What's The Connection? Machines 1

This Connection is all songs with Machine in the title. There are a lot. I did do a couple of previous Disco Machine compilations and there are a couple of repeats, but that one was disco that sounded machine-like and this one has all sorts of genres. I have another coming, but in a little while. I like the Paul McCartney on this one. Also I used the Clock DVA track on my radio show: What's The Connection? back in the 80's and 90's. The John White & Gavin Bryars track is from an Obscure Records release and Gavin Bryars is the guy who also did Jesus Blood Never Fails Me (another cool track). Actually all these songs are very cool.

What's The Connection? Machines 1

01 James Brown - Sex Machine

02 Jackson Five - Dancing Machine

03 Pixies - Bone Machine

04 John White & Gavin Bryars - Drinking & Hooting Machine

05 Mr Fingers - Washing Machine

06 Supermax - Love Machine (12'' Version)

07 Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine

08 Depeche Mode - Ice Machine

09 The Cult - Love Removal Machine

10 Miracles - Love Machine

11 Stairs - Flying Machine

12 Yes - Machine Messiah

13 Clock DVA - Connection Machine

14 Paul McCartney - Check My Machine (Full Length Version)

15 Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine

Disco Machine 2

Some more of the Disco Machine. Part two of this pick. You can find part one of Disco Machine here. Same metallic leopard cover and some machine like disco songs, plus a few just post disco. Michael Sembello and CCCP pretty much are at the edge of this. What I find funny is that disco became like this machine, pumping out songs that are still danceable today AND they made machine sounding songs that sounded like machines made it. Kind of weird that AI actually can make songs that don't sound like a machine, but are actually machine made. I think if I make a part three of this it would have to include Kraftwerk and Information Society. What do you think it should include?

Disco Machine 2

14 J Dilla - E=mc2

15 Jackson Five - Dancing Machine

16 West Street Mob - Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move)

17 Laserdance - Moon Machine

18 Herbie Hancock - Tell Everybody (Disco Version)

19 Casco - Cybernetic Love

20 CCCP - American Soviets (Mixx It)

21 Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

22 Giorgio Moroder - Automation

23 Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend

24 Rockets - Future Woman

25 Rockets - Synthetic Man

26 Hot Butter - Popcorn

27 The Magic Disco Machine - Control Tower

28 Miracles - Love Machine

29 Michael Sembello - Maniac (Disco Version)

Disco (Machine)

This is part of the Disco series, but not really part of the leopard series, because I went off track for a couple of them. Disco was accused of being robotic and machine like. And some of it was very much so. This highlights my favorite pick of the best machine like disco. The most influential of all is the Donna Summer which kind of started the whole Machine Soul genre that happened in the 80's (with Yello in here to showcase the alternative side of this whole thing.) I like how this whole playlist builds up in tempo. Notice how the cover has metallic leopard, to sort of tie the whole thing together, but not.

Disco (Machine)

01 John Carpenter - The End (Disco Version)

02 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (Disco version)

03 Crazy Gang - Telephone Computer

04 Yello - I Love You

05 Giorgio Moroder - Chase

06 Tammie Lee - Sky High (12" Version)

07 Torch Song - Prepare To Energize (12" Version)

08 Patrick Cowley - Menergy (Full Length Version)

09 Donna Summer - I Feel Love

10 Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover

11 Transvolta - Disco Computer

12 Supermax - Love Machine (12" Version)

13 Disco Robot - Disco Robot (Extended Robot Mix)