Blame It On T.K.O.

I am not to blame for this pick. And franksly I do not want to be. Out of all of them so far, I am least happy with this one. I think it has to do with Michael Franks (who I love, btw) but this song after listening to it a few times, just hasn't aged that well. Not just the content of a song about a joystick (do people still use joysticks?) in fact I have been looking for more than the three decent Joystick songs to make a video game connection. That's not happening soon. But the song is dated in it's sound and not in a good way. Not my fault though. It's upped another 5 bpm and another 5 days. Too bad.

Blame It On T.K.O.

01 Michael Franks - Now That Your Joystick's Broke

02 Ray Materick - Linda Put the Coffee On

03 Combustible Edison - Junglero

04 Inka Inka - Is This Justice

05 The Alan Parsons Project - Let's Talk About Me

06 Gaelic Storm - Devil Down Below

07 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Aguas De Marco

08 Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse

09 Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute

10 Steve Morse Band - Heightened Awareness

11 The Ventures - Walk Don't Run 2000

12 Bananarama - No Feelings

13 Pixies - Vamos

14 Bee Gees - I Started A Joke

15 Iggy Pop - Candy

16 John Fogerty - Centerfield

17 Todd Rundgren - Bang The Drum All Day

18 Lou Reed - Don't Talk To Me About Work

19 Aerosmith - Draw The Line

20 Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

21 Grateful Dead - Dark Star

22 Beach Boys - Rock And Roll Music

23 Big Daddy - Star Wars

24 Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady

Extra Dimensional Crisis

I had fun making this mixtape. I had (and always have) a folder of stuff I want to use, but I haven't found the combination to pick a good mix. I had several tracks in there from over two years ago. And then I was relistening to the CJ & Co album and not stopping at their big hit and realized it would fit right in with a couple of other leftovers to make all of them gel. I was right! I added the remix of War, a little Yello and Gichy Dan and I had this. I was dancing all over the kitchen. A little old and a little new. The title you will never guess. It does not come from one of the songs, but rather from a game I was playing. If you figure out which one, I will send you my friend ID and we can play against each other (or with each other) for both of our benefits. In the meantime, enjoy this wormhole of music. I kept wanting to spell it crises, but it's only one.

Extra Dimensional Crisis

01 Laid Back - Bakerman

02 Dinosaur L - Clean Your Bean #1

03 Ray Barretto - A Deeper Shade Of Soul

04 Foals - In Degrees (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

05 CJ & Co - Sure Can't Go To The Moon

06 House of Prayers - Shake Your Booty (Original Mix)

07 Hyper Crush featuring LMFAO - This Is My Life

08 Yello - Tied Up

09 Grey & Hanks - Dancin'

10 Gilla - We Gotta Get Outta This Place (Long Version)

11 Gichy Dan - Cowboys and Gangsters

12 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

13 Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (Radio)

14 Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (Cutmore Radio Edit Clean)

15 The Trammps - Hold Back The Night

16 War - Low Rider (Kyle Watson Remix)

17 One Track Mind - I Like You (Remix)

tnd

It's been a while since I made one of these mixtapes. This one definitely goes all over the map. Some hits and well known tracks on this pick, but also some deeper cuts. They mix well soundwise. Not sure I would do a gig playing all these tracks, unless they were very eclectic (and drunk) but it is fun. I didn't start this one with a specific track, but rather the image of the spiral that I came across while looking for a texture for another playlist. I didn't use it and then ended up manipulating it a bit. I like adding the digital noise. A few tracks with food: Chili, Cinnamon, Cream, Cocaine, Jelly Beans, Lemon... okay, one of those things isn't food. None of that has anything to do with the random three letters. That's just the way it is. Unless you can come up with something that my subconscious mind didn't pick up. I'm waiting. I had fun with this one.

tnd

01 Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

02 Felix & His Guitar - Chili Beans

03 J.J. Cale - Cocaine

04 Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl

05 Shock Headed Peters - Burn The Fun Guarantee

06 Billy Joe Royal - Hush

07 Jelly Beans - Baby Be Mine

08 Eagles - New Kid in Town

09 Arthur Mckay - She Squeezed My Lemon

10 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy

11 The Nips - All the time in the world

12 Association - Enter The Young

13 Shriekback - My Spine Is The Bassline (12' Edit)

14 Los Lonely Boys - Born On The Bayou

15 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down

16 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

17 Turtles - How You Loved Me

18 The Residents - Kaw-Liga

19 Scorpions - Hell Cat

20 Joan Jett - Scratch My Back

21 Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band - I'm An Indian Too

Beatle Paul

Ok, this pick is part three of the individual selections of members of the Beatles within the Beatles. No more than seventten tracks, had to feature the main songwriting or vocal skills of the individual Beatle. Today it's Paul McCartney. Check out the previous ones at this Beatles link. All of them are done, except for Ringo. He'll hopefully be posted this month, though. So these tracks in this playlist are mostly attributed to Paul as the writer, although as you know their songs were always Lennon/McCartney. These have more of the obvious Paul feel to me. Also some of the biggest hits. Remember these were not compiled for anyone, except for me, but I do hope you like them anyway. You probably can't tell the subtle ombre background I made in each of these covers. 

Beatle Paul

01 Beatles - Oh! Darling

02 Beatles - Martha My Dear

03 Beatles - Blackbird

04 Beatles - For No One

05 Beatles - Yesterday

06 Beatles - We Can Work It Out

07 Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

08 Beatles - And I Love Her

09 Beatles - Penny Lane

10 Beatles - Good Day Sunshine

11 Beatles - I've Just Seen A Face

12 Beatles - Get Back

13 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

14 Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun

15 Beatles - Things We Said Today

16 Beatles - Let It Be

17 Beatles - Hey Jude

America 1

Happy 4th of July! If you are not from the USA, you may not know that we celebrate this day as our Independence Day. So as proud Americans we light things on fire (fireworks), drink beer and BBQ hotdogs, steaks or chicken. I spent a 4th of July in Europe (France) and was surprised to find a bar that celebrated it with us. They had hotdogs and decorated it with American flags. We didn't get fireworks, but they did play a bunch of American music. Not any of these songs, well, maybe John Mellencamp. What's funny to me is that many of these bands on this mixtape pick are not American bands. That's okay, they just had to have America in the title. Either way as you listen to this, BBQ something and eat it.

America 1

01 John Mellencamp - R.O.C.
K. In The U.S.A.

02 Night Ranger - (You Can Still) Rock In America

03 Blow Monkeys - My America

04 Beach Boys - Spirit Of America

05 Stranglers - Big In America

06 Santana - America

07 Kansas - Song For America (Single Edit)

08 Brian Eno & David Byrne - America Is Waiting

09 James Brown - Living In America

10 Yes - America (Single Version)

11 Patrick Juvet - I Love America

12 Iggy Pop - Wild America

13 Village People - America

14 Prince & the Revolution - America

15 Brooks & Dunn - Only In America

16 Nice - America

17 Jackson Browne - For America

18 Supertramp - Breakfast In America

19 U2 - The Hands That Built America (Theme From Gangs Of New York)

20 Jay & The Americans - Only In America

Blame It On T.I.A.

It's been another five days and yet another afflicted playlist pick. As usual for these, I didn't do it. I blame it on anything else I can. I take no responsibility for this being 1ll at 138 bpm and in a key mixing order (although the energy is all over the place). You definitely would not, in normal circumstances, put these in this order if you were to play them for an audience. If you did you would have to blame the autopen for signing off on these tracks. Not sure how many more of these I am going to do. What do you think? Maybe one more T.K.O.?

Blame It On T.I.A.

01 Melanie C - I Turn To You

02 Kinks - You Really Got Me

03 The Killers - Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix Edit)

04 Shonen Knife - I Wanna Eat Choco Bars

05 Lounge Lizards - Incident On South Street

06 Asia - Heat Of The Moment

07 Gaelic Storm - Johnny Tarr

08 War - Low Rider

09 Missing Persons - Walking In L.A.

10 Isley Brothers - Shout (Part 1 & 2)

11 Santana - Everybody's Everything

12 Band Of Oz - Shaggin'

13 Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now

14 Lou Reed - Rock 'N' Roll

15 Ruts - In A Rut

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

17 Joe Jackson - Fools In Love

18 Le Tigre - TKO

19 Jonas Brothers - Sucker

20 The Who - I Can't Explain

21 Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop

Happy Anniversary!

This connection or pick of anniversary songs is because today is my anniversary. Been married quite a while (since '07 if you want to know). I actually celebrate it twice a year six months apart because we had a church wedding six months after our actual wedding. Makes it kind of fun. Now these songs, however, are not all celebratory, but they do all have Anniversary in the title. Just don't play them for you other half and expect it to be all nice-nice. Some are. Some are not. I keep hoping there will be a better, newer anniversary song to celebrate, than the Little River Band, which isn't really about their anniversary, but celebrating that his significant other is happy with someone else. But it sounds happy! Oh well! Duran Duran is more in line with the sentiment, but it's not their best song.

Happy Anniversary!

01 Mission UK - Prelude Anniversary

02 Al Stewart - Anniversary

03 Tony! Toni! Tone! - Anniversary

04 The Pogues - Anniversary

05 Todd Rundgren - Happy Anniversary

06 Tom Jones - Anniversary Song

07 Shep And The Limelighters - Our Anniversary

08 Blur - Anniversary Waltz

09 Toy Dolls - The Anniversary Waltz

10 John Cale - On A Wedding Anniversary

11 Andy Williams - Anniversary Song

12 Suzanne Vega - Anniversary

13 Duran Duran - Anniversary

14 The Cure - Anniversary

15 Cowboy Junkies - Anniversary Song

16 Merle Haggard - Anniversary Blue Yodel

17 Al Jolson - Anniversary Song

18 Little River Band - Happy Anniversary

19 Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary

20 Saint Etienne - Sadie's Anniversary

21 Jim Capaldi - Oh How We Danced (Anniversary Song)

22 Jimi Hendrix - 51st Anniversary [Mono]

23 Robert Plant - Anniversary

Eric Clapton With

I've done a few "With" picks, probably most recently Todd Rundgren With which turned out pretty good. But I guess not too many of these. Here's Eric Clapton With a bunch of other bands. Not really fair since he was a studio musician who loved playing on people's albums. I didn't include any tracks with him solo, nor did I include any Yardbirds nor any Cream. I did leave Derek & the Dominos on this pick. Oh well. I also included a track from the Bunbury's Bunbury Trail (which is another supergroup Eric was in - this time with the Bee Gee's). No rhyme or reason. But the tracks are all good. I almost added Yoko Ono, because Clapton plays on Don't Worry Kyoko... (a great song, but it didn't fit and it wasn't quite the best next to Brian Wilson anyway. Sorry about that. You will have to add it yourself.

Eric Clapton With

01 Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Melody

02 The Bunburys (Eric Clapton & The Bee Gees) - Fight The Good Fight

03 George Harrison - Wah Wah

04 Paul McCartney - Freedom

05 Ringo Starr - Never Without You

06 Derek & The Dominos - Layla

07 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

08 Brian Wilson + Eric Clapton - City Blues

09 Buckwheat Zydeco - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad

10 Doris Troy - Ain't That Cute

11 Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton - Dirty City

12 Roger Waters - 4.41 AM (Sexual Revolution)

13 Bobby Whitlock - Where There's A Will There's A Way

14 Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It (Parts 1 And 2)

15 Toots And The Maytals - Pressure Drop

16 Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See (Extended Rock Mix)