Friday, December 23, 2011

12-22-11: I Turned You Up To Eleven

"I Want To Know What Love Is" was a number one hit for Foreigner in 1985 and features backing vocals by New Jersey Mass Choir and The Thompson Twins. This week's mix, in addition to the original, includes covers by Mariah Carey and Ann Peebles performing live.

"Mother's Little Helper" by The Rolling Stones appeared on an earlier mix. This week features coves by Linda Draper, Johnny Dowd and Liz Phair.

One other song appears twice: the 1929 gospel song "He Got Better Things For You" by Memphis Sanctified Singers, with a live cover by Mary Margaret O'Hara.

"Soldier And Police War" is Jah Lion's dee jay version of Junior Murvin's Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced "Police And Thieves".

Dory Previn wrote "Beware Of Young Girls" after her husband left her for the much younger Mia Farrow. Camera Obscura's "Dory Previn" is about a woman listening to her music to soothe the pain of a break-up.

The rest: the giddy "Girl Watcher" by The O'Kaysions, the lascivious "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" by Juelz Santana, the bluesy "Gin Soaked Boy" by Tom Waits, the extended version of "Do Ya Thing" by Gorillaz with Andre 3000 and James Murphy, the Barry White-produced "Have A Nice Weekend Baby" by Tom Brock, the detrmined "By My Damn Self Pt. 1" by Lone Catalysts, the funky "Don't It Drive You Crazy" by The Pointer Sisters and an outtake of "Can't Hardly Wait" by The Replacements.

I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner