What's The Connection? Revolution 2

This is part two of my Revolution connections. It became quite apparent while I was making Revolution volume one that there were a lot of reggae artists that had made songs with revolution in the title in my collection. I had already started preparing this volume when I published the first one and I got quite a few suggestions for a reggae version. So even though I was planning on posting this on a revolutionary day, I posted it now instead. I still have plenty more for a more appropriate day later. Don't pressure me... lol.

What's The Connection? Revolution 2

19 Dennis Brown - Revolution

20 Doug Wimbish - Revolution

21 Mutabaruka - My Revolution

22 Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution

23 Singers & Players - Revolution

24 Mad Professor meets Prince Fatty - Dub Revolution

25 Deadly Headley & Singers & Players - Revolution Part 5

26 Sub Dub - Revolution

27 Freedom Fighters - Reggae Revolution

28 Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Revolution Version

29 Yabby U - Revolution Conference

30 Mad Professor - Spirit Of The Revolution

31 Clinton Sly - Revolution Time

32 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Revolution

33 Augustus Pablo - Revolution Dub

34 Bim Sherman - Revolution

35 The Clash - Revolution Rock

36 Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Dub Revolution (Part 1)

Patrice Holloway Pick

Continuing the picks of the last few days, this is Patrice Holloway. Yes, she's the sister of Brenda Holloway and, yes, she was one of the voices of the original band Josie and the Pussycats. See the Josie pick from a few days ago. So there are a few Josie tracks and several Patrice solo tracks. The last five tracks are Patrice singing background with a bunch of other artists. Patrice never got as much traction as her sister, but she's still got a few tracks that got played in Northern Soul clubs.

Patrice Holloway Pick

01 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie and the Pussycats (Long single version)

02 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

03 Josie And The Pussycats - Stop, Look and Listen

04 Brenda Holloway - You've Made Me So Very Happy (written with Patrice Holloway)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

06 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

07 Patrice Holloway - Those DJ Shows

08 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

09 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

10 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

11 Patrice Holloway - Black Mother Goose

12 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

13 Patrice Holloway - The Touch Of Venus

14 Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours

15 Patrice Holloway - Ecstasy

16 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

17 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

18 Patrice Holloway - Evidence

19 Kim Weston - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

20 Diana Ross And The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together

21 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

22 Buffy Sainte-Marie - He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo

23 Thelma Houston - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Kay Hanley Pick

This pick is about Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. There are a few songs from the Josie And The Pussycats movie which features Hanley. The stars in the movie are on the Josie songs, but only as background singers. The lead is Hanley. There are also another track or two from movies. The first track is related to Sonic The Hedgehog, from Sonic Heroes. Also from the soundtracks of 10 Things I Hate About You and Just like Heaven. Lastly, I added some tracks of other artists featuring Hanley. Guitar and vocals she's got some cool stuff.

Kay Hanley Pick

01 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

02 Josie and the Pussycats - Spin Around

03 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

05 Kay Hanley - Lust For Life

06 Kay Hanley - Fall

07 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Wooden Man

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Stronger

10 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

11 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

12 Ryan Hamilton And The Harlequin Ghosts featuring Kay Hanley - Oh No

13 Letters To Cleo - Awake

14 Letters To Cleo - Come On

15 Letters To Cleo - Co-Pilot

16 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

17 Bowling For Soup featuring Kay Hanley - I've Never Done Anything Like This

18 Josie and the Pussycats - Pretend To Be Nice

19 Tracy Bonham featuring Kay Hanley - Every Breath

Josie And The Pussycats Family

This is a pretty interesting pick for me. First, I actually watched the cartoon. I even have some of the comic books. And when the live action movie came out I had a daughter the right age, so we watched it and enjoyed the soundtrack. I knew that the remake featured Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. And I knew that the original Josie band included Cheryl Ladd (Pre-Angels when she was Cherie Moor), who sang as Melody. She was my favorite angel and not just because she played tennis with my cousin. I found out later that Brenda Holloway's sister, Patrice Holloway was in the band as was Kathy Dougher (who was in a not so great band later). Patrice was signed to Motown and had a couple of Northern Soul "hits" and also co-wrote at least one great song with her sister, but mostly did backup vocals on a few albums. There are three versions of the theme song here. And one barely affiliated song by the Archies who ended up with a bigger hit, but was actually started because of Josie in the cartoons and comics.

Josie And The Pussycats Family 

01 The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

02 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

03 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

06 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

07 Kay Hanley - Fall

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

10 Chris Christian With Cheryl Ladd - I Want You, I Need You

11 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

12 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

13 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

14 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

15 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

16 Cheryl Ladd - Where Is Someone To Love Me

17 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

18 Letters To Cleo - Come On

19 Cheryl Ladd - Dance Forever

20 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

21 Cheryl Ladd - Take A Chance

22 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

23 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over

24 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

25 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

26 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

27 The Mission Folk (Kathy Dougher) - Old Coat

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

Having worked at an alternative music radio station I knew of and played Blake Babies and The Juliana Hatfield Three and followed some of her progress in her various bands and even was happy to see the cover of Josie and the Pussycats Theme song. Especially. I was always a big fan of the animated TV show and even the movie which had Kate Hanley (Letters To Cleo) singing the theme. So any version is good, but Hatfield and Donnelly do a bang up job. If you are a fan of these bands, make sure you listen to the Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John and Police covers albums. They're pretty good. A track each from The I Don't Cares, Some Girls, and Minor Alps, plus a track with the Lemonheads and one with Evan Dando. The rest with her solo and her main two bands. Hopefully your favorite is here and plenty more to explore.

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

01 Juliana Hatfield - Fleur De Lys

02 Blake Babies - Brain Damage

03 Juliana Hatfield - A Little More Love

04 Blake Babies - Girl In A Box

05 Some Girls - Necessito

06 Juliana Hatfield & Frank Smith - Don't Wanna Be The One

07 Blake Babies - Sanctify

08 Blake Babies - Cesspool

09 Juliana Hatfield - Every Breath You Take

10 Juliana Hatfield - Don't Bring Me Down

11 Evan Dando & Julianna Hatfield - $1,000 Wedding

12 Blake Babies - Out There

13 Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heartbeat

14 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Supermodel

15 The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray

16 The Juliana Hatfield Three - My Sister

17 Blake Babies - Temptation Eyes

18 The I Don't Cares - 1/2 2P

19 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Everybody Loves Me But You

20 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin The Bottle

21 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie and the Pussycats theme

22 Blake Babies - Lament

23 Juliana Hatfield - Simplicity Is Beautiful

24 Minor Alps - Buried Plans

What's The Connection? Shadow 2

Part two of the Shadow connection. I liked copying so much that I am doing it again (for the whole story of Moozler and Shadow 1 click here). But more Shadow songs here and mostly not on either link. Another version of Nilsson's Shadow song, this time done with Frank and Sammy. Some fun old stuff, some BOC, Kissing The Pink, some country and even some prog. This one goes all over the place with no rhyme or reason until you remember the connection, but it's got some great songs on it. E.G. Daily also has a song here. With so many of Daily's songs on soundtracks can you tell me which one is your favorite? Give me the movie and the song. And the cover I still like, too. Look closely. What do you see? 

What's The Connection? Shadow 2

24 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Shadow People

25 kd Lang - Shadowland

26 Glass Hammer - Shadows Of The Past

27 Astrud Gilberto - The Shadow Of Your Smile

28 Hank Williams Jr. - Standing In The Shadows

29 Five Satins - Shadows

30 Peter Gabriel & Friends - Shadow

31 Fever Tree - Filligree And Shadow

32 David Bowie - Shadow Man

33 Gary Clail Sound System - Dark Day Shadows

34 Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Complicated Shadows

35 Blue Oyster Cult - Shadow Warrior

36 Coldplay - White Shadows

37 Frank Sinatra with Sammy Davis, Jr. - Me and My Shadow

38 Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Shadow Of A Doubt

39 E.G. Daily - Love In The Shadows (Remix)

40 Kissing The Pink - Don't Hide In The Shadows

41 Jules And The Polar Bears - Shadows Break

St. Patrick's Day

Instead of a new connection for St. Patrick's Day or just a repost, I figured I would give a list links of previous posts for this day. So I guess they are all reposts.

• Celtic Pick (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)
• Celtic Pick 2 (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)
• St Patrick's Day Leprechauns
• Luck Connection (Songs with Luck in them)
• Beer Connection volume 1
• Beer Connection volume 2

This is probably the only time that clicking on the cover gets you no links. 

What's The Connection? Eyes 3

I've done a few connections with Eyes. Mostly generic, but one about Blue Eyes. This has some colored eyes on it, but it's mostly generic. Several black eyes, a green eye, red eyes and even dirty eyes. Similar cover again and similar mix of genres. Some country, some rock , prog, crooners, new wave, dance and pop all mixed in for good measure. The numbering does not include the blue eyed connection, but all the generic ones.

What's The Connection? Eyes 3

41 Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You

42 Paul Anka - Eyes Without A Face

43 Taylor Swift - Beautiful Eyes

44 kd Lang - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

45 Bing Crosby - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

46 Fred Astaire - I've Got My Eyes on You

47 Neil Sedaka - Angel Eyes

48 Merle Haggard - Hungry Eyes

49 Robert John - Sad Eyes

50 Wilco - Red-Eyed And Blue

51 Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes

52 The Fall - Green Eyed Loco-Man

53 Paper Lace - The Black Eyed Boys

54 Frank Sinatra - Stars In Your Eyes

55 Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes

56 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blackeyed Blonde

57 Yes - Open Your Eyes (Radio Edit)

58 Altered Images - See Those Eyes

59 Blake Shelton - My Eyes (Feat. Gwen Sebastian)

60 Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back

61 Bradley Cooper - Black Eyes

62 Eight to the Bar - Black-Eyed Sally

63 AC-DC - Dirty Eyes

Ides of March

The Ides of March was a band started with Jim Peterik (see that link for a family pick) but is also the 15th of March when it is thought that Julius Caesar died. Beware! Beware the Ides of March! Most people associate the band with Blood Sweat and Tears because they have the huge hit Vehicle that has that same sound. But they have a bunch of very good songs over their career, mostly because of Peterik who went on to be a great songwriter even after he left this band (on hiatus). All of the songs on this pick (except of the last one by Survivor - not Eye of the Tiger) are by The Ides Of March. Survivor is the other band Peterik was in and probably more well known and this track was not on the other compilation, so I thought I would throw it in here. Either way be careful today while you listen to this. Beware!

The Ides Of March

01 The Ides Of March - Secrets Of A Woman

02 The Ides Of March - Home

03 The Ides Of March - Keep Rocking

04 The Ides Of March - Vehicle

05 The Ides Of March - Melody

06 The Ides Of March - Wooden Ships

07 The Ides Of March - One Woman Man

08 The Ides Of March - Mother America

09 The Ides Of March - Superman

10 The Ides Of March - LA Goodbye

11 The Ides Of March - You Wouldn't Listen

12 The Ides Of March - Swagger

13 The Ides Of March - Tie-Dye Princess

14 The Ides Of March - Girls Don't Grow On Trees

15 The Ides Of March - I'll Keep Searching

16 The Ides Of March - Hot Water

17 The Ides Of March - Like It Or Lump It

18 The Ides Of March - Factory Band

19 The Ides Of March - Roller Coaster

20 Survivor - High On You

What's The Connection? Beware 1

Today it's Pi day, so Happy Pi Day. Click that link to see previous Pi playlist. And tomorrow is the Ides Of March. So we are always told to Beware the Ides Of March, so to get you ready, Caesar, here are some songs with Beware in the title for this connection. Tons more of these are available, but just some of my first impressions to put in here. Nothing really to do with Caesar on here, except for maybe Colosseum. I put George Harrison and Concrete Blonde right next to each other. Same song, but different.after the first listen, skip the one you like least. I won't mind.

What's The Connection? Beware 1

01 Jon Anderson with Caitlin Elizabeth - Beware The Wolf

02 Sugababes - Beware

03 The Killers - Beware

04 Panjabi Mc - Beware (Jay-Z Remix)

05 Louis Jordan - Beware

06 John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett - Beware of the Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Going to Get You, Yeah)

07 B.B. King - Beware, Brother, Beware

08 Temptations - You Better Beware

09 Colosseum - Beware The Ides Of March

10 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Liars Beware

11 Post Malone - Buyer Beware

12 George Harrison - Beware Of Darkness

13 Concrete Blonde - Beware Of Darkness

14 Wings - Beware My Love

15 Ambrosia - Art Beware

16 Bernie Worrell - Beware Of Dog

17 Arctic Monkeys - If You Were There, Beware

18 Grand Funk Railroad - All The Girls In The World Beware!!!

19 Lee Perry and The Upsetters - Beware Fade

20 Yabby U - Beware of God

21 Barry White - Beware

Erosion Control 2

Part two of the Erosion Control pick. Like volume one of Erosion Control from four days ago, it's just a playlist of covers of mostly rock songs, mostly in a rock style. Unlike the Facsimile comp which had more of a dance feel too it, this one is more rockish. Although the Dregs are rock, they are also jazz/fusion and maybe something else occasionally. A couple of tracks are kind of pop-rock. My favorite combination is the Scorpions doing a German version of a Sweet song and Sweet doing a Who Cover.

Erosion Control 2

20 Dixie Dregs - Kashmir

21 Belinda Carlisle - I Feel Free

22 Faith No More - War Pigs

23 Aerosmith - Remember (Walking In The Sand)

24 Korn - Another Brick In The Wall (Parts 1, 2, 3)

25 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard it Through the Grapevine

26 The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid - I'm Free

27 Golden Earring - Who Do You Love

28 Santana - Black Magic Woman

29 The Hammersmith Gorillas - You Really Got Me

30 Scorpions - Fuchs Geh Voran

31 Sweet - Won't Get Fooled Again

32 Foo Fighters - Band On The Run

33 Psychic TV - Good Vibrations

34 The Replacements - Takin' Care Of Business

35 Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - Born To Be Wild

What's The Connection? Questions 2

More of the Question connection. This is part two. Again, these are songs that have the word "Question" in the title. They aren't asking a question nor do they have any Question Marks in the title. Although that would be a good connection someday. I just haven't made it yet. Volume one of the Question connection was in February of this year. This one, like most WTC's goes all over the place in genres. Jade Warrior into Eazy E isn't a smooth transition and niether is Buffalo Springfield into Taylor Swift. But they all have the same theme so it will have to work. The cover is similar and I do love it.

What's The Connection? Questions 2

21 Johnny Nash - There Are More Questions Than Answers

22 Prince - The Question Of U

23 Rihanna - Question Existing

24 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg - 21 Questions

25 John Mayall - Unanswered Questions

26 Beastie Boys - Twenty Questions

27 Jerry Harrison - Fast Karma-No Questions

28 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out of the Question

29 L.A. Carnival - (We'd Like To) Pose a Question

30 Jade Warrior - The Last Question

31 Eazy E Featuring Ice Cube - No More Questions

32 Buffalo Springfield - Question

33 Taylor Swift - Question...

34 Randy Lee - The Question

35 Emile Ford - Question

36 Adam & Dee - Question of Childhood

37 Bob Lee - Wanted For Questioning

38 Mark Stewart & Ye Gods - Question Mark

39 Lord Charles & The Prophets - Ask Me No Questions (I'll Tell You No Lies)

40 The Vidalias - Questioningly

41 The Dream - Can I Ask You One More Question (Rebellion)

42 Icecream Hands - Uncle Robert's Questionnaire

43 Alamo - Question Raised

Take It Easy Too

It's sort of the part two of the Take It Easy pick, but that is also part of another pick (see link at previous link) which is also related to Life Is Good pick. I did number this continuing from part one which is deceptively called Again. So it's confusing. Mostly songs about taking it easy, slowing down, making things simple, although the music is not as breezy as all that. I have another I will post later on, but I was ready to get this one up.

Take It Easy Too

21 Larry Williams - Slow Down

22 The Fugees - Take It Easy

23 Christina Aguilera - Slow Down Baby

24 Jackson 5 - Breezy

25 Jimmy Nelson - Free And Easy Mind

26 Henry Sharpe - There Is No Easy Way

27 Depeche Mode - Easy Tiger

28 The Jam - Slow Down

29 Air - You Make It Easy

30 Nancy Sinatra - I Used To Think It Was Easy

31 Who - I'm Free

32 Michael Buble - Nice 'N Easy

33 The Motels - Slow Down

34 Henry Mancini - Slow And Easy

35 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

36 Skatalites - Take It Easy

37 Doug Sahm And The Pharoahs - Slow Down

38 Selena Gomez - Slow Down

39 Commodores - Easy

40 Klaus Nomi - Simple Man

41 Boston - It's Easy

42 Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling

43 Triumph - Easy Life

Surf Beat 3

You can see that this is the third volume of this compilation. The first Surf Beat was based on a mixtape I made based on a surf punk radio show I hosted. Which is a lot of base-ing. The second Surf Beat was a continuation of that. And this pick goes even farther. I haven't done the show in over a decade, but still love all the music. The hardest part of the actual show was playing so many songs in a row that were short and still keep the albums and singles in order and not mess them up as I was putting them away and still be able to talk and keep track of everything. Lots of prep work. This volume only has one song under sixty seconds, so it would have been less of a problem, but some of those shows were short song after short song. Hard to keep up. Imagine playing a bunch of Descendents and Angry Samoans all in a row. I stayed away from that as much as possible. Learn about carts in volume one.

Surf Beat 3

63 Link Wray - Rumble

64 Sidewalk Surfers - Skateboard

65 The Kilaueas - Giant

66 The Corvets - Buckeye

67 The Slickee Boys - When I Go To The Beach

68 The Fathoms - Fathomized

69 Agent Orange - Pipeline

70 Apach-O-Matic - Tiki Island Girl

71 X - Los Angeles

72 Minor Threat - Straight Edge

73 Aqualads - Surf! Surf! Surf!

74 Fear - I Love Livin' In The City

75 Fidlar - No Waves

76 The Razorblades - Grease Your Hair and Get Tattooed

77 The Atlantics - Flight Of The Surf Guitar

78 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

79 Clifford Curry - We're Gonna Hate Ourselves In The Morning

80 Wavves - King Of The Beach

81 Aqua Velvets - Guitar Noir

82 Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow

83 JFA - Beach Blanket Bongout

84 The Invisible Surfers - Godzilla Attacks

85 Sea Shells - Hit The Surf

86 D.O.A. - That's Progress (WJello Biafra)

87 Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards

88 Revelairs - San-Ho-Zay

89 Red Elvises - Spacecowboy

90 The Malibooz - Surf Beat '81

91 The Sleazy Surfers - Movin'

92 The Ventures - Batman Theme

Erosion Control 1

You are probably wondering about the title of this pick. I was making a mixtape of all covers and I was just going to call it rock blanket or something like that. But then as I was looking around, I noticed these blankets made up of rocks that they used for erosion control and I just loved it. It led me to all sorts of pictures of erosion control and I ended up with the one on the cover. I am sure you know all the originals of these songs, although some of you may have thought that at least two of these are the originals, but I assure you they are all covers. They are all written and performed originally by other bands. I have another pick of mostly rock covers that doesn't have any doubles with this on that I called Facsimile. With either have a fun journey looking up the original versions!

Erosion Control 1

01 Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love

02 Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

03 Aerosmith - Come Together

04 Deep Purple - Kentucky Woman

05 Heart - Rock And Roll

06 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock n Roll

07 Seal - Fly Like an Eagle

08 Urge Overkill - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon

09 Yung Wu - Powderfinger

10 Motley Crue - Smokin in the Boys Room

11 Foo Fighters - Baker Street

12 Shnazz - I Think We're Alone Now

13 Blue Oyster Cult - Born To Be Wild

14 Stranglers - Walk On By

15 Santana - She's Not There

16 Van Halen - You Really Got Me

17 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light

18 Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize

19 Body Count - Hey Joe

kuy

This mixtape is my pick of songs that I started with Fall Out Boy. I didn't add Billy Squier, but I wasn't liking it. In fact I was calling my attempts Yuk. I really didn't like the way it was going. I put it aside a bit and tried adding more stuff, moving things around. I added some Commodores and the Luke Bryan and it started coming together for me. The Comateens I liked since it matched up a bit with Fall Out Boy but was completely different. Same with Black Eyed Peas. It had a similar feel, but different. The Nickleback, Starship, Good Charlotte, Train and Blink 182 were a good counter balance and the rest fell in place. It became the opposite of Yuk, hence the title.

kuy

01 Luke Bryan - Kick The Dust Up

02 Blink-182 - She's Out Of Her Mind

03 Comateens - The Munsters Theme

04 Ninja Sex Party - Pour Some Sugar On Me

05 Commodores - Shut Up And Dance

06 Train - Drive By

07 Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

08 Good Charlotte - I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)

09 Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance (Jason Nevins Remix)

10 Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Boys Want

11 Cobra Starship featuring Sabi - You Make Me Feel...

12 The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

13 Starship - We Built This City (12in)

14 Black Eyed Peas - Pump It (RWL Remix)

15 Nickelback - Rockstar

16 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite

17 Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start the Fire

18 The Killers - Mr. Brightside

19 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi

20 Morgan Wallen - Whiskey Glasses

21 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang

22 Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman

What's The Connection? Revolution 1

No national holiday to celebrating this connection about revolution. I probably should have waited to post it for Independence day or something like that, but I was excited about finishing it up. I started it because Butterboy posted a Revolution Rhythms compilation (I submitted this to his My Comps section as well) and one of the tracks he had on that comp started me here: Gil Scott-Heron. I put it in here as well. That started me on the argument over it being televised or not. Jeff Beck said yes. I put on a few of my other favorite Revolution titled songs including Nina Hagen, the Last Poets and World Party. I also included a great version of The Beatles Revolution (including both one and nine) done by soniclovenoise that has a great site that you should check out even if it's partially funded by Patreon (or onlyfans or something like that).

What's The Connection? Revolution 1

01 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

02 Pretenders - Revolution

03 Earth, Wind & Fire - Revolution (Just Evolution)

04 David Byrne - The Revolution

05 Phil Manzanera - Revolution

06 Depeche Mode - Where's the Revolution

07 The B-52's - Revolution Earth

08 Nina Hagen - Revolution Ballroom

09 Beatles - Revolution 19

10 Jeff Beck - The Revolution Will Be Televised

11 The Last Poets - Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution

12 Elvis Costello - Revolution #49

13 KMFDM - Revolution

14 Rascal Flatts - Revolution

15 Tomorrow - Revolution

16 T. Rex - Children of the Revolution

17 World Party - Private Revolution

18 REM - Revolution

What's The Connection? Free 3

This continues the WTC of free songs. Songs with free in the title. I did a part 1 of free in November of last year. And part two wasn't that long ago, but in February. Part three includes a Les, a Lou, and two Lee's. The original by the Rolling Stones (the Soup Dragon cover featured in one of the previous connections). Some Pink Floyd and some Frank Zappa. Dan Hartman with a cover. And Jimi to start it all off. I figure any compilation with both Loretta Lynn and Prince is pretty good. But if you add Gil Scott-Heron and Queen it's a notch above good.

What's The Connection? Free 3

39 Jimi Hendrix - Tax Free

40 Byrds - Set You Free This Time

41 Irma Thomas - Set Me Free

42 Les Baxter - Born Free

43 Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Set Them Free

44 Lee Hazlewood - Flying Free

45 Queen - I Want To Break Free

46 Nancy Wallace - Young Hearts Run Free

47 Pink Floyd - When The Tigers Broke Free

48 Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free

49 Donna Summer - I'm Free

50 Jam & Spoon - Set Me Free (Empty Rooms) (radio version)

51 Gaelic Storm - Marching Free

52 David Bowie - I Feel Free

53 Rolling Stones - I'm Free

54 Dan Hartman - Free Ride

55 Prince - Free

56 Loretta Lynn - I Wanna Be Free

57 Buzzcocks - Running Free

58 Eight to the Bar - Set You Free

59 Lou Reed - I'm So Free

60 Gil Scott-Heron - Free Will

Slow Poof 4

Continuing from the first three volumes of Ambient Chill Slow Poof hits volume four. I really like this pick. Each volume it pretty good. It kind of encompasses a few different genres that all sound similar. I mean Mike Oldfield could be considered prog or pop prog. Thomas Dolby is pop new wave. What do you consider Bjork or Bryan Ferry? Anyway it's a good addition to this set of picks. I hope you like this latest addition.

Slow Poof 4

39 Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out

40 Closedown - Bliss

41 Dislocation Dance - The Next Year I Returned To St. Michelle

42 The Durutti Column - For Belgian Friends

43 Thomas Dolby - Dissidents

44 This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo

45 Lights In A Fat City - Guboo

46 Björk featuring µ-Ziq - All Is Full Of Love (7 Minute Mix)

47 Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love

48 Bryan Ferry - Kiss And Tell

49 BT - Blue Skies (Radio Edit)

50 New Musik - The Planet Doesn't Mind

51 Underworld - Push Upstairs

52 Hector Zazou - Sahara Blue (Brussels)

53 Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Part 2

What's The Connection? Because 2

This is part two of this connection and there will be another one coming for sure as well sometime down the future. The first Because connection was a bit ago in November. I made some stupid puns then, so I won't do that again. This time no Beatles, but there is a track from Paul McCartney and one from Julian Lennon. There is a polka song and a couple of country tunes as well as a tack completely opposite of that, by members of Wire as Dome. Also some Psychic TV and some R&B and almost disco. I hope you like this volume, too. Cover is similar.

What's The Connection? Because 2

23 Dave Hamilton Voices - Because I Love You

24 Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Because of the Wind

25 Julian Lennon - Because

26 Connie Francis - Because Of You

27 Ernest Tubb - I Love You Because

28 Neil Sedaka - Because Of You

29 Lyle Lovett - I  Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You

30 Skyy - Because Of You

31 Ben E. King - Because Of You

32 Bud Freeman - Because Of Lsd

33 Paul McCartney - Just Because

34 Dome - Because We Must (Version 1)

35 Bryan Ferry - Because You're Mine

36 Elvis Presley - I Love You Because

37 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night

38 Frankie Yankovic - Just Because

39 Brian Setzer - Just Because

40 Chris Montez - Because Of You

41 Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome

42 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

43 Psychic TV - Just Because

fzz

Just another mixtape in the Pol's Pick department. I had a fuzzy song, so I decided on the title, but then as usual I kinda veered off. But I kept the title. I already had fizzy cover (sort of fuzz filled) and it was pop, so it stayed. Some of the artists might be considered poppy, but the song choices, less so. It's in bpm order and by energy, but it also was not a hard and fast of rule. So don't pay attention to anything I just wrote. It won't help you. Just suffice it to say, I had some rules, I didn't pay attention to any of them. Oh well.

fzz

01 The Cult - White

02 Arcadia - Rose Arcana (Extended)

03 Clock DVA - Hacker (Hacked)

04 Mc 900 Ft Jesus - The City Sleeps

05 Human League - Kimi Ni Mune Kyun (My Heart Beats, for You (A Holiday Affair))

06 The Pierces - Secret

07 The Wolfgang Press - Time

08 Jah Wobble and Deep Space - Singing

09 Will Sergeant - Fuzztronic

10 British Electric Foundation - Breathing

11 Young Marble Giants - Nita

12 Fischer-Z - The Perfect Day

13 Berlin - Matter Of Time

14 KMFDM - Leid und Elend (instrumental)

15 The Glove - Like An Animal (12'' Club What Club Mix)

16 Oxo - Whirly Girl

What's The Connection? Mess 1

I've had a few around this connection over the last week or so. But this one is just a Mess. It's messy and it was messed up, but mostly it's just the mess. My favorite Mess title has to be the Rakes. It's perfect. I already had messing around with Jim Croce in the previous WTC that you had to look out for, but now there is Cupid and Bill to look out for too. Don't mess around with them or with the Best. And keep it away from Papa.

What's The Connection? Mess 1

01 The Soup Dragons - All Messed Up

02 Diamond Rio - Beautiful Mess

03 Wet Willie - Ain't He a Mess

04 Switchfoot - Mess Of Me

05 James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1

06 Eight to the Bar - Don't Mess With the Best

07 Keith Urban - Messed Up As Me

08 Merle Haggard - Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart

09 Shonen Knife - Messy Room

10 Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill

11 Elvis Presley - A Mess Of Blues

12 Tubes - I'm Just A Mess

13 Jason Mraz - A Beautiful Mess

14 Jeff Healey - Mess O' Blues

15 Shoes - Hot Mess

16 Everything But The Girl - When You Mess Up

17 Yoko Ono - What A Mess

18 Paul McCartney & Wings - The Mess

19 Lee Scratch Perry - Messy Apartment

20 Jane Wiedlin - Messy

21 New York Dolls - Don't Mess With Cupid

22 The Rakes - The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect

David Johansen Family Pick

From the New York Dolls to his alter-ego Buster Poindexter and all his solo work, David Johansen always did things his way. This pick celebrating his life covers just a bit of his recorded output. I put on some New York Dolls, including one of my favorite cartoon themes. Some of his work on tribute albums and on a sampler or two. There are a couple of covers or so. Including the Kinks and T Rex. A track from his latin album, even one from his work with the Harry Smiths. It's got his biggest hit in both New York Dolls and as Buster Poindexter and some of my favorites across the board.

David Johansen Family Pick

01 Bob Dorough & David Johansen - Alabama Song

02 New York Dolls - Jet Boy

03 David Johansen And The Harry Smiths - Well, I've Been To Memphis

04 New York Dolls - Trash

05 New York Dolls - Courageous Cat Theme

06 Buster Poindexter - Mean Spirited Sal

07 Buster Poindexter - Alcohol

08 David Johansen - King Of Babylon

09 David Johansen - Funky But Chic

10 Buster Poindexter - Totalitarian State

11 Buster Poindexter - Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)

12 Buster Poindexter And His Banshees Of Blue - Hot Hot Hot

13 New York Dolls - Stranded In The Jungle

14 Marc Almond & Buster Poindexter - Adored And Explored

15 New York Dolls - Frankenstein

16 David Johansen - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Reprise)

17 New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss

18 New York Dolls - Pills

19 New York Dolls - Vietnamese Baby

20 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

21 Buster Poindexter - Hit The Road Jack

What's The Connection? Free 2

I don't remember the movie much, but I remember the feeling when I saw it. I was younger and I saw it on TV. The movie was Born Free and the title track of the song as done by Matt Monro is on this part two of the Free Connection. I did part one some time ago (see Free volume one here). I probably should have waited for a special freedom oriented day to arrive to post this, but I have been feeling freer since January anyway and it was there just waiting. I like that this volume of the compilation is bookended by two long very cool free songs and a bunch of other great songs inbetween. You can't get more apart than Funkadelic and Lynyrd Skynyrd and yet it totally works. I have another eight hours of free songs and eventually I will post another one. They just aren't finalized yet. Similar cover. Isn't it nice.

What's The Connection? Free 2

22 Funkadelic - Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow

23 Belinda Carlisle - I Feel Free

24 Johnny Cash - Rollin' Free

25 Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free

26 Matt Monro - Born Free

27 Dixie Dregs - Free Fall

28 Ted Nugent - Free-For-All

29 Paul McCartney - Nothing For Free

30 Bangles - I'll Set You Free

31 Brick - Free Dancer

32 Big Audio Dynamite - Free

33 Rascals - People Got To Be Free

34 Ariana Grande featuring Zedd - Break Free

35 Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World

36 Cars - Free

37 Beatles - Free as a Bird

38 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

What's The Connection? Bullets 3

Not much to say on this third volume of this Bullet Connection. This one is a bit more on the rock side, although there are a couple not that way. So add this to the others and then compare and contrast. Not much else to say. Punk, rock, R&B, and then some Bill Laswell and even some Prince. Enjoy it. This is the last for awhile.

What's The Connection? Bullets 3

41 Megadeth - Sweating Bullets

42 Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head

43 The Slickee Boys - Put A Bullet Thru The Juke Box

44 Quill UK - Bullet Proof

45 The Clash - Washington Bullets

46 Prince - The Good Life (Bullets Go Bang Remix)

47 Van Halen - Ballot Or The Bullet

48 The Dream Syndicate - Bullet With My Name on It

49 Moe. - Bullet

50 Citizen Way - Bulletproof

51 Motorhead - Bite the Bullet-The Chase is Better Than the Catch (live)

52 Stephen Swartz featuring Joni Fatora - Bullet Train

53 KMFDM - Stray Bullet

54 Bill Laswell - Bullet Hole Memory

55 Sade - Bullet Proof Soul

What's The Connection? Messin' 1

Yet another connection around the word Mess, this time it's Messin' (although I did have a couple with the "G" at the end). This one started because of the Blues Brothers which means really the original. Guess which one it is. Either way a bunch of great songs that are different from most of the other Mess connections. Tell me your favorites.

What's The Connection? Messin' 1

01 Hot Chocolate - Messin With Sly

02 Darts - Messing Shoe Blues

03 Todd Rundgren - Overture-My Roots-Money (That's What I Want)-Messin' With the Kid

04 Orchids - That Boy is Messing Up My Mind

05 Lenny Williams - Messing With My Mind

06 The Shirelles - That Boy Is Messin' Up My Mind

07 Christine Perfect - Stop Messin' Round

08 Labelle - Messin' With My Mind

09 James Brown - Messing With the Blues

10 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (Swing)

11 Clarence Carter - Messin' With My Mind

12 Jay & The Americans - She's The Girl (That's Messin' Up My Mind)

13 Spirit of Atlanta - Messin' Around

14 Blues Brothers - Messin' With the Kid

15 Meniketti - Messin' With Mr. Big

16 Saints - Messin' With The Kid

17 The Beat Merchants - Messin' with the Man

18 Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid

19 Prince - Gotta Stop (Messin' About)

20 Johnny Winter - Messin' With The Kid

21 The Cult - Messin' Up The Blues

22 Dr. K's Blues Band - Messin' with the Kid

What's The Connection? Mess My

A few days ago I had the Mess Around connection and today, it's the next part I made around that. These are all songs Messing something of mine. I call it Mess My. But it has Messed My and Messin' My too. You would think I would have several with messing with hair, but I didn't find but one at least on first look so you get lots with minds and men being messed with. A couple od brains, but that's sort of like minds. Messing with a tush and a couple of toot toots and surprisingly only one about my sister. Very similar cover as the last one (and following ones, too.)

What's The Connection? Mess My

01 Willie Kent - Don't Mess With My Baby

02 The Fall - Mess Of My

03 Rockin' Sidney - Don't Mess With My Tush

04 Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion - Tryin To Mess My Mind

05 Jeff Simmons - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

06 Mya - Mess Up My Hair

07 X - The World's A Mess It's In My Kiss

08 Jello Biafra And The New Orleans Raunch And Soul All Stars - Don't Mess With My Toot Toot

09 Nivea with Brian & Brandon Casey - Don't Mess With My Man

10 The Shirelles - That Boy Is Messin' Up My Mind

11 Klymaxx - Don't Mess With My Man

12 Orchids - That Boy is Messing Up My Mind

13 Miranda Lambert - Mess With My Head

14 Labelle - Messin' With My Mind

15 Joe Tex - I Mess Up Everything I Get My Hands On

16 Frank Zappa - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

17 Fernest Arceneaux - Don't Mess With My Toot Toot

18 Irma Thomas - Don't Mess With My Man

19 Jay & The Americans - She's The Girl (That's Messin' Up My Mind)

20 Buzzcocks - Don't Mess With My Brain

21 Randy Travis - Messin' With My Mind

22 Margo White - Don't Mess With My Man

23 Michelle Shocked - (Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister

Rock, Freak, Boogie 3

One more of this pick. Disco is always one of my favorites and this Rock, Freak, Boogie pick was fun to make originally and now it is already volume 3 of it. I got a several recommendations on the previous one: Rock, Freak, Boogie 2. Some of those are in this one. I always listen to recommendations and take them into consideration for future volumes. There are some good ones here. I hope you like them. There is a great 15 minute version Alexander Robotnick's Obsession. Look it up. I edited out the beginning of Isaac Hayes song, because it works better in the mix. The Isley Brothers also have a disco 12 inch version that's very good.

Rock, Freak, Boogie 3

33 The Fatback Band - Freak The Freak The Funk!! (Rock)

34 Isaac Hayes - Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)

35 The Fatback Band - Boogie Freak

36 Casio Social Club - Rock The Discotheque (Original Mix)

37 Lemon - A-Freak-A (Disco Version)

38 Sylvester - Rock The Box

39 Alexander Robotnick - Obession For The Disco Freaks (Original)

40 Nightlife Unlimited - Dance, Freak & Boogie (Special 12'' Disco Mix)

41 Disco Elements - Freakin Upside Down

42 The Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)

43 Hamilton Bohannon - She's A Boogie Woogie Freak

44 The J.B.'s - Rock Disco

What's The Connection? Twilight 2

You'll have to go back a few days or so to find part one of this Twilight connection. A few longer tracks on this volume and also some really cool ones. SPK, Lou Reed, Shnazz and the Cornell Hurd Band!? Throw in a little Ministry and Robyn Hitchcock and next thing you know Bill Laswell shows up. I love the cover so it's very similar to volume 1 as youwould expect and also continues track numbering from the last volume as well.

What's The Connection? Twilight 2

20 SPK - Twilight of the Idols

21 Simon Raymonde - Tired Twilight

22 John Williams - Theme from The Twilight Zone

23 Cornell Hurd Band featuring Paul Skelton - Texas By Night (Twilight)

24 Maze & Frankie Beverly - Twilight

25 Bill Laswell & Pete Namlook - Keeper Of The Purple Twilight (Outland Three)

26 Nine Inch Nails - In This Twilight

27 Swing Out Sister - Twilight World

28 Fire Water - Twilight

29 Shnazz - Suburbanite Twilight

30 Holger Czukay With Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit - Twilight World

31 The Band - Twilight

32 Robyn Hitchcock - Raining Twilight Coast

33 Lou Reed - Set The Twilight Reeling

34 Armin Van Buuren - Twilight

35 Ministry - Twilight Zone

What's The Connection? Mess Around 1

I was listening to a music program and they played Jim Croce (who I like) and was thinking of messy songs. So this connection started because of big bad Jim. But as I was thinking of all the songs with mess in the title I realized I could get around to refining it more, so I did. I had more to use, but also made a Big Mess of it in the end. Sorry, but not sorry. More songs messin' with your (and my) sanity coming in question. Either way this is fun. Even if there are doubles of songs on this playlist. The cover is messed up as well.

What's The Connection? Mess Around 1

01 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim

02 Buzzcocks - Don't Mess Me 'round

03 Walter Mitchell - Stop Messin' Around

04 Marmalade - Mess Around

05 Waylon Jennings - You Don't Mess Around With Me

06 Louis Armstrong - Don't Forget To Mess Around

07 John Mayall - Mess Around

08 Christine Perfect - Stop Messin' Round

09 Robert Palmer - Mess Around

10 Aerosmith - Stop Messin' Around

11 Bonnie Tyler - A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)

12 Gary Moore - Stop Messin' Around

13 Dr. John - Mess Around

14 John Lee Hooker - Don't Be Messing Around With Me

15 Larry Harlow - Mess Around

16 Bill Haley - Don't Mess Around

17 Ray Charles - Mess Around

18 Chubby Checker - Dance The Mess Around

19 The Animals - Mess Around

20 Pitbull featuring Enrique Iglesias - Messin' Around

21 Cage The Elephant - Mess Around

22 The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around

23 Jools Holland - Mess Around

24 The Ventures - Don't Mess Around With Jim

25 Devo - Big Mess

pfs

Another one of my three letter mixtapes. This pick is all around the 140-150 bpm range. Seems pretty fast sometimes. But a few don't seem as fast as the others. The songs go from new wave to dub. A couple are fairly well known tracks and some are fairly well known artists with deeper cuts or weird remixes. Human League, Eurythmics, Front 242 and Depeche Mode are telling you these aren't our mainstream mixes. The Flying Lizards are better known for their robotic vocal type songs, but I like their lesser known dub album. It's got some cool tracks on it, including this one. Monaco and Klark Kent might bring up comparisons to New Order and the Police and for good reason. They are part of the family picks for those bands. And btw, the title has nothing to do with an insurance company.

pfs

01 Underworld - Shudder-King Of Snake

02 The Cure - Bananafishbones

03 The Flying Lizards - Lime And Salt

04 The Fibonaccis - Purple Haze

05 Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd (Riton Re-Rub)

06 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Kill Surf City

07 Eurythmics - Grown Up Girls (Hot Tracks)

08 Bill Laswell Meets Style Scott - Emergency At The Plant

09 Front 242 - Religion (bass under siege mix)

10 Monaco - I've Got A Feeling

11 Klark Kent - Love Lessons

12 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

13 Jah Wobble - Car Ad Music 3

14 Depeche Mode - Barrel Of A Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)

15 KMFDM - Never Say Never (Edit)

What's The Connection? Questions 1

On some social media site that I haven't been kicked off yet, someone posed the question of naming songs that asked a question. That's not this playlist. This connection is songs that have Question in the title (except for the  last song which is the first song I thought of even though it does not follow the rules.) It's hard to name songs with an actual question mark as that screws up all sorts of searches and file protocols, so I spell out q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n (with no dashes). I have to remember to search using the letters instead of the punctuation. And just for your information Chicago, Balloon Farm and Depeche mode were the ones I thought of right after Question Mark and the Mysterians. I do have a a few more volumes pretty much ready to go, but I am waiting.

What's The Connection? Questions 1

01 Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question

02 Chicago - Questions 67 And 68

03 Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust

04 Kansas - Questions Of My Childhood

05 Celine Dion - If Love Is Out The Question

06 The Christians - A Lovers' Question

07 Bob Seger - The Answer's In The Question

08 David Ruffin - Questions

09 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions (Remix)

10 Fishbone - Question Of Life

11 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Don't Ask Me No Questions

12 Frank Zappa - Eat That Question

13 Fleetwood Mac - No Questions Asked

14 The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature

15 The Fuzztones - Look For The Question Mark

16 Wire - A Question Of Degree

17 The Moody Blues - Question (Extended Version)

18 Lil Brian & the Zydeco Travelers - Question

19 Old 97's - Question

20 Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears

What's The Connection? Bullets 2

Just over a week ago I posted part 1 of this bullet connection, so this continues it. I have a part three ready to go too, but I will wait on that one for a bit. Some good ones in this volume. Both songs and bands. But you will know of those. A couple of more bulletproof songs, bullet train, bullet brain and even a bullethead. Some rock, some new wave, some punk, even "Jazz"

What's The Connection? Bullets 2

20 Sia - One Million Bullets

21 Dave Stewart featuring Colbie - Bulletproof Vest

22 Van Halen - Bullethead

23 Gregg Allman Band - Before The Bullets Fly

24 Pop Will Eat Itself - Bulletproof!

25 Kevin Godley - Bulletholes In The Sky

26 Section - Bullet Train

27 Bauhaus - International Bullet Proof Talent

28 Divinyls - Bullet

29 AC-DC - Gimme A Bullet

30 Switchfoot - Bullet Soul

31 Split Enz - Bullet Brain and Cactus Head

32 The Cult - Bite On The Bullet

33 Elvis Costello - Bullets for the New-Born King

34 Streak - Bang Bang Bullet

35 The Motels - Closets and Bullets

36 Wire - Magic Bullet

37 The Observer All Stars - Silver Bullet

38 Michael Schenker - Bulletproof

39 Neil Young - Bite The Bullet

40 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love

EHR

I was listening to some of these bands and thinking that I like these early rock songs that sound like the beginning of metal. Some were heavy and others not quite there and wondering if there were some tracks I could pick from contemporaries that weren't the ones I always turned to and make a mixtape. So a mix of "hits" and deeper album cuts but that made me feel the vibe I was going for. Listening to it in this order, I was struck by how cool it is. Hopefully you like it too. A couple of bands I repeated, just because I wanted to: The Who, The Easybeats, The Kinks. I thought about making this be all bands with names that start with "The", but I wanted to include a few songs that didn't fit the mold. Oh well. It's heavy enough.

EHR

01 The Troggs - Evil Woman

02 Moby Grape - Omaha

03 The Easybeats - Sorry

04 The Status Quo - The Price of Love

05 The Sorrows - You've Got What I Want

06 The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind

07 The Who - My Generation

08 The New Breed - Unto Us

09 Beatles - Hey Bulldog

10 Sean Buckley and the Breadcrumbs - Everybody Knows

11 The Amboy Dukes - Colors

12 Yardbirds - Psycho Daisies

13 The Small Faces - I've Got Mine

14 The Pretty Things - Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut

15 The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie

16 Animals - It's My Life

17 The Sneekers featuring Jimmy Page - I Just Can't Go to Sleep

18 The Leaves - Too Many People

19 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Can You See Me

20 Manfred Mann - Trouble and Tea

21 The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

22 Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

23 The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night

24 Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

25 The Who - I Can't Explain

26 The Kinks - You Really Got Me

27 The Creation - Making Time

28 Sonics - Boss Hoss

29 Iron Butterfly - Unconscious Power

mdc

I was looking around while making another compilation and found some songs I wanted to use because they were cool, but they didn't fit the pick I was working on. It happens a lot. So I dump them in a folder to use later. I call this one mdc (mostly deep cuts) because most are not even singles let alone hits. But a few were added because I was reminded of them while listening. For instance, the Queen track reminded me a lot of Billy Squier. The Hall & Oates track reminded me of Devo. A couple of the tracks I had completely forgotten about because they were on an album that had one or more other amazing tracks on it that I loved. Skinyard I had because I love that version of one of my favorite Beatles tracks. Anyway, I hope you like what I picked for this mixtape.

mdc

01 Radiohead - Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

02 Queen - Dragon Attack

03 Billy Squier - The Stroke

04 The Weirdos - Solitary Confinement

05 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Tombstone Shadow

06 Blind Melon - Mother

07 The Cult - Bleeding Heart Graffiti

08 The Clash - The Cool Out

09 ZZ Top - Buck Nekkid

10 Skinyard - Hey Bulldog

11 Golden Earring - When The Lady Smiles

12 Sparks - Barbecutie

13 Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

14 New Order - Hurt

15 Underworld - Shudder-King Of Snake

16 38 Special - Homeless Guitar

17 Hall & Oates - No Brain, No Pain

18 Devo - Turn Around

Funk You 3 (repost)

It's not really fair to call this pick a repost because I never posted it like this. Part three of this Funky Rock and Roll mixtape is another hour of funk in rock over several decades. See yesterday for more. As you listen to the funkiness, you will understand. Or you won't. This series is for me. If you like it, it's a bonus, but I like it so that's why it's here.

Funk You 3 (repost)

34 Aerosmith - Last Child

35 Billy Squier - The Stroke

36 David Bowie - Fame

37 Fishbone - Freddie's Dead

38 Dan Reed Network - Get To You

39 Rolling Stones - Fingerprint File

40 Faith No More - We Care A Lot

41 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

42 Urban Dance Squad - Fast Lane

43 Primus - John The Fisherman

44 Living Colour - Open Letter (To A Landlord)

45 Trapeze - Way Back To The Bone

46 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Funk You 2 (repost)

This is sort of a repost. Originally volume one of this pick was a cassette. Then it became a CD and then a playlist. This second one was similar, but a more rock and roll version of the series. A rockin funk mixtape. But it was never really a cassette. It skipped that part and just went through the last steps. A little bit of old Funkadelic which was kind of rockin' anyway and then some other stuff through the decades that also rocked but was funky. It started ta new life, so look for volume three tomorrow, Enjoy it or if you don't, Funk You.

Funk You 2 (repost)

21 Tackhead - Stealing

22 Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run

23 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away

24 Prince & the Revolution - Let's Go Crazy

25 Rick Derringer - Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo

26 Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed

27 Funkadelic - Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock!

28 The Time - Skillet

29 Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot

30 Primus - Harold Of The Rocks

31 Deep Purple - Gettin' Tighter

32 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

33 Mother's Finest - Niggizz Can't Sang Rock & Roll

Beatles Silly Love Songs

I was listening to the double LP by the Beatles called Love Songs which is quite good and a Ballads compilation from 2002 and started wondering about my favorite ballads and love songs from the Beatles together and solo. So I put this pick together. Since it is mostly love songs and I did include Wings Silly Love Songs hit and because it's Valentine's Day, I named it like I did. Please tell me your favorite love song or ballad from these guys whether I included it or not, but enjoy listening to this either way. I included one track each from George and Ringo, four tracks each from Paul and John and the rest is the Beatles.

Beatles Silly Love Songs

01 Wings - Silly Love Songs

02 Beatles - Something

03 John Lennon - Imagine

04 Wings - Warm And Beautiful

05 Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

06 John Lennon - Jealous Guy

07 Beatles - If I Fell

08 John Lennon - Love

09 Beatles - And I Love Her

10 Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night

11 Beatles - In My Life

12 Ringo Starr - Photograph

13 Beatles - Michelle

14 Beatles - The Long And Winding Road

15 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Woman

16 Paul McCartney - Loveliest Thing

17 Beatles - Yesterday

18 George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

19 Beatles - Hey Jude