What's The Connection? Kings 2

I did part 1 of this Kings connection in November of last year, but today is actually King's Day, so here is part two. Nothing special to post about these songs with King in the title, but I hope you get to have a little something Dutch in celebration of the King of Nederland. That's all. I suppose I should have more, but I am celebrating.

What's The Connection? Kings 2

20 Go West with Kate Bush - The King Is Dead

21 Tackhead with DJ Cheese - King Of The Beat (Tackhead Remix)

22 Aerosmith - Kings And Queens

23 Jimmy Liggins - Boogie Woogie King

24 Barbara McNair - He's a King

25 Styx - Long Live The King

26 Gamalon - The King

27 Focus - House Of The King

28 UB40 - King

29 Steely Dan - Kings

30 Billy Barry - I'm A King

31 Michael Schenker - To Live For The King

32 Renaissance - Kings & Queens

33 Sade - Your Love Is King

34 Ringo Starr - King Of The Kingdom

35 Golden Earring - King Dark

What's The Connection? Route 66 (repost)

Repost of this, because it's my 66th birthday today! I even updated the links! I understand that this connection is horribly inadequate. There are way too many versions of Route 66 or about Route 66 to really do this justice. But these are the main ones I have. I even put the Eagles and Jackson Browne in because it was about Route 66. Nat King Cole will always be my definitive but I must say that Depeche Mode has caught my ears in recent times with their version. I especially like the mashup version with their other hit. I first heard it on a single and I have loved it ever since. If you have another great version I didn't bring up on this list please leave it in the comments. I would love to hear it. Great song! I traveled along Route 66 before and it was very fun, even if it doesn't actually go all the way through any longer, the historic route is there. I stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona and it was a site to see. I recommend that everyone do it at least once.

What's The Connection? Route 66

01 The Surfaris - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

02 Jason & The Scorchers - Route 66

03 Dr. Feelgood - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

04 Blue Cheer - Route 66

05 Rolling Stones - Route 66

06 Glenn Frey - Route 66

07 The Yardbirds - Route 66

08 Them - Route 66

09 The Motels - Route 66 (Live)

10 The Pretty Things - Route 66

11 The Cramps - Route 66

12 Nancy Sinatra - Route 66

13 Nat King Cole And His Trio - Get Your Kicks On Route 66

14 Al Jarreau - Route 66

15 Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel-Route 66 (Mega-Single Mix)

16 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

17 Manhattan Transfer - Route 66

18 Eagles - Take It Easy

19 Jackson Browne - Take It Easy

20 The Dregs - Route 66

21 The Replacements - Route 66

22 Chuck Berry - Route 66

23 Buckwheat Zydeco - Route 66

24 Yo La Tengo - Route 66

25 Matchbox - Route 66

26 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Route 66

What's The Connection? Sixties

In just a day or two it will be my birthday (you can send presents of music if you want) and I am going to be 66. I started looking for songs with sixty six in the title (and there are a lot if you include Route 66 songs). Come back tomorrow for those. But I found quite a few with sixty in the title. So I am presenting some of them. This connection has nothing to do with birthdays, but here you go. It also has nothing to do with an "era" so hopefully you aren't confused anymore.

What's The Connection? Sixties

01 The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns (Single Version)

02 Brent J. Cooper - Sixty Seconds to What

03 Sir Douglas Quintet - Sixty Minutes Of Your Love

04 Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four

05 Du-Droppers - Can't Do Sixty No More

06 Erasure - Sixty-Five Thousand

07 Dominoes - Sixty-Minute Man

08 Pablo Cruise - Zero To Sixty In Five

09 Brooklyn Express - Sixty-Nine

10 Brian Setzer - Sixty Years

11 Paul Davis - Sixty-Five Love Affair

12 U2 - Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come

13 Gogol Bordello - 60 Revolutions

14 Neil Young - Crime In The City (Sixty To Zero Part I)

15 Asleep At The Wheel - Route 66

16 Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy - Sixty Six

17 Larry Norman - Six Sixty Six

18 Elton John - Sixty Years On

19 Inspirators - Three-Sixty

20 Throbbing Gristle - Six Six Sixties

What's The Connection? Ways 3

It's been Ways too long since the last one. I must have filed an extension, apparently. Posted right after tax day, so hopefully your return was better than mine. Twenty-two more tracks running from sweet to nasty with a few stops that are hard to categorize politely, and the Connection holds up across all of them. There are more Ways to go and you should try them all.

What's The Connection? Ways 3

43 Victor Feldman's Generation Band - Let Me Count The Ways

44 Willie Dixon - 29 Ways

45 Impressions - We Go Back a Ways

46 Elvis Presley - Separate Ways

47 Television Personalities - Mysterious Ways

48 Tammy Wynette - The Ways To Love A Man

49 Grip Weeds - Give Me Some Of Your Ways

50 Herman's Hermits - This Door Swings Both Ways

51 Bob Dylan - Quit Your Lowdown Ways

52 Kenny O'Dell - My Honky Tonk Ways

53 King Biscuit Boy - Twenty Nine Ways

54 Gary Busey - True Love Ways

55 Steve Hackett - Let Me Count The Ways

56 Willie Bobo - Evil Ways

57 Long John Hunter - Nasty Ways

58 Blue Zoo - Love Moves In Strange Ways

59 Cabaret Voltaire - A Thousand Ways

60 Electric Chairs - So Many Ways

61 Saturday's Children - Your Loving Ways

62 Esquires - Sadie's Ways

63 Willie Kendrick - Change Your Ways

64 The Movement - Ways Of The World

What's The Connection? Tax Day Repost

Repost: This is the day that's most hated by pretty much everyone, except for IRS agents and Tax Preparers. If you voted me in to be King, I would get rid of the federal income tax and abolish the IRS. There. Everyone feels better. It's fair to everyone. No one pays. Then we could charge for use. The states could still do what they want, tax or not. But this is not about politics. This is about music. Here are some songs about taxes in this What's The Connection? Let me know how you feel about these songs in the comments below. I don't care what you think about taxes themselves. But if we have to pay taxes, please do yourself a favor and read the book Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright. Happy Tax Day! If you want to change your tax, change your facts. BTW, If you need a good bookkeeper here's a plug for my wife who is excellent.

Tax Connection

01 Don Henley - Workin' It

02 Celine Dion - Rain, Tax (It's Inevitable)

03 Guns N' Roses - I.R.S.

04 Relient K - Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)

05 Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

06 Tower of Power - Taxed To The Max

07 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes

08 Jimi Hendrix - Tax Free

09 B.O.B (Aka Bobby Ray) featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You

10 Steve Howe - Success Story

11 Cheap Trick - Taxman, Mr. Thief

12 Ruder Than You - Tax Man

13 Blue Blot - IRS Blues

14 Toy Dolls - Lester Fiddled The Tax Man

15 Jethro Tull - Lap of Luxury

16 The Human Beinz - April 15th

17 Ultravox! - Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)

18 Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

19 Beatles - Taxman

20 The Who - Success Story

What's The Connection? Cherokee

There are a lot of ways to land on Cherokee, and this one covers more ground than most. It opens stretched all the way out, then snaps back into something more familiar and keeps shifting from there, bouncing between styles that don’t usually line up but manage to hold together anyway. The Indian connection is easy, but the approaches are all over the place, sometimes straight, sometimes barely related at all. Even Cher makes sense once you get there, which is kind of the whole point.

What's The Connection? Cherokee

01 Billy Ray Cyrus - Trail Of Tears

02 Gordon Lightfoot - Cherokee Bend

03 Jimi Hendrix - Cherokee Jam

04 Chet Baker - Cherokee

05 Manowar - Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee

06 Jerry Harrison - Cherokee Chief

07 Merle Haggard - Cherokee Maiden

08 Robbie Robertson - Cherokee Morning Song

09 Europe - Cherokee

10 Canned Heat - Cherokee Dance

11 kd Lang - Sweet Little Cherokee

12 Steve Howe & Martin Taylor - Cherokee Ridge

13 Paul Revere & the Raiders - Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)

14 Hot Club Of Cowtown - Cherokee Shuffle

15 Beau Brummels - Cherokee Girl

16 Michael Martin Murphey - Cherokee Fiddle

17 Joni Mitchell - Cherokee Louise

18 Onie Wheeler - White Lightning Cherokee

19 John Denver - Trail Of Tears

20 Moon Mullican - Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)

21 Cher - Half Breed

What's The Connection? Get Up 2

Same idea, just with a little less discipline this time. It starts in a groove you recognize, then gradually pulls in sounds that don’t usually sit next to each other but manage to make sense anyway. The Connection is still obvious, but the ways artists get there are all over the place, from tight funk to looser swings and a few moments that feel like they might fall apart if you look at them too closely. Some tracks push, some resist, and a few seem to be negotiating the whole Get Up thing in real time, which is exactly what keeps it interesting.

What's The Connection? Get Up 2

20 Brass Construction - Get Up To Get Down

21 The Esquires - Get On Up

22 James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing

23 Suzy Q - Get On Up And Do It Again

24 Parliament - P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)

25 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up

26 Tata Vega - Get it Up for Love

27 Jodeci - Get Up On It (Instant Flava Mix)

28 Lil Brian & the Zydeco Travelers - Get Up On That Zydeco

29 Desmond Dekker - Get Up Edina

30 The Cramps - Let's Get Fcked Up

31 Ministry - Git Up Get Out 'N Vote

32 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) (12' Remix)

33 Ringo Starr - Gotta Get Up To Get Down

34 Yes - I Get Up I Get Down (Remix)

35 Anna Kendrick - Get Back Up Again

36 TobyMac - Get Back Up

37 Yoso - Time To Get Up

What's The Connection? Groovy 1

This Groovy connection runs from sunshine pop to punk to dub to Texas boogie, and the word shows up in every single title whether it earned it or not. Some of these tracks ARE in the groove and many might be groovy, too. Some of them are just using the word the way everyone did for about a decade, like a verbal tic nobody could shake. I always wished I was groovy. I drove a VW bus for a while, which should have qualified me, but I'm not sure I ever really pulled it off. The racing Bug definitely didn't count. What does count is how totally groovy the cover is!

What's The Connection? Groovy 1

01 The Love Generation - Groovy Summertime

02 P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy

03 Classic Example - That's Groovy

04 Harpers Bizarre - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

05 Young Fresh Fellows - Where is Groovy Town

06 Winston Groovy - Please Don't Make Me Cry

07 Pillbugs - Neo Mega Quasi Ultra Super Groovy

08 Militant - Hot & Groovy

09 Nancy Sinatra - Your Groovy Self

10 The Farm - Groovy Train

11 Jakie Mitoo - Groovy Spirit

12 Fabulous Caprices - Groovy World

13 Paraffin Jack Flash Ltd. - Blue 'n' Groovy

14 Harmony Grass - What a Groovy Day

15 New Colony Six - Treat Her Groovy

16 Capt. Groovy and his Bubblegum Army - Capt. Groovy and his Bubblegum Army

17 Larry Harlow - That Groovy Shingaling

18 Lollipop Fantasy - It's A Groovy World

19 Ray Johnson - Kinda Groovy

20 Mad Professor With The Robotiks & Lee Scratch Perry - Groovy Dub

21 Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love

22 The Clash - Groovy Times

23 The Mike Flowers Pops - A Groovy Place

24 ZZ Top - Groovy Little Hippie Pad

What's The Connection? Groove 2

Sixteen more, and the word still isn't tired. This batch runs the full map — rock, funk, reggae, zydeco, soul, and a little something from the bayou — and every single one of them has groove right there in the title where you can see it. Some of these are obvious. Some of them you might not have heard in years, or maybe ever. That's kind of the point. The Salsoul Orchestra will tell you it doesn't have to be funky to be a groove, and honestly, this whole volume proves it. There will be a third connection, eventually. The word has more left in it than I think.

What's The Connection? Groove 2

17 Ace Frehley - New York Groove

18 Talking Heads - Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake)

19 Rodney Franklin - The Groove

20 Skyy - Groove Me

21 Tower Of Power - So I Got to Groove

22 Teena Marie - Behind The Groove

23 Heatwave - The Groove Line

24 Lil Brian And The Zydeco Travelers - It's A Zydeco Groove

25 Paul Carrack - I Live By The Groove

26 Prince - Get Yo Groove On

27 Tiki Tokkers - Global Groove (Hana Hou)

28 Salsoul Orchestra - It Don't Have To Be Funky (To Be A Groove)

29 Bunny Wailer - Rock N Groove

30 Chocolate Milk - Groove City

31 Lee Scratch Perry - (I Got The) Groove

32 System - Don't Disturb This Groove

What's The Connection? Groove 1

Not "groovy." Not "groovin'." Not even "grooves." Just groove — singular, present tense, like it's happening right now, because it is. They aren't all funky. Not all of them are even dancefloor. But every single one of them has that thing — that locked-in, can't-explain-it feeling that makes you close your eyes and nod your head whether you're in a club or your kitchen. That's the groove (at least the word) and it doesn't care what genre you filed it under. I had to start somewhere, and groove felt like the right word to open with. There's a reason it became its own language — musicians talk about being in it, losing it, finding it again. There will be more of these connections, the word is big enough to go a few rounds. But this is where it starts. 

What's The Connection? Groove 1

01 Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

02 King Floyd - Groove Me

03 Heatwave - Gangsters Of The Groove

04 Madonna - Into The Groove

05 The Tardy Disco-nesians - Grandpa Got The Groove

06 One Way - Mr. Groove

07 MC Hammer - Addams Groove

08 T-Connection - Groove to Get Down

09 Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove

10 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing

11 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

12 Maceo Parker - Maceo's Groove

13 Archie Bell & the Drells - Let's Groove

14 Led Zeppelin - We're Gonna Groove

15 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove

16 Isley Brothers - Groove With You

What's The Connection? Brothers 2

Not going to write mush, since it was just a few days ago when I did Brothers 1. This continues where I left off, so now you get more of the songs with Brother in the title. My brother is gone and maybe I should have waited until his birthday came around again, but I am impatient, so here is the next part. That's all you get until next year, though. And these aren't just leftovers, there are some killer tracks here!

What's The Connection? Brothers 2

19 The Winstons - Amen, Brother

20 Carole King - Brother, Brother

21 Louis Armstrong - Hello Brother

22 The Spinners - Brother To Brother

23 Herbie Hancock - Lil' Brother

24 Avicii - Hey Brother

25 The Solicitors - Music for the Brothers

26 Autry Inman - Ballad Of Two Brothers

27 Todd Rundgren - Soul Brother

28 Cymande - Brothers On The Slide

29 Ohio Players - Hard To Love Your Brother

30 The Andrews Sisters - Bounce Me Brothers With A Solid Four

31 Oh-Ok - Brother

32 Tabla Beat Science - Big Brother

34 Santana - Song for My Brother

34 The Fatback Band with Johnny King - Keep On Brother Keep On

35 The White Stripes - Baby Brother

36 Blessid Union Of Souls - Brother My Brother

37 REM - 7 Chinese Brothers

38 D.A.F. - Brothers (Gabi's Mix)

39 Kinks - Brother

What's The Connection? Brother Bands

Today is my late brother’s birthday, and this Connection is in his honor. I’ve brought together a bunch of bands that carry the name of the bond we shared—whether by blood or by spirit. Not that he would have loved all these bands (he wouldn't have) but to honor him, I didn't just hit shuffle. I meticulously aligned every track by key and tempo so the journey is seamless, flowing from one heartbeat to the next without a single jolt. Brotherhood is a frequency that never fades. We always loved each other even though we fought a lot until we grew up. This mix is my way of staying on that wavelength with him. Happy Birthday—this one is for you, Eric!

What's The Connection? Brother Bands

01 Jungle Brothers - Doin' Our Own Dang

02 Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top

03 Mills Brothers - Paper Doll

04 Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man

05 Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

06 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

07 The Louvin Brothers - My Baby's Gone

08 Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

09 Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing

10 Blues Brothers - Soul Man

11 Bollock Brothers - Harley David (Son Of A Bitch)

12 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody

13 Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets

14 The Drool Brothers - Gals Side B

15 The Statler Brothers - Do You Know You Are My Sunshine

16 Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie

17 Gatlin Brothers - Night And Day

18 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

19 The Soledad Brothers - Rock Me Slow

20 Twinkle Brothers - Mob Fury

21 Jonas Brothers - Sucker

22 The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

23 Delmore Brothers - Hillbilly Boogie

What's The Connection? Brothers 1

For some reason I was inspired to make this connection for my late brother whose birthday is tomorrow, but you get this playlist today. So many songs with brother in the title, it isn't even funny. Here's the first volume of this. I have a couple more hours to put together and I will, but after tomorrow, because I have something planned for tomorrow already. Youll have to wait and see. More on him tomorrow.

What's The Connection? Brothers 1

01 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

02 Neil Diamond - Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

03 Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers

04 Bing Crosby - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime_

05 Dean Martin - Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine

06 Isley Brothers - Brother, Brother

07 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Brothers Cup

08 Queen - Soul Brother

09 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie

10 Earth, Wind & Fire - Blood Brothers

11 The Cult - Brother Wolf, Sister Moon

12 War - Me and Baby Brother

13 The Fall - Oh! Brother

14 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

15 David Bowie - The Bewley Brothers

16 Erasure - Brother And Sister

17 Phil Manzanera - Blood Brother

18 Jungle Brothers - Jungle Brother

Uninterrupted Silent Sustained Reading 2 (Authors)

If the first session of USSR was about the act of reading, this one is about the names on the spine. I still remember those hours in school where we all had to be quiet and at least pretend to read while the teachers took a breather. I still try to knock out at least one book a week, though the reading glasses make it a chore these days. This run gets heavy fast, moving from the Americana of Kerouac and Whitman into a dark basement with Sylvia Plath followed by a double-shot of Hemingway. That Blue Clocks Green track is the real jolt—it’s got a happy synth-pop rhythm, but the lyrics are essentially a suicide note. This Pick is for the next time you feel like digging through the library instead of the crates.

Uninterrupted Silent Sustained Reading 2 (Authors)

24 The Rolling Stones - Victor Hugo

25 10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac

26 Billy Bragg & Wilco - Walt Whitman's Niece

27 Graham Parker - Just Like Hermann Hesse

28 The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister

29 The Pogues - Lorca's Novena

30 The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft In Brooklyn

31 Lou Reed - Edgar Allan Poe

32 Modest Mouse - Bukowski

33 Ryan Adams - Sylvia Plath

34 Kenny Chesney - Hemingway's Whiskey

35 Blue Clocks Green - Hemingway (12 Version)

36 Serge Gainsbourg - Baudelaire

37 James Brown - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

38 Blood, Sweat & Tears - The Modern Adventure Of Plato

39 Life In Exile - Ayn Rand

40 Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers - Hey Kafka

41 Steve Hackett - Jane Austen's Door

42 Golden Earring - Orwell's Year

43 Elton John - Oscar Wilde Gets Out

Happy Holi!

Happy Holi! Here's a crazy pick that is a lot like the chaos of all that color flying around. Interestingly, the acronym for the rainbow is usually ROYGBIV (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet), but in my school the honors class had a club and they called it Vibgyor. Somehow, I was in it. I ended up getting kicked out for being disruptive and smart alecky, which is actually a lot like the disruptive nature of the holiday itself. This is a Connection of songs that are just as disruptive, with a whole rainbow of flavors ending in the most Holi way I could think of.

Happy Holi!

01 Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow

02 Leslie Gore - Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows

03 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Rainbow Country

04 The Box Tops - Neon Rainbow

05 Alan Jackson - Chasin' That Neon Rainbow

06 The Marshall Tucker Band - Searchin' For A Rainbow

07 Donna Summer - I'm A Rainbow

08 Salsoul Orchestra - Salsoul Rainbow

09 Katy Perry - Double Rainbow

10 Ke$ha - Rainbow

11 Kacey Musgraves - Rainbow

12 Gwen Stefani - Rainbow Connection

13 Ramones - She Talks To Rainbows

14 The B-52's - She Brakes For Rainbows

15 Man - Rainbow Eyes

16 Lemon's Chair - Vibgyor

17 Jimmy Fallon - Reading Rainbow

18 Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole - Over The Rainbow

19 A.R. Rahman - Rang De Basanti

What's The Connection? I Want To 1

This connection is sort of part of a series of Want connections. I Want To tell you more, but I think you will figure it out.  There are more of these songs to make another volume, but I am waiting for a short while. On my backstage area, I call this Want I To to keep it alphabetically in some order that makes sense for me. The cover of this one is similar to the other ones.

What's The Connection? I Want To 1

01 UB40 - All I Want To Do

02 Soft Boys - (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp

03 Johnny Cash - I Want To Go Home

04 Magazine - I Want To Burn Again

05 Elvis Costello - I Want To Vanish

06 Bill Withers - I Want To Spend The Night

07 Queen - I Want To Break Free

08 Eartha Kitt - I Want To Be Evil

09 Nina Hagen & Leipzig Big Band - I Want To Be Happy

10 Nazareth - I Want To (Do Everything)

11 Pet Shop Boys - I Want To Wake Up

12 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

13 Talking Heads - I Want To Live

14 Ultravox! - I Want To Be A Machine

15 Ohio Players - I Want To Be Free

16 John Denver - I Want To Live

17 Steve Miller Band - I Want To Make The World Turn Around

18 Toyah - I Want To Be Free

19 Eight To The Bar - I Want To Rock

What's The Connection? Talk 1

I was digging through some folders and kept tripping over the same word. There isn't a real connection here, it’s just twenty tracks where people are either talking or telling someone else to shut up. It’s a dead-on connection for the speakers, even if it's really just all talk in the end. You get everything from the art-school side like Brian Eno and Cabaret Voltaire to the straight-up radio noise of Salt 'n' Pepa and Toby Keith. If you want to keep the conversation going, I’ve got Some Kind Of Talk posted over at the other link.

What's The Connection? Talk 1

01 Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk

02 Cabaret Voltaire - Ghost Talk

03 Cheap Trick - You're All Talk

04 Paul Revere & the Raiders - Too Much Talk

05 Chocolate Watch Band - Let's Talk About Girls 

06 Tubes - Talk To Ya Later

07 Pretenders - Talk Of The Town

08 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let Me Talk

09 English Beat - Pato And Roger A Go Talk

10 Chris And Cosey - Talk To Me

11 Olivia Newton-John - Talk To Me

12 Gary Myrick And The Figures - She Talks In Stereo

13 Chris Isaak - Talk To Me

14 REM - Talk About The Passion

15 Prince - Ronnie, Talk to Russia

16 Salt 'n' Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex

17 Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action

18 Alisha - Baby Talk

19 Beach Boys - Talk To Me

20 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - Talk That Talk

What's The Connection? Trouble Double

Here's another fun connection in the series: From classic blues heartache to dubstep drops and bubble-popping chaos, Every track here doubles down on 'Double Trouble' (or bubbles it up). Trouble comes in pairs... and ends with a burst! Funny how many songs with the same or nearly the same title are completely different. I added the Bubble variations at the end just for fun. I put Team Rocket on the cover since they are the epitome of Double Trouble in the Pokemon universe. Grab the playlist, crank it up, and let the double dose of trouble roll.

What's The Connection? Trouble Double

01 Big Bill Broonzy - Double Trouble

02 Otis Rush - Double Trouble

03 Elvis Presley - Double Trouble

04 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Double Trouble

05 Travis Tritt - Double Trouble

06 Cars - Double Trouble

07 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Double Trouble

08 Public Image Limited - Double Trouble

09 Half Japanese - Double Trouble

10 Fourplay - Double Trouble

11 Sly & Robbie - Double Trouble

12 Mad Lion - Double Trouble

13 The Roots - Double Trouble

14 Diva - Double Trouble

15 Cluster Buster - 12 Gauge Double Trouble

16 Team Rocket - Double Trouble

17 Will Ferrell & My Marianne - Double Trouble

18 Book Of Love - Trouble In A Bubble

19 M.I.A. - Double Bubble Trouble

20 Cookie Monsta - Bubble Trouble

What's The Connection? Suck 1

This is one of those connections that really suck. I am sure you will agree that you would have to be a sucker to not think that's true. All that to just get a link in to a previous, somewhat related pick. The hoops I jump through to do that are sometimes amazing. I made this while I was making the other one and it's the leftover sucky ones. I say that but each is a pretty darn good track, just all over the place like usual with these. Notice that the cover is very similar to the other one with octopus parts inside. I really like the Milo track.

What's The Connection? Suck 1

01 Nine Inch Nails - Suck

02 Bikini Kill - Suck My Left One

03 Mark Knopfler - Don't Suck Me In

04 Dregs - Bloodsucking Leeches

05 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

06 Nina Hagen - Dope Sucks

07 Johnny Cash - Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog

08 Consolidated - You Suck

09 Moe. - Suck A Lemon

10 Wire - Being Sucked In Again

11 Shriekback - Suck

12 Red Crayola - War Sucks

13 The Slickee Boys - This Party Sucks

14 Teddybears Sthlm - The Art Sucks It Up

15 KMFDM - Sucks (12' Mix Edit)

16 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

17 Toy Dolls - Sciatica Sucks

18 Descendents - My Dad Sucks

What's The Connection? Sweetheart

Happy Valentine's Day! This connection (I almost called it schatje, because I am partially Dutch) all has songs with Sweetheart in the title. I have a previous one about sweetest songs. But this wtc goes from the Golden Age to Teen Idol & Doo-Wop through traditional, soul and R&B right through my modern post -punk deconstruction where you say don't dream it, be it. Which sounds a little like a lot of scholastic bullshit. They're just cool songs and have nothing to do with the changing mores (or better: a-mores) of intimacy throughout the years.

What's The Connection? Sweetheart

01 Al Bowlly - Goodnight Sweetheart

02 Bing Crosby - Someday Sweetheart

03 Lawrence Welk - Let Me Call You Sweetheart

04 Dorothy Shay - Say That We Are Sweethearts Again

05 Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrea - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart

06 Nat King Cole - Sweethearts On Parade

07 Peggy Lee - Sweetheart

08 Connie Francis - I Never Had A Sweetheart

09 Patsy Montana - I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart

10 Bobby Sheen - I Want You for My Sweetheart

11 Raindrops - I Don't Want A Sweetheart

12 The Cleftones - Can't We Be Sweethearts

13 Martin Denny - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

14 Pentangle - Once I Had a Sweetheart

15 Dean Martin - Innamorata (Sweetheart)

16 Eddie Cochran - Sweetie Pie

17 Bee Gees - Sweetheart

18 Mariah Carey - Sweetheart

19 Candi Staton - I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)

20 Rainy Davis - Sweetheart

21 Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart

22 Magazine - Sweetheart Contract

23 Rolling Stones - Sweethearts Together

24 Thin Lizzy - Sweetheart

25 Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts