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ALL OVER THE SHOP
| ALL OVER THE SHOP | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Length: | 00:42:20 |
| Keywords |
1. eclectic 2. spectrum 3. grooviness |
| Created on | 6/25/07 12:09am |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2506 |
| Total visitors | 46 |
| Unique visitors | 28 |
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I have a cheap mp3 player which keeps me in touch with syncopated beat during times of stress. The music I listen to is all over the shop at the best of times, coming from many an era and genre. The other day though, the random play button produced a transition so perfect and so not at all obvious that I knew that a mix made up from some of the far flung corners of my musical taste was in order. Here we go then, with the accidental transition that prompted this whole thing kicking us off.
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| 1 | Gene Krupa : Drum Boogie |
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My favorite kind of 40s big band music, with the upfront drums and ever so slight hint of sex and danger. Krup [...]
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Track 3 from Drums, Drums, Drums
Length: 00:03:09 Year: 0000 |
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My favorite kind of 40s big band music, with the upfront drums and ever so slight hint of sex and danger. Krupa was a pretty glamorous figure, all wild brilliantined manhood behind his kit and in its way, this truly rocks. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | The White Stripes : Seven Nation Army |
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I know, there is wonderful new stuff around from them, but when my mp3 player through up the transition from ' [...]
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Track 1 from Elephant
Length: 00:03:51 Year: 2003 |
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I know, there is wonderful new stuff around from them, but when my mp3 player through up the transition from 'Drum Boogie' to this, it sounded like both bands had planned it that way. It is maybe the most perfect accidental transition I have ever come across, and just thinking about it makes me happy in a slightly unsettling way. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Dick Dale : Pipeline (with Stevie Ray Vaughan) |
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Dick Dale, one of California's most neglected yet valuable assets and his take on the old Ventures guitar inst [...]
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Track 18 from King Of The Surf Guitar
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 0000 |
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Dick Dale, one of California's most neglected yet valuable assets and his take on the old Ventures guitar instrumental, with SRV in tow. Years ago, I was walking to the tube station on the way home from work in Camden, London, when I passed a pub with some nasty live music blaring out. It sounded like a metal version of surf guitar. I went in, and lo and behold, it was Dick Dale, complete with Agent Orange as his backing band, playing insanely loud rocky versions of his surf guitar past. It was a wonderful and highly unlikely night, and if I have told this story before, who cares, this is what we old bastards do. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Manfred Mann : Pretty Flamingo |
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Changing lanes now. This has been a favorite of mine ever since I heard it as a kid in the 60s. In later life, [...]
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Track 1 from Pretty Flamingo
Length: 00:02:30 Year: 1966 |
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Changing lanes now. This has been a favorite of mine ever since I heard it as a kid in the 60s. In later life, the singer on this, Paul Jones, presented a couple of blues radio shows in the UK. I had reason to talk to him when booking someone onto his show once as a guest and he seemed like a nice bloke. Banal as anecdotes go, but there you have it. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Sufjan Stevens : The Dress Looks Nice on you |
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This is the kind of music I would have liked to have played when I was younger, but I lacked the discipline to [...]
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Length: 00:02:34 Year: |
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This is the kind of music I would have liked to have played when I was younger, but I lacked the discipline to avoid the obligatory twenty minute guitar solo and let the melody breathe. Thank goodness for Sufjan! SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Queen Ida : My Girl Josephine |
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Don't think I have ever put a zydeco track in a mix here before, but I should have done. I like to think that [...]
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Track 9 from Queen Ida in San Francisco
Length: 00:04:33 Year: 0000 |
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Don't think I have ever put a zydeco track in a mix here before, but I should have done. I like to think that Sufjan Stevens would be happy to have his song played next to this. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | David Bowie : Young Americans |
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I remember when this first came out, and I was so outraged that there were no third hand Chuck Berry riffs in [...]
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Track 1 from Young Americans
Length: 00:05:10 Year: 1975 |
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I remember when this first came out, and I was so outraged that there were no third hand Chuck Berry riffs in there and that Ziggy had finally been replaced by this anorexic soulboy. Needless to say, a week or so later, and this single was being worn to death on my shitty Fidelity stereo, and a stolen "Young Americans" poster was up on my wall. "Do you remember your President Nixon" indeed. Fantastic track then and now. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles : That's What Love Is Made Of |
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This is so bloody joyous. Early Smokey, and with an innocence that can only come from having the voice of an a [...]
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Track 15 from Anthology: Disc 1
Length: 00:02:51 Year: 0000 |
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This is so bloody joyous. Early Smokey, and with an innocence that can only come from having the voice of an angel and the wink of a devil. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion : Orange |
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A bit different from Smokey I feel but there is room in my heart for both.
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Track 7 from Orange
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 1994 |
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A bit different from Smokey I feel but there is room in my heart for both. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Jeff Beck Group : Morning Dew |
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The 1968 version of Becks band featured Rod Stewart (hey, don't walk out just yet)and Ronnie Wood (I mean it, [...]
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Track 3 from Truth
Length: 00:04:42 Year: 0000 |
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The 1968 version of Becks band featured Rod Stewart (hey, don't walk out just yet)and Ronnie Wood (I mean it, come back here) and is very loose in the way 1968 rock was, but there is something really delicious about this. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Beck : Broken Train |
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Yeah, I know, Jeff Beck to Beck in one move, so what, but there is another link. Both tracks are pretty quirky [...]
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Track 7 from Midnite Vultures
Length: 00:04:11 Year: 1999 |
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Yeah, I know, Jeff Beck to Beck in one move, so what, but there is another link. Both tracks are pretty quirky, one track comes from the 60s, the other kind of wishes it did...the hits go on! SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Beatles : Julia |
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Most of what I say is meaningless. The Beck track got me in the mood for this lovely sad song.
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Track 17 from The Beatles (White Album)
Length: 00:02:52 Year: 1968 |
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Most of what I say is meaningless. The Beck track got me in the mood for this lovely sad song. SHOW LESS
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I fucking hate Beck. But, the rest of this is tasty.
9/25/09 01:41am
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Don't worry, youandme, I share a similar jazz band history. The only thing is, I'm *still* in my (university) jazz band. /nerd confession
6/25/07 09:03pm
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awarded on 2007-07-25
Level 24
Krupa
6/25/07 08:28pm
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Happy Halloween 2007! In celebration of this event, here is a recipe to make your very own candy corn:
Combine 1 cup of razor blades, 2 cups of clown tears and 3/4 tablespoon spider eggs in a pan and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and add 2 cups hemlock and 3 ounces of fish oil. Stir until cool enough to handle. Shape and distribute.
Trick or treat!
Combine 1 cup of razor blades, 2 cups of clown tears and 3/4 tablespoon spider eggs in a pan and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and add 2 cups hemlock and 3 ounces of fish oil. Stir until cool enough to handle. Shape and distribute.
Trick or treat!
awarded on 2007-11-01
Level 16
i really love that Beck track.
6/25/07 08:00am
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Level 36
Accidental shuffle transitions are what make my world go round. This mix makes me want to love again.
6/25/07 12:35am
