Volume 12 of the Green Monkey Music Project is completed and available for download!
If the participants of this mix want to discuss their own selections, please feel free to do so! I’ll put a pointer on this post if you end up posting about it on your own blog (or you could always just add comments here, I suppose). Be sure and explain the links from one of your selected songs to the other!
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SIX DEGREES!
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The Participants Discuss Their Selections:
Beth!
Beckeye!
Dr MVM!
Glassmeow!
Barbara!
Allen L!
Splotchy!
The Songs:
All of Beth’s songs
All of Allen L’s songs
All of Barbara’s songs
All of Beckeye’s songs
All of Dr MVM’s songs
All of Glassmeow’s songs
All of KS’ songs
All of Splotchy’s songs
Track Listing
01 – Boom Boom- John Lee Hooker [beth]
02 – Gloria – Van Morrison feat John Lee Hooker [beth]
03 – Gloria: In Excelsis Deo Gloria – Patti Smith [beth]
04 – E-bow the Letter – R.E.M. feat. Patti Smith [beth]
05 – Wang Dang Doodle – Hindu Love Gods [beth]
06 – Boom Boom Mancini – Warren Zevon [beth]
07 – If William Shatner Can I Can Too – Jeff Daniels [allenl]
08 – Common People – William Shatner [allenl]
09 – Heroes – David Bowie [allenl]
10 – Vive Le Rock – Adam Ant [allenl]
11 – Hello, I Love You – The Doors [allenl]
12 – Poor Girl – X [allenl]
13 – Human Behaviour – Bjork [barbara]
14 – Human Behaviour – The Decemberists [barbara]
15 – National Hum – The Constantines [barbara]
16 – Chorus of Wolves – Woodpigeon [barbara]
17 – While You Wait for the Others – Grizzly Bear [barbara]
18 – Talk Show Host – Radiohead [barbara]
19 – Sandy – John Travolta [beckeye]
20 – Domino – Squeeze [beckeye]
21 – From a Whisper to a Scream – Elvis Costello [beckeye]
22 – The Comedians – Roy Orbison [beckeye]
23 – Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen [beckeye]
24 – One Step Up – Eddie Vedder [beckeye]
25 – American Squirm – Nick Lowe [drmvm]
26 – What’s So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding – Elvis Costello [drmvm]
27 – I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday – The Pogues [drmvm]
28 – Don’t Come All Cowboy With Me Sunny Jim – Kirsty MacColl [drmvm]
29 – Life During Wartime – Talking Heads [drmvm]
30 – Banana Chips – Shonen Knife [drmvm]
31 – Birds in Perspex – Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians [glassmeow]
32 – And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles [glassmeow]
33 – Pretty Persuasion – R.E.M. [glassmeow]
34 – Little Black Egg – Minus 5 [glassmeow]
35 – Working Class Hero – Tin Machine [glassmeow]
36 – The Authority Box – Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3 [glassmeow]
37 – Makes No Sense At All – Husker Du [ks]
38 – Rebel Rouser – Duane Eddy [ks]
39 – Check Your Bucket – Eddie Bo [ks]
40 – Long Way Down – Bowery Electric [ks]
41 – Boy Blue – Electric Light Orchestra [ks]
42 – Electricity – Orchestral Manueovres In The Dark [ks]
43 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G III – Wendy Carlos [splotchy]
44 – Walter Carlos – Momus [splotchy]
45 – Movies In My Head – The 6ths [splotchy]
46 – Stockholm Syndrome – Yo La Tengo [splotchy]
47 – No Train To Stockholm – Lee Hazlewood [splotchy]
48 – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra [splotchy]
Congratulations to the following participants, who are now proud recipients of the Green Monkey Master badge!
Allen L (Allen, this might actually be your fourth go-around! Sorry for missing you previously)
Dr MVM
Wear your Green Monkey Master Badge with pride!
Thanks also to Volume 12’s guest host, Beth!
Woo hoo!! As Elvis Costello sang, “I’ll wear it proudly.”
Anybody wanna try to guess how my six songs are connected?
My explanation is up now.
Mine’s up! Can’t wait to check out all the rest.
Mine’s up. Finally.
Sorry about the delay.
Thank blogness it’s back! Every now and then I’ll hear something come up from one of your many great previous mixes and I smile like a damned dirty ape.