Thursday, September 9, 2010

09-09-10: Cuddling A Warm Girl And Smelling Stale Perfume

This week's mix begins with The Jam's sublime "That's Entertainment" and ends with former Jam leader Paul Weller performing a live radio version a quarter century later. Also here is a rare cover by Morrissey.

Three other songs repeat this week: Simon & Garfunkel's wistful "Bleecker Street" covered by Jonatha Brooke, the Gayle Caldwell-written pop standard "Cycles" performed by both Frank Sinatra and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, and both the album and demo versions of Aretha Franklin's "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)".

The rest: the dramatic "In Den Kasernen" by Marlene Dietrich, Marvin Gaye's anguished "The End Of Our Road", Dudley Perkins' mellow "Solitude", GZA with Method Man on the eerie "Shadowboxin'", the spiritual "I Got Two Wings" by Rev. Utah Smith And Congregation, a Peanut Butter Wolf remix of the brash "Juicy Gotcha Krazy" by Oaktown's 3-5-7, Funkadelic's bouncy "Get Off Your Ass And Jam", EPMD's Zapp-sampling "You Gots To Chill", DJ Munro's remix of the rare "Bi Bi Bi Di Bi Dip Be Happy" by Pierce Bros & Co, the reggae-tinged "Man In A Suitcase" by The Police, Derrick Harriot's cover of "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles followed by a "stripped" version of their "More Love", John Phillips' buoyant "Captain (The Mermaid)", Cher's cover of Leon Russell's "A Song For You" and Tom Waits' haunting "The Part You Throw Away".

That's Entertainment The Jam