Artist	Song
Bill Hicks	Your Wrong Night
Bob Dylan	One More Cup Of Coffee
Bill Hicks	Hooligans
The Clash	I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.
Bill Hicks	We Live In A World...
The Rolling Stones	Under My Thumb
Bill Hicks	Pussywhipped Satan
Lyle Lovett	Lonely In Love
Bill Hicks	Drugs Have Done Good Things
The Beatles	Yellow Submarine
Bill Hicks	Time To Evolve
Neil Young	Comes A Time
Bill Hicks	Artistic Roll Call
Tom Waits	Step Right Up
Bill Hicks	Clam Lappers & Sonic The Hedgehog
Bill Hicks	Beezlebozo
Warren Zevon	Genius
Bill Hicks	Confessions Time (Cops)
Willie Nelson, Janis Ian	Memphis
Bill Hicks	Your Children Aren't Special
Cream	I Feel Free
Bill Hicks	The Vision

Comment:

I've been trying to figure out how to do a Bill Hicks mix for awhile now. Simply burning bits from the four stand-up discs I have of his seemed too boring (Bill even faded music in and out of some of the bits on three of the discs himself). I started putting together a comp of other stand-up and spoken word stuff (and I'll probably go back to that as a seperate project at another time) but it didn't put enough focus on Bill. I finally settled on mixing his stand-up with musicians that were either mentioned in the bits, wrote on subjects in the routines or were artists he and I had discussed.
I had the opportunity to work with Hicks a few times in the early nineties (after he had given up drugs and alcohol and before he found out he had cancer.) He was a couple of months younger than me and was interesting to talk to and an adventure to watch perform. At this point he hadn't really hit yet but was generating a buzz among other comics. He had been famous for self-destructing on stage when he was still drinking and taking his material into some very dark corners. Once he got sober he still could turn on an audience and head into the abyss. It was often brilliant or uncomfortable (or both at once). One of the great things about his CDs is that they weren't afraid to include bits the audience didn't like along with the ones that got screams from the crowd. Once he died there was alot of hero-worship and overstating of his profundity and influence (In my opinion). I had seen him as a talented and idealistic guy who couldn't help bur bare his soul on stage. Bill is definitely not for the squeamish or easily offended (although my mother thought he was hysterical when she saw him live.) Anyway, I like the way this turned out. I think it's an honest representation of what watching Hicks was like and I think the music ties it together pretty well.

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