Weekly Mix # 73

Another week another mix! This one has some sort of theme I think, can we find it through the music? Obviously by the end it all comes around.

1. California Gurls by Katy Perry (feat Snoop Dogg)
One of 2010's huge hit songs and put the chick who bragged about missing girls into mega stardom, getting her a crazy husband.

 
2. Elephant Flares by Redd Kross
Kind of a cult band, kind of the band that only music geeks know and the fact that they're covering Roky Erikson makes it even more precious.

3. My Eyes Have Seen You by The Doors
Television skies . . . Awesome!

 
4. Telephone by The Black Angeles
If the 60's were the 10's

 
5. Draw Japan by The Horrors
More creepy music from I guess one of my favorite albums of that year

 
6. Corvette bummer by Beck
Bonus track from the Loser CD single; it's groovy and dumb but great!

7. The Inevitable Relapse by Filter
Not bad for a comeback that didn't return. The end of the song however flows beautifully into the next one.

 
8. Steppin' Up by M.I. A.
Transitions are so important in a mix and this song picks up so well from the last it's like magic.

 
9. Chase The Tear by Portishead
A speedy Portishead tune that sounds like something off of the Flash Gordon Soundtrack and in the end suddenly become the next song on the mix like it was meant to be!

10.Baby Jane by Rod Stewart

Is this Rod at his best or creepiest? I don't know but the song has always left me feeling raw.

11.Rocks Off by The Rolling Stones
Great Stones! This is one of the reasons people loved Exile On Main Street!

 
12.Personality Crisis by New York Dolls
They were supposed to be the American Stones but they failed and Aerosmith took over.

 
13.Pink Houses by John Cougar Mellencamp
Wave the flag and get down to basics. This is one of those big 80's America songs

 
14.Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters
Queer music for everybody

 
15.Take it Off by The Donnas
girl groups never sounded so horny

 
16.Rockin' My Life Away by Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Kid Rock & Slash
All Killer no filler. Jerry Lee Lewis has been said to be the devil.

 
17.Vanity Kills by Codeine Velvet Club
Songs that make you wonder what year it is aren't bad

 
18.100 Years from Now by Karen Elson
Old timey throw back tune 

19.Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne
This is like a lost Car's track and it's great! Sorry there's no real Car's song to follow just . . .

 
20.Steal My Sunshine by Len
If you don't like this song you're pretentious; it's just that simple.

 
21.California Girls by The Beach Boys
Every Blue blooded American boy loves this song even if it means all the local hotties wouold be whisked away to Los Angeles . . . doesn't that happen anyway?

pop music looks so weird sometimes!

Weekly Mix tap 49

Let's here it for 2006! I recall it being a darn good year for some thijngs and crumby year for other things. This mix was birthed that year but there are only a few songs that represent it.

1. I Only Want You by Eagles of Death Metal

The almost rocked but there was something a little too silly about them.

2. Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth

This was it for Diamond Dave, after this song he went flaccid.

3. Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show

This one goes out to all you freaks! One of my favorite show tunes.

4. Rock n' Roll by The Sounds

Scandinavian pop rock

5. Da Ya Think I' Sexy? by Rod Stewart

See even Rod, "the bod" was self conscious

6. My Humps by Black Eyed Peas

Little children sang this song; that's how huge it was! So wrong . . .

7. If You Could Read My Mind by Gorden Lightfoot

This song reminds me of introspective moments with dude friends

8. I Put A Spell On You by Creedence Clearwater Revival

This is my favorite version of this song

9. Stir It Up by Bob Marley & The Wailers

I have nothing to say about ragae

10.Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nilsson

Yup, this one's from Midnight Cowboy

11.I Get Along by The Libertines

I think this qualifies as a little ditty

12.Y Control by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

chicks love this song

13.I Still Want you by the Del Feugos

Troubled hearts by the Boston Harbor

14.Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved me by Grant Lee Phillips

So sad and it goes well after another sad song. GLF covered the Smiths in a more personal tone here.

15.Rain On The Scarecrow by John Mellencamp

Give it up for Farm Aid

16.Painkiller by Judas Priest

A rocker about a motorcycle!

17.Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden

If you know one iron Maiden song this is probably it. the English really sick it to the American settlers in this one. Let's welcome them to my world of mixes!

18.Assassin by Muse

Really channeling Queen in this one

19. All Apologies by Nirvana

What else can I say?