What's The Connection? Leap Day 1

I have another one of these ready to go, so look for it in four years. This connection is to celebrate Leap Year or more accurately, Leap Day. I once knew a girl who tried to walk across a lake, no, no, no I digress. I once knew a girl in school who was born on Leap Day. She said it was cool, but completely not cool at all. They celebrated March 1 or Feb 28 depending on if it was a weekend or not and every four years she got a big party. Seemed cool to me, but I didn't have to deal with being four years old (at the time). Anyway, lots of Leap songs. I didn't use any Jump songs or anything to do with multiples of four. That will come next Leap Day.

What's The Connection? Leap Day 1

01 Big Bill Broonzy - Leap Year Blues

02 The Archies - Look Before You Leap

03 Nat King Cole - Leap Here

04 Simple Minds - Great Leap Forward

05 Cheryl Lynn - Look Before You Leap

06 James Taylor Quartet - A Giant Leap

07 Big Country - Leap Of Faith

08 Big & Rich - Leap Of Faith

09 John Mayall - Leaping Christine

10 Bruce Springsteen - Leap Of Faith

11 Etta James - Leap Of Faith

12 Count Basie's Kansas City Seven - Lester Leaps In

13 Sweet - Leap Of Faith

14 Marcia Ball - Look Before You Leap

15 Book Of Love - Leap Of Faith

16 Kenny Loggins - Leap of Faith

17 Paul Kelly - Leaps And Bounds

18 The Dave Clark Five - Look Before You Leap

19 St Cecelia - Leap Up and Down (Wave Your Knickers in the Air)

20 Les Brown - Leap Frog

21 The The - Leap Into The Wind

Big In Japan Family

What with the Super Friends compilation of yesterday, it was time to post this English punk band: Big In Japan. I'm not going to say much about this pick except that no one really knows their music, and they are more famous for who came out of their band and what those people did. So here are the members: Bill Drummond, Jayne Casey, Ian Broudie, Clive Langer, Ambrose Reynolds, Holly Johnson, Budgie, David Balfe. Now figure out what bands they went to. They are not in release order. They are in BPM order. And here's a clue. One track has nothing to do with the band. Not just to throw you off, because it kind of fits, but not really. I do like the track, though.

Big In Japan Family

01 Bill Drummond - Julian Cope Is Dead

02 The Creatures - Right Now

03 Clive Langer & The Boxes - The Whole World

04 Ian Broudie - Song For No One

05 Big In Japan - Big In Japan

06 Original Mirrors - Reflections

07 Holly Johnson - Americanos

08 KLF - Madrugada Eterna

09 Pink Military - Degenerated Man

10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love

11 Lightning Seeds - Pure

12 Pink Industry - Don't Let Go

13 Lori And The Chameleons - Touch

14 Care - Flaming Sword

15 Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue

16 Big In Japan - Cindy And The Barbi Dolls

17 Big In Japan - Suicide A Go Go

18 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound

19 Dalek I Love You - Horrorscope

20 Teardrop Explodes - Reward

21 Alphaville - Big In Japan

Super Friends

A fun pick to make, but kinda obvious. I tried to stay with Super Groups that were put together with at least three people who were already famous in another band and came together to record something. I tried to stay away from bands that dumped one guy and just replaced him and changed the name of the band. So no Tones On Tail or Love and Rockets. I tried to stay in the rock field, but strayed a little. Sorry. I picked songs that I liked from each band. Sometimes that was not their biggest "hit" (Sorry, no Lucky Man here). I titled it Friends instead of Groups, because I wanted to use super heroes on the cover. No other reason. And obviously it has nothing to do with any song I picked.

Super Friends

01 Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love

02 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery

03 Chickenfoot - Oh Yeah

04 Beck, Bogert & Appice - Superstition

05 The Firm - Radioactive

06 BBM - Waiting In The Wings

07 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care

08 Bad Company - Bad Company

09 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love

10 The Raconteurs - Steady, As She Goes

11 The Power Station - Some Like It Hot

12 Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light

13 Asia - Heat of the Moment

14 GTR - When The Heart Rules The Mind

15 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Our House

16 Black Country Communion - One Last Soul

17 Flying Colors - Mask Machine

18 Audioslave - Cochise

19 Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang

Deep Purple Glover Pick

Here's a more extended Deep dive into Roger Glover on this pick. You'll notice a lot more Deep Purple songs. Some that are not on my Deep Purple Picks, some with different versions. Because he was with the band for so long he had less guest spots. I did include a sampling of his time in Rainbow and his solo albums. Much was also done with Ian Gillan. They kind of came in to Deep Purple together and seem to hang after together. So there are a few tracks with him on here. But also some tracks with Glenn Hughes and Ronnie James Dio. His family pick is just a bit more sparse than say Hughes, who will be coming up soon.

Deep Purple Glover

01 Deep Purple - Maybe I'm a Leo

02 Gillan & Glover - Lonely Avenue

03 Deep Purple - Speed King (Full Length U.K. Version)

04 Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On

05 Glover & Gillan - She Took My Breath Away

06 Roger Glover - The Mask

07 Roger Glover with Dio - Love Is All

08 Rainbow - Stone Cold

09 Rainbow - Street Of Dreams

10 Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

11 Roger Glover with Glenn Hughes - Get Ready

12 Deep Purple - Call Of The Wild

13 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman

14 Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo

15 Rainbow - I Surrender

16 Gillan & Glover - Telephone Box

17 Deep Purple - First Sign Of Madness

18 Deep Purple - Fire, Ice & Dynamite

Steve Morse Family Pick

I fist saw Steve Morse with the then Dixie Dregs, later as the Dregs. What shows! He ended up playing in a few other bands and playing solo and also guesting with friends. This pick is a family sampling to get you started on the Steve Morse bandwagon. It's been awhile since I saw him live, but definitely worth it in whatever incarnation he comes. You will notice that there are five tracks that are from "tribute" albums. He seems to like participating and he holds his own on every track. More than hold his own, he is excellent.

Steve Morse Family Pick

01 Bob Daisley & Friends (Steve Morse & Ricky Warwick) - Parisienne Walkways

02 Steve Morse, Jim Beard, Randy Brecker & Percy Jones - At The Edge Of The Middle

03 Deep Purple - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming

04 Steve Morse with Jimmy Hall - Whipping Post

05 Steve Morse - Tumeni Notes

06 T Lavitz - Between Coming And Going

07 Kansas - All I Wanted

08 Dregs - Cruise Control

09 Living Loud - Every Moment A Lifetime

10 Steve Morse - Mood For A Day

11 Steve Morse with Brendt Allman, James Murphy, David Townson - La Villa Strangiato

12 Steve Morse Band - Heightened Awareness

13 Steve Morse - Freeway Jam

14 Joe Lynn Turner featuring Steve Morse - Jungle Love

15 Flying Colors - Mask Machine

Purple Guitar Family

I have been on a Deep Purple dive and this pick is no different. This revolves around the five guitarists that have been in Deep Purple and a sampling of other things they have done. Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse and Simon McBride. There was one other guy who played in the studio on one track, but no one remembers him. Simon McBride is the most current guitarist, but so far has not appeared on any Deep Purple recordings. Joe Satriani filled in on a tour with them, was invited to stay, but was busy with his solo career. He's so good however that I put in a couple of tracks from him. Solo and with Chickenfoot. We could do a pick just on Joe. Ritchie Blackmore appeared on the most studio albums, but Steve Morse was with the band for more years. Both brilliant guitar players. Tracks 1-5 are Ritchie and tracks 10-15 are Steve. We could do a Morse Family pick on his own and have a bunch of different bands. Blackmore has a few, but mostly Rainbow and Deep Purple.

Purple Guitar Family

01 Deep Purple - Highway Star

02 Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain

03 Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

04 Ritchie Blackmore - Apache

05 Screamin' Lord Such & The Savages (Ritchie Blackmore) - Train Kept A Rollin'

06 Deep Purple - You Keep On Moving

07 Tommy Bolin - Savannah Woman

08 Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien

09 Chickenfoot - Oh Yeah

10 Deep Purple - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming

11 Dregs - Cruise Control.mp3

12 Kansas - All I Wanted

13 Steve Morse Band - Heightened Awareness

14 Steve Morse - Mood For A Day

15 Flying Colors - Mask Machine

16 Simon Mcbride - Don't Be A Fool

Deep Purple Pick 3

This pick has some great tracks on it but has the least from each album and I even skipped an album. Not my favorite. This has Mark 3, Mark 4, Mark 5, Mark 6, Mark 7 and Mark 8 versions of the band. Everyone but Ian Paice was replaced, quit or got fired at one time or another. Some cool variations are in here. Great guitarists, singers all cycled through from 1973 to the present. Although for a five year stretch Mark 2 was back in business and after some left Mark 2 came back for an album or two again. Four or five guitar players, one drummer, three bassists, four vocalists and a few keyboard players later and they are still playing and making some killer rock and roll.

Deep Purple Pick 3

27 Deep Purple - Burn

28 Deep Purple - Might Just Take Your Life

29 Deep Purple - Mistreated

30 Deep Purple - Stormbringer

31 Deep Purple - Lady Double Dealer

32 Deep Purple - Soldier Of Fortune

33 Deep Purple - You Keep On Moving

34 Deep Purple - King Of Dreams

35 Deep Purple - Love Conquers All

36 Deep Purple - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming

37 Deep Purple - Bludsucker

38 Deep Purple - House Of Pain

39 Deep Purple - Rapture Of The Deep

40 Deep Purple - Vincent Price

41 Deep Purple - And The Address

42 Deep Purple - Caught in the Act

Deep Purple Pick 2

This is probably the most famous of the various versions of the band. You can look all this up easily enough, but mark 2 basically adds new singer and bassist. Mark 2 is also the one version that ends up having "reunion albums". I include tracks of those reunion albums in this pick. In none of these picks do I include Orchestral albums or live ones. They are good, but get them on your own to figure out which you like or don't. I always end up with this version of the band. Even though each version has some great songs. Notice how the songs are in the order that they were recorded (or released) at least sort of. Through out all of these I place singles in random places near where the album was.

Deep Purple Pick 2

12 Deep Purple - Black Night

13 Deep Purple - Speed King

14 Deep Purple - Child In Time

15 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman

16 Deep Purple - Fireball

17 Deep Purple - Demon's Eye

18 Deep Purple - Highway Star

19 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

20 Deep Purple - Lazy

21 Deep Purple - Space Truckin'

22 Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo

23 Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Back Door

24 Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

25 Deep Purple - Bad Attitude

26 Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On

Deep Purple Pick 1

It's interesting that Deep Purple had various members playing with them for a season. In this next couple of picks, I will divide them up by the group. Mark 1 (mk1) will be the first incarnation of the band and basically the first three albums. The most amount of covers were on these three albums. Five songs by other artists. That's almost half of the songs I picked. But all great versions. And the originals sound great and show major potential. Notice that the playlist covers all match the last few days. I just love that shot from space and how the band nameshows through.

Deep Purple Pick 1

01 Deep Purple - Hush

02 Deep Purple - Mandrake Root

03 Deep Purple - Hey Joe

04 Deep Purple - Help

05 Deep Purple - Kentucky Woman

06 Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (Hard Road)

07 Deep Purple - Shield

08 Deep Purple - River Deep, Mountain High

09 Deep Purple - Emmaretta

10 Deep Purple - April

11 Deep Purple - The Bird Has Flown

Deep Purple Gillan Pick

Completely out of order, this family pick is from Mk2 of Deep Purple with Ian Gillan as lead vocalist. Probably my favorite of the Purples is this version of them. Either way a few Deep Purple songs, a couple of tracks when he was in Black Sabbath, solo tracks from a few different bands and an early track from a pre-Purple band. Even a track with Tony Iommi from Sabbath. And obviously some of the better known Deep Purple songs were during his tenure. But again, this isn't the first version of the band. Although I hear him as the "voice" of Deep Purple, he didn't come in until album 4. More picks coming later. But do notice the cover.

Deep Purple Gillan Pick

01 Gillan - Sleeping On The Job

02 Black Sabbath - Trashed

03 Black Sabbath - Disturbing The Priest

04 Gillan & Glover - Lonely Avenue

05 The Javelins - Can I Get A Witness

06 Gillan - New Orleans

07 Ian Gillan - Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)

08 Ian Gillan Band - Child In Time

09 Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

10 Gillan - Trouble

11 Deep Purple - Fireball

12 Gillan - Living For The City

13 Deep Purple - Woman From Tokyo

14 Ian Gillan - When A Blind Man Cries

15 Deep Purple - Black Night

16 Gillan & Glover - Telephone Box

17 Ian Gillan Band - Clear Air Turbulence

18 Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi - Holy Water

Deep Purple Coverdale Pick

I am not sure why I am starting at Mk3 of Deep Purple, but here it is. I will be dive into a multi volume pick of Deep Purple and family. I am not doing a copy of the Family and Friends CD set they already have out. My take on it is a little different. This is David Coverdale vocals in Deep Purple, Solo, with Jimmy Page and as Whitesnake. Kind of a sampling in one CD's worth of stuff. It's not neccesarily all his best tracks in any of those configurations, but I think they're good. Basically Coverdale was on three albums with Deep Purple and there is a pick from each. I tried to get a pick from each of the solo albums (got close) and him in Whitesnake (failed completely). Hopefully you like it anyway. I will do Gillan and just Deep Purple in the coming days.

Deep Purple Coverdale Pick

01 Deep Purple - You Keep On Moving

02 Deep Purple - Stormbringer

03 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

04 Deep Purple - Burn

05 Whitesnake - Still of the Night

06 David Coverdale & Jimmy Page - Pride And Joy

07 David Coverdale - She Give Me

08 David Coverdale & Jimmy Page - Shake My Tree

09 Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving

10 Whitesnake - Love Ain't No Stranger

11 Whitesnake - Crying In The Rain

12 Deep Purple - Soldier Of Fortune

13 David Coverdale - Whitesnake

14 David Coverdale - Only My Soul

15 David Coverdale - Love Is Blind

16 David Coverdale - The Last Note Of Freedom

17 Whitesnake - Is This Love

What's The Connection? Slippin & Slidin 1

I probably should have posted this connection in the summertime, but the living is easy. Seriously it's somehwat warm and even if it wasn't who wouldn't want to think of a nice slip and slide for fun? It didn't start with the Slip & Slide or even Paul Simon. Actually it was the Commodores. One of the first songs I knew from the group. And not one of the songs is about the kind of slipping we did as kids. I'll let you figure it out. Either way a fun one to listen to, even though it goes all over the place.

What's The Connection? Slippin & Slidin 1

01 War - Slippin' Into Darkness

02 Buddy Holly - Slippin' And Slidin'

03 Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House

04 Black Flag - Slip It In

05 Commodores - Slippery When Wet

06 Rolling Stones - Slipping Away

07 Talking Heads - Slippery People

08 Beach Boys - Slip On Through

09 Tubes - Slipped My Disco

10 Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away

11 Heatwave - Slip Your Disc To This

12 Cabaret Voltaire - Life Slips By

13 Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)

14 Ultravox! - Slip Away

15 Stranglers - She's Slipping Away

16 Who - Slip Kid

17 The Cars - Slipaway

18 Black Sabbath - Slipping Away

WTF?!

This is a mixtape or playlist pick based on not much. For the last couple of days I've posted some picks of a few artists that led me on a few rabbit holes. The biggest one for me was Jones and James in their band Carbon/Silicon. I took one of their songs I liked (What The Fuck) and a couple of songs from their respective picks (Sisters Of Mercy, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Big Audio Dynamite) and added some other songs I just felt like adding. Some that I have added in other comps over the years and some I have never added. Just stuff I felt like "WTF" I'll add it. Not always my favorite song by that artist, but good tracks nonetheless. I hope you like it. I had fun making the cover for it.

WTF?!

01 Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (1992) (Touched By The Hand Of Ofra Haza)

02 MC 900 Ft. Jesus - The City Sleeps

03 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)

04 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - War!

05 Menswear - Daydreamer

06 Poesie Noire - Pity For The Self

07 Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line

08 Pop Will Eat Itself - Def. Con. One

09 Love And Rockets - So Alive

10 Manufacture - Passion For The Future

11 Radioactive Goldfish - LSD Is The Bomb

12 Front 242 - Headhunter (V1.0)

13 A Certain Ratio - Lucinda

14 Peace, Love & Pitbulls - Cavemen

15 Tones on Tail - OK This is the Pops

16 The Motors - Dancing The Night Away

17 Carbon-Silicon - What The Fuck

Mick Jones Pick

To be clear this pick is about the Mick Jones from The Clash. Yesterday I posted Tony James who played with Mick in a band I had barely heard of a couple of weeks ago, but now one of my favorite songs right now is by Carbon/Silicon. It's on both of those picks. But this is different from yesterday, in that Big Audio Dynamite and the Clash are here. What I discovered as I was looking at some of his guest spots was the unexpected General Public appearance, plus a several others. Some I knew about, some I didn't. I fit in seven slots, plus the Carbon/Silicon tracks (sorry, they're also on yesterday's pick. I like these tracks!) BTW, is it just me? Or does he look like a British Seinfeld?

Mick Jones Pick

01 The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton

02 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go

03 The Clash - Rock The Casbah

04 The Clash - London Calling

05 The Clash - I Fought The Law

06 Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line

07 Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show

08 Big Audio Dynamite - Rush

09 Big Audio Dynamite - E=mc²

10 Big Audio Dynamite - Stone Thames

11 General Public - Tenderness

12 Gorillaz featuring Mick Jones - Plastic Beach

13 Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Mal Bicho

14 The Avalanches featuring Cola Boyy & Mick Jones - We Go On

15 The Wallflowers featuring Mick Jones - Reboot The Mission

16 Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers

17 Rachid Taha featuring Jeanne Added - Now Or Never

18 Carbon-Silicon - The News

19 Carbon-Silicon - Why Do Men Fight

20 Carbon-Silicon - What The Fuck

Tony James Pick

I've put this pick off for awhile, not because of any other reason, but that I totally forgot I said I was going to do it. So, finally here it is. Tony James is known for being the bassist for a few pretty well known bands and a couple lesser known bands influential though they may be. He was part of the beginning of London SS (future members of the Damned and the Clash) but didn't record anything. Then Generation X which ended up becoming Gen X and then Billy Idol solo. He wrote a song for Lords Of The New Church, but didn't appear on any recordings, then started Sigue Sigue Sputnik and played with them for awhile. Moved to Sisters Of Mercy (also check out this Sisters WTC) for an album, some singles and a tour and then through a couple of other bands until ending up with Mick Jones (ex Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) in Carbon/Silicon. They all have some good tracks and here they are.

Tony James Pick

01 Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (1992) (Touched By The Hand Of Ofra Haza)

02 Sisters Of Mercy - Doctor Jeep

03 Generation X - Dancing With Myself

04 Generation X - Ready Steady Go

05 Generation X - Your Generation

06 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix)

07 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy

08 Carbon-Silicon - Fresh Start

09 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Success

10 London Cowboys - Hook Line & Sinker

11 Sisters Of Mercy - More

12 Carbon-Silicon - The News

13 Carbon-Silicon - Why Do Men Fight

14 Sisters Of Mercy - Vision Thing

15 Carbon-Silicon - What The Fuck

16 Generation X - Kiss Me Deadly

17 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

What's The Connection? Eyes 2

Part two of the Eyes Connection. The Eye's have it! Several of the tracks that got left out of Eyes part 1 finally make it on volume 2. One of my favorites is the Lettermen medley, which I used to sing to my daughter when she was a baby. I also really like The Sweet song. And you can't go wrong with Dean Martin, ever. There are enough songs to make multiple more volumes of this, but for now, this will have to do.

What's The Connection? Eyes 2

21 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

22 Dean Martin - You and Your Beautiful Eyes

23 Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

24 Melanie C - I Only Have Eyes For You

25 Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man

26 Everly Brothers - Ebony Eyes

27 Man - Rainbow Eyes

28 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

29 The Lettermen - Goin' Out of My Head-Can't Take My Eyes Off You

30 Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes

31 Elvis Costello - When Green Eyes Turn Blue

32 Deep Purple - Demon's Eye

33 Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes

34 Sweet - The Lies in Your Eyes

35 Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

36 Roxy Music - Angel Eyes

37 Blondie - For Your Eyes Only

38 Black Sabbath - Evil Eye

39 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Hollow Eyes

40 The Records - Starry Eyes

What's The Connection? It Must Be Love 1

Happy Valentine's Day! This connection in honor of the day of Love is all titles including Must Be Love. You'll notice that there are a few doubles here, but also a few completely different songs. When I think of the title It Must Be Love my very first thought is Madness, but there are several different songs with that title. Enjoy the journey on this day of love perusing what really must be. Let's see if you are as surprised as I was about this. For more of Valentine's Day click and follow the rabbit hole.

What's The Connection? It Must Be Love 1

01 Paul Hardcastle - It Must Be Love

02 Bill Evans - It Must Be Love

03 The Flamingos - It Must Be Love

04 Lynn Anderson - It Must Be Love

05 Roy Hytower - It Must Be Love

06 Rickie Lee Jones - It Must Be Love

07 Eddie Bo - It Must Be Love

08 Mott The Hoople - It Must Be Love

09 Don Williams - It Must Be Love

10 Ann Peebles - It Must Be Love

11 The Intruders - It Must Be Love

12 The James Gang - Must Be Love

13 Alton Mcclain & Destiny - It Must Be Love

14 Donny Osmond - Oh, It Must Be Love

15 Atlanta Rhythm Section - It Must Be Love

16 Iron Butterfly - It Must Be Love

17 Arty - Must Be The Love (Au5 Radio Edit)

18 Fats Domino - It Must Be Love

19 Rick Derringer - It Must Be Love

20 Hank Marvin - It Must Be Love

21 Selena - It Must Be Love

22 Madness - It Must Be Love

23 Blasters - It Must Be Love

All I Really Want Is You (Repost of Love Songs)

This repost of a cassette turned CD, turned playlist of Love Songs has some great songs on it. Everything I wrote before about this pick still stands. So read it there. The link is updated on this page. Just for you on Valentines day (close enough). Doesn't matter who you love, this is appropriate.

All I Really Want Is You

01 Yardbirds - For Your Love

02 Paul Revere & The Raiders - All I Really Need Is You

03 Association - Never My Love

04 The Monkees - It's Nice To Be With You

05 Nat King Cole - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

06 The Platters - One In A Million

07 Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror

08 Association - Standing Still

09 Dire Straits - Hand In Hand

10 Roxy Music - To Turn You On

11 Association - Cherish

12 The Mojo Man - Sit Down, I Think I Love You

13 Everly Brothers - Devoted To You

14 The Rascals - A Girl Like You

15 Turtles - Happy Together

16 Chocolate Watch Band - I Ain't No Miracle Worker

17 Brian Eno - I'll Come Running

18 Roxy Music - All I Want Is You

19 Animals - I'm In Love Again

20 The Tremeloes - As You Are

21 Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter

Throbbing Gristle Pick 2

A continuation of the Throbbing Gristle Pick from yesterday. Started because of a pick that Moozler Music did of Psychic TV. Made me think of this TG pick I had made, but hadn't posted yet. I love the tiki cover I made for this. And of course it is pink. One of my very favorite songs by TG is track 15 which is about a real murder that happened in the UK. Everything I've been able to figure out, is that everything they say in the song is real. It really happened that way. 

TG Pick 2

13 Throbbing Gristle - Hamburger Lady

14 Throbbing Gristle - Subhuman

15 Throbbing Gristle - Very Friendly

16 Throbbing Gristle - Adrenalin

17 Throbbing Gristle - United

18 Throbbing Gristle - Dead on Arrival

19 Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats

20 Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams (Part Two)

21 Throbbing Gristle - Almost A Kiss

Throbbing Gristle Pick 1

This pick of TG is a two parter. About an hour for each part. Too long for one volume and just long enough for two. TG is one of my favorite bands. Definitely in the top 10 most all the time and usually in the top 5. And I include the whole family pick in that assessment. But this is strictly Throbbing Gristle. Sure they were influential, but they also made some great music (noise). I have some of both in these two volumes. I am not asking you to love them like I do, but to give them a chance. Listen to both volumes at least twice. Unless you already love them, in which case listen over and over. I do. I tell you why I posted this tomorrow.

Throbbing Gristle Pick 1

01 Throbbing Gristle - What A Day

02 Throbbing Gristle - The Man From Nowhere

03 Throbbing Gristle - Something Came Over Me

04 Throbbing Gristle - AB-7A

05 Throbbing Gristle - We Hate You (Little Girls)

06 Throbbing Gristle - Persuasion

07 Throbbing Gristle - Splitting Sky

08 Throbbing Gristle - Cabaret Voltaire

09 Throbbing Gristle - Hot On The Heels Of Love

10 Throbbing Gristle - Six Six Sixties

11 Throbbing Gristle - Five Knuckle Shuffle

12 Throbbing Gristle - Zyklon B Zombie

I Am Easily aMoozed

I followed a link and went to a site that I liked: Moozler Music. Annd Moozler was making a compilation and mentioned making it for his daughters to appreciate a certain section of music. I had gone through that many times with my daughter. I also looked around the site and liked a bunch of the posts. Done that several times on other people's sites, like Groovy Library and made sure to add them to my reading list on the side of my blog. I really only add stuff that I like. Anyway. Moozler started my muse to bring out a few things that I am adding including this pick. I really am easily amused especially by puns and alliteration, so that's why I came up with the title and cover. I hope you like it, especially if you are Moozler or his daughters, but anyone. No rhyme or reason, just starting out with Dali's Car and Tones On Tail and going a direction from there.

I Am Easily aMoozed

01 Sparks - Your Call's Very Important to Us. Please Hold.

02 Hector Zazou - I'll Strangle You

03 Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk

04 The Endmen - Letter From Constance

05 Cliff Martinez - Looks Like A Tablecloth

06 Dalis Car - Artemis

07 Darkside - Guitar Voodoo

08 Aztec Camera - Jump

09 Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love

10 The Cure - The Caterpillar

11 Ultra Vivid Scene - Walkin' After Midnight

12 Chris And Cosey - October Love Song

13 Stranglers - Skin Deep

14 The Primitives - Sick Of It

15 Roxy Music - Avalon

16 Stephen Kent - Mabo

17 Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

18 Tones on Tail - Lions

Jim Peterik Family Pick

Before I started this pick, I had no idea who Jim Peterik was. I was looking up some stuff about the band Ides Of March. It led me to Survivor which intrigued me. Then I discovered that Jim had written songs for Cheap Tric, Sammy Hagar, 38 Special, Doobie Brothers and more. And not just the "extra" songs. Some of the hits as well. The more I looked, the more I found. He played in Chase, with World Stage and had solo stuff too. Here's a sampling of his work in case you didn't know it was him.

Jim Peterik Family Pick

01 Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal

02 Survivor - Burning Heart

03 The Ides Of March - Vehicle

04 Chase - Boys And Girls Together

05 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

06 Survivor - Is This Love

07 The Ides Of March - Superman

08 Cheap Trick - You're All I Wanna Do

09 Chase - Run Back To Mama

10 Survivor - The Search Is Over

11 38 Special - Hold On Loosely

12 38 Special - Rockin' Into The Night

13 REO Speedwagon - Dangerous Combination

14 38 Special - Caught Up In You

15 Jim Peterik - Don't Fight The Feeling

16 Doobie Brothers - Divided Highway

17 Jim Peterik & World Stage featuring Dennis Deyoung - Proof Of Heaven

18 Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio

Make Love Not War volume 4 (Hippie Music Connection) Repost

This is the last pick of this reposting of the Make Love Not War series, so far. This Hippie What's The Connection? barely qualifies as a connection, but I do hope you enjoy a little insight into my brain. The other volumes are good, so check them out. I end the series (until I decide to add more) with Jimi's Star Spangled Banner which is appropriate, don't you think? click on the cover. Also make sure to comment with any "missing" tracks, now that you've seen all 89 of them so far.

Make Love Not War volume 4

70 The Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life

72 Beatles - All You Need Is Love

73 Country Joe & The Fish - The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag

74 Donovan - Mellow Yellow

75 The Fraternity Of Man - Don't Bogart That Joint

76 Joni Mitchell - Woodstock

77 Rolling Stones - We Love You

78 Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

79 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Fresh Air

80 The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

81 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

82 Oliver - Good Morning Starshine

83 Rascals - People Got To Be Free

84 Beatles - Within You Without You

85 The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things

86 Grateful Dead - Dark Star

87 The Band - The Weight

88 Guess Who - Share The Land

89 Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner

Make Love Not War volume 3 (Hippie Music Connection) Repost

Another repost of the pick Make Love Not War which is really just hippie music. This one is volume three. Look for the last few days for the previous volumes that I also reposted. This was called a connection, but really it's more of a pick, But no big deal either way. There are some tracks on this disc that I'm sure you were wondering if I was going to include them in this series on any volume. Once again, check out the cover for more information. Also the numbers are continued as usual. I consider this one big four volume compilation playlist. I have the last of these reposted volumes coming tomorrow.

Make Love Not War volume 3

46 Cat Stevens - Peace Train

47 Affinity - United States Of Mind

48 Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'

49 Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee

50 Mindbenders - A Groovy Kinda Love

51 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion

52 The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine

53 Jackie Deshannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love

54 Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'

55 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Lady Of The Lake

56 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

57 The Cowsills - Hair

58 Turtles - Happy Together

59 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

60 Doors - Break On Through

61 Zombies - Time Of The Season

62 Seekers, The - I'll Never Find Another You

63 Monkees - Daydream Believer

64 Three Dog Night - Shambala

65 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

66 Sweetwater - In A Rainbow

67 The Lovin Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic

68 Ravi Shankar & George Harrison - Hari Om

69 Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

Make Love Not War volume 2 (Hippie Music Connection) Repost

Here's a repost of volume 2 of the What's The Connection? Make Love Not War. All hippie songs. Check out volume one for how I classify Hippie music for this pick. You don't have to tell me that my classification system is slightly off center, I know. It works for me. You will notice that the numbering sequence starts after the previous volume, so you can put them all in one folder. Just adjust your m3u playlists. Notice the same cover for each volume. At least I designed it myself. I think it looks groovy. Always look at the cover closely. Another volume tomorrow.

Make Love Not War volume 2

23 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

24 Jefferson Airplane - Today

25 Animals - San Franciscan Nights

26 Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

27 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson And Clover

28 Harpers Bizarre - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

29 Led Zeppelin - That's The Way

30 Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had A Hammer

31 Youngbloods - Get Together

32 Young Rascals - Groovin'

33 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Teach Your Children

34 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

35 The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina

36 Grass Roots - Let's Live for Today

37 Jesse Colin Young - Sunlight

38 Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

39 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

40 Richie Havens - Freedom

41 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky

42 Association - Windy

43 Bobby Darin - Walk Right In

44 Beatles - Let It Be

45 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

Make Love Not War volume 1 (Hippie Music Connection) Repost

Hippie music to me is a little different than psychedelic music or acid rock. It can mean anything, really, that you want it to. Hippies in the 60's listened to most all music that was out in the sixties. So this repost of this pick has more to do with that, it is not necessarily psychedelic music (which I call paisley music in my weird classification system). And it's not necessarily acid rock (which I think of as psychedelic music that's harder rock, but not quite prog). And you can get those by going back a few days. But everything else that's left over. And it's usually connected in some fashion or another with peace and love and doing your own thing, man. Listen to this What's The Connection? and get an idea of what I mean. I have a few volumes of this, so be patient, They will be posted. Enjoy the cover.

Make Love Not War volume 1

01 Love - Alone Again Or

02 Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With

03 Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth

04 Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land

05 Beatles - I Will

06 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

07 Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)

08 Grateful Dead - Truckin'

09 Fifth Dimension - Aquarius-Let The Sunshine In

10 Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind

11 Rascals - A Beautiful Morning

12 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

13 Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World

14 Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)

15 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride Of Man

16 Peter, Paul & Mary - Blowin' In The Wind

17 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love

18 New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

19 Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times

20 Mamas And The Papas - Creeque Alley

21 John Lennon - Imagine

22 Canned Heat - Going Up the Country

Acid Rock 2

A continuation. With all the same questions. Tell me the difference. What is the difference between Acid Rock and Psychedelic? Probably not much. Subsets of each other and lots of overlap I'm sure, depending on who's making the list. No difference here. In my pick I have artists that belong in the Psychedelic (Paisley) category, but also Acid Rock and Garage categories for me. I tend to put more "rock" bands in this category. But as you will see, it's not a hard and fast rule. These songs tend to be longer. I still like the cover. Blotter paper always reminds me. And it's the exact same as volume one, since, to me, it's a continuation. BTW, did you notice that today is 2-4-24? Yep.

Acid Rock 2

15 SRC - Black Sheep

16 Uriah Heep - Gypsy

17 Iron Butterfly - Iron Butterfly Theme

18 Cactus - Evil

19 Jimi Hendrix - Spanish Castle Magic

20 Alice Cooper - Fields Of Regret

21 Vanilla Fudge - Season of the Witch

22 Deep Purple - Mandrake Root

23 Attila - Amplifer Fire

24 The Shadows Of Knight - The Behemoth

25 Cream - Sweet Wine

26 Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

27 Steppenwolf - Don't Step On The Grass, Sam

28 Edge - Sing Your Song

29 Pink Floyd - The Nile Song

Acid Rock 1

What is the difference between Acid Rock and Psychedelic? Probably not much. Subsets of each other and lots of overlap I'm sure, depending on who's making the list. I'm no different. In my pick I have artists that span not only Psychedelic (Paisley), but also Acid Rock and Garage categories for me. I tend to put more "rock" bands in this category. But as you will see, it's not a hard and fast rule. These songs tend to be longer. So tell me the difference. I just like the cover. A closeup of a blurry blotter bit.

Acid Rock 1

01 Captain Beyond - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)

02 The Frost - Black As Night

03 Mind Garage - Asphalt Mother

04 Kak - Trieulogy

05 Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better

06 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Maiden Of The Cancer Moon

07 Mc5 - Looking At You

08 The Orange Wedge - From The Womb To The Tomb

09 Zoot - Turn Your Head

10 The Illusion - Did You See Her Eyes

11 Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral

12 Atomic Rooster - The Devil's Answer

13 Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It

14 Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe

Groundhog Day 2

Also posted at 6:00 AM this is a continuation of the volume one pick and also a repeat posting of Groundhog Day 2 last year. Nothing more to say, just read last year's post. Do it again. For Punxatawney Phil if no one else.

Groundhog Day 2

22 George Benson - Let's Do It Again

23 Elevation Worship - Do It Again (Radio)

24 R5 - Repeating Days

25 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

26 Nightlife Unlimited - Let's Do It Again

27 Beach Boys - Do It Again

28 Prince - History Repeats Itself

29 R5 - Do It Again

30 Steely Dan - Do It Again

31 Queens Of The Stone Age - Do It Again

32 Kinks - Do It Again

33 David Guetta - Repeat

34 Herbie Mann - Do It Again

35 Nada Surf - Do It Again

36 Budgie - On Repeat

37 Sweet - Do It All Over Again

38 Camera Obscura - Do It Again

39 Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again

40 Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat

Groundhog Day 1

This is a reposting of the pick Groundhog Day. Go look at it. It's exactly the same, with slight differences only you will be able to see. LOL. Based on the premise in the Bill Murray movie the next two volumes will repeat every year. Here you go again. Something you won't play, but once a year. And it probably won't ever change. How many Groundhog Day songs could possibly be left? BTW, I love that I posted this at 6:00 am.

Groundhog Day 1

01 Eminem - Groundhog Day
02 Injury Reserve - Groundhog Day
03 Big Sugar - Groundhog Day
04 Double Trouble - Groundhog Day
05 Street Talk - Groundhog Day
06 1000Mods - Groundhog Day
07 Melanie - Groundhog Day
08 Bob Dylan - Groundhog Day
09 Simon Lynge - Groundhog Day
10 Tom T. Hall - Happy Groundhog Day
11 The Rifles - Groundhog Day
12 Lane 8 - Groundhog Day
13 D.O.A. - Groundhog Day
14 Primus - Groundhog's Day
15 Paul Hardcastle - History Keeps Repeating It's Self
16 John Mccutcheon - Groundhog Day
17 Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
18 Spirit - Groundhog
19 We Are Scientists - History Repeats
20 Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day
21 The Alarm - History Repeating