What's The Connection? Earthquake 1

I'm from California originally and I've been through a lot of Earthquakes. Some of the big ones, both in Northern and Southern California. Lived on a fault. I was never scared of them. Some people especially if they havent grown up with earthquakes get very nervous about them. I suppose, like any natural disaster, it could be very dangerous if you were in the wrong spot at the wrong time, but the chances are slim. Mostly, nowadays, it just means a cleanup of stuff knocked off shelves. Although for an unfortunate few it means death. But I moved to tornado country and it seems scarier, although the chances are about the same, I guess. I never grew up with them so they seem way worse. I had no idea what to do first time the sirens went off. I stupidly went outside to look, until people told me to take shelter. At least with an earthquake you don't have time to worry. It's basically over in seconds and there is no warning. Hopefully this connection will make the earth move for you.

What's The Connection? Earthquake 1

01 Johnny Cash - Earthquake And Darkness

02 The Lancasters - Earthshaker

03 Temptations - Shakey Ground

04 Yesterday And Today - Earthshaker

05 Jefferson Airplane - When the Earth Moves Again

06 Kraan - Mind Quake

07 John Hartford - California Earthquake

08 Steve Aoki Feat. Rivers Cuomo - Earthquakey People (Dillon Francis Remix)

09 Prince - Quakehouse (Mixed By Ben Liebrand)

10 Carole King - I Feel The Earth Move

11 Duane Eddy - Some Kinda Earthquake

12 Cabaret Voltaire - Theme from Earthshaker

13 Drexciya - Sea Quake

14 The Mighty Two - Earthquake

15 13th Floor Elevators - Earthquake

16 The Revolutionaries - Earthquake Dub

17 Butthole Surfers - Earthquake

18 Jeff Beck - Earthquake

19 Nightstep - Earthquake

20 Jackie Mittoo - Earthquake

21 Little Girls - Earthquake Song

22 DJ Fresh Vs Diplo Feat. Dominique Young Unique - Earthquake

British Reggae

I was at the Butterboy site and got a compilation called Don't Call Us Immigrants which is quite good. It got me thinking of all the Reggae I was exposed to (and loved) that was not from Jamaica. So this pick is all British Reggae bands (It might already be posted on the BB site, but I had to post it here too). I came across these (mostly in the 80's) when I was disovering reggae in general. Not sure which I heard first, UB40 or Black Slate, but I quickly found reggae from the 70's. This has no doubles with the previously mentioned compialtion and also has none of the reggae influenced bands like Eric Clapton, nor any Two Tone or even the punk bands that played reggae songs like The Ruts or The Clash. Just British bands some with a Jamaican heritage, but some not at all, but showing their love for the music coming out of a special Caribbean island and putting their own spin on it. I hope you like it and I hope you come up with a few suggestions of songs I left off. Notice the Red, Green and Gold Union Jack.

British Reggae

01 Dub Syndicate - Night Train

02 Beshara - Men Cry Too

03 Gappy Ranks - Heaven In Her Eyes

04 Maxi Priest - In The Springtime

05 The Cats - Swan Lake

06 Aswad - Don't Turn Around

07 General Levy - Champagne Body

08 Black Slate - Amigo

09 Matumbi - Point Of View

10 Creation Rebel - Dub From Creation

11 UB40 - Food for Thought

12 Misty In Roots - How Long Jah

13 Mad Professor - Kunte Kinte-The African Warrior

14 Carroll Thompson - I'm So Sorry

15 Alpha & Omega - Rastafari

16 Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

17 Steel Pulse - Roller Skates

18 Pato Banton - Don't Sniff Coke

What's The Connection? Horses 3

It's been awhile since I did the first two volumes of this Horse Connection, but finally it's time for volume 3. Mostly Horse in the title, but a few with Pony in the title. A couple of covers and one Thoroughbred song. As usual the genres are all over the map, so enjoy that! Sorry to you horse lovers for the last track.The cover is related to the previous ones, but slightly different. Either way, nice wild horses.

What's The Connection? Horses 3

39 Metallica - The Four Horsemen

40 Mike Oldfield - On Horseback

41 The Orb - Steel Horse

42 David Byrne - Horses

43 Simple Minds - Bring On The Dancing Horses

44 Death In June - Rocking Horse Night

45 Bob James - Thoroughbred

46 Triumph - All the King's Horses

47 Seelenluft - Horse With No Name

48 Lee Dorsey - Ride Your Pony

49 Fleetwood Mac - Rambling Pony

50 Steve Miller Band - Horse and Rider

51 Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse (Ewan Pearson Disco Odyssey Parts 1 & 2)

52 Iggy Pop - The Horse Song

53 Katy Perry featuring Juicy J - Dark Horse

54 Claudine Longet - White Horses

55 Stranglers - Four Horsemen

56 The Fall - Coach And Horses

57 Routers - Let's Go (Pony)

58 Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They

I Hate Exercise

This pick of songs is somewhat about hating exercise, but more a tribute to a friend and trainer. She knew that the only way to get me going, whether it was pilates, strength or some kind of aerobic exercise, was to be a boot camp sergeant to me. These songs are inspired by her merciless attack on me to keep me going on my path to health. We'll call her KB. She wasn't like this with all her clients, just me. And I am glad she was. No one else has ever gotten so much out of me. We had a road trip together and this is what I played. She laughed.

I Hate Exercise (or is it just KB?)

01 Ministry - Fucked

02 Pink - Fuckin Perfect

03 Consolidated - You Suck

04 April Wine - If You See Kay

05 August Campbell & the Spur of the Moment Band - I-95 Song

06 Ween - You Fucked Up

07 The Dildos - Fuck Everybody

08 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Fuckin' Up

09 Garry Lee and Showdown - The Rodeo Song

10 KMFDM - Fuck It

11 Pig & KMFDM - Fuck Me

12 Cee Lo Green - Fuck You

13 Elton John - The Bitch Is Back

14 Prince - Eye Hate U

15 Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

16 Wall Of Voodoo - Dance You Fuckers

17 David Bowie - Queen Bitch

18 Skrillex - Fucking Die 1

19 Sparks - Piss Off (Original Sparks Version)

20 Fishbone - Lyin' Ass Bitch

21 Yeastie Girlz - Fuck Yourself

What's The Connection? Red 2

A continuation of the Color series of connections and the Red series. Several that I wanted to fit on volume one, but couldn't. Pandora's Box (a Jim Steinman project after Meat Loaf first split) is pretty fun and one of the few songs not written by Steinman. I'm sure Bacharach proably didn't like this version either. A couple of covers by UB40 and Gear Daddies that are pretty good. And notice how I think I am so clever. This Red 2, so the covers all reflect that. Kinda stupid, but I cracked myself up for at least a minute or two in private.

What's The Connection? Red 2

22 UB40 - Red Red Wine

23 Split Enz - I See Red

24 Nena - 99 Red Balloons

25 Dome - The Red Tent 1 & 2

26 Pandora's box - My Little Red Book

27 Johnny Cash - Red Velvet

28 Buckwheat Zydeco - Little Red Caboose

29 Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster

30 Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

31 Cocteau Twins - Pink Orange Red

32 Gear Daddies - Little Red Corvette

33 Cheap Trick - Kiss Me Red

34 Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red

35 Marc Almond - Ruby Red (Edit)

36 Elvis Costello - Turning the Town Red

37 Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mask

38 Blake Shelton - Ol' Red

39 Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

What's The Connection? Red 1

Part of the series of Color connections I have a couple in a row about the color Red. This is part 1. Although I already had Red Light and also Red Hot about a week ago (on the 17th and 18th). While I was making those I came up with so many Red songs. Surprisingly not as many as I thought would be there about Red Commies. So these next two are my favorites out of the bunch. And Yes, of course, there is Sammy Hagar AND King Crimson. And sorry, I did have to put both the Pharaohs and Bowling For Soup. I couldn't decide.

What's The Connection? Red 1

01 King Crimson - Red

02 Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball

03 Psychic TV - Balkan Red Alert (Dave Ball Gridlock Mix)

04 Rascal Flatts - Red Camaro

05 Jimi Hendrix - Red House

06 Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup

07 David Bowie - Red Money

08 New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Panama Red

09 Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster

10 Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - Lil' Red Riding Hood

11 Killing Joke - Turn To Red

12 Prince - Little Red Corvette

13 Kate Bush - The Red Shoes

14 Lou Reed - My Red Joystick

15 Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

16 Blue Oyster Cult - The Red & The Black

17 Rush - Red Barchetta

18 Sammy Hagar - Red

19 Bowling For Soup - Li'l Red Riding Hood

20 Kenny G - Lady In Red

21 Love - My Little Red Book

Jimi Hendrix Covered 2

Continued from yesterday, this pick has covers of Jimi Hendrix as the connection. I would have guessed a different song being the most popular Hendrix song to cover. And maybe I am wrong. I'm sure there is a way to check, but I am too lazy to do it right now. But informally based on these two days it is Purple Haze. Great song, but the most popular? I don't know. I do know that all these versions are pretty darn good.

Jimi Covered 2

19 Belly - Are You Experienced

20 Axiom Funk - If 6 was 9

21 Junior Brown - Foxy Lady

22 Robyn Hitchcock - The Wind Cries Mary

23 Santana - Spanish Castle Magic

24 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fire

25 The Corn Dollies - I Don't Live Today

26 Frank Zappa - Purple Haze

27 Niebiesko Czarni - Purple Hazy

28 Tackhead - Crosstown Traffic

29 The Membranes - Voodoo Chile

30 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

31 Toto - Little Wing

32 Patti Smith - Are You Experienced

33 John Klemmer - Third Stone From The Sun

34 Pretenders - Bold As Love

35 The Fibonaccis - Purple Haze

36 Body Count - Hey Joe

37 Ministry - Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix Covered 1

It would not be too hard to do an endless number of picks of songs of people covering Jimi Hendrix. I already did the Jimi covers. Songs that he covered. I liked it and some of you did too. This is other artists that covered Jimi. There are tons of tribute albums that have people do a Jimi song and some are on here. I picked my favorites for one reason or another. See if you agree. There will be at least two volumes of this (and maybe a third, but I am deciding on the contents of the third right now). The case covers are very, very similar.

Jimi Covered 1

01 Black Uhuru - Hey Joe

02 SSQ - Fire

03 Earth, Wind & Fire - Voodoo Child

04 David Lee Roth - If 6 Was 9

05 Booker T. & The Mg's - Foxy Lady

06 The Shamen - Purple Haze

07 Prince - Purple House

08 The Cure - Purple Haze

09 Soft Cell - Hendrix Medley

10 The Flying Lizards - Purple Haze

11 Eddie Hazel - Relicr'delic (Purple Haze)

12 Black Oak Arkansas - Bold As Love

13 Dick Dale - Third Stone From The Sun

14 Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors

15 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Crosstown Traffic [live]

16 Concrete Blonde - Little Wing

17 Devo - Are You Experienced

18 The Cure - Foxy Lady

Major Tom 2

Part 2 of the Astronaut themed pick I call Major Tom. Who is the astronaut in David Bowie's songs. Part three of that series is on here. A couple of days ago, was part 1, so scroll down to get that one if you haven't gotten it yet. This one covers most of the Astronaut songs, a couple of Elton John covers. Even an extra Bowie that is not part of Major Tom, but still space guy oriented. If you are interested in Space, there have been some major solar flares recently. Some people saw the Borealis way more southern than a long time. There was a full solar eclipse which was cool. And soon there is a once in a lifetime comet probably seeable with your naked eye coming past earth. Makes you think about Major Tom. Or that movie with Liv Tyler all teary eyed while her boyfriend and dad kill an asteroid.

Major Tom 2

21 Butthole Surfers - The Last Astronaut

22 David Byrne - Astronaut

23 David Bowie - Blackstar

24 Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Rocket Man

25 Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Space Man In Orbit

26 Pearls Before Swine - Rocket Man

27 The Mekons - Ghosts Of American Astronauts

28 Nektar - Astronauts Nightmare

29 My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man

30 Lush - Astronaut

31 Sun - Space Ranger (Majic's In The Air)

32 Armin Van Buuren - Astronauts

33 Duran Duran - Astronaut

34 Blues Image - Rocket Man

35 The National - Looking For Astronauts

36 David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy

37 Foals - Astronauts 'n All

38 Snow Patrol - I'm An Astronaut

39 Fastway - Rocket Man

What's The Connection? Machines 2

Part two of the Machines connection. This time is slightly different. I'm pretty sure there are no doubles with any of the previous ones. I did add the disco track from Chocolate Milk and the housey Alvin Cash. The rest is pretty much more rockin. From the Seeds to Daft Punk, Bowie to Hawkwind with a stop through the Fat Boys and Kraftwerk it does still run the gamut. Just songs with Machine in the title.

What's The Connection? Machines 2

16 Chocolate Milk - Time Machine

17 Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine

18 Daft Punk - Steam Machine

19 Seeds - Rollin' Machine

20 Alvin Cash - Funky Washing Machine

21 Fat Boys - Sex Machine

22 The Jackofficers - Time Machines (Pt. 1)

23 Triumph - Rock & Roll Machine

24 David Bowie - Saviour Machine

25 SPK - Machine Age Voodoo

26 Tuxedomoon - New Machine

27 AC-DC - War Machine

28 The Cramps - Mean Machine

29 Hawkwind - Silver Machine

30 Front 242 - Punish Your Machine

31 Ultravox! - I Want To Be A Machine

32 Duran Duran - Blame The Machines

Major Tom 1

I was fooling around listening to Bowie and Schilling and the cover by Brix Smith and others and thingking that would make a pick outta this world Rocket Man kind of mixtape. I didn't include Blackstar, but I am sure I will in volume two which isn't ready yet, but there is enough here to satiate any fan of Major Tom. I know there have been some rumours that this isn't quite about astronauts, but instead it's about drugs. To you I say, too bad. Lots of Elton John covers, several Bowie and then some other originals in the same theme.

Major Tom 1

01 Plastic Bertrand - Major Tom

02 The Screaming Jets - Rocket Man

03 Bonzo Dog Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman

04 Devo - Human Rocket

05 The Holy Modal Rounders - Mister Spaceman

06 Byrds - Mr. Spaceman

07 Smash Mouth - Space Man

08 Naked Eyes - Rocket Man

09 Journey - Spaceman

10 David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

11 Steve Miller Band - Space Cowboy

12 Elton John - Rocket Man

13 David Bowie - Space Oddity

14 Kate Bush - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

15 The Killers - Spaceman

16 Heaven 17 - Rocket Man

17 Brix Smith - Space Oddity

18 Red Elvises - Rocket Man

19 Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)

20 Nilsson - Spaceman

What's The Connection? Machines 1

This Connection is all songs with Machine in the title. There are a lot. I did do a couple of previous Disco Machine compilations and there are a couple of repeats, but that one was disco that sounded machine-like and this one has all sorts of genres. I have another coming, but in a little while. I like the Paul McCartney on this one. Also I used the Clock DVA track on my radio show: What's The Connection? back in the 80's and 90's. The John White & Gavin Bryars track is from an Obscure Records release and Gavin Bryars is the guy who also did Jesus Blood Never Fails Me (another cool track). Actually all these songs are very cool.

What's The Connection? Machines 1

01 James Brown - Sex Machine

02 Jackson Five - Dancing Machine

03 Pixies - Bone Machine

04 John White & Gavin Bryars - Drinking & Hooting Machine

05 Mr Fingers - Washing Machine

06 Supermax - Love Machine (12'' Version)

07 Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine

08 Depeche Mode - Ice Machine

09 The Cult - Love Removal Machine

10 Miracles - Love Machine

11 Stairs - Flying Machine

12 Yes - Machine Messiah

13 Clock DVA - Connection Machine

14 Paul McCartney - Check My Machine (Full Length Version)

15 Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine

What's The Connection? Red Light

All songs in this connection with Red and Light in the title. All except or the OMD track does that mean Red Light, for OMD it means a Red Frame and White Light. Oh well, close enough. Nothing about the streets of Amsterdam, although Antwerp has a similar scene. You'll know if you go there. I like the cover with one close up of a red light and many red led lights in front of it. All I can say is if you have Last Exit and Billy Ocean, the sampling is diverse. I especially enjoy 1910 Fruitgum Company next to Todd Rundgren. If nothing else, I have a sense of humor.

What's The Connection? Red Light

01 Billy Ocean - Red Light Spells Danger

02 Legs Diamond - Red Light

03 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Red Frame-White Light

04 Vangelis - Red Lights (feat. Kimura Rieko & Mikamo Yuko)

05 Blackfoot - Left Turn On A Red Light

06 Pillbugs - Red Light Summer

07 Wall Of Voodoo - Red Light

08 Everything But The Girl - Run A Red Light

09 Mitchell Torok - Red Light, Green Light

10 Richard Digance - The Red Lights Of Antwerp

11 Humble Pie - Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!

12 Last Exit - Red Light

13 1910 Fruitgum Company - 1-2-3 Red Light

14 Todd Rundgren - Little Red Lights

15 U2 - Red Light

16 Chris Squire with Billy Sherwood - Red Light Ahead

17 Meat Loaf - Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)

18 Kings Of Leon - Red Morning Light

What's The Connection? Red Hot

This connection should have contained no songs by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, except they have a Red Hot song. I sometimes wondered when they used to play it live if they had copied Fishbone. But who knows who copied who. I just heard Fishbone doing a Red Hot songs before the Chili Peppers did it. Anyway four cover versions of Billy Lee Riley's song, one from Robert Johnson. There's a few in here with the same name, but different songs. Just the way it is when it's Red Hot.

What's The Connection? Red Hot

01 Spoke - Red Hots

02 Bill Morgan - Red Hot Rhythm Combo

03 Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot

04 Judas Priest - White Heat, Red Hot

05 Brian Setzer - Red Hot

06 Wayne Williams - Red Hot Mama

07 Robert Gordon with Link Wray - Red Hot

08 Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama

09 Bob Luman - Red Hot

10 Billy -The Kid- Emerson - Red Hot

12 Humble Pie - Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!

13 T.J. Fowler - Red Hot Blues

14 Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot

15 The Moroccos - Red Hots And Chili Mac

16 Eric Clapton - They're Red Hot

17 Christina Aguilera - Red Hot Kinda Love

18 Fleetwood Mac - Red Hot Jam

19 Fishbone - Fishbone (Is Red Hot)

20 Devil May Cry - Red Hot Juice

21 Don Whitney - Red Hot Boogie

22 Jay Booker - Hot Red Sweater

23 Y&T - Red Hot & Ready

24 Red Hot Chili Peppers - They're Red Hot

25 Rod Stewart - Red Hot In Black

What's The Connection? Daddy

In honor of Father's Day, here is my WTC of songs with Daddy in the title. I was never called daddy (Papa was my name). I never called my father daddy either (he was always Pop or Pappie). But there are a lot of Daddy songs. Here are some of them. I did not include any Dad songs. There definitely are several of those. Some of them are pretty good too. That will have to be another year. Happy Father's Day. Statistics say you will probably have something BBQ'd, so enjoy it. And, yes, that is my dad on the cover.

What's The Connection? Daddy

01 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mommy Where's Daddy

02 Frank Zappa - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy

03 Johnny Champion - Beer Drinking Daddy

04 Teddybears Sthlm - Me, Mum & Daddy

05 Al Martino - Daddy's Little Girl

06 Scorpions - Daddy's Girl

07 Shep & The Limelites - Daddy's Home

08 Sammy Kaye - Daddy

09 Sinead O'connor - My Heart Belongs to Daddy

10 Loretta Lynn - They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Anymore

11 Dolly Parton - Daddy Come And Get Me

12 Gil Scott-Heron - Your Daddy Loves You

13 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Go Daddy-O

14 Michael Buble - Daddy's Little Girl

15 Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy

16 Beyonce - Daddy

17 Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene)

18 Donna Fargo - Daddy

19 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

20 Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy

21 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Daddy

22 Holly Dunn - Daddy's Hands

23 Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

24 Johnny Cash - Daddy

UTC

There is no real rhyme or reason for this mixtape pick. But to give it a slight nod to legitimacy I called it UTC. That stands for Coordinated Universal Time. Why they didn't call it CUT, I'll never understand. But just like that dilemna this pick of songs is stuff I have wanted to use on one compilation or another, but just didn't use. Or just a song I liked that didn't fit on anything before. Or I just added it because I wanted to. The Beach Boys and Urban Dance Squad didn't make it onto Slow Poof, but I liked then. The Beatles and the Beach Boys cover I just liked. Harry Nilsson kind of fit in. Michael Franks might show up on a camera comp later. Several of the lounge and exotica tracks, as well as the new wave tracks I just wanted to add to round it out. I'm sticking with that time line, even if I am off by three seconds.

UTC

01 This Mortal Coil - Drugs

02 The Markko Polo Adventurers - Rain In Rangoon

03 Bill Laswell - Beyond The Zero

04 Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do

05 Anubian Lights - Grid Coordinate-Vorp One

06 Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

07 Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul

08 British Electric Foundation featuring Shingai Shoniwa - God Only Knows

09 Harry Nilsson - Puppy Song

10 Voice Farm - Johnny Belinda

11 Girl Talk - In Step

12 Blue Clocks Green - Hemingway (12 Version)

13 Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes

14 Walter Wanderley - Rain

15 Lounge Lizards - Incident On South Street

16 Jah Wobble and Bill Laswell - Subcode

17 The Residents - The Walrus Hunt

18 Negativland - Time Zones

Slow Poof 2

More of the Slow Poof pick. Pop Ambient? Chill? Ambient Wave? I have no idea what to classify these, but I like it. There's what some people call dub on here. And some, I mean, how do you classify Radiohead? Is Thievery Corporation chill? Or is it world? What Bill Laswell track would fit in with these? All I know is I find Terrence McKenna, soothing as well as boring and interesting at the same time. How can that be? Mint Juleps was supposed to be on volume one of Slow Poof, but just missed it. Now you get it. And you get another puff ball. In slow motion.

Slow Poof 2

13 The Orb - Towers Of Dub (Original Mix)

14 Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde

15 Mint Juleps - Every Kinda People (Pts. 1, 2 & 3)

16 Art Of Noise - Art of Love (7 Edition)

17 Blank Banshee - Teen Pregnancy

18 Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

19 808 State - Pacific 909 (Mellow Birds Mega Edit)

20 Spacetime Continuum - Funkyar

21 The Shamen - REEvolution

22 Dub Syndicate - 2001 Love

23 The Grid - Crystal Clear (The Orb Remix Clear, Like An Unmuddied Lake)

24 Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup

What's The Connection? Deeper 1

I was working on another compilation and this one just came up. This connection is all songs with deeper in the title. I was working on another Slow Poof which I was about to finish (not quite done) and I came across these songs. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Not much else to say today. I guess I am having deeper thoughts (or none at all.) There are some great tracks here, though. And I kinda like the whole deep water look of the cover.

What's The Connection? Deeper 1

01 Alan Tew - Soul Deeper

02 Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground

03 Freda Payne - Deeper & Deeper

04 The Fixx - Deeper and Deeper

05 Sinead O'Connor - Dense Water, Deeper Down

06 Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade Of Soul

07 Death in June & Boyd Rice - Deeper Than Love

08 Olivia Newton-John - Deeper Than The Night

09 Madonna - Deeper And Deeper

10 Santana - Deeper, Dig Deeper

11 Clivilles & Cole - A Deeper Love (A Deeper Love Mix)

12 Aretha Franklin - A Deeper Love (C + C Tribesman Mix)

13 Heaven 17 - Deeper And Deeper

14 Bill Bruford & Tony Levin - Deeper Blue

15 Supermax - Love Is Deeper

16 Randy Travis - Deeper Than The Holler

17 Nelly Furtado - My Love Grows Deeper (Part 1)

18 Kate Bush - Deeper Understanding

What's The Connection? Alive 2

Part two of the Connection Alive. The first volume of Alive Alive was all over the place. This one is no different. Same or similar cover. And then the variety of music. Bee Gees finally make it on, but so does Gamma and Hush. Sia is here, but so is Heart. Herbie Hancock and AC-DC. What a way to know you are Alive!

What's The Connection? Alive 2

21 Babys - Rock 'n Roll Is (Alive And Well)

22 Heart - Love Alive

23 Capital Cities - Stayin Alive

24 Sia - Alive

25 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

26 AC-DC - Burnin' Alive

27 Herbie Hancock - Vibe Alive

28 Hush - Gotta Keep The Music Alive

29 Daft Punk - Alive

30 Gamma - I'm Alive

31 The Hollies - I'm Alive

32 Foo Fighters - Come Alive

33 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

34 Pearl Jam - Alive

35 Switchfoot - When We Come Alive

36 Journey - Dead Or Alive

Bliksem 2 (Lightning)

Here it is part two of this pick I call Bliksem. See the first Bliksem to know why, but it's Dutch for lightning. I'm pretty sure there is one Dutch band on here, but that's not why I called it that. It has to do with the intensity of the songs. Listen and you will get it. I did put one band on here twice. And that's because I like the band and both songs are cool and match the criteria in my head. So look for the bonus track at 42. At least one track was suggested by comment on the last volume, so congrats.

Bliksem 2 (Lightning)

21 April Wine - Oowatanite

22 Thundermug - Africa

23 Focus - Hocus Pocus

24 Nashville Pussy - Go MotherFucker Go

25 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

26 Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom

27 Helix - Billy Oxygen

28 Bobby Comstock - Let's Stomp

29 Warpig - Rockstar

30 Brothers Osborne - It Ain't My Fault

31 Jethro Tull - Aqualung

32 Art Phag - Jungo Luv

33 Placebo - Every You Every Me (Single Mix)

34 Scorpions - Fuchs Geh Voran

35 Iggy Pop - The Passenger

36 System Of A Down - Revenga

37 Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave

38 Wiretree - The Shore

39 Betty Blowtorch - Hell On Wheels

40 Gary Moore - Moving On

41 Queens Of The Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire

42 Betty Blowtorch - Shut Up & Fuck

Jeff Beck Pick 2 (Guest)

This part two of the Jeff Beck pick features Jeff mostly as a guest axe man. I told you yesterday about how I got interested in Jeff Beck and that I saw him live many times. Solo. With Jan Hammer. And lots of solo. Never as a guest. Too bad, I would have loved to see him in the studio playing for anyone of the following, but especially Kate Bush. Never happened. But what did happen is that he came in to eat at the restaurant I was a waiter at. Fancy place in a hotel in downtown San Jose. I recognized him and knew he was playing, but he was seated in someone else's section. I traded a couple of tables for his table (and I had to do sidework for another waiter that evening. I didn't mind. But I was too busy and too wanting to be cool that I barely acknowledged him. I didn't get an autograph. It was before cell phones, so no selfie. I just slightly gushed and then just served him as best I could while he and his dinner partner talked business. I should have done more than shake his hand, but I didn't. Darn. You probably thought it was going to be a better story. Sorry. He was cool though. And they tipped well.

Jeff Beck Pick 2 (Guest)

19 Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9

20 ZZ Top - Hey Mr. Millionaire

21 Diana Ross - Missing You

22 Cozy Powell - Cat Moves

23 Rod Stewart - Infatuation

24 Kate Bush - You're The One

25 Stevie Wonder - Lookin For Another Pure Love

26 Tina Turner - Private Dancer

27 Malcolm Mclaren With The Bootzilla Orchestra - House Of The Blue Danube

28 Mick Jagger - Just Another Night

29 Roger Waters - The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range

30 Stanley Clarke - Hello Jeff

31 Narada Michael Walden - Saint And The Rascal

32 Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory

33 Vanilla Fudge - Mystery

Jeff Beck Pick 1

This will be a two part pick. I almost didn't do this first part, because frankly there a ton of Jeff Beck Greatest Hits or Best of collections. Get any of them and you will be happy with it. But I decided to do it, since my view on it is not quite the same. This first part is mostly from his albums (and couple from the Yardbirds). But I am not going to tell you anything about the albums, the songs, his guitar playing. Listen and look it up. I am going to say that I first knew I was listening to him was not until the mid seventies. I had heard the Yardbirds and liked them, I knew songs by Beck Bogart and Appice and I had heard the songs with Rod Stewart, But I had never consciously made the connection to Beck, until 1975-76. It was a classmate who made me listen to Wired and Blow By Blow and insisted that it was better than anything I was listening to. Either way, Sam Esposito, I owe you for leading me down this path. Ended up seeing Beck live many, many times and even meeting him. I'll tell you tomorrow.

Jeff Beck Pick 1

01 Jeff Beck - She's A Woman

02 Jeff Beck featuring Joss Stone - I Put A Spell On You

03 Jeff Beck - Live In The Dark

04 Jeff Beck - Brush With The Blues

05 Jeff Beck - You Know What I Mean

06 Yardbirds - Psycho Daisies

07 Jeff Beck And Seal - Manic Depression

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

09 Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended As Lovers

10 Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

11 Jeff Beck - Star Cycle

12 Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero

13 Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago

14 Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain

15 Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining

16 Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam

17 Jeff Beck - Nadia

18 Jeff Beck - The Pump

Huh?

Out of my many mixtape picks, this one may be the most thought provoking. Because, why? Huh? Do those songs actually go together? The answer is yes. They do. A little of everything mixed to make a cocktail of music that you would not put next to each other and yet it kind of works. At least in my mind it works. I've listened to this over and over. And at least one song, but probably more than half, do not belong on here or at least not next to each other. But I love the way it sounds. I hope you listen to this one multiple times and that it grows on you like it has me. Even Pikotari. They all have a lovely strangenesss to them.

Huh?

01 Storm Large with Dave Navarro - Ladylike

02 Sonic Surf City - Drivin In My Saab

03 Laika & the Cosmonauts - Delayrium

04 The Jackofficers - Time Machines (Pt. 1)

05 Coati Mundi - Que Pasa-Me No Pop I

06 Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People (Berlin Mix)

07 Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk the Line

08 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Surfin' USA

09 Pat and Mick - On the Night

10 A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (radio edit)

11 Pixies - Evil Hearted You

12 Gichy Dan - Cowboys and Gangsters

13 Echo & The Bunnymen - Ticket To Ride

14 Klaus Nomi - You Don't Own Me

15 Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire

16 Luxuria - Public Highway

17 Lesley Gore - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

18 Pikotaro - PPAP (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen) (Long Version)

19 Lush - Bitter

20 Tuxedomoon - 19th Nervous Breakdown

21 Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

What's The Connection? Heroin 1

This connection is of songs with the word Heroin appearing in the title. Not too difficult. I'll have to post songs "about" Heroin later. There are plenty. If I didn't hate needles so much, this could have been a problem for me when I was younger. Luckily I do hate needles. Heroin, I can't say I do, but I've stayed away as much as possible. After all these years, there still is no song that conveys this drug better than the Velvet Underground.

What's The Connection? Heroin 1

01 Boy George - You Are My Heroin

02 Sam Dees - Signed Miss Heroin

03 Lana Del Rey - Heroin

04 James Brown - King Heroin

05 Enuff Z'nuff - My Heroin

06 Velvet Underground - Heroin

07 Muslimgauze - Heroin Smuggler

08 System Of A Down - She's Like Heroin

09 All - World's On Heroin

10 The Cure - Heroin Face

11 Gun Club - She's Like Heroin To Me

12 The Flaming Lips - Jesus Shootin' Heroin

13 Cheap Trick - Waitin' for the Man-Heroin' (Live)

14 Drive-By Truckers - Heroin Again

15 Billy Idol - Heroin

16 Everclear - Heroin Girl

17 New Model Army - Heroin (12' Mix)

Revelio

This compilation is really about my pick of Neofolk. I've been fascinated with it since I discovered Death In June. Which I got for the more industrial sounding songs. But they had complete albums that were anything but. It grew on me and I branched off. This is my first pick of the litter. I called it Revelio because that's a spell in one of the Harry Potter books and it's about uncovering the truth. Seeing what you didn't see before. To me Neofolk is acoustic instruments and a measure of darkness. You tell me if I hit the mark or not.

Revelio

01 Olam Ein Sof - The Arrival

02 Tenhi - Tenhi

03 Agalloch - The Misshapen Steed

04 Brendan Perry - Voyage Of Bran

05 Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses

06 Sol Invictus - Believe Me

07 Lustmord - Babel

08 Nature And Organisation - Wicker Man Song

09 Sorrow - Songbird

10 Sopor Aeternus - No-One Is There

11 Of The Wand And The Moon - I Crave For You

12 Ulver - Hoyfjeldsbilde

13 Empyrium - Dying Brokenhearted

14 Forseti - Eismahd

15 Strength Through Joy - A Grave For Burning Wings

16 Death In June - Little Black Angel

17 Death in June & Boyd Rice - Black Sun Rising

18 Fire + Ice - Dragons in the Sunset

Ése

I have been listening to quite a bit of the band War and was thinking of other songs that fit with them and came up with this "Mixtape" pick. You could put this into a Cinco De Mayo party or mix it with any of my Exitos compilations. But I decided it should just be in the mixtape category. I sort of viewed it like Wah? or WTF?! or Hit The Spot or even Feel Like It. It has two War related tracks that fit in, but also some lesser known bands mixed in with the Santana, Mandrill, Tower Of Power and Malo. One of the ones that I really think fits in is Southern California's Mestizo Beat. But try finding their recordings. Impossible. But they are cool and some label should put their stuff out. I lived in Canoga for awhile so that hits me close. By the way, for those of you who don't know the title (Ése) is sort of slang for "Dude" so that struck me as a great title for this.

Ése

01 Lee Oskar - BLT

02 Harlem River Drive - Idle Hands

03 Mandrill - Fencewalk

04 Pride - Come On, Get Dancing

05 Jungle Fire - Comencemos

06 War - War Is Coming! War Is Coming!

07 Tower Of Power - Walkin' Up Hip Street

08 Senor Soul - Don't Lay Your Funky Trip On Me

09 Funkool Orchestra - Latin Freak

10 Mestizo Beat - Canoga Madness

11 Azteca - Mamita Linda

12 Carl 'Sherlock' Holmes - Modesa

13 Malo - Nena

14 Santana - Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)

15 Chango - Mira Pa 'Ca

16 Bobby Rodriguez - Recuerdos De Arcano

17 Ray Barretto - Acid

War Family Pick

I had been listening to quite a bit of the band War when I made this pick. Lots of great artists in this band, but only three recorded anything outside of the band. So I split it up. Some of each. Eric Burdon was the lead singer for a year or so and he had some great hits. In fact the two biggest with War are included here. He also was in the Animals and on his own. Some of my favorites on here. Lee Oskar was the first in the band to have a solo album. His one hit off that is on here, plus a few others I really like from the solo stuff he put out. You can hear his harmonica sounds. Lonnie Jordan, vocals and keys, had three solo albums and an appearance on a tribute album. I have tracks from each. He didn't have any "hits" but there are some that should have been. They are good. Either way it's a great companion collection to all of the other stuff War put out. Go to Butterboy's amazing site and listen to their entire discography. If you have only heard the hits, do yourself a favor and listen to the Good Stuff.

War Family Pick

01 Lee Oskar - BLT

02 Lonnie Jordan - Never Can Say Goodbye

03 Eric Burdon and War - Tobacco Road

04 Eric Burdon and the Animals - San Franciscan Nights

05 Lonnie Jordan - Get Down

06 Lee Oskar - Before The Rain

07 Lee Oskar - Feeling Happy

08 Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

09 Lee Oskar - Sunshine Keri

10 Lonnie Jordan - Grey Rainy Days

11 Lee Oskar - My Road

12 Lonnie Jordan - Fine Foxy Lady

13 Animals - House of the Rising Sun

14 Eric Burdon and War - Spill The Wine

15 Eric Burdon - When I Was Young

16 Lonnie Jordan - Junkie To My Music

Clash Of The Titans 8 (Repost)

This is the last of this series, probably. This pick is a little different than the others, because in addition to all of the other vague descriptions of electroclash, all of this pick is covers. And one mashup. Some great songs are covered here. You probably will figure out the originals of each (if not ask in the comments). You know I love covers of songs, especially if they are done in a little different style. Well here you go. The last of the Clash Of The Titans series and also all covers. Lots of different mixes, nearly the same cover.

Clash Of The Titans 8 

101 Ryuichi Sakamoto - We Love You (DNA 12 inch Mix)

102 Dub Pistols featuring Terry Hall - Rapture

103 Adam Sky And Crossover - I Am The Fly

104 Seelenluft featuring Florian Horwath - Horse With No Name

105 Herve - Cheap Thrills

106 Speaker Junk - Foxxy (Original Mix)

107 Melanie C - I Want Candy (Ultimix 127)

108 Superpitcher - Baby's On Fire

109 Eric Prydz And Steve Angello - Woz Not Woz (Club Mix)

110 M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade featuring Laurie Anderson - Oh Supaman

111 The Disco Boys - B-B-B-BabyRadio Edit

112 My Robot Friend - Isolation (Magik Johnson Remix)

113 The Disco Boys - Hey St. Peter

114 Sharam - PATT (Party All The Time) (Radio Edit)

115 Deep Dish Vs Dire Straits - Flashing For Money

116 Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb (Tiga Remix)

Clash Of The Titans 7 (Repost)

After the repost of this pick there is only one more to go, So if you love these comps, enjoy the last ones. If you hate them, good luck it's nearing the end. This really is a clash, even though the music all fits together, it's not really new wave, it's not really electro, it's not really disco, etc. It's a clash of all those things and house. But none of those things either. I mean could I be more vague? The pick makes sense when you listen to it.

Clash Of The Titans 7

87 Simian Mobile Disco - Hotdog

88 Chromeo - Needy Girl

89 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back to Your House (Jaxx extended mix

90 The Migrants - I Thought That (Boris Dlugosch Remix)

91 Switch - A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)

92 Beasy & Leon - Mojitos Revenge

93 Fedde Le Grand with Camille Jones - The Creeps

94 Bob Sinclar - Tennessee

95 Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations (Tiga's Out Of The Trance Closet Mix)

96 Freaks - The Creeps (You're Giving Me) (Vandalism Mix)

97 M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - Body Language

98 Axwell Featuring Maxc - I Found U (Classic Mix)

99 Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel

100 Kraak & Smaak - Money In The Bag (Crazy P Remix)

Clash Of The Titans 6 (Repost)

A continuation of the repost of indescribable pick of Electroclash, new new wave or nouveau disco, tech pop or just dance music. Who the hell knows? It just fits together for me. This volume of the playlist has more remixes. It has a couple of more well known tracks and a couple I doubt you've heard before. Enough with the introductions, because we all know there isn't anything that will make it understandable except to listen to it.

Clash Of The Titans 6

74 Klaxons - Magick (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)

75 Linus Loves - The Terrace

76 Booka Shade - Darko (Radio Slave Remix)

77 Delia Gonzales & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)

78 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler

79 Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

80 Fedde Le Floyd - Put Your Hands Up For The Wall

81 Fuzzy Hair vs Robbie Rivera - The Cat (Fuzzy Hair Mix)

82 Nick Terranova with Gina Martina - Elektro Fuck (Elektro Fuck Mix)

83 Beckers - Colour Me Blind (Phatjak Remix)

84 Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down (Sander Van Doorn Remix)

85 DJ Zebra - C'mon Fuck Me

86 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank