tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980250602436662422024-03-05T01:46:04.031-05:00Making A Mix Tape"Making a mix tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it seems." -Rob Gordon, <i>High Fidelity</i>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-54112422927342977972012-01-12T13:47:00.005-05:002012-01-12T13:52:24.600-05:00135 Calamity Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>"We Belong" <b>Big Daddy's Pizza</b> in Brighton has good pizza, excellent hot sandwiches, tasty fried dough bites, the best crab rangoons, and a dance remix of this <b>Pat Benatar</b> on their "hold" music.<br />
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<li>"Every Little Kiss" I have wanted this <b>Bruce Hornsby & The Range</b> CD for twenty-five years. The drums and synths sound super-dated, but I don't even care anymore.<br />
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<li>"Crash And Burn" The synths on this <b>'til tuesday</b> song also sound dated, but Aimee Mann is so terrific, I have been trying to squeeze this song onto a mix for 10 years.</li>
<li>"Dawned On Me" My favorite song from <b>Wilco</b>'s new album The Whole Love.<br />
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<li>"Secret Smile" I have been a fan of <b>Semisonic </b>even since I read the drummer's memoir of their one-hit wonder moment in the spotlight: <i>So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star</i>. This ballad has that post-Achtung Baby "One" production sound.<br />
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<li>"She's The One" When I heard this <b>World Party</b> song on the radio, I was immediately reminded of...<br />
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<li>"Still Fighting It" <b>Ben Folds</b><br />
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<li>"Kiss From A Rose" When I was a radio DJ in 1994, I played this <b>Seal </b>song on the radio at least 6 times a week for six months, so naturally, I spent most of the last 17 years avoiding it. However, the karaoke version on <b>Community </b>cracks me up and has resurrected the song for me.
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<li>"Crazy On You" <b>Heart</b>: The classical guitar intro fits nicely with the baroque feel of the Seal song.
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<li>"Calamity Song" I love every song on <b>The Decemberists</b> new album The King Is Dead. This is the latest favorite. Andalusian tribes, indeed! Fits nicely with the "end of the world" 2012 Mayan baloney going around these days.<br />
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<li>"Romance" I used to play this <b>R.E.M.</b> song on the radio when I was in high school. It's from their "best of" album <b>Eponymous</b>, released at the end of their contract with IRS records. According to the sleeve notes, the song "used a microsecond in the still despairing Alan Rudolph's 1987 film "Made In Heaven".<br />
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<li>"Never There" <b>CAKE</b><br />
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<li>"Crazy Love, Vol. II" <b>Paul Simon</b><br />
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<li>"Long, Long, Long" <b>The Beatles</b><br />
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<li>"I'll Be Back" I forget where I heard that <b>Shawn Colvin </b>covered this obscure Beatles track. She only released it on her Best Of collection, but, in the era of iTunes, you don't have to buy a Best Of collection to get the one new song anymore!</li>
</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-91420999796446529362012-01-04T22:39:00.005-05:002012-01-04T22:44:16.339-05:00MELLOW GOLD Collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The track listing of the three-LP collection MELLOW GOLD. The magic of the Internet: for only $33 (minus whatever songs you already own) you can recreate this collection with mildewy sleeve and no changing the platter five times! I think I have 14 of these songs already, so, assuming nothing's out of print, I am $19 away from bringing this collection BACK TO LIFE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Side 1</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldaur</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I Say a Little Prayer for You" Aretha Franklin</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" The Casinos</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Long Train Running" The Doobie Brothers</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Side 2</b><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"You Were on My Mind" We Five</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Sunshine" Jonathan Edwards</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Cherish" The Association</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Hey Jude" Wilson Pickett</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Ma Belle Amie" The Tee Set</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"That’s the Way I Always Heard it Should Be" Carly Simon</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Side 3</b><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"S.O.S." ABBA</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"How Can I Be Sure?" The Rascals</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I’d Like to Get to Know You" Spanky and Our Gang</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Everybody’s Talkin’" Nilsson</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"My Special Angel" the Vogues</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Love the One You’re With" Stephen Stills</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Side 4</b><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Anticipation" Carly Simon</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Feel Like Makin’ Love" Roberta Flack</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Side 5</b><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Summer Breeze" Seals & Crofts</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Baby, I’m Yours" Barbara Lewis</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Hello, It’s Me" Todd Rundgren</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Send in the Clowns" Judy Collins</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"She’s Gone" Daryl Hall and John Oates</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Aretha Franklin</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Side 6</b><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Fallin’ in Love" The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues" Danny O’Keefe</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Baby Don’t Go" Sonny and Cher</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town" Kenny Rogers & The First Edition</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Everything That Touches You" The Association</span></span>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-45209557434846386832012-01-04T22:21:00.001-05:002012-01-04T22:21:35.407-05:00When I Was Eleven: 1983This is not a "my favorite songs from 1983" playlist. This is a "when I was eleven, this is what I listened to" mix. I even think I thought "Der Kommissar" and "Major Tom" were the same song. If I ever heard a mashup of those two, my brain might melt.<br />
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<li>"Der Kommissar" After The Fire</li>
<li>"Major Tom (Coming Home)" Peter Schilling </li>
<li>"Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder</li>
<li>"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" Daryl Hall & John Oates</li>
<li>"Bang The Drum All Day" Todd Rundgren</li>
<li>"Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson</li>
<li>"She Blinded Me With Science" Thomas Dolby</li>
<li>"Who Can It Be Now?" Men At Work</li>
<li>"Only Time Will Tell" Asia</li>
<li>"Rosanna" Toto</li>
<li>"Tainted Love" Soft Cell</li>
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<br />Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-23673801547176461182012-01-04T22:14:00.002-05:002012-01-04T22:19:40.457-05:00When I Was Ten: 1982This playlist represents what I remember about pop music <b>just before</b> I began to pick what I wanted to listen to for myself. Basically this is music I was exposed to by my mother, and by whatever Top 40 radio managed to break through to a boy who didn't listen to the radio yet.<br />
I was ten years old in 1982. The mix for 1983 is much, much different.<br />
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<li>"Gloria" Laura Branigan<br />
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<li>"Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" B.J. Thomas<br />
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<li>"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Crystal Gayle<br />
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<li>"When I'm Sixty-Four" is the first song I remember singing with my mother. We would go on to harmonize on several other Beatles songs, including "If I Fell"<br />
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<li>"Elvira" Oak Ridge Boys<br />
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<li>"Rainy Days And Mondays" The Carpenters<br />
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<li>"Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver<br />
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<li>"Danny's Song" Anne Murray<br />
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<li>"Leaving On A Jet Plane" Peter, Paul & Mary<br />
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<li>"Monday, Monday" The Mamas & The Papas<br />
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<li>"Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers<br />
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<li>"The Boxer" Simon & Garfunkel<br />
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<li>"You Should Hear How She Talks About You" Melissa Manchester<br />
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<li>"Back In Baby's Arms" Patsy Cline<br />
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<li>"A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash<br />
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<li>"Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" Joey Scarbury</li>
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There should probably be some <b>Ricky Nelson</b> and <b>Barbara Mandrell </b>in there too- I distinctly remember their well-coiffed photos on the covers of their Greatest Hits LPs.Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-64006860237429496462011-12-19T14:23:00.002-05:002011-12-19T14:25:39.917-05:00Concert Souvenirs?It's always nice when my favorite band releases an official live album to accompany a tour I attended. And every once in awhile an actual performance I saw is recorded and released. These days it's easier than ever for a band to make every recording available. Three concerts I went to were recorded and released on offical live albums:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Eleanor Rigby" live at the Worcester Centrum February 9, 1990</span><b> </b><br />
<b>Paul McCartney: </b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripping_the_Live_Fantastic#Disc_two">Tripping The Live Fantastic</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HBQvrVOBVtwrQyyKNpSQUwz0t-756o9mPDw93KXSk78z1VR3qBKruJFLwCRRk4BSHnOJK6vnTKmbrQHapDPnzYqN80RV1R7zdGLlF_8rP9XruIg6YgU7OZ5UO2i7PD6kTgaShjRl5saF/s1600/TrippingLiveCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HBQvrVOBVtwrQyyKNpSQUwz0t-756o9mPDw93KXSk78z1VR3qBKruJFLwCRRk4BSHnOJK6vnTKmbrQHapDPnzYqN80RV1R7zdGLlF_8rP9XruIg6YgU7OZ5UO2i7PD6kTgaShjRl5saF/s200/TrippingLiveCover.jpg" width="200" /></a>Unlike the contemporary trend towards releasing an entire concert from one night, McCartney recorded many dates of his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney_World_Tour">1990 tour. </a>The resulting two-disc live album appears to select the best recording of each performance from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney_World_Tour#Set_list">rigid set list</a>. The result? The 37-track album was recorded in ninteen different cities. For example, eight tracks are from an eleven-night series at Wembley Arena, but they're from five different nights, and no two songs from the same night are presented together. I has a great time at the show (I had just turned 18, and had been a rabid Beatles fan for exactly 30 months) even if the <b>Rolling Stone</b> concert review spoiled all the surprises in the set-in-stone set list.<br />
In the spring of 1990, six months before <b>Tripping </b>was released, while in New York City on a school trip, I visited a Greenwich Village record store and bought a three-LP bootleg recorded in Los Angeles the previous autumn. The bootleg was pressed on white vinyl with red, white, and blue spin-art designs in the vinyl. (photos to come)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pearl Jam live at the Orpheum Theater Boston, April 12, 1994</span><br />
The best rock concert I ever attended was the penultimate date of the 1994 Vs. tour. Thanks to my friend Meg (Goldstein) Chapman, who sold me her tickets. The show, when they finally started, was amazing. Mudhoney was the opening act, then there was a long interval (at least 45-60 mins) before Pearl Jam came on. I remember loving "Go" and "Animal" and the new song "Not for You". In 2011, Pearl Jam released a three-CD Deluxe Edition of Vs. including a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vs._%28Pearl_Jam_album%29#Vs._Tour_bonus_live_CD">full CD of the Orpheum show</a>. Due to size constraints, the disc leaves out a third of the set list:<br />
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<b>Included</b><br />
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<li>Oceans<br />
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<li>Even Flow<br />
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<li>Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys cover)<br />
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<li>Immortality<br />
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<li>Glorified G<br />
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<li>Daughter<br />
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<li>Not For You<br />
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<li>Rats<br />
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<li>Blood<br />
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<li>Release<br />
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<li>Tremor Christ<br />
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<li>Once<br />
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<li>Fuckin' Up (Neil Young cover)<br />
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<li>Dirty Frank<br />
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<li>Rearviewmirror<br />
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<li>Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town<br />
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<b>Excluded</b><br />
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<li>State Of Love And Trust<br />
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<li>Hard to Imagine<br />
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<li>Go<br />
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<li>Animal<br />
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<li>Alone<br />
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<li>Better Man <br />
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<li>Yellow Ledbetter</li>
<li>I've Got a Feeling (The Beatles cover).</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ben Folds Live at Avalon June 8, 2002</span><br />
June 8, 2002, three months before we would meet for the first time, my future wife and I would both attend this Ben Folds solo show at the former Avalon nightclub in Boston. It was a lot of fun, even if I am not a fan of the <b>Reinhold Messner</b> album. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Folds_Live">The live album</a> recorded during that tour features a photo taken at our show (I am not pictured) At least one song from the CD or limited edition bonus DVD was recorded on the night we attended.Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-17189445508590837492011-11-08T11:39:00.000-05:002011-11-08T11:39:57.670-05:00Seventies Easy RockAlso known as "Yacht Rock", this is another great mix from my wife.<br />
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1. “Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)” <b>Jim Croce</b><br />
2. “How Much I Feel” <b>Ambrosia</b><br />
3. “On and On” <b>Stephen Bishop</b><br />
4. “Sara Smile” <b>Daryl Hall & John Oates</b><br />
5. “After the Love Has Gone” <b>Earth, Wind & Fire</b><br />
6. “Dance with Me” <b>Orleans</b><br />
7. “We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again”, and<br />
8. “I'd Really Love to See You Tonight”<br /><b>England Dan & John Ford Coley</b><br />
9. “I Keep Forgettin'” <b>Michael McDonald</b><br />
10. “This Is It” <b>Kenny Loggins</b><br />
11. “Just Remember I Love You” <b>Firefall</b><br />
12. “Sailing” <b>Christopher Cross</b><br />
13. “Summer Breeze” <b>Seals & Crofts</b><br />
14. “I Love a Rainy Night” <b>Eddie Rabbitt</b><br />
15. “Steal Away” <b>Robbie Dupree</b><br />
16. “Lotta Love” <b>Nicolette Larson</b><br />
17. “Arthur's Theme” [live] <b>Christopher Cross</b><br />
18. “Baby Come Back” <b>Player</b><br />
19. “Listen to the Music” <b>The Doobie Brothers</b><br />
20. “Take It Easy” [live & acoustic] <b>Jackson Browne</b>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-59347393925843326392011-10-27T15:46:00.000-04:002011-10-27T16:51:00.057-04:00134 Mayhem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>"Twenty-Five Miles" <b>Edwin Starr</b> (1969), or, as my wife put it, "that song from <i>Adventures In Babysitting</i>"<br />
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<li>"Junk Of The Heart (Happy)" <b>The Kooks</b><br />
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<li>"Cold Comfort Flowers" <b>Fountains of Wayne</b><br />
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<li>"Hammer And A Nail" <b>Indigo Girls</b><br />
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<li>Upon listening to "Careful" by <b>Guster</b> last month, I was immediately reminded of "Hammer and a Nail"
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<li>"Mayhem" great muscular arrangement and sassy vocals by <b>Imelda May</b>.<br />
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<li><b>Eurythmics</b> "Would I Lie To You?" This song (from Be Yourself Tonight) has always been one of my favorite rave-up fast driving songs. I found this extended edit on a 12 inch single. As far as I can tell, it's the same mix as the LP, but it doesn't fade out until 25 seconds later.<br />
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<li><b>Pearl Jam</b> "Jeremy" [2009 Remix] Thinking about this song a lot lately as "Pumped Up Kicks" has been all over the airwaves.<br />
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<li><b>Gomez</b>: "How We Operate" I love the loud-and-soft dynamics. Reminds me of Led Zeppelin? <br />
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<li>"Lost In My Mind" <b>The Head And The Heart</b><br />
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<li>"Ramble On" <b>Led Zeppelin</b><br />
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<li>"It's Only Natural" <b>Crowded House</b><br />
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<li>"Stripped" A cover of the Depeche Mode song from <b>Duncan Sheik</b>'s Eighties Covers LP.<br />
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<li>"Outta Mind (Outta Sight)" <b>Wilco</b><br />
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<li>"Candy" from <b>Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers</b>' MOJO LP.<br />
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<li>"For You Blue" <b>The Beatles</b><br />
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<li>"She Walks In So Many Ways" As soon as I heard this new <b>Jayhawks</b> song on the radio, I immediately knew (by the two-part harmonies) that it was the Jayhawks, and I knew I wanted to buy it!<br />
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<li>"As for Now" Another "thanks to SoundHound" find. This song by newcomer <b>Lindsay Rae Spurlock</b> (the EP is called <i>Heart On</i>) was featured on the Adult Swim show <i>Childrens Hospital</i>. I held my smartphone up to the speaker, triggered SoundHound, and her name popped up!
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<li><b>David Bowie</b> "Modern Love" Nile Rodgers is one of my favorite producers, definitely my favorite producer of the 1980s. Love his drum sound. <br />
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<li><b>The Cadillacs</b> "Speedo" Recently picked up the soundtrack CD for...anyone, anyone? <i>GoodFellas</i>.<br />
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<li>"You're The Inspiration" At the Beelzebubs' chapel show at Tufts Homecoming Weekend, the Bubs performance of this <b>Chicago</b> classic (from <i>Chicago 17</i>) was a highlight. Of course, the song is old enough to be the prom theme of the Beelzebubs' parents! Aiee!</li>
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<li>"Cissy Strut" <b>The Meters</b> (1969) The squeaky hi-hat pedal is practically it's own instrument!
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<li>"Stranded In A Limousine" <b>Paul Simon</b>, a 'new' song from his <i>Greatest Hits, etc.</i> (1977)
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<li>"Options" <b>Gomez</b>
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<li>"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" <b>Beastie Boys featuring Santigold</b> this terrific song from <i>Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</i> is my nominee for Summer Song of 2011, but I think Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory" may have edged them out.</li>
<li>"Gimme All Your Lovin" <b>ZZ Top</b>
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<li>"Rumour Has It" I didn't dream that <b>Adele </b>could equal the power of "Rolling in the Deep", but she did! I was blown away when I first heard this on the radio.The lyrics! drums! handclaps! backing vocals! Wow.
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<li>"Hangman Jury" <b>Aerosmith</b><br>and<br>
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<li>"Barton Hollow" <b>The Civil Wars</b>, two swampy songs together.
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<li>"I'm A King Bee" <b>The Rolling Stones</b>, as heard on the cop show <b>Memphis Beat</b>. A brief aside: Memphis Beat (starring Jason Lee as a Memphis PD detective by day, blues singer by night) is an old-school cop/detective show. It feels like an old <b>Simon & Simon</b> episode. But, they spend a lot of money on music clearances for bands like The Rolling Stones. Actually, now that I think of it, Jason Lee's last show, My Name Is Earl, had lots of brand-name rock music too.</li>
<li>"Monday Monday" <b>Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs</b>, or, as we sing it to our son: "Mango Mango"
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<li>"If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)" This <b>William Orbit</b> remix removes all of <b>Sting</b>'s jazz trappings in favor of a synth-heavy dance groove. All of Brandford Marsalis's saxophone is gone.
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<li>"Just Another Night" I heard this <b>Ian Hunter</b> song, from his LP <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_Never_Alone_with_a_Schizophrenic">You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic</a>, and thought it sounded like a Bruce Springsteen song. Turns out I'm half right: the recording features Roy Bittan (keyboards) Garry Tallent (bass) and Max Weinberg (drums) from the E Street band.</li>
<li>"Freeway of Love" [Extended Remix] <b>Aretha Franklin featuring Clarence Clemons</b> - One of Clarence's best guest spots.
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<li>"Did It In A Minute" <b>Daryl Hall & John Oates</b> - the arrangement is a little overcomplicated, but the hook is solid. Maybe their biggest hit which didn't make it onto the 1983 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n_Soul_Part_1">Rock N Soul Pt 1</a> which I listened to 1,000,000 times as a teenager.I heard this song for the first time when I took their LP <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eyes_%28Hall_%26_Oates_album%29">Private Eyes</a> (1981) out of the <a href="http://www.topsfieldtownlibrary.org/">Topsfield Town Library</a>. Yes kids, these things HAPPENED.</li>
<li>"If I Can't Change Your Mind" (Solo Mix) <b>Sugar</b> - This is one of my favorite songs of the 1990s, so when it was selected for the Onion A/V Club's Undercover series, I was excited. The A/V Club invites bands to visit their office a cover a song from a pre-selected list. Somehow, <b>Bob Mould</b> visited and <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/bob-mould-covers-sugar,53053/%20">covered his own Sugar song</a>, then, the <b>Decemberists</b> visited and <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decemberists-cover-sugar,60033/">covered it too</a>. Since I can't buy these songs on MP3, I've added the solo mix of "If I Can't Change Your Mind" to my mix-- the B-side which singer <b>Colin Meloy</b> cites as his favorite.</li>
<li>"I Might" <b>Wilco</b>, the first single from their upcoming album <i>The Whole Love</i> </li>
<li>"China Grove" [live at the Greek Theater 1982] <b>The Doobie Brothers</b>
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<li>"Paradise By The "C" [live at the Roxy] <b>Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band</b> </li>
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One of my favorite apps on my Android phone is <b>SoundHound</b>- the app listens to music and identifies it for you. Just press one button, hold the phone up to the speaker, and presto! This is super-handy for identifying songs from the radio, incidental music from TV and movies, and in public spaces. Once it IDs the song, I simply press "bookmark", then I can go back later and buy the songs wherever I want. Unlimited uses are free, so perhaps I overuse it, but the novelty has not worn off yet. <br />
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<li>"Breaking The Girl" Anna Nalick sings that song "Breathe (3AM)" which I included in my last mix. I found her cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song while buying the "Breathe" song on Amazon.
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<li>"Tree By The River" Iron & Wine
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<li>"Clocks" An amazing salsa-ification of the Coldplay recording by something called 'Rhythms Del Mundo'. It's not a cover- more like a remix. </li>
<li>"Quattro (World Drifts In)" Calexico, from their album <b>Feast Of Wire</b>.
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<li>"Untitled" [live] Shockra: One of the coolest experiences of my Emerson College experience was working at <b>WERS</b>. One of the cool experiences of that cool experience is my three-year association with the world-funk-jazz combo Shockra. I was a host and manager of the world music show Gyroscope, and Shockra became our favorite band. We played their music every day, mostly from promo cassettes, we saw them live a dozen times across town, and they came to the studio to perform live in the studio regularly. In 1993 we released a live CD, which included this epic 10 minute track, maybe Shockra's most ambitious song. I was thrilled to be sitting in the studio for the recording, as the host of that day's live music. After their encore, the crowd in the control room went apoplectic; at the end of the CD you can hear (21-year-old) me "out-troduce" the song, then open the control room door to let in the applause.
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<li>"Let The Light In" I don't know anything about Bob Schneider, but I heard this song on the radio, and it has a nice thumb-piano part.
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<li>"Sound And Vision" from David Bowie's <b>Low </b>(1977). Fun fact: David Bowie's lead vocal does not begin until exactly halfway through this three-minute song.
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<li>"Burning Down The House" this live performance, from <b>Stop Making Sense</b>, is far superior to Talking Heads' studio recording.
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<li>"One Thing Leads to Another" The Fixx
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<li>"On Melancholy Hill" Gorillaz
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<li>"Les Yeux De Ton Pere" Fun story here: I used to play this Franco-Clash song ("Eyes of Your Father") from <b>Les Negresses Vertes</b>, regularly on WERS Gyroscope in the early 1990s. Fast forward to the MP3 era, the LP is out of print and the song is not available for 99c download. The song was also included in the movie <b>French Kiss</b>, and its soundtrack CD. I wasn't about to pay $17 for one song, but so I have kept my eye out for it--- until May 2011, when I finally found the <b>French Kiss</b> CD at a church tag sale. Persistence pays off!
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<li>"You, Now" I heard this Greg Laswell song on the "Adult Alternative" channel on my cable TV.
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<li>"Mandolin Rain" This recent live performance from Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers is a little too "jazzy" for me. I don't know if he has discarded most of the melodic hooks for artistic reasons, or because he's too old to hit the notes anymore, but it's not the same melody anymore.
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<li>"Sweet Love" Anita Baker
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<li>"Come and Find Me" Josh Ritter: As heard on the ABC-TV show <b>Castle</b>!
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<li>"To Kingdom Come" Passion Pit
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<li>"Jane Says" Jane's Addiction
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<li>"Time To Pretend" MGMT</li>
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Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-52017466609845885602011-05-23T12:17:00.001-04:002011-05-23T12:19:00.571-04:00(Some Titles Are) ParentheticalThe parenthetical song title is a unique phenomenon to music. Why do song titles have parens? This morning, I read <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/169-song-titles-with-parentheticals-in-order-of-parenthetical-charm">a post on theawl.com</a> with a list of 169 parenthetical song titles. Each title fits into a type:<br />
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<li>The title is too short/not descriptive, so they add more words "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"</li>
<li>The title is too long, so they chop it off "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" </li>
<li>The record label worries that people won't recognize the song they heard on the radio because the title is not the chorus. Sometimes these parens only appear on the 45, not the LP:</li>
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<li> "Pride (In The Name of Love)"</li>
<li>"Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)"</li>
<li>"Train In Vain (Stand By Me)"</li>
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<li>Beck just being weird "Truckdrivin’ Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)" </li>
<li>REM just being weird "Auctioneer (Another Engine)"</li>
<li>Movie Theme Songs (Theme From "This Blog") </li>
<li>Silly jokes "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" </li>
<li>Completely arbitrary "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"</li>
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I have selected 75 parenthetical song titles, and severed the main title from the paren part. Print out this page, and try and match them back up again. Remember, some parens go in front, some at the end. Good luck! (<a href="http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/169-song-titles-with-parentheticals-in-order-of-parenthetical-charm">Answers here</a>).<br />
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<tr><td>December 1963</td><td>(500 Miles)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4th of July, Asbury Park</td><td>(All Night)</td></tr>
<tr><td>A Natural Woman</td><td>(And I Feel Fine)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Against All Odds</td><td>(And That's the Truth)</td></tr>
<tr><td>All Night Long</td><td>(Anthony's Song)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bang A Gong</td><td>(Are Made of This)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>(But I Like It)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Da Doo Ron Ron </td><td>(But I Won't Do That)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Died In Your Arms</td><td>(Come Out Tonight)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Don’t Forget Me </td><td>(Coming Home)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Don't Go Away Mad </td><td>(Don’t Go Back To) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Don't Know What You Got </td><td>(Don't Fear) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Don't You </td><td>(Enjoy What You Do)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Dude </td><td>(Everything I Do) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Earth Angel </td><td>(For Me)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Escape </td><td>(For My Love)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Exhale </td><td>(Forget About Me)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Falling in Love </td><td>(Get It On)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fascination</td><td>(Gonna Be Alright)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fight For Your Right</td><td>(I Can’t Get No) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Good Riddance </td><td>(I Don’t Want to Go to) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Happy Xmas </td><td>(I Feel Good)</td></tr>
<tr><td>He Hit Me </td><td>(I Just) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Higher and Higher</td><td>(I Like It)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Believe </td><td>(I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Can't Go for That </td><td>(I'm Only Bleeding)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Do It For You</td><td>(I'm Sorry)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Got You </td><td>(Is Hard on the Knees)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Knew You Were Waiting </td><td>(It Felt Like A Kiss)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Never Loved a Man </td><td>(It's in His Kiss)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I Ran </td><td>(I've Been) </td></tr>
<tr><td>I Wanna Dance with Somebody </td><td>(I've Had) </td></tr>
<tr><td>I’m Gonna Be </td><td>(Just Go Away)</td></tr>
<tr><td>I'd Do Anything for Love </td><td>(Just Like) </td></tr>
<tr><td>I'd Lie for You </td><td>(Keep Feeling) </td></tr>
<tr><td>In Hammersmith Palais</td><td>(Let Me Be Your)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Instant Karma </td><td>(Looks Like a Lady)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Istanbul </td><td>(Man in Motion)</td></tr>
<tr><td>It’s The End of the World As We Know It </td><td>(Naive Melody)</td></tr>
<tr><td>It's Alright, Ma </td><td>(Nine to Five)</td></tr>
<tr><td>It's Only Rock 'n' Roll </td><td>(No Can Do)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jump </td><td>(Not Constantinople)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Major Tom </td><td>(Not to Come)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mama Told Me </td><td>(Oh, What A Night)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Money </td><td>(Pretty Young Thing)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Morning Train </td><td>(Put a Ring On It)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Movin' Out </td><td>(Sandy)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Norwegian Wood </td><td>(Say So Much)</td></tr>
<tr><td>P.Y.T .</td><td>(Shoop Shoop)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Peace, Love and Understanding</td><td>(Sittin' On) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Red Shoes</td><td>(So Far Away)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rocket Man </td><td>(Take a Look at Me Now)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rockville</td><td>(That's What I Want)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rosalita </td><td>(The Angels Wanna Wear My) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Sad Songs </td><td>(The Final Acclaim)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Satisfaction</td><td>(The Piña Colada Song)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Searchin' So Long</td><td>(The Right Stuff)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Separate Ways </td><td>(The Way I Love You)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Single Ladies </td><td>(This Bird Has Flown)</td></tr>
<tr><td>So. Central Rain </td><td>(Till It's Gone)</td></tr>
<tr><td>St. Elmo’s Fire </td><td>(Time of Your Life)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Starting Over</td><td>(to Everything There Is a Season)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sweet Dreams </td><td>(War Is Over)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Teddy Bear</td><td>(We All Shine On)</td></tr>
<tr><td>That's the Way </td><td>(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) </td></tr>
<tr><td>The Dock Of The Bay</td><td>(When He Walked Me Home)</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Reaper</td><td>(When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever)</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Shoop Shoop Song </td><td>(When I’m Gone)</td></tr>
<tr><td>The Time of My LIfe</td><td>(White Man) </td></tr>
<tr><td>This Must Be the Place </td><td>(Who Loves Me)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tonight's the Night </td><td>(Will You Be Mine)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Turn! Turn! Turn! </td><td>(Worlds Apart)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wham Rap! </td><td>(You Gotta)...(To Party!)</td></tr>
<tr><td>You Got It </td><td>(You Make Me Feel Like)</td></tr>
<tr><td>You're in My Heart </td><td>(Your Love Has Lifted Me) </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-87999063538961038422011-03-21T15:35:00.002-04:002011-08-29T20:22:01.260-04:00131 Spring Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>"Got To Give It Up, Part 1" Marvin Gaye: From the campfire scene in <b>Paul</b>.
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<li>"Fun, Fun, Fun" Pharrell; From the movie <b>Despicable Me</b>.
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<li>"Old Days" Chicago
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<li>"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" Paul McCartney & Wings: Special version from the film <b>One Hand Clapping</b>, the first half showcases Paul's soulful solo vocal and piano, which then is spliced into the full final arrangement.
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<li>"Lasso" Phoenix
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<li>"Velcro Fly" ZZ Top has the same drum part as the "Lasso".
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<li>"F.M." Steely Dan
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<li>"Seven Chinese Brothers" R.E.M.
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<li>"I'm A Loser" The Beatles
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<li>"Victoria" I just saw The Old 97's play "Victoria" at a free show at SXSW.
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<li>"It's Bad You Know" R.L. Burnside
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<li>"Freeway" Aimee Mann
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<li>"Morning Moon" I am not saying I am going to become a superfan, but when I heard this song on the radio, I thought to myself "this is terrific! where has The Tragically Hip been all my life?"
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<li>"Dreams" Fleetwood Mac
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<li>"All Over The World" Electric Light Orchestra: the closing credits song from Paul, previously in the movie <b>Xanadu</b>.
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<li>"Loving You Is Easy" Sarah McLachlan: a pleasingly ordinary 4/4 chugging piano riff from Ms McLachlan.
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<li>"All My Nights I've Been Waiting [Liz Lemon's Theme] Tina Fey & Christopher Cross: what started as a gentle Christopher Cross joke on <b>30 Rock</b> crossed over to reality when Mr Cross recorded an actual song based on the joke. When Worlds Collide!
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<li>"See The Lights" Simple Minds
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<li>"Breathe (2AM)" I learned Anna Nalick's name after holding my Android phone up to the radio and activating the <b>SoundHound </b>app.
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<li>"Good Is Good" Cool George Harrison-y guitar riff. From Sheryl Crow's Lance Armstrong period. Isn't it retroactively embarrassing to dedicate an LP to him?</li>
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Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-34525632913723019722011-02-21T15:26:00.004-05:002011-08-29T20:23:43.389-04:00130 Warm Spell<ol>
<li>"Silly Love Songs" GLEE Cast Version: I won't apologize for loving this supremely uncool song.
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<li>"Plane" Jason Mraz
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<li>"I Still Have That Other Girl" Elvis Costello & Burt Bachrach
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<li>"Find My Way" The Gabe Dixon Band: the opening credits song from the Sandra Bullock movie <b>The Proposal</b>.
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<li>"Gimme Shelter" The Rolling Stones
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<li>"Rolling In The Deep" Adele: This whole mix revolves around the awesome song. It totally gives me chills. "Gimme Shelter" is as close as I could come to equaling the drama and goosebumps it evokes.
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<li>"Dead American Writers" Tired Pony
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<li>"Learning To Fly" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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<li>"Settled Down Like Rain" The Jayhawks
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<li>"Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash
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<li>"Home" Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
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<li>"She Runs Away" Duncan Sheik: I have this on an promo only alternative music sampler from 1997.
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<li>"Rain In The Summertime" The Alarm
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<li>"3,000 Miles" (remix) Ellis Paul [from <b>Sweet Mistakes</b>]
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<li>"Windows Are Rolled Down" The first time I heard this new Amos Lee song, I was instantly reminded of "3,000 Miles."
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<li>"Run Through The Fields" Does anyone else remember Nuclear Valdez? I have this on a promo only alternative music sampler from 1990.
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<li>"Hi Hi Hi" Paul McCartney & Wings
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<li>"Jungle Love" Steve Miller Band
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<li>"Battlestar Galactica Theme" Jonathan Coulton feat/John Hodgman: Who knew there were <b>words </b>to the <b>Battlestar Galactica</b> theme song?
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<li>"Valerie" Mark Ronson feat/Amy Winehouse</li>
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Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-69115255113210768782011-02-08T10:44:00.000-05:002011-02-08T10:44:18.309-05:00129 Twenty Eleven<ol>
<li>"I Got More Than A Feeling" A clever mashup of Boston vs. Black Eyed Peas, from Mad Mix Mustang. Found on <strong>Best of Bootie 2009</strong></li>
<li>"Fuck You" Cee Lo Green </li>
<li>"Garbage Truck" Sex Bob-Omb </li>
<li>"Down By The Water" The opening drums-and-harmonica of this new <strong>Decemberists</strong> song reminds me of a song... or maybe many many songs? </li>
<li>"Settled Down Like Rain" The Jayhawks </li>
<li>"Rocks Off" The Old 97'S cover the Rolling Stones (and R.E.M. too!) on their 2010 <strong>Mimeograph</strong> EP. </li>
<li>"Up Around The Bend" Creedence Clearwater Revival </li>
<li>"Bossa Nova Baby" This Elvis Presley song was featured during a montage in the movie <strong>No Strings Attached</strong>. </li>
<li>"California Gurls" (feat. Snoop Dogg) Katy Perry </li>
<li>"Rush" I chose this Big Audio Dynamite II song because it pokes fun at stuffy English aristocracy in the same way the following track does... </li>
<li>"You're A Good Man Albert Brown (Curse You Red Barrel)" <strong>The Dukes Of Stratosphear</strong> was a 1960s-psychedelic pop side project of XTC. This song has a rustic English beer-barrel pub atmosphere mixed in. </li>
<li>"Effington" <strong>Ben Folds Presents : University A Cappella!</strong> includes many terrific university groups. This particular track is Ben multi-tracked over and over (with some help from his kids!) </li>
<li>"It Won't Be Long" The Beatles: has some of the same antic energy as "Effington." </li>
<li>"Ain't Good Enough For You" Bruce Springsteen writes these inconsequential freewheeling party rockers all the time, but they usually don't make it onto the album. This one is no different. Bruce recorded it during the <strong>Darkness On The Edge of Town</strong> sessions. Obviously it doesn't fit with that album's atmosphere, so he sat on it, until the 2010 release of <strong>The Promise</strong>. </li>
<li>"Stop Playing With My Heart" A fascinating "concept" album, with a authentic 1980s vibe, from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals. </li>
<li>"I'll Be Alright Without You" Journey </li>
<li>"Caravan" Van Morrison </li>
<li>"Boys Don't Cry" I heard this Grant-Lee Phillips cover of the Cure song on his all-covers CD <strong>nineteeneighties</strong>, and years later on an episode of <strong>How I Met Your Mother</strong>. </li>
<li>"Stay Gold" Stevie Wonder recorded this treacly ballad in the early 1980s for the movie <strong>Rumble Fish</strong>. I thought Emily was pulling my leg when she told me this story... until I found it on iTunes! </li>
<li>"Stand Together" The Beastie Boys</li>
</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-38813090218794794512010-12-25T15:38:00.000-05:002011-12-20T15:44:15.798-05:00Christmas Mix 2010If you never noticed how melancholy many Christmas songs are, you'll notice it here...<br />
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<li>"Valley Winter Song" <b>Fountains of Wayne</b>, a bittersweet wintertime travelling song.<br />
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<li>"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" <b>U2</b>'s soundcheck recording, from the first <b>A Very Special Christmas</b> charity album, is my favorite version of this sad Christmas song.<br />
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<li>"Baby It's Cold Outside" <b>Ray Charles & Betty Carter</b>, or, as my wife calls it, the almost date-rape song? No means no, Ray!<br />
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<li>"Christmas Wrapping" <b>The Waitresses</b>' charming New Wave white-girl rap. Why hasn't there been a romantic comedy movie based on this song?<br />
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<li>"Sleigh Ride" <b>Ella Fitzgerald</b>, a terrific Christmas record.<br />
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<li>"Have Yourself Christmas Trouble" <b>Mr Fab & The RIAA</b> rearrange all the words of Bing Crosby's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to tell a bleaker story: "<b><span style="color: blue;">Hang yourself up upon the highest bough</span></b>", <b>"<span style="color: blue;">Faithful friends who are dear to us, will be far away</span>"</b>...
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<li>"Do They Know It's Christmas?" <b>Band Aid</b> was the ideal post New Wave supergroup for me, 12 years old, going on 13, for Christmas 1984.<br />
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<li>"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" <b>Judy Garland</b> sings it with the original, super melancholy lyrics.<br />
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<li>"I'll Be Home For Christmas" <b>Aimee Mann</b>, another hopeful Christmas song.<br />
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<li>"Winter Wonderland" <b>Ray Charles</b>' version, as heard in When Harry Met Sally...<br />
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<li>"White Christmas" <b>Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters</b>, maybe my favorite recording of this song.<br />
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<li>"Evil Santa" <b>Bill Murray & Gilda Radner</b>, from the <b>National Lampoon Radio Hour</b>.<br />
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<li>"Santa Claus is Coming To Town"[live] One of my all-time favorite <b>Bruce Springsteen</b> performances. Electric!<br />
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<li>"Christmas Song" [live] <b>Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds</b><br />
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<li>"Let It Snow" <b>Vaughn Monroe</b>, as heard at the end of <b>Die Hard</b>.<br />
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<li>"Auld Lang Syne" [live] <b>Guy Lombardo</b><br />
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<li>"Skating" <b>Vince Guaraldi Trio</b></li>
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<i>(I assembled this mix in 2010 but never posted it to the blog until 2011. That's why it's backdated to 12/25/2010.)</i><br />
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<li>"Holiday" Vampire Weekend </li>
<li>"No One's Gonna Love You" Band Of Horses: I bought this song after Cee Lo Green covered it on this new album. </li>
<li>"Sweet Thing" Van Morrison </li>
<li>"Teenage Dream" Glee Cast Version: No one's going to believe me when I say I have no patience for the TV show, but I love The Warblers cover songs. This one gives me chills. </li>
<li>"Satisfied" Cee Lo Green: Anyone who wears their love of Prince so proudly has my support.</li>
<li>"I Would Die 4 U" Prince & The Revolution </li>
<li>"Blue Jean" David Bowie: I used to try to minimize the number of songs which reappeared on mixes over and over again. Over the years this habit became calcified to the point where mixes were loaded with: new songs + old songs which I didn't love. I am trying to loosen up and include some "golden oldies" where appropriate! </li>
<li>"The Suburbs" Arcade Fire: I like this song, even if the rhythm section is super-cliche'd, and it's a little too long. </li>
<li>"You Are The Best Thing" Ray LaMontagne: great fun, even if he's super derivative. </li>
<li>"The Difference" The Wallflowers </li>
<li>"The Word" The Beatles </li>
<li>"Way Down Now" World Party </li>
<li>"Ruthless People" Mick Jagger: The edit of this song which opens the eponymous movie is much shorter and better. This one drags on for 4m30s.</li>
<li>"I Belong To The Band" Mavis Staples </li>
<li>"Crazy About You" Whiskeytown </li>
<li>"No More No More" Aerosmith: Does anyone remember when Aerosmith was an active rock and roll band which didn't record ballads for movies? Me neither.</li>
<li>"It's Only Wednesday" Crash Kings: I think I heard this song in the movie Zombieland?</li>
<li>"Valerie" The Zutons: what the heck is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zutons#History">Zuton</a>? </li>
</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-7452426541139390782010-12-11T09:19:00.063-05:002011-08-29T20:25:04.134-04:00"Recycled" Cover Songs: Yankee Swap 2010The theme of the Yankee Swap this year was "Recycled Christmas" so I assembled (with editing help from Emily) an all-covers mix:<br />
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<li>"I Saw Her Standing There" The Smithereens recorded their own song-by-song remake of <b>Meet The Beatles</b>, called <b>Meet The Smithereens</b>.</li>
<li>"Don’t Bring Me Down" (Live) The New Pornographers covering the ELO classic, <b>Live from Soho.</b></li>
<li>"Hackensack" (Live) Katy Perry unplugged, covering Fountains of Wayne. Who knew she had such good taste?</li>
<li>"Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic" From Shawn Colvin's all-covers album<b> Cover Girl</b></li>
<li>"Burning Down the House" A terrific remake of The Talking Heads from Bonnie Raitt's live <b>Road Tested</b> album. Perhaps the most radical remake of the mix.</li>
<li>"It's My Life" It's great to hear a remake of a New Wave one-hit wonder, especially so well done by No Doubt.</li>
<li>"Any Major Dude Will Tell You" Wilco covers Steely Dan for the <b>Me, Myself, and Irene</b> movie soundtrack.</li>
<li>"This Charming Man" Death Cab For Cutie increases the tempo on this Smiths classic. From their CD <b>You Can Play These Songs With Chords.</b></li>
<li>"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing Baby" An Ashford & Simpson oldie from Michael McDonald's <b>Motown </b>album.</li>
<li>"Everyday Is A Winding Road" Who knew Prince was a Sheryl Crow fan?</li>
<li>"Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" Annie Lennox covers The Clash on her all-covers CD <b>Medusa</b>.</li>
<li>"Teenage Dream" This <i>a capella</i> cover of Katy Perry might be the most exciting performance I've ever heard on the TV show <b>Glee</b>. </li>
<li>"People Get Ready" In the <i>a capella</i> theme, The Housemartins cover Curtis Mayfield's song on their album <b>London 0 Hull 4</b> (that might be a soccer reference?)</li>
<li>"High & Dry" British wunderkind jazz pianist Jamie Cullum covers Radiohead on this album <b>Twentysomething</b>.</li>
<li>"Mrs. Robinson" The Lemonheads' cover of Simon & Garfunkel was a late addition to their album <b>It's A Shame About Ray</b>... <b>after </b>it was a surprise hit as a standalone single.</li>
<li>"Whole Lotta Love" Carlos Santana's manager must have noticed there's two types of albums which aging icons sell well-- covers albums and collaborations. Why not put them together for <b>Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time</b>? Chris Cornell was born to sing Led Zeppelin.</li>
<li>"...Baby One More Time" I think Fountains Of Wayne covered Britney Spears ironically. From their odd-and-ends collection <b>Out-Of-State Plates</b>.</li>
<li>"I Will Survive" I know for certain that Cake covered this Gloria Gaynor disco classic ironically. From their CD <b>Fashion Nugget</b>.</li>
<li>"In Between Days" Ben Folds covers the awesome Cure song on his EP <b>Speed Graphic</b>.</li>
<li>"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Ray Charles & Elton John duet on Ray's album <b>Genius Loves Company</b>.</li>
<li>"More Than This" The Charlie Hunger Quartet are joined by Norah Jones on the Roxy Music song, on their CD <b>Songs from the Analog Playground</b>.</li>
<li>"Green Onions" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers cover the Booker T & The MG's instrumental -- best known as the song they play during pitching changes at baseball games -- on their <b>Live Anthology</b> box set. </li>
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Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-73710351282892568532010-11-01T16:44:00.003-04:002011-01-12T10:07:55.214-05:00127 The Whiskey RiverThe first four tracks on this mix all clumped together. I started with "Horchata", from Vampire Weekend's second album <b>Contra</b>. (FYI, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horchata">horchata</a> is a traditional beverage, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, or tigernuts.) With "Horchata" as the germ, I built three other songs with fun and exotic instrumentation around it: the pseudo-reggae of "Last Night", the steel drums of the least-cool Rod Stewart song ever, and the accordion of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_%28album%29#Background">Gumboots</a>", from Paul Simon's <b>Graceland </b>(aka "You don't feel you could love me/But I feel you could") <br />
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<li>"Last Night" Traveling Wilburys </li>
<li>"Horchata" Vampire Weekend </li>
<li>"Love Touch" Rod Stewart </li>
<li>"Gumboots" Paul Simon </li>
<li>"Peace Train" 10,000 Maniacs; I just saw Yusuf, aka Cat Stevens, at Jon Stewart's <i>Rally to Restore Sanity</i>. </li>
<li>"An Innocent Man" Billy Joel </li>
<li>"Sentimental Heart" She & Him </li>
<li>"Ruby Tuesday" The Rolling Stones </li>
<li>"Summer" Buffalo Tom </li>
<li>"We Are Sex Bob-Omb" from Sex Bob-Omb dovetails nicely into... </li>
<li>"Yer Blues" The Beatles </li>
<li>"Rollin' and Tumblin'" Muddy Waters inspired the title of this mix:</li>
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If the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck<br />
I would dive to the bottom, never would I come up</blockquote>
<li>"Damn Good" David Lee Roth: Have you ever completely forgotten a song? Forgotten a song so completely that you don't even remember knowing it in the first place? I recently bought David Lee Roth's solo CD <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/skyscraper-r16988">Skyscraper</a> for $1. David Lee Roth's solo career took off when I was a teenage Van Halen fan, so me and my friends had a lot of loyalty to Diamond Dave. I wanted the CD for the hit single "Living In Paradise", but for the heck of it I listened to the whole disc one day. That's when I rediscovered "Damn Good", an acoustic ballad (with nice guitar work from Steve Vai.) It's NOT a "damn good" song, BUT the point is, I had not heard the song in 22 years! It was weird dusting the cobwebs off this teenage memory. </li>
<li>"Put Me On Top" Aimee Mann </li>
<li>"Bang Bang Bang" Tracy Chapman </li>
<li>"Smoke On The Water" Deep Purple </li>
<li>"Hunger Strike" Temple of the Dog </li>
<li>"I Hate Myself For Loving You" Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, the original version, before it was appropriated for Monday Night Football. </li>
<li>"I Love Your Smile" Shanice I think I added this song because I saw someone on TV named Shanice? </li>
<li>"Shadowboxer" Fiona Apple </li>
</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-25159630774481230822010-09-01T15:32:00.002-04:002010-11-04T16:43:57.045-04:00126: Summerbeast<ol>
<li>"Run" Vampire Weekend
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<li>"Driver 8" The Old '97s. A slightly harder-rocking, slightly less subtle version of one of my favorite R.E.M. songs.
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<li>"Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)" Icicle Works. Rediscovered on a VH1 1980s video showcase.
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<li>"Jealous Again" The Black Crowes. A live, in-studio, acoustic performance, from the new Crowes album.
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<li>"Never" Heart. So richly imbued with Eighties-ness, it's hard to mix this track among other less exuberantly artifical songs...
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<li>"TiK ToK" ...until Ke$ha came along.
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<li>"Wash Your Face In My Sink" The Dream Warriors. Was this Canadian hip-hop duo a one-hit wonder, or was this song popular only among me and my friends at WERS in 1991?
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<li>"The Distance" Cake. Before I met my wife, I only new Cake as the 1990s alt rock band which covered "I Will Survive". I mostly hate disco, and this Gloria Gaynor song is one of my least-favorite hits in a genre I hate already. To sum up: Cake's cover is a boring, overlong, overly ironic remake of a song I hated in the first place. It turns out my wife has, like, four Cake CDs, and in the intervening years, I have found a bunch of their songs I actually like, including "The Distance", one of my new ringtones.
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<li>"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" I don't listen to Jimi Hendrix enough. I gotta start putting him on more mix CDs. Mostly this song makes me think of a) hippies, and b) that scene it's in in <b>Almost Famous</b>, when the band trades in their bus for the jet plane.</li>
<li>"Free Fallin" [live], from the comprehensive new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers <b>Live Anthology</b>. Great sing-along from the audience.
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<li>"One True Love" Semisonic is another one-hit 1990s alt-rock band, whom I have gotten to know better. Around the turn of the century I really got into their almost-hit "Chemistry", and later, <a href="http://www.semisonic.com/jake/default.asp">the drummer wrote a memoir</a> which could have been titled "What It's Like To Be A One Hit Wonder."If you want to dig deeper into 1990s nostalgia, check it out. Jen Trynin <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Im-Cracked-Up-Be/dp/0151011486">also wrote a book</a> about her year in the spotlight, which could have been called "I Would Have Been Alanis Morrisette (If It Weren't For Alanis Morrisette.)"</li>
<li>"Via Chicago" Wilco. We went to Wilco's music and arts festival in North Adams this summer. This track is from Wilco's album <b>Summerteeth</b>.
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<li>"Stratford-On-Guy" Liz Phair. I have the complete Rolling Stone magazine, cover-to-cover, on DVD (1967-2007.) Around the time I was assembling this mix I re-read Liz' 1994 Rolling Stone cover story<b>.</b></li>
<li>"Do You Love Me" Ridiculously catchy new Guster song, with pleasant Wall of Sound production.
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<li>"Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" Chris Isaak. Apparently there's a cable channel called FUSE, which aired a special Fifty Sexiest Music Videos Ever. My wife and I were not surprised to find the "Wicked Game" video at Number One, which inspired including this Isaak song.
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<li>"Hackensack" [live, acoustic] The fact that Katy Perry has heard Fountains of Wayne, and recorded a nice cover song, has raised my opinion of her. It's still unfortunate that she married Russell Brand.
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<li>"Ugly Truth Rock" Matthew Sweet
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<li>"1901" Phoenix. It's like Duran Duran and Joy Division had a love child in France with Bryan Ferry as the midwife.
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<li>"Pictures of Matchstick Men" Camper Van Beethoven
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<li>"It Ain't The Cold War Harry" Grant-Lee Phillips</li>
</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-49727964048468969402009-12-01T15:28:00.002-05:002011-08-30T12:10:24.616-04:00124: The Hank Scorpio Dictionary of Soul<ol>
<li>
"These Days" R.E.M. Live at the Olympia. Have you ever continued to follow your favorite band long after their creative peak, then looked back in regret, wishing you hadn't bought their last four albums? I used to be a big fan of R.E.M. I have all their CDs up through <b>Reveal</b> (2001). Not long after that, I looked back at the previous decade, and wished I had given up the R.E.M. habit after <b>Automatic for the People</b> in 1992. If anyone is interested in buying used copies of <b>Monster </b>(1994), <b>New Adventures in Hi-Fi</b> (1996), <b>Up </b>(1998), and <b>Reveal</b>, let me know...</li>
<li>Soap on a Rope" Chickenfoot. A unabashedly retro hard rock supergroup: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Chad Smith. I got this single for free on Amazon.
</li>
<li>"I Hate My Generation" Cracker
</li>
<li>"Camera One" Josh Joplin Group sounds remarkably like R.E.M.
</li>
<li>"(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" Weezer. I have never been a particular fan of Weezer, but this song is a lot of fun.
</li>
<li>"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell has very similar guitar rhythm to the Weezer song, above.
</li>
<li>"Carol Brown" by Flight of the Conchords turns "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" back on the guy. I love Jemaine talking back to his ex-girlfriend backing chorus.
</li>
<li>"Already Gone" might be my favorite Eagles song.
</li>
<li>"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (Extended Club Mix) Hall & Oates. I am a collector of 12-inch dance remixes, specifically remixes of 1980s rock and pop songs (non-disco.) I have never heard of a group re-releasing their remixes as part of catalog reissues, but I found some Hall & Oates remixes re-released on Amazon.
</li>
<li>"Mississippi" Sheryl Crow. Thanks to RDM for including this song on a mix CD he gave me. Bob Dylan's original version is one of the first songs my son heard on our iPod the day after he was born.
</li>
<li>"I'm Looking Through You" The Beatles. I have liked singing to my son since Day One (literally.) I sang this song to him on Day One. I don't know how I chose this song, but there you go.
</li>
<li>"Rock Me On The Water" Jackson Browne
</li>
<li>"In Your Room" The Bangles. In November 2009, I saw one of my favorite musicians, Matthew Sweet, live onstage in Arlington MA (!!) as part of his "Under The Covers" side project with ex-Bangle Susannah Hoffs. One of the final performances of the night was an acoustic version of "In Your Room". NOTE: Susannah and I share a birthday!
</li>
<li>"Planet Claire" The B-52's. I saw a cheer group dance to this song in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2009.
</li>
<li>"Poker Face" Lady Gaga
</li>
<li>"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" Tina Turner. I also used to sing the chorus of this song to my newborn son. Who knows why.
</li>
<li>"Free Will" Rush
</li>
<li>"Maggie May" Susannah Hoffs & Matthew Sweet
</li>
<li>"Singalong Junk" Paul McCartney. Another singalong to my son.</li>
</ol>
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Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-11555486897905627802009-09-01T17:31:00.002-04:002011-08-30T12:02:20.525-04:00123 No Man Can SayThis mix is not particularly inspired- it's overloaded with random songs pulled from CDs and LPs I had recently bought at yard sales.<br />
<ol>
<li>"Mais Que Nada" Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 • One of those instrumentals I have heard a thousand times and never knew the name. I heard it in the movie Joe Versus The Volcano, so I was able to find the title in the end credits and VOILA here we are. Also known as Music From A Baseball Pitching Change.
</li>
<li>"Too Many Dicks [On the Dancefloor]" Flight of the Conchords • I am glad to hear that FOTC is not going to continue for a third season on HBO. I loved season 1, but season 2 was nowhere near as good. This song was a highlight!
</li>
<li>"White Lines [Don't Do It]" Duran Duran feat. Grandmaster Flash • Craig Ferguson once lip-synched this song (with a puppet chorus) as the cold open of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Late Late Show</span>, I shit you not.
</li>
<li>"We'll Be Together" • Sting
</li>
<li>"I DoWanna Know" REO Speedwagon • I had not heard this song in 20 years when I found the LP at Antiques USA in Arundel, ME, for $2. Not exactly a rock 'n' roll classic, I had seen the video for it as a teenager, on Boston's UHF video channel V-66. For some strange reason, this completely ordinary rock song's catchy chorus stuck with me into the 21st century. Listening to it again for the first time in two decades was like watching a video of a long lost dream. Very trippy.
</li>
<li>"Sonny Feeling" • Wilco
</li>
<li>"Bittersweet" • Hoodoo Gurus
</li>
<li>"Baby You're A Rich Man" [mono mix, 2009 remaster] • The Beatles
</li>
<li>"Sugar Magnolia" Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs • A Grateful Dead cover from their second disc of classic rock cover songs, Under The Covers Vol 2. I went to see the dynamic duo play an acoustic set, with my friends George and Mandy, in November.
</li>
<li>"Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)" Hall & Oates • From Hall & Oates early seventies era.
</li>
<li>"It Hasn't Happened Yet" John Hiatt • From John Hiatt's pre-fame era.
</li>
<li>"Slowly [oh so slowly]" • Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
</li>
<li>"Rock'n Me '76 Slow" Steve Miller Band • An outtake from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fly Like An Eagle</span> sessions, it's a slow acoustic version of the rock classic.
</li>
<li>"Across The River" • Bruce Hornsby & The Range
</li>
<li>"Don't Change" • INXS
</li>
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<li>"Girl Of 100 Lists" The Go-Gos • I was inspired to include this song after reading a 1983 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rolling Stone</span> cover story about the Go-Gos.
</li>
<li>"Time Stand Still" The Hooters • Only after I bought this song on iTunes did I realize why it sounded so good- it's a unintentional remake of their own song "Satellite". Oh well.
</li>
<li>"Rollin' And Tumblin'" Canned Heat • I first heard this blues standard covered on Eric Clapton <span style="font-weight: bold;">Unplugged</span>.
</li>
<li>"Hey Ya" Booker T. • The organist/leader of Booker T. & The MG's covers the Outkast song on the organ!</li>
</ol>
Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-89579399331943690502009-08-04T12:41:00.005-04:002010-11-04T16:49:59.937-04:00Fifty BandsThis post was inspired by a Facebook meme that's going around.<br />
<ul>"Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?"</ul>
I tried to leave out:<br />
<ul>
<li>bands you've never heard of;</li>
<li>bands I saw at Lollapalooza;</li>
<li>bands I saw for free;</li>
<li> and bands whose concerts I have no memory of!</li>
</ul>
Here's what remains, in pure stream-of-consciousness order:<br />
<ol>
<li>Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mother's Milk tour, Orpheum 1988? Still the loudest concert ever.
</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Gabriel</span> is the first concert I saw, at Great Woods in 1987, with Youssou N'Dour opening. My mom went with me. I saw PG again on the US tour, and again on the UP tour.
</li>
<li>ZZ Top, the Worcester Centrum...
</li>
<li>...and The Black Crowes opened for ZZ Top on the Recycler tour in 1990!
</li>
<li>Paul McCartney 1989 and 2001
</li>
<li>The Dead Milkmen
</li>
<li>Violent Femmes, Orpheum, 1994? I thought the balcony was going to collapse during "Blister in the Sun".
</li>
<li>Billy Joel at the old Boston Garden, on the Storm Front tour; even in 1990 he could not sing the high parts in "An Innocent Man" anymore.</li>
<li>AC/DC, I think it was the Blow Up Your Video tour, with Cinderella opening.</li>
<li>Aerosmith: December 31, 1989, at the old Boston Garden, with Skid Row opening.</li>
<li>Wilco 2002, 2003, 2009
</li>
<li>Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
</li>
<li>Ben Folds, 2002- the cover photo of <b>Ben Folds Live</b> was taken at the show I went to.
</li>
<li>Letters to Cleo, Avalon
</li>
<li>Bob Dylan 1999, 2004?
</li>
<li>Natalie Merchant, twice in the 1990s
</li>
<li>Liz Phair 1998, 2003
</li>
<li>The Breeders
</li>
<li>Bob Mould
</li>
<li>John Hiatt
</li>
<li>Nick Lowe
</li>
<li>Sting 1987, 1988
</li>
<li>Sinead O'Connor
</li>
<li>Bruce Springsteen 1992, 1995, 2001
</li>
<li>Fountains of Wayne
</li>
<li>The Thorns
</li>
<li>The Jayhawks
</li>
<li>Chicago
</li>
<li>The Beach Boys
</li>
<li>Little Feat
</li>
<li>Steve Miller Band
</li>
<li>George Thorogood
</li>
<li>Spin Doctors
</li>
<li>The Lemonheads
</li>
<li>R.E.M.
</li>
<li>Barenaked Ladies twice</li>
<li>Buffalo Tom
</li>
<li>New Pornographers
<br />At this point, I could not think of any more off the top of my head, so I read some old blog posts to jar my memory...<br />
</li>
<li>Lucinda Williams
</li>
<li>Squeeze
</li>
<li>John Wesley Harding
</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pearl Jam</span> at the Orpheum, on the Versus tour, maybe the best show I have ever seen.
</li>
<li>Ellis Paul
</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert Plant</span> at SXSW is the closest I have been to a <b>Rock & Roll Hall of Fame</b>r- me, my wife, and our friends were all up against the barricades for this show.
</li>
<li>Prince
</li>
<li>Hall & Oates
</li>
<li>The Cranberries
</li>
<li>Alison Krauss & Union Station
</li>
<li>Indigo Girls
</li>
<li>Guster</li>
<br />and many more...</ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-49231146574760628712009-06-19T14:09:00.002-04:002009-06-19T14:41:27.855-04:00They said you was going to put me on the shelf...Have you ever been totally overexposed to your favorite band, TV show, or movie, that you never want to see them again? I saw the movie <a href="http://stubhubby.blogspot.com/1993/06/my-all-time-box-office-hits.html">Pulp Fiction six times in the theater</a> in 1994 and 1995, and in the 14 years since, I don't think I have seen it once. The same thing has happened to me with classic rock. There was a time about ten years ago when I was tired of classic rock. I had been listening to classic rock as a fan and as a DJ since I was a teenager. Ten years later, I was oversaturated. In 1999, creaky old bands from the 1970s were at the low ebb of coolness. Around that time, I sold a bunch of my CDs at a yard sale. Normally I never get rid of any CDs, but I was at a place in my life where I never thought I would want to listen to these bands again:<ul><li>JOURNEY: Greatest Hits</li><li>CHICAGO's Greatest Hits</li><li>The EAGLES Their Greatest Hits 1971-75</li><li>The EAGLES Greatest Hits, Vol. 2</li><li>RUSH: Chronicles</li></ul>Fast-forward to the 21st century. I have spent most of the 2000s NOT listening to classic rock, both on the radio and around the house. I have started to miss these bands. I want to invite "25 or 6 to 4", "Already Gone", and "Limelight" back into my life. Thankfully, I can reclaim these hits collections without giving Don Henley any more of my money. My mother-in-law gave me access to her old records, where I found Chicago's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Greatest Hits</span>, Volumes 1 AND 2; I have picked up copies of Journey's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Evolution </span>(1979) and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Escape </span>(1981); and I found The Eagles: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975</span> at a yard sale last weekend. That particular collection has sold <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Greatest_Hits_(1971-1975)">42,000,000 copies worldwide</a>, so I was glad to find a used copy lying around!<p>I have been reunited with my classic rock roots. Perhaps in a few years I will be ready for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pulp Fiction</span> again too?Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-90816341261782517872009-05-26T14:29:00.002-04:002009-05-26T14:52:58.138-04:00122: All The Music That FitsWhile packing and preparing to move to a new apartment, I did a Thoreau-ian "simplify, simplify" purge of my possessions. Part of that project is recycling <em>Rolling Stone</em> back issues from the 1980s. Since I bought the complete <em>Rolling Stone</em> 1967-2007 on DVD-ROM, technically I don't need ANY of those back issues clogging up my bookcases anymore. Rather than unilaterally toss 'em all out, I only discarded the issues which were too tattered to keep, and/or the issues I had scissored to ribbons during my teenage collage-making days.<p>After placing those issues aside, but before dropping them in the recycling bin, I leafed through the stack: about a dozen issues, all from 1985-1989. This quick skim inspired some MP3 purchases from that era (see below).<p>Another side-effect of packing? A slew of new music discoveries. Since I hardly ever hear new music on the radio, I tend to find new music on the RCN Music Choice channel: Adult Alternative. And when do I listen to this channel? When packing boxes!<ol><li>"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by Vampire Weekend is my wife's new ringtone.
</li><li>"All Around the World Or The Myth of Fingerprints" [demo], Paul Simon
</li><li>"On A Night Like This" Los Lobos (from the movie soundtrack <em>Masked and Anonymous</em>)
</li><li>"Take The <strong>Joker</strong> & Run" Steve Miller Band: I found a special re-release of Miller's <em>Fly Like An Eagle</em>, which includes several outtakes, including this one. It's a early version of "Take The Money & Run", but the arrangement is exactly like "The Joker". It's really funny and odd to hear it like that!
</li><li>"Waiting for a Miracle" Bruce Cockburn
</li><li>"Real Love" Lucinda Williams
</li><li>"Smoking Gun" Robert Cray Band
</li><li>"Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters" Elton John (I just bought his album <em>Honky Chateau</em>, and re-discovered this great song.)
</li><li>"People Got A Lotta Nerve" Neko Case
</li><li>"Satellite" The Hooters
</li><li>"Trashcan" Delta Spirit
</li><li>"Lips Like Sugar" Echo & The Bunnymen
</li><li>"The Big Bang Theory (Theme)" Live in Concert, Barenaked Ladies
</li><li>"Mykonos" Fleet Foxes
</li><li>"Hurt Feelings" Flight of the Conchords
</li><li>"Folsom Prison Blues" Merle Haggard & The Strangers: I like putting together the faux badasses of FotC next to the faux badass of this song.
</li><li>"I Know" [live] Pat McGee
</li><li>"I Want to Make The World Turn Around" I had completely forgotten this Steve Miller Band song until I read a review of the LP in my old Rolling Stone magazine...
</li><li>"Used To Be Bad" A completely ordinary blues duet between two old fogies: Paul McCartney & Steve Miller.
</li><li>"Absolutely Still" Better Than Ezra
</li><li>I liked "OK It's Alright With Me" the first few times I heard it, but Eric Hutchinson is starting to sound like a second rate Jamie Cullum or Maroon 5?
</li><li>"Phantom Limb" The Shins
</li></ol>Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-3829214905181802042009-05-15T11:34:00.000-04:002011-11-08T11:34:52.283-05:00Moving<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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A lovely mix CD from my wife! </div>
<br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" <b>She
& Him</b> <i>Volume One</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"I Got You (At the End of the
Century)" <b>Wilco </b><i>Being There</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Deep Red Bells" <b>Neko Case</b> <i>Live from Austin</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Los Angeles, I'm Yours" <b>The Decemberists</b> <i>Her Majesty The
Decembrists</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Right Moves"<b> Josh
Ritter</b> <i>The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Classic Cars" <b>Bright Eyes</b> <i>Cassadaga</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Cab" <b>Train </b><i>For Me, It's You</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"As Long As You Follow" <b>Fleetwood Mac</b></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"One Sweet Duet"<b> John Craigie</b> <i>A Picnic On the 405</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Put Your Records On" <b>Corinne Bailey Rae</b></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"The Way I Am"<b> Ingrid Michaelson </b><i>Girls
and Boys</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"David" <b>Nellie McKay</b> <i> Get
Away from Me</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Viva la Vida" <b>Coldplay </b><i>Viva
la Vida or Death and All His Friends</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Campus" <b>Vampire Weekend</b></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"The Underdog" <b>Spoon </b><i>Ga
Ga Ga Ga Ga</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Keep the Car Running"<b> Arcade Fire</b> <i>Neon Bible</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Chocolate"<b> Snow Patrol</b> <i>Final
Straw</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Come On Get Higher" (live) <b>Sugarland </b><i>Love
On the Inside</i></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight"<b> Amos Lee</b></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span>"Passing Afternoon"<b> Iron & Wine</b> <i>Our Endless Numbered Days</i></span><br />Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-798025060243666242.post-5032578375378457972009-03-19T14:59:00.002-04:002009-03-20T16:01:34.243-04:00Easy Rockers of the 1970sIn a prior life, I was a radio DJ at a series of radio stations in Maine and New Hampshire. The gig I'm talking about today was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMGX">Portland's 93.1 WMGX</a>. I was the overnight DJ at WMGX starting in 1996. When I joined WMGX, the music format was what we now jokingly call "Yacht Rock" or "Easy Rock". It was heavy on the early- to mid-seventies pop-rock. We played some contemporary music too, but the most memorable music we played was the Yacht Rock.<p>Back when I was a DJ, radio studios had special cassette decks which were wired to record only when the announcer's microphone was on. I could record all my "breaks" over a six-hour shift onto one side of a 60 minute tape. I have literally dozens of "aircheck" tapes of my nights on WMGX. I have listened to a few of these tapes recently, which has brought back a lot of memories of that line of work, and my life in the mid 1990s.<p>I had fun talking on the radio, and I actually liked the music we played. Deejaying can be a lot of fun, during the daytime, anyway, when the building is full of people. Overnights, however, is a lonely and boring shift. I basically played the music, read magazines, and killed time, between the spots where I actually talked. This was before there was free and easy Internet, so I couldn't sit and browse the Web, update my Facebook, and blog about how bored I was. If I have ever shared with you a mind-bendingly obscure bit of music trivia (did you know Melissa Etheridge is from Leavenworth, Kansas? Did you know Linda Rondstadt sings backup on "Heart of Gold"?), I know this stuff because I literally read every liner note, every music trivia book, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Billboard-Book-Top-Hits-Forty/dp/0823074994">The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">cover to fucking cover</span>.
<p>I actually spent a lot of time making mix tapes in the studio down the hall- I would use my own CDs from home + CDs I borrowed from the enormous collection in the studio. I would start a song in the main studio, leave the studio doors ajar, and crank up the speakers. While working on a mix tape down the hall, I would half-listen to the music from the main studio. When a song I was playing over the air wound down, I would hustle back and press START on the next track, then back to the tape!<p>I also pilfered a ton of LPs from the station's old vinyl collection, which was literally packed away in a storage closet. I had zero guilt about taking home stacks of LPs that would never be used again, or, in a lot of cases, had never been used in the first place.<p>So working overnights paralyzed my social life, and crippled my weekends too- I never had a problem sleeping during the day, but on the weekends, I would attempt to switch back to a regular schedule, so I could spend time with my girlfriend, but I ended up staggering about in a zombie-like haze, trying to stay conscious during daylight hours.<p>Last but not least, all DJs are paid peanuts. If you don't like the pay, there's a dozen people happy to take less to do your job.<p>Here's a representative sampling of the "easy rockers" I played every night on WMGX, in no particular order.<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">NOTE</span>: When in the following list I say we played "lots of" or "plenty of" an artist, that means we played the same few songs every day, NOT that we played a wide variety of their songs. I would guess we played no more than 6 or 7 songs by each of these artists, but we played all of these acts at least 4 or 6 times a day.<ul><li>Lots of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Van Morrison</span>, including "Moondance" and "Brown-Eyed Girl" (of course), but also "Wavelength", a song I have never heard anywhere else.
</li><li>I think the Program Director had a crush on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rod Stewart</span>, because we played him constantly, including "Reason To Believe", "The First Cut is the Deepest", "Tonight's The Night", and "You're In My Heart".
</li><li>Lots of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jackson Browne</span>, including "The Pretender", "In The Shape Of A Heart", "You Love The Thunder" and "Running On Empty"
</li><li>Lots of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Crosby Stills Nash and Young</span>, including "Southern Cross", "Carry On", and the ultimate bathroom break song, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes".
</li><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Billy Joel</span>: Lots of the Piano Man, including "It's Still Rock n Roll To Me", "You May Be Right", and "Movin Out"
</li><li>Lots and lots of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Elton John</span>, mostly "Levon", "Tiny Dancer", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", and "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
</li><li>Plenty of <span style="font-weight:bold;">James Taylor</span>, but the least timeless of these songs has to be "Your Smiling Face".
</li><li>All of <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Eagles</span> Greatest Hits Volume 1.
</li><li>"Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line", by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gerry Rafferty</span>
</li><li>Classic one-hit wonder "Romeo's Tune", by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Steve Forbert</span>
</li><li>"Crazy Love" by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Poco</span>
</li><li>After voluntarily listening to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Jimmy Buffett</span> for the first time in a decade, I was struck how he is a mediocre singer, and his songs are all midtempo and dull. How is the Margaritaville myth so strong that "parrotheads" pay big bucks to see him every summer? We played lots of "Margaritaville", "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes", "Cheeseburger In Paradise", and so on.
</li><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pure Prairie League</span>, "Amie"
</li><li>"Dreamweaver" by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Gary Wright</span>
</li><li>"Nights In White Satin" by <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Moody Blues</span>
</li><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Doobie Brothers</span>, "Black Water"
</li><li>I think "Old Man" and "Heart of Gold" were the only two <span style="font-weight:bold;">Neil Young</span> songs we played. Trust me, I wanted to play "Cinnamon Girl", "Needle & The Damage Done", or "Rockin In The Free World" instead.
</li><li>Plenty of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Steely Dan</span>, including "Do It Again" and "Reelin In The Years"</li></ul><span style="font-weight:bold;">Coming soon</span>: a sampler of the contemporary pop-rock I played back then.Nathaniel Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938599298339970729noreply@blogger.com