I do like a good playlist. I co-promote an occasional roots music night which spans blues, folk, country, bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll of an old fashioned sort. I recently whipped together, quite unscientifically (I whizzed through the library alphabetically, picking what caught my eye) a load of songs to play between bands on the old iPod. It lasted me all the way back from France yesterday…I’ll show you mine, you show me yours!
Playlists
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Flowers In Our Hair – All About Eve
Yessirree – Allison Moorer
She Moves Through The Fair – Anne Briggs
Springboard – The Arlenes
Aidan’s – Arlet
Coming Into Los Angeles – Arlo Guthrie
Rag Mama Rag – The Band
Nathaniel – Ben Watt
Young At Last – The Bench Connection
Blackwater Side – Bert Jansch
Central Reservation – Beth Orton
Winchester From St Giles’ Hill – Big Big Train
Louise, Louise Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
House of Joy – Big Joe Turner & Roomful of Blues
Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton
Tombstone Every Mile – Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun
Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Lean On Me – Bill Withers
Stormy Weather – Billie Holiday
Walt Whitman’s Niece – Billy Bragg & Wilco
Sorta kinda – Blanche Rowen and Mike Gulston
Border Radio – The Blasters
Diddie Wa Diddie – Blind Blake
Kill It Kid – Blind Willie McTell
Ballad of a Thin Man – Bob Dylan
Forever Loving Jah – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Cry, Cry, Cry – Bobby “Blue” Bland
Woods – Bon Iver
Love Letter – Bonnie Raitt
Bell, Book and Candle – Boo Hewerdine
Baby, Scratch My Back – Booker T & The MGs
Early In The Morning – Boz Scaggs
18 Wheels & A Crowbar – BR5-49
Lodi – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Long Time Gone – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Fall At Your Feet – Crowded House
Jack’s Truck Stop & Cafe – Dale Watson
I’m Your Puppet – Dan Penn
Under A Stormy Sky – Daniel Lanois
It Must Be Sunday – Darrell Scott
Ashgrove – Dave Alvin
All Your Favorite Bands – Dawes
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
Some Other Sucker’s Parade – Del Amitri
Hello Trouble – The Desert Rose Band
Crawling – Divided Opinions
Coat Of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
Eighteen Days – The Eighteenth Day Of May
Asleep In The Back – Elbow
10,000 Miles – Eliza Carthy
El Doomo – Ellis
I Can’t Hold Out – Elmore James
Tutti Frutti – Elvis Presley
Boulder To Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
Wait on time – Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Bonny Black Hare – Fairport Convention
Matty Groves – Fairport Convention
Just growing old – Fast and Loose
John O’day – The Feedback File
Be Good Or Be Gone – Fionn Regan
I Loved Another Woman – Fleetwood Mac
Sin City – The Flying Burrito Brothers
Je T’Aimais, Je T’Aime, Je T’Aimerai – Francis Cabrel
I’m In Love – Francis Dunnery
Lonesome Sound – Freakwater
Day One – Gemma Hayes
She Thinks I Still Care – George Jones
One More Dollar – Gillian Welch
Allison Road – Gin Blossoms
Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot
La Cumparsita – Cerioto – Gotan Project
Return Of The Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
Box Of Rain – Grateful Dead
Five Minutes – Gretchen Peters
Heartache – Gretchen Peters, Matraca Berg, Suzy Bogguss
Desperadoes Waiting For A Train – Guy Clark
Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
Cast the First Stone – Honey Island Swamp Band
I’m Leaving You (Commit A Crime) – Howlin’ Wolf
The Shores Of Jordan – Iris Dement
Call Me The Breeze – J.J. Cale
Better Together – Jack Johnson
I’m Alive – Jackson Browne
Country Girl (2006 Digital Remaster) – Jake Thackray
The Texas Waltz – James Burton & Ralph Mooney
Sweet Baby James – James Taylor
All Time – January
Traveling Alone – Jason Isbell
Miss Williams’ Guitar – The Jayhawks
Good Shepherd – Jefferson Airplane
Northbound 35 – Jeffrey Foucault
Mean Woman Blues – Jerry Lee Lewis
Mother Goose – Jethro Tull
Moths – Jethro Tull
Jack Common’s Anthem – Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies
Big Boss Man – Jimmy Reed
Walkin’ By Myself – Jimmy Rogers
Organ Grinder’s Ball – Jimmy Smith
Down To Zero – Joan Armatrading
’81 – Joanna Newsom
Going To The West – Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Perfectly Good Guitar – John Hiatt
Over The Hill – John Martyn
(We’re Not) The Jet Set – John Prine
Stories We Could Tell – John Sebastian
The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
Ain’t Nothing To Me – Johnny Winter
The Last Time I Saw Richard – Joni Mitchell
Wings – Josh Ritter
Quiet Town – Josh Rouse
Tonight the Heartache’s on Me – Joy Lynn White
Soldier Of The Heart – Judee Sill
Doin’ What Comes Easy To A Fool – Junior Brown
Rivers Run – Karine Polwart
The Daughter Of Megan – Kate Rusby
In State – Kathleen Edwards
Ready For The Storm – Kathy Mattea
Rock Me On The Water – Keb’ Mo’
River Rat Jimmy – Kelly Joe Phelps
Take Me Down – Kelly Willis
Here I Go Again – Kim Richey
Les Roses Sauvages – Kimmie Rhodes
Not One Bit Ashamed – King Creosote
They Don’t Know – Kirsty MacColl
Braw Sailin’ On The Sea – Kris Drever
Lark Rise Theme Tune – The Lark Rise Band
In the Meadow – the Latters
The Burrian – Lau
Evergreen – Lau VS Karine Polwart
Not the Tremblin’ Kind – Laura Cantrell
Failure – Laura Marling
Billy’s Blues – Laura Nyro
My Serenade – Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin
Up Tempo – Leo Kottke
Dixie Chicken – Little Feat
Willin’ – Little Feat
Willin’ – Little Feat
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Little Richard
Juke – Little Walter
Blacksmith – Loreena McKennitt
Country Boy – The Lost Soul Band
Your Mother And I – Loudon Wainwright III
Knoxville Girl – The Louvin Brothers
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams
If I Had A Boat – Lyle Lovett
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas
Drinkin’ In My Sunday Dress – Maria McKee
Kayleigh – Marillion
Jolly Tinker – Martin Carthy
Roving Gambler – Martin Simpson
Wild Angels – Martina McBride
Song For Ireland – 1988 version – Mary Black
He Thinks He’ll Keep Her – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Lying To The Moon – Matraca Berg
There Goes My Heart – The Mavericks
If Love Was a Train – Michelle Shocked
Moonlight Shadow – Mike Oldfield
Falling – Mindy Smith
Spanish Stroll – Mink Deville
Mannish Boy – Muddy Waters
Gulf Coast Highway – Nanci Griffith
Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
Ten Thousand Miles – Nic Jones
True Love Travels on a Gravel Road – Nick Lowe
The Lighthouses Tale – Nickel Creek
Poncho And Lefty – Old And In The Gray
Poor Man’s House – Patty Griffin
Jack Orion – Pentangle
Working Class – Pete Anderson
So Long Michael – Pierre Bensusan
Summer ’68 – Pink Floyd
Merrily Kissed The Quaker – Planxty
Just Call Me Lonsome – Radney Foster
Louise – Ralph McTell
Grand Coulee Dam – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Can You Understand – Renaissance
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight – Richard & Linda Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning – Richard Thompson
I Told Her Lies – Robbie Fulks
Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson
You Wear It Well – Rod Stewart
Love playlists and that’s a good one. Haven’t heard Border Radio for a long time- must give my Blasters disc a spin when I get home. Would jettison the Joanna Newsom though.
I adore that song. In fact played it twice…sensed un peu de restlessness from the passenger seat…
Nice to see LWIII in there Twang. Like Leonard Cohen he was someone I rediscovered around 20 years ago after losing touch with him in the early 70s. Great songwriter with a fantastic voice and very, very funny, too. Think Randy Newman with a guitar (and a better voice).
“Je vais vous montrer le mien, vous me montrez le vôtre!”
How does that line go down in France?
Hi Rob,
Start with the cheap SitKoL – cd includes the original accompanying e.p. – and then, if you realise it is indeed a magnificent piece of work, by all means proceed further.
He has still got it, by the way. Took Mrs Biggles to Hyde Park in July, along with the equivalent population of our “country”, and he was absolutely fabulous!
Wrong thread, @biggles!
oops!
please see Stevie Wonder thread (or don’t).
That’s a long list, Mr. Twang.
O.K. I’ll play.
Here’s my long list.
Colin Currie; Sam Walton – Bach: English Suite No. 2 – Prelude in a Minor
Thomas Dolby – I Scare Myself
Portishead – Sour Times
Marty Robbins – Mean Woman Blues
Voice of the Seven Thunders – Set Fire To The Forest
Air – Wonder Milky Bitch
John Scofield – Acidhead
Ray Lamontagne – Jolene
Philip Catherine – NOBURL
Jaga Jazzist – Oslo Skyline
Sekouba Bambino Diabate – A Barana
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – There She Goes, My Beautiful World
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bootleg
Loudon Wainwright III – Heaven And Mud
Alison Krauss – Get Me Through December
The Upsetters – Table Turning
Klaus Nomi – Lightning Strikes
Brian Auger & The Trinity – Isola Natale
Neil Innes – Godfrey Daniel
Erik Truffaz – Bending New Corners
Frank Zappa – Magic Fingers (Single Edit)
John Paul Jones – Hoediddle
Dusty Springfield – Goin’ Back
Was (Not Was) – Spy in the House of Love
Jimmy Reed – Honest I Do
The Fugs – The Garden Is Open
Mari Boine – Risten
Robben Ford & the Ford Blues Band – Work Song
John Scofield – A Go Go
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band – Big Eyed Beans From Venus
Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now
The Divine Comedy – Lost Property
Etta James – At Last
Taj Mahal – Fishin’ Blues
Gong – A Sprinkling Of Clouds
The Tubes – White Punks on Dope
The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday
Lisandra Meza – Cumbia De Los Locos
The Herbaliser – Amores Bongo
Sonny James – Young Love
Barclay James Harvest – Mocking Bird
Taj Mahal – She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride
Kronos Quartet – Well, You Needn’t
Eric Dolphy – Something Sweet, Something Tender
Blondie – Atomic
Esbjorn Svensson Trio – Elevation Of Love
The Secret Sisters – Big River
Glo – Let’s Glo
Jimmy Jones – Good Timin’
Taj Mahal – You Don’t Miss Your Water (’till Your Well Runs Dry)
Joe Venuti & George Barnes – I’m Coming Virginia
Jimmy Smith – Root Down (and Get It)
Blossom Dearie – Gentleman Friend
Nick Lowe – Endless Grey Ribbon
Bill Laswell – Cybotron
Ali Farka Touré – Machengoidi
Man – Bananas
Bob Brozman – Cinemascope
Cameo – Word Up (12″ Version)
The Fifth Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic
The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New
John Coltrane – Dakar
Buffalo Springfield – Expecting To Fly
Henry Doktorski – Lido Tango
Billy Paul – Me And Mrs. Jones
Ivor Cutler – Jungle Tip-Owl
Gary Burton & Chick Corea – What Game Shall We Play Today
Nick Lowe – I’m a Mess
Chris and Cosey – Synthaesthesia
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Quaw’wal & Party – (unknown, live in Tokyo 1990)
War – The Cisco Kid
The Byrds – Dolphin’s Smile
Warren Zevon – Looking For The Next Best Thing
Lisa Gerrard – Towards The Tower
Uncredited – Abu Zeluf – Beirut, Lebanon (Music in the World of Islam)
Dick Mills – Crazy Dazy
The Rolling Stones – You Got the Silver
Ketil Bjørnstad; Terje Rypdal – The Sea V
John Barry – The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
John Coltrane – Mr. Syms
Duke Ellington – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Steve Reich – Clapping Music (1972)
The Louvin Brothers – The Christian Life
Tangerine Dream – Towards the Evening Star Mandarin Cream Mix
Charlie Parker – Barbados
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – A Little Busy
Regina Spektor – Another Town
Weather Report – Jungle Book
Southside Johnny with LaBamba’s Big Band – Down Down Down
Gil Scott-Heron – Where Did The Night Go
The Surf Champlers – Toshin Doi
The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine
The Sweet Inspirations – Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
Vinegar Joe – Ride Me Easy, Rider
Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low Sweet Cadillac
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – O Children
Jill Sobule – Freshman
Johnny “Guitar” Watson – It’s Hot
Randy Newman – Spies
Teeth Of The Sea – A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.
Wooden Shjips – Flight
Eno & The Winkies – Fever
Frank Zappa – Night School
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings – Pick It Up, Lay It In The Cut
June Tabor and the Oyster Band – Valentine’s Day Is Over
Ric Cartey – Born to Love One Woman
Mary Hopkin – International
The Real Tuesday Weld – Bathtime In Clerkenwell
George Jones – Life To Go
The Byrds – Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Jackie Leven – Another Man’s Rain
Echoboy – Telstar Recovery
Carlos Paredes – Divertimento
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller
The Helio Sequence – Broken Afternoon
Luis Delgado – El Diwan de las Poetisas
The Unthanks with the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band – Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
Jim White – Take Me Away
Charlie Hunter – Fistful Of Haggis
David Bowie – Saviour Machine
Leonard Cohen – There is a War
Vyacheslav Mescherin Orchestra – Fantasies on Peru Themes
Orville Couch – Five Cent Candy
Nat King Cole – Scotchin’ With The Soda
Spike Jones & His City Slickers – William Tell Overture (Beetlebaum)
Kevin Ayers & The Whole World – Whatevershebringswesing
Loudon Wainwright III – Pretty Good Day
Snakefarm – Laredo
Back to Base with Benjamin Zephaniah – Nu Suede Shoes
East River Pipe – Shiny, Shiny Pimpmobile
Billy Bragg – Sulk
Shelby Lynne – Black Lite Blue
War – Low Rider
The Modern Lovers – She Cracked
Chuck Prophet – Dyin’ All Young
The Undertones – Jimmy Jimmy
Alabama 3 – Woke Up This Morning (Drillaz in the Church Mix)
The Who – Tattoo
Wah! – Come Back
Ken Nordine – Orange
Thurston Harris & Rufus Hunter – Purple Stew
King Crimson – One Time
Philip Glass – Facades
Orquestra Was – Forever’s a long, long time
Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports – I’m a Mineralist
Doc Watson – Deep River Blues
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen – Semi Truck
The Waterboys – Sweet Thing
Dave Bartholomew – The Monkey
Billy Bragg – She Smiled Sweetly
Dexter Gordon – Darn That Dream
Donovan – Sunny Goodge Street
Rhett Miller – Dang Me
The Notting Hillbillies – Your Own Sweet Way
Fela Kuti – Sorrow Tears & Blood
Robert Plant – Hey Joe
The Lounge Lizards – Yak
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Delilah
Alejandro Escovedo & Jon Langford with Dave Alvin – Bad News
Kangaroo Moon – Love Is
Larry Wallis – I’m A Police Car
Kevin Coyne with Jon Langford & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts – Saviour
Funkadelic – Comin’ Round the Mountain
Great list Mike. Off to Spotty
You can’t argue with someone who has the good taste to put three Taj Mahal tracks in his playlist.
these caught my eye
Cameo – Word Up (12″ Version)
The Fifth Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic
The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New
John Coltrane – Dakar
Another LWIII track plus a few Zappas and DONOVAN too! Nice!
Love the fact you have Willin’ in there twice. Betcha still get the lyrics in the wrong order when you sing along – I always do!
Nope my Willin’ is solid. The sharp eyed will work out this was made in November (testing the crappy laptop lid camera/mic)
https://youtu.be/tpn53esv9XY
Can I just interject here that Foxy’s singing along to Willin’ would in all likelihood be my favourite non-musical sound if I ever actually heard it.
Wish he was on BVs
I do love a list, and a LONG list is even better.
Both the Twang and MikeH variants offer much that I had forgotten about, and will be admonishing myself and rectifying (Mink De Ville and Vinegar Joe being two prime examples).
My Playlist up the M1 this morning was:
– whatever 6Music were playing
– Mrs D asking “Do we have to listen to this?”
– a brief visit to Planet Rock, “No, I don’t like that either”
– back to 6Music
– and repeat
That’s an all too familiar scenario.
Our compromise now is to have my iPod on shuffle (20,000 odd songs) but we each have the power of veto, i.e. move to the next track. So no more ‘do we have to listen to them AGAIN!’
Here’s one that got me through a day at work recently
Dancing Mood- Delroy Wilson
Country Bus- Jane Thackray
Jesus’s I’ve Been Walking- Water into Wine Band
Airport- Peter Hammill
Little Time Bomb- Billy Bragg
Amoeba- Adolescents
Here Comes The Rain- Trader Horne
Don’t Forget About Me- Arthur Russell
Isolation- Joy Division
Ever After- Neil Young
Human Fly- The Cramps
They Came And Took Her- Scars
Das Feuer- Holger Hiller
Marley Purt Drive- Bee Gees
Dharma For One- Jethro Tull
Walking Out- John Carpenter
Wah-Wah- George Harrison
Affection- Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
Hair- Alex Harvey
Live Free- International Studio Orchestra
Sylvia- Focus
Namida No Heart- Emy Jackson & Smashmen
Misunderstood- Wilco
Cry Of The Lone Wolf- The Electric Connection
Dystopian Vector Part One- Pye Corner Audio
Life On Mars?- David Bowie
The Grammy Song- London Wainwright III
I Don’t Owe You Anything- The Smiths
Heavy Plant Crossing- John Baker
Escape From New York- Nasty Rox Inc.
Maybe Someday- Human Beast
Body To The Mind- Quiet World
Black And White- Todd Rundgren
Join the Gang- David Bowie
Crosscut Saw- The Groundhogs
Swinging Phantom- Focus Group
Sunspots- Julian Cope
Ain’t That Peculiar- Peter Ivers Group feat. Asha Puthli
Home Thoughts From Abroad- Clifford T Ward
Secret Moments- Rick Wakeman
Richter:Path 5 (Digitonal’s Theo In Dreamland Mix)- Grace Davidson & Max Richter
Hear The Wind Howl- Leo Kottke
Soft Enough For You- The Teardrop Explodes
I Don’t Know- Chris Bell
My Bad Chest Feels Much Better Now- The Diagram Brothers
Jed The Humanoid- Grandaddy
Cruiser’s Creek- The Fall
Skullsplitter- Eric Chenaux
All Wrapped Up- OMD
A Glade Somewhere- Forests
We Can Talk- The Band
Symphony No 25 In G Minor, Kent. 183: I. Allegro Con Brio- Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
All Things Must Pass- The Beatles
California Demise- Olivia Tremor Control
A Great Day For Freedom- Pink Floyd
How Do You Find My Sister- Momus
Loss Of Identity In The Labyrinth Of Delusions- Gandalf
Deep,Desultory Dream- The Besnard Lakes
Georgia Stars- case/lang/veirs
Since the death of the cassette tape (tho’ I note tesco has ’em again on sale) and the advent of random, I confess to little need for a mixtape or playlist. Mr Random just plucks from the ether of the few songs I allow space on my comp. (I don’t rip the songs I don’t like, meaning I wonder quite why I allow the hard copy on the shelf sometimes.)
Here’s one from me that I made up 4 years ago, and liked so much I kept it (on iTunes though, not Spotify):
Love Story Layo & Bushwacka!
Marcus Garvey Burning Spear
Raver Burial
Hanged Man Bullet
Perdido Duke Ellington
Not A Friend Cat’s Eyes
Answer Song Saint Etienne
Let There Be Drums Sandy Nelson
African Soldier Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Your Lies Shelby Lynne
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère Sidney Bechet
Stand On The Word Keedz
The First Picture Of You The Lotus Eaters
Darling Be Home Soon The Lovin’ Spoonful
It Was Me Nerina Pallot
To Prove My Love Ned Doheny
K-Jee M.F.S.B. (MFSB)
Girls Moments & Whatnauts
Twiggy Twiggy [Twiggy Vs. James Bond] Pizzicato Five
Ca Plane Pour Moi Plastic Bertrand
Conquistador Procol Harum
Careering Public Image Ltd. (PiL)
Real Plumb
Quiller Quiller
Shoulder To Shoulder Rebecca Ferguson
I Feel So Good Richard Thompson
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered The Ronettes
The Spirit of Radio Rush
Asa Branca – Que Nem Giló Cravo & Canela
Default Django Django
Roxette Dr. Feelgood
Get Naked (I Got A Plan) Britney Spears
Xanadu Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun Nuyorican Soul
These Are The Ghosts The Bees
Sing The Changes Paul McCartney / Fireman
Thank You The Pale Fountains
I Can’t Turn You Loose Otis Redding
Every Car You Chase (The Snow Police) Party Ben
XOYO The Passage
Something Here In My Heart (Keeps Telling Me No) The Paper Dolls
Games People Play The Spinners
Slippery People The Staple Singers
Rinky Dink Dave “Baby” Cortez
You Were On My Mind Crispian St. Peters
Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Keep Me From You Teri DeSario
Loneliness Tomcraft
Georgy Porgy Toto
Nothing Takes The Place of You Toussaint McCall
Bad Luck (Tom Moulton Remix) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Promised Land Johnnie Allan
Sodome & Gomorra Misty In Roots
This Could Be The Night Modern Folk Quartet
A Certain Something The Move
Pretty Ballerina The Left Banke
Steal My Sunshine Len
More, More, More Andrea True Connection
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown Augustus Pablo
You Were Right Badly Drawn Boy
Poison Bell Biv Devoe
Song of the Nairobi Trio (Solfeggio) Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
Lilyputt Beth Jeans Houghton
Don’t Let Me Down Again Buckingham/Nicks
Don’t You Care The Buckinghams
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Bubblerock
Love Is Strange Buddy Holly
Riviera Life Caro Emerald
Tap Turns On The Water CCS
Finder’s Keepers Chairmen Of The Board
House Of Ecstacy The Cherry Bombz
Seven Days Too Long Chuck Wood
The Guns Of Brixton The Clash
Home Thoughts From Abroad Clifford T. Ward
Feast Of The Passover (At The Feast) The Congos
Kites 39 Lyon St. (Associates)
Third Stream 4Hero
Final Day Young Marble Giants
You’ve Got The Power Win
The Party & The After Party The Weeknd
Elusive Butterfly Val Doonican
2 Months In A Disco (vs The Trammps) Underworld
Sylvia Focus
Say You Love Me Fleetwood Mac
Who’s That Girl Eve
Metti Una Sera A Cena Ennio Morricone
Maybe Emma Bunton
Papillon Editors
Jupiter Earth, Wind & Fire
You’re The Reason Why The Ebonys
Lolyta Lana Del Rey
Lift Off (feat. Beyoncé) Jay-Z & Kanye West
Shades Of Marble Trentemøller
Bang Zoom (Let’s Go-Go) The Real Roxanne
This Fire Of Autumn Tindersticks
Hello Like Before Bill Withers
When You Get Right Down To It The Delfonics
The Pearl Judee Sill
New Clare Revival Stockton’s Wing
Afrikaan Beat Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
Lonely Boy The Black Keys
Coming Down The Weeknd
Sweet Life Frank Ocean
Far Out Crown Heights Affair
My Way Nina Simone
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying Gerry And The Pacemakers
Jezahel Shirley Bassey
Oh To Be In Love Kate Bush
Moving Like A Train Herbert
Ooh Child Wondermints
Les Fleur Minnie Riperton
Slowly Amon Tobin
Sometime Later Alpha
That’s The Spirit Judee Sill
Nick Motown Snuff
The Bells Laura Nyro
Midnight Cowboy Mantovani
The Honeymoon Killers Magazine
Happy Families Richard Hawley
La Ritournelle Sebastien Tellier
The Donkey Seranade Mario Lanza
White Horses Jacky
Eileen Michael Nyman
A Marriage Made in Heaven (with Isabella Rossellini) Tindersticks
A Man And A Woman James Last
People Used To Dream About The Future A Girl Called Eddy
Dancin’ The Night Away Voggue
Caresse Psychic TV
Careful (Click, Click) Wu-Tang Clan
The Escape Scott Walker
Gold nugget after gold nugget….love this list.
Sandy Nelson, Let There Be Drums!!! Terrific!!!!
Some great stuff there, KDH.
I like making playlists on Spotify and have a lot of “100 songs I love” lists for the car and random-play listenings.
But I also enjoy imposing discipline on the compilation by making themed lists containing 20, 25 or 30 tracks. Here’s one based around cover versions by female voices.
That list looks interesting @Peanuts Molloy.
Could you possibly post a Spotify link here?
(You just Right click on the name of the list and Spotify offer you the option Copy playlist link. Then you paste it in here.)
Thanks.
Hi @kaisfatdad
I’ve sent you a private message.
Playlists are where the music geek in me flourishes. I’ve created a series of 130-song lists (the number represents where I got sick of the first such list). This is the one I’m working on now–about 100 songs in. This is #27 in the series. I am asking for an intervention here…
Vinte e seis anos de vida normal Marcos Valle
Red Queen (feat. Zion.T) IU
Nieblas Del Riachuelo Bebo & Cigala
Bye Babe Lee Hazlewood
Oni Suru Orlando Julius
High Tide Or Low Tide Bob Marley & The Wailers
El Ritmo Del Latin Funk Los Charly’s Orchestra
99 Hollie Cook
Lune de miel Petula Clark
Riot Act Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Diz que fui por ai Ze Keti
Jane The Silver Seas
Agua Kassin+2
Hey Jude Wilson Pickett
In Time Sir Douglas Quintet
Red Gal Ring Hayward Brice And The Baba Brooks Band
Main Title, “The Gay Deceivers” Stu Phillips
Don’t Leave Me Alone With Her Sparks
Simini-Yaga Collins Oke Elaiho & His Odologie Nobles Band
Hep Cat’s Love Song Cab Calloway
Chambique Mongo Santamaría
Spread Your Soul El Michels Affair
Tsugaru Hanagasa Takeshi Terauchi
Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado Eydie Gormé & Los Panchos
Ta Pedia Tou Pirea (Never On Sunday) Anastasia, Manos Hadjidakis
Shanghai Noodle Factory Traffic
Once Tejones Chicha Libre
Woman In Love (With You) Donna Loren
Christ Is All Sam Cooke
Vento De Maio Nara Leao
Foundation Stepper Prince Far I & The Arabs
Leaf And Lime The High Llamas
Samba De Flora Airto Moreira
Amazon M.I.A.
More Love Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Don’t Wait For Me Albert Tomlinson
I’m Not Down Thea Gilmore
Hechicera Oscar D’León
E La Poeira Gilberto Gil
I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday Bobby Mitchell
Angelina II T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
Down On Mission Street Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Raising Hell Norma Jean
For The Love Of You John Holt
Bo-Time The Mar-Keys
Bom Dia, Tristeza Adoniran Barbosa
Caballo Viejo Roberto Torres
He’s On The Beach Kirsty MacColl
Get Down With It Little Richard
In Bloom Sturgill Simpson
Baby Love The Supremes
Nepa (Never Expect Power Always) Tony Allen
The Monkey Dave Bartholomew
Rete Kassav’
We Want to Be Free Cornel Campbell & Soothsayers
We Used to Call Him Dennis Sweet Baboo
Oye Como Va Santana
Million Dollar Bash Fairport Convention
Elegy For Johnny Cash Jackie Leven
Get On The Right Track, Baby Georgie Fame
A Wound Time Can’t Erase Stonewall Jackson
The Old Gold Shoe Lambchop
God Son Prince Buster
Sweet Sahumerio Gustavo Cerati
Today I Started Loving You Again Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Trem Fantasma Os Mutantes
Don’t Let It Be Said Too Late The True-Tone Singers
Samba Malato Lucila Campos
You Was for Real Doug Sahm
Coimbra Amalia Rodrigues
Brothers and Sisters Butch Cassidy Sound System
Better Git It in Your Soul Charles Mingus
Al Di Là Luciano Tajoli
He’ll Have to Go Faron Young
Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
I Don’t Want to See You Again (Mono) Peter & Gordon
One Life To Live The Souljazz Orchestra
Jodayee (Separation) Afsar Shahidi
Independent Woman Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
Calla Los Van Van
Wichita Lineman Jimmy Webb
Freedom Train James Carr
Akuyan (Ekassa 46) Sir Victor Uwaifo
Like Honey Argent
Primitive London 2 Basil Kirchin
I Shall Wear A Crown Richard Brothers
Frenzy Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
White Lines (Don’t Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
Hillbilly Rock Marty Stuart
All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople
Maracangalha Dorival Caymmi
You Were on My Mind Colvin & Earle
Kung Fu Christmas Christopher Guest/National Lampoon
Nancy’s Minuet The Everly Brothers
The True Wheel Brian Eno
Water No Get No Enemy Fela Kuti
Of on my hols, so thought I’d do a Favourite 100 Tunes Of The Year So Far playlist for the plane.
Managed to keep it down to 110 by shunting all the “dance” music (techno, drum ‘n’ bass, trance et al) off into their own list 🙂
*bursts through boarding gate, half-stumbling, half-running pursued by airport staff*
“Waaaaaaiiiit! The other list! Please post the other gnnnnnffggghhh”
*the last word is smothered as our hero is brought to the ground and soundly coshed by overzealous security staff*
Sorry @sewer-robot didn’t see this while I was away, and missed it when I came back.
Here’s the other list
(Caution, may contain Paul McCartney)
Enjoy!
Great list Mike. Amazingly I was playing the original single of Hank Ballard’s Finger Poppin’ over the weekend. Always loved the Tommy Bruce song and the two Jimmy Jones too. We only knew the Charlie Drake cover of Mr Custer at the time though.
This is a rather specialised playlist, consisting of nothing but tracks from 1960. Although I’d been plenty conscious of what was going on before that, that was the year when I really got obsessed with pop music, studying new releases in NME, listening to everything I could, hanging around in record shops playing but not buying.*
So I spent a lot of time when I should have been working, or just living, putting this list together. Some of it is desperately unhip (and sensitive souls might want to give The Heart of a Teenage Girl by Craig Douglas a miss), but it all means something (and of course some of them are stone-cold copper-bottomed classics). I hear any of these tracks and I’m Proustianly rushed back to being 13 again. And everybody knows what that’s like, even if some of the music here will make you want to gnaw your leg off.
https://open.spotify.com/user/willboot/playlist/7G45ZdZJ0UrCVlUY67yraM
*It was also, possibly not coincidentally, when I had my first girlfriend…
Thanks @johnny-concheroo. You’re right, of course – how could I possibly forget Charlie Drake. I was probably conferring some after-the-event London American label cred on Mr Verne.
I often wonder how Hank Ballard felt about having his entire schtick pinched by Chubby Checker.
And like his take on Aussie culture with My Boomerang Won’t Come Back, Charlie infused Mr Custer with the kind of casual racism you couldn’t get away with now. As for Hank, he had many strings to his bow unlike Chubby Checker who was a one trick pony. Although he certainly milked that pony, if you’ll forgive the expression