09-13-12: Holdin' Hands And Makin' Love

"I Get Ideas" was written in 1927 as a tango, and later revived as a standard in 1951 with hit versions by Louis Armtrong and Peggy Lee.  In addition to those versions, this week's mix features a versions released this year by M.Ward.

"Property Of Jesus" is from the 1981 album Shot Of Love by Bob Dylan, the third and last of his Christian "born again" albums.  This week features covers by Sinead O'Connor and The Pretenders performing live to accompany the original.

One other song repeats this week: the ballad "Baby" by the recently rediscovered 1979 album Dreamin' Wild by Donnie & Joe Emerson, with a cover released this year by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graiffiti.

The rest: the moody "His Pain II" by BJ The Chicago Kid featuring Kendrick Lamar, the full album version of the languid "Let The Music Play" by Barry White, Richie Rich's atmospheric "NIggas Done Changed" featuring 2Pac, a Lee 'Scratch' Perry-produced cover of The Undisputed Truth's "Smile Faces" by Tinga Stewart, Kool Keith's bizarre "Midwestern Shoe Calhoun", Rudolph Johnson's dreamy "The Highest Pleasure", Bobbie Gentry's nostalgic "Reunion", a cover of Tim Hardin's "Reason To Believe" by Bobby Darin, take 2 of Warren Zevon's melancholic "Depseradoes Under The Eaves", Bat For Lashes' elegant "Laura" and Duke Ellington's 1940 version of the standard "My Greatest Mistake" with a solo by Ben Webster.

Property Of Jesus                             Bob Dylan
Baby                                                 Donnie & Joe Emerson
His Pain II                                        BJ The Chicago Kid ft. Kendrick Lamar
Let The Music Play                          Barry White
Niggas Done Changed                    Richie Rich ft. 2Pac
Smiling Faces                                   Tinga Stewart
Midwestern Shoe Calhoun               Kool Keith
The Highest Pleasure                        Rudolph Johnson
I Get Ideas                                        Louis Armstrong
Property Of Jesus                             Sinead O'Connor
Reunion                                           Bobbie Gentry
I Get Ideas                                        M. Ward
Reason To Believe                           Bobby Darin
Desperadoes Under The Eaves (tk 2)      Warren Zevon
Property Of Jesus (live '86)              The Pretenders
I Get Ideas                                        Peggy Lee
Laura                                                Bat For Lashes
Baby                                                Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
My Greatest Mistake                       Duke Ellington