What's The Connection? Tax Day Repost

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

Tax Connection

01 Don Henley - Workin' It

02 Celine Dion - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)

03 Guns N' Roses - I.R.S.

04 Relient K - Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)

05 Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

06 Tower of Power - Taxed To The Max

07 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes

08 Jimi Hendrix - Tax Free

09 B.O.B (Aka Bobby Ray) featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

10 Steve Howe - Success Story

11 Cheap Trick - Taxman, Mr. Thief

12 Ruder Than You - Tax Man

13 Blue Blot - IRS Blues

14 Toy Dolls - Lester Fiddled The Tax Man

15 Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury

16 The Human Beinz - April 15th

17 Ultravox! - Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)

18 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

19 Beatles - Taxman

20 The Who - Success Story

mag

Another three letter mixtape for this pick. Four different extended versions on this pick, that started with Earth, Wind & Fire. I guess I could have called it ewf. But it's a mix of disco and new wave and pop. Not so much the big hits, although a couple were. I am not convinced that all these 12 inch versions were the best versions of the songs, but they are all interesting and I don't always use the long versions, so I thought I would on a few of these. I don't have an extended version of the Michael Jackson song, but it seems ripe to have one. The ZTT mix of Grace Jones is brilliant and horrible at the same time. Sonicwise it's great like most all the ZTT related stuff (Frankie, Art Of Noise, etc) is, but it's also annoying in a way. Either way, it's what I chose.

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01 Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (Original 12 Inch)

02 Ashford & Simpson - Solid As A Rock (Original 12 Inch)

03 Level 42 - Love Games

04 Chicago - We Can Stop The Hurtin'

05 Heatwave - State To State

06 Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out

07 Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman

08 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

09 New Order - Temptation

10 Stranglers - Skin Deep (Extended Version)

11 Iggy Pop - I'm Bored

12 Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Parts 1 & 2) (Special Disco Version)

13 Talk Talk - Talk Talk

14 Earth, Wind & Fire - Magnetic

15 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

What's The Connection? Fade Away 1

I was making this connection and had hours of Fading songs and then realized that I could make a side connection of fading away. It became this Fade Away WTC. You'll have to tell me how many are the same songs, because several are Not Fading and several are Fading. The first and the last track have extra in the title. And a couple in the middle, but the majority Fade or Not Fade. Another connection will have the song that started this (which is a Visage song that doesn't fit here). BTW, I smashed it with the cover.

What's The Connection? Fade Away 1

01 Blondie - Fade Away And Radiate

02 Eric Hine - Not Fade Away

03 Stiff Little Fingers - Just Fade Away

04 Jah Wobble - It All Fades Away

05 The Crickets - Not Fade Away

06 Neil Young - Time Fades Away

07 Frank White - Not Fade Away

08 Bobby Fuller - Not Fade Away

09 Buggles - Fade Away

10 Corporate Image - Not Fade Away

11 Bee Gees - Red Chair, Fade Away

12 Purple Helmets - Not Fade Away

13 Rolling Stones - Not Fade Away

14 Queen - Not Fade Away

15 Crusade - Fade Away

16 Todd Rundgren - Fade Away

17 Les Irresistibles - Fade Away

18 Celine Dion - Fade Away

19 Chris Isaak - Fade Away

20 Bad Company - Fade Away

21 New Age Steppers - Fade Away

22 Black Cherry - Fading Away

23 Juliana Hatfield - Fade Away

24 Mariah Carey - Everything Fades Away

aqk

Just one more three letter mixtape for this pick. No real reason for the letters I chose this time. I picked the letters randomly from the keyboard. A couple of tracks from The Jam and a couple by XTC. That wasn't random. I had them playing in my mind all week. Same thing with Free and Robyn Hitchcock. The rest I chose to fit around them, I almost added another track from the former two, but decided against it in the end. I put in a variety of older and newer tracks to add something to the playlist. I like how the cover turned out. Almost looks like the letters were carved out. That was accidental, but it looks cool. The letters are lowercase although the font used makes it look uppercase.

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01 The Jam - Town Called Malice

02 Free - All Right Now

03 Television - Friction

04 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful

05 Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not

06 Split Enz - I Got You

07 Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

08 Stranglers - Duchess

09 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business

10 The Jam - Away From The Numbers

11 Guess Who - Undun

12 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

13 The The - This Is The Day

14 XTC - Generals and Majors

15 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite

16 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Heaven

17 Infant Sorrow - Bangers Beans & Mash

18 Junior Brown - Highway Patrol

19 XTC - Making Plans for Nigel

20 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

rdt

I was making this mixtape and I forget why I named it rdt. But the songs started with two songs although you could argue it is one song. The Residents disco version of Eskimo and L&O's New Beat version of basically the same song, although they changed the name and much of the song. I kept it all within ten BPM from the beginning to the end. The Camelot key is all over the place, however. Some of the songs don't appear to belong to this pick at first, but they kind of fall into place after repeated listens. Not all hits, either which is always a good thing. A couple of these tracks I have just been itching to find a spot for, so here it finally is.

rdt

01 L&O - Even Now

02 Pat & Mick - Use It Up And Wear It Out (Ultimix 35)

03 Cajmere - Percolator

04 Torch Song - Prepare To Energize (12'' Version)

05 Chicago - Street Player

06 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell Williams - One (Your Name)

07 The Residents - Diskomo

08 Earth Wind and Fire - September

09 OneRepublic - Good Life

10 Basement Jaxx featuring Blue James - Red Alert

11 Sparks - Beat The Clock

12 The Cage featuring Nona Hendryx - Do What You Wanna Do

13 Pizzaman - Trippin On Sunshine

14 Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly (Extended Mix)

15 Pood Bhud Pflug - Duelling Techno

What's The Connection? Rice 1

I am pretty sure that I first heard Masami Tsuchiya because I bought an album or two based on the cover. Later found out his links to Japan and Bill Nelson and then Ryuichi Sakamoto and Duran Duran. But it started with Ippu-Do and Lunatic Guitar and Rice Music. Also his solo albums. This WTC came from that. The Orquesta De La Luz has Rice in Spanish although they are a Japanese salsa band. They have some killer salsa tracks. The rest is all over the place as well. Reggae, Zydeco, Jazz, New Wave, even a commercial. This rice is cooking (and probably longer then twenty minutes). A cooking joke. Great.

What's The Connection? Rice 1

01 Blind Blake And His Royal Victorians - Peas And Rice

02 The Fibonaccis - Rice Song

03 Soul Serenaders - Chicken And Rice

04 Don Cherry - Brown Rice

05 Ippu-Do - Rice Music

06 Buckwheat Zydeco - The Mice Ate My Rice

07 Bella Carib - Rice & Beans

08 The Fearsome Brave - Celebrate Wild Rice (Ya-Na-Hana)

09 Jeff Beck Group - Rice Pudding

10 Lee Ritenour - Wild Rice

11 The Lemon Pipers - Rice Is Nice

12 Little Richard - Rice, Red Beans And Turnip Greens

13 Masami Tsuchiya - Rice Dog Jam

14 Chilly - Rosi Rice

15 King Tubby Meets Roots Radics - Rice Grain Rock

16 Orquesta De La Luz - Arroz Con Salsa

17 Rice-A-Roni - The San Francisco Treat

fbh

I was getting ready to go on a trip (for business) and wanted some music to listen to. A new mixtape with different songs or different versions and I just looked around and made this pick. I had been in the 80's setting up my Top Picks (not picking the songs, but cleaning up recordings, etc.) and getting them ready to post for later this year. So I started there and then went all over my hard drive and album shelves. A few tracks I had used on various comps over the last several months (but i put on new context or new versions). I used one mashup that I had liked some time ago. Several tracks where I used a deep track from an album I liked.

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01 Dub Syndicate - Hey Ho

02 Pixies - Where is My Mind

03 Bauhaus - Harry

04 Alien Sex Fiend - Dead And Buried

05 Cracker - Euro-Trash Girl

06 Black Uhuru - Hey Joe

07 Ruts - Jah War

08 Radiohead - Just

09 Adult Net - Going Nowhere

10 AC-DC - Back In Black

11 Cars - Shoo Be Doo

12 Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (Razormaid Mix)

13 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

14 White Stripes vs Backstreet Boys - Seven Nation Army's Going On

15 T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On)

16 Specimen - Holes

17 Killing Joke - Night Time

18 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

19 Love & Rockets - Mirror People '88

What's The Connection? Some Kind Of Talk

These are all songs connected by the title. They all have Talk in the title, yes. But they also are all two word song titles. And they all have Talk as the second word. I was going to call it Blank Talk or Something Talk, but Some Kind Of Talk is what it became. Three of the songs have Talk as the first and second word. But only one has Talk four times (twice in the title and twice in the band name). You would probably not guess which is my favorite of these songs, although I like them all. It's a tie between Claudine Longet and King Crimson. Although Nina Hagen's cover of Sylvia is also up there.

What's The Connection? Some Kind Of Talk

01 Imagination - Body Talk

02 Klark Kent - Office Talk

03 Claudine Longet - Happy Talk

04 Ohio Players - Sleep Talk

05 Everything But The Girl - Fighting Talk

06 John Wetton - Paper Talk

07 Conway - Big Talk

08 The Music Machine - Talk Talk

09 Jan & Dean - Baby Talk

10 Sylvia - Pillow Talk

11 One Way - Let's Talk

12 King Crimson - Elephant Talk

13 Michael Franks - Double Talk

14 Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk

15 Scott Goddard - Talk Talk

16 Nina Hagen - Pillow Talk

17 Dave Edmunds - Girl Talk

18 Lene Lovich - Monkey Talk

19 Talk Talk - Talk Talk

20 Elvis Costello - Girls Talk

21 Devo - Let's Talk

What's The Connection? Galaxy 2

Back in January I posted volume one of the Galaxy WTC. It was good. And this continues that compilation. A few more out of the Galaxy picks that you normally wouldn't think of (like Anubian Lights and some fusion jazz choices as well.) I also included a different version of War with a Plump DJ's remix. The rest of the connection goes all over the genre perspective. Cinderella to Reverend Horton Heat. and Ryan Adams to 311. You just can't get more diverse.

What's The Connection? Galaxy 2

21 311 - Galaxy

22 Cinderella - Galaxy Blues

23 Anubian Lights - Arcing Into An Infinite Galaxy

24 Tim Souster - Theme from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

25 Rick Wakeman - A Galaxy Of Light

26 Jason Mraz - Galaxy

27 Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy

28 Man Or Astro-Man - Galaxy Of Zombies

29 Monty Python - Galaxy Song

30 War - Galaxy 2000 (Plump DJs Remix)

31 The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Galaxian

32 Crown Heights Affair - Galaxy Of Love

33 Luna - Galaxy

34 Return To Forever - Beyond The Seventh Galaxy

35 Return To Forever - Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy

36 Ryan Adams - Defenders Of The Galaxy

37 The Flaming Lips - Galaxy I Sink

38 Reverend Horton Heat - Galaxy 500

ftg

I was just messing around and actually looking for another connection and it hit me that I had a couple of unrelated songs that were made for each other, so this mixtape came about. I wasn't really planning this pick at all. I haven't even relistened to it more than once. And usually I do listen multiple times before I make a final post. So it could suck. It may have songs that I just fancifully put together that do not mesh at all. If so, I'm sorry. Tell me. I can take it. But, I hope it sounds as good as I think it does right now as I am posting this. I could be wrong though, I often am.

ftg

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

02 The Cure - Close To Me (Closer Mix)

03 Visage - Fade To Gray (12" Version)

04 New Order - True Faith (94 US Version)

05 Blancmange - Waves (Single Remix)

06 Yazoo - Situation (Remix)

07 Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel (Shep Pettibone Remix)

08 Bananarama - Venus (The Greatest Remix)

09 Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies

10 Trans-X - Living On Video

11 Stranglers - Always The Sun (Long Hot Sunny Side Up...)

12 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Original 12 Inch)

What's The Connection? Looking Glass

Continuing on from the last couple of days, this connection is songs using the words Looking Glass. It's an old fashioned way of saying Mirror. My first thoughts of the "word" are both Alice In Wonderland and the song Brandy. Prince actually has Alice in the title of his song. The rest don't mention it. As for the band Looking Glass, I made a mistake and included it as a bonus track. But it's not really part of the connection. I have a few tracks that might be called jazz, some oldies, pop, prog and more. Similar cover as the last couple of days, but numbering starts at one again.

What's The Connection? Looking Glass

01 The La's - Looking Glass

02 The Glove - Looking Glass Girl

03 Yanni - Looking Glass

04 Peter Hammill - This Side Of The Looking Glass

05 Duke Ellington - Looking Glass

06 Chris Rea - Looking Glass Blues

07 Andy Bell - The Looking Glass

08 Frank Sinatra - The Man In The Looking Glass

09 Anne Murray - Days Of The Looking Glass

10 Ramsey Lewis - Looking Glass

11 Henry Mancini - Life In A Looking Glass

12 Prince - Alice Through The Looking Glass

13 Association - Looking Glass

14 Allan Holdsworth - Looking Glass

15 The Bunch - Looking Glass

16 The Monkees - Through The Looking Glass

17 Mott The Hoople - Through The Looking Glass

18 Tori Amos - Ruby Through The Looking-Glass

19 Dream Theater - The Looking Glass

20 Bill Nelson - Henrietta Through The Looking Glass

Ooops, a bonus track:

Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

What's The Connection? Mirrorball 1

Yesterday I posted the story of how I started going on this path for this connection, so read that if you are interested. None of these songs has really anything to do with disco. They just have mirrorball in the title. A couple of longer songs and a remix. And of course I broke my own rules in here. I included Dave Ball and his solo song Mirrors, because I found it funny to include it. The genres go all over the place and that's good. The numbering starts from one, because it was enough of a distinct connection to not have be a continuation of yesterday's connection. I looked for Looking Glass Ball, but apparently it doesn't exist.

What's The Connection? Mirrorball 1

01 Everything But The Girl - Mirrorball

02 Chara - Mirrorball

03 Electrafixion - Mirrorball

04 Nightmares on Wax - Mirrorball

05 Taylor Swift - Mirrorball

06 The Orb - God's Mirrorball

07 Peter Gabriel - Mirrorball

08 Caroline K - Mirrorball (Alessandro Adriani Remix)

09 Sons Of Hippies - Mirrorball

10 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Moon Hits The Mirrorball

11 John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Mirrorball

12 Blur - Mirrorball

13 Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball

14 Elbow - Mirrorball

15 Dave Ball - Mirrors

What's The Connection? Mirrors 1

I actually started this connection with Looking Glass and their one hit Brandy. But I quickly went down a rabbit hole, finding mirror songs and dumping the band Looking Glass. I had enough for about three volumes. If I include Looking Glass songs and Mirrorball songs perhaps more. I divided them up. I included the originals of Kraftwerk (didn't use Siouxsie), Velvet Underground (almost used the Primitives version) and Jimi Hendrix (although I liked the Pretenders version as well). Jimi did end up in here twice with once being with Bootsy. Not sure what my favorite song is, but it may just be the last track on this compilation.

What's The Connection? Mirrors 1

01 Kraftwerk - Hall Of Mirrors

02 The Cure - Piggy In The Mirror

03 Bootsy Collins featuring Jimi Hendrix - Mirrors Tell Lies

04 Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

05 Diana Ross - Mirror Mirror

06 Prince - Objects In The Mirror

07 Hawkwind - Mirror Of Illusion

08 Velvet Underground, the & Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror

09 Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors

10 Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are

11 Five's Company - Friends and Mirrors

12 Jimi Hendrix - Room Full Of Mirrors

13 Human League - Mirror Man

14 Until December - Mirrors

15 Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star

16 Love & Rockets - Mirror People '88

17 The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

mfw

This is another one of my three letter mixtape picks. I started with one track and then just picked around that one, branching as I saw fit. My starting track was the Paula Yates one. I wish she had recorded more stuff as I like this cover. Considering who she hung out with/married you would think there would be more recordings of her. Unfortunately not and since she's dead there is little chance of that ever happening. Some of the other tracks are similar. Cristina has a few tracks that remind me of her. Anyway, that Nancy Sinatra cover started this journey. One other that I really like is The Fall. I like all the stuff they did, but especially the Brix Smith era. I probably should have included a track of Brix solo, but I didn't. The 12 inch version of her and the Fall was good enough, I guess.

mfw

01 Gun Club - Sex Beat

02 British Electric Foundation featuring Paula Yates - These Boots Are Made For Walking

03 The Creatures - Right Now

04 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11

05 Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny

06 Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria (12 mix)

07 Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

08 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

09 Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards

10 Vicious Pink - I Confess

11 Human League - I Love You Too Much

12 Book Of Love - Boy (Extended)

13 Disko Junkie - U Spin Me (Extended Mix)

14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Genetic Engineering

15 Tuxedomoon - What Use

16 The Genetic Terrorists - TGT (Anthem) (Remix)

17 Cristina - Is That All There Is (Long Version)

18 The Fall - C.R.E.E.P. (12)

April Fools 3

I have a cousin who was born on April 1. She hated it. But out of all my cousins, I always remember her birthday with no calendar needed. She was a fool for hating the date. To honor her and the date, here is part three of my April Fools connection. If you want to hear part one and two of April Fools click that. I'm pretty sure there are no doubles yet, but there are some covers. And there is a Yacht Rock song and Frank Zappa, some country, some crooners and some new wave. I like that both Elvis tracks landed right next to each other based only on BPM. What a coincidence! I have enough songs about fools to do several more years worth. I do need more joker songs, though.

April Fools 3

42 Lee Hazlewood - When A Fool Loves A Fool

43 Dean Martin - Nobody But A Fool

44 Funkadelic - Old Fool

45 Edgar Winter - Cool Fool

46 Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I

47 Eight to the Bar - Young Man's Fool

48 Frank Sinatra - I'm A Fool To Want You

49 Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over)

50 Elvis Costello & the Attractions - You Little Fool

51 Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I

52 Barbra Streisand with Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

53 Matt Bianco - What A Fool Believes

54 Triumph - Fool for Your Love

55 Elvin Bishop - Just Your Fool

56 Carpenters - Ordinary Fool

57 The Cars - Cool Fool

58 Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving

59 New Order - Nothing But A Fool

60 Love & Rockets - Holy Fool

61 Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool

62 Beat Farmers - Bigger Fool Than Me

63 New York Dolls - Fool For You Baby

What's The Connection? Walking In 1

This connection is a follow up to previous Walking Connections. There are some duplicates, but this comp is different because each title has Walking In within the title. Inside this are a few versions of the Shangri-Las hit, even though the Go-Go's put the parentheses around the wrong part. Flash and the Pan does a version of another hit that I know most from Grace Jones (who is on one of the other Connections). My favorites are the Blackbyrds and probably Missing Persons. But all are pretty good.

What's The Connection? Walking In 1

01 Millie Jackson - I Feel Like Walking In The Rain

02 Leo Stephens - Walking In My Sleep Crying Over You

03 Glasgow Tiki Shakers - Walking In Space

04 Go-Go's - (Remember) Walking In The Sand

05 Flash And The Pan - Walking In The Rain

06 Jeff Monn - Walking Around In Your Disguise

07 Aerosmith - Remember (Walking In The Sand)

08 The Ronettes - Walking In The Rain

09 Ryan & Rachel O'Donnell - Walking In The Air

10 Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine

11 The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm

12 Ben E. King - Walking In The Footsteps Of A Fool

13 Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain

14 David Crosby - Walking In The Mountains 2

15 Year 2000 - Walking In Dry Rain

16 Marty Dread - Walking In Kingston

17 Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

18 The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)

19 Erasure - Walking In The Rain

20 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.

21 Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Walking In The Sunshine

22 Love Unlimited - Walking In The Rain (With The One I Love)

What's The Connection? Jump 2

This is volume two of the Jump connection. A bit more of a certain genre as you will notice. Not much more about this connection, just listen to it. That is all there is. Except for that the cover is the same and the numbering continues.

What's The Connection? Jump 2

23 Dr. Zoot - Jump, Jive, and Shake

24 Joe Hill Louis - Joe's Jump

25 John Worthan - The Cats Were Jumpin'

26 Eight to the Bar - Do You Wanna Jump, Children

27 Cherry Poppin' Daddies - The Joint Is Jumpin'

28 Harry James & His Music Makers - Two O'Clock Jump

29 Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive, An' Wail

30 Zulu Lightning - Hol' Up Ya Foot & Jump

31 Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums - Jumptown

32 George Shearing Quintet - Jumpin' with Symphony Sid

33 Piano Red - Jump Man Jump

34 Perez Prado - Jumping At The Woodside

35 Louis Jordan - Up Jumped The Devil

36 Jerry Williams - This Joint Is Jumping

37 Stan Kenton - Jump For Joe

38 The Chicago Line - Jump Back

39 Aztec Camera - Jump

40 Elvis Costello - Jump Up [Honky Tonk Demo]

41 Count Basie Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump

42 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Jumpin' Jack

43 Tommy Scott & His Ramblers - Jumpin' From 6 To 6

44 The Carnaby - Jump and Dance

45 Wayne Hancock - Juke Joint Jumping

46 Artie Shaw - Hop, Skip And Jump

47 Jools Holland and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - Jump For Joy

Devo Pick

From the very beginning I always liked Devo. Seen them in concert several times, even was a devotee. Devo has always been good luck for me. This pick is a sampling of my favorites across the years, including some movie soundtrack songs. It starts off with the song I used to start one of my radio shows and has songs from  the early days up to more devolved later stuff. I know they have tons of compilations, but this is slightly different, mostly because it's my pick of their songs. Put on your energy dome and listen.

Devo Pick

01 Devo - Timing X

02 Devo - Girl U Want

03 Devo - Speed Racer

04 Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

05 Devo - What We Do

06 Devo - Jocko Homo

07 Devo - Knock Boots

08 Devo - Post Post-Modern Man

09 Devo - Here To Go (Go Mix Version)

10 Devo - Jerkin' Back 'N' Forth

11 Devo - Freedom Of Choice

12 Devo - Are You Experienced

13 Devo - Don't Be Cruel

14 Devo - Peek-A-Boo!

15 Devo - Mongoloid

16 Devo - Beautiful World

17 Devo - Sumthin'

18 Devo - Step Up

19 Devo - That's Good

20 Devo - Fresh

21 Devo - Through Being Cool

22 Devo - Whip It

23 Devo - Working In The Coalmine

24 Devo - Theme from Doctor Detroit

25 Devo - Supercop

26 Devo - Big Mess

Top Pick Albums 1980

Yesterday I posted the top pick of songs from the year 1980. Today it's the top albums of 1980. Now this is purely subjective. It has nothing to do with charts or plays or anything like that. I had a couple of criteria. One. I had to own the album. I had to like it, of course. And I tried not to pick an album that I had picked a song from for my top twenty of the year. I am posting the top ten albums for me. One through ten is my favorite track at the time from the album. I also picked a second track from each album for side two (these were originally cassettes - mixtapes). Somewhere near the end of the decade instead of the second track I picked songs from my favorite compilations of the year, But that doesn't happen til much later. They aren't in order of my liking them. If it was how much I listened to each album it would be hard to say, but I have to admit it was probably Billy Joel. That was on repeat when I was on a trip to Hawaii that year and kept getting played after I came back. 

Top Pick Albums 1980

01 Pretenders - Precious
02 Kate Bush - Babooshka
03 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
04 Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
05 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
06 XTC - Generals and Majors
07 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
08 U2 - I Will Follow
09 Devo - Whip It
10 Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
11 Soft Boys - I Got The Hots
12 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
13 Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
14 XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
15 Pretenders - Space Invader
16 Devo - Freedom Of Choice
17 Kate Bush - Breathing
18 Billy Joel - You May Be Right
19 Martha And The Muffins - Cheesies And Gum
20 U2 - Stories For Boys

Top Pick 1980

Back right around this year I started making my Top Picks at the end of each year. I had a couple of rules, which I will explain. First like every pick on this site, I could only use songs or albums that I owned. I had to like it enough to have it in my collection. I could never keep it to my top ten, so I picked Twenty. I would then make that into a mixtape (later a mix CD). I also made a top ten albums list for the year and mostly no tracks from the album list would be on the tracks list. My albums lists I will post later. They did not have to be released as a single to make it on my Top Picks. But the songs must have been released in that year. I know that some countries release songs at different times. As long as my copy of the released album or single was of that year it qualified for me. So here is my list of picks from 1980. They are not in order of how much I like them. A couple of notes: Klark Kent was on green 10" vinyl and theSplit Enz had laser etching which was a thing for a while. Also, I will be posting one of these per month for now.

Top Pick 1980

01 Klark Kent - Don't Care

02 J Geils Band - Love Stinks

03 Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles

04 Blondie - Rapture

05 The Fall - How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'

06 Visage - Fade To Grey

07 The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

08 Black Slate - Amigo

09 The Residents - Diskomo

10 Split Enz - I Got You

11 Tuxedomoon - What Use

12 Cars - Touch And Go

13 The B-52's - Quiche Lorraine

14 The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

15 UB40 - Madam Medusa

16 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

17 Dexys Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long

18 Joy Division - Isolation

19 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity

20 The Cure - A Forest

What's The Connection? In Trouble 1

This connection is part of the Trouble series and is all songs with In Trouble in the title (although some are Trouble In). None are Troublin'. But only because I didn't look for that. I had enough with this criteria. I will have more trouble song connections coming. Still looking for the last couple for a Double Trouble one, but I am sure I will fill it out eventually.

What's The Connection? In Trouble 1

01 Ace Kefford - Trouble in the Air

02 Chicago - Hearts In Trouble

03 Robyn Hitchcock - Trouble In Your Blood

04 Johnny Cash - Trouble In Mind

05 Al Jarreau - Trouble In Paradise

06 Coldplay - Trouble In Town

07 The Replacements - I'm In Trouble

08 Bing Crosby - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

09 Young Fresh Fellows - Teenage Dogs in Trouble

10 The Wilburn Brothers - Trouble's Back In Town

11 Souther-Hillman-Furay Band - Trouble In Paradise

12 Wet Willie - Lucy Was In Trouble

13 Peter Case - Have You Ever Been In Trouble

14 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The World (Is In Trouble Now)

15 Loretta Lynn - Trouble In Paradise

16 Royal Crown Revue - Trouble In Tinsel Town

17 Temptations - I'll Be In Trouble

18 Prince Far I - Call On I In Trouble

19 Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)

20 The Sweet Things - I'm In a World of Trouble

21 Fawns - Girl In Trouble

22 Bob Marley & The Wailers - So Much Trouble in the World

Surf Beat 4

I am not going to explain this again. Go to the Surf Beat 3 pick  for links to it all. Some of these punk bands I saw in the Bay Area in various clubs and halls. Los Olvidados played everywhere as did the Dead Kennedys. One of the bands I was not expecting one night out was the Wounds who I happened to catch at the Fab Mab one night as an opening band. They had a flute player! So punk. At the time mixing punk and surf was not that crazy. It just seemed to go well. Remember these are all songs I actually played during my show over the time I had it.

Surf Beat 4

93 Los Straitjackets - Calhoun Surf

94 The Slickee Boys - Gotta Tell Me Why

95 The Vandals - My Girlfriend's Dead

96 The Germs - Lexicon Devil

97 Agent Orange - Bloodstains (Orignal Version)

98 The Bambi Molesters - Intensity!

99 Man Or Astro-Man - Antimatter Man

100 The Surfaris - Punkline

101 Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

102 Architects of Sound - Government Salami

103 Aqua Velvets - Time Trapped

104 No Means No - Dad

105 Teen Idles - I Drink Milk

106 Los Olvidados - Listen To You

107 The Supertones - I Surf In Black

108 The Wipeouters - Ravin' Surf

109 The Invisible Surfers - It Won't Last Forever

110 D.I. - Richard Hung Himself

111 Angry Samoans - Lights Out

112 Wounds - Running To Hide

113 The Malibooz - Goin' To Malibu

114 T.S.O.L. - Code Blue

115 Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill

116 The Who - Batman

117 The Weirdos - Helium Bar

118 Big Daddy - Star Wars Theme

119 The Eliminators - Boneyard

Woman Power

I made this pick years and years ago. Probably close to two decades ago. Not sure why it never got posted until now. It's got her favorite girl power song from the Runaways. She did get to meet Joan Jett around then. She was reading the Madeliene books (and watching the cartoons). Shonen Knife was big in our house, but also Spice Girls. I had some influence and she had more. Still does. Strong woman even now. And is a mom and a business owner. Proud of her. When she got this CD it had her name customized on the cover (instead of the generic Woman).

Woman Power

01 Madeline - I'm Madeline

02 Chaka Kahn - I'm Every Woman

03 Des'ree - You Gotta Be

04 Vitamin C - Smile

05 Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

06 Waterlillies - I Am Woman

07 Destiny's Child - Independent Women

08 Shania Twain - Man I Feel Like A Woman

09 Shonen Knife - Buttercup (I'm A Super Girl)

10 No Doubt - Just A Girl

11 The Pretenders - Precious

12 Runaways - Cherry Bomb

13 Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl

14 X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage, Up Yours

15 Yoko Ono - Woman Power

16 Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil

17 The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like

18 Geri Halliwell - These Boots Are Made For Walking

19 Aretha Franklin - Respect

20 Ethel Merman - Anything You Can Do

21 Mary Poppins - Sister Suffragette

22 Secret Artist - Hidden Track

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