Sunday, August 30, 2020

07-23-15: And I Can Be Inside Your Dreams

"Is That All There Is?" is a Leiber & Stoller song first made a hit by Peggy Lee in late 1969. This mix features her hit recording, a live recording by her as well as a 1980 no wave version by Cristina.

"Flowers" is the opening track from the 1988 debut album Today by Galaxie 500. This mix features that version as well as covers by Slow Down, Molasses and Orange Cake Mix.

One other song repeats here: Slim Harpo's 1960 blues recording "Buzz Me Babe", with a 1975 rock cover by The Count Bishops.

The rest: Sun Ra's apt "I Am Strange", the eerie "It Never Rains In Outer Space" by Futurhythm, the proto hiphop track "Fly Guy And The Unemployed" by Ramsey 2d - 3d, Black Thought's Swizz Beats-produced "Good Morning" with Pusha T and Killer Mike, The Normal's sardonic "T.V.O.D.", Helen Humes' bouncy 1945 single "Be-Baba-Leba", the percussive "Wig Out" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Chocolate Watchband's psychedelic-tinged cover of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" simply titled "Baby Blue", Justin Townes Earle's cover of The Replacements' "Can't Hardly Wait", Replacements leader Paul Westerberg's melancholic "A Star Is Bored", the original Australian version of Air Supply's "Lost In Love", an incomplete take of Bob Dylan's "I Want You" from his 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue rehearsals and Charlie Parker performing a version of his Neal Hefti-co-written "Repetition" live at Birdland.

Is That All There Is?                               Peggy Lee
I Am Strange                                           Sun Ra
It Never Rains In Outer Space                Futurhythm
Fly Guy And The Unemployed              Ramsey 2c - 3d
Flowers                                                   Galaxie 500
Buzz Me Babe                                        Slim Harpo
Good Morning                  Black Thought ft. Pusha T & Killer Mike
T.V.O.D.                                                  The Normal
Is That All There Is?                               Cristina
Be-Baba-Laba                                         Helen Hume
Wig Out (my edit)                                   Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Flowers                                                   Slow Down, Molasses
Buzz Me Babe                                        The Count Bishops
Baby Blue                                               Chocolate Watchband
Can't Hardly Wait                                   Justin Townes Earle
A Star Is Bored                                       Paul Westerberg
Lost In Love (orig ver)                           Air Supply
Flowers                                                   Orange Cake Mix
I Want You (incomplete rehearsal)         Bob Dylan
Is That All There Is? (live)                     Peggy Lee
Repetition (live at Birdland)                  Charlie Parker


               


Sunday, August 2, 2020

07-16-15: Advertising Lies That Are Whiter Than Yours

"Hey Joe" was first copyrighted as a song in 1962 but its authorship has been contested ever since. The first commercially released version was by The Leaves in 1965, soon followed by the iconic recording by The Jimi Hendrix Experience the following year. Those versions are here with subsequent versions by Cher, Wilson Pickett and Patti Smith with some improvised rap at the beginning of her debut single.

"Lotta Love" is a song from Neil Young's 1978 album Comes A Time, and was a top ten hit for his former back-up singer Nicolette Larson the following year. Previous mixes have featured both of those versions as well as Young performing it live. This mix collects versions by Dinosaur Jr., Sharifah Ani, The Laurie Bower Singers and She & Him.

One other song repeats on this mix: "Something In The Night" from Bruce Springsteen's 1978 album Darkness On The Edge Of Town, here with a cover by Matthew Ryan.

The rest: the pulsating "We Are So Fragile" by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, a cover of his hit "Cars" by Katzenjammers, DJ Muggs' sinister "Assassination Day" with MF Doom and Kool G Rap, the educational beat piece "Basic Hip" by Del Close and John Brent, the wry "Break The Ice At Parties" by Tesco Bombers, the hushed and harsh "Bum Leg" by Cake, Kamal Hassan's giddy "Vikram Vikram", the Madlib-produced "Black Mirror" by Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, the Thom Bell-produced "The Track Of The Cat" by Dionne Warwick, the confident "The Fruits Of The Spirit" by Jay Electronica and Michael Miglio's smooth "Never Gonna Let You Go".

Hey Joe (Version)                               Patti Smith