A new mix from Techy. Brilliant.

01 Burn – The Cure (The Crow OST)

02 Knocked Up – Kings Of Leon (Because Of The Times)

03 Old Joy – Noah & The Whale (Last Night On Earth)

04 Maybe Tomorrow (live) – Stereophonics (Live From Dakota)

05 Nothing Compares 2 U (live) – Sinead O’Connor (She Who Dwells)

06 Private Investigations (live) – Dire Straits (Alchemy)

07 Champagne & Reefer – Rolling Stones (with Buddy Guy) (Shine A Light)

08 Born Under A Bad Sign – Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Blues)

09 You’re Gonna Miss Me – Errol Linton (Mama Said)

10 I Need A Dollar – Aloe Blacc (Good Things)

11 Eye For An Eye – Unkle (Never, Never, Land)

12 Gangsta Disco – 12″ Superstars Fila Brazilia

13 Space & Time – Groove Armada (White Light)

14 Compass & Guns – Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption OST)

15 Don’t Leave – Faithless (Reverence)

16 Hurricane – Sarah Randle (The Sparrow)

17 Free – Primal Scream (Give Out But Don’t Give Up)

18 Heart Attack & Vine – Tom Waits (Heart Attack & Vine)

19 Heart Shaped Box – Nirvana (In Utero)

20 Hired Gun – Chris Rea (Shamrock Diaries)

The Intense mix (145 mb) will be available to download for the next month (until midnight on 12 July 2011).

A week or so ago I asked for your favourite songs with a name in – thanks for the great response. You’re going to have a hell of a lot of fantastic music to listen to this week. First up is the Dog with 24 songs – no mention of Peggy Sue, but we do have the lovely Sylvie. One thought, why has nobody written a song with the line “Sylvie…you’re gonna kill me”?

Laughing Dog’s Songs for Whoever

01 Sylvie – Harry Belafonte
02 Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga – Quintessence
03 Jackie Blue – The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
04 Laura – Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen
05 Amelia – Bell X1
06 Daphne – 1 Giant Leap
07 Judy – Stephen Stills
08 Cath… – Death Cab For Cutie
09 Amelia – Joni Mitchell
10 Jimmy Jimmy – The Undertones
11 Grace – Amy Wadge
12 Billy Jack – Curtis Mayfield
13 Pearly Jim – Richard Thompson
14 Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed – Thin Lizzy
15 Nadia – Nitin Sawhney
16 Jimmy Jazz – The Clash
17 Song for Suzie 1 – Heads Hands & Feet
18 Emma Lee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
19 Jaqueline – Alabama 3
20 Frederick – The Patti Smith Group
21 Ruby – Dave Rawlings Machine
22 Mr Siegal – Tom Waits
23 Sandi – My Sleeping Karma
24 Margaret Montgomery (1581 – _) – Manning

CheezePeeze’s Songs for Whoever

01 Midnight Moses – Sensational Alex Harvey Band
02 Anna Molly – Incubus
03 Lord Bateman – Jim Moray
04 Fergus Sings the Blues – Deacon Blue
05 Crow Jane – The Derek Trucks Band
06 Jeremy – Pearl Jam
07 Hazy Jane I – Nick Drake
08 Mike Mills – Air
09 Hey Floyd – Jamiroquai
10 Daisy Jane – America
11 Suite Charlotte Pike – Transatlantic
12 Nancy – Audience
13 Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing – Buffalo Springfield
14 Get Miles – Gomez
15 Annie Let’s Not Wait – Guillemots
16 Mr Bellows – John Cougar Mellencamp
17 Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
18 Hey Joe – Robert Plant
19 Come Alive Diana – Everything Everything
20 Boris the Spider – The Who

Spacepig’s Songs for Whoever

01 Face of Melinda – Opeth
02 Gloria Lewis – Kyuss
03 The Ballad of Balin Longbeard – Glass Hammer
04 To Barbara – Hax-Cel
05 Diana – Comus
06 Julia – Pavlov’s Dog
07 Iris Murdoch Cut Me Down – No Man
08 Mephistophales – CWT
09 Mandy – Fats Waller
10 Little Olive – The Electric Prunes
11 Jesus Gonna Be Here – Tom Waits
12 Marie Antoinette – Curved Air
13 Mrs Prout – Fuzzy Duck
14 Zarozinia – Hawkwind
15 Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Eartha Kitt
16 Selene- Gong
17 Pamphlet To Mr. M Thompson – Coupla Prog
18 Hannah – Robin Trower
19 Abraham Lincoln – Clutch
20 Eleanor Rigby – Vanilla Fudge
21 Andrea – Guru Guru
22 Alison Gross – Steeleye Span
23 Hector The Hero – Wolfstone
24 The Simpsons – Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

Technoflid’s Songs for Whoever Mix [99mb]

01 Muddy Water Blues (Accoustic Version) – Buddy Guy, Paul Rodgers
02 Give My Love To Rose – Johnny Cash
03 Vera – Pink Floyd
04 Victoria – Ray Davies
05 Mrs Robinson – Paul Simon
06 Daniel – Elton John
07 Jeremy – Pearl Jam
08 You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
09 Jesse – Mother Earth
10 Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
11 Michelle – The Beatles
12 Clarkson Blues – Chris Rea
13 Josephine – Chris Rea
14 Not Now John – Pink Floyd
15 Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
16 Hey Jude – The Beatles

Uncle Rave Dave : Songs for Whoever (From a Certain Era)

01 Planet Claire – The B-52s
02 Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
03 Europa and the Pirate Twins – Thomas Dolby
04 Sally – The Members
05 By My Girl Sally – The Police
06 Nellie the Elephant – Toy Dolls
07 Donald Where’s Your Trousers – The Men They Couldn’t Hang
08 Who Killed Bambi – Sex Pistols
09 Mr Brownstone – Guns ‘n’ Roses
10 Johnny B Goode – Peter Tosh
11 Bullets For Bafazane – Johnny Clegg
12 Tyler – UB40
13 Romeo & Juliet – Dire Straits
14 Mr Blue – Yazoo
15 Lassie Come Home – Alphaville
16 Avalon – Roxy Music
17 Ballad Of Lucy Jordan – Marianne Faithfull
18 Diamond Smiles – The Boomtown Rats
19 Johnny & Mary – Robert Palmer
20 Jungle Bill – Yello

Cover art by kekremsi

The Song for Whoever mixes will be available here to download for the next fortnight (until midnight on 8 March 2011).

Update: the Song For Whoever mixes are temporarily unavailable [blame the March hare/a senior moment by LZ while decluttering old files on the server]. They’ll all be back up by lunchtime GMT on Tuesday, 1 March. Sorry!

And they’re back up!

Hello pop pickers… and welcome to BBC Three.

The last mix in our short triology of all the best from the vaults of the BBC – I’m still amazed and impressed with the quality of these sessions, the BBC should be congratulated.

In the mix we start with some lovely guitar from Dire Straits and Robert Cray and end with two very old tracks from ELO and Floyd. In the middle you get some John Martyn, Yardbirds and a great version of Jeepster from Marc Bolan. You may also notice quite a lot of chatter from the DJ’s which almost transports you back in time, especially with (I think) Johnnie Walker chatting about “popping off to the boozer” with The Yardbirds (classic).

Again, hope you enjoy and please remember if you like the song there’s a very good chance that you’ll love the album, so please buy – I reckon dear old Aunty Beeb could do with the extra funds these days.

BBC THREE

[01] Dire Straits – Down to the Waterline [Live at the BBC]
[02] Robert Cray – Smoking Gun [Live at the BBC]
[03] Deep Purple – Strange Kind of Woman [Live on the BBC]
[04] Wishbone Ash – Van Dis [On Air: BBC Sessions]
[05] The Yardbirds – Heart Full of Soul [BBC Sessions]
[06] Marc Bolan – Jeepster [Live at BBC]
[07] John Martyn – Sweet Little Mystery BBC Later [Ain't No Saint]
[08] Be Bop Deluxe – Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape [BBC Radio 1 Live]
[09] Texas – Tired of Being Alone [The Complete BBC Sessions]
[10] Green on Red – Zombie for Love [BBC Sessions]
[11] Colin Blunstone – She’s Not There [Live in Concert at the BBC]
[12] Free – I’m a Mover [Live at the BBC]
[13] King Crimson – 21st Century Schiziod Man [In the Court of the Crimson King (Expanded)]
[14] Electric Light Orchestra – Kuiama [Live at the BBC]
[15] Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother Suite [BBC Concert Classic 1970-1971]

The BBC THREE Music Mix [a 141 mb zip file] will be available for one month from today – until midnight on 20 September 2010. As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome in the comment box below.

Previously on… you might also enjoy the BBC ONE Music Mix and the BBC TWO Mix.

Laughing Dog

Cover image by TouTouke

November Music Mix Notes

Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart
I just can’t resist a thumping good bass line – and this has a thumping good bass line in spades. Plus I love the way the song keeps its sparkle throughout its 8 minutes and 26 seconds – not a dull moment to be had and a great way to start the mix. The album “Narrow Stairs” is worth a look at too, in my opinion it’s their best yet – though my pups disagree.

Everclear – So Much For The Afterglow
Their 2000 album “Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to… ” is a better album and introduced me to the band but this song just powers along at the speed of diarrhea with a riff to die for. I can’t dance but I can certainly move my butt to this.

Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
This song reminds me so much of a holiday in France in 2001 when me and Mrs. Dog would sing along to this as we drove south – much to the dismay of my pups. But what a great song – you know I love Luci (Blue was included on Augusts mix) and I do love a song that rhymes ‘Eggs ‘n’ Bacon’ with ‘House in Macon’ – just superb.

Athlete – Love Come Rescue
Great album (see review), great band and this is a rather surprising song from them – a slow acoustic song – simple but good.
 
 
 
 
Gomez – Natural Reaction
Such a good band and make it as my ‘Artist of the Month” with 2 songs in my mix. This song has a great chorus – I’d forgotten how much I like a good chorus:
“I get so nervous
Waitin’ for a natural reaction and
I can’t stop thinkin’
You’ve exposed (?)
Leave me a nervous wreck
… a nervous wreck”
And the bridge near the end which almost turns into a Russian folk song? Good stuff.

Grand Drive – Love and the Truth
From their fourth album “The Lights in This Town Are Too Many to Count”, this song takes an age to develop but when it does it really does it in style with the bass and drums simply doing what bass and drums do best kicking it into life making this the Wilson brothers (Danny and Julian) best song.

Gruff Rhys – Candylion
From Gruff’s 2007 solo album, this song just begged me to be included into my mix – and who can resist a song with lyrics like “A penguin and carnation/A lemon and Dalmatian” – he is such a good songwriter.
 
 
 
Gomez – Make No Sound
Second track on the mix from Gomez and the title track from their Mercury winning debut album – great song, great album, great band – what else do you need to know?
 
 
 
 Irma Thomas – In the Middle of it All
Track number 9 and time to slow it down a little and who better to do that than the wonderful Irma Thomas. I’ve always loved a good voice, especially a female soul voice, and they don’t come much better than Irma’s. It has so much character and style that she could sing the yellow pages and have me in tears. This song is from ‘After the Rain’ which has come to mean so much to the people of her home town of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina hit them and as with all good soul and R&B, it takes a heartache to make the song good – this song is special.
 
Anita O’Day – Sweet Georgia Brown
Even I find this a strange choice to be included in my music mix – but you know that I do like different types of music and this is such a classic version of a classic song – perfect for singing in the shower. Here’s an extract from the bio on her website:
 

“Anita O’Day, was the last surviving member of the great jazz singers (whose ranks also include Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan). Born in Chicago, O’Day gained national attention as the girl singer with drummer Gene Krupa’s orchestra on the hit record “Let Me Off Uptown”. After two tenures with Krupa and one, in-between, with Stan Kenton and his Orchestra, O’Day became a solo star and, along with Fitzgerald and Vaughan, a founding fore-mother of modern jazz vocals.”

I especially love the intro with just drum and voice then the band kicks in and all hell breaks loose “Sweet Georgia Brown”.

Craig Armstrong – ‘Wake Up In New York’ feat. Evan Dando
Atmospheric chill out music at its best – the album ‘As If To Nothing’ has a gorgeous quality to it with collaborations with Bono and The Edge, Mogwai, and David McAlmont but it’s this track that stands out for me and always makes me stop and listen.
 
 
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Couldn’t resist Amazon’s description of this song – “The relentless, driving drums and thunderous bass of the opening title track are the magic components that make it the best song Iggy Pop ever recorded without the Stooges” – says it all really. Another one for the shower!
 
 
Guru – Loungin’
Another bass line from Heaven but this time it’s a wee bit jazzy and soulful. I bought both the album that this song is from (Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1) and Vol. 2 when I didn’t really know what I was buying – I just loved the music. My Dad is a big jazz fan, and even he loves this song with the trumpet and reference to the old jazz greats – “loungin’ loungin’ – mellow out we’re loungin.”
 
Four Tet – She Moves Me
From the 2003 album ‘Rounds’ this is a fine example of electronic music (sic I hate that term) that treats the listener on to a wonderful acoustic guitar melody that makes the drum loop and synth come to life.
 
 
 
Dire Straits – Down to the Waterline
The guitar is a wonderful instrument and the sound of Mark Knopfler’s guitar on their 1978 debut demonstrates how it really should sound. Pure genius, pure British rock/blues at its best – this is their best album (though Communiqué is close) – forget their later albums, this cannot be beaten and is a true reflection of Knopfler’s talent – a great song.

So… we’re on track 16 – how’s it been so far? Me, I’m having a ball, next song please!
 
 
Feeder – Just the Way I’m Feeling
There are better songs on the album “Summer’s Gone” and the title track “Comfort in Sound” to name but two but it’s this song, I feel truly highlights how they were feeling at this time with the sad death of drummer Jon Lee, in January 2002 – the chorus says it all…

and i feel it’s going down
10 feet below the ground
i’m waiting for your healing hands
1 touch can bring me round
i feel we’re going down
10 feet below the ground
it’s just the way i’m feeling
yeh yeh it’s just the way im feeling

 
Dada – All I Am
When I lived in the UK, I would spend many enjoyable hours searching the CD dump-bins of my local Woolworths and W. H. Smiths looking for albums for 2 quid (sometimes less) that I would like. I often bought just because I recognized the producer or simply liked the artwork on the cover. Very often these purchases ended up in the bin – sometimes they ended up at the front of CD collection. This is one example – I can’t even remember where or when I bought it – and I’m not going to spoil your fun by doing a google search for information on the band ‘cos I know nothing about them either – just love the song.
 
The Golden Animals – Steady Roller
From their 2008 debut album “Free Your Mind and Win a Pony” that apparently they recorded somewhere in the Californian desert in temperatures in excess of 120 degrees! The album is OK, not great – this song is by far the highlight although ‘Queen Mary’ and ‘I Want You To Come’ are pleasant enough.
 
 
Cary Brothers – Ride
Love the muted guitar on this song and the dreamy vocals – plus it blends so well with the previous song by the Golden Animals. This is from the only EP of theirs I own, ‘Waiting for Your Letter’. Think I’m going to have buy some more of their stuff.
 
 
 
Eddi Reader – Jamie Come Try Me
Fabulous voice, fabulous song – the album gets a bit repetitive at the end but this song is a worthy addition to my mix and brings a lovely Celtic feel to proceedings.
 
 
 
Genesis – Undertow
From their ninth studio album ‘And Then There Were Three’ released in 1978 this must be one of my favourite Genesis tracks. I haven‘t got the original album on vinyl anymore (this is from their Platinum Collection) but I can remember being overawed by the sheer quality of the whole album. Great song to end my Music Mix for November – hope you enjoy.

Don’t forget – if you like a song on the Mix, let me know, I’d love your feedback.

The Music Mix 04 [a 122 mb zip file] will be available for one month from today – until 30 November 2009.

Please support the artists – if you like a track, buy the album!

Music for the Month ~ Music Mix 04 ~ November 2009