The classic Kinks song "You Really Got Me" is here along with three covers: a heavy one by Van Halen, a truly bizarre one by a late-period Sly & The Family Stone, and a nice live version by the man who wrote it, Ray Davies.
This mix's other repeating song is Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, I'm Only Bleeding", with versions by Billy Preston and Bob live with The Band in the mid 70s, many years after he wrote it.
Same title, different song: "Free At Last" by Al Green and also by Dock Reed And Vera Hall Ward. Both very spiritual.
Other stuff: Ghostface Killah's Dramatics-sampling "Wise", Consequence's swaggering "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" featuring Kanye West, Rod Stewart's silly "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", Buddy Holly's sweet "Maybe Baby", lovely soul obscurity "Wayward Dream" by Annette Poindexter & Pieces Of Peace, funky Madlib instrumental "Friends", the innocent "Tonight You Belong To Me" by Patience And Prudence, Black Star's rhythmic "Yo Yeah", the sly "In Spite Of Ourselves" by John Prine with Iris Dement, an early live take of "Old Man" by Neil Young", Bruce Springsteen's haunting "My Father's House", and Jesse Malin with a somber cover of The Replacements' "Bastards Of Young".
Finally, on "Maggot Brain", Funkadelic leader George Clinton, high on LSD, instructed the young guitarist Eddie Hazel to "play as if his mother had died. The result is heartbreakingly beautiful.
