"Gymnopedie No. 1" is part of Erik Satie's piano compositions Gymnopedies or Trois Gymnopedies (Three Nude Dances) written in 1888. This mix features Francis Poulnec's 1951 version, Yusef Lateef's 1965 version, Gary Numan's 1980 version and Coctails' 2010 version.
"Some Of Them Are Old" was written by Brian Eno for his 1973 debut album Here Come The Warm Jets. This mix features covers by Outrageous Cherry and St. Vincent as well as the original.
The mix is bookended with the first and last song from Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album Born To Run: "Thunder Road" and "Jungleland".
The rest: a live version of The Rolling Stones' then-newly recorded "Far Away Eyes" with fiddler Doug Kershaw, John Prine's ever-relevant "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven", the dire "God's Getting Worried" by Virginia Dandies, an abridged reading by Allen Ginsberg of his "Howl (Part II)", Lenny Bruce's jazz--accompanied "Psychopathia Sexualis", the bizarre "Cocktails Darling" by Gordo, The Mexican OT & Curren$y & LES with the moody "1982", Lionel Richie's final Commodores 1982 hit "Oh No", the recent Ghostface Killah collaboration with Kanye West "No Face", Alan Burnham's eerie 1981 track "Science Fiction", Tave's philosophic "Block" featuring IDK & Musiq Soulchild and an early take of "Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac.
