Mercedes De Milo 4

It has been a while since I posted up one of these. The Mercedes De Milo pick started long ago, but has not stopped. Click on that link to find volume one where I tell the story. Even though it is long past the origins, I still have the PZA lalbel for this pick. Nostalgia, I guess. This one has a little mini connection going through it. See if you can guess what it is. Not too difficult. But I left you something like a Hi Lights Find The Difference. I used to love getting that magazine when I was a kid. Come to think of it, was that even the name of it? Goofus and Gallant I remember. First saw it at my Doctor's Office and we made mom get it for us. Sidetracked by the squirrel I see. Anyway these fit in nicely with the rest of the set. Someday I'll post volume 5. Any suggestions for it?

Mercedes De Milo 4

71 Robert Seidler - Christian Boy

72 Pixies - Where is My Mind

73 The Primitives - Crash

74 Violent Femmes - Add It Up

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

76 Gun Club - Sex Beat

77 Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby

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

79 They Might Be Giants - Instanbul (Not Constantinople)

80 Cake - Rock N' Roll Lifestyle

81 Soft Boys - Rock 'n' Roll Toilet

82 Chris Isaak - Dancin'

83 The Del Fuegos - Don't Run Wild

84 Beat Farmers - Powderfinger

85 The Blasters - Dark Night

86 Buck Naked  And The Bare Bottom Boys - Bend Over, Baby (And Let Me Drive)

87 Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now

88 Gaelic Storm - Johnny Tarr

89 Pearl Harbor & The Explosions - Drivin'

90 A Drop In The Gray - All The Same

91 The Monochrome Set - He's Frank (Slight Return)

92 Paul Collins' Beat - Rock N Roll Girl

93 Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music

Mercedes De Milo 3

This is volume 3 of the Mercedes De Milo pick. By now you get the feel of these compilations. A little Louis Jordan to mix in with the new wave. Funny how what was once included in New Wave. Not sure if people would call some of this stuff new wave anymore, but back then there was a lot more leeway. I liked the loose definition better, so you can mix different types of music in together. I didn't quite make another volume of this, but you probably could easily enough. Give me your suggestions in the comments. Might be fun to do.

Mercedes De Milo 3

49 Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta

50 Flesh For Lulu - Seven Hail Marys

51 Jags - Back of My Hand

52 Jason & The Scorchers - White Lies

53 Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo (Never Made It to Darwin)

54 Joe Jackson - I'm The Man

55 Alex Chilton - No Sex

56 Wire Train - Chamber Of Hellos

57 dB's - Amplifier

58 Guster - One Man Wrecking Machine

59 John Hegley and the Popticians - I Saw My Dinner On TV

60 Marshall Crenshaw - You're My Favorite Waste Of Time

61 Robyn Hitchcock - Listening To The Higsons

62 Louis Jordan - Beans And Cornbread

63 Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not

64 REM - Shiny Happy People

65 Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

66 Harlequin - Innocence

67 Prism - Don't Let Him Know

68 Odds - Someone Who's Cool

69 Rockpile - Teacher Teacher

70 Tin Huey - I'm A Believer

Mercedes De Milo 2

I still kept the tag PZA, in case anyone was interested to see which ones were made or inspired by her, but by this volume it was just inspiration, she didn't have a hand in making this pick, I did, however, use the same criteria for picking out songs. And my album collection was growing at the time. I went from a few hundred albums to multiple crates of albums. I was trying to diversify, too. But much of what I was collecting was in this genre. Once a month I went to Tower Records and I would just go through asection I hadn't really gone through, Jazz, Classical, World etc. and pick out an album by the name and cover. No idea what was inside. Just pick it. I picked a few duds, but mostly I was lucky and picked some really cool stuff. None of that is on this pick, but just to get you an idea of where my head was at.

Mercedes De Milo 2

24 The Young Fresh Fellows - Amy Grant

25 Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass

26 Elvis Costello - Waiting For The End Of The World

27 Cracker - Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)

28 Lmnop - Please Believe Me

29 Barenaked Ladies - Get In Line

30 Dave Edmunds - Crawling From The Wreckage

31 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around with Jim

32 Radiohead - Creep

33 The Endmen - Letter From Constance

34 Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen - Two Triple Cheese Side Order Fries

35 Violent Femmes - Country Death Song

36 REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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

38 Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World

39 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - My Wife & My Dead Wife

40 Swamp Zombies - Creep

41 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls

42 Camper Van Beethoven - Where The Hell Is Bill

43 Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket

44 They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start

45 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation

46 Pianosaurus - Thriftshoppin'

47 The Replacements - Kiss Me On The Bus

48 Blink 182 - Another Girl Another Planet

Mercedes De Milo 1

In the 80's a girl made a cassette for me. She used some music her older brother had and put together a C60 and gave it to me. She named it after this mannequin I owned. Eventually I redid it with an extra 10 minutes or so, to make it full CD length. Using the same criteria. Adding songs that I liked. This pick grew over the years until I had three volumes. This is the very first one. The pick includes 80 new wave and oldies that fit the feel and flavor. Over the time we were together she made quite a few cassettes for me that I still have. I've since reconfigured them as CD's and now mp3 playlists and they are still cool. This was my first exposure to some of these songs. I knew some of the bands, but not all the songs at that time. Now it's hard to imagine not knowing everything from some of these artists. And yes, the cover is from a picture of the real Mercedes de Milo. No, the relationship did not end well, but she had some of the coolest cassettes ever. 

Mercedes De Milo 1

01 Missing Persons - Words

02 Plimsouls - Now

03 Danny And The Juniors - At The Hop

04 Humans - Get You Tonight

05 Human Sexual Response - Cool Jerk

06 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long

07 Squeeze - Piccadilly

08 Suburban Lawns - Janitor

09 Fleshtones - I've Gotta Change My Life

10 The Undertones - Tearproof

11 Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance

12 Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer

13 The Dell-Vikings - Come Go With Me

14 20-20 - The Night I Heard A Scream

15 Humans - I Live in the City

16 Paul Collins' Beat - It's Just A Matter Of Time

17 Yachts - Now I'm Spoken For

18 Jules and the Polar Bears - Good Reason

19 Plimsouls - Zero Hour

20 Fay Ray - Modern Lovers

21 Elektrics - Pretty Plastic

22 Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star

23 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet