Beat The Case Of The Nerves

The fancy title is because I was looking at some Erle Stanley Gardner books as I was coming up with it. He wrote all the Perry Mason books (and as AA Fair wrote my favorite detective novels with Bertha Cool and Donald Lam). All his Perry Mason books are titled "The Case of the ..." and when the main protaganists of the band The Nerves end up being The Beat and Peter Case, it just made sense in my head. Really it's The Nerves Family Pick. Nerves became the Breakaways which turned into solo stuff for Jack Lee, The Beat (later Paul Collins Beat) and The Plimsouls which led to Peter Case solo. These guys are semi famous. Their songs ended up in Caddyshack, and Valley Girls as well as covers by Blondie that went ballistic. I liked most all of it. I have saved a few tracks to be used only in solo picks, so don't despair if your favorites aren't there yet. But these are my very favorites of each. I know it's Halloween, but I decided to send you to another site (Groovy Library) for some great Halloween tracks instead of posting some myself. George did a great job with Halloween this year!

Beat The Case Of The Nerves

01 The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone

02 The Nerves - Give Me Some Time

03 The Nerves - When You Find Out

04 The Breakaways - One Way Ticket

05 The Breakaways - Walking Out On Love

06 Jack Lee - It's Hot Outside

07 The Beat - Let Me Into Your Life

08 The Beat - Working Too Hard

09 Plimsouls - Now

10 Plimsouls - Zero Hour

11 The Beat - There She Goes

12 Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away

13 The Beat - Rock N Roll Girl

14 Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once

15 Peter Case - Steel Strings

16 Paul Collins' Beat - Dreaming

17 Peter Case - Banks Of The River

18 Peter Case - On The Way Downtown

19 Peter Case - Beyond The Blues

20 Peter Case - Gone

21 Peter Case - Entella Hotel

22 Peter Case - Every 24 Hours

23 Paul Collins - I Need My Rock N'roll

24 Plimsouls - Playing With Jack

25 Paul Collins Beat - I Still Want You

26 Peter Case - Coulda Shoulda Woulda

Wall Of Voodoo Pick

I've always like Wall Of Voodoo since the first moment I heard them. Sure I liked Stan Ridgway and I will probably post his pick later, but with or without him, they just tickled my fancy. Sort of new wave, sort of western, sort of sci-fi, sort of punk. Reminds me of the TV show Firefly. Not sure if any Wall Of Voodoo songs made it on there, but it wouldn't have been out of place. Sidenote: Joss Whedon is great. And each of those actors have not done anything better before or since. Wall Of Voodoo was great, too. From their first ep to the later stuff that seems only to have played in Australia: It's all good! Listen to my pick and tell me I'm wrong. From the first track to the last, it just grabs you. Even the weird B-Side that's sort of an instrumental, but isn't. The last track I first heard as a hidden bonus track on some radio only promo cassette. Not radio friendly at all. Brilliant!

Wall Of Voodoo Pick

01 Wall Of Voodoo - Back In Flesh

02 Wall Of Voodoo - Longarm

03 Wall Of Voodoo - There's Nothing On This Side

04 Wall Of Voodoo - The Passenger

05 Wall Of Voodoo - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Hang 'Em High (Live)

06 Wall Of Voodoo - Call Box (1-2-3)

07 Wall Of Voodoo - Red Light

08 Wall Of Voodoo - Animal Day

09 Wall Of Voodoo - Lost Weekend

10 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

11 Wall Of Voodoo - Tomorrow

12 Wall Of Voodoo - Far Side Of Crazy

13 Wall Of Voodoo - Crack The Bell

14 Wall Of Voodoo - Call Of The West

15 Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire

16 Wall Of Voodoo - Struggle

17 Wall Of Voodoo - Can't Make Love

18 Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

19 Wall Of Voodoo - Granma's House

20 Wall Of Voodoo - Dance You Fuckers

Shriekback Pick

My pick today is of the band Shriekback. They came from Gang Of Four and XTC, both great bands. And have had various other artists contribute over the years, but none of that is relevant for me. They are a weird funky new wave band with art rock pretensions and weird vocals. They're from England. Who gives a shit? (quoting Casey Kasem about another band). All I know is that there are a few tracks that when I first heard them, I was blown away. I included them on this compilation. Listen to the first three tracks and the last track. Not that the others aren't good, they are, but those were the ones that I think were pivotal for me at different times. None sound like XTC (except maybe there are some similarities between the last track and XTC's track Dear God). But just a little. These guys are just on their own track. The bass lines are amazing. They continued making albums after the 90's (I own some until 2019), but this only covers the earlier stuff (and to me, the best stuff)

Shriekback Pick

01 Shriekback - Lined Up

02 Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bass Line)

03 Shriekback - Nemesis (Extended Mix)

04 Shriekback - Feelers

05 Shriekback - A Kind Of Fascination

06 Shriekback - Sexthinkone

07 Shriekback - Petulant

08 Shriekback - Nerve

09 Shriekback - Accretions

10 Shriekback - Black Light Trap

11 Shriekback - Shark Walk

12 Shriekback - Everything That Rises (Must Converge)

13 Shriekback - Mercy Dash

14 Shriekback - Hand On My Heart

15 Shriekback - Get Down Tonight

16 Shriekback - Gunning For The Buddah

Moments In Time

I was listening to a lot of Tom Verlaine recently and got stuck on the Luna here. It made me think of  Velvet Underground and Creedence Clearwater Revival. That led to the rest of this pick. I ended up with Badgeman instead of Joy Division or New Order for no good reason except that I usually would have gone with the other versions. I liked the newer Blue Oyster Cult, even though I usually pick older BoC if I make a mixtape like this. I struggled with which Patti Smith I wanted to use, but ended up with the Springsteen cover. Several of these I picked songs I wouldn't normally use, even though I like them. I just usually like them third or fourth pick, but to me they all just fit in the mix better this time. Magazine, The Fall, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Jesus And Mary Chain and the Cure all fall into that category. For me Masami Tsuchiya (from Ippu Du) and REM just had to be in here. Each of all these songs seemed like a moment in time, hence the name. Nothing to do with Whitney Houston.

Moments In Time

01 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking

02 REM - Everybody Hurts

03 Masami Tsuchiya - Rice Music

04 Velvet Underground - Lady Godiva's Operation

05 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

06 Blue Oyster Cult - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

07 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

08 The Fall - L.A.

09 Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain

10 Badgeman - Sister Ray

11 Echo & The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace

12 Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

13 The Golden Palominos - Omaha

14 Magazine - Permafrost

15 The Cure - A Forest

16 Luna - 23 Minutes In Brussels

Negativland

Look these guys up if you don't know them. This is my pick of their "songs" They are sometimes called moments of plunderphonics. I don't know about that. It doesn't sound at all like John Oswald, but perhaps the way they make the songs uses that technique. This pick covers a bunch of albums and singles and EP's and is just my favorites from the band. I have no idea if they are still around or not. It would be a shame if they weren't. One of my favorite live shows ever was this band. Brilliant! Negativland were from the Bay Area when I lived there. From Concord, Contra Costa County which is kind of not known for being a crazy part of the state. In fact pretty middle class white bread wine drinking soccer moms is the perception. But then this came from there. So maybe the perception is wrong. I included the song that got them in a big lawsuit with U2's management (not so much the band). I also included songs from their self-produced Seeland records and from the SST records. Perhaps not all their most well known songs, but all my favorites. Look for the albums. Some are handmade and well worth owning. Buy them all. Eleven. (if you know, you know) Always cracks me up and I'm not talking about Spinal Tap.

Negativland

01 Negativland - Bite Back

02 Negativland - Car Bomb

03 Negativland - Christianity Is Stupid

04 Negativland - Freedom's Waiting

05 Negativland - Guns (Now)

06 Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

07 Negativland - Jolly Green Giant

08 Negativland - Michael Jackson

09 Negativland - Perfect Scrambled Eggs

10 Negativland - 10

11 Negativland - Scolding Box

12 Negativland - Theme From A Big 10-8 Place

13 Negativland - Time Zones

14 Negativland - We Are Driven

15 Negativland - Yellow Black And Rectangular

16 Negativland - 16

17 Negativland - You Must Choose

TV Family

Television was a great band and this pick shows that they each had playing power. Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca and the Richards (Lloyd and Hell) started it early on. Three of them in the Neon Boys. Hell left after a bit in Television and started the Voidoids and also played with the Heartbreakers (Johnny Thunder's band). Fred Smith took his place. Fred had played with an early version of what became Blondie. Ficca played with the Waitresses and a several others. Lloyd had a couple solo albums and did a track with Chris Stamey. Verlaine had many albums and yesterday you got a lot from that. He also guested on several other tracks from different bands, including Patti Smith, the Violent Femmes, Luna, the Million Dollar Bashers and the Waterboys. I included a couple of tracks from Television's first album and one live track from San Francisco. 

TV Family

01 The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like

02 Richard Lloyd - Misty Eyes

03 Tom Verlaine - Souvenir From A Dream

04 Television - Venus

05 Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers - Cold Irons Bound

06 Television - Friction

07 Tom Verlaine - Fever

08 Violent Femmes featuring Tom Verlaine - Hotel Last Resort

09 The Neon Boys - Love Comes In Spurts

10 Richard Lloyd - Fire Engine

11 Television - Little Johnny Jewel (Live at the Old Waldorf)

12 The Neon Boys - That's All I Know

13 Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation

14 Patti Smith - Break It Up

15 Heartbreakers - Born to Loose

16 Chris Stamey And The Db's - (I Thought) You Wanted To Know

17 The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (Tom Verlaine Lead Guitar)

18 Luna - 23 Minutes In Brussels

TV Pick

TV in this pick stands for both Television and Tom Verlaine. I picked tracks from the first single and the first two albums, plus one from the reunion album. The rest is spread out over many of the Tom Verlaine solo albums. Nothing live (see tomorrow for a live track). If you know either of the TV's, you know how great guitar playing is or was since he's now dead. And you probably have an idea how his vocals were, so I won't get into any of that. And tomorrow I will have the family pick. Just listen to this and once again be amazed at his work. I'm sorry if I missed one of your favorite tracks. It was hard to pare it down to just these. I had fun with the cover.

TV Pick

01 Tom Verlaine - Spiritual

02 Tom Verlaine - Dissolve-Reveal

03 Tom Verlaine - Shimmer

04 Television - Call Mr.Lee

05 Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come

06 Television - Days

07 Television - Marquee Moon

08 Tom Verlaine - True Story

09 Television - Little Johnny Jewel

10 Television - Glory

11 Tom Verlaine with Ricky Wilson - Breakin' In My Heart

12 Television - 1880 Or So

13 Tom Verlaine - Always

14 Tom Verlaine - There's A Reason

15 Television - See No Evil

16 Tom Verlaine - The Earth Is In The Sky

17 Tom Verlaine - Cry Mercy Judge

Dolby Family

Yesterday was my pick of solo Thomas Dolby, but I also said that he worked with a lot of other artists. Not surprising as he's a great keyboard player and musician. All these tracks in today's pick have him featured in one way or another. He wrote or cowrote some of the songs. He played on on most all of them, too. And I through in some solo stuff that I didn't fit in yesterday. Only two tracks are duplicated and they have different versions here. Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock is pretty obvious. As is the George Clinton as they worked together on several projects. Lene Lovich appeared on his solo stuff (and wouldn't it be cool to hear Dolby's version of this song he wrote?). The two that I was initially surprised about was Foreigner and Def Leppard! It makes sense when you listen to the tracks. See the influence on Foreigner by listening to Dolby's song Urges. You can hear his sound on both though. It's less obvious on the Ofra Haza and the Belinda Carlisle, but listen carefully.  Anyway, have fun with this one. I did. Notice the covers for today and yesterday. I played off the Dolby brand with the font. Added his picture subtly, and added some spacey, electric background textures. Fun.

Dolby Family

01 Soft Boys - Evil Guy

02 Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins

03 Joan Armatrading - The Weakness In Me

04 Dolby's Cube - Get Out Of My Mix (Edit)

05 Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!

06 M (Robin Scott) - Neutron

07 Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals

08 Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself

09 Ofra Haza - Kaddish

10 George Clinton - Double Oh-Oh

11 Foreigner - Urgent

12 Thomas Dolby featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fieldwork (London Mix)

13 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

14 Def Leppard - Photograph

15 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'n' Roll

16 Robyn Hitchcock - Love

17 Girls at Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast

18 Lene Lovich - New Toy

19 Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club - English Garden

Dolby Pick

This pick is a pick of my favorite Thomas Dolby songs. Tomorrow, I will have his family pick, but today just his solo work as Thomas Dolby and one track as Dolby's Cube. I did not include his appearance with Roger Waters on The Wall, although that was interesting and good. If I had any songs that appear here and tomorrow, I made sure to use a different version, but I think there are only one or two at most that are repeated. He does have a compilation or two, but these are my favorites. Retrospectacle and the 12x12 have different tracks and order. Frankly, some of his stuff is amazing and some is more so so. None of it is consistent in one way and yet it is obviously his work when you look at it from another. I've seen him play live and he's worth hearing live. He's a geek playing with technology and it's cool to watch. BTW, you'll see more tomorrow, but he's playing with people on these tracks like George Clinton , Robyn Hitchcock, Lene Lovich, etc and that's just cool, too.

Dolby Pick

01 Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins (Extended Version)

02 Dolby's Cube - May The Cube Be With You

03 Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! (12 inch)

04 Thomas Dolby - I Love You Goodbye

05 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

06 Thomas Dolby - I Live In A Suitcase

07 Thomas Dolby - Hot Sauce

08 Thomas Dolby - Airhead

09 Thomas Dolby - Nothing New Under The Sun

10 Thomas Dolby - Close But No Cigar

11 Thomas Dolby - Airwaves (7 Inch Version)

12 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

13 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (Extended Version)

14 Thomas Dolby - One Of Our Submarines (Extended Version)

15 Thomas Dolby - Radio Silence

Toy Dolls Pick

I know already. There are greatest hits compilations of Toy Dolls songs, but they aren't always the same as my pick. I started listening to the Toy Dolls with Dig That Groove Baby in the early 80's. Along with the Dickies and the Ramones, these guys were in my favorite punk bands list. Hard to say, because I had so many I really liked including the Descendents, Agent Orange, Ribzy, Buzzcocks. Way too many. Anyway the first time I heard Spiders in the Dressing Room and Nellie the Elephant and then Olga, I Cannot, I knew they were a band for me to buy every album, every single. And I did. Since they weren't an American band, I had to buy imports to get them right away at first. Later, since they really had no hits, I still had to get the imports. Oh Well. I played them on my Surf Punk show and later on pretty much every show I did (except for the reggae show and the prog show). Saw them live whenever they came to town. They were fun, they were fast, These are my favorites from them through the years. I know they have others that are equally good. Sorry. You should buy all their albums anyway.

Toy Dolls Pick

01 Toy Dolls - Olga, I Cannot

02 Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant

03 Toy Dolls - Spiders In The Dressing Room

04 Toy Dolls - James Bond Lives Down Our Street

05 Toy Dolls - Sod The Neighbours

06 Toy Dolls - I've Got Asthma

07 Toy Dolls - We're Mad

08 Toy Dolls - Tommy Kowey's Car

09 Toy Dolls - Howza Bouta Kiss Babe--!

10 Toy Dolls - Florence Is Deaf

11 Toy Dolls - Ernie Had A Hernia

12 Toy Dolls - Dig That Groove

13 Toy Dolls - Fiery Jack

14 Toy Dolls - She Goes To Finos

15 Toy Dolls - Fat Bob's Feet

16 Toy Dolls - Geordie's Gone To Jail

17 Toy Dolls - Fisticuffs In Frederick Street

18 Toy Dolls - Glenda And The Test Tube Baby

19 Toy Dolls - Cheerio And Toodle Pip

20 Toy Dolls - Idle Gossip

21 Toy Dolls - Yul Brynner Was A Skinhead

22 Toy Dolls - Blue Suede Shoes

23 Toy Dolls - The Devil Went Down To Scunthorpe

24 Toy Dolls - Livin' La Vida Loca

25 Toy Dolls - Wipeout

The Tubes Pick

I was very lucky to see the Tubes live several times. As an MC I even got to introduce them at two of their final last live concerts. They never quite got that to stick until most of them died. I know they have many greatest hits albums and all of them are quite good. But for this pick I chose my favorites. Some are "hits" and some are not even close, but I like them. Take for instance Malaguena Salerosa, I just love that song in general and have even made a pick of versions of that song. But was it a hit? No. But most of their songs weren't close to being hits, no matter how great they were. This includes songs from many of their albums but not all and you should get them all. They are all good. The first time I heard some of these songs, I was blown away. Been a fan ever since. I had fun with the cover.

The Tubes Pick

01 Tubes - Turn Me On

02 Tubes - Mondo Bondage (Live)

03 Tubes - What Do You Want From Life

04 Tubes - She's A Beauty

05 Tubes - Slipped My Disco

06 Tubes - I'm Just A Mess

07 Tubes - White Punks On Dope

08 Tubes - Malaguena Salerosa

09 Tubes - Piece By Piece

10 Tubes - Tip Of My Tongue

11 Tubes - The Monkey Time

12 Tubes - Don't Touch Me There

13 Tubes - Love Will Keep Us Together

14 Tubes - Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)

15 Tubes - Prime Time

16 Tubes - Sushi Girl

17 Tubes - Don't Want To Wait Anymore

18 Tubes - Tubes World Tour

19 Tubes - Drivin' All Night

20 Tubes - Talk To Ya Later

What's The Connection? Hallelujah

Lots of people have done fabulous versions of Leonard Cohen's amazing song. Here are a few. John Cale had a hit with his version. Jeff Buckley was more recent. We have different genres covering it. I'm sure there are plenty of other versions, but this connection has my top 17 that I have. I have a few others, but not enough for volume two yet. So enjoy and tell me which is your favorite version.

What's The Connection? Hallelujah

01 Willie Nelson - Hallelujah

02 Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

03 R.E.M. - Hallelujah

04 Johnny Mathis - Hallelujah

05 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Hallelujah

06 Pentatonix - Hallelujah

07 Justin Timberlake - Hallelujah

08 Michael McDonald - Hallelujah

09 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

10 Bon Jovi - Hallelujah

11 John Cale - Hallelujah

12 Andrea Bocelli - Hallelujah

13 Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah

14 The Ventures - Hallelujah

15 Tori Kelly - Hallelujah

16 kd Lang - Hallelujah

17 Neil Diamond - Hallelujah

Slow Poof 3

I wasn't sure I was going to make a third volume of this pick. I mean, I wanted to make a bunch, since I like this stuff. Look at the previous Pop Ambient Slow Poofs. But it was difficult for me to get just the right songs. And I didn't. I found a couple. And then I found others that kind of fit. I wasn't too happy with it. But I listened to it several times. I moved a few songs and I'm kinda happy with the way it turned out. Unless you send me a few ideas for volume four, it probably won't happen for awhile. So enjoy this while you can.

Slow Poof 3

25 Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable

26 Bardeux - When We Kiss

27 Talk Talk - Happiness Is Easy

28 Global Communication - 523

29 Moodswings - The Moodswings Overture

30 Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place

31 Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) (12'' Maxi Single)

32 David Bowie with The Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America

33 Malcolm McLaren - Deep In Vogue

34 Freeez - I.O.U. (Original 12'' Version)

35 Flash And The Pan - Midnight Man

36 The Beloved - The Sun Rising

37 Jean Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor 1

38 Air - La Femme D'Argent

Tuxedomoon Pick

This is not a complete Tuxedomoon pick, because it only goes from 1978 to 1986. I almost added a song from 1987 (You) but I didn't. They have albums going for another decade and a half at least (I have albums to 2014), but I had to pick my favorites. These are them. And I know that Tuxedomoon fans will chastise me for leaving off some other great tracks. Sorry. Thats just the way it goes. I do have one of their first singles here from before their first album. Some people think of these guys as a San Francisco band (and they were from the Bay Area) but they relocated to the Netherlands for awhile and then to Belgium where they were for quite some time. So some people think of them as a Belgian band. Really they are a band of the world. I hope you like my pick of them.

Tuxedomoon Pick

01 Tuxedomoon - Dark Companion

02 Tuxedomoon - No Tears

03 Tuxedomoon - The Stranger

04 Tuxedomoon - East-Jinx

05 Tuxedomoon - Desire

06 Tuxedomoon - In A Manner Of Speaking

07 Tuxedomoon - 59 to 1

08 Tuxedomoon - Some Guys

09 Tuxedomoon - Fifth Column

10 Tuxedomoon - I Heard it Through the Grapevine

11 Tuxedomoon - In Heaven

12 Tuxedomoon - What Use-

13 Tuxedomoon - Egypt

14 Tuxedomoon - Joeboy The Electric Ghost

15 Tuxedomoon - Love-No Hope

16 Tuxedomoon - 19th Nervous Breakdown

17 Tuxedomoon - Atlantis

Until December Consolidated

Instead of calling this a pick, it's just a consolidation of the lead singer of Until December and the band he changed to: Consolidated. I'm so clever. Not. But these guys are from the Bay Area. They were almost a big name in show business. They kind of just missed their opportunity and their brushes with success were marred by the way they were. As Until December, they had some cool music that could fit in right next to Depeche Mode and similar music, but they were so militant about their B&D and gay-ness that the public was not ready for it to be so in the face. Too bad because they had some great tracks. And when the lead singer left to start Consolidated, he just became so militant about an activist communistic vegan lifestyle that it took away from the actual songs being pretty darn good. They had a good sense of humor. They do not sound like the band they came from. The last song is them with rapper Paris (another activist, but for the Black Panthers) who also had his own great raps and guested on this one track with these boys. He did not have a sense of humor. Kind of a dick, but some good songs. One that I play at most of my gigs still to this day. 

Until December Consolidated

01 Consolidated - You Suck

02 Consolidated - This Is A Collective

03 Consolidated - Tool And Die

04 Consolidated - Consolidated

05 Until December - Live Alone (Razormaid Mix)

06 Until December - Free Again

07 Until December - Slave

08 Until December - Heaven

09 Until December - Until December (12'' Version)

10 Until December - No Gift Refused

11 Until December - We Are The Boys (Extended Mix)

12 Until December - Bela Lugosi's Dead

13 Until December - Call Me

14 Until December - Secrets (I Won't Tell) (Extended Version)

15 Consolidated Featuring Paris - Guerrillas In The Mist

Family Beat

I started with thinking of doing a Specials Family pick, but never really got too far, since Terry Hall died and everyone made pretty good picks with him at the center of the pick. They were pretty good, so I transitioned to The (English) Beat. They had a nice selection, but I never really finished it. So I made the hard decisions and axed a bunch of stuff and was left with this. Obviously: The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals (and their offshoot 2 Men A Drum Machine and a Trumpet which I really liked), General Public and then some solo appearances. I did not include any of Saxa's appearances. Sorry. But Ranking Roger solo and with the Easy Star All Stars, Sting, Big Audio Dynamite and (my favorite) as Rude Boy in the Scooby Doo episode with the Ska Zombies. And Dave Wakeling solo. As well as both of them with separate reformed Beat's. I didn't include Pato Banton, except for the (English) Beat track. I wanted to include the Dub (English) Beat track from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but I had to cut somewhere. BTW,  I like the cover it looks real legit.

Family Beat

01 Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing

02 English Beat - Tears Of A Clown

03 English Beat - Pato And Roger A Go Talk

04 Sting with Ranking Roger - The Bed's Too Big Without You

05 General Public - Tenderness

06 General Public - I'll Take You There

07 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

08 English Beat - Can't Get Used to Losing You

09 Easy Star All Stars - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite

10 2 Men A Drum Machine & A Trumpet - I'm Tired Of Getting Pushed Around

11 Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love

12 Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds

13 English Beat - Save It For Later

14 Ranking Roger - So Excited

15 English Beat - I Confess

16 Big Audio Dynamite with Ranking Roger - Looking For A Song

17 Dave Wakeling - She's Having A Baby

18 General Public - Hot You're Cool

19 The Beat featuring Ranking Roger - Maniac

20 The Beat featuring Dave Wakeling - How Can You Stand There

21 Rude Boy & The Ska-Tastics - Yer Dead Right Mate (Extended Version)

22 English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

What's The Connection? Obscure

This Obscure connection goes all over, but mostly progish. Probably because they want it to be obscured. A couple of Obscura songs that aren't prog and some straight up Rock N Roll. It started becuase I always wanted to find a use for the Figures On A Beach song. I found it as a twelve inch single and it was poppy enough and weird enough for me to latch onto it. I used it on an another WTC about cameras, but I wanted to use it again. You will recognize all the bands on here, since all of them have been on one pick or another. They aren't being rescued from obscurity. None have been obscured. And now I have used all the versions of the word, I could. And the cover is fairly obscure too. I made it with an obscure background texture, a semi-transparent text and the logo.

What's The Connection? Obscure

01 Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds

02 Wobbler - Clair Obscur

03 Ash - Obscure Thing

04 Nico - Camera Obscura

05 Focus - Claire Obscure

06 Klaus Schulze with Bill Laswell - VII-6 Obscured By Klaus

07 The Trash Can Sinatras - Obscurity Knocks

08 Japan - Obscure Alternatives

09 Hawklords - Obscura

10 Can - Obscura Primavera

11 Steve Howe - Camera Obscura

12 Enigma - Camera Obscura

13 Figures On A Beach - In Camera Obscura (Dance Mix)

14 The Smashing Pumpkins - Obscured

Femmes Fatale 8

This is the last one for awhile. I have another two almost ready, but need to finish them up. Like all of this series, the even pick is a bit less mellow, while the odd pick is on the mellower side. Not sure why I did it that way, but I did. A couple of the artists on here that I will talk about. One is Romeo Void. This song was a local hit in the Bay Area at the time, but it wasn't the big, big hit, but I liked the song a lot. They were good in concert. I saw them in SF at a not so big club, they were quite good. The other band is Martha and the Muffins who were trying to rebrand as M+M at the time (it didn't quite work. They were from Canada. There was this girl who liked me and drove me around every now and again and she loved Martha and the Muffins a lot and would play a cassette of their music and Iended up liking them a lot. This was a later track, but i still liked the band. I remember going to Mexico with a different girl in the early 80's and having an amazing time. It was right around the time that Missing Persons (and the Motels) released their new songs that were getting played all over in the Mazatlan bars. We met the owners of Carlos and Charlies. It wasn't a big deal then, but was starting to take off. They loved this track. Back then you could get lobster dinner for two, several margaritas, appetizers, dessert, a mariachi band playing at your table, a caricature plus a generous tip for ten bucks. Perfect for a broke student like me! Had an amazing time and have been back to Mexico many, many times since. Back then no issues with cartels.

Femmes Fatale 8

01 Tawny Reed - I Got A Feeling

02 The Primitives - Crash

03 Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me

04 Romeo Void - White Sweater

05 Barry St. John - Bread And Butter

06 Billie Davis - Tell Him

07 Marlena Shaw - California Soul

08 No Doubt - Just A Girl

09 The Motels - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)

10 Truly Smith - Boy From Chelsea

11 Glenda Collins - Something I Got to Tell You

12 Yazoo - Situation (US 12-Inch Remixed by Francois Kevorkian)

13 Martha And The Muffins (M+M) - Black Stations-White Stations

14 Samantha Jones - Go Ahead

15 Shirley Bassey - Big Spender

16 Tina Tott - Burning In The Background of Your Mind

17 Antoinette - There He Goes (The Boy I Love)

18 Sharon Tandy - Hold On

19 Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed

20 Lorraine Silver - Lost Summer Love

21 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.

22 The Breakaways - That's How It Goes

23 Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour

24 Dana Gillespie - You Just Gotta Know My Mind

25 Annette Funicello - Blame It On The Bossa Nova

Femmes Fatale 7

It's been a while since I posted one of these picks. The original Femmes Fatale pick had six in the series (yes, I just updated the links on each) and I was working on the next four. I only finished two more. The odd numbered ones are more mellow than the even numbered ones. I still didn't put them all in one numbering system, even though I keep thinking I will. This one has more older songs, but I am working on a few more newer ones on number nine (any suggestions?)  All of these are ones I have liked for some time or another. Dorothy Lamour I always liked not just as a singer, but as an actress. I first saw her in Hope and Crosby Road Trip movies (I have all of them) but then I watched many of her other appearances in movies, got her singing on various media. I just like her. And yes, more than Virgina Mayo, sorry.

Femmes Fatale 7

01 Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me

02 Barry St John - Hey Boy

03 Linda Thorson - Bad Time To Stop Loving Me

04 Lulu - To Sir With Love

05 Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon

06 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

07 Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me

08 Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (My Love)

09 Claudine Longet - God Only Knows

10 Truly Smith - My Smile Is Just A Frown Turned Upside Down

11 Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy

12 Julie Grant - Come to Me

13 Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know

14 Jackie Deshannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love

15 Tammy St. John - Dark Shadows And Empty Hallways

16 Shirley Bassey - Something

17 Peanut - Thank Goodness For The Rain

18 Petula Clark - Downtown

19 Dorothy Lamour - The Man I Love

20 The Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No)

21 Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By

22 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse

23 Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town

24 Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart

25 Sandie Shaw - Girl Don't Come

What's The Connection? Burgers

This connection came about because of the last few picks I had. Thinking of Tommy's Original Burger Shack and jonesing for a double cheeseburger with chili and wax peppers on the side. I had Jimmy Buffet ready and then a song I didn't use a "concerto" by Focus about hamburgers. It was twenty minutes long and I wanted to add more songs, so get that one on your own. It's good. A couple of these tracks have burger in the title, but really aren't about burgers, but I will let that slide. The DJ Otzi track I think was also called the fast food song, but here it is again as a burger song. It's mishmash so enjoy it. Pay me Thursday for this compilation today!

What's The Connection? Burgers

01 The Rolling Stones - Give Me A Hamburger To Go

02 Descendents - No Fat Burger

03 Less Than Jake - Hamburger Hop

04 Cousin Deems Sanders & His Goatherders with Walt McCoy - Goatburger Boogie

05 Skee-Lo - The Burger Song

06 Mano Negra - Hamburger Fields

07 Jah Wobble - Burger Bar

08 Throbbing Gristle - Hamburger Lady (Carter Tutti Remix)

09 John Cougar Mellencamp - Hotdogs And Hamburgers

10 Charley Pride - Burgers and Fries

11 Primus - Hamburger Train

12 Todd Rundgren - Hamburger Hell

13 Kool & The Gang - Raw Hamburger

14 The Wonder Stuff - Burger Standing

15 Alien Sex Fiend - Burger Bar Baby

16 Vandals - Anarchy Burger (Hold the Government)

17 Little Feat - Hamburger Midnight

18 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise

19 Gang Of Four - Cheeseburger

20 ZZ Top - Burger Man

21 Purple Hearts - Let's Get A Burger Man

22 Frank Zappa - Cruisin' for Burgers

23 DJ Ötzi - Burger Dance

Facsimile

This pick was fun to make and there are a hundred other songs I could have included (tell me your favorites that I missed).Tried to get a secondary theme, but I couldn't hold it. I added a country cover. Ooops. I added an INXS cover. Ooops. Nothing worked out the way I planned it. But either way it turned out well. I think if I had my albums laid out better, I might have found a bunch more. This is what I found/remembered. I didn't want to just call it a Rock covers compilation, although it kind of is. I called it a Facsimile, but I was thinking more of a copy of a copy, like the movie Multiplicity (which is why I used a still from that movie in the cover.) These covers are all good, but very different from the originals. And like the movie there is at least one that is kinda retarded (and by that I mean that I would listen to the original all day before putting this one on), but most are quite good.

Facsimile

01 The Neville Brothers - Fly Like An Eagle

02 Jr. Walker & The All Stars - These Eyes

03 Theodore - Rockin Me

04 Johnny Mathis - Evil Ways

05 Paris Hilton - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy

06 Wilson Pickett - Hey Joe

07 Señor Coconut - Smoke On The Water

08 Robots With Rayguns featuring Carl Gershon - Need U Tonight

09 Bananarama - Long Train Running

10 Figures On A Beach - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

11 Isaac Hayes & Millie Jackson - Feels Like The First Time

12 Speaker Junk - Foxxy (Original Mix)

13 Dan Hartman - Free Ride

14 Heaven 17 - Don't Fear The Reaper

15 Soul Hooligan With Diana King - Evil Woman

16 Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Fire

17 Shiny Toy Guns - Burning For You

18 Kim Wilde - Born To Be Wild (Radio Mix)

19 Big & Rich - You Shook Me All Night Long

John Rich Pick

John Rich, (today's pick) played in Lonestar, was half of Big & Rich, has a bunch of solo albums and EP's and has written tons of songs for a bunch of artists. My pick includes my favorites of those. I included the Lonestar songs, he wrote or was featured on (so not their huge hit). I did pick one song that Big & Rich did that he didn't write, but it was just too cool to leave off. Several of his songs that he wrote for other artists are here. And of course some of his patriotic favorites. You'll know many of them and hopefully will get to know a few new ones. If you haven't heard the one with the Oakridge Boys, please listen.

John Rich Pick

01 John Rich - I Love You Like That

02 Faith Hill - Mississippi Girl

03 John Rich - Shuttin' Detroit Down

04 Lonestar - Heartbroke Every Day

05 John Rich with The Oak Ridge Boys - A Dime Ain't Worth A Nickel

06 Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman

07 Big & Rich - Comin' To Your City

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

09 John Rich - One Bud Wiser

10 Big & Rich - Nobody Told Me

11 Big & Rich - Look At You

12 Lonestar - Come Cryin' To Me

13 John Rich featuring Cowboy Troy - Texas

14 John Rich with The Five - Shut Up About Politics

15 Big & Rich - You Shook Me All Night Long

16 Jason Aldean - Why

17 John Rich - Earth To God

18 Marie Osmond Featuring John Rich - Love This Tough

19 John Rich - Another You

20 Big & Rich - Lost In This Moment

21 John Rich - Progress

22 Taylor Swift - The Way I Loved You

23 John Rich - Bad, Bad Thing

11 B

This pick is another new mixtape I put together. In gardening and landscaping they suggest always getting plants that fit the zone. The cover features a flower from Zone 11B. Which has nothing to do with any of the songs I picked. But they do all go together. I like that it is eclectic. a couple of Beatles solo and one Beatles. A few more covers. Not sure why, but I do like Figures On A Beach doing their cover of Bachman Turner Overdrive's song. I had one song that was country and added a second. And any compilation with Pearl Harbor & the Explosions is a good one.

11 B

01 Los Lobos - Come On, Let's Go

02 Wire Train - Chamber Of Hellos

03 Luke Bryan - One Margarita

04 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

05 Barenaked Ladies - One Week

06 Foghat - Slow Ride

07 Klark Kent - Away From Home

08 Figures On A Beach - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

09 Adult Net - Waking Up In The Sun

10 Beatles - Ticket To Ride

11 Butthole Surfers - Dum Dum

12 Shnazz - I Think We're Alone Now

13 Busta Jones - Just A Little Misunderstanding

14 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet

15 Big Audio Dynamite - Stone Thames

16 Call - The Walls Came Down

17 Raspberries - Go All The Way

18 Elvis Costello - Girls Talk

19 Pearl Harbor & The Explosions - Drivin'

20 Ringo Starr - In My Car

21 Confederate Railroad - Trashy Women

22 The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

23 Blondie - Maria

Tommy's Paradise

Another fun mixtape. The title of this pick is Tommy's Paradise and the cover reflects that. Everywhere you go people have their favorite burger place. I moved to Texas and for the life of me I do not understand why so many people love Whataburger. I do not like it. In California and now around the states it was for many people In 'n' Out Burger and they'll do in a pinch. There's a bunch of good burger franchises. Five Guys, Mooyah all get great reviews. In your area, it may be something else. For me it was always Original Tommy's. It wasn't the shack (but that's how you knew it was original). It wasn't that they were all family owned and operated (although that helped.) It was because their burgers came with amazing chili. The fries came with chili and cheese on top. Oh so yummy! I'm sure they are not anywhere close to being healthy, but add some of their hot as hell chili's on the side and that would burn it off! Other than Jimmy Buffet none of these songs have anything to do with Tommy's but I am hankering for a double with and a side of fries with. Tell me your favorite burger place.

Tommy's Paradise

01 10cc vs Hall & Oates - I'm Not In Love-She's Gone (Big Boys mix)

02 Toto - Africa

03 Bad Company - Shooting Star

04 America - Sister Golden Hair

05 Roy Orbison with kd Lang - Crying

06 Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With

07 Three Dog Night - Shambala

08 Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)

09 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

10 John Waite - Missing You

11 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

12 Billy Joel - My Life

13 Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

14 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise

15 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

16 The Band - Up On Cripple Creek

17 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You

18 Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song

Fakin' Jamaican 6

I keep doing these picks. It started some time ago with a cassette tape, a mixtape for a buddy who said he hated reggae, but I knew he really didn't because he like all these bands that had faux reggae beats. So I made him a pick of what I called White Washed Reggae. Now it's Fakin Jamaican. It's expanded from there, but just a bit. So here's my latest installment. And just to be clear these picks bear little to no resemblance to the original tape. But the idea is similar. I still have some tracks that I have been holding on to for future installments.

Fakin' Jamaican 6

110 Rolling Stones - Hey Negrita

111 Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

112 Paul McCartney - C Moon

113 Mr. Vegas - Heads High

114 Tanto Metro & Devonte - Everyone Falls In Love

115 Crooklyn Clan - Where The Ladies At (Go Down Baby)

116 Lumidee - Never Leave You (uh ooh, uh ooh!)

117 Lionize - You're Trying To Kill Me

118 David Lindley - She Took Off My Romeos

119 Japan - ...Rhodesia

120 Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias - Snuffin' Inna Babylon

121 Keith Richards - Words Of Wonder

122 Frighty & Colonel Mite - Life Is What You Make It...Raggamuffin Love

123 Audio Active - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

124 Expendables - Bowl For Two

125 Streetlight Manifesto - Here’s to Life

126 Matisyahu Featuring Nameless - One Day

127 Ron Wood - I Can Feel The Fire

128 Mick Jagger - Running Out Of Luck

Life's Good

You'll see there is a difference between yesterday's pick and today. But there is also some similarity. I had some of these tracks in yesterday's pick, but moved them here because it was more appropriate. I told you about Joe Walsh being here, yesterday. The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was moved too. I already had Jimmy Buffett, so that was moved here. I also moved the Travis Tritt cover to this one. Frankie Goes To Hollywood just fit better here as did Byron Lee (one of the best soca songs ever - I think better than most all else). One of my favorites is the Jorge Buccio. If you haven't visited Puglias in Little Italy in New York (Hester and Mulberry), you haven't lived. Jorge plays there and is amazing. Family style Italian food and him playing and singing. Tell him I sent you. You will have a good time. You'll understand his song after you go. The cover is inspired by the clothing company. But I did it my way.

Life's Good

01 Dean Martin with Jerry Lewis - Relax-Ay-Vo

02 Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With

03 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

04 Marine Girls - Lazy Ways

05 Chic - Good Times

06 Earth, Wind & Fire - Good Time

07 Kool & The Gang - Good Time Tonight

08 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

09 Beach Boys - Good Time

10 Young Bombs - Better Day

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

12 Owl City featuring Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

13 Jorge Buccio - The Napkin Song

14 Alan Jackson - Good Time

15 Etta James - Slow And Easy

16 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise

17 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine

18 10cc - Lazy Ways

19 Travis Tritt - Take It Easy

20 Flying Burrito Brothers - Lazy Days

Slow Down To Look

This was fun to make, but perhaps not as easy to explain. I had a couple of  songs to start out with. The Eagles, Rupert Holmes, Jimmy Buffet, Toby Keith were there. I didn't want to just have a music of getting drunk songs, but more of an I'm buzzed and happy, not doing anything especially important feeling. So John Cruz came about, Zac Brown, Bob Marley. Notice that the version I have from John Cruz is his original version, not the live one with Jack Johnson and Jackson Brown (I just like it better). I almost added Joe Walsh, but decided it would make a better pick with him tomorrow. A couple of the songs I almost didn't add, but did anyway. And one I almost forgot, but am really glad I added (Queen). Too perfect for this. The title is from the Eagles and the cover I put together has Winslow in the background, although the Truck is from a different state. I always feel like Penn and Teller in Fool Us when I write these things. Enough information, but sort of in code.

Slow Down To Look

01 Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole - What A Wonderful World

02 John Cruz - Island Style

03 Jason Mraz - Have It All

04 Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

05 Zac Brown Band - Toes

06 Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon

07 George Strait - Here For A Good Time

08 Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned

09 Jack Johnson - Better Together

10 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds

11 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

12 Weezer - Island in the Sun

13 Eagles - Take It Easy

14 Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

15 Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

16 The Toyes - Smoke Two Joints

17 Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

18 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville

19 Joe Nichols - Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off

20 Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup

21 John Denver - Rocky Mountain High

22 Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good

SoS

This is a pick of non related songs, except by the closeness of the Camelot Key to Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits. I didn't do a RIYL (Recommended If You Like) because the songs don't sound like that song, but they are mixable with that song. Sort of. I've listened to it several times and there are some surprising segues, but not too jarring. It's pretty listenable in that order, even though the BPM's vary, they tend to go up in energy and then drop back down with a key change. I tried to make it as smooth as possible, without staying completely true to the premise. Just fun. A few of the bands, I stayed away from their biggest hits, but for some it just worked out. Hopefully, there are a couple of tracks that will surprise you (in a good way). I like that the morse code is NOT Sultans of Swing. Although that would have been funny for the few people that know morse code.

SoS

01 King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight

02 Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me

03 Santana - Flor D'Luna (Moonflower)

04 Association - Windy

05 Steely Dan - Do It Again

06 The Zombies - She's Not There

07 War - Low Rider

08 Badfinger - Day After Day

09 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing

10 Kissing The Pink - Big Man Restless

11 Gary Myrick And The Figures - She Talks In Stereo

12 Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - I'm an Indian, Too

13 Chicago - Street Player

14 Earth Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland

15 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle

16 Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night

17 Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger

18 Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy

19 Cars - Tonight She Comes

20 Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Country Beatles

This isn't fair, but the Beatles together and solo did have country influences in their music. Some is in this pick. Personally, I think the Stones did country better (see Country Stones), but the Beatles did have some good songs that really sound country. Some just have that hint of country flavor. That doesn't make the songs bad. No, in fact, some of them are excellent Beatles songs with a Beatles sound. Ringo was a big country fan. He had a whole country album as a solo artist and several of the Beatles tracks with a real country flair are featuring Ringo. But all of them had some country influences. I know I could have picked a bunch of others. Let me know if I missed a really obvious one (especially solo stuff), but here's my pick of countrified Beatles. BTW, I love this cover! My first attempt at AI.

Country Beatles

01 Wings - Sally G

02 Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line

03 Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

04 Beatles - Don't Pass Me By

05 Paul McCartney & Wings - Country Dreamer

06 George Harrison - I Don't Care Anymore

07 John Lennon - Tight A$

08 Beatles - You Like Me Too Much

09 Beatles - I'm A Loser

10 Beatles - Rocky Raccoon

11 Beatles - Act Naturally

12 Beatles - What Goes On

13 Beatles - Baby's In Black

14 Ringo Starr - $15 Draw

15 George Harrison - Woman Don't You Cry For Me

16 Paul McCartney - One More Kiss

17 George Harrison - Behind That Locked Door

18 Ringo Starr - Beaucoups Of Blues

19 Beatles - Words Of Love

20 Ringo Starr - So Wrong For So Long

21 Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko

22 George Harrison - I Live For You

23 Ringo Starr - Loser's Lounge

24 George Harrison - Any Road

25 John Lennon - Move Over Ms. L.

26 Beatles - Honey Don't

Yoko Ono Pick

There are some people who will just ignore this pick, but they would be silly to do so. There are some people who will say that she does not belong in the Beatles family posts, but they would be wrong. Yoko Ono deserves better than she has gotten. I have no idea how she is as a person, but she's been a pioneering force in music. Decades later there are still bands discovering how amazing she is. These are some of my favorites of hers. I love the tracks (4 & 5) with Frank Zappa and the Mothers (with Yoko in the bag). The newer stuff with her son Sean is amazing too. The almost jazzy rock with Voorman is brilliant. The stuff that ended up being remixed relentlessly (although I posted the original versions) is great. She got rediscovered again by dance music. And of course the first track which is one of my favorites. To me, this is all good.

Yoko Ono Pick

01 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

02 Yoko Ono - Why

03 Yoko Ono - Why Not

04 John & Yoko Plastic Ono Band - Scumbag

05 John & Yoko Plastic Ono Band - Au

06 Yoko Ono - I'm Dying

07 Yoko Ono - Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy'sOnlyLookingforHerHandintheSnow)

08 Yoko Ono - Warzone

09 Yoko Ono - Hell in Paradise

10 Yoko Ono - Kiss, Kiss, Kiss

11 Yoko Ono - Coffin Car

12 Yoko Ono - Open Your Box

13 Yoko Ono - Talking To The Universe

14 Yoko Ono - Death of Samantha

15 Yoko Ono - It's Been Very Hard

Beatles Family

I figured I might as well post this one too. So far you've gotten Solo Beatles the last two days, just the sons, rockin, weird, beatlesque and now this one. It's got tracks from each son (mostly dupes from the sons pick) although for Dhani I used his tribute to dad with Prince doing an amazing solo. And for Zak I used a track with him and The Who. I included the Steve Miller, Elton John and David Bowie because it has guest spots from Beatles. Same with the solo Ringo Starr tracks. I picked the solo Linda McCartney because it has James on it. The Paul McCartney track also has his family on bacground vocals. The George Harrison tracks are about the Beatles and has Ringo on both tracks and one of them also has Paul and Linda (and Denny Laine). The John Lennon track has Paul on it. The Yoko track (I will eventually post my pick of my favorites of hers) has John on it and it's one of my favorites. Two Beatles tracks. One is the last one of the reconstructed Beatles tracks I hadn't used yet (see the last two days). And one has the fifth Beatle (Billy Preston) on it. He was pretty much family. The order is by BPM. The cover bugs me, but I like it anyway. It's hard to find a photo with everyone of the family members. I had one with all the wives, one with the "main" wives and none with all the kids. I chose this one with each Beatle and one kid as a baby each. Not fair to the other kids, sorry. Not fair to the wives. Only Linda is partially visible. To me, I only would have considered Linda, Yoko, Barbara and Olivia, even though they all had at least one other major love. I consider the others all tragic stories in one way or another.

Beatles Family

01 Sean Lennon - Dead Meat

02 Steve Miller Band (Paul) - My Dark Hour

03 Beatles - Real Love

04 George Harrison - When We was Fab

05 David Bowie - Fame

06 Ringo Starr - I'm The Greatest

07 Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna

08 John Lennon - Lucille

09 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

10 Tom Petty; Jeff Lynne; Steve Winwood; Dhani Harrison; Prince - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

11 Linda McCartney with James McCartney - The Light Comes From Within

12 The Who with Zak Starkey - Real Good Looking Boy

13 Elton John with Dr. Winston O'Boogie (John) - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

14 Paul McCartney - Everybody Out There

15 George Harrison - All Those Years Ago

16 Beatles - Get Back

17 Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes

18 Traveling Wilburys - Heading For The Light

19 James McCartney - Angel