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

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