I am unable to get more of these posted right now, as soon as I get a chance I will continue.
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What's The Connection? Home
My pop's story from yesterday is why this came about. It's actually what I gave him way back when. I was so sure the Billy Joel was right, but it wasn't. And you know the reason there is no Dan Reed Network today. I work all over the world, but I also work from home. Lately I have been busy with some cool projects. Maybe one day I will share them here. In the meantime my dogs need to be fed, my mother-in-law needs some help and I am wasting my time writing this blurb for this connection which tells you nothing. Hanging out and waiting for my wife to get here. I think I might just make friends with an AI (or call a friend.)
What's The Connection? Home
01 Lene Lovich - Home
02 Dean Martin - Home
03 Billy Joel - You're My Home
05 Charles & Eddie - House Is Not A Home
06 Everything But The Girl - Home From Home
07 X - In This House That I Call Home
08 Everything But The Girl - Come on Home
09 Harry James - Flyin' Home
10 The Tribe - Here At The Home
11 Public Image Limited - Home
12 Mel Torme - A House Is Not A Home
13 Candy Dulfer - Home Is not A House
14 Evan Johns and the H-Bombs - Takin' Care Of My Home
15 Rocky Horror Picture Show - I'm Going Home
16 Klark Kent - Away From Home
17 Dean Martin - Down Home
18 Everything But The Girl - No Place Like Home
19 Rembrandts - This House Is Not A Home
20 Iggy Pop - Home
21 Motley Crew - Home Sweet Home
22 The Primitives - Carry Me Home
What's The Connection? Build
People ask me about songs all the time, which is flattering until you realize most people do not know the title, the artist, or even the lyrics. Before you could just Shazam everything, my dad once asked me to find a song he really liked. All he knew was that it went, "home, home, you are my house." I worked hard, searched high and low, and found plenty of songs that looked possible, but none of them were right. Years later, it turned out he meant Dan Reed Network doing Ritual, which sounds absolutely nothing like that. The Connection here is Build, not Home, but for a second it probably sounded like I was building up to something. Maybe tomorrow.
What's The Connection? Build
01 Judds - Love Can Build A Bridge
02 Housemartins - Build
03 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Kiss To Build A Dream On
04 Nelly Furtado - Build You Up
05 Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
06 Pat Barrett - Build My Life
07 Bollyn Thompson - Build Your Foundation
08 Dave Barker - Build My Whole World Around You
09 Exotics - Let's Try To Build A Love Affair
10 The White Stripes - Let's Build A Home
11 Pixies - Build High
12 Tito Simon - Build It Up
13 Lady Gaga - Gonna Build A Mountain
14 The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
15 Black Slate - Build Mama Africa
16 Bnot Avraham - We Build Together
17 David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Build A Cave
18 Glen Campbell - I'd Build a Bridge
19 Galen Denny - Gonna Build A Rocket
20 Earth, Wind & Fire - Build Your Nest
21 Panic! At The Disco - Build God, Then We'll Talk
22 Luke Bryan - Build Me A Daddy
23 Drivin' N' Cryin' - Build A Fire
Clash Of The Titans 8 (repost)
This is the last of this series, probably. This pick is a little different than the others, because in addition to all of the other vague descriptions of electroclash, all of this pick is also covers. And one mashup. Some great songs are covered here. You probably will figure out the originals of each (if not ask in the comments). You know I love covers of songs, especially if they are done in a little different style. Well here you go. The last of the Clash Of The Titans series and also all covers. Lots of different mixes, nearly the same cover.Clash Of The Titans 8
Clash Of The Titans 8 
101 Ryuichi Sakamoto - We Love You (DNA 12 inch Mix)
102 Dub Pistols featuring Terry Hall - Rapture
103 Adam Sky And Crossover - I Am The Fly
104 Seelenluft featuring Florian Horwath - Horse With No Name
105 Herve - Cheap Thrills
106 Speaker Junk - Foxxy (Original Mix)
107 Melanie C - I Want Candy (Ultimix 127)
108 Superpitcher - Baby's On Fire
109 Eric Prydz And Steve Angello - Woz Not Woz (Club Mix)
110 M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade featuring Laurie Anderson - Oh Supaman
111 The Disco Boys - B-B-B-BabyRadio Edit
112 My Robot Friend - Isolation (Magik Johnson Remix)
113 The Disco Boys - Hey St. Peter
114 Sharam - PATT (Party All The Time) (Radio Edit)
115 Deep Dish Vs Dire Straits - Flashing For Money
116 Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb (Tiga Remix)
Clash Of The Titans 7 (repost)
After the repost of this pick there is only one more to go, So if you love these electroclash comps, enjoy the last ones. If you hate them, good luck it's nearing the end. This really is a clash, even though the music all fits together, it's not really new wave, it's not really electro, it's not really disco, etc. It's a clash of all those things and house. But none of those things either. I mean could I be more vague? The pick makes sense when you listen to it.
Clash Of The Titans 7
Clash Of The Titans 7
87 Simian Mobile Disco - Hotdog
88 Chromeo - Needy Girl
89 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back to Your House (Jaxx extended mix
90 The Migrants - I Thought That (Boris Dlugosch Remix)
91 Switch - A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)
92 Beasy & Leon - Mojitos Revenge
93 Fedde Le Grand with Camille Jones - The Creeps
94 Bob Sinclar - Tennessee
95 Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations (Tiga's Out Of The Trance Closet Mix)
96 Freaks - The Creeps (You're Giving Me) (Vandalism Mix)
97 M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - Body Language
98 Axwell Featuring Maxc - I Found U (Classic Mix)
99 Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel
100 Kraak & Smaak - Money In The Bag (Crazy P Remix)
Clash Of The Titans 6 (repost)
A continuation of the repost of indescribable pick of Electroclash, new new wave or nouveau disco, tech pop or just dance music. Who the hell knows? It just fits together for me. This volume of the playlist has more remixes. It has a couple of more well known tracks and a couple I doubt you've heard before. Enough with the introductions, because we all know there isn't anything that will make it understandable except to listen to it.
Clash Of The Titans 6
Clash Of The Titans 6
74 Klaxons - Magick (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
75 Linus Loves - The Terrace
76 Booka Shade - Darko (Radio Slave Remix)
77 Delia Gonzales & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig Remix)
78 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
79 Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends
80 Fedde Le Floyd - Put Your Hands Up For The Wall
81 Fuzzy Hair vs Robbie Rivera - The Cat (Fuzzy Hair Mix)
82 Nick Terranova with Gina Martina - Elektro Fuck (Elektro Fuck Mix)
83 Beckers - Colour Me Blind (Phatjak Remix)
84 Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
85 DJ Zebra - C'mon Fuck Me
86 Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
Clash Of The Titans 5 (repost)
This repost of volume five of the electroclash pick has one of my favorite tracks from a band (producer?) I have no idea about. I just know I like the track. Ctrl Z vs Screwface. Especially when it is Zedd. Control Zedd. So obviously not from the US. But what a way to start off a volume than with that intro. A bunch of remixes and cool unknowns. I just like it. No explanations or reasons. All these years and I still have no idea. But at least it's now updated.
Clash Of The Titans 5
Clash Of The Titans 5
62 Ctrl Z vs Screwface - StereoTypical
63 Blackjoy - Moustache (La Stache)
64 Eyerer & Chopstick - Haunting
65 GusGus - Desire (G-G Remix)
66 Booka Shade - In White Rooms
67 Fuckpony - Ride The Pony
68 Havana Boys - So Horny (Original Mix)
69 David Guetta vs The Egg - Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix)
70 Vinylgroover & The Red Hed - This Life (Electro Remix)
71 Mason - Exceeder (Mashtronic Remix)
72 Abel Ramos - Te Quiero Puta
73 Ctrl Z - Badman (Screwface Remix)
Clash Of The Titans 4 (repost)
More electroclash in this series pick repost. Although I would suggest that only some of this is really electroclash and the rest is a some other kind of flavor edm. A couple of tracks that are covers, at least one that feels like a cover but is an original. A few remixes and one of my own edits. All danceable and kinda go well together. Over the last couple of volumes, you've probably noticed some of the same names come up. No accident.
Clash of The Titans 4
Clash of The Titans 4
46 Max Sedgley - Happy (Make You Happy)
47 Milke - She Says
48 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
49 Wekan - Skid
50 Riot In Belgium - The Acid Never Lies
51 Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (Linus Loves Remix)
52 Tiga - Burning Down The House
53 Eric Prydz Vs Pink Floyd - Proper Education (Daft Mix)
54 Henry Mancini - Pink Panther Theme (Fischerspooner Mix)
55 Armand Van Helden - My My My
56 Playgroup featuring KC Flightt - Front 2 Back (Kenny Dope Gotta Mix)
57 Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
58 The Egg - The Wall (Mylo Remix)
59 Darude - Sandstorm
60 Robert Miles - Children (Pol's CYF Edit)
61 Tiësto - Adagio For Strings
Clash Of The Titans 3 (repost)
Continuing the Clash Of The Titans playlist series, this repost pick of electroclash is just getting interesting. A couple of older songs mixed with newer songs that sure seem danceable. Less remixes this outing. I like the mix of Cabaret Voltaire and Talking Heads mixed with Juan Maclean and Hot Chip. I couldn't tell you anything about Fujiya & Miyagi, but I love the sound. Fischerspooner and LCD Soundsystem had hits later but here they were just blips.
Clash Of The Titans 3
31 The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
32 Cabaret Voltaire - Do Right
33 Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
34 Juan Maclean - Give Me Every Little Thing
35 Cansei De Ser Sexy - Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
36 Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko
37 Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School
38 Underworld - Cowgirl
39 Daft Punk - Technologic
40 Tomas Andersson - Copy Cat
41 Test Icicles - What's Your Damage (Digitalism Remix)
42 Vitalic - La Rock 01
43 Fujiya & Miyagi - Photocopier
44 Fischerspooner - Emerge
45 LCD Sound System - Losing My Edge
Clash Of The Titans 2 (repost)
Repost of part 2 of this pick I call electroclash, but it really isn't all that. Mostly good danceable new new wave and even some edgier house. Songs from bands no one except for a select few really knows or remembers, but you will dance to it. Is this EDM? Gasp! Who cares? It mixes well, people dance to it and it just sounds good. Stop judging so much. This pick is mine and I like it. Just play it and dance. Love on the edits and remixes.
Clash Of The Titans 2
Clash Of The Titans 2
18 Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Turkish Delight (Album Version)
19 Frogsnatcher - Rat Race (Vocal Mix)
20 Tiefschwarz with Tracey Thorn - Damage (Radio Edit)
21 My Robot Friend - Rapture (Album Version)
22 Tiga - Louder Than A Bomb
23 Bush II Bush - Piano Track (MYNC Project's Balls To Bush Mix)
24 Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym
25 Linus Loves - VH1 (12 Inch Mix)
26 Timmy Vegas & Barbara Tucker - Dutty Funk (We Can Do) (Vocal Mix)
27 Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias - Boogie No More
28 The Freaks - The Creeps (Vandalism Unreleased Mix)
29 Dynarec - Handjob
30 The Kills - Good Ones (Jagz Kooner Remix)
Clash Of The Titans 1 (Repost)
I'm reposting this series of picks again since I was working on the electroclash one the other day.
I originally put together this series of playlists around the time of the emergence of electroclash and although it isn't all that, it sounds enough like it it to start this series. I think I was watching the Clash Of The Titans movie or seeing a computer game or something like that and so this was born. It was more just danceable stuff that mixed real well. I hope you like it. I made a few of these and the theme doesn't hold up really at all. But it didn't matter, because I liked this pick and played it a lot. Lots of remixes.
Clash Of The Titans 1
Clash Of The Titans 1
01 The Killers - Somebody Told Me (Mylo Remix Edit)
02 Cream vs Hoxton Whores - Sunshine Of Your Love (Braund Remix)
03 Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone (Original)
04 Mylo - In My Arms
05 Rex The Dog - Prototype (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix)
06 Kylie Minogue vs New Order - Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head
07 Eyerer & Chopstick - She Loves It (Original Mix)
08 Throbbing Gristle - Hot Heels United (Carter Tutti Remix)
09 Max Graham & Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
11 Thomas Andersson - Washing Up (Tiga Remix)
12 Who's Who - Not So Dirty (Steve Angello Remix)
13 Tiga - Pleasure From The Bass
14 Goldfrapp - Twist
15 Coburn featuring Dumb Blonde - We Have The Technology
16 Crazy Frog - Axel F
17 Le Tigre - TKO
Electrowave (Repost)
Repost with new links just so you can see the progression. Not the same as the Clash Of TheTitans series. First this is only one comp. But as I was making the other playlists, I realized there was some stuff that was much like new wave and little like electro and it was pretty good. So I took some new stuff and matched it with a couple of older tracks that fit to make this one for you. Ladytron, Freezepop and Miss Kittin started this for me, the rest came naturally.
Electrowave
Electrowave
01 Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd
02 Freezepop - Bike Thief (Kryptonite Remix)
03 Snake River Conspiracy - How Soon Is Now-
04 FPU - Ocean Drive (Tigas White Linen Vox)
05 Laptop - Greatest Hits
06 Ladytron - Seventeen
07 Blur - Girls & Boys
08 Golden Boy w-Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin
09 Bis - Robotic (Adult Almost Instrumental Remix)
10 Wonderland Avenue - White Horse
11 Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night
12 Felix Da Housecat - Madame Hollywood (Tigas Mr Hollywood Version)
13 Love Inc - You're A Superstar
14 The Tubes - Prime Time
15 Mount Sims - Black Sunglasses
16 Count 2 Infinity - Popism
17 Soft Cell - What!
What's The Connection? Balls
Well, that World Cup could have gone better for an American with Dutch heritage. The U.S. is out, the Netherlands is out, and I am left doing the usual family math where disappointment somehow has two flags on it. At least my Belgian cousins are still happy, because their team is still playing with their balls. That is probably more than I needed to say, but here we are. I am not comparing this to boobs. Different subject entirely. This Connection just happens to be the one that still has something bouncing.
What's The Connection? Balls
01 Isaac Hayes - Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)
02 The Goal Line Groovers - Playing With My Smart Balls
03 Jay & the Techniques - Keep the Ball Rollin'
04 Love And Rockets - Ball Of Confusion (USA Mix)
05 Marillion - If My Heart Were A Ball
06 The Casuals - Grab Your Balls We're Goin' Bowling
07 Devo - Snow Ball
08 Frank Zappa - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
09 Sparks - Balls
10 The Cramps - She's Got Balls
11 James - Goalie's Ball
12 Accept - Balls To The Wall
13 The White Stripes - Ball And Biscuit
14 The Rumour - That's The Way The Ball Rolls
15 Amy Rigby - Balls
16 Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
17 City Surfers - Beach Ball
18 Eddie Spaghetti - If Anyone's Got the Balls
19 Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball
20 Stray Cats - Gonna Ball
21 AC-DC - Big Balls
Electroclash
I never understood why electroclash disappeared while so many of the ideas stuck around. The fashion mostly went away, but the attitude never really did. These tracks are full of icy synths, deadpan vocals, and enough swagger to convince you they don't care whether you like them or not. Apparently I do. If you're looking around the House for something a little stranger than the usual four on the floor, this Pick should do nicely. Twenty years later, it still sounds like the future showed up with a smirk.
Electroclash
01 Chicks On Speed - We Don't Play Guitars
02 Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
03 Pompous Elite - Citation Needed
04 Black Strobe - Me And Madonna
05 Fischerspooner - Emerge
06 Client - Rock and Roll Machine
07 Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Frank Sinatra
08 Princess Superstar featuring High & Mighty - Bad Babysitter
09 Ladytron - Seventeen
10 Mr Blackout Bean - Brewtal Awakening
11 Tiga - Pleasure From The Bass
12 Adult. - Hand To Phone
13 Tiga & Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night
14 Golden Boy w-Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin
15 Avenue D - Do I Look Like A Slut
16 Felix Da Housecat w-Miss Kittin - Silver Screen Shower Scene
17 Vitalic - La Rock 01
What's The Connection? Vacation (repost)
Repost of this one from 2022: People tend to take vacations in the summer, although for many it's been staycations or having a holiday at home. But this was made some time ago, before the really bad inflation and huge gas prices. All the songs have vacation in the title. Yes, I know that some people say they go on holiday (that's another WTC?). This one is strictly a vacation connection. I knew I had to have the Go-Go's in here, the rest went around that. I came up with a few good ones. Again let me know if your favorite vacation song isn't in here. And enjoy whatever vacation you are having this year. I hope it's sweet. And yes, that's me on the Jetski.
What's The Connection? Vacation
01 Young Fresh Fellows - Empty Set Takes a Vacation
02 Sister Sledge - Let's Go On Vacation
03 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Mideast Vacation
04 Ricky Nelson - A Long Vacation
05 Lionel Richie - Sweet Vacation
06 Orleans - I Need A Break (From My Vacation)
07 The Party - Summer Vacation
08 Bo Diddley - Bo's Vacation
09 Buddy Guy - Your Mind Is On Vacation
10 Alabama - Vacation
11 Johnny Cash - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
12 The Ramones - Endless Vacation
13 The Fleshtones - Bazooka Joe's Vacation
14 Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
15 Black Oak Arkansas - Spring Vacation
16 Chuck Berry - Vacation Time
17 Van Morrison - Your Mind Is On Vacation
18 Sugarland - Operation Working Vacation
19 Connie Francis - Vacation
20 Vitamin C - Vacation
21 Freezepop - Vacation
22 Circle Jerks - Paid Vacation
23 Beach Boys - Spring Vacation
24 Go-Go's - Vacation
What's The Connection? Sunshine (repost)
Another repost with new links and new blurb: Every long weekend seems to reach the same point. The fireworks are over, the coolers are a little lighter, somebody forgot to put the lawn chairs away, and life starts easing back toward normal. Then the sun comes up, the coffee tastes just as good, and somehow summer keeps right on going. Maybe that's the best part about this season. Even after the celebrations are over, there's still another sunny day waiting. It's hot out so do something that cools you off. This Connection follows sunshine in just about every mood imaginable. Sometimes it warms things up, sometimes it disappears, and sometimes it shows up exactly when it is needed most. Whether you're spending the day outside or hiding from the heat, I hope this one brightens it just a little.
What's The Connection? Sunshine
01 Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
02 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
03 Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
04 Donovan - Sunshine Superman
05 Tom Tom Club - Sunshine and Ecstasy
06 Earth Wind & Fire - Sunshine
07 Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
08 Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
09 Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
10 The Brady Bunch - It's A Sunshine Day
11 Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine
12 Nina Hagen & Cast - Let The Sunshine In
13 Love & Rockets - It Could Be Sunshine
14 Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Walking In The Sunshine
15 Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine
16 Eddy Grant - Walkin' On Sunshine
17 Joi - Sunshine & The Rain
18 Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
19 Prince - Play In The Sunshine
20 Dean Martin - Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
21 Lee Oskar - Sunshine Keri
22 Praxis - Sunshine
What's The Connection? Summer (repost)
This is a repost with new links from four years ago with a whole new blurb: Summer always seems a little shorter than I remember. Maybe that's because we try to pack so much into it before the days start getting shorter again. Beach trips, backyard cookouts, vacations, long evenings that somehow disappear too quickly, and all the songs that end up becoming part of those memories. It doesn't really matter what year they came from. Every summer eventually finds its own soundtrack. This Connection stays with one season from beginning to end, wandering through breezy afternoons, hot city streets, romance, nostalgia, and just enough sunshine to make you forget how hot it actually is. Whether you're heading for the beach, the lake, the backyard, or just the air conditioning, these songs should fit somewhere along the way. I hope your summer lasts a little longer than it usually seems to.What's The Connection? Summer
What's The Connection? Summer
01 Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness
02 Bangles - Bitchen Summer
03 Bananarama - Cruel Summer
04 The B-52's - Summer Of Love
05 Lil' Brian and the Zydeco Travelers - Summer Girl
06 Dino - Summergirls
07 War - Summer
08 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer
09 Mungo Jerry - In The Summer Time
10 The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
11 Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
12 Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft
13 Chad and Jeremy - A Summer Song
14 The Danleers - One Summer Night
15 Jamies - Summertime, Summertime
16 Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime
17 Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
18 Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
19 Shonen Knife - Summertime Boogie
20 Surfin' Lungs - Who Stole The Summer
21 Stray Cats - Lonely Summer Nights
America 250
America celebrates Independence Day every year, but turning 250 only happens once. Watching this year's World Cup has made the occasion feel even more special. Along with the matches, it has been fun seeing visitors from around the world discovering everyday American life for the first time. Sometimes it takes someone seeing your home with fresh eyes to remind you how many little things you have quietly taken for granted all along. That seems like a pretty good reason to celebrate. This Connection follows a few of the ideas that have shaped the country along the way: liberty, freedom, home, music, and a Saturday night or two. It even begins with the birthday song I have sung to friends and family for years whenever their special day comes around. After all, 250 candles deserve something a little different. I have a feeling some of those visitors are going home with a different picture of America than the one they arrived with. This year's 4th of July seemed like the right time to celebrate that.America 250
America 250
01 Sheriff John - Birthday Cake Polka
02 Jennifer Rocket - Stand Up Baby
03 Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
04 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
05 George Thorogood & The Destroyers - American Made
06 Lee Greenwood - God Bless The USA
07 David Bowie - Young Americans
08 Earth, Wind & Fire - Freedom
09 Sister Sledge - All American Girls
10 Alan Jackson - Home
11 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy
12 Common Ground - This Is America
13 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
14 Journey - Liberty
15 Garth Brooks - American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
16 Kim Wilde - Kids In America
17 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
18 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Liberty
19 John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
20 Junior Brown - Freedom Machine
21 Beach Boys - Back Home
22 Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night
Americanos
One of my favorite parts of this year's World Cup has been watching visitors from around the world experience everyday America. Not the landmarks or the postcards, but the things most of us stopped noticing years ago. Sometimes it's a restaurant, sometimes it's the size of a grocery store, sometimes it's unlimited drink refills or discovering ranch dressing for the first time, and sometimes it's a place that somehow turned a gas station into a destination all by itself. Seeing those reactions has been a nice reminder that culture isn't just found in museums. A lot of it happens in the ordinary places we pass every day. This pick is really about perspective. Tomorrow's 4th of July seems like the perfect time to celebrate that. I have a feeling some of those visitors are going home with a different picture of America than the one they arrived with.
Americanos
01 Holly Johnson - Americanos
02 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - We No Speak Americano
03 10cc - Americana Panorama
04 Lady GaGa - Americano
05 David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans
06 Halsey - New Americana
07 Lou Bega - You Wanna Be Americano
08 Laibach - Americana
09 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Americano
10 Leningrad Cowboys - Americano
11 Alec R. Costandinos - Americana
12 Eight To The Bar - Young Americans
13 Soup Dragons - Americana Sweetmeat
14 Stanley Clarke - Campo Americano
15 Moe Bandy - Americana
16 Mana - Somos Más Americanos
17 Ray Davies - Americana
Happy Anniversary! (repost)
Repost: 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
Pulsing Aura
Two wormholes opening on consecutive days seems a little excessive. Then again, I watched enough wormhole science fiction to believe they probably happen more often than we notice. I even named one of my boxers Ka D'Argo and a foster Aeryn Sun, so I guess I committed to that idea years ago. This pick turns the dial up from yesterday. Fire, rescue, battles, martyrs, robbers, rats, and a Mississippi Queen all come charging through, somehow staying in step despite coming from completely different musical worlds. At 140 BPM, I probably didn't have much choice.
Pulsing Aura
01 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
02 Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers - Chitterlings Con Carne
03 5000 Volts featuring Tina Charles - I'm on Fire (Disco Purrfection Version)
04 Brainstorm - Lovin' Is Really My Game (12inch Extended)
05 Plimsouls - Zero Hour
06 Box Tops - The Letter
07 Earth, Wind & Fire - You
08 Echo & the Bunnymen - Rescue
09 Pretenders - Kid
10 Berlin - Sex (I'm A ...)
11 Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr
12 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
13 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Battleship
14 Mongo Santamaria - We Got Latin Soul
15 Ohio Players - Jive Turkey
16 The Jam - Start!
17 The Clash - Bankrobber
18 Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation
19 Mountain - Mississippi Queen