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Sir Mix-a-lot To the Rescue
Longtime visitors to the Brokedown Palace, and travelers who were with me on the Glory Road already know how much I enjoy music. It should come as no surprise that I leaped at the following.
Recently LisaS (whom I know outside of my blog) posted a request on her Facebook page for some suggestions for mix CD's for her upcoming road trip. All she asked for were the lists, but I prefer to make the CD's and just hand them over without a playlist. I think it's more fun to be surprised.
I made the 4 following CD's for her following the rules she outlined:
18 tracks--no more (stupid English car CD player won't play past 20), no less, to consist of:3 covers
3 fast songs
3 slow songs
3 favorites
3 for the kids (interpret however you want)
3 free choice.
arranged in any order.
Only 3 tracks can be repeated from CDs currently in the travel case. Translated: tracks from Indigo Girls/Indigo Girls, the Urge/Receiving the Gift of Flavor, Camper van Beethoven/Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, Cake/Fashion Nugget & Comfort Eagle or Green Day/Bullet in the Bible must be used sparingly.
I managed to be true to the rules--though I might have stretched the definition of a kids song--as I avoided all of the artists on her list altogether with the exception of Indigo Girls. However, I felt safe here as I'm doubtful that the Deadicated cd is in her collection--though I could be wrong. I also managed to avoid repeating any artist over the 4 CD's with the exception of the Grateful Dead. However, the two songs are diverse enough and far enough apart in the band's history that they're different bands for all intents and purposes IMHO.
CD 1(Favorite) Better Not Look Down B.B. King (w/The Crusaders)
(Fast) She Sells Sanctuary The Cult
(Slow) If I Could Change The World Eric Clapton
(Kids) Best of Both Worlds Hannah Montana
(cover) Walk This Way Run D.M.C. (w/Aerosmith)
(Kids) Monkey And The Engineer Grateful Dead
(Fast) Drivin Wheel Foghat
(Slow) Stone Cold Sober Del Amitri
(free) You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
(cover) Drift Away Uncle Kracker
(cover) Superstition Karma Alicia Keys
(free) Heroes Are Hard To Find Fleetwood Mac
(Kids) Cruella de Vil Selena Gomez
(Favorite) In A Daydream The Freddy Jones Band
(Slow) Somebody Saved Me Pete Townshend
(Fast) Bukie Patrol Billygoat
(Favorite) Rosewood Bitters Michael Stanley Band
(free) Do the Panic Phantom Planet
CD 2
(cover) Johnny B. Goode The Grateful Dead
(cover) Uncle Johns Band Indigo Girls
(Favorite) The Last Worthless Evening Don Henley
(Kids) I Wan'na Be Like You Jonas Brothers
(Favorite) Its Martini Time Rev. Horton Heat
(Fast) Shut Up and Let Me Go The Ting Tings
(Slow) Baby Girl Sugarland
(Fast) Play That Fuinky Music Wild Cherry
(Favorite) Spaceship Superstar Prism
(free) Success Story The Who
(Fast) When The Band Was Singin' The Guess Who
(free) Argument Clinic Monty Python
(Slow) Eyes Without A Face (Acoustic) Billy Idol
(Kids) Jingle Bells The Brian Setzer Orchestra
(Slow) Whisper Your Name Harry Connick jr.
(Kids) We Didn't Start The Fire Billy Joel
(cover) Ain't That A Shame Cheap Trick
(free) Musicology Prince
CD3
(cover) I Saw Her Standing There The Smithereens
(free) Better Than John Butler Trio
(Kids) Makes Me Happy Drake Bell
(Slow) Searching So Long Chicago
(cover) Working In The Coal Mine DEVO
(Favorite) Pleas Widespread Panic
(Kids) I'm A Believer Smashmouth
(Kids) Siamese Cat Song B5
(Slow) Every Kind of People Robert Palmer
(Fast) Francene ZZ Top
(Fast) Gel Collective Soul
(Slow) Easy Like Sunday Morning The Commodores
(free) Sunday Mornings Maroon 5
(Favorite) Whiskey River Willie Nelson
(Favorite) Never Say Never Romeo Void
(free) The Whole Of The Moon The Waterboys
(cover) Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra
(Fast) Ain't Comin' Home Silvertide
CD 4
(Fast) Hard to Be The Vaughn Brothers
(Kids) Three Men Went a Hunting Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
(cover) Hard To Handle The Black Crowes
(Slow) Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks
(cover) Mustang Sally The Commitments
(cover) Everything Is Broken Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
(Slow) Walking In Memphis (live) Marc Cohn
(Fast) Sweet Home Alabama Lynrd Skynrd
(free) All Summer Long The Rock Heroes
(Kids) Werewolves of London Warren Zevon
(Favorite) Choo Choo Ch' Boogie The Manhattan Transfer
(free) Woke Up This Morning Alabama 3
(Fast) Dig In Lenny Kravitz
(Kids) Conjunction Junction The Swingin' Deacons
(Slow) Friend of the Devil Lyle Lovett
(Favorite) Mixed Bizness Beck
(free) White & Nerdy "Weird Al" Yankovic
(Favorite) Brokedown Palace Ratdog
Feel free to comment, or make suggestions. Also, the last 3 CD's have a series of at least 3 songs that are connected. Can you spot them?
~Easy
You have good music.
and a good rescue it's been, too ....
all i have for the last one is that there are three songs with places in
the title....anywhere close? regardless - these are great mixes, might
even put my music encyclopedia husband to shame.