Semaglutide 3

A few months back I said I might have one more of these picks in me, and apparently the GLP-1 of rock still hasn’t worn off. I called it Semaglutide. But call it buttrock, post-grunge, dad-rock, or whatever label the internet slaps on guitar bands with big feelings and bigger choruses—this stuff just keeps pulling me back in. So here’s volume three: more guilty-pleasure anthems, more polished crunch, more songs you forgot you knew by heart. It’s still the Wegovy of rock—appetite-suppressing for some, oddly satisfying for others—and once again it all somehow works. Go figure.

Semaglutide 3

42 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill (Bury Me)

43 Alter Bridge - Metalingus

44 Velvet Revolver - Slither

45 Linkin Park - Numb

46 Lit - My Own Worst Enemy

47 Finger Eleven - Paralyzer

48 Sum 41 - Fat Lip

49 Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall

50 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

51 Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company

52 Skillet - Monster

53 Godsmack - I Stand Alone

54 Papa Roach - Last Resort

55 Rev Theory - Hell Yeah

56 Pop Evil - Footsteps

57 Smile Empty Soul - Bottom Of A Bottle

58 Saliva - I Walk Alone

59 Slipknot - Duality

60 VonRay - Inside Out

Bayou Boogie 2

Part two of this series my Bayou Boogie pick. I do think this would make a great bar night in Texas. It's not all Zydeco, but a good portion is. A little New Orleans funk and boogie, a little brass here and there, some signs of jazz and rock, but only if it is danceable and energetic. Tell me how I did in the comments below. Enough hits? Enough deeper cuts? Is it all danceable for you? Same pirates cover and the numbering continues from last week's volume one.

Bayou Boogie 2

18 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas - Your Mama Don't Know

19 Boozoo Chavis - Paper In My Shoe

20 Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie

21 Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers - Just One Kiss

22 Queen Ida & Her Zydeco Band - My Girl Josephine

23 Wayne Toups - Please Explain

24 Zydeco Force - Madeline

25 Galactic - Hey Na Na

26 The Iguanas - Boom Boom Boom

27 Givers - Up Up Up

28 Dr. John - Iko Iko

29 Wild Magnolias - Handa Wanda

30 Buckwheat Zydeco - Hot Tamale Baby

31 Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing (Club Re-Edit)

32 Rebirth Brass Band - Do Whatcha Wanna

33 Trombone Shorty - Hurricane Season

What's The Connection? Phone Numbers

This connection is slightly different than many of my WTC's. It's mostly the titles, but they aren't the same word. They all are songs about phone numbers. Many of them were real numbers (at least at the time of their release. A couple are still real phone numbers. The last five tracks do not have a phone number in the title, but feature a phone number in the lyrics. A couple don't seem like they do, but they have one (or they are close enough). AC-DC is one of those. Doesn't seem like a phone number, but he does say to call. The Glenn Miller was and still is a real number. We got 911 and a suicide hotline actually in here. There were some songs I didn't use that had 800 numbers in them, but these are my favorites. I didn't use Call or Phone in the title, but plenty of those, too. Look for them on the site.

What's The Connection? Phone Numbers

01 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny)

02 City Boy - 5-7-0-5

03 The Time - 777-9311

04 Squeeze - 853-5937

05 Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-5000

06 The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789

07 Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)

08 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - 236-6132

09 Hawkshaw Hawkins - Lonesome 7-7203 

10 Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid - 1-800-273-8255

11 Duran Duran - 911 Is A Joke

12 The Partridge Family - Echo Valley 2-6809

13 The B-52's - 6060-842

14 Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke

15 AC-DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Original Australian Release)

16 Soulja Boy Tell 'em featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone

17 Alicia Keys - Diary

18 Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back

19 Sublime - Don't Push

What's The Connection? Creep

I probably should have waited until Halloween for this connection, but I was having fun with it and couldn't wait. I randomly searched for a AI generated picture of a guy who was a creep with weird hands and this popped up, so I put in a creepy background and there you have it. No idea who this model was in an AI generator, but it is perfect for this cover. All are songs with Creep in the title although I had to add the David Bowie song since that was the first one I thought of. Had a few more Radiohead covers, but this was enough.

What's The Connection? Creep

01 Radiohead - Creep

02 10cc - Clockwork Creep

03 Deadbolt - Creep Me

04 Eazy E - Creep 'N' Crawl

05 The Slickee Boys - Creep Skin

06 Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart - Creep

07 Parliament - Medicated Creep

08 Deadmau5 - Creep

09 TLC - Creep

10 Midas Fall - Creep

11 Stone Temple Pilots - Creep

12 Pretenders - Creep (Live)

13 Revolting Cocks - Creep

14 Swamp Zombies - Creep

15 Huevos Rancheros - Super Creep

16 James Duhon - Graveyard Creep

17 The Shadows - The Creep

18 The Vampires - The Creep

19 The Papaya Kings - Zombie Creep

20 Toy Dolls - Richard Clayderman's A Creep

21 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps)

Soul Sizzle Silver

This sixth pick of Soul Sizzle Silver glides through your tongue and decades of joy and rhythm, stitching together grooves that sparkle with both nostalgia and discovery. Each transition reveals an unexpected connection, letting familiar sounds shine in a new light while the dancefloor pulse never lets go. And as the set sways, shimmers, and snaps from song to song, Soul Sizzle Silver shows its signature style with sly, soulful, and seamless surprises. Not sure how much more alliteration I can add there? I was just going to call it gray, but this is so much better.

Soul Sizzle Silver

95 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew

96 The Contours - Do You Love Me

97 The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish in the Sea

98 Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love

99 Earth, Wind & Fire - September

100 Syl Johnson - Take Me to the River

101 Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

102 Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good

103 Zhané - Hey Mr. DJ

104 TLC - Creep

105 Blackstreet - Booti Call

106 Joe - All the Things Your Man Won't Do

107 Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

108 Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack

109 Soul II Soul - Back to Life

110 Robin S - Show Me Love

111 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

Soul Sizzle Onyx

Onyx is just a fancy way to say shiny black. This Soul Sizzle pick continues with the Disco, Electro Boogie, Funk, R&B and Soul tracks. I'm looking mostly for 60's, 70's, and 80's stuff, but whatever sneaks through that doesn't fit the mold is ok with me. Every time I listen to this track from James Brown all I can think of is Eddie Murphy. Two other tracks I will ask you about. Betty Wright, unless you look at the title, doesn't it sound like she saying something else? Is that just me? And Wilson Pickett's song makes me wonder how many songs have phone numbers in them? Off the top of my head allI can think of is Jenny, Jenny but there has to be more. Can you think of any?

Soul Sizzle Onyx

79 Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)

80 Eddie Floyd - Raise Your Hand

81 Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get

82 Betty Wright - Shoorah! Shoorah!

83 Joe Tex - I Gotcha

84 Mandrill - Fencewalk

85 Kool & The Gang - Funky Stuff

86 The Bar-Kays - Shake Your Rump To The Funk

87 Material - Let Me Have It All

88 Nona Hendryx - Transformation

89 Brass Construction - Movin'

90 Midnight Star - No Parking (On The Dance Floor) (Extended Version)

91 S.O.S. Band - Borrowed Love

92 Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance (Remix)

93 James Brown - Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)

94 Ohio Players - Jive Turkey

Soul Sizzle Green

I'm pretty sure we're on number five of the Soul Sizzle picks. This one is Green. Go back a day or two to see the previous one. Still mixing it up. These are going to be 60's, 70's, 80's Soul, R&B, Disco, Funk of sorts. A couple of cool longer mixes, some big hits and a couple of smaller regional hits and deep cuts. Similar cover and still more to come.

Soul Sizzle Green

65 Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

66 Skyy - Call Me

67 Slave - Just A Touch Of Love

68 Sylvers - Hot Line

69 Con Funk Shun - Ffun

70 Brick - Dazz (Mixx It)

71 Teena Marie - Square Biz

72 Lakeside - Raid

73 Graham Central Station - The Jam

74 Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya

75 Labelle - Messin' With My Mind

76 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Bad Luck (A Tom Moulton Mix)

77 Commodores - Brick House (12 inch Mix)

78 Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica