This mix from six years ago is obviously a little bit of a stunt, as all the songs are names of women. Again, this was in the first couple months of my weekly music mix and I was still experimenting with more explicit themes before it evolved into what it is now.
I will plead the fifth as to which, if any, of these names were significant ones in my life. I will cop to being an eight grader who drove his bike to school with The Kinks' "Victoria" blasting through his walkman, providing a soundtrack to his crush on a girl of the same name whose house was on that route to school.
Many of the other names on here seem obscure or dated. They look like a list of great aunts.
Charlie Parker's studio version of the standard "Laura" begins the mix and it concludes with a live Village Vanguard version of John Coltrane's haunting "Naima", which was written for his wife.
The rest: the dramatic "Athena" by The Who, a live cover of The Grateful Dead's "Bertha" by Los Lobos, a live version of Van Morrison's "Gloria" by Jimi Hendrix, the chipper "Mary Ann" by Ray Charles, Steely Dan's sunny "peg", Al Green's blissful "Judy", a live acoustic version of "Debra" by Beck, a stripped-down live version of "Sara" by Bob Dylan, the forlorn "Juanita" by The Flying Burrito Brothers, the pretty "Michelle" by The Beatles, the pleading "Elenore" by The Turtles, the tender "Angie" by The Rolling Stones, the gentle "Julia" by The Beatles, the affectionate "Sadie" by The Spinners and Bjork's spooky "Charlene".
