363: LADIES OF THE WORLD

And so we near the end of this ‘thingy’ of ours. Except, dear reader, don’t think you can get rid of us that easily. More on that in the next couple of days. Many to thank for encouragement, criticism, patience, tech support, a laptop, comments, taking dictation, and of course the suggestion of Ray Davies acoustic versions. Much appreciated.

This one’s for the ladies. The last two selections are from ‘Electric Ladyland’ and ‘Electric Landlady’, respectively.

363: LADIES OF THE WORLD

1. Billie Holiday – Lady Sings the Blues
2. The Impressions – Gypsy Woman
3. T. Rex – Lady
4. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
5. The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane
6. Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman
7. Richard Hawley – Lady Solitude
8. Grinderman – Go Tell The Women
9. The Divine Comedy – A Woman Of The World
10. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
11. Neil Young – Such A Woman
12. Urge Overkill – Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon
13. Tom Waits – Warm Beer And Cold Women
14. Jimi Hendrix Experience – All Along The Watchtower
15. Kirsty MacColl – Walking Down Madison

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189: LONDON’S BURNING

No flippancy intended here, but having spent much of the last few hours glued to live updates from London, I find it difficult to think of anything else. It also makes this post a bit of a deadline nailbiter, so I’ll keep this short.

189: LONDON’S BURNING

1. The Clash – London’s Burning
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Fire
3. The Smiths – Panic
4. Tackhead – Stealing
5. Dexys Midnight Runners – Burn it Down
6. John Foxx – Burning Car
7. The Bad Shepherds – Anarchy in the U.K.
8. Arctic Monkeys – Riot Van
9. The Wailers – Burnin’ and Lootin’
10. Bruce Springsteen – My City of Ruins
11. Lupe Fiasco – Streets on Fire
12. Miles Davis – Riot
13. Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make me Wanna Holler)
14. The Slits – Shoplifting
15. John Holt – Stealing, Stealing
16. The Clash – Police and Thieves

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170: Hot

I scream, you scream, we all scream because we live in Richmond and it’s the end of July. I agree, though, that the oppression of the weather added to the depression of an aging body can seem unbearable, but just remember what the American sage Yogi Berra said: “It ain’t the heat; it’s the humility.”

1. Here Comes The Summer — Fiery Furnaces
2. Summer In The City — The Lovin’ Spoonful
3. I Want To Die In The Hot Summer — I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
4. Blaze — fIREHOSE
5. Behind The Sun — Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Burning Up — Madonna
7. Something’s Burning — The Marvellos
8. Burning Man — Mastodon
9. Burning — Fugazi
10. Burned — Buffalo Springfield
11. Fire — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. On Fire — Sebadoh
13. Fire Fire — M.I.A.
14. Lake Of Fire — Meat Puppets
15. Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) — James Brown
16. Hot Stuff — The Rolling Stones
17. Hot As A Docker’s Armpit — Budgie

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160: 9345

I was accused recently of slacking a bit in the writing department…

1. 4,738 Regrets — Trans Am
2. 1999 — Prince
3. 1969 — The Stooges
4. 400 Years — Bob Marley & The Wailers
5. Bossa Nova 101 — Money Mark
6. Complex 34 — Man Or Astro Man?
7. 25 Miles — Edwin Starr
8. 22 Dreams — Paul Weller
9. 15 Step — Radiohead
10. 14th St. Break — Beastie Boys
11. If 6 Was 9 — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
12. From A Motel 6 — Yo La Tengo
13. When I Was Cruel No. 2 — Elvis Costello
14. Song 2 — Blur
15. Tras 2 — Battles
16. Year 1 — X

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123: SECOND FIRST THIRD (TRIOS)

Hey Eric, nice nice nice job on your last playlist. I too have recently been aware of this milestone approaching (or should that be ‘approximately 587 yardstone’ ?) and now seem unable to get the number three out of my head. You went for ‘artists that like to title their songs in threes’. I’m going with songs by artists who like to perform in threes.

Am I alone in feeling that the artists providing selection 10 have no business not calling themselves The Cocteau Triplets ?

123: SECOND FIRST THIRD (TRIOS)

1. The Supremes – The Happening
2. Beastie Boys – Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)
3. Cream – I Feel Free
4. The Shangri-Las – Give Him a Great Big Kiss
5. De La Soul – Me Myself and I
6. Animaniacs – Video Review
7. The Three Degrees – Year of Decision
8. Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics (Have Taken over the Asylum )
9. Portishead – Glory Box
10. Cocteau Twins – Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops
11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Manic Depression
12. Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In the Jar
13. The Jam – Pretty Green
14. Run DMC – Run’s House
15. Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart ?
16. The Walker Brothers – After the Lights Go Out

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112: The Letter H (Artists)

More of my vinyl, more letters, more music. Check out what Style Weekly has to say about vinyl. More good articles in that same edition.

1. Today I Started Loving You Again — Merle Haggard And The Strangers
2. Lazyitis — Happy Mondays
3. Freedom Jazz Dance — Eddie Harris
4. I Dig Love — George Harrison
5. Now That You Know Me — Grant Hart
6. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed — Richie Havens
7. Space Is Deep — Hawkwind
8. Are You Experienced — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. Milk Shakin’ Mama — Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks
10. Get Up Off Our Knees — The Housemartins
11. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of — Human League
12. Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely — Hüsker Dü
13. Butterfat — Leroy Hutson

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78: Side 3

I was going to make this list a collection of hot 78s, but my Victrola is in the shop and you can’t get a Okeh record for less than a mint these days. So I went back to my vinyl and looked specifically at my double LPs, and then specifically at the lead-off track for each second record. Often an album is characterized by its opener, but on a double LP the artist has a second chance to start a record off. Here is a short list of how some of the greats have done it:

1. Hey Joni — Sonic Youth
2. Somewhere — Hüsker Dü
3. Alright Hear This — Beastie Boys
4. Birthday — The Beatles
5. Happy — The Rolling Stones
6. Trouble Every Day — The Mothers Of Invention
7. Rainy Day, Dream Away — The Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. Just Above My Hobby Horse’s Head — Richie Havens
9. Isn’t She Lovely — Stevie Wonder
10. Automatic — Prince
11. Sparrow — Marvin Gaye
12. Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight) — Bob Dylan
13. Point Blank — Bruce Springsteen

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