A MIX for you all.
Because you've had it up to here with 'Best of 2004 Lists'.
Or, consequently, because Santa didn't bring you that fabulous -insert artist- box set, damnit.
Keep the rock flowing into the New Year-S.
And, of course, a preface:
I employed the famed Sarasmile mix-making abilities on this one. Ultimately, each song should flow into the next, and, as Nick Hornby so aptly put it, "The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules." So here it is. I've tried. Hopefully there's some quality in there for you. Note the Brazilian and Indian throw-ins, as well as two shameless LARS references, "Sara Smile" (the song of my infancy) and a brilliant live version of "Like A Rolling Stone" to round things out. Enjoy and be merry.
Joe Cocker-Hitchcock Railway
Bobby Darin- Beyond the Sea
Johnny Cash -Daddy Sang Bass
The O'Kaysions - I'm A Girl Watcher
Metric - Combat Baby
Morningwood - Jetsettermusicletter
Led Zeppelin - Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
The Shins - Kissing The Lipless
The Sexy Magazines - Retreat
The Strokes - Reptilia
Sluts of Trust - Piece of You
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (BBC Sessions)
Nick Drake - Cello Song
Stereolab - Orgiastic
The Unicorns - I Was Born A Unicorn
Runner & The Thermodynamics - Damsels In Denim
Television Personalities - 14th Floor
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Man
The New York Dolls - Trash
Inouk - Victory
James Brown - Make It Good To Yourself
Jorge Ben - Umbabarauma
Flash Cadillac & The Contours
Looker - Dirty Sea (Sailor Song)
Oxford Collapse - The Money You Have Is Maybe Too Little
Van Morrison - Everyone
The Willowz - Something
The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy
The Seconds - Say Hey
These Bones - Liquids And Solids
The Marvelettes - Beachwood 4-5789
The Isles - Fuck
Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
The Impalas - I Ran All The Way Home
Tommy Steele - Singing' The Blues
The Rulers - Stagger Lee/Wrong 'Em Boyo
John Vanderslice - They Won't Let Me Run
Modest Mouse - The World At Large
Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
The Concretes - Chico
Devendra Banhart - Owl Eyes
Hall & Oates - Sara Smile
The Spencer Davis Group - Every Little Bit Hurts (Live)
TV On The Radio - Ambulance
The Velvet Underground - Jesus
The Walkmen - Hang On Siobhan
Weezer - El Scorcho
The Beatles - I've Got A Feeling
The Band - Jawbone
Elvis Presley - Never Been To Spain (Live)
? And The Mysterians - 96 Tears
The Aquatones - My One Desire
The Breeders - Cannonball
Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh - Ramia Vatavia
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
The Who - A Quick One While He's Away (Live)
Bob Dylan W/ The Band - Like A Rolling Stone (Live)
Rock Photo:
Bob Dylan. Taken on August 18th, 1965 by Jerry Schatzberg in NYC for CORBIS.
Don't you know it is wrong?/ To cheat a trying man?-S.
