#04 The Name Game

There isn't any name that you can't rhyme. As proof, this mix only features songs that have a name followed closely by a rhyme, or a rhyme followed closely by a name. It's quite simple.

And for a great prelude or coda, I recommend Jelly Roll Morton's version of "My Gal Sal", which you can listen to here.

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01 The Miracles - "Mickey's Monkey"
02 The Who - "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand"
03 Martha and the Vandellas - "Jimmy Mack"
04 Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias - "Handa Wanda"
05 Little Richard - "Ready Teddy"
06 Dion - "Donna the Prima Donna"
07 Wreckless Eric - "Reconnez Cherie"
08 Felt - "Penelope Tree"
09 The Lovin' Spoonful - "Bald Headed Lena"
10 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - "Doug the Jitterbug"
11 T. Rex - "Telegram Sam"
12 The Free Design - "Michelle"
13 The Beatles - "Lovely Rita"
14 The Four Tops - "Walk Away Renee"
15 The Sea Urchins - "Pristine Christine"
16 The Bobbettes - "Mr. Lee"
17 Donovan - "Jennifer Juniper"
18 Brian Eno - "Blank Frank"
19 The Sonics - "Skinnie Minnie"
20 Shirley Ellis - "The Name Game"

#03 Cups and Cakes

A trip to a world of cups and cakes and cotton candy castles, where every song is about food, love, and most certainly drugs.

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01 The Lemon Pipers - "Jelly Jungle (of Orange Marmalade)"
02 Pink Floyd - "Apples and Oranges"
03 The Smoke - "My Friend Jack"
04 Kaleidoscope - "Jenny Artichoke"
05 Harpers Bizarre - "Green Apple Tree"
06 The Beach Boys - "Vegetables"
07 The Turtles - "Food"
08 Os Mutantes - "Panis et Circenses"
09 My Bloody Valentine - "Sunny Sundae Smile"
10 The Clique - "Sugar on Sunday"
11 The Move - "(Here We Go Round) the Lemon Tree"
12 Tommy James and the Shondells - "I Am a Tangerine"
13 Strawberry Alarm Clark - "Incense and Peppermints"
14 The Kinks - "Afternoon Tea"
15 The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Some Candy Talking"
16 The Lovin' Spoonful - "Coconut Grove"
17 1910 Fruitgum Company - "1910 Cotton Candy Castle"
18 Spinal Tap - "Cups and Cakes"
19 Super Furry Animals - "Chewing Chewing Gum"
20 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Spontaneous Apple Creation"

Don't worry, I'll be back soon.

#02 Smoking Guns

Will the popularity of "Paper Planes" bring back a renaissance of guns sounds in popular music? This internet blogger doesn't know for sure, but it seems like reason enough for a gun-themed mix. This week we find ourselves in a violent, twisted crime drama filled with gun shots, snare drums, and Nancy Sinatra. It's the same old story: boy finds gun, takes gun to town, murder, death, rebirth, etcetera, etcetera. You can fill in the details.

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01 Nancy Sinatra - "You Only Live Twice"
02 The Clash - "Tommy Gun"
03 Ice Cube - "My Summer Vacation"
04 Johnny Cash - "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"
05 Piero Piccioni - "Keep Running"
06 Curtis Mayfield - "Billy Jack"
07 Snoop Dogg - "Murder Was The Case"
08 The Sonics - "Shot Down"
09 John Barry - "Main Title" (from the Ipcress File)
10 Bill Withers - "Better Off Dead"
11 King Tubby - "King Tubby's Explosion Dub"
12 The Flatmates - "Life Of Crime"
13 The Bobby Fuller Four - "I Fought The Law"
14 Ennio Morricone - "Studio Di Colore"
15 Gene Pitney - "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
16 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - "Mo' Murda"
17 Nancy Sinatra - "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"

#01 Falsettos

This week we pose the question: how does using only half your vocal chords make your music roughly twice as sexy? For the answer we go to some of pop music’s most distinguished falsettos including Curtis Mayfield, Prince, Frankie Valli, Brian Wilson, and Eddie Kendricks. We also visit Slim Smith of the Uniques and Junior Murvin, two of the most prized falsettos of Jamaica. In a mere 55 minutes this mix will help erase all those memories of BeeGees imitations, and give you a new excuse to listen to Tiny Tim and D’Angelo.

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01 Curtis Mayfield - "Pusherman"

02 Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - "Stay"

03 Al Green - "I'm Still In Love With You"

04 The Uniques - "My Conversation"

05 Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons - "Rag Doll"

06 Dexys Midnight Runners - "Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply"

07 The Beach Boys - "We'll Run Away"

08 The Delfonics - "La La Means I Love You"

09 Eddie Kendricks - "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind"

10 The Isley Brothers - "You Walk Your Way"

11 Junior Murvin - "Police And Thieves"

12 Sparks - "Something For The Girl With Everything"

13 Prince - "Kiss"

14 Tiny Tim - "Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut)"

15 D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"