Hayride Hootenanny 2

I started this some time ago and obviously have added or exchanged some tracks as I've gone along. Here is pick number 2 of the Hayride Hootnenanny. More mainstream country, you'll recognize all or most all of these artists and/or songs. I have another similar kind of pick coming soon if you like this. And if you don't like this, I have another pick coming anyway so probably skip that one. I understand. At one time I also thought I didn't like country music. I was wrong, but I did think that.

Hayride Hootenanny 2

21 Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot The Jukebox
22 Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party
23 Travis Tritt - T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Single Version)
24 Joe Nichols - Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off
25 David Lee Murphy - Dust On The Bottle
26 Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
27 Rascal Flatts - Summer Night
28 Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
29 Billy Currington - Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer
30 Jerrod Nieman - One More Drinkin' Song
31 Josh Turner - Why Don't We Just Dance
32 Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
33 George Strait - Here For A Good Time
34 Zac Brown Band - Toes
35 Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie
36 Alan Jackson - Good Time
37 Dierks Bentley - Tip It On Back
38 The Kentucky Headhunters - Dumas Walker
39 Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (Diplo Remix)
40 Brad Paisley - Alcohol
41 Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel
42 John Michael Montgomery - Be My Baby Tonight

Jamaican Stones

I already had a Country Stones pick and some of the songs that made it onto my Fakin' Jamaican series had Rolling Stones songs on them, but I always knew I would have to make a compilation pick of just the Stones doing Fake Jamaican reggae and ska. Here it is. Songs that have a slight reggae or ska feel to them by the Rolling Stones and a couple by solo members. It's not everything, but it's a good dent. Find the rest yourself and leave a comment on what you find. The cover is sort of like the Country Stones one is: cheesy but works for me. That really is a background of Jamaican bud.

Jamaican Stones

01 Rolling Stones - Too Rude
02 Rolling Stones - Hey Negrita
03 Keith Richards - The Harder They Come
04 Peter Tosh & Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
05 Rolling Stones - Send It To Me
06 Rolling Stones - Indian Girl
07 Rolling Stones - Crackin' Up
08 Rolling Stones - I Got A Letter
09 Rolling Stones - Everything is Turning to Gold
10 Rolling Stones - Luxury
11 Rolling Stones - You Don't Have To Mean It
12 Rolling Stones - Feel On Baby
13 Rolling Stones - Get Up, Stand Up
14 Keith Richards - Words Of Wonder
15 Rolling Stones - Never Stop (Start Me Up)
16 Rolling Stones - Cherry Oh Baby
17 Ron Wood - I Can Feel The Fire
18 Mick Jagger - Running Out Of Luck

Fakin' Jamaican 4

I've done a few of these Fakin' Jamaican compilations. This pick has been sitting there waiting for me to redo the cover. So here you go. It's number four. I like these, not just because I like ska and reggae, but because it freaks people out to have non-Jamaican bands playing this kind of music. Although who know nowadays. It could have some Jamaican connection somewhere. Enjoy these and if you haven't picked up the older ones, make sure you do. It's fun to put all of them into one folder and just let them play.

Fakin' Jamaican 4

62 The Tenants - Sheriff
63 Marlon Wayans - Mr. Ugly Man
64 Shaggy featuring Rayvon - In The Summertime
65 Eddie Murphy - Kill the White People
66 Mighty Mighty BossTones - The Impression That I Get
67 Operation Ivy - Sound System
68 Matisyahu - King Without A Crown
69 Rolling Stones - Send It To Me
70 MU330 - Hoosier Love
71 Leftside - I Love Breast
72 Goldfinger - Superman
73 Slapstick - There's a Metalhead in the Parking Lot
74 Jim Carrey - Imposter
75 The Planet Smashers - Never Going To Drink Again
76 The Aquabats - Idiot Box
77 The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches - So Lets Go Nowhere
78 Reel Big Fish - Take On Me
79 The Suicide Machines - New Girl
80 Less Than Jake - History Of A Boring Town
81 Save Ferris - Come on Eileen
82 Mysterians - Mr Famous
83 Jeffries Fan Club - Dream Girl
84 Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
85 Random Hand - Anger Management
86 The Lonely Island - Ras Trent
87 Magic! - Rude
88 The Interrupters - She's Kerosene

Velvet Underground 1966

This pick is something different. For years I have had a Velvet Underground album that was labeled with almost nothing. Their name. 1966. And Side One and Side Two. Was just over twenty minutes per side. I have looked this up for years and it rarely was on bootleg discographies and definitley not on official sites. But I am pretty sure I have tracked it down. It's not quite the same. Times are different. But the essentials are the same. It showed up as the first track and last track of  bonus discs 5 and 6 to the CD box of the Velvet Underground and Nico 45th anniversary edition. There the tracks have names. Melody Laughter and Nothing Song. I am including all four tracks so you can hear the differences. A record made twenty or thirty years ago (probably in the nineties) and a CD box set. Still only a couple of tracks, but they are good. The bonus discs also include live versions of more well known songs which are pretty decent too. So you still have to get the box set to get all the extras. This is just about the one bootleg I had. It was from a Columbus Ohio show in 1966 at the Valleydale Ballroom. Shorter times on the LP since they had a limit.

Velvet Underground 1966

01 Side One
02 Side Two
03 Melody Laughter
04 Nothing Song

Lou Reed Pick

The last couple of days I go into why I had picks of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground. So go back and pick those up if you want to. This is the Lou Reed solo pick. I doubt that anyone else would pick all of these, but they are my favorites. Tell me which ones you would choose. Not much later work in this list. Sorry, I just liked these better. I saw Lou Reed many times live and always loved his shows. I got to meet him (I was barely able to talk, I was so smittenly intimidated). I've seen him from the back of the concert hall and the very front. Always amazing. BTW, my birthday is today!

Lou Reed Pick

01 Lou Reed - Dirt
02 Lou Reed - Heroin
03 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
04 Lou Reed - Berlin
05 Lou Reed - Perfect Day
06 Lou Reed - Average Guy
07 Lou Reed - Vicious
08 Lou Reed - Caroline Says I
09 Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll
10 Lou Reed - Don't Talk To Me About Work
11 Lou Reed - White Light White Heat
12 Lou Reed - I Wanna Be Black
13 Lou Reed - I Love You, Suzanne

Hayride Hootenanny 1

This pick is going back a few years (decades?). I was just starting to like Country music and came up with this pick for some country gigs I was doing. I never did "full" country gigs, but some where half the family would appreciate some good country and western. This was my more mainstream picks. The Pol's Country Pick was a little more on the outside. I have a few of these and another couple for weddings specifically. I was covered.

Hayride Hootenanny 1

01 Dustin Lynch - Cowboys And Angels
02 Gloriana - (Kissed You) Good Night
03 Brad Paisley - She's Everything
04 Alan Jackson - Remember When
05 Trace Adkins - Then They Do
06 Kenny Chesney - Come Over
07 Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
08 Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup
09 Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
10 Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man
11 Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
12 Jake Owen - Eight Second Ride
13 Judds - Girls Night Out
14 Rascal Flatts - Life Is A Highway
15 Garth Brooks - I've Got Friends In Low Places
16 Dierks Bentley - 5-1-5-0
17 Taylor Swift - Love Story
18 Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
19 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Remix #1)
20 Cowboy Troy - I Play Chicken With The Train

VU Pick

I know that I don't usually do compilation picks of a single artist. But I was working on a Lou Reed Pick and yesterday's Quiet VU Pick and listening to some bootlegs etc. And I came up with my one CD of just the Velvet Underground. Probably different from what you might pick, but that's the beauty of these things. We all might choose differently. A few from the Quiet VU compilation made it here too, But mostly not. Which ones would you have chosen? I will post my Lou Reed pick tomorrow. I like the photo even though you can barely see Mo.

VU Pick

01 Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
02 Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song
03 Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale
04 Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
05 Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again
06 Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties
07 Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (full-length version)
08 Velvet Underground - Candy Says
09 Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation
10 Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
11 Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
12 Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun
13 Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
14 Velvet Underground - The Gift

Quiet VU

This pick of Velvet Underground is what I call quiet VU. It's the more beautiful sounding acoustic leaning Velvet Underground. This is a band that I know from Rock and Roll and Walking On The Wild Side, Heroin and Sister Ray. What some don't realize is that Lou Reed had many sides to him. Many of these love songs are just beautiful. You will realize, as did Laurie Anderson, that Lou had a quiet side to him. These mostly VU songs also had an underground twist to each. It's up to you to interpret what each means. I added one solo Lou Reed track and also a colloboration track with Nico. They all can fit together nicely. Even your mom or grandma can like these songs, but you will love them too. And before you say anything, I know that his relationship with Anderson started way after his Velvet Underground days, but I just love the way they just look like they love each other in this shot. Quiet Love.

Quiet VU

01 Velvet Underground - Velvet Nursery Rhyme
02 Velvet Underground - Jesus
03 Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
04 Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
05 Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror
06 Velvet Underground - Candy Says
07 Velvet Underground - New Age (long version)
08 Velvet Underground - Here She Comes Now
09 Velvet Underground - I Love You (demo)
10 Velvet Underground - After Hours
11 Velvet Underground - I'm Sticking with You
12 Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale
13 Velvet Underground - Ocean
14 Velvet Underground - I Found a Reason
15 Lou Reed - Perfect Day
16 Nico - Chelsea Girls

What's The Connection? Earth 1

Happy Earth Day! This connection is all songs about the Earth or at least earth is in the title. I am a lover of earth, but not fanatical. Enough to know these earth songs and probably enough to do this on earth day a few more years at least. Lots of Earthquake songs too, but that's another connection find it somewhere on this site. These are my favorite earth songs. Some positive and some more cautious. Enjoy them anyway and make sure to leave a comment with your favorite Earth song. My two favorites on this one are the UB40 and the Santana. I know you thought it would be Kate Bush, but she was an after thought (Sorry Kate). BTW, I love this picture of earth on the cover.

What's The Connection? Earth 1

01 Robyn Hitchcock - Welcome To Earth
02 Spinners - Heaven On Earth (So Fine)
03 Herbie Hancock - Earth Beat
04 Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
05 Sweet - Mother Earth
06 Kate Bush - Hello Earth
07 George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
08 Stranglers - Just Like Nothing on Earth
09 Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
10 Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move
11 UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming
12 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
13 Queen - Earth
14 The Penguins - Earth Angel
15 Duran Duran - Planet Earth
16 Prince - Planet Earth
17 Jeff Beck - Earthquake
18 Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)

What's The Connection? Bored 1

I don't know how it was for you, but in my house there was never "I am bored". We were too smart to ever admit that ever. Saying you were bored got you extra chores, extra homework (harder, because it was too easy if you were bored with it) and all sorts of projects. Of course, back then we could play outside with our friends and we made up all sorts of stuff to do. We pretended we were in combat, we put on circus acts (and charged the other kids in the neighborhood to watch it), we played games. Most of all, I would say we got in trouble one way or another. But we were never bored or boring. If you get bored now, just pop on this connection and get unbored quickly. If that still doesn't work, go make a compilation like this one.

What's The Connection? Bored 1

01 Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
02 Billy Sherwood - Man Over Bored
03 The Raconteurs - Bored And Razed
04 Buzzcocks - Boredom
05 Cute Lepers - Terminal Boredom
06 The Clash - I'm So Bored With The USA
07 Melvins - If You Get Bored
08 Frank Zappa - Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
09 Less Than Jake - History Of A Boring Town
10 The Lovin' Spoonful - Boredom
11 Chas & Dave - Bored Stiff
12 Charge - Boring Song
13 Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
14 The Shoes - I'm Bored
15 Chris Spedding - Bored Bores
16 Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
17 Budgie - Bored With Russia
18 The White Stripes - I'm Bored
19 Sonic Youth - Satan Is Boring
20 Agent Orange - Bored Of You
21 Procol Harum - Boredom
22 Manfred Mann - Tired Of Trying, Bored With Lying, Scared Of Dying
23 Destroy All Monster - Bored
24 Blink-182 - Bored To Death

Repost: Happy Birthday 2

Well, today's my brother's birthday, so in honor of that I will re-post volume two of my Happy Birthday pick. Not going to say much more except for look for part one (yesterday) if you want more birthday songs. There are no repeats. No more write-ups except this is birthday month in our family. I may do volume three on my birthday, coming up soon.

Happy Birthday! 2

23 The Association - Birthday Morning
24 New Kids On The Block - Happy Birthday
25 Steppenwolf - Happy Birthday
26 Carly Simon - Happy Birthday
27 The Crests - Sixteen Candles
28 The Pixies Three - Birthday Party
29 Johnny Crawford - Cindy's Birthday
30 Bill Nelson - Year 44 (The Birthday Song)
31 Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake
32 Cracker - Happy Birthday To Me
33 The Birthday Party - Happy Birthday
34 The Fall - Birthday
35 Mrs Peacock - Birthday
36 Mother May I - Birthday Wish
37 HR - Happy Birthday My Son
38 Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr President
39 Residents - Birthday Boy
40 Ween - Birthday Boy
41 Tom Chapin - The Backwards Birthday Party
42 Arrogant Worms - The Happy Happy Birthday Song
43 Paul Anka - Did You Have A Happy Birthday
44 Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Tears at the Birthday Party
45 Vandals - Bad Birthday Bash
46 They Might Be Giants - It's Not My Birthday
47 Disney - Alice in Wonderland - The Unbirthday Song

Repost: Happy Birthday 1

When I first posted this, It was my Birthday, but not this time. It's my brother's birthday tomorrow, so Ignore all the part about it being my birthday. I did update links, so please indulge me. 

It's my birthday today. So here are some of my favorite birthday songs (I do have a volume 2, but that will have to wait for next year). My very favorite Birthday song is from the Sheriff John TV show. I swear that Sheriff John sang this song to ME when I was a kid. He saw that I had a birthday right through the TV set! Anyway I have sung this song for birthdays ever since. Although for years I had no idea it was called the Happy Birthday Polka. It was always Put Another Candle On The Birthday Cake. Hopefully your favorite birthday song is on this playlist pick, If not you'll have to leave it in the comments and I'll tell you if it's in volume 2 (or maybe volume 3 if I ever finish that one). By the way this is posted at 7am. Is that coincidence? I don't think so.

Happy Birthday

01 Eddy Howard - Happy Birthday To You
02 Sheriff John - Birthday Cake Polka
03 Mariachi Vargas - Las Mananitas
04 Rick Hall - Happy Birthday (Swing Instrumental)
05 Altered Images - Happy Birthday
06 Beatles - Birthday
07 The Sugarcubes - Birthday
08 Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday
09 Heatwave - Birthday
10 Will Powers - Happy Birthday
11 Ellen Ten Damme - Birthday
12 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Birthday Party
13 Kathy Young & The Innocents - Happy Birthday Blues
14 Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
15 The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
16 Loretta Lynn - Happy Birthday
17 Weird Al Yankovic - Happy Birthday
18 The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
19 Concrete Blonde - Happy Birthday
20 Laurie Anderson - So Happy Birthday
21 Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Happy Birthday
22 Was (Not Was) - Dad, I'm In Jail

Three Men In A Tub 3

 A few weeks ago, I finally posted part two of my Dub Step Pick, that I call: Three Men In A Tub. I thought it was good. At least as good as volume one. I still am no expert at this genre, but I know what I like. This volume three shows my ignorance and how I flaunt it with style. At least in my mind. Tell me where I am hitting the target and where I am completely missing the mark. Maybe a volume four will eventually come. I still have the Butcher, The Baker, and The Candlestick Maker on the cover, all saying rub-a-dub-wub!

Three Men In A Tub 3

36 Stonebank featuring Emel - Stronger (Original Mix)
37 RoughSketch - Time Is Now (Noizenecio Remix)
38 Skism - Experts
39 Bassnectar featuring La Methode - Maximum (Bassnectar & ill.Gates remix)
40 Riot - Jazz Cat Funk (Defqwop Remix)
41 C2C - Down the Road
42 Stereotronique - Sexy Beast
43 Bassjackers - Derp (Original Mix)
44 Duck Sauce - It's You
45 Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop
46 Flight Facilities - Crave You (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix)
47 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
48 Rogue - Daybreak
49 Doctor P - Sweet Shop
50 Non Stop - Need Your Heart
51 Zomboy - Like A Bitch
52 Nightstep - Earthquake
53 Excision - Throwin' Elbows (With Space Laces)
54 The Books - A Cold Freezin' Night

What's The Connection? Spots 1

Mostly coming from the Hit The Spot compilation several days ago. I was listening to Graham Parker and thinking how many other Spot songs there were and that I could put into a connection. Reminded me of this bar I used to go to. In a strip mall, way in the back. Had a bartender who probably had worked there for a hundred years and matching cocktail waitresses. The oldest uniforms ever. It was called The Spot. No longer there (I checked) but they opened at 6 am and closed the latest they possibly could. Great place to go if you want to drink all day. And they could make all these crazy shots. Lots of fun in the 80's and 90's. Yes, I have a spotted past. 

What's The Connection? Spots 1

01 Stranglers - Two Sunspots
02 Stanley Wilson & His Orchestra - The Late Spot
03 Julian Cope - Sunspots (Single Remix)
04 Levi Smith's Clefs - Cool Spot
05 Nine Inch Nails - Sunspots
06 Sun - Hot Spot
07 Dean Martin - You Hit the Spot
08 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Sunspot Baby
09 Graham Parker - You Hit The Spot
10 Run C&W - Itchy Twitchy Spot
11 Kylie Minogue - Spotlight
12 Viki Lane - You Hit The Spot
13 Ted Nugent - Tight Spots
14 Solas - The Beauty Spot (Reels)
15 Saturday Night Band - Touch Me On My Hot Spot
16 Cars - Night Spots
17 Phil Manzanera - Hot Spot
18 The Banana Splits - This Spot
19 The Bronzettes - Hot Spot
20 Ludacris - Number One Spot
21 Tell-Tale Hearts - Sunspots (Single Remix)

What's The Connection? Camera 1

Kinda working off the Photo Connection I did some time ago, but from the camera point of view. The lens is aimed at the camera itself. I pretty much started with Buggles (and sort of Yes) and a Figures on a Beach tune called In Camera Obscura which is already at the other photo connection above. I might use it again in volume 2 because it's a cool song, but I tried to stay away from anything I had already posted in that one. I have another hours worth for part two. You'll have to wait for that one. In the meantime here's what I have so far.

What's The Connection? Camera 1

01 Rush - The Camera Eye
02 Morrissey - The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye
03 Pavement - Camera
04 REM - Camera
05 Buggles - I Am A Camera
06 Teardrop Explodes - Camera Camera
07 Neil Young - Distant Camera
08 Robin Guthrie - Camera Lucida
09 Michael Franks - The Camera Never Lies
10 Shriekback - Carrying Cameras
11 Cabaret Voltaire - Cut the Damn Camera
12 Steve Howe - Camera Obscura
13 Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (Original 1982 7_ Single Version)
14 Peter Murphy - I've Got A Secret Miniature Camera
15 Scott Goddard - 10,000 Cameras

Repost: Alec R Costandinos Pick

This French guy is not that well known, unless you know disco. Probably best known for being the first to make disco concept albums and his version of Romeo & Juliet. He has worked under multiple names and with multiple names. This pick is just the tip of the iceberg. He co-wrote Cerrone's Love In C Minor and he's the guy behind bands such as Love And Kisses, Sphinx and Sumeria among many others. He wrote the title track (and more) for the movie Thank God It's Friday - a great disco movie. Here are a few of my favorite picks.

Alec R Costandino Pick

01 Alec R Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet Acts I-II
02 Alec R Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet Acts III-IV-V
03 Alec R Costandinos - Grooves
04 Alec R Costandinos - Americana
05 Sumeria - Cosmic traveller (12 Maxi)
06 Love And Kisses - I've Found Love (Now That I've Found You)
07 Cerrone - Love In C Minor
08 Love And Kisses - Thank God It's Friday
09 Sphinx (Alec R Costandinos) - Simon Peter
10 Sphinx (Alec R Costandinos) - Judas Iscariot

Repost: Tax Day Connection

Tomorrow is the day that's most hated by pretty much everyone in the USA, except for IRS agents and Tax Preparers. If you voted me in to be King, I would get rid of the federal income tax and abolish the IRS. There. Everyone feels better. It's fair to everyone. No one pays. Then we could charge for use. The states could still do what they want, tax or not. But this is not about politics. This is about music. Here are some songs about taxes in this What's The Connection? Let me know how you feel about these songs in the comments below. I don't care what you think about taxes themselves. But if we have to pay taxes, please do yourself a favor and read the book Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright. Happy Tax Day!

Tax Connection

01 Don Henley - Workin' It
02 Celine Dion - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)
03 Guns N' Roses - I.R.S.
04 Relient K - Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)
05 Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
06 Tower of Power - Taxed To The Max
07 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes
08 Jimi Hendrix - Tax Free
09 B.O.B (Aka Bobby Ray) featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You
10 Steve Howe - Success Story
11 Cheap Trick - Taxman, Mr. Thief
12 Ruder Than You - Tax Man
13 Blue Blot - IRS Blues
14 Toy Dolls - Lester Fiddled The Tax Man
15 Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury
16 The Human Beinz - April 15th
17 Ultravox! - Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)
18 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
19 Beatles - Taxman
20 The Who - Success Story

Racing Pick 1

I was messing about with Car songs and fitting them into categories for different Picks. Mostly starting with Yello. Which I really like, especially the 12 inch version. It's a more upbeat Kraftwerk. And had two other songs I wanted to use (but I didn't) Yes White Car and Queen I'm In Love With My Car. But they didn't quite make it to the end. And I couldn't put the Rush song with other songs about Super Cars, so I started thinking more about racing and came up with these. It kinda goes with my series On The Road Again and not quite my Cars series (although It came from looking at those.) The last track by Fred Penner doesn't quite fit, but I love the song and I used it anyway. We get all kinds of races and racers in here, but no Wacky Racers. Sorry...

Racing Pick 1

01 Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street
02 Kayak - Monte Carlo Rally (No Total Loss)
03 The Go-Go's - Speeding
04 Devo - Speed Racer
05 Mosaics - Let's Go Drag Racing
06 Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels (The Chase)
07 Royal Crescent Mob - Stock Car Race
08 Yello - The Race (12'' Mix)
09 Naked Eyes - Pit Stop
10 Bill Nelson - Hot-Rod Racer
11 Cozy Powell - Formula One
12 Atsuko AsahI - Arms Grand Prix Official Theme Song
13 Rob Zombie - Demon Speeding
14 B-Boy Tronik - Sports Cars Racing
15 Mogwai - Mexican Grand Prix
16 Rush - Red Barchetta
17 Big Black - Racer X
18 Lynyrd Skynyrd - White Knuckle Ride
19 Fred Penner - Car, Car Song

What's The Connection? Naturally 1

This one came about because I was looking at something completely different and a side glance caught my eye. Nothing to do with what I was working one at the time, so of course it took my attention and I came up with this. A few originals and covers, but mostly not. Gilbert O'Sullivan is a guilty pleasure for me and hearing versions by Awolnation and the Pet Shop Boys, I couldn't resist putting all three versions on the comp. Same with Ringo (and the Beatles) with the original from Buck Owens. NRBQ and The Fabulous Thunderbirds is the last one. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so you got both. The cover was fun to make too. Naturally, I had been thinking of Groovy Library when I made it. Just my style of that.

What's The Connection? Naturally 1

01 Awolnation with Midland - Alone Again (Naturally)
02 Wilson Pickett - Let It Come Naturally
03 Rose Royce - Doin' What Comes Naturally
04 Beatles - Act Naturally
05 Dorothy Shay - Doin' What Comes Naturally
06 Van Halen - A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
07 Heatwave - Naturally
08 Buck Owens and his Buckaroos - Act Naturally
09 Sheena Easton - What Comes Naturally
10 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
11 Huey Lewis & The News - Naturally
12 Avant Garde - Naturally Stoned
13 Genes Loves Jezebel - Come Naturally
14 Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally
15 Al Stewart - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It
16 Katy Perry - Naturally
17 NRBQ - It Comes To Me Naturally
18 Debbie Gibson - Naturally
19 Fat Mattress - Naturally
20 Blackberry Smoke - What Comes Naturally
21 The Fabulous Thunderbirds - It Comes To Me Naturally
22 The Cult - Naturally High
23 Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John - Alone Again, Naturally

Hit The Spot

This pick is just some songs that I was listening too and decided should be together. I had been relistening to some disco and realized that some good tracks never get played. And that I had some good remixes of songs that just hit the spot for me. Graham Parker was in there before I started down the disco-ish path and I kept him in. The Feel Fine mix of Right Said Fred fit in there and Labelle I had been trying to fit in somewhere (especially that remix). I put the Donna Summer track from Thank God It's Friday. The original by Serge Gainsbourg is sexy as hell and Summer doesn't mess about on it either. So far all songs about sexual situations so I added lesser known Rinder & Lewis because it fit in with subject matter and sonically. And the Cerrone track about a four way encounter always gets pushed aside for his other hits. The last two tracks fit together and almost no one knows Supermax (or at least not enough). So you get the two. together.

Hit The Spot

01 Donna Summer - Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)
02 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Sex Mix Edit)
03 Graham Parker - You Hit the Spot
04 Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (Feel Fine Mix)
05 Labelle - Lady Marmalade (Disco Purrfection Version)
06 Rinder & Lewis - Lust
07 Cerrone - Love In C Minor
08 Supermax - Love Machine (12'' Version)
09 The Miracles - Love Machine


Midnight Star Family Pick

Not much of an intro here, because I am in a hurry, but Midnight Star is a fun band that has a few family connections. This pick outlines some of them. After my favorite Midnight Star songs, I included a few Calloway tracks. The Calloways left the band after some of their biggest hits and had a few more of their own on a couple of albums. They also had some production, writing credits and played on a few tracks from other artists. I included four. 

Midnight Star Family Pick

01 Midnight Star - Don't Rock The Boat
02 Midnight Star - Headlines
03 Midnight Star - Snake In The Grass
04 Midnight Star - Midas Touch (Extended Dance Mix)
05 Midnight Star - Operator
06 Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid
07 Midnight Star - No Parking (On The Dance Floor) (Extended Version)
08 Midnight Star - Slow Jam
09 Levert - Casanova
10 Calloway - Let's Get Smooth
11 Calloway - Sir Lancelot
12 Gladys Knight And The Pips - Love Overboard
13 Calloway - I Wanna Be Rich
14 Whispers - Contagious
15 Whispers - Rock Steady
16 Natalie Cole - Jump Start

What's The Connection? Spring April

To me Spring and April go together. So this Connection is both Spring and April. You could probably do an entire WTC on Springtime in Paris, but it's not in the cards today. All you get is Nina Hagen, which, granted, is enough. Where else can you hear the Beach Boys and Nina Hagen and the Blow Monkeys in one big moment? Only here. So enjoy your Spring this April! Now. I have tulips on the cover, but almost too late for tulip season.

What's The Connection? Spring April

01 Johnny Horton - When It's Springtime In Alaska
02 Michael Franks - Why Spring Ain't Here
03 Psychic TV - Wrongs Of Spring (Paul Raven Mix)
04 Dean Martin - April Again
05 Three Dog Night - Pieces of April
06 Prince & the Revolution - Sometimes It Snows In April
07 Santana - Spring Manifestations
08 Pat Boone - April Love
09 Queen - April Lady
10 Nancy Sinatra - Younger Than Springtime
11 Billie Holiday - Some Other Spring
12 Bebu Silvetti - Spring Rain
13 Blow Monkeys - Springtime For The World
14 Stevie B - Spring Love
15 Donna Summer - Spring Affair
16 Chet Baker - I'll Remember April
17 Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
18 Beach Boys - Spring Vacation
19 Nina Hagen - Springtime In Paris

Repost: What's The Connection? Eclipse 1

Since there is an Eclipse today. And this time it is a total eclipse all over parts of the US (including Texas where I am), you might want to watch it (with your special eclipse glasses and then listen to this Connection of Eclipse songs. A few versions of Total Eclipse, although when I first posted this it was just a partial eclipse. Just a firey ring in most of North America. But still cool. Either way, not matter who else does it Klaus Nomi is amazing, but Nina Hagen and Marc Almond is pretty cool too. Same with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler and Westlife all doing what I remember as Jim Steinman's Total Eclipse Of The Heart. Got some Floyd in here as well, Alan Parsons, even some country. Either way enjoy this on Eclipse day now and the future. We'll have more.

What's The Connection? Eclipse 1

01 Govinda - Eclipse
02 Stryper - Eclipse Of The Son
03 Holly Wilson - Eclipse
04 Easy Star All Stars featuring The Meditations - Eclipse
05 Beautiful South - Masculine Eclipse
06 Love And Rockets - Eclipse
07 The Alan Parsons Project - Total Eclipse
08 Robyn - Eclipse
09 Enigma - Total Eclipse Of The Moon
10 The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs - Eclipse
11 Rosenstolz, Almond, Nina Hagen - Total Eclipse
12 Peter Banks - Last Eclipse
13 Enya - Eclipse
14 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
15 Metric - Eclipse (All Yours)
16 Westlife - Total Eclipse of The Heart
17 Pink Floyd - Eclipse
18 Meat Loaf - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
19 Yngwie Malmsteen - Eclipse
20 Iron Maiden - Total Eclipse
21 Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse
22 John Denver - Eclipse
23 My Bloody Valentine - Kiss The Eclipse
24 Buckethead - Ice Eclipse

Reggae Dub Pick 3

It's been a while since I did Dub Pick 1 and Dub Pick 2. But finally I post part three. I do love Dub. Most of this pick is good all time classic dub. One track will stand out though. And that is Soundgarden covering the Ohio Players dub style. Sort of. Give it a chance. It's not that bad. The rest will fit in just fine with the first two picks or any other dub you might already have. Eventually I will finish part four. I have so much to choose from it's hard to narrow it down. I would be interested to hear what you think of these picks (I did reup parts one and two) and what you would add to part four. I get that Dub is not everyone's cup of tea, but I gravitate to it. Read the story in the first part. Also try Slow Poof. It isn't dub but somehow its is related in feeling.

Reggae Dub Pick 3

30 Lee Perry - Blackboard Jungle Dub (Ver. 1)
31 Soundgarden - Fopp [Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix]
32 Mad Professor - Fast Forward Into Dub
33 Black Star Line - Moonlight Dub Xperiment
34 Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown
35 Culture - Two Sevens Clash (Version)
36 Dubblestandart featuring Lee Scratch Perry, Ari Up & David Lynch - Oxygene Dub Pt. 4
37 King Tubby - Take Five 5 Dub (Declaration of Dub)
38 Mikey Dread - Fast Forward Dub
39 Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub
40 Young Warrior - 10 Steps To Africa
41 The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte Version One
42 Jah Shaka - Verse 1
43 Scientist - Your Teeth In My Neck
44 Subatomic Sound System - Underground Roots (Live Melodica Dub)
45 Wayne Smith - Under Me Sleng Teng Version

What's The Connection? Secret Love

We've had all different loves posted here on this site. A lot of them on or around Valentines Day, but some not, so search for them. Most recently is was Forbidden Lovers. This is kind of related. This connection is Secret Loves. One secret lovers, the rest just love (as if you can say just and love in the same sentence.) Like usual all over the map genre wise. That's just the way it is for most times, because I really do like all music. Crooners to Zydeco. I do love the cover. It was fun to make. The font is called Virgin.

What's The Connection? Secret Love

01 Freddy Fender - Secret Love
02 Marvin Gaye - Secret Love
03 Frank Sinatra - Secret Love
04 Stevie Nicks - Secret Love
05 The Moonglows - Secret Love
06 Doris Day - Secret Love
07 Slim Whitman - Secret Love
08 Evan Rogers - Secret Love
09 Buckwheat Zydeco - Secret Of Love
10 Jam & Spoon - Secret Kind Of Love
11 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Secret Love
12 Toto - A Secret Love
13 Bee Gees - Secret Love
14 Jimmy McGriff - Secret Love
15 Sinéad O'Connor - Secret Love
16 Billy Stewart - Secret Love
17 Luther Vandross - Your Secret Love
18 Al Jarreau - Secrets Of Love
19 Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
20 Donna Loren - Love's A Secret Weapon

What's The Connection? Secret Agent

This is a top secret Connection. No agent, foreign or domestic can know what this compilation is about. Some doubles in songs, just like double agents. Some covers. Some originals. Most are domestic, but there are some foreign here. But this message may explode in 15 seconds. [countdown begins. smoke fills room] That is all....

Actually my favorite part of all this is the cover. Part Bond, part Agent Orange, part IRS Records and all WTC!

What's The Connection? Secret Agent

01 Mel Torme - Secret Agent Man
02 P.F. Sloan & S. Barri - Secret Agent Man
03 Plugz - Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man)
04 Hawkwind - The Secret Agent
05 Yachts - Secret Agent
06 Blues Traveler - Secret Agent Man
07 Agent Orange - Secret Agent Man
08 The Dickies - Secret Agent Man
09 The Revillos - The Last Of The Secret Agents
10 Kansas - Secret Service
11 The Toasters - Secret Agent Man
12 Bill Nelson - Secret Agent At Science Park
13 Modest Mouse - Secret Agent X-9
14 Robin Gibb - Secret Agent
15 Olympics - Secret Agents
16 Petula Clark - Agent Secret
17 The Revolutionaries - Secret Agent
18 Letters To Cleo - Secret Agent
19 Nancy Sinatra - The Last Of The Secret Agents
20 Hank Williams Jr. - Secret Agent Man
21 Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
22 Bruce Willis - Secret Agent Man (James Bond Is Back)
23 Devo - Secret Agent Man
24 Plastics - Top Secret Man
25 Brian Setzer & The Tomcats - Secret Agent Man

What's The Connection? Walking 2

I've had this one for awhile. I made part one of the Walking Connection some time back and had this ready to go, but just didn't finish it quite up. So now it's time. This has a bunch of great songs with walk in the title that I couldn't fit on volume one. Monty Python is always good for laugh, but some of the others are classics. Like Lou Reed The Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pink Floyd and AC-DC all in one compilation. Gotta walk with this one. And be sure to do it Hard.

What's The Connection? Walking 2

19 Stan Ridgway - Bing Can't Walk
20 Dewey Cox - Walk Hard
21 Elvis Costello - Lovers' Walk
22 Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back
23 The Cramps - The Way I Walk
24 REM - We Walk
25 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
26 Frank Sinatra - You'll Never Walk Alone
27 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Walk Tall
28 Gaelic Storm - Walk Through My Door
29 Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
30 Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
31 Shriekback - Shark Walk
32 Monty Python - The Silly Walk Song
33 Eurythmics - The Walk
34 Jesus And Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk
35 The Cure - The Walk
36 Fitz & The Tantrums - The Walker
37 Todd Rundgren - Walk Like a Man
38 Pink Floyd - Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
39 Blondie - Walk Like Me
40 Glen Campbell - Walk Don't Run
41 AC-DC - Walk All Over You

TK Records Family

This pick is about the record company TK records. Named after a sound engineer, Terry Kane, it started in Florida. I have a love hate relationship with the state. First state I was ever refused service (at a waffle place) because I had a mohawk. Went back several times because I also had some of the best times there. TK Records is one of the first disco record companies and yet Florida also had trouble in Broward and Miami-Dade with censorship of Two Live Crew. Which, now that I think of it, is the bluest part of the state. It is a highly tolerant place and yet the very strict on some things. The main stream media calls it the "Don't Say Gay" state and yet you cannot be more gay than the Keys, in fact, all of the state is highly tolerant of LGB, but really not so much the T. Nothing to do with this compilation, just my observation rant on the side. I think Red is probably more tolerant than we think, but just has limits. Some of the earliest disco came out on TK. KC, the McCrae's. Some of my favorites, like T-Connection, Bobby Caldwell, Celi Bee all were on TK. Even Weird Al was their last release ever. This is fun to listen to.

TK Records Family

01 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (Long Version)
02 Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair
03 Peter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me
04 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
05 Teri Desario featuring KC - Yes, I'm Ready
06 The Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat
07 KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
08 Jimmy Bo Horne - Dance Across The Floor
09 KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
10 Celi Bee and The Buzzy Bunch - Superman
11 The Ritchie Family - Best Disco in Town
12 T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do  (original 12'' version)
13 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
14 Voyage - Souvenirs
15 Foxy - Get Off
16 T-Connection - On Fire
17 Weird Al Yankovic - Another One Rides The Bus

Jimi Hendrix Covers

I've seen lots of tribute albums to Jimi Hendrix. I don't think I have ever seen an album of songs that he covered. Here are the originals of the songs Jimi covered. This pick includes the first original version of the song, or the one that was most popular or well known. For instance The Troggs weren't the first to do Wild Thing, but the band (Wild Ones) that did do that song first is barely known and it's very difficult to get a copy of it. I don't have it. Notice a few Beatles tracks and a couple of Dylan tracks. Not unusual for that time. Enjoy this selection. I may do a compilation playlist of covers of Jimi Hendrix (other people who covered Jimi) some time. I have plenty, I'm just deciding which ones to include. And I probably could do a Hendrix Family pick, but I haven't gotten far with that one yet.

Jimi Hendrix Covers

01 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
02 Ray Charles - What'd I Say Parts I & II
03 B.B. King - Rock Me Baby
04 Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
05 Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
06 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
07 The Troggs - Wild Thing
08 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
09 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
10 Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
11 Howlin' Wolf - Killing Floor
12 The Mar-Keys - Last Night
13 Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
14 Them - Gloria
15 Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
16 Beatles - Day Tripper
17 The Isley Brothers - Ohio-Machine Gun
18 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
19 The Leaves - Hey Joe

What's The Connection? Kill Me 1

This connection is all songs with Kill Me in the title. Not exactly about asking some one to kill you, but various ways of dying of love mostly. Some about getting in trouble. Roberta Flack and the Fugees cover is in here which kind of started this along with Soft Cell. Since I was just going through some Soft Cell for the connection two days ago. It's killing me to make you wait for this, so go check out the cover I made for this and get started.

What's The Connection?  Kill Me 1

01 U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
02 Fugees - Killing Me Softly with His Song
03 Foghat - Highway (Killing Me)
04 Bernie Early - Your Kisses Kill Me
05 Lionize - You're Trying To Kill Me
06 Doyle Franklin - If the Blues Don't Kill Me
07 The Stranglers - If Something's Gonna Kill Me (It Might As Well Be Love)
08 Golden Earring - (Kill Me) Ce Soir
09 Soft Cell - You Kill Me
10 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
11 Marc Almond - Kill Me Or Make Me Beautiful (Feat. Armen Ra)
12 Aloe Blacc - Loving You is Killing Me
13 Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
14 Lene Lovich - You Can't Kill Me
15 Freddie North - You're Killing Me Slowly But Surely
16 Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)
17 Pop Will Eat Itself - Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me, Kill Me
18 Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me
19 Alabama - Loving You Is Killing Me
20 Red Elvises - My Love Is Killing Me
21 Duran Duran - You Kill Me With Silence