Sunday, September 13, 2009

09-09-04: Pay No Mind To What They Say

This mix from five years ago is bookended with the sweet "Hello Stranger" by Barbara Lewis and the bittersweet "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp.

The only song that actually repeats on this mix is "Daydream Believer": the original hit by The Monkees and a live cover by Paul Westerberg.

Other stuff: a cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" by former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, Kool Blues' funky and passionate "Can We Try Love Again", Quasimoto's dense "Boom Music", Eric B. & Rakim's swaggering "Follow The Lader", King Geedorah's goofy "Take Me To Your Leader", David Bowie & Pat Metheny's haunting soundtrack collaboration "This Is Not America", Pat Benatar's uplifting "We Belong", Nico's definitive cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days", Johnny Cash duetting with Bob Dylan on the country standard "Guess Things Happen That Way", Bruce Springsteen's desperate "Atlantic City", Warren G & Nate Dogg's mellow "Regulate", Duke Ellington's frantic "March Of The Hoodlums", Yo La Tengo's cover of Sun Ra's "Nuclear War", the tuneful "Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's, Michael Jackson's anguished "Billie Jean", Maxine Brown's mournful "Oh No Not My Baby", a live version of "Lament For The Congo" by Charlie Parker at Birdland, and Frank Sinatra's romantic "Strangers In The Night".

Hello Stranger Barbara Lewis