

35 JLS - Beat Again

36 Brockhampton - Sugar

37 Infinite - The Chaser

38 Brighter Side Of Darkness - Love Jones

39 Mindless Behavior - My Girl

40 5 Seconds Of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

41 Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby

Boy Band Pick 1

I know that I think of something when I hear Boy Band. And in a different situation, something else comes to mind. It can mean so many different things. I have a three volume set that encompasses a bit of that. This pick of Boy Bands starts with the basic boy bands+ that my daughter probably listened to in the 90's, some a little earlier and some a little later. I started this because I was watching a couple of documentaries. That led me on the path. Boy Bands changed around Boyz II Men. I have them, New Kids, New Edition and all the way through One Direction. I did not include any of the K-Pop stuff here on volume 1, but did include a fake soundtrack band and comedy bands. Because they sound so great!

Boy Band Pick 1

01 All-4-One - I Swear

02 NSync - Bye Bye Bye

03 New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man

04 Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

05 LFO (USA) - Summer Girls

06 98° - Because of You

07 Hanson - Mmm Bop

08 2gether - The Hardest Part About Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)

09 DuJour - Backdoor lover

10 Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up

11 Bros - When Will I Be Famous

12 One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

13 New Kids On The Block - Step By Step

14 O-Town - All Or Nothing

15 The Wanted - Glad You Came

16 Westlife - Uptown Girl

17 Big Bang - Bang Bang Bang

18 Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)

19 Boyz II Men - End Of The Road

20 Take That - Back for Good

What's The Connection? Rose Is A Rose

This started out as one of my cassettes and eventually became this Connection. Many of the first songs were featured on a live WTC years ago. I added a few as I had already found them to make the cassette. I couldn't bear to get rid of any, so it's still over an hour and a half. Oh well. Couple of Death in June songs, the latter one on the list was added after the live show. Only one of the reggae tracks appeared on the show, but did appear on the cassette. Sometime in the future I will post my La Vie En Rose connection. It's donw, except for the cover. Maybe I will make it based on this cover. If I remember correctly, the flower came from a photo I took in my front yard rose garden years ago.

What's The Connection? Rose Is A Rose

01 Arcadia - Rose Arcana

02 Book Of Love - I Touch Roses

03 Chris And Cosey - Smell The Roses

04 Marc Almond - Exotica Rose

05 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Stay (The Black Rose And The Universal Wheel)

06 Gregory Issacs - Red Rose For Gregory

07 Death In June - Torture By Roses

08 Adrian Belew - Pretty Pink Rose

09 Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Rose

10 John Wesley Harding - The Red Rose And The Briar

11 The Damned - New Rose

12 Squeeze - Rose I Said

13 Roxy Music - Prairie Rose

14 Alphaville - Red Rose (Single Version '88)

15 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cannibal Roses

16 The Uninvited Guests - Hearts and Roses

17 Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores

18 Inner Circle - Black Roses

19 Death In June - To Drown A Rose

20 Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose

21 Everything But The Girl - Blue Moon Rose

22 Elvis Costello - Good Year For the Roses

Steve Winwood Pick

No longer little or young, Steve Winwood can no longer be called anything but Steve. As a member of  The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, Traffic and on his own, he's proven his worth over the years. I'm sure there is probably a best of compilation out there somewhere with tracks from all of these entities, but I didn't have it, so I made my own. Hopefully, you like this sampling. I am sure that  I am missing someone's favorite, but hopefully not too many. Let me know what you couldn't live without. You will notice that the CD cover says pre-concert pick. When I went to concerts that were a drive away, I usually made a CD's pick of music to get me and my passengers in the mood for the concert and on the way home (and play some hits that may not get played at the event, so we were all always satisfied.) I never re-did the cover.

Steve Winwood Pick

01 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'

02 Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running

03 Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man

04 Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home

05 Blind Faith - Presence Of The Lord

06 Traffic - Paper Sun

07 Traffic - Dear Mr Fantasy

08 Traffic - Empty Pages

09 Traffic - Forty Thousand Headmen

10 Traffic - Feelin Alright

11 Steve Winwood - Higher Love

12 Steve Winwood - Holding On

13 Steve Winwood - Valerie

14 Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

15 Steve Winwood - Roll With It

16 Steve Winwood - Don't You Know What The Night

17 Steve Winwood - Different Light

What's The Connection? Let Down

While I was putting together the connections for I'm Down, Bring Me Down, etc Look at previous weeks to find those. I came up with a bunch of Let Down songs. So this WTC is all songs with Let and Down in the title. Some are Never Let Me Down and some are Let Me Down Easy or even just Let Down as in disappointment. I even have one about the Bottle Letting You Down. More of a mixed bag of tricks than some since the meanings don't always jibe. But still fun. Enjoy what you get.

What's The Connection? Let Down

01 Jerry Harrison - Let It Come Down

02 Elvis Costello - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down

03 Curtis Harding - I Won't Let You Down

04 Cabaret Voltaire - Let It Come Down

05 Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down

06 John Mayer - You're No One 'Til Someone Lets You Down

07 Love Unlimited - I Can't Let Him Down

08 Radiohead - Let Down

09 Meghan Trainor - I Won't Let You Down

10 Cheap Trick - You Let A Lotta People Down

11 Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again

12 David Bowie - Never Let Me Down

13 Chris Isaak - Let Me Down Easy

14 Black Flag - You Let Me Down

15 Stranglers - Let Me Down Easy

16 Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down

17 Johnny Cash - Let Me Down Easy

18 Rolling Stones - Let Me Down Slow

19 Marcia Griffiths - Dont Let Me Down

20 Simple Minds - Let It All Come Down

What Is The Connection? Pirates 2

The second pass at a Pirate connection. First let me wish ye a 'appy talk like a gentleman o' fortune day! Next ye'll notice I saved some jolly songs fer this here second volume. Perfect fer drinkin' rum while enjoyin' these songs. Songs about pirating, merry songs about gold, songs about ships and songs about being at sea. Aye, get yer map an' some grog an' we shall 'ead out on adventure Write down anythin' in the comments if ye see that there I 'ave missed any thin' Arrr!

 What Is The Connection? Pirates 2

30 Disneyland Chorus - New Orleans Square-Yo Ho (A Pirates Life For Me)

31 David Byrne - Pirates

32 Jolly Rogers - The Derelict (15 Men on A Dead Man's Chest)

33 The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - Oh, Better Far To Live and Die (aka The Pirate King)

34 Nick Cave - Fire Down Below

35 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pirates

36 Lou Reed - Leave Her Johnny

37 Hans Zimmer - Jack Sparrow

38 Pirate Jenny - A Pirate's Life is Peaceful ('Til Someone Cuts You Up)

39 Yoko Shimomura - Captain Hook's Pirate Ship

40 George Harrison - The Pirate Song

41 Mark Almond - Pirate Jenny

42 A Halo Called Fred - Blymy The Pyrate

43 Rick Wakeman - The Pirate

44 Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

45 Styx - Pieces Of Eight

46 Roger McGuinn - Jolly Roger

47 Go Betty Go - The Pirate Song

What Is The Connection? Pirates 1

Well, tomorrow is Talk A Like A Pirate Day and this compilation will help. I love this day and I love pirates. I have been a Pirate on Halloween. I decorate with Pirate stuff on my lawn at Halloween. Lots of piratey things in my life, so it was a no-brainer to make a connection of pirate related songs. All sorts in this compilation. From the original Pirates of the Caribbean song (Yo Ho) to the Vandals Pirates Life. From Beastie Boys to the Backyardigans. Real Pirates to the the worst pirates. They are here. So, as you say Arrr tomorrow and wear an eye patch, now you have the soundtrack to your day started.

What Is The Connection? Pirates 1

01 Muppet Treasure Island - A Professional Pirate

02 The Backyardigans - A Pirate Says Arr

03 Stan Ridgway - Hanging Johnny

04 Muppet Treasure Island - Shiver My Timbers

05 The Arrogant Worms - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate

06 Relient K - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

07 Bill Donohue - Wooden Ships, Iron Men

08 Domenic Arnato & Pirate Chorus - A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

09 Kevin Brennan - Pirate, Arrrr

10 Bryan Ferry - The Cruel Ship's Captain

11 Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin

12 The Ben Gunn Society - I Want To Be A Pirate

13 Disneyland - Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)

14 Bow Wow Wow - Sun, Sea and Piracy

15 Richard Marcus and Johnny Caruso - It's Great to Be a Pirate

16 Stefan Karl Stefansson & Julianna Rose Mauriello - You're A Pirate

17 The Mad Caddies - Weird Beard

18 Adam & The Ants - Jolly Roger

19 Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas

20 DJ Bobo - Pirates Of Dance (Extended Version)

21 Toybox - The Sailor Song

22 DJ Tiesto - He's A Pirate (Tiesto Remix)

23 Buckethead - Pirate's Life For Me

24 The Backyardigans - What Do You Do With A Scurvy Pirate

25 Vandals - Pirate's Life

26 Ceann na Caca - Worst Pirate Song

27 Captain Bogg & Salty - Scurvy

28 Peter Pan - A Pirate's Life

29 Viking Jim - The Cardiff Rose

Sammy Van Hagar Pick

When Sammy Hagar first joined Van Halen they called it Van Hagar. And in a way it was correct, but in an another not at all. Sammy Hagar definitely was a strong front man before joining. I saw him play live several times. On of the best concerts ever. He played forever, had great songs, great camaraderie with the crowd. That continued when he played with Van Halen. Seeing them live after Sammy it was different, yet still Van Halen. Some of the greastest songs came out of that pairing. No surprise. This pick shows Sammy had some great songs with Montrose, in his solo 80's, with Van Halen and afterwards when he left the group. Too many to do it justice really. I didn't include any of the later Cabo Wabo stuff and just used touchpoints everywhere else, but you'll get the idea. Again, like with Roth, there are two doubles between Eddie's pick and Sammy's. It had to be.

Sammy Van Hagar Pick

01 Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

02 Van Halen - Love Walks In

03 Van Halen - Cabo Wabo

04 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

05 Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

06 Van Halen - Right Now

07 Van Halen - When It's Love

08 Van Halen - Poundcake

09 Van Halen - Best Of Both Worlds

10 Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started

11 Van Halen - Top Of The World

12 Sammy Hagar - Mas Tequila

13 Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

14 Van Halen - Dreams

15 Sammy Hagar - Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy

16 Sammy Hagar - Red

17 Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock

David Lee Roth Pick

Continuing after yesterday's pick is a special one for Diamond Dave. David Lee Roth, no matter what anyone can possibly say, was a front man extraordinaire. This Roth pick combines the best of Dave with Van Halen, plus some moments from his solo career. You will notice that two of the songs are on both of these picks. And it's just because the songs are so good, they show off David Lee Roth as well as Eddie Van Halen's guitar prowress. Unfortunately for Diamond Dave, Eddie found another front man who we will show off tomorrow. Roth had some big hits on his own and some stinkers, this is my pick of those, with the Van Halen tracks that he shined on, too.

David Lee Roth Pick

01 David Lee Roth - Damn Good

02 Van Halen - Ice Cream Man

03 David Lee Roth - Sensible Shoes

04 Van Halen - And The Cradle Will Rock...

05 David Lee Roth - Ladies' Nite In Buffalo

06 David Lee Roth - California Girls

07 David Lee Roth - Slam Dunk!

08 David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo-I Ain't Got Nobody

09 David Lee Roth - A Lil' Ain't Enough

10 David Lee Roth - It's Showtime

11 Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

12 Van Halen - Jamie's Cryin'

13 Van Halen - Dance The Night Away

14 Van Halen - Jump

15 David Lee Roth - Goin' Crazy

16 David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

17 Van Halen - Unchained

18 David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose

19 Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

20 David Lee Roth - Tobacco Road

21 David Lee Roth - Knucklebones

Eddie Van Halen Pick

This is my pick of Eddie Van Halen guitar bests. These are what I think are notable moments of Eddie. Pretty much the bulk of it are Van Halen songs with the one Michael Jackson song. Originally he was uncredited (for awhile it said guitar solo by Frankenstein) but eventually everyone knew. In reality all it took was a listen and you knew it was Eddie. What's interesting is that no matter what direction the band took, you could always hear Eddie. Over the next couple of days, you'll get to hear some of those directions. In the meantime enjoy the best of Eddie. I saw them several times over the years. They were always great.

Eddie Van Halen Pick

01 Van Halen - Eruption

02 Van Halen - Drop Dead Legs

03 Van Halen - Ice Cream Man

04 Van Halen - Push Comes To Shove

05 Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil

06 Van Halen - Mine All Mine

07 Van Halen - You're No Good

08 Van Halen - Mean Street

09 Van Halen - Poundcake

10 Van Halen - Cathedral

11 Van Halen - I'm The One

12 Van Halen - Humans Being

13 Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

14 Van Halen - Somebody Get Me A Doctor

15 Van Halen - Jump

16 Van Halen - China Town

17 Van Halen - Feel Your Love Tonight

18 Michael Jackson - Beat It

19 Van Halen - Dreams

20 Van Halen - Panama

21 Van Halen - Spanish Fly

What's The Connection? Don't Bring Me...

I have some related connections. One was Don't Let and the other was Don't Down Me. This one is Don't Bring Me. I guess don't is popular with songwriters. Many of these songs are Don't Bring Me Down. They are not all Electric Light Orchestra covers. I do love that song though. Flowers, Candy and Memories are the rest and only one asks nicely and that's Johnny Kidd & The Pirates which is interesting since it is almost Talk Like A Pirate Day. So you will soon be seeing Pirate songs coming your way. In a couple of days? Perhaps. In the meantime let it be known, I do like flowers. Especially exotic tropical flowers, but also just a vase of tulips are nice. So you can always bring or send me flowers. No reason is needed. Even in the comments is nice.

What's The Connection? Don't Bring Me...

01 Purple Helmets - Don't Bring Me Down

02 Pretty Things - Don't Bring Me Down

03 David Bowie - Don't Bring Me Down

04 Bodeans - Don't Bring Me Down

05 Rita Dacosta - Don't Bring Me Down

06 Terry Brandon And The Beatmen - Don't Bring Me Down

07 Jimmy Buffett - Don't Bring Me Candy

08 Riot - Don't Bring Me Down

09 Black Stone Cherry - Don't Bring Me Down

10 Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

11 Status Quo - Don't Bring Me Down

12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Bring Me Down

13 Animals - Don't Bring Me Down

14 Barbra Streisand with Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers

15 Four Tops - Don't Bring Back Memories

16 The Monkees - Don't Bring Me Down

17 Dokken - Don't Bring Me Down

18 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Please Don't Bring Me Down

19 The Black Eyed Peas - Don't Bring Me Down

20 Big Daddy - You Don't Bring Me Flowers

21 Y&T - Don't Bring Me Down

22 Godflesh - Don't Bring Me Flowers

23 Sia - Don't Bring Me Down

Rock & Marriage Pick

This is one that I know I am missing someone. The idea was to take bands that had a married couple in the band and pick songs during the time they were married (that didn't quite work out). Mariage is hard work without also working together. And it shows. Only a few of these married couple stayed married. And many kept working after getting divorced. So if it was possible I picked a song that was during the marriage portion. I did not pick bands with long term romantic couples, so Blondie was out. Early White Stripes was in. Look up each band to see who the married couple was, if you don't know. Like for Fleetwood Mac, Stevie and Lindsey didn't count, but the McVie's did. Jefferson Starship had Grace Slick who purportedly dated everyone in the band at one time or another (it was free love San Francisco after all) but at one point or another Paul Kantner ended up marrying her. Stories like that are all over this pick.

Rock & Marriage Pick

01 Ashford & Simpson - Solid

02 Sam Phillips - Reflecting Light

03 Tim McGraw with Faith Hill - It's Your Love

04 Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

05 Johnny Cash and June Carter - Jackson

06 ABBA - Chiquitita

07 Arcade Fire - Wake Up

08 Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love

09 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe

10 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together

11 The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin'

12 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

13 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

14 Missing Persons - Destination Unknown

15 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - (Just Like) Starting Over

16 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run

17 Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary

18 The White Stripes - You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)

19 Jefferson Starship - Ride the Tiger

20 X - Los Angeles

21 Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

What's The Connection? Just Like...

Lots of songs with Just Like in the title. So this should be volume one, but I never made or even started volume two. No idea why. But it obviously hasn't bothered me (until maybe now) since I made this connection some time ago. No special reason why. I do really like a few of these songs quite a bit, so maybe that was the reason. Lennon and Ono, Chris and Cosey, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ray Parker Jr & Raydio are all favorites. But I also like the Cure and Paul Revere a lot too.  I usually start a connection with a song and I copy it to a folder and when I think of another I add it to that folder until I have enough songs. Sometimes that takes a long period of time, sometimes I think of so many at once that I can make multiple volumes at once. Then I have to come up with my idea of what the artwork should look like. Then I start fixing volumes, checking keys, BPM, etc. And then I put it into an order that I think might work. I listen to it and adjust until I am happy and Just Like that I have a compilation.

What's The Connection? Just Like...

01 Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman

02 Seal - Just Like You Said

03 Chris & Cosey - Just Like You

04 Bryan Ferry - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

05 John Cougar Mellencamp - Just Like You

06 Three Days Grace - Just Like You

07 Roxy Music - Just Like You

08 Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

09 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

10 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - (Just Like) Starting Over

11 Cure - Just Like Heaven

12 Pink - Just Like A Pill

13 Chuck Berry - Ain't That Just Like A Woman

14 Sinead O'Connor - Just Like U Said It Would B

15 Ministry - Just Like You

16 Blue Oyster Cult - I Just Like To Be Bad

17 Paul Revere And The Raiders - Just Like Me

18 David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

19 Psychic TV - Just Like

20 Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet

21 Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should

What's The Connection? Blow Up 1

First let me acknowledge that this is in bad taste in multiple ways. First I made a connection of songs about Blow Up Dolls. Second, I left Dolls off the title (I didn't add bomb, though). And third I am posting this up on September 11th at 9:11 AM. I get it. It's all pretty bad as a joke. In bad taste in every way. I agree with you. Now that we got that out of the way. Are you surprised there are so many songs about inflatable dolls? I sure was. I mean I knew about the Police song and the Roxy Music song and, of course, Frank Zappa. But there are so many. And some I had no idea were about that until I started looking in to it. I mean, Neil Diamond? C'mon, man! No Joke. There's a lot of them. I probably have enough in reserve to start a volume two. Not quite, but close. Leave me any ones, I might have missed in the comments. Skip Richard Thompson, Dinosaur Jr and Lucky & Easy. I have those in reserve plus Steve Holy and the Frogs.

What's The Connection? Blow Up 1

01 Devo - Blow Up

02 Slice The Cake - Blow Up Voodoo Doll

03 Saul Zonana - Bette

04 Frank Zappa - Ms. Pinky

05 Beitthemeans - Blown Up Doll

06 Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache

07 Sin City Sinners - Blow Up Doll

08 Brian Haner - Blow-Up Doll

09 Randy Rogers Band - Blow Up Plastic Girl

10 Maggie - Blow-up Doll

11 Sam Wrestle - Inflatable Love (Blow Up Doll Song)

12 Bush - Inflatable

13 Anni Piper - Blow Up Doll

14 Beaver Shoot - Blow-up Doll

15 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie

16 Marcos Cordove - Must of Been a Hell of a Party

17 Cliff Richard - Living Doll

18 Bucky Habanero - Patches (The Blow-Up Doll Song)

19 Ray Stevens - Juanita And The Kids

20 Young Stuff - Sex Doll

21 Lords of Acid - Rubber Doll

22 The Police - Be My Girl-Sally

Bill Nelson Pick

This compilation is kind of fun for me. But also very difficult. Getting a Pick on Bill Nelson will always feel incomplete. He has so many albums, So right away, it's impossible to narrow it to a CD's length. But that was the goal. My favorites may not be anywhere near someone else's favorites. In fact, probably not at all. It's not like Nelson had a lot of "hits" just fan favorites. I did include a couple of tracks where he played guitar on tracks I really liked from other artists. Monsoon with Sheila Chandra doing an amazing cover. And Cabaret Voltaire with a track from CODE that I really liked and was pleasantly surprised that it was one of the tracks on the album that Nelson played guitar on. I won't really get into genres here, but I kept the rock, the art rock, the new wave etc and tried to stay a little away from the ambient. He's got a lot of ambient. I hope you like what I picked.

Bill Nelson Pick

01 Be Bop Deluxe - Modern Music

02 Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim

03 Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night

04 Be Bop Deluxe - Electrical Language

05 Be Bop Deluxe - Maid In Heaven

06 Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Don't Touch Me (I'm Electric)

07 Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Furniture Music

08 Bill Nelson - Do You Dream in Colour

09 Bill Nelson - Instantly Yours

10 Bill Nelson - When Your Dream Of Perfect Beauty Comes True

11 Bill Nelson - Banal

12 Bill Nelson - A Dip In The Swimming Pool Reactor

13 Bill Nelson - Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam

14 Bill Nelson - Acceleration

15 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Why Be Lonely

16 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - The Whole City Between Us

17 Bill Nelson's Orchestra Arcana - Everyday Is A Better Day

18 Channel Light Vessel - Testify

19 Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue

20 Monsoon - Tomorrow Never Knows

What's The Connection? Atomic 1

These are all songs with Atomic in the title. And even though I love the Blondie song, it was actually not the reason I made this Connection. Nor was it Van Halen (although that song rocks, too). It was all because of Bill Nelson. I know. You thought it was Lydia Lunch. And it is a favorite of mine. But she hates it. I still do not understand why. I love that album of hers. And not just because of the cover. Although it helps. Yes, she's made stronger albums, but I just like the flavor of that one. She doesn't. Oh Well. I also like the Blow Monekys. At one point on the radio I would always play a Blow Monkeys song and just really emphasis their name on every show. Not because they were my favorite band by any stretch of imagination. I just liked saying The Bloooow Monkeys. Anyways enjoy the playlist and the cover.

What's The Connection? Atomic 1

01 Bad Religion - Atomic Garden

02 Kix - Atomic Bombs

03 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Atomic Ranch

04 Roger Roger - Atomic Monster

05 The Residents - Atomic Shopping Carts

06 Van Halen - Atomic Punk

07 George Clinton - Atomic Dog

08 Monster Magnet - Atomic Clock

09 The Motels - Atomic Cafe

10 Spirit - Atomic Boogie

11 Nina Hagen - Atomic Flash De Luxe

12 Blow Monkeys - Atomic Lullaby

13 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown His Guitar & Orchestra - Atomic Energy

14 Bomfunk MC's - We R Atomic

15 The Mission - Atomic Heart

16 The Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb

17 Blondie - Atomic

18 David Bowie - Atomica

19 Portugal. The Man - Atomic Man

20 Bill Nelson - My Wild Atomic Wedding Day

21 Lydia Lunch - Atomic Bongos

22 Beat Farmers - Atomic Age Mutants

It's About Time

This is sort of a connection, but  not my typical one. I should probably make this into a full WTC, but I haven't yet. These are all tracks that I played at a Time Management seminar that we used to do. Teaching people how to manage time and be more efficient with time. It was a good seminar or workshop, but we ended up going in a different direction and so only do the complimentary seminar the Goals one that got bigger and bigger and also more popular. So, mostly songs about Time. I also could have taken out the efx that I used during the event, but left it in so you could see the original CD as it was. I hope you like it. I wish we did this still, because it was a good one.

It's  About Time

01 Efx - Jeopardy Theme

02 Efx - Clock Ticking

03 Efx - What Time Is It Ticking, Alarm

04 Pink Floyd - Time

05 The Alan Parsons Project - Time

06 Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is

07 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle

08 Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle

09 Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years

10 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

11 Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands

12 SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

13 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)

14 BB King - Time Is A Thief

15 Lebo M - It's Time

16 Jive Five - What Time Is It

17 Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

18 Dinah Washington - What A Diff'rence A Day Makes

19 Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World

20 Yes - Time And A Word

21 Asia - Time Again

What's The Connection? Plastic 1

This connection is about the future. And the future is plastics. Lol. I love the line from the Graduate. We kind of don't like plastic anymore, but it is everywhere no matter what. And besides, my favorite comic book character is Plasticman. If you are a fan, you'll notice that he has become the cover of this compilation. Some important songs in this connection (for me). First I included the most Plastic song of all by the Plastics. Second, I included the band the Elektrics who have a very important song Pretty Plastic which has lyrics that I used to name my mannequin. I wonder if you can figure out what I named her. All my secrets on this WTC (OMG, also my pin number. Ouch!)

What's The Connection? Plastic 1

01 Bootsy Collins - Party On Plastic (What's Bootsie Doin'?)

02 Lost Sounds - Plastic Skin

03 Frank Zappa - Plastic People

04 The Kinks - Plastic Man

05 Jefferson Airplane - Plastic Fantastic Lover

06 X-ray Spex - Plastic Bag

07 Gravity's Pull - Plastic Umbrella

08 JayDee - Plastic Dreams

09 The Sugarcubes - Dear Plastic

10 Ladytron - Black Plastic

11 Black Uhuru - Plastic Smile

12 Freezepop - Plastic Stars

13 Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age

14 Astro Zombies - Plastic Passion

15 Bauhaus - Muscle in Plastic

16 Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

17 Adam and the Ants - Plastic Surgery

18 Elektrics - Pretty Plastic

19 Plastics - I Wanna Be Plastic

20 Mad Professor - Elastic Plastic

21 Powermad - Plastic Town

22 Plastics - I Am Plastic

What's The Connection? Hoochie 1

You'd probably be surprised which song started my quest for this Hoochie connection. You might think it was Rick Derringer and you'd be close. That was the first song I thought of after I started the search of my collection, but actually it was the outlier of this comp, Ohio Players. I have probably listened to that song, looked at the title on the albums it's on (after looking at the covers over and over again) and never realized that it was a hoochie song. When I did, I was surprised and now I can never unsee it. I knew I had to make this connection so the one other person who had never noticed it before, also noticed it. Is that you? Or am I really the only guy who never saw what was right in front of my face? It's like the Heatwave song that I sang over and over again, thinking I was singing Japanese, when no, it was English all the time. I just didn't hear the lyrics properly. Doh! Have you ever just misheard the lyrics so bad?

What's The Connection? Hoochie 1

01 Steppenwolf - Hootchie Cootchie Man

02 Joe K K and Zydeco Force - Hoochie Coochie

03 Johnny Winter - Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo

04 Jimi Hendrix - Hoochie Koochie Man

05 Rick Derringer - Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo

06 Lil Red Johnnie - Hoochie Coochie Mama

07 Nashville Pussy - Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo

08 Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man

09 Michael Katon - On The Prowl For A Hoochie Mama

10 Ohio Players - Who'd She Coo

11 Moby Grape - Hoochie

12 Dragonfly - Hootchie Kootchie Man

13 Eric Clapton - Hoochie Coochie Man

14 Chick Willis - I Know A Hoochie Mama

15 Tony Joe White - Hoochie Woman

16 2 Live Crew - Hoochie Mama

17 Andrea True - Hootchie Kootchie Froozies

What's The Connection? Holiday

September doesn't have any real holidays, but it is a time when people go on last minute Holiday before kids go to school. Mostly people are coming back from vacation around this time. No matter, I am here to give you a connection of Holiday tracks. Mostly in the USA we would use vacation as the word, but Holiday can be used and is used in many areas of the English speaking world. So every song here has that in the title. If you want vacation connection songs click there.

What's The Connection? Holiday

01 The Sweet Inspirations - Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday

02 Love & Rockets - Holiday On The Moon

03 Santana - Holiday

04 Labelle - Goin' On A Holiday

05 Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

06 Claudine Longet - Holiday

07 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday

08 Scorpions - Holiday

09 Madonna - Holiday

10 Change - A Lover's Holiday

11 Jo Jo Benson & Peggy Scott - A Lover's Holiday

12 Chris Isaak - Summer Holiday

13 Bee Gees - Holiday

14 Nits - What We Did On Our Holidays

15 Nazareth - Holiday

16 Tuxedomoon - Holiday For Plywood

17 Earth, Wind & Fire - Love's Holiday

18 Pixies - Holiday Song

19 Annette Funicello - Surfer's Holiday

20 Frank Zappa - Holiday in Berlin, Full-Blown

What's The Connection? In A Gadda Da Vida 2

Okay I couldn't help it, I had to add part 2 of this connection. In The Garden Of Eden or when you are drunk it sounds like In A Gadda Da Vida. That's the story anyway. It starts with a drunk guy, a cool melody and drunken lyrics about the Garden Of Eden. But they were smart enough to keep the drunken version which made it into a classic for Iron Butterfly. I included the Mojo Nixon version I mentioned yesterday. I also included yet another Iron Butterfly version. This time the edited version from the Manhunter soundtrack. It's the eight minute version. Kind of in between the album version and the single version. Also probably the shortest version of the song by Roommate From Hell. And the famous version by the Incredible Bongo Band.

What's The Connection? In A Gadda Da Vida 2

14 Los Torpedos - In a Gadda Da Vida

15 Incredible Bongo Band - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

16 Thunderstorm - In A Gadda Da Vida

17 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Special Manhunter Edit)

18 Nash The Slash - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

19 The Lovejoys - In A Gadda Da Vida

20 Mighty Pope - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

21 Six Feet Under - In A Gadda Da Vida

22 Hot R.S. - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

23 Roommate From Hell - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida

24 Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - In A Gadda Da Vida

25 Disco Circus - In A Gaddadavida-Gardenofeden

26 High Contrast - In A Gadda Da Vida

What's The Connection? In A Gadda Da Vida 1

This connection could be volumes long and probably still not have that many tracks.These 13 picks are mostly not that long but the original album version and the live version are pretty long. I put both versions as well as the single version onto this WTC. Each has it's merits. A few nice covers fill it out. This song is an example of a rock song that influenced everyone after it. Heavy metal came from here. Worth it just for the drum solo and very interesting how these other bands. Let me know if you have a favorite version of this song that I didn't put in. Like I didn't add Mojo Nixon's version (and it's good.) Comment with a few and maybe I will do part 2.

What's The Connection? In A Gadda Da Vida 1

01 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida

02 Boney M - Gadda-Da-Vida (Long Version)

03 Storm and The Balls - Abba-Gadda-Davida

04 Delirious - In A Gadda Da Vida

05 Jag Panzer - In A Gadda Da Vida

06 Slayer - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

07 Blind Guardian - In A Gadda Da Vida

08 Yat Kha - In A Gadda Da Vida

09 Frank Zappa - In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky

10 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version)

11 Joe McBride - In A Garden Of Eden (In A Gadda Da Vida)

12 The WB's Superstar USA - A Popular Selection (In A Gadda Da Vida)

13 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Live)

Yardbirds Pick

The Yardbirds are an interesting band. Both historically and musically they were amazing. Not just their own output wich was great, but also what they led to. The elephant in the room: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were all in this band as lead guitarist. There are rumours of there being one song that all three of them played on at the same time, but it can't be substantiated. The most I can find is two playing at the same time on the same record. A couple of those songs are on this pick. For sure track 4 and track 5 included Beck and Page on dual guitar. Clapton left and became Cream. Beck left and became the Jeff Back Group. Page left and became Led Zeppelin. Less known is that Relf and McCarty started Rennaisance (for one album). Dreja didn't really show up again as a musician until Box Of Frogs (Yardbirds spin off). Relf also was in Armageddon. McCarty and Relf also started Illusion, but Relf died before recording. Mostly similar lineup to first Rennaisance band.

Yardbirds Pick

01 Yardbirds - Train Kept A-Rollin'

02 Yardbirds - For Your Love

03 Yardbirds - I Wish You Would

04 Yardbirds - Psycho Daisies

05 Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago

06 Yardbirds - Evil Hearted You [Mono Version]

07 Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul

08 Yardbirds - I'm A Man

09 Yardbirds - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

10 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love

11 Jeff Beck Group With Rod Stewart - I Ain't Superstitious

12 Renaissance - Kings & Queens

13 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

14 Derek & The Dominos - Layla

15 Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers

16 Armageddon - Buzzard

17 Eric Clapton - Cocaine

18 Illusion - Roads To Freedom

19 Box Of Frogs - Back Where I Started

What's The Connection? Holdin'

Songs with Holdin' or Holding in the title. You will notice that even though the WTC from a few days ago (Hold) had a few Holdin songs in it, none of them are repeated here. So for the biggest bang, add those songs here to get something a little more complete. Several big hits here and a few not as well known, but all good tracks. Listen to it while you notive that they are in BPM order. Also by now you have figured out that the covers are very similar. I wanted them to look the same, holding out for a way to tie them together.. I crack myself up (too easily it seems).

What's The Connection? Holdin'

01 Diamond Rio - Holdin'

02 Rascal Flatts - Holdin' On

03 Broken Bells - Holding On For Life

04 Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

05 Monsta - Holdin' On (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

06 R&J Stone - Keep On Holding Me

07 Material - Holding On

08 Temptations - Keep Holdin' On

09 Eric Church - Holdin' My Own

10 Steve Winwood - Holding On

11 Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

12 Sam Phillips - Holding On To The Earth

13 Yes - Holding On

14 Porter Wagoner And Dolly Parton - Holding On To Nothin'

15 Action - I'll Keep Holding On

16 Brad Paisley featuring Kelley Lovelace - Holdin' on to You

17 Ernest Tubb - Holdin' Hands

18 Ambrosia - Holdin' On To Yesterday

19 Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero

20 Chicago - Holdin' On