Playlists

While reading the internet, an article caught my eye. It was a list of songs that evoked the Summer of Love - 1967. Certainly, the world was a different place then. Popular music was on AM Radio (here in the States). Anyway, the list had songs that I do not have in my library. So, I supplemented it to fill out an 80-minute CD-R.

If you are of a certain age, you may be able to access these tunes in the recesses of your mind. And to remind you that you are old, all of these groups are in the Hall of Fame or dead. Peace.

Summer of Love 1967

1.      San Franciscan Nights     The Animals

2.      White Rabbit     Jefferson Airplane

3.      Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)              The Byrds

4.      All You Need Is Love       The Beatles

5.      Somebody To Love          Jefferson Airplane

6.      For What It’s Worth        Buffalo Springfield

7.      Purple Haze       The Jimi Hendrix Experience

8.      A Whiter Shade Of Pale  Procol Harum

9.      Monterey           The Animals

10.   Mr. Tambourine Man     The Byrds

11.   Strawberry Fields Forever           The Beatles

12.   She’s A Rainbow             The Rolling Stones

13.   Sunshine Of Your Love   Cream

14.   Piece Of My Heart          Big Brother & The Holding Company

15.   Mr. Soul              Buffalo Springfield

16.   Good Vibrations              The Beach Boys

17.   Riders On The Storm      The Doors

18.   Crossroads         Cream

19.   Good Morning Good Morning    The Beatles

20.   Ruby Tuesday    The Rolling Stones

21.   Magic Bus          The Who

22.   Itchycoo Park     Small Faces

Total Time 79 minutes

Hey, CAR dwell, I sent cd's a year or so ago, but you want more (label printed!). Did you not get the last batch? email me please, let me know, or not . Nothing new from 2024, but new chords are cooking !

Those Dreamsville projects were fun. St Vallentines had some very good music on it. Thanks for this Q.

Ok, I need your help. Wadcorp created my retirement letter that I have sent out. I would like to thank him by creating an 80-minute CD of Japanese tunes, as that has been my musical tastes of late. CD Japan has reissued lots of Yukihiro Takahashi, I have seen Band Maid in concert, Bill worked with YMO, Yukihiro, Gillcover & the Monkey, as well as other groups/artists. BBD did Japan. Japan went to Japan. David Bowie shares It is no game, Part 1 with a Japanese undertone. Pizzicato Five as well as Maki Nomiya are wonderful. Ryuchi Sakamoto and so many others make up the musical palate of Japan worldwide. World Citizen is such an example with David Sylvian.

I lean towards pop tunes, so to me the Baby Metal / Electric Callboy - Ratatata is fair game, as who does not love a quirky video? I have shared Band Maid / Cluppo as well as Gillcover as who does not love shiny guitar pop?

Yes, I am easily led by music videos. So, what should I include in an audio cd? All suggestions welcome. Post below. DEADLINE: a month from now, so I can assemble and get it into the mail before American Thanksgiving (the beginning of the Christmas Season).

Thank you.

With DEVO playing a film festival, where their documentary was playing got me to look into the library to assemble a playlist to acknowledge their impact over time. Your version may be different. They actually put out a two disc set that has been remastered that is pretty good. Here goes Spuds. 79 Minutes

1. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2. Jocko Homo (Booji Boy Version)

3. Be Stiff (Live)

4. Whip It (Live)

5. Gut Feeling / Slap Your Mammy (Live)

6. Secret Agent Man

7. Working In A Coalmine

8. Theme From Adventures Of The Smart Patrol (Video Game) - Mark Mothersbaugh

9. Speed Racer

10. The 4th Dimension

11. Here To Go (Go Mix)

12. Peek-A-Boo (Dance Velocity)

13. Going Under (Dance Velocity)

14. Through Being Cool (Dance Velocity)

15. What We Do (Single Edit)

16. Stuck In A Loop (7" Version)

17. Watch Us Work It

18. Fresh

19. Devo Was Right (Remix by Robert & Gerald Casale) - The Attery Squash

20. Girl U Want - Soundgarden

21. Don't Be Cruel

22. Empire - David Byrne and Devo

23. The Invisible Man - Devo's Gerald V. Casale

24. Social Fools

Every article I read mentioned OHIO by C, S, N & Y. Since Neil was an early fan, I included it. The Live Tracks were from their LA Warners Debut Show. The Video Game had a cd of songs. I forget where I got Devo Was Right. It had to be on some sort of sampler. Seattle's own Soundgarden gets in on the fun. Empire is from a benefit album. I almost went with Wicked Little Doll from David's Feelings cd. And as far as I know, Invisible Man is the latest single. Still evolving after all these years.

I could not find Pee Wee's Playhouse.

With yet another passing in the music family, I dug into the archives to retrieve this list of rock-a-roke song offerings. Originally it was created as a thank you for KNDD 107.7 The End in Seattle WA USA. They had a band that played back up and invited audience members to belt one out on stage. Really rather fun.

Here goes.

1.      Johnny B. Goode -  Johnny Winter

2.      House of the Rising Sun – Animals (A)

3.      House of the Rising Sun – Muse (B)

4.      You Really Got Me – Kinks                       Show me your air guitar!

5.      Satisfaction – Rolling Stones (A)

6.      Satisfaction – Devo (B)

7.      Rusty Cage – Soundgarden (A)

8.      Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash (B)

9.      Swallow My Pride – Green River (A)

10.    Swallow My Pride – Fastbacks (B)

11.    The Witch – Sonics

12.    Louie Louie – Kingsmen                                          Drunks of all ages –sing along!

13.    Vaxine – Visqueen

14.    Jumpers – Sleater-Kinney

15.    Barracuda (Live) – Heart

16.    Walking with a Ghost – Tegan & Sara (A) (B) would be White Stripes

17.    I think I am Paranoid – Garbage

18.    All Star – Smash Mouth

19.    Sex & Candy – Marcy Playground            I’ve had too much caffeine.  What better line than to sing in Seattle?

20.    Social Fools – Devo                                   This is the End! 

Band Main Best Anniversary Album Vol 3  MC FAICP Mix

1.      Be OK – first song off Maid in Japan ep

2.      Love Passion Matador single, song 1

3.      Summer Drive song 3 from single

4.      Arcadia Girl – New Beginning

5.      Don’t Let Me Down – New Beginning

6.      Before Yesterday – Brand New Maid (Type B)

7.      Real Existence – Live – Band New Maid (Type B)

8.      Yolo – Instrumental – Yolo Single

9.      Secret My Lips – Band Maiko

10.   Anemone – Acoustic Version – Bonus Track

11.   Puzzle – Acoustic Version – Bonus Track

12.   The Dragon Cries – Conqueror

13.   Sense – Sense

14.   Nightingale – Unseen World

15.   Unleash!!!!! – Unleash

Cluppo – Hatoful

1.      Peace & Love

2.      Pogo!

3.      Flapping Wings

4.      Fluffy

5.      Voice

Here's the playlist for my DJ set at my friend's gig on 30th December at The Windmill in Brixton:

Long Shot - Aimee Mann

Cactused - Wire

World Around - Levitation

Patterns - Heavy Lamb

Like A Lady - Pom Poko

U.H.F. - Bill Nelson

Laisser Aller - FFF

Taxi - Nova Twins

Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus

Gallop To Southport - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Keeny Woka Phoola - Antique-Seeking Nuns

Paramour - Anna Meredith

Proper Rock - The Chap

Stop That Man - tUnE-yArDs

The Perfect Me - Deerhoof

LSDeanna - Cesarians

Wrinkle - Thank You Scientist

I Speak Astronomy - Jinjer

Anything Like Me - Poppy

Africa - Leo Moracchioli

Son Of Thumbs Of A Murderer - Shock Headed Peters (ft. Danielle Dax)

Big Ideas - The Scaramanga Six

Gay Cruise - Sterbus

30 Pieces - Ventolyn

I Felt Your Arms - Miss Helsinki

Interval - The Joy Formidable

It Happens - Bent Knee

Curve And Light - Mid-Air Thief

Swing Shut - Rozi Plain

Let’s hope that time doesn’t come for a long while, but what a way to go. Great list Michael.

Life Flashing Before My Eyes

1. Miami 2017 Billy Joel 12/12/12 Sandy Relief

2. Don't Touch Me Red Noise BBC Radio 1

3. Godless (Live) Dandy Warhols

4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Jet End Sessions

5. Sex & Candy Marcy Playground End Sessions

6. Why Does It Alway Rain On Me Travis End Sessions

7. My Generation The Who Live at Leeds

8. Wild Thing (Live) The Jimi Hendrix Experience

9. Johnny B Goode Johnny Winter And Live

10. Less Than Zero (Dallas Version) Elvis Costello Live at the Mocambo

11. Rebel Rebel David Bowie David Live

12. Watching The Detectives Elvis Costello Live at Hollywood High

13. Come Back Jonee Devo DEV-O Live

14. Plug In Baby (Live) Muse

15. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live) Queen A Night at the Odeon

16. Radio Free Europe (Live) REM

17. Psycho (Live) The Sonics

79 Minutes

KNDD 107.7 is the End. They would have groups come into their studios and they would play a set. I hope that when my time comes, my life will flash before my eyes like these concerts. Many of the groups I have had the good fortune to see in person.

To accompany the Wadcorp 20th Century Singles Collection, here are 20th Century Singles that are not on Transcorder. Everybody should have these songs in their libraries.

The 20th Century Singles Collection Disc 1

1. Teenage Archangel

2. Jets at Dawn (1973) [Be-Bop Deluxe] Smile

3. Maid in Heaven

4. Lights (1975) [Be-Bop Deluxe] Harvest

5. Acquitted By Mirrors (1979) [Bill Nelson's Red Noise] Harvest

6. Do You Dream in Colour

7. Ideal Homes

8. Instantly Yours

9. Atom Man Loves Radium Girl (1980) Cocteau

10. Youth of Nation on Fire

11. Be My Dynamo

12. Rooms With Brittle Views

13. All My Wives Were Iron (1981) Mercury

14. Living in My Limousine (Remix)

15. White Sounds

16. Birds of Tin

17. Love in the Abstract (1981) Mercury

18. Banal

19. Turn To Fiction

20. Hers Is A Lush Situation

21. Mr. Magnetism Himself (1981) Mercury

22. Eros Arriving (1982) Mercury

The 20th Century Singles Collection Disc 2

1. Flaming Desire

2. Flesh

3. The Passion

4. He And Sleep Were Brothers

5. Haunting in My Head (1982) PVC

6. Touch And Glow

7. Dancing in the Wind

8. Love Without Fear (1982) Cocteau

9. Acceleration Remixed by John Luongo

10. Hard Facts From The Fiction Department (1984) Cocteau

11. Sex, Psyche Etcetera

12. Several Famous Orchestras

13. Who He Is (1985) [Orchestra Arcana] Cocteau

14. Wildest Dreams (Wild Mix)

15. Self Impersonation

16. Wildest Dreams (Single Version)

17. The Yo-Yo Dyne (1986) Portrait

18. The Dead We Wake With Upstairs Drums

19. Boat To Forever

20. So It Goes (1992) Venture

I also recommend that you use Wadcorp’s cover. It is in the thread above.

A colleague asked me to curate a playlist from a specific year and a specific region. This is that play list.

1. Twin Peaks Theme - Soundtrack

2. Would (Live) - Alice In Chains Singles Soundtrack

3. Even Flow (Live) - Pearl Jam Wild & Wooly

4. This Town - Green River Dry As A Bone

5. Overblown (Demo) - Mudhoney Singles Soundtrack

6. Sappy (Live) - Nirvana Bleach Deluxe Edition

7. Sex God Missy - Tad Sub Pop 200

8. Sub Pop Rock City - Soundgarden Sub Pop 200

9. Speak - Queensryche Wild & Wooly

10. Throwaway (Live) - The Posies Hype!

11. Not For You (Live on the Radio) - Pearl Jam Hype!

12. Lithium (Solo Acoustic Radio Appearance) - Nirvana Sliver

13. JC (Live) - Sonic Youth Alternative NRG

14. Low Beat - Young Fresh Fellows Hype!

15. Spoonman (Demo) - Chris Cornell Singles Soundtrack

16. I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone - Sleater-Kinney Wild & Wooly

17. K-Street (Live) - Fastbacks Hype!

18. Second Skin (Live) - The Gits Hype!

19. My Hometown - Girl Trouble Hype!

20. Scared - Melvins Deep Six

21. Heretic - Soundgarden Deep Six

22. You Know You Are Right - Nirvana Icon

The first song acts sort of as a gateway / time portal - the Sound, the Visuals, the Memories. Suddenly you are in 1990 Seattle and my guess is that you are wearing flannel. On your way to a show at the Off Ramp.

This collection draws heavily from the Singles deluxe edition soundtrack, as well as another movie set on the emerging music scene - Hype! Sub Pop was the local record company and one of their samplers is featured, as well as a collection that was put together by EMP - before it became MoPop. Wild & Wooly the northwest rock collection.

This is meant to be a GRUNGE greatest band collection if anything else. 79 minutes

Karaoke This is something you can play at home!

1. Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter

2. House of the Rising Sun – Animals (A)

3. House of the Rising Sun – Muse (B)

4. You Really Got Me – Kinks Show me your air guitar!

5. Satisfaction – Rolling Stones (A)

6. Satisfaction – Devo (B)

7. Rusty Cage – Soundgarden (A)

8. Rusty Cage – Johnny Cash (B)

9. Swallow My Pride – Green River (A)

10. Swallow My Pride – Fastbacks (B)

11. The Witch – Sonics

12. Louie Louie – Kingsmen Drunks of all ages –sing along!

13. Vaxine – Visqueen

14. Jumpers – Sleater-Kinney

15. Barracuda (Live) – Heart

16. Walking with a Ghost – Tegan & Sara (A) (B) would be White Stripes

17. I think I am Paranoid – Garbage

18. All Star – Smash Mouth

19. Sex & Candy – Marcy Playground I’ve had too much caffeine. What better line than to sing in Seattle?

20. Social Fools – Devo This is the End!

Ok. No takers. How about songs from folks in your area?

1. Louie Louie Kingsmen

2. The Witch Sonics

3. Drivin’ South Jimi Hendrix Experience

4. Fopp [dub] Soundgarden

5. Baby Britain Elliot Smith

6. Between The Bars Elliot Smith

7. Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Harvey Danger

8. Such Great Heights Postal Service

9. Recycled Air Ben Gibbard

10. Crooked Teeth Death Cab For Cutie

11. Soul Meets Body Death Cab For Cutie

12. Gravity Gets Things Done Pale Pacific

13. Gone For Good Shins

14. New Slang Shins

15. Kissing The Lipless Shins

16. Phantom Limb Shins

17. Earth Angel Death Cab For Cutie

18. Waterloo Sunset Fastbacks

19. Battle Of Evermore Lovemongers

20. Last Kiss Pearl Jam

21. Vaxxine Visqueen

I may have spoken about these songs elsewhere. I am an old guy, so I went Old School. These all fit onto a cd!

OK, here goes:

1. Night Creatures - Electrotype

2. Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape - At the BBC 1974-78 / John Peel Session 9th May 1974

3. Maid In Heaven - Air Age Anthology Disc 1

4. Banal - Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam [Bonus Tracks]

5. Stay Young [Live at Leicester De Montfort Hall] - Sound On Sound

6. Flesh - The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) [Expanded]

7. Squirm - After The Satellite Sings

8. Fellini's Picnic - Map Of Dreams

9. Cassidy's Electric Campfire Song - The Last Of The Neon Cynics

10. Monorail - Noise Candy / Stargazing With Ranger Bill

11. Planet Of Guitars - Noise Candy / King Frankenstein

12. Roses And Rocketships - Practically Wired.... Or How I Became Guitar Boy

13. Nostalgia (For The Future) - Whimsy Disc 1

14. Return To Jazz Of Lights - Return To Jazz Of Lights

15. Memory Skyline - Arcadian Salon

16. Take It Off And Thrill Me (Jazzy Option) - Arcadian Salon

17. Once I Had A Time Machine - Golden Memories Of Tomorrow

18. Alone In Lunar Light - Mysterium

19. Poem - Nelsonica UK 2007

20. The Piano Room - Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights

21. Chymepeace (An Ending) - Northern Dream

79 minutes

I may have the Whimsy reversed discs version. I think that this is a good collection of signature songs that span some time. I think that it captures about all the phases of the career. Of course I have been trying to think what Bill said when he wrote that he envisioned himself as a big band leader. So several of the songs he is wearing a white dinner jacket in my mind.

Of course your version may differ. I would imagine that Radium Girl's would include: Atom Man Loves Radium Girl. Or that Dar's would include: RaDAR In My Heart. Or Wadcorp would include: My PHILosophy.

Anyway, I challenge you to post your idea of Bill's signature songs.

Of course a great cover should have a great play list.

CHALLENGE: put one together that would fit on a cd-r of 80 minutes.

I might have to start off with: Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape from Radioland BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert.

ALL IN WA 2 – a benefit for COVID-19 Community Resources

1. Boys From The Puget Sound – Ayron Jones

2. All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix

3. Baby Got Back (Rock Mix) – Sir Mix-A-Lot

5. Modern Girl (Live in Paris) – Sleater - Kinney

6. Rivers And Roads – The Head and the Heart

7. Such Great Heights – Iron and Wine

8. If Only - Dave Matthews Band

12. Alive (Live @ T-Mobile 8/8/18) – Pearl Jam

13. Can't Hold Us (Live @ KEXP) – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

14. What I've Seen – Allen Stone

15. Perfect World (Rory Phillips Mix) - Gossip

16. Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger

17. Crush On Radio - Visqueen

18. Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun) – M.A.C.C.

19. The Round – Pickwick

20. Gravity Gets Things Done - The Pale

21. Supersonics - Presidents of the United States of America

22. Ground Zero (Live) - Chris Cornell

23. I Love Seattle - Tacocat

24. Go Blue Angels Go - Young Fresh Fellows

This follows the actual show closer and I toss in some other local talents. The Jimi Hendrix song was covered by the Black Tones. They have a very talented female lead guitarist. It was a wonderful performance. On the show, it had Ken Griffey Junior call up Sir Mix A Lot who then does Baby Got Back. The Pearl Jam song was recorded at the HOME shows where the entire gate went to charity. I was in attendance. I think that the Charity Virtual concert interspersed with local nationally renown comedic actors raised over $48 million with the money going to the front line COVID-19 fighters as well as several Black Lives Matter charities. Although the performances were recorded then edited before the massive civil unrest - call for justice occurred, the broadcast was delayed and the introduction redone to better reflect the times. I think that the show is on Amazon Prime. There may be some performances on You Tube. Many Seattle Sonic jerseys appeared in the show. The Supersonics were our NBA team that was sold and moved to OKC. There were Mariner (baseball) and Seahawks (football) representation as well, as our other major sports teams. I do not remember seeing any Sounders uniforms (our twice champion soccer team). Our professional Rugby team is twice champion as well. They were going to defend their crown when the pandemic cancelled the season. Now as we wait for sports to start up again, we can listen to the music.

Great play lists. Keep well everyone.

ALL IN WA – a benefit for COVID-19 Community Resources

1. Level Up – Ciara

2. I Love Myself – Ciara Featuring Macklemore

3. Downtown – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

4. Posse On Broadway – Sir Mix-A-Lot

5. Dying Day – Brandi Carlile

6. The Story – Brandi Carlile

7. Closer To Fine – Brandi Carlile

8. 405 (Acoustic) – Death Cab For Cutie

9. We Will Become Silhouettes – The Postal Service

10. Life In Quarantine – Ben Gibbard

11. You & Me (Acoustic) Dave Matthews Band

12. Everyday – Dave Matthews

13. Funny The Way It Is – Dave Matthews Band

14. Kiss – Lovemongers

15. Battle of Evermore – Lovemongers

16. Straight On – Heart

17. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Acoustic Version) – Pearl Jam

18. Man Of The Hour (Demo) – Pearl Jam

19. End Of The Road – Eddie Vedder

This is my best guess of a virtual concert to raise funds for our front line workers / community.

Shelter in Place - too much time on my hands - found a mix I made for a friend as we were contemplating going to our High School Reunion.

The House Of The Rising Sun – Animals

Good Vibrations – Beach Boys

While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Beatles

Feelin’ Alright – Joe Cocker

Aqualung – Jethro Tull

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Beatles

Space Oddity – David Bowie

Lucky Man – Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Sky Pilot – Animals

Instant Karma – John Lennon

I Don’t Need No Doctor (Live) – Humble Pie

Nights In White Satin – Moody Blues

Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin

True Blue – Rod Stewart

Still Alive & Well – Johnny Winter

Angie (Acoustic) – Rolling Stones

Most were from the era, but a few was driving around in the car in college.