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

It Must Be Love 2

Just before Valentine's Day, so here is a somewhat associated connection of almost love songs. For part one of the It Must Be Love connection click there. All the songs must have "must" in the title and "be" and "love", of course. Until or unless you are in love, you never say it must be love, but once you are, it's obvious that it Must Be.

It Must Be Love 2

24 Jessica Mauboy - It Must Have Been Love

25 The Vibrators - I Knew It Must Be Love

26 The Crests - It Must Be Love

27 Etta James - It Must Be Your Love

28 The Contours - It Must Be Love

29 Donnie Iris - This Time It Must Be Love

30 Gary Hughes - It Must Be Love

31 Glenn Jones - It Must Be Love

32 Blind Willie Mctell - Baby, It Must Be Love

33 Saint Etienne - It Must Be Love Coming Down

34 Alan Jackson - It Must Be Love

35 Thelma Houston - It Must Be Love (Single Edit)

36 Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More To Love Than This

37 Chuck Jackson - It Must Be Love Baby

38 Toots And The Maytals - It Must Be True Love

39 Syreeta - I Must Be in Love

40 Joe Simon - It Must Be Love

41 Pete Shelley - Guess I Must Have Been in Love With Myself

42 Magnum - It Must Have Been Love

43 Shirley Bassey - It Must Have Been Love

44 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

45 Fall Out Boy - It's Not A Side Effect Of The Cocaine I Am Thinking It Must Be Love

46 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love

Funk You 1 (repost)

This pick is sort of a repost. I've always been a fan of Funk. And was happy that during the 80's and 90's some alternative bands were incorporating it into their musical output. I made at the time a couple of cassettes with some old and new funk. I translated that pick into CD playlists. Here is volume 1 or cassette one but better quality than before. This pick of mine was also posted on another great blog site by ButterBoy. Check him out! Either way, I liked mixing the old with the new funk. I haven't seen the Stone Funkers anywhere since I got their CD decades ago (from the band direct), but I like their album. I also like having a George Clinton cover and George (and Parliament/Funkadelic) on the same tape. Here you get Bop and Fopp and Slop all in one. The original tape was all red with the funky lettering all hand done, this is designed, but still looking cool. Volume two will be in a couple of days.

Funk You 1 (repost)

01 Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)

02 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Police Helicopter

03 James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)

04 Ohio Players - Fopp

05 Commodores - Slippery when wet

06 Sun - Pure Fire

07 Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jungle Bass

08 24-7 Spyz - Jungle Boogie

09 Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff

10 Isley Brothers - Livin' In The Life-Go For Your Guns

11 George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake

12 Primus - Tommy the Cat

13 Cameo - Rigor Mortis

14 Material - Cosmic Slop

15 Earth Wind & Fire - In The Stone

16 Limbomaniacs - Shake It

17 Johnny Guitar Watson - What The Hell Is This

18 Bootsy Collins - Bootzilla

19 Stone Funkers - S.T.O.N.E.F.U.N.K. Theme

20 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Catholic School Girls Rule

What's The Connection? Bullets 1

Read yesterday's intro to hear the story behind this connection. As I said, Bullet to the Bone is on here. And then the U2 I talked about. The rest are my favorite bullet songs. How could you have a WTC like this without Lynyrd Skynyrd or 10cc? And I love the Pete Wingfield. The Nate Smith is probably the most recent of all the tracks. I have two more of these pretty much close to being ready, so they will be coming soon.

What's The Connection? Bullets 1

01 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets

02 KMFDM - Bullets, Bombs & Bigotry

03 The Golden Palominos - Silver Bullet

04 The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet

05 Simple Minds - Sweat In Bullet

06 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet

07 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone

08 La Roux - Bulletproof

09 Editors - Bullets

10 Concrete Blonde - God Is A Bullet

11 Blow Monkeys - The Bullet Train

12 Los Streaks - Bang Bang Bullet

13 Chris Spedding - Silver Bullet

14 Planet Perfecto - Bullet In A Gun

15 Stranglers - Sugar Bullets

16 10 CC - Rubber Bullets

17 U2 - Bullet the Blue Sky

18 Nate Smith - Bulletproof

19 Radiohead - Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was

What's The Connection? Twilight 1

I was in the car and listening to the radio. Which means I was probably not driving, since if I control the music it's probably one of my playlists streaming through bluetooth. And the DJ announced that some Dutch band was going to be next. I guessed it would be Golden Earring, which it was, but it wasn't Radar Love it was Twilight Zone. Which I figure should be called Bullet To The Bone, but it isn't. Either way I started thinking of Bullet songs and thought of U2 and then I went to Twilight which is U2's song that seems like it's about pedophelia (listen to the lyrics). And then all the songs about the TV show, including one of my favorites from Manhattan Transfer and came up with this list (and another one coming soon) as well as a Bullet connection also coming soon (and yes I will put Golden Earring on that one as well.) So enjoy part one of this playlist that has nothing to do with vampires that sparkle in the sun.

What's The Connection? Twilight 1

01 The Cure - This Twilight Garden

02 The Residents - Twilight Zone

03 Lorne Greene - Twilight On The Trail

04 Neil Young - Twilight

05 The The - The Twilight Hour

06 The Ventures - The Twilight Zone

07 Rush - The Twilight Zone

08 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone

09 Platters - Twilight Time

10 Erasure - Twilight

11 Alien Sex Fiend - I'm Doing Time In A Maximum Security Twilight Home

12 Moody Blues - Twilight Time

13 Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone (12'' Version)

14 2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone

15 Rusty Egan - The Twilight Zone (Extended Version)

16 Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight

17 U2 - Twilight

18 Martha And The Muffins - Terminal Twilight

19 Wang Chung - Fire in the Twilight

Beatles Blue Meanies

This is a completely different pick for this site. In fact, it isn't my pick. I found this pick somewhere on the internet and for the life of me I can't remember where I got it. I remember that I was looking at several of the Beatles "What If" posts all over. Mostly looking at what possiblities there could have been if the Beatles didn't break up. But finding a whole slew of other what ifs. This one was about Yellow Submarine and if they had made it into a real album instead of just the soundtrack and using singles from around that time plus the songs that were actually on the album. That way you didn't have the George Martin side at all and you could add some other tracks to make a really strong Beatles album. When I first saw it I was intrigued so I assembled it from the notes and put it aside. Over the years I listened to it many times and I liked it. It needed a cover, so I made one. I looked for the person who made up this fake album and can't find them. If you know, leave it in the comments. I imagine this coming out between Sgt. Peppers and the White Album. 

Beatles Blue Meanies

01 Beatles - Hey Bulldog

02 Beatles - Only A Northern Song

03 Beatles - All Together Now

04 Beatles - Across the Universe

05 Beatles - It's All Too Much (long version)

06 Beatles - Lady Madonna

07 Beatles - Yellow Submarine

08 Beatles - The Inner Light

09 Beatles - Revolution

10 Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Complete Stereo Version)

11 Beatles - Hey Jude

12 Beatles - Matchbox

13 Beatles - All You Need Is Love

Don Henley Pick

This is the only one in the Eagles Family pick that doesn't have any Eagles tracks on it. It also doesn't have his track with Stevie Nicks and no guest spots with Bob Seger. It could have. But I was ready to give him his solo stuff on his own. All the tracks are good after all. That's all I will say about Mr. Henley. Go get his solo albums, but enjoy these first. No more for this Eagles series after Don Henley.

Don Henley Pick

01 Don Henley - Not Enough Love In The World

02 Don Henley - The Heart Of The Matter

03 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

04 Don Henley - Sunset Grill

05 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

06 Don Henley - The Last Worthless Evening

07 Don Henley - Who Owns This Place

08 Don Henley - I Will Not Go Quietly

09 Don Henley - Everybody Knows

10 Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance

11 Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence

12 Don Henley - For My Wedding

13 Don Henley - New York Minute

14 Don Henley - Taking You Home

15 Don Henley - Everything Is Different Now

Glenn Frey Pick

More of the Eagles Family pick, today it's Glenn Frey. Probably has the second most hits outside of the Eagles, but if it was just for his participation in Beverly Hills Cop, he'd be great. This pick has only one geust spot: with Bob Seger (who had probably every Eagle member on one track or another). The rest is solo stuff and Eagles tracks that he was featured on or wrote. Get his albums because you will like them.

Glenn Frey Pick

01 Glenn Frey - The Good Life

02 Glenn Frey - Lover's Moon

03 Glenn Frey - The One You Love

04 Glenn Frey - That Girl

05 Glenn Frey - True Love

06 Eagles - Tequila Sunrise

07 Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling

08 Glenn Frey - He Took Advantage

09 Glenn Frey - I Found Somebody

10 Glenn Frey - Sexy Girl

11 Eagles - New Kid In Town

12 Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City

13 Eagles - Heartache Tonight

14 Glenn Frey - This Way To Happiness

15 Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues

16 Glenn Frey - Part Of Me, Part Of You

17 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

18 Eagles - Take It Easy

19 Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On

Leadon, Felder, Meisner, Schmit Pick

More of the Eagles Family pick. This time it is Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Randy Meisner and Timothy B Schmit. All, obviously, in the Eagles at one point or another and doing more or less outside the Eagles. Felder probably did the most out these four, with a few hits on his own. All did some guest spots in various bands. Look up these songs to get more info if you want to separate it further. I also put one Eagles track in here to balance it out. I'll have more for the remaining members solo coming soon.

Leadon, Felder, Meisner, Schmit Pick

01 Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why

02 Don Felder - You Don't Have Me

03 Bernie Leadon-Michael Georgiades Band - Glass Off

04 Timothy B. Schmit - Boys Night Out

05 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - I've Been Lookin'

06 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

07 Bernie Leadon - Everybody Want

08 Poco - Nothin' To Hide

09 Don Felder - Never Surrender

10 Don Felder - Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)

11 Don Felder - All Of You

12 Dillard & Clark - Train Leaves Here This Mornin'

13 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross

14 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Fire Lake

15 Firefall - Just Remember I Love You

16 Boz Scaggs - Look What You've Done To Me

17 Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses

18 Randy Meisner - Hearts On Fire

19 Poco - Keep on tryin'

20 Timothy B. Schmit - So Much In Love

Joe Walsh Guest Guitar Pick

More and in a different direction than yesterday's pick. This Joe Walsh is all about his guest guitar spots. No Eagles tracks here and only one solo track which also was an Eagles track. I only used one Ringo Starr track but he played with the All Starrs often (now being related and all). Some I was less aware of until I started this compilation. which track were you the most surprised by? Listen closely, you'll hear the Walsh guitar on each one. BTW, the cover is based on a photo of him at a Crossroads concert twenty years ago. I love the shot.

Joe Walsh Guest Guitar Pick

01 John Entwistle - Too Late The Hero

02 Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water

03 Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything

04 Wilson Phillips - Hold On

05 Steve Winwood - Split Decision

06 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

07 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

08 Michael Stanley Band - Rosewood Bitters

09 Wilson Phillips - Impulsive

10 John Entwistle - Talk Dirty

11 America - Green Monkey

12 Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island

13 REO Speedwagon - Start A New Life

14 Ringo Starr - In My Car

15 REO Speedwagon - Whiskey Night

16 Carl Palmer - L.A. Nights

17 REO Speedwagon - Open Up

18 Joe Walsh - In The City

Joe Walsh Pick

Continuing the Eagles Family Pick from yesterday and the year before (or because of Groundhogs Day was it longer?) here is a solo pick of Joe Walsh. Yes, It includes three Eagles tracks. A bunch of solo Joe. Four Barnstorm tracks and a couple of tracks from The James Gang. These are my favorites of Joe Walsh. A couple of the tracks are also on the Family pick, but you won't mind, because they are great. Do listen to all the albums though, they are really extraordinary. The more you listen, the better you will realize they are. I think Joe Walsh is my favorite of the Eagles.

Joe Walsh Pick

01 Joe Walsh - Help Me Thru The Night

02 Barnstorm - Meadows

03 Eagles - Last Good Time In Town

04 Eagles - In The City

05 Joe Walsh - Ordinary Average Guy

06 Barnstorm - Rocky Mountain Way

07 The James Gang - Funk # 49

08 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

09 The James Gang - Walk Away

10 Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane

11 Joe Walsh - A Life Of Illusion

12 Joe Walsh - All Night Long

13 Joe Walsh - In My Car

14 Barnstorm - Turn To Stone

15 Barnstorm - Mother Says

16 Joe Walsh - Country Fair

17 Joe Walsh - All Night Laundry Mat Blues

Eagles Family Pick 2

Some time ago, I posted the Eagles Family Pick volume 1 and said I would post a followup volume. I forgot to post it. I had compiled it and just never archived and posted it. So here it is. Each track on this pick features at least one Eagle on it. Some feature several of them. Everything from backing vocals to playing instruments on guest spots. And of course some solo bits from many of them. I also included two Eagles tracks. An earlier one and a later one. Later I will include at least one solo pick of members to round out the family pick. I love the family pick cover. Look closely to see which friends joined them.

Eagles Family Pick 2

19 Foo Fighters - Outside

20 Joe Walsh - Things

21 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

22 Bernie Leadon-Michael Georgiades Band - Glass Off

23 Glenn Frey - Sexy Girl

24 Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water

25 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good

26 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing

27 Don Felder - Never Surrender

28 Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City

29 Eagles - One Of These Nights

30 Don Felder - All Of You

31 Joe Walsh - Indian Summer

32 Eagles - Hotel California

33 Poco - Keep On Tryin'

34 Stevie Nicks with Don Henley - Leather And Lace

Groundhog Day Again

This is a loop reposting of the pick Groundhog Day. Go look at it. It's exactly the same, with slight differences only you will be able to see. LOL. Based on the premise in the Bill Murray movie the next two volumes will repeat every year. Here you go again. Something you won't play, but once a year. And it probably won't ever change. How many Groundhog Day songs could possibly be left? BTW, I love that I posted this at 6:00 am again.

Groundhog Day 1

01 Eminem - Groundhog Day
02 Injury Reserve - Groundhog Day
03 Big Sugar - Groundhog Day
04 Double Trouble - Groundhog Day
05 Street Talk - Groundhog Day
06 1000Mods - Groundhog Day
07 Melanie - Groundhog Day
08 Bob Dylan - Groundhog Day
09 Simon Lynge - Groundhog Day
10 Tom T. Hall - Happy Groundhog Day
11 The Rifles - Groundhog Day
12 Lane 8 - Groundhog Day
13 D.O.A. - Groundhog Day
14 Primus - Groundhog's Day
15 Paul Hardcastle - History Keeps Repeating It's Self
16 John Mccutcheon - Groundhog Day
17 Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
18 Spirit - Groundhog
19 We Are Scientists - History Repeats
20 Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day
21 The Alarm - History Repeating

Groundhog Day 2 Again

Also posted at 6:00 AM this is a continuation of the volume one pick and also a repeat posting of Groundhog Day 2 last year. Nothing more to say, just read last year's post. Do it again. For Punxatawney Phil if no one else. There are slight differences, but only you will notice them.

Groundhog Day 2

22 George Benson - Let's Do It Again

23 Elevation Worship - Do It Again (Radio)

24 R5 - Repeating Days

25 Wall Of Voodoo - Do It Again

26 Nightlife Unlimited - Let's Do It Again

27 Beach Boys - Do It Again

28 Prince - History Repeats Itself

29 R5 - Do It Again

30 Steely Dan - Do It Again

31 Queens Of The Stone Age - Do It Again

32 Kinks - Do It Again

33 David Guetta - Repeat

34 Herbie Mann - Do It Again

35 Nada Surf - Do It Again

36 Budgie - On Repeat

37 Sweet - Do It All Over Again

38 Camera Obscura - Do It Again

39 Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again

40 Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat

Rock, Freak, Boogie 2 (repost)

New links for the repost of this pick.

I grew up loving funk and disco. I like all kinds of music, but I have a soft spot for 70's disco and funk. More of some of my favorite disco songs with rock, freak or boogie in the title. (I know. Die Antwoord isn't disco or funk, but I like it anyway.) So that is the connection today. Yesterday was volume 1. Enjoy and click on the cover I designed. Similar to the other volumes of disco I've posted.

Rock, Freak, Boogie 2

18 Dazz Band - Nasty Boogie

19 Earth, Wind & Fire - Rock It
20 T-Connection - Born To Boogie
21 Mandre - I Like Your Freaky Ways
22 Vaughan Mason & Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
23 Michael Jackson - Rock With You
24 The Whispers - Rock Steady
25 Jimmy Somerville - Freak
26 Midnight Star - Freak-A-Zoid (Remix Version)
27 Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You
28 Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
29 Universal Robot Band - Disco Boogie Woman
30 Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (Instrumental 12 inch version)
31 Earth, Wind & Fire - Rock That!
32 Die Antwoord - I Fink U Freeky