The two Stevie Wonder songs on this mix from six years ago are rare recordings from tv appearances he made early in his career. "1-2-3 Sesame Street" is from his guest stay on the children's show Sesame Street. "Soul Train Theme" is his spontaneous composition at the behest of Soul Train host Don Cornelius. And proof, in my opinion, of Stevie's genius.
The rest: the crooning "Need You Around" by Chicago's Smoking Popes, the giddy "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones, Keith Richard's gruff "Struggle", MF Doom's beatboxing and JJ Fad-sampling "Hoe Cakes", Slick Rick's witty "Children's Story", The Notorious B.I.G.'s swaggering "Party And Bullshit", Foreigner's dramatic "Cold As Ice", The Family's cover of Sly & The Family Stone's "Family Affair", the goofy "Funky Worm" by The Ohio Players, the firece "Funky (remix)" by The Ultramagnetic MCs, the suggestive "Tonight She Comes" by The Cars, Pavement's exuberant "Gold Soundz", Black Harmony's cover of Jean Carne's "Don't Let It Go To Your Head", Bobbie Gentry's gritty "Ode To Billy Joe", John Cougar Mellencamp's nostalgic "Cherry Bomb", the chipper "TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)" by M.F.S.B. featuring The Three Degrees, the elegiac "It's A Shame About Ray" by The Lemonheads, a cover of Bob Dylan's "Idiot Wind" by The Coal Porters, Woody Guthrie's patriotic "This Land Is Your Land" and Elton John's tender "Sweet Painted Lady".
