Thursday, May 19, 2011

05-19-11: And If A Double Decker Bus Crashes Into Us

"There'll Be Some Changes Made" is a jazz standard written in 1921. This week's mix features versions by W. O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, Fats Waller and the legendary drummer Gene Krupa with Irene Day.

Also featured here is the twenty five year old song by The Smiths "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", along with covers released this year by Dum Dum Girls and Sara Lov.

Also featured on here more than once is Cat Stevens' "Miles From Nowhere": the album version along with an acoustic demo.

Snoop Dogg's "Who Am I? (What's My Name)" samples Tom Browne's "Funkin' For Jamaica".

The rest: the gently melancholic "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles, the mellow "Mushaboom" by Feist, the dramatic "May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone" by The Toys, the aptly titled "The Drum Thing" by The John Coltrane Quartet featuring Elvin Jones on drums, the loose "Loaded To The Gills" by Michael Liggins & The Super Souls, John Lee Hooker's driving "Boom Boom", Raheem's cocky "I'm The King", L.V. Johnson's purposeful "Don't Cha Mess With My Money, My Honey, Or My Woman", the cautionary "Shame On A Nigga" by Wu-Tang Clan, Glen Campbell's album take of the standard "My Way", and Tommy Stinson's ballad for Bash & Pop called "Nothing".

Nowhere Man The Beatles