Spooky 1 (repost)

This is the first Halloween CD I ever made. I had some cassettes before, but I turned them into this CD and now playlist. Come Halloween, first my mom would make us costumes, then as we got older we would make our own and we decorated the house somewhat. At minimum a carved pumpkin and some lights. Gave out candy and all that. And we always had some Halloween effects LP that we would play (after the youngest kids had come and gone.) To this day I still do that. We decorate, but mostly on the day. We transform our house into a scary version of itself, play Halloween music (including these songs) through speakers on the front lawn. And purple and orange lights, UV  lights, fog etc. And then we hand out candy and glow necklaces to all the kids. This pick is for earlier in the night. 

Spooky 1

01 Bobby Boris Pickett - Monster Mash

02 The Bollock Brothers - Horror Movies

03 Laika & the Cosmonauts - Psyko (Theme From Psycho & Vertigo)

04 Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

05 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You

06 Alien Sex Fiend - Haunted House

07 Book Of Love - Witchcraft

08 Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)

09 Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

10 New York Dolls - Frankenstein

11 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

12 Fred Schneider - Monster

13 Comateens - Munsters Theme

14 Pink Floyd - Scarecrow

15 The Fall - Pumpkin Head Xcapes

16 Siouxsie & the Banshees - El Dia De Los Muertos

17 Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween

What's The Connection? Sick Symptoms

Ok, this one was fun to do while I had some of these symptoms. I'm not a hypchondriac but I sure came up with these pretty fast. Unlike the last connection yesterday, these are a little bit more fun and yet still go all over the place. I started this one while I was getting sick songs and figured some didn't quite belong. There are a hundered songs with Fever in the title, but not too many with diarrhea, So I put one of my favorites in the fever category (know that an all fever one is coming but not using Eno's Fever) and added Puking, Wheezing, Nausea, Aches, etc all in this one.

What's The Connection? Sick Symptoms

01 Junior Wells - (I Got A) Stomach Ache

02 The Dickies - I've Got A Splitting Hedachi

03 Johnny Cash - Hurt

04 David Byrne - Wheezing

05 David Gilmour - I Can't Breathe Anymore

06 Bones and L Nealli - Sniffley

07 The Toilet Bowl Cleaners - Runny Nose

08 Ohio Players - Pain

09 The Band - Chest Fever

10 Ultra Vivid Scene - Nausea

11 Sparks - Achoo

12 Dead Milkmen - The Puking Song

13 Beck - Nausea

14 Barnes & Barnes - The Vomit Song

15 The Dodos - Coughing

16 X - Nausea

17 Patty Loveless - Keep Your Distance

18 Brian Eno - Fever

19 Alkaline Trio - Trouble Breathing

20 Betty Blowtorch - Diarrhea

21 Frank Zappa - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee

22 Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying

What's The Connection? Sick Virus

More of the Sick Connections. This one is about virus being in the title. We've all had a bit of an experience with viruses over the last few years. Here are some virus songs for when your government locks you up again (or you are driving alone in your car wearing a mask) and you want something to listen to. There weren't many "pop" songs that are happy sounding, but I put what I could. I am sure I am missing something. Maybe a good country song with virus in the title? Notice that William S Burroughs shows up twice (the second time as a sample with Laurie Anderson.)

What's The Connection? Sick Virus

01 Killing Joke - I Am The Virus

02 KMFDM - Virus (12' Mix Edit)

03 Real Life - Virus

04 Duran Duran - Virus

05 Rick Springfield - Alien Virus

06 William S Burroughs & Gus Van Sant - Word Is Virus

07 Björk - Virus

08 Iron Maiden - Virus

09 Jah Wobble and Bill Laswell - Virus B

10 Martin Garrix & Moti - Virus (How About Now) 

11 Praxis - Guitar Virus

12 Brand X - Virus

13 Front Line Assembly - Virus

14 Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus

15 Cabaret Voltaire - Spread The Virus

16 Beasts of Bourbon - There's a Virus Goin' Round

What's The Connection? Dancer 1

Finally they got rid of Tyra Banks on Dancing With The Stars. It's such a bad fit for her to be on that show. I really didn't like her on this show. I was slow watching it after Tom Bergeron and Erin Rogers left (or got fired or whatever) I liked that combo. The new combo isn't bad. I like both of them, but they just aren't Tom and Erin. At least Julianne Hough can dance every now and again with her brother. Sad that Len Goodman died. I liked him too. Some of the new pros are pretty good too. I will miss Maks and Cheryl and a few others. But Emma (my favorite) is still there. Anyway this connection has nothing to do with DWTS. Just songs with Dancer in the title. There are some good ones here. And more to come.

What's The Connection? Dancer 1

01 The Smiths - Death Of A Disco Dancer

02 Commodores - Fancy dancer

03 Queen - Dancer

04 The Cars - Midnight Dancer

05 Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (Edit)

06 Tina Turner - Private Dancer

07 Brick - Free Dancer

08 Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band - Bad Dancer

09 Gino Soccio - Dancer

10 Prince - Sexy Dancer

11 Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer (7 Edit)

12 Devo - Disco Dancer

13 Pizzicato Five - Go Go Dancer

14 Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer

15 Visage - The Dancer

16 Elton John - Tiny Dancer

17 Boz Scaggs - Slow Dancer

18 T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer

What's The Connection? Sick Diseased

When covid first hit I was working from home and wasn't going out but a few times a year (nothing was scheduled at that time) but somehow I got covid. My wife who was working out in the workforce never got covid, but I did. I probably should have gone to the hospital, but never did. I took O2 readings etc, but didn't talk to my doctor until several weeks passed. She looked at my history of readings and said I should have gone to the hospital long ago. I am glad I didn't. I ended up getting better, following what people later said was bogus advice. Fortunately it worked for me. But put that aside. I was sick and felt diseased and definitely was infected, so I came up with this connection. Didn't finish it until later, but this was the start of a few Sick compilations. I hope you enjoy it more than being sick.

What's The Connection? Sick Diseased

01 The Meters - (Doodle Loop) The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather

02 The The - Infected

03 Original 7Ven - Sick

04 Queens Of The Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick

05 P!nk - You Make Me Sick (Part 1)

06 The Ramones - You Sound Like You're Sick

07 Shania Twain - Still Under The Weather

08 Led Zeppelin - Sick Again

09 The Fuzztones - Living Sickness

10 Whispers - Contagious

11 Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease

12 Bad Religion - Infected

13 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Disease

14 Phish - Down With Disease

15 Y&T - Contagious

16 Bowling For Soup - Sick Of Myself

17 Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick

18 Pop Will Eat Itself - Sick Little Girl

19 Aerosmith - Sick As A Dog

20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Sick Child

21 The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

What's The Connection? Malaguena 2

The continuation of the Malaguena Salerosa connection from yesterday. When I started looking for this song for my Pop, I had no idea how popular it was as a song. I had friends that knew the song (many from the Tubes - yesterday's post) from such a wide variety of places. Here are some more versions of the song that you can enjoy. I'm not sure if it is now my favorite song for a mariachi band to play, but if not it's up there. It's also been done in Surf, to Exotica, to Jazz, to New Wave and more. 

What's The Connection? Malaguena 2

18 Nana Mouskouri - Malagueña Salerosa

19 Narciso Yepes - Malaguena

20 Yanni - La Malaguena

21 Sarkis - Malaguena Salerosa

22 Paco De Lucia - Malaguena Salerosa

23 Stan Kenton - Malaguena

24 Mystic Moods Orchestra - Malaguena Salerosa

25 Percy Faith Orchestra - Malaguena

26 Miguel Aceves Mejia - La Malaguena

27 Arthur Lyman - Malaguena

28 Martin Denny - Malaguena

29 Tish Hinojosa - Malagueña Salerosa (Enchanting Woman From Malaga)

30 Chick Corea Electric Band - Malaguena

31 Luiz Bonfa - Malaguena Salerosa

32 Elisabeth Waldo - Malaguena

33 James Last - La Malaguena Salerosa

What's The Connection? Malaguena 1

This Connection started because of my dad. My pop. I was visiting Mexico and talking about the cool mariachi bands we were listening to. And pop says his favorite mariachi tune is Malaguena Salerosa. At this point I was leaning more towards Las Mananitas which I still like. But Pop goes further and says that I'll probably never find it but his favorite version of Malaguena is by a trio of Paraguayos and that it is fabulous. I must hear it he says. He knew that I would then have to search wide and far for this version. I did. First, I noticed that the Tubes had done the song. I introduced the Tubes on two of the very last tours (and they had several after that too) in the Bay Area. But that's a side note. I play every version I find to my pop. And he likes them all, but always says, It's good, but not the right version. Eventually I find Los Fabulosos 3 Paragauyos. I'm pretty sure this is the version, but with pop you are never sure (ask me about the House, House song he had me looking for). But sure enough this is the one. For his next birthday I make him a CD with a bunch of versions on it including his favorite. He played it at least once. This is a variation of that CD, because I found more.

What's The Connection? Malaguena 1

01 The Invisible Surfers - Malaguena

02 Ley Alejandro - Malaguena Salerosa

03 The Trashmen - Malaguena

04 Tornadoes - Malaguena (Dark Eyes)

05 Los Fabulosos 3 Paragauyos - Malaguena

06 Eddie Palmieri - Malagueña Salerosa

07 Travis Edmonson - Malaguena Salerosa

08 Vicente Fernandez - Malaguena Salerosa

09 Los Copacabana - Malaguena Salerosa

10 The Platters With Buck Ram & His Orchestra - Malaguena Salerosa

11 Sabicas - Malaguena

12 Antonio Maciel - La Malaguena

13 Avenged Sevenfold - Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)

14 Brian Setzer - Malaguena

15 Tubes - Malaguena Salerosa

16 Connie Francis - Malaguena

17 Ritchie Valens - Malaguena