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

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

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

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

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

What's The Connection? Message 2

Sometimes getting the message across takes longer than the message itself. I can spell something out repeatedly, provide examples, even hand over the instructions, and AI will still decide I probably meant something else. At least the spelling and grammar will be goodly. That felt oddly appropriate for this Connection. Messages are everywhere. Some are clear. Some get mangled beyond recognition before they arrive. This is the message to you: I love and hate AI. I just had to get that off my chest.

What's The Connection? Message 2

21 Cymande - The Message

22 Adam Faith - A Message To Martha

23 Temptations - Message From A Black Man

24 Love - A Message to Pretty

25 Demon Fuzz - Message To Mankind

26 Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, A Message To You

27 Kool & the Gang - Music Is the Message

28 Skyy - Sendin' A Message

29 Everly Brothers - Take a Message to Mary

30 Tony Allen - African Message

31 King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - 365 Is My Number-The Message

32 World Party - Put The Message In The Box

33 Ray Barretto - Ancestral Messages

34 Prince Far I and the Arabs - A Message

35 Esbjorn Svensson Trio - The Message

What's The Connection? Cheyenne

Cheyenne always sounded more like a place than a people to me. Maybe that's because I grew up with the television show before I knew much about the history behind the name. That turns out to be fitting, because this Connection wanders back and forth between the people, the places named after them, and whatever else borrowed the name along the way. If you want to Jump On It instead, the Apache are only a click away. This one is plainly different.

What's The Connection? Cheyenne

01 Hanoi Rocks - Cheyenne

02 The Ken Darby Singers with Orchestra - Cheyenne

03 Ennio Morricone - Farewell To Cheyenne

04 Bo Diddley - Cheyenne

05 John Stewart - Cheyenne

06 Jason Derulo - Cheyenne

07 Joe Nichols - Old Cheyenne

08 George Strait - I Can Still Make Cheyenne

09 The Hold Steady - Cheyenne Sunrise (2018 - Remaster)

10 Kansas - Cheyenne Anthem

11 John Denver - Shipmates And Cheyenne

12 Garth Brooks - The Beaches Of Cheyenne

13 Fishbone - Cheyenne Star Forever Moore

14 Guided By Voices - Cheyenne

15 Bill Monroe - Cheyenne

16 Micky & The Motorcars - Rock Springs To Cheyenne

17 Bobby Darin - Shipmates In Cheyenne

18 Roy Orbison - Cheyenne

19 The Ataris - The Cheyenne Line

20 The Fuzztones - Cheyenne Rider

21 Pistol Annies - Cheyenne

What's The Connection? Apache

Apache always makes me think of Taza. He was my first dog as a kid. His dad was a show dog named Cochise (look him up), so somebody decided to keep the theme going. Taza was extremely well trained, although he never had much of a show business career. My brother and I spent plenty of nights sleeping in his spot with him anyway. I got the dog because my doctor said I was allergic to dogs and my pop called nonsense on that. His solution was simple. Put me around dogs all the time and I'd get over it. Back then we also thought seat belts weren't really needed. We lived. Decades later I still have boxers, and I am still allergic. Pop wasn't completely right, but he wasn't completely wrong either. Somewhere in there is the Connection. We weren't brave, just thought differently.

What's The Connection? Apache

01 Mike Oldfield - Cochise

02 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Peacock

03 Ted Nugent - Geronimo And Me

04 Modern Talking - Geronimo's Cadillac

05 Gianni Oddi - Geronimo

06 Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It)

07 Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (Grand Master Flash Remix)

08 Johnny Cash - Apache Tears

09 Nancy Sinatra - Geronimo

10 Michael Martin Murphey - Geronimo's Cadillac

11 Elton John - Indian Sunset

12 Los Straitjackets - Lonely Apache

13 The Shadows - Geronimo (Stereo)

14 Sheppard - Geronimo

15 Les Elgart & His Orchestra - Geronimo

16 Bow Wow Wow - Uomo Sex al Apache

17 Bobby Valentin - Geronimo

18 Audioslave - Cochise

Friday Connection Repost

Repost of a What's The Connection? for a Friday. Not as many great Friday songs, although I'm sure I am missing something (let me know in the comments). And I was totally lazy for the cover, appropriating a creative commons image and barely touching it. Click on it anyway. A few of these tracks are just so great and any compilation with both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone can't be bad. And those aren't the best tracks by those guys...

WTC? Friday

01 Funkadelic - Friday Night, August 14th

02 Nancy Sinatra - Friday's Child

03 The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind

04 Rascal Flatts - Friday

05 Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Have To Ask (Friday Night)

06 Doves - Friday's Dust

07 Rebecca Black - Friday

08 Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)

09 Eric Paslay - Friday Night

10 Fishbone - DUI Friday

11 The Professionals - Friday Night Square

12 Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

13 Love And Kisses - Thank God It's Friday

14 Genesis - Get 'Em Out By Friday

15 Steely Dan - Black Friday

16 kd Lang - Friday Dance Promenade

17 The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

18 Yello - Friday Smile

19 The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning

20 The Replacements - Love You Till Friday

21 Atomic Rooster - Friday The 13th

What's The Connection? Fade 1

I knew what the cover was going to look like before I found most of the songs. If the word is "fade," you're almost obligated to start blending colors together until everything looks like an old paint commercial. There was a period when ombré was everywhere. Walls, clothing, hair (porbably mine at one time), probably a few dogs if you looked hard enough. The trend eventually faded away, but apparently it was still lurking somewhere in the back of my mind when I put this Connection together. Or maybe I only noticed that afterward and invented the story to explain it.

What's The Connection? Fade 1

01 Queens Of The Stone Age - In The Fade

02 The Del Fuegos - Fade To Blue

03 Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fade

04 Mark Stewart - As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade

05 Treble Charger - Fade

06 Ultravox! - Cross Fade

07 Tom Petty - Don't Fade on Me

08 Visage - Fade To Grey (12'' Version)

09 Cabaret Voltaire - Fade Crisis

10 Metallica - Fade To Black

11 Solu Music feat. Kimblee - Fade

12 Sleater Kinney - Fade

13 Tears For Fears - Memories Fade

14 Floraline - Fade

15 Lee Perry and The Upsetters - Beware Fade

16 Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

17 The Warning - Red Hands Never Fade

18 Bill Laswell - Fade

Rock and Roll Connection volume 3 repost

Repost of this 2021 post: Yet another attempt at another volume of What's The Connection? Rock and Roll. A couple of these songs would be in my ultimate Rock and Roll playlist (if I was constrained to one CD's worth of songs) and I would switch out some of the other volumes selections, but all in all a good Rockin' playlist, even if I was lazy in the cover. But make sure you check out the other volumes. Leave a comment if you have any Rock and Roll favorites I missed. It is time to make a volume 4...

WTC Rock and Roll Volume 3

48 Donny & Marie Osmond - A Little Bit Country (A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll)

49 Young Fresh Fellows - Rock 'n' Roll Pest Control

50 Haim - Rock N Roll Rules

51 Sha-Na-Na - Rock 'N' Roll Is Here To Stay

52 Ringo Starr - A Dose Of Rock 'N' Roll

53 Queen - Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll

54 Y&T - Rock & Roll's Gonna Save The World

55 The Cure - I Hate Rock And Roll

56 Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Part 2 (The Hey Song)

57 The Runaways - Rock 'n' Roll

58 AC-DC - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)

59 Brian Setzer - Rock 'n' Roll Ruby

60 Cheap Trick - Rock 'N' Roll Tonight

61 Johnny Winter - Rock And Roll

62 Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

63 Beach Boys - Rock And Roll Music

64 Outlaws - Stick Around For Rock & Roll

65 Legs Diamond - Rock And Roll Man

66 Dio - King Of Rock And Roll

67 Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King

68 Mother's Finest - Niggizz Can't Sang Rock & Roll

69 Jerry Lee Lewis with Jimmy Page - Rock And Roll

Rock and Roll Connection volume 2 repost

Repost of this one too: Another one in the What Is The Connection? Rock and Roll series. Too many to just have one CD/Playlist of Rock n Roll songs. Same cover design for this volume, but click on it anyway. Notice that I ended the last one with I hate Rock N Roll and started this one with I love Rock N Roll. Coincidence?

WTC Rock and Roll Volume 2

23 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll

24 Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music

25 Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucer Rock N' Roll

26 Bongwater - Rock N Roll Part 2

27 The Cramps - God Damn Rock N Roll

28 Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll

29 Gruppo Sportivo - Rock N Roll

30 Soft Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Toilet

31 Mano Negra - Rock And Roll Band

32 Iggy Pop - My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll

33 David Bowie - Rock N Roll Suicide

34 C&C Music Factory - Here We Go , Let's Rock & Roll

35 Ramones - Rock N' Roll High School

36 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

37 Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock n Roll, Too Young to Die

38 Shonen Knife - Golden Years of Rock N Roll

39 Cake - Rock N' Roll Lifestyle

40 Danny And The Juniors - Rock N Roll Is Here to Stay

41 Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven

42 Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock N' Roll

43 Herman Brood - Rock N' Roll Junkie

44 Spinal Tap - Rock and Roll Creation

45 King Missle - Rock-N- Roll Will Never Die

46 Simpletones - Rock N' Roll Star

47 XTC - History of Rock and Roll

Rock and Roll Connection volume 1 repost

It was time to repost this one. Links were bad and it's just a good one from one of my early posts. So many songs with Rock and Roll in the title, that it would be impossible to gather them all, but here is  my attempt to come up with the best ones. This What's The Connection? will come in several volumes, so I hope you look forward to them all. I designed the album cover so click on that. Leave a comment on what other Rock n' Roll songs you like. These are some of the ones I like.

WTC Rock and Roll Volume 1

01 Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)

02 Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)

03 Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll

04 Motorhead - Rock 'N' Roll

05 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Night

06 AC-DC - Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

07 Rick Derringer - Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo

08 Edgar Winter - Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll

09 The Byrds - So You Want To Be A Rock'N' Roll Star

10 Boston - Rock & Roll Band

11 Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

12 Huey Lewis And The News - The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll

13 Paul Collins' Beat - Rock 'N' Roll Girl

14 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

15 Bob Seger - Old Time Rock & Roll

16 Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

17 Nashville Pussy - Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw

18 Ozzy Ozbourne - Rock 'n' Roll Rebel

19 Blue Oyster Cult - Cities On Flame With Rock & Roll

20 John Cale - Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll

21 Traffic - Rock and Roll Stew

22 Jesus and Mary Chain - I Hate Rock N Roll

What's The Connection? Workin' 1 (repost)

This repost connection is about working. I included jobs, hours everything about work in the USA. That means not all of them have work in the title, but they are all about having to work. In the Coal Mine, In the Car Wash or in the office, it's all work. A couple where people are tired of working (for good, or just until the next day and are stopping for a drink at the bar to recharge) and at least one about finding work. One of my favorites is the Rush song from early pre-Neil Peart Rush. It shows where they were going and is the best early Rush you will find.

What's The Connection? Workin' 1

01 Huey Lewis and the News - Workin' For A Livin'

02 Loverboy - Working For The Weekend

03 Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money

04 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

05 Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It

06 Junior Brown - Ain't Gonna Work Today

07 Dwight Yoakam - Let's Work Together

08 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

09 John Conlee - Working Man

10 Rose Royce - Car Wash

11 Jim Croce - Working At The Car Wash Blues

12 Lee Dorsey - Working In The Coal Mine

13 Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night

14 Prince - Let's Work

15 The Silhouettes - Get A Job

16 The Vogues - Five O'Clock World

17 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary

18 Rush - Working Man

19 Weird Al Yankovic - Dog Eat Dog

20 James Brown - Living In America

21 Grandmaster Melle Mel - We Don't Work For Free

What's The Connection? Tired

Repost: I think I must have been getting little sleep around the time I was making this Connection. All songs with Tired in the title. My favorites of the tired songs I own. I only give myself the room on a CD, even though no one uses CD's anymore. So go ahead and place these in your iPod or on your phone and enjoy feeling tired, or sick and tired. I remember when I started this that the Beatles I'm So Tired was the inspiration to start it, but The Kinks and Rocky Burnette tunes were the ones that kept me going. Love all three of those songs! BTW, those are my tired dogs on their bed. They did not always look like this. Most of the time they were constant wiggle butts. 

What's The Connection? Tired

01 Buck Owens - Tired Of Livin'

02 Canned Heat - I'm So Tired

03 The Chavis Bros - So Tired

04 Leroy Thomas - I'm Tired And Hungry

05 Mose Allison - So Tired

06 Dynamic Nutones - Sick & Tired

07 Junior Wells - So Tired

08 Savoy Brown - I'm Tired

09 Rod Stewart - So Tired

10 Slowdive - So Tired

11 Uriah Heep - So Tired

12 Black Sabbath - Sick And Tired

13 Johnny Guitar Watson - Too Tired

14 Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' the Line

15 Kinks - Tired of Waiting for You

16 Johnny Winter - Tired Of Tryin'

17 LCD Soundsystem - Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up

18 Buckwheat Zydeco - I'm Just So Tired

19 Hoodoo Gurus - Waking Up Tired

20 Haircut One Hundred - So Tired

21 Pixies - I've Been Tired

22 Beatles - I'm So Tired

23 Neville Grant - Sick and Tired

24 The Rolling Stones - Looking Tired

What's The Connection? Jungle repost

Repost of one of the first posts on this site back in November 2021: A wide variety of songs with Jungle in the title. This Jungle What's the Connection? was inspired by my listening to Bootsy Collins and the Jungle Brothers at this time (over and over again). I got mesmerized by the two albums (EP and album). So i started thinking of other Jungle songs I liked. This is what came out. I am positive that there are hundreds more. Tell me your favorite Jungle song in the comments. I added George of the Jungle theme song, because there was room at the end of the CD. As always click on the album cover. BTW, If you dig the Bootsy, I suggest getting the whole EP: the long versions are killer.

WTC? Jungle

01 Richard Cheese - Welcome To The Jungle.mp3

02 Electric Light Orchestra - Jungle.mp3

03 Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love.mp3

04 Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle.mp3

05 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie.mp3

06 The Chakachas - Jungle Fever.mp3

07 Morris Day & The Time - Jungle Love.mp3

08 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Jungle Man.mp3

09 Yello - Jungle Bill (Essential Version).mp3

10 The B-52's - Juicy Jungle.mp3

11 Bongos - Space Jungle.mp3

12 Brian Eno - Back In Judy's Jungle.mp3

13 The Cramps - Jungle Hop.mp3

14 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run through the Jungle.mp3

15 The Vines - In The Jungle.mp3

16 The Eternals - Rockin' In The Jungle.mp3

17 The Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle.mp3

18 Rico - Jungle Music.mp3

19 Bob Marley - Concrete Jungle.mp3

20 Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jungle Bass (Short Version).mp3

21 Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle.mp3

22 TeeVee Toons - George of the Jungle.mp3

Son Of A...Pick 2

I expected this one to fight me a bit more, but it settled into a surprisingly comfortable groove. When you stack tracks that lean heavily on a shared attitude, you usually brace yourself for a sonic headache, but the pacing here keeps the energy from completely collapsing in on itself. The pick anchors the whole mess, letting the older instrumental grooves and the aggressive, modern thumping bounce off each other without feeling like total whiplash. I honestly didn't think these styles could share the same space so smoothly, but they do. If you missed the first round of this bitch, it might be time to catch up.

Son Of A...Pick 2

21 Bowling For Soup - The Bitch Song

22 Nero - Bitch I'm Gone

23 The Ventures - Son Of A Preacher Man

24 Nashville Pussy - The Bitch Just Kicked Me Out

25 Sylvie Vartan & Axelle Red - Son Of A Preacher Man

26 Red Aunts - Little Drummer Bitch

27 Gaelic Storm - Son Of A Poacher

28 Prince - Billy Jack Bitch

29 Bloodhound Gang - American Bitches

30 Rodney Carrington - Big Mouth, No Arm, Son of a Bitch

31 Room Eleven - Bitch

32 Bobby Shmurda - Bobby Bitch

33 The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

34 Stranglers - Bitching

35 Mark Mothersbaugh - Queen Bitch

36 Benga - Smack Your Bitch Up (Official Video)

37 Progidy, Noisia, Kill the Noise, Tiesto, Aoki - Tornado My Bitch Up (Rudebrat Mashup)

38 Guns N' Roses - Back off Bitch

39 Cartman - Kyle's Mom's A Bitch

What's The Connection? Slippery

Slippery is one of those words that sounds exactly like what it means. You know the feeling - you step somewhere you should not have, or you put your faith in someone who turned out to be exactly what the word implies, and there you are on the floor wondering how you got there. Happens to the best of us, sometimes on the same day. The Connection shares one track with a slipping post from a while back, same song, same version, showing up again like it owns the place. Watch your step.

What's The Connection? Slippery

01 Ambitious Lovers - Slippery

02 Kidz In The Hall, Masta Ace - Slippery Shoes

03 Staple Singers - Slippery People (Club Version)

04 Lauren Watkins with John Morgan - Slippery Slope

05 Funk Society - Slippery Slope

06 Tiptoes - Born Slippery

07 Talking Heads - Slippery People (12'' version)

08 Surprise Chef - Slippery Dip

09 Chicago Afrobeat Project - Slippery People

10 Karl Bryan & The Crystalites - Slippery

11 Ultrasonic Grand Prix featuring Little Barrie & Shawn Lee - Slippery When Chet

12 Commodores - Slippery When Wet

13 Doobie Brothers - Slippery St. Paul

14 Guthrie Govan - Wonderful Slippery Thing

15 Pink Floyd - Slippery Guitar

16 Stavely Makepeace - Slippery Rock 70's

17 Phabo featuring Destin Conrad - Slippery

18 Migos featuring Gucci Mane - Slippery

19 Angie Stone - Slippery Shoes

20 Mood II Swing - The Slippery Track