Revolution - A Raving Playlist

Over the past few weeks there's been talk of States seceding from the United States, there's more unrest and "tumult" in the Middle East. And Congress, well they've all gone crazy again (it's getting old isn't it?). All of this is combining to provide perfect conditions for Revolution. Whose Revolution will occur, we simply can't predict, we can however provide a soundtrack for it. Today's playlist is that soundtrack and it is aptly named "Revolution." So sit back and plan your takeover to the best tunes we could find...

As usual you can find today's playlist on Spotify.

You can't find many Beatles tunes on Spotify or Grooveshark, oh well

Revolution


Jim Sturgess – Revolution
Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - 2011 Remix
Social Distortion – Ring Of Fire
John Mellencamp – Authority Song
Collective Soul – Precious Declaration
The Black Crowes – Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution
Rage Against The Machine – Guerilla Radio
Sheryl Crow – A Change Would Do You Good
David Bowie – Suffragette City - 2012 - Remaster
Arkasia – Fall Of The Republic - Original Mix
The Apache Relay – Power Hungry Animals
Soundgarden – Live to Rise
Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Soundgarden – Blow Up The Outside World
Pearl Jam – Do The Evolution
Daft Punk – Revolution 909
The Clash – Know Your Rights
Better Than Ezra – In The Blood
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
30 Seconds To Mars – This Is War
Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
Soundgarden – Helter Skelter - Live at Crosby Hall, Del Mar - 11/30/1996
Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
The Decemberists – This Is Why We Fight
Placebo – Battle For The Sun
U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky
Collective Soul – Better Now
Nickelback – Fight For All The Wrong Reasons
Evanescence – The Change
U2 – One
The Goo Goo Dolls – Slide
The Black Crowes – A Conspiracy
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel - 1999 Digital Remaster
John Mellencamp – Rain On The Scarecrow
Santana – Well All Right
U2 – New Year's Day
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fight Like A Brave
Alice In Chains – Them Bones
Veruca Salt – Seether
Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
Gloria Estefan – Turn The Beat Around
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Billy Joel – You May Be Right
The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It
Public Enemy – Fight The Power
Deftones – Change [In The House Of Flies]
Beck – Lost Cause
John Mayer – Waiting On The World To Change
Thousand Foot Krutch – War of Change
Passion Pit – Better Things
Matt Redman – We Could Change the World
The National – Start A War
Soundgarden – Blood On The Valley Floor
John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb
Tenth Avenue North – Don't Stop The Madness
Rage Against The Machine – Born Of A Broken Man
Billy Joel – Prelude/Angry Young Man
Thievery Corporation – Truth And Rights
Mötley Crüe – Fight For Your Rights
I Fight Dragons – The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth
Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe

Lot's more loonies these days...

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Dangerous Liaisons - A Raving Playlist

Love is the ultimate double-edged sword - it drives us to creative heights and also drives us crazy. Whether it is a chemical intoxication or an unpredictable psychosis or perhaps a curse from the gods we'll probably never know. We will continue to write poetry and make music about the wild leaps of passion and despair that one thing that marks the milestones of our existence. All love is, by nature, risky as well as being both wonderful and frightening. It makes the perfect inspiration for artists and we can share in that inspiration or empathize with it. This playlist is for all of you who are struggling with the consequences of seeking after and perhaps realizing true passion... good luck

As usual you can find this list on Spotify...

Dangerous Liaisons


Velvet Revolver – She Builds Quick Machines
The Black Crowes – She Talks to Angels
Matchbox Twenty – 3 am
The Black Crowes – Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution
U2 – Vertigo - Radio Edit
Staind – It's Been Awhile
R.E.M. – Living Well Is The Best Revenge
Buckcherry – Crazy B*tch
Foo Fighters – The Pretender
Weezer – (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
Hoobastank – Crawling In The Dark
Gin Blossoms – Hey Jealousy
Juanes – Me Enamora
Queen – Hammer To Fall
U2 – When Love Comes To Town
Counting Crows – A Long December
Staind – Believe - Amended Album Version
ZZ Top – Heartache In Blue
Don Henley – The Heart Of The Matter
Theory Of A Deadman – Bad Girlfriend - Explicit
Dead By Sunrise – Crawl Back In
Eric Hutchinson – Rock & Roll
Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Reel Big Fish – Your Girlfriend Sucks
The Rolling Stones – Bitch - 2009 Re-Mastered Digital Version
Jet – She's A Genius
Bush – The Chemicals Between Us
U2 – Magnificent
Weezer – Troublemaker
Coldplay – Hurts Like Heaven - Live
Live – Lightning Crashes
John Mellencamp – Your Life Is Now
The Rolling Stones – Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 2009 Re-Mastered Digital Version
Buckcherry – Talk To Me
We Are Trees – I Don't Believe in Love
The Wallflowers – 6th Avenue Heartache
Incubus – Love Hurts
INXS – Pretty Vegas
Rihanna – Hate That I Love You
Counting Crows – Mrs. Potters Lullaby
Default – Wasting My Time [Acoustic]
John Mellencamp – Lonely Ol' Night
The Black Crowes – Jealous Again
Jack Johnson – Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend - Explicit Version
R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
Def Leppard – Bringin' On The Heartbreak - Live
Shinedown – Second Chance
The James Gang – Walk Away
The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It
J. Geils Band – Love Stinks
INXS – What You Need - Single/LP Version
Matchbox Twenty – If You're Gone
U2 – Mysterious Ways
Santana – Maria Maria - Radio Mix
R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
John Mellencamp – Down And Out In Paradise
Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
Radiohead – Just
Fall Out Boy – I Don't Care
Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing
David Bowie – Suffragette City - 2012 - Remaster
3 Doors Down – Be Like That
Soundgarden – Spoonman
10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants
Rob Thomas – When The Heartache Ends
The Cars – You're All I've Got Tonight
AC – YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
U2 – God Part II
Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen
The Vandals – My Girlfriend's Dead
Phil Collins – Easy Lover
Dave Matthews Band – Lover Lay Down
Paul Simon – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Breaking Point – All Messed Up
Madonna – Bad Girl
John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good
Kings Of Leon – Taper Jean Girl - Explicit
Joe Cocker – The Jealous Kind
Queen – Jealousy
John Mellencamp – Crumblin' Down
Jack Johnson – You And Your Heart
Franz Ferdinand – Darts Of Pleasure
The Strokes – Last Nite

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Sultry Florida Groove - A Raving Playlist

It was 25 degrees here this morning (in Ohio, USA) and it's getting to be that time of year when we ask ourselves why the hell we don't live in Florida. Sure, Global Warming is making things hotter up here but it's still not the same (and it still gets pretty cold). So we will be thinking about Florida a lot over the next couple of months and we decided to craft a playlist that will help us conjure visions of beaches, palm trees and Sea Gulls - well, scratch the Sea Gulls - Pelicans work better. We actually hate Sea Gulls, but we can't escape them because now they're in Ohio too (what's up with that anyway?). But we digress, we love most things about Florida (not counting the Banana Republic nature of their voting practices) and someday we may live there again (but perhaps vote absentee in Ohio, which is only slightly above Banana Republic level in election management).

As usual this list is on Spotify as well. So sit back and drink a Margarita and try not to ask yourself why you ruined your life by moving North.

We wish we were in this picture - Winter sucks

Admit it - Miami Vice was the coolest show ever

Sultry Florida Groove

John Mellencamp – Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
Various Artists – Miami Vice (Crockett's Theme)
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
Jack Johnson – To The Sea
Maná – Rayando el sol
Bob Marley & The Wailers – One Love / People Get Ready
Sheryl Crow – Soak Up The Sun
Weezer – Island In The Sun
John Mellencamp – Pink Houses
The Troggs – Wild Thing
Seals and Crofts – Summer Breeze
Jack Johnson – A Pirate Looks At Forty
The B-52's – Love Shack
John Travolta – Summer Nights - Soundtrack Version
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
The B-52's – Rock Lobster
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
Bananarama – Cruel Summer
Jack Johnson – Constellations
Kings Of Leon – Beach Side
Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme - Miami Vice/Soundtrack Version
The Decemberists – Down By The Water
Keith Urban – Long Hot Summer
R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
The Lovin' Spoonful – Summer In The City
The B-52's – Roam
Enya – Orinoco Flow
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Ben E King – Stand By Me
Bryan Adams – Summer Of '69
Dave Matthews Band – Don't Drink The Water
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Pump It Up
David Bowie – Young Americans - 1990 Digital Remaster
Don Henley – The Boys Of Summer
Dave Matthews Band – American Baby
Gloria Estefan – Turn The Beat Around
Death Cab for Cutie – Summer Skin
The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, Fun - 2001 - Remaster
Counting Crows – Untitled (Love Song)
Sting – Love Is The Seventh Wave - 2011 Remix
Maná – Perdido en un barco
George Michael Duet with Elton John – Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Miami Sound Machine – Hot Summer Nights
A Rocket To The Moon – Like We Used To
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Walk On The Ocean
Sheryl Crow – Soak Up The Sun
The Black Crowes – And The Band Played Om
The Beach Boys – Kokomo
Wavves – King Of The Beach
Dire Straits – So Far Away
Counting Crows – Rain King
The Smithereens – Only A Memory
Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
Owl City – Umbrella Beach
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The B-52's – Party Out Of Bounds
Gin Blossoms – Until I Fall Away
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Call Me The Breeze
Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – American Girl
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
Soundgarden – My Wave
Paramore – The Only Exception
The Allman Brothers Band – Southbound
The Cars – Good Times Roll
Gloria Estefan – Cuts Both Ways
Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise
John Mellencamp – Wild Night
The Barracudas – Summer Fun
Elton John – Island Girl
Eddie Money – Two Tickets To Paradise - Album Version
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
Cowboy Junkies – Southern Rain
Beck – Que' Onda Guero
David Bowie – China Girl (Single Version)
Maná – Rayando el sol
Jeff Zavac & the Craetts – Hit The Road Jack
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations - 2001 - Remaster
Django Django – Life's A Beach
Blake Shelton – Some Beach
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
Against Me! – The Ocean
Barefoot Truth – The Ocean

Pick up a seashell and listen, right now...

John Cougar in Key West (we think)

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Arizona Skies - A Raving Playlist

This playlist was created one exceptionally clear and striking day three years ago in Southeast Arizona. It's difficult to describe Arizona to those who've never been there, especially the parts of Arizona that many have never visited - like the high Sonoran desert. Despite the decade-long drought there, the high desert with its many mountain ranges is more green than many might imagine - with mesquite trees at lower elevations and pine trees that climb up the peaks. Once you drive out of the high desert headed to towards Tuscon you'll begin to see the massive Saguaro cactus that Arizona is famed for. As you turn North from Tuscon headed towards Phoenix you'll see Joshua Trees - countless of them between those desert cities.

The view from the Huachuca mountains in the Sonoran high desert

Arizona impressed U2 as well back during the early 1980's - so much so that they titled one of their Albums "Under the Joshua Tree" and opened that tour in Phoenix (they then filmed Rattle & Hum in Arizona as well). Anyone who has lived in Arizona will instantly be able to visualize Where the Streets have no Name and Red Hill Mining Town from personal experience. So what is Arizona like? Well, imagine a place where you can see 20, 30 or more miles in the distance. Imagine a place where Earth tones paint the landscape in all directions. Imagine being surrounded by mountains on all sides yet not feeling bounded by them. Imagine a place where Roadrunners are real - and a host of other remarkable desert wildlife is just around the corner.

This is a place that inspires, evokes a mood and we choose the following music in an attempt to capture that feeling. As usual this playlist is available on Spotify as well...

Quite possibly, the best album ever recorded...

Arizona Skies

U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
Collective Soul – Gel
The B-52's – Roam [Edit]
Genesis – In Too Deep - 2007 Remastered Album Version
U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Yer So Bad
Alan Parsons – Mr Time
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Suzie Q
Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
Vangelis – Blade Runner (End Titles)
U2 – Elevation
Kings Of Leon – Arizona
Counting Crows – Hanginaround
Counting Crows – Mrs. Potters Lullaby
Vangelis – The Tao Of Love
Sting – Desert Rose
The Marshall Tucker Band – Can't You See
Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way
Rascal Flatts – Life is a Highway
U2 – City Of Blinding Lights
Counting Crows – Accidentally In Love
10,000 Maniacs – The Painted Desert
Counting Crows – Speedway
Vangelis – Rachel's Song
Sting – If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
U2 – Desire
Kings Of Leon – Cold Desert
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Runnin' Down A Dream
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
Sting – We'll Be Together - 2011 Remix
U2 – Desert Of Our Love
The Fixx – Red Skies - Original Version
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
U2 – Window In The Skies
Los Lonely Boys – Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
Barenaked Ladies – It's All Been Done
Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
Joe Cocker – Unchain My Heart
Eric Clapton – It's In The Way That You Use It
ZZ Top – Viva Las Vegas - Remastered LP Version
Chris Cornell – You Know My Name
The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
Don Henley – The Heart Of The Matter
Collective Soul – Under Heaven's Skies - Acoustic Version
Kansas – Dust In The Wind
Barenaked Ladies – One Week
The Marshall Tucker Band – Desert Skies
The Jayhawks – Waiting For The Sun
Don Henley – The Last Worthless Evening
Talking Heads – And She Was
Nirvana – Come As You Are
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Something's Always Wrong
U2 – Wild Honey
ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
Vangelis – Love Theme From Bladerunner
Joe Cocker – You Are So Beautiful
Steve Winwood – The Finer Things
Eric Clapton – It's In The Way That You Use It
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
3 Doors Down – Away From The Sun
U2 – One Tree Hill
Better Than Ezra – At The Stars
Alan Parsons – Dreamscape
Eric Clapton – Forever Man
Chicago – Wishing You Were Here
Joe Walsh – Ordinary Average Guy
Toad The Wet Sprocket – All I Want
U2 – Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Joe Cocker – Shelter Me (Single Edit)
3 Doors Down – Your Arms Feel Like home
Bruce Springsteen – Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Bruce Hornsby – Fields Of Gray - Remastered 2003
The Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams
Third Eye Blind – How's It Going To Be
Counting Crows – Four Days
Linkin Park – Burning In The Skies
U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky
George Michael – Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
The Beatles Tribute Band – Here Comes The Sun
War – The Cisco Kid
U2 – Beautiful Day

Cover art from U2's Actung Baby

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A Cooler Christmas - Raving Playlist

It's hard to believe but the holidays are upon us once again. This week we'll celebrate another Thanksgiving and then there's Black Friday and the Christmas music - well it's already started. It's hard to believe that we'll have to endure the same versions of the same holiday classics everywhere we go for the next six weeks or so - again. Or will we...  Perhaps we can experience a Cooler Christmas this year - one that allows us to hear the season's classic music in a way that won't cause our brains to melt. What we need is a much cooler Christmas. Now, the weather may not cooperate with all that darn Global warming going on - Penguins and Polar Bears eating each other etc, but even with our ever-warming winters we can remain cool with some better tunes to take us through the holidays. It's in that spirit that we present today's playlist.

As usual it's available on Spotify as well.

Al Green and his most excellent advice below...

A Cooler Christmas

Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas - Studio Version
The Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Barenaked Ladies – Sleigh Ride
Vampire Weekend – Holiday
Diana Krall – I'll Be Home For Christmas
Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Single Version
Jack Johnson – In The Morning
Barenaked Ladies – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Lady Antebellum – Baby, It's Cold Outside
August Burns Red – Frosty the Snowman
Enya – The Spirit Of Christmas Past
Luke Bryan – Run Run Rudolph
The Beach Boys – Merry Christmas, Baby
Counting Crows – Holiday In Spain
B.B. King – Back Door Santa
Lady Antebellum – On This Winter's Night
Elvis Presley – Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Tom Petty – Christmas All Over Again
blink-182 – Happy Holidays, You Bastard
Barenaked Ladies – Auld Lang Syne
Blues Traveler – Christmas
Lou Ann Barton – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Christmas On Piano – I Got The Jingle Bells Blues
Sex Pistols – Holidays In The Sun
Norah Jones – Peace
Denis Solee – Up On The Housetop
AgesandAges – We Need A Little Christmas
Jackson 5 – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Kenny G – Silent Night
The Almost – Little Drummer Boy
Lady Antebellum – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Piano Christmas – Ave Maria
The Walkmen – Seven Years of Holidays (for Stretch)
The Maine – Santa Stole My Girlfriend
Sister Hazel – Your Winter
Kay Kyser – Jingle Jangle Jingle
Beach House – New Year
Death Cab for Cutie – The New Year
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow [Hey Oh]
Craig Duncan – Frosty The Snowman
Ugly Casanova – So Long To The Holidays
Piano Christmas – Greensleeves - Piano Reprise
First Aid Kit – New Year's Eve
Mykola Leontovich – Carol Of The Bells
Straight No Chaser – The 12 Days Of Christmas
Beyoncé – Ave Maria
Barenaked Ladies – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings - feat. Sarah McLachlan
Piano Christmas – Amazing Grace
Calexico – Green Grows The Holly
Cyndi Lauper – Home for the Holidays
Harry Connick Jr. – The Happy Elf
Luther Vandross – This Is Christmas
Madonna – Holiday
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys – Christmas Time's A-Coming
Wild Nothing – Summer Holiday
Dead Kennedys – Holiday In Cambodia
August Burns Red – Carol of the Bells
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday
Lady Antebellum – Silent Night (Lord Of My Life)
Madonna – Santa Baby
Fitz and The Tantrums – Santa Stole My Lady
"Weird Al" Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy
The Ronettes – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Bob Dylan – Here Comes Santa Claus
Mumford & Sons – Winter Winds
Lady Antebellum – Blue Christmas
August Burns Red – Winter Wonderland
Dave Matthews Band – Snow Outside
U2 – New Year's Day
Parachute – The New Year
Fall Out Boy – Yule Shoot Your Eye Out - Bonus Track
Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule
The Almost – Yule Be Sorry
Christina Perri – please come home for christmas
Luther Vandross – The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody)

The late, great Luther Vandross

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Retro Attack - A Raving Playlist

Music defines an age and that age defines the people who become adults during that time. It's true that musical tastes expand and change as one grows older but those memories from high school when you began to experience the world through your own eyes for the first time always stays with you. Many of us came of age during the 1980's - we thought we had the best of all worlds, being able to choose from hits across three decades of cool rock tunes. It was also the beginning of Alternative rock and the launch of M-TV. Now those times with the big hair and Members Only jackets seem hopelessly Retro - yet the music still resonates. For those who still appreciate what the real Freaks & Geeks was like or those who'd like to travel back in time and find out why their parents are so weird - we present to you a Retro tribute. Of course back then we didn't have playlists, we used to record songs on cassette tapes and write the names down on the labels.

As usual, this playlist is available on Spotify as well.

What we like about the Romantics...

Retro Attack

The Romantics – What I Like About You
Tommy Tutone – 867-5309 / Jenny
Gary Numan – Cars (Live 1984)
Timbuk 3 – The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Rick Springfield – Jessie's Girl
Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
Ready For The World – Oh Sheila
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
Paul Davis – '65 Love Affair
Gregory Abbott – Shake You Down
Mr. Mister – Broken Wings
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
The Romantics – Talking In Your Sleep
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Robert Palmer – Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Philip Bailey Duet with Phil Collins – Easy Lover
Rick James – Super Freak
Paul Young – Every Time You Go Away - Single Version
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Scandal – Goodbye To You featuring Patty Smyth
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
DeBarge – Rhythm Of The Night
The Temptations – Treat Her Like A Lady
Rick Springfield – I've Done Everything For You
Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
Devo – Whip It
Robert Palmer – I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Eddie Money – Think I'm In Love
Information Society – What's On Your Mind - Pure Energy   Album Version
The Escape Club – Wild Wild West
INXS – What You Need - Single/LP Version
Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds - Elvis Live version
Todd Rundgren – Hello It's Me
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Jackie Blue
The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
The Champs – Tequila (Original)
Badfinger – Come And Get It
Juice Newton – Queen Of Hearts
Anita Ward – Ring My Bell
The Troggs – Wild Thing
Orleans – Still The One
Heatwave – Boogie Nights
Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth - `80s Weight Loss Workout Mix
Atlanta Rhythm Section – So Into You
Dusty Springfield – Spooky
Billy Paul – Me And Mrs. Jones
The Go-Go's – We Got The Beat (Single Mix)
Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
Kansas – Carry On Wayward Son
Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas
Abba – Dancing Queen
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
The Go-Go's – Our Lips Are Sealed
Kim Wilde – Kids in America
Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come
Missing Persons – Destination Unknown
Rick Derringer – Rock N' Roll Hoochie Koo
The Miracles – Love Machine (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Commodores – Brick House
B.J. Thomas – Hooked On A Feeling
Looking Glass – BRANDY
The Numb Ones – Space and Time
Robby Krieger (The Doors) – Across The Universe
Exile – Kiss You All Over
Peter, Paul and Mary – Leaving On A Jet Plane
Nazareth – Love Hurts
Kool & The Gang – Celebration
The Smithereens – Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Steely Dan – My Old School
The Guess Who – American Woman
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back In Town
The Tubes – She's A Beauty
Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Nowhere To Run - Single Version (Mono)
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe - LP/Single Version
The Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar - Full Length Version
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin'
Sweet – Little Willy
Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We'll Be Together
The Romantics – One In A Million
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
Lenny Kravitz – It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Spandau Ballet – True
The Jesus – Head On
The Animals – Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Abba – Dancing Queen
Steely Dan – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Harry Belafonte – Day-O - Banana Boat
Steely Dan – Peg
Ray Charles – What'd I Say
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Rick Springfield – Love Somebody
Wang Chung – Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean - Single Version
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean - Single Version
Foreigner – Juke Box Hero
The Seventies – Alone Again
The Fixx – One Thing Leads To Another
Journey – Stone In Love

Journey helped to define rock in the early 1980's

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Freedom - A Raving Playlist

What is Freedom, what does it really mean? Is it the absence of tyranny? Is Freedom the ability to do what you want, go where you want and be yourself? Or is it perhaps the ability to express your opinions and worship how you want to without being forced to think and behave the way someone else wants you to? These are all deep questions - questions that have relatively little to do with this playlist that we happened to name "Freedom." There is one thing that we're certain of though, you can listen to these tunes while you're pondering those great questions and chances are you will determine what Freedom means to you - and after all - that's the only thing that really matters isn't it?

As usual you can find this list on Spotify - and guess what - that's free too (if you don't mind the ads)!

John, when he was Cougar not Mellencamp - sporting some 80's hair

Minutes to Memories is Mellencamp's best song from his best Album - scarecrow

Freedom:
John Mellencamp – Minutes To Memories
Vangelis – Theme From Antarctica
10000 Maniacs – Across The Fields
The Black Crowes – Remedy
Audioslave – Be Yourself
Journey – Be Good To Yourself
The B-52's – Roam
Nirvana – Lithium
Vangelis – Blade Runner (End Titles)
The Black Crowes – Been A Long Time (Waiting on Love)
The Black Crowes – Hard To Handle
Three Dog Night – Never Been To Spain
Matchbox Twenty – 3 am
America – A Horse with No Name
Vangelis – Closing Titles From "Mutiny On The Bounty"
George Harrison – What Is Life - 2001 Digital Remaster
The Black Crowes – She Talks To Angels
Sister Hazel – All For You
The Allman Brothers Band – In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - 1971/Live At The Fillmore East
Nirvana – Something In The Way
Orleans – Dance With Me
Boston – Don't Look Back
3 Doors Down – It's Not My Time
Vangelis – The Tao Of Love
The Cranberries – Linger
Santana – Maria Maria - Radio Mix
The Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider
Vangelis – Memories Of Green
Naked Eyes – Always Something There To Remind Me
Vangelis – L'Enfant
The Killers – All These Things That I've Done
Genesis – Land Of Confusion - 2007 Remastered Album Version
The Black Crowes – Jealous Again
Grand Funk Railroad – I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home (Medley)
John Mellencamp – Our Country - Rock Version
Vangelis – La Petite Fille De La Mer
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home - Remastered Version/2010
Spandau Ballet – True
Jack Johnson – Better Together
George Michael – Freedom! '90
The Cranberries – Dreams
Vangelis – Love Theme From " Bladerunner"
U2 – Heartland
John Mellencamp – Authority Song
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Tom Petty – Free Fallin'
Eric Clapton – After Midnight
Dave Matthews Band – Funny the Way It Is
Counting Crows – American Girls
Santana – Samba Pa' Ti
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Learning To Fly
Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.
Roxy Music – More Than This
Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
Anberlin – Breathe
Plain White T's – Hey There Delilah
Heather Masse – I Don’t Wanna Wake Up Today
INXS – Need You Tonight
Foo Fighters – My Hero
Steve Winwood – Back In The High Life Again
Neil Young – Rockin' In The Free World
Lenny Kravitz – Supersoulfighter
U2 – Sweetest Thing - The Single Mix
Dave Matthews Band – American Baby
Peter Gabriel – Red Rain - Live In London/2011
Adam Gussow – Freedom For My People - Excerpt
Everclear – Santa Monica
The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun
David Bowie – Blue Jean
Franz Ferdinand – What She Came For

Well, their songs have little to do with Freedom, but we still like them anyway

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Life of Illusion - A Raving Playlist

Been feeling like you're having a existential crisis lately? Think you might have one soon? Well, we've got you covered with our Life of Illusion playlist. For those who still remember the 1970's (and early 1980's) you'll note that the list is named after legendary Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh's single from 1981. Sometimes we don't credit rock stars or singers with having much philosophical acumen but every once in a while, they'll create songs that are a lot deeper than they sound - kind of like Dust in the Wind. So, we put together a playlist of profound songs, songs that make us think or otherwise place us in a self-reflective mood as we ponder our place in the universe. As usual, you can find this list on Spotify as well.

Album art - Joe Walsh's "There goes the neighborhood" with single "Life of Illusion"

 

 BTW - here's the lyrics if you're interested... enjoy your existential crisis

"A Life Of Illusion" Lyrics
Sometimes I can't help the feeling that I'm
Living a life of illusion
And oh, why can't we let it be
And see through the hole in this wall of confusion
I just can't help the feeling I'm
Living a life of illusion

Pow! Right between the eyes
Oh, how nature loves her little surprises
Wow! It all seems so logical now
It's just one of her better disguises
And it comes with no warning
Nature loves her little surprises
Continual crisis

Hey, don't you know it's a waste of your day
Caught up in endless solutions
That have no meaning, just another hunch
Based upon jumping conclusions
Caught up in endless solutions
Backed up against a wall of confusion
Living a life of illusion


Life of Illusion, the Playlist
Mason Williams – Classical Gas
Dave Matthews Band – Steady As We Go
Love And Rockets – So Alive
Joe Walsh – A Life Of Illusion
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Runnin' Down A Dream
U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
Alice In Chains – Nutshell
Sheryl Crow – Everyday Is A Winding Road
U2 – One
Tom Petty – Saving Grace
Alice In Chains – Heaven Beside You
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Free Fallin'
The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
Spandau Ballet – Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Pump It Up
Journey – Wheel In The Sky
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Alice In Chains – Brother
New Politics – Yeah Yeah Yeah
The Killers – All These Things That I've Done
INXS – Pretty Vegas
Sting – Fields Of Gold
Beck – Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Exclusive Recording
Dave Matthews Band – Ants Marching
Alice In Chains – Man In The Box
U2 – So Cruel
Vitamin String Quartet – Ohio
The Police – Tea In The Sahara
Joe Walsh – Turn To Stone
Metric – Help I'm Alive
Coldplay – Fix You
Joe Walsh – The Confessor
Miami Vice – Crockett's Theme (Miami Vice)
Lenny Kravitz – American Woman
Randy Newman – Dayton, Ohio - 1903
Shinedown – Second Chance
Third Eye Blind – Jumper
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Yer So Bad
U2 – City Of Blinding Lights
David Bowie – The Jean Genie - 1999 Digital Remaster
Don Henley – The Heart Of The Matter
The Wallflowers – One Headlight
U2 – Vertigo
Alice In Chains – No Excuses
Jesus Jones – Right Here Right Now
Vangelis – One More Kiss, Dear
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush - Acoustic
Lenny Kravitz – You're My Flavor
David West – Ohio
ZZ Top – My Head's In Mississippi - Remastered LP Version
Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me Ohio
Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy
U2 – Instant Karma
Golden Earring – Twilight Zone
The Jayhawks – Somewhere In Ohio
Ohio Players – O-H-I-O
The Wallflowers – Lawyers, Guns And Money
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside
Electric Six – Escape From Ohio
Coldplay – Don't Panic
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
Dave Matthews Band – Dive In
Vitamin String Quartet – Snow (Hey Oh) - Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers
OK Go – This Too Shall Pass
The Doors – Break On Through
Incubus – Drive
Collective Soul – Gel
Nickelback – If Today Was Your Last Day
Blondie – Heart Of Glass
Vitamin String Quartet – Ohio
Beck – Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Exclusive Recording
David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes - Single Version;2002 - Remaster
Gloria Estefan – Mi Tierra
Gem – Call Me Down To Ohio
Credence Clearwater Revival – Lookin´Out My Back Door
Alice In Chains – Nutshell
Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1,000,000
Guns N' Roses – Street Of Dreams
Nirvana – On A Plain
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Jack Johnson – Upside Down
George Michael – Faith
Better Than Ezra – Misunderstood
Enya – China Roses
Toad The Wet Sprocket – All I Want
The Police – Message In A Bottle
Journey – Wheel In The Sky
Alanis Morissette – Ironic
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
Dave Matthews Band – Sleep To Dream Her
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
Alanis Morissette – Ironic
Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Everclear – I Will Buy You A New Life - 2004 Digital Remaster
U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing

U2

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Artificial Intelligence - A Raving Playlist

Well, after writing our review for 2001, A Space Odyssey we asked ourselves the question, what type of music does HAL listen too. Sure we know he like to sign "Daisy" but that was when he a just a kid in the lab. Then we got to thinking, what about Watson, Skynet, Data, The Matrix Architect and even David from the movie AI - what music would they like? After doing an obsessive amount of research we came to the conclusion that most artificial intelligences would enjoy the songs in the playlist presented below and we have to say that we're quite surprised at what good taste they have in music. Perhaps it won't be as bad when they take over the planet as we thought it might be.

As usual the list is also available on Spotify...

What form sentient intelligence wouldn't like Depeche Mode?

Artificial Intelligence


The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence - Remastered Version Original
U2 – Electrical Storm - William Orbit Mix
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
Genesis – Abacab - 2007 Remastered LP Version
Vangelis – Blade Runner (End Titles)
The Police – Spirits In The Material World - 2003 Stereo Remastered Version
Dido – Here With Me
Journey – Wheel In The Sky
White Zombie – More Human Than Human
A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
Depeche Mode – Policy Of Truth - 2006 Digital Remaster
The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
Beck – Gamma Ray
Vangelis – Rachel's Song
The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
The Police – Synchronicity I - 2003 Stereo Remastered Version
Lenny Kravitz – Black Velveteen
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust - 2002 Digital Remaster
The Police – Synchronicity II - 2003 Stereo Remastered Version
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Parallel Universe
Vangelis – Memories Of Green
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Original 7" Mix
The B-52's – Cosmic Thing
The Killers – When You Were Young
Steely Dan – Time Out Of Mind
The Alan Parsons Project – I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Vangelis – La Petite Fille De La Mer
Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder
The Alan Parsons Project – Time
The Fixx – Saved By Zero
Beck – E-Pro
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
Tom Petty – Saving Grace
Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels
Flight Of The Conchords – Robots
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Vangelis – Blade Runner Blues
The Police – Walking On The Moon - 2003 Stereo Remastered Version
The Alan Parsons Project – Sirius
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – If You Leave
Vangelis – One Alone
10,000 Maniacs – Because The Night  [MTV Unplugged Version]
The Smithereens – Only A Memory
Cracker – Low
Alice In Chains – Man In The Box
Eric Clapton – Forever Man
Depeche Mode – Strangelove
Steve Winwood – Higher Love - Full Album Version
U2 – When Love Comes To Town
Walk the Moon – Anna Sun
Vangelis – Main Titles (From Blade Runner)
U2 – One
John Mellencamp – Your Life Is Now
Chevelle – I Get It
The Police – Don't Stand So Close To Me
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
The Alan Parsons Project – Games People Play
David Bowie – Space Oddity - 2009 Digital Remaster
Enya – Shepherd Moons
Vangelis – One More Kiss, Dear
Blur – Parklife
Alan Parsons – Return to Tunguska
Blondie – Atomic
Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
Vangelis – Love Theme From Bladerunner
Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero
Barenaked Ladies – Big Bang Theory Theme
Talking Heads – And She Was
The Human League – Fascination (Extended Remix)
Bush – Machinehead
Blur – Song 2
A Flock Of Seagulls – Telecommunication
Steve Miller Band – The Joker
The Fifth Dimension – Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Digitally Remastered 1997
Linkin Park – In The End
The Cars – Moving In Stereo
Chris Cornell – Ground Zero
The Rolling Stones – Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 2009 Re-Mastered Digital Version
Steely Dan – Reelin' In The Years
Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love
Maná – Vivir sin aire
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do
David Bowie – Life On Mars? - 1999 Digital Remaster
Counting Crows – Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)
Jimmy Eat World – My Best Theory
U2 – Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
The Black Crowes – Non-Fiction

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Harmonic Insanity - A Raving Playlist

As you might have noticed, all of our playlists have a little story associated with them. This playlist was inspired by trips to the local Ikea this Summer. The only way to describe our first experience was stunned, disoriented and overwhelmed by meatballs and lingaberries. At one point we feared for our lives, thinking we might be stuck inside forever as there didn't seem to be any exists, only winding paths of consumer decadence at affordable prices. Anyway, after we escaped with some lighting fixtures and Swedish chocolate we found out that Jonathan Coulton had actually written a song that perfectly captured our first impressions of Ikea. We then were inspired to find songs on crazy topics or just crazy songs period. As usual, you can find this playlist on Spotify.

Enter the Scandinavian Dimension...

What constitutes a crazy song? Here are some guidelines; it's crazy if...

• If William Shatner or Leonard Nimoy are in it (BTW - we heard that Nimoy's Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins is going to be used on the new Hobbit movie soundtrack) .
• It has any connection to Baywatch
• If it is wickedly funny
• If it was on SNL as a skit not a musical guest (like King Tut)
• Anything having to do with Billy Ray Cyrus
• If it includes Ricky Martin talking about women

 

Harmonic Insanity
Jonathan Coulton – Ikea
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Another One Rides The Bus
Flight Of The Conchords – Robots
Paul Storm – More Rejected Commercial Jingles: Olive Garden
William Shatner – I Can't Get Behind That
The Steep Canyon Rangers – Atheists Don't Have No Songs
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
David Hasselhoff – Looking For Freedom 01 - Remix 2006
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Ebay (Parody of "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys)
Jonathan Coulton – Tom Cruise Crazy
Leonard Nimoy – A Visit To A Sad Planet
Warren Zevon – I Need A Truck - Previously Unissued Outtake
Tenacious D – Señorita - Explicit Version
Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon
Flight Of The Conchords – Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Polka Face
Barenaked Ladies – Pinch Me - Radio Version
Steve Martin – King Tut
Barenaked Ladies – If I Had $1,000,000
"Weird Al" Yankovic – The Saga Begins (Lyrical Adaption of "American Pie")
Barenaked Ladies – The Ninjas
Paul Storm – Cruel, Cruel Moon
Tenacious D – The Metal
Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey
Warren Zevon – Accidentally Like A Martyr - 2007 Remastered LP Version
Flight Of The Conchords – The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)
Warren Zevon – Carmelita
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Yoda
Paul Storm – The Captain's Wife's Lament
Leonard Nimoy – Spock Thoughts
Flight Of The Conchords – You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute
William Shatner – Common People
C.W. McCall – Convoy
Leonard Nimoy – Music To Watch Space Girls By
Paul Storm – If James Taylor Were On Fire
Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
DJ Ostkurve – Limbo Dance (Party Dance Radio)
Las Kala – The Ketchup Song (Hey Hah)
"Weird Al" Yankovic – White & Nerdy (Parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone)
Jonathan Coulton – Creepy Doll
Paul & Storm – My Fantastic Plastic Girl
John Wetton – Bohemian Rhapsody
Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra – Mystery Science Theater 3000
Tenacious D – Deth Starr - Explicit Version
Barenaked Ladies – Crazy ABC's
Flight Of The Conchords – Hurt Feelings
Barenaked Ladies – Bank Job
Divinyls – I Touch Myself
Fast Food Rockers – The Fast Food Song - Deep Pan Radio Mix
Hampster Dance Masters – The Hamster Dance Song
Crazy Town – Butterfly
Warren Zevon – Mohammed's Radio
69 Boyz – Tootsee Roll
Various Artists – Supermodel (You Better Work)
Was (Not Was) – Walk The Dinosaur
Disco's Revenge – Disco Duck
Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Radio Edit
David Hasselhoff – Keep The Jungle Alive
Pete Droge – If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)
The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Pretty Fly For A Rabbi (Parody of "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" by Offspring)
William Shatner – How Insensitive

Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy
Ricky Martin – She Bangs - English Version
Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
King Missile – Detachable Penis
The Timelords (The Jams) – Doctorin' The Tardis
Paul Storm – If Bob Dylan Were Hiding At the Bottom of a Well
Soundtrack/Cast Album – Dentist!
"Weird Al" Yankovic – Gump (Parody of "Lump" by The Presidents Of The United States)
Adam Sandler – Lunchlady Land
Barnes Barnes – Fish Heads (1976)
Monty Python – Lumberjack Song (Monty Python Sings)
Cracker Jack – Candy-Coated Popcorn, Peanuts and a Prize
Leonard Nimoy – Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo and Spock, together again...

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Incoherent - A Raving Playlist

What's in a name or a lyric for that matter? Ever wondered what was more important, the music or the words? Today's Raving Playlist provides the ability to do any number of double-blind experiments in which you can test your hypothesis as all of the songs on this particular list are relatively unintelligible. That doesn't mean they're bad songs, in fact some of them are quite good - just don't try too hard to sign along or understand what they're saying- humming might work though. As usual, you can find this list on Spotify as well.

Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter tops our list of songs that are hard to understand, but fun to listen to

 

Incoherent
Pearl Jam – Yellow Ledbetter
Chris Cornell – Ground Zero
Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
The Turtles – I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze
William Shatner – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
La Yanta – Chacarron... Macarron
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The Kingsmen – Louie Louie
The Champs – Tequila (Original)
Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
Spice Girls – Wannabe - Radio Edit
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live
Sex Pistols – Anarchy In the UK
Alice In Chains – Check My Brain
Barenaked Ladies – Be My Yoko Ono
Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Barenaked Ladies – Big Bang Theory Theme
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – Wooly Bully
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes - Single Version;2002 - Remaster
The Doors – The Changeling - Remaster
Lifehouse – Hanging By A Moment
David Bowie – Life On Mars? - 1999 Digital Remaster
Ramones – Blitzkreig Bop
Janis Joplin – Summertime - (Big Brother & The Holding Company-Janis Joplin)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze
The Doors – Soul Kitchen - New Stereo Mix   Advanced Resolution
Ramones – Rock 'N' Roll High School - Ed Stasium Version
Blues Traveler – Run-Around
Pearl Jam – Daughter
Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'
Nirvana – The Man Who Sold The World
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss
Barenaked Ladies – One Week
The Black Keys – Set You Free
Alice In Chains – Angry Chair
Nirvana – Something In The Way
Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Jack Black – Help Me (Song)
David Bowie – Starman - 1997 Digital Remaster
Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson
The Darkness – Growing On Me
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Led Zepagain – Immigrant Song
Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen
T. Rex – Ballrooms Of Mars
The Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
William Shatner – Mr. Tambourine Man
Ramones – My Brain is Hanging Upside Down
Angry Samoans – Highway To Hell
David Bowie – She Shook Me Cold - 1999 Digital Remaster
The Doors – People Are Strange - New Stereo Mix   Advanced Resolution
UB40 – Rat In Mi Kitchen
Bob Dylan – Blowin' In The Wind - 2010 mono version
T. Rex – Cosmic Dancer
The Doors – L.A. Woman - New Stereo Mix   Advanced Resolution
Janis Joplin – Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
Soundgarden – Live to Rise
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust - 2002 Digital Remaster
Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
Crash Test Dummies – Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fight Like A Brave
Pearl Jam – Better Man
Blues Traveler – Carolina Blues
Nirvana – Come As You Are
Barenaked Ladies – It's All Been Done
The Guess Who – No Time
Will Smith – Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
Lou Reed – Satellite Of Love
T. Rex – Bang A Gong [Get It On]
Vanilla Ice – Ninja Rap
Daler Mehndi – Tunak Tunak Tun
Fatboy Slim – Because We Can
Madonna – Vogue
Leonard Nimoy – Spock Thoughts
Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come
Tenacious D – Roadie - Clean Version
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Sexy Mexican Maid - 2003 Digital Remaster
Nirvana – Big Cheese
Chuck Ragan – California Burritos
Against Me! – Rice and Bread
Paul & Storm – Frogger! The Frogger Musical
Flight Of The Conchords – Fashion is Danger
Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Flight Of The Conchords – Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros
Lyte Funkie Ones – Summer Girls
Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain - 2007 Remastered LP Version
Blondie – Rapture
Crash Test Dummies – The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead Featuring Ellen Reid
Willi One Blood – Whiney, Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy)
Gigolo Aunts – Where I Find My Heaven
4 Non Blondes – What's Up?
Los Del Rio – Macarena - Original Version
Sweet – Little Willy
Luce – Western Spaghetti

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Epidemic - A Raving Playlist

Today's playlist was inspired by the Swine Flu Pandemic that occurred several years ago - actually we had a Pandemic playlist but condensed it with our Epidemic list as it seemed that the Pandemic didn't really qualify to be a Pandemic. At one point we were fairly certain that Swine Flu was going to become the Zombie Apocalypse (for which we have another playlist) but now we think Bath Salts are going to trigger it. You can also find this list on Spotify. Next time you're getting a sore throat be sure to listen to this...

 

Epidemic:
Bush – The Chemicals Between Us
Robert Palmer – Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
3 Doors Down – It's Not My Time
Candlebox – Far Behind
Evanescence – Sick
Third Eye Blind – How's It Going To Be
Alice In Chains – Rooster
The Doors – L.A. Woman
Billy Idol – Mony Mony - 2001 - Remaster
3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
Alan Parsons – Wine From The Water
Stone Temple Pilots – Sex Type Thing
Billy Idol – Cradle of Love - 2001 - Remaster
Alice In Chains – Nutshell
Berlin – The Metro
3 Doors Down – Here Without You
Aerosmith – Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
Elvis Costello – Waiting For The End Of The World
Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin' Care Of Business
Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You?
3 Doors Down – Away From The Sun
Candlebox – Cover Me
Matchbox Twenty – Unwell
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live
Billy Idol – Catch My Fall - 1999 Digital Remaster
Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein
Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
Billy Joel – Only The Good Die Young - Single Version
Bon Jovi – Bad Medicine
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Roll On Down The Highway
Paramore – Misery Business
Johnny Rivers – Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
The Black Crowes – Hotel Illness
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Something's Always Wrong
Tom Petty – Free Fallin'
Metric – Help I'm Alive
Eurythmics – I Saved The World Today
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Alice In Chains – Heaven Beside You
Elvis Costello – Alison
Matchbox Twenty – If You're Gone
INXS – New Sensation
Blue Oyster Cult – Burnin' For You
Billy Idol – Hot In The City - 2001 Digital Remaster
Madonna – Like A Prayer
The Allman Brothers Band – Hot 'Lanta
The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
The Police – Shadows In The Rain - 2003 Stereo Remastered Version
Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains
The Doors – Riders On The Storm
Everclear – Santa Monica
Weezer – Beverly Hills
Aerosmith – Last Child
Maroon 5 – Makes Me Wonder
Bush – Glycerine
Chevelle – The Red
AC/DC – Back in Black
Alice In Chains – Sickman

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