Side A
Artist	Song
1. Paul Simon	Peace Like a River
2. Patti Smith	Wing
3. Bobby Short	I Happen To Like New York
4. Yo La Tengo	Meet the Mets
5. They Might Be Giants	James K. Polk
6. Jimmy Durante	The Day I Read A Book
7. HAIR 1967 off-Broadway cast	Electric Blues
8. The Statler Brothers	Flowers on the Wall
9. The Rolling Stones	Down Home Girl
10. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas	Motoring
11. John Lennon	God Save Oz
12. New York Dolls	Looking for a Kiss
13. The. J.B.'s	Givin' Up Food For Funk (Parts 1 & 2)
14. Thirstin' Howl III	I Still Live With My Moms
15. Elvis Presley	That's Alright
16. Blondie	Angels on the Balcony
17. Elvis Costello	Weird Nightmare (live, with Bill Frisell)
18. Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine (instrumental version)
19. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto	Desafinado
20. Bessie Smith	Black Mountain Blues
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
(15. Song for those quiet rainy days.)	*
(9. A Lullaby.)	*
(8. Except for this song, not a favorite artist/band.)	*
(16. Feelgood song.)	*
(20. Wildcard: any song.)	*
(Approximates "13. embarrassed to admit you like", but see notes below.)	*
(5. One of the earliest records you remember listening to.)	*
(6. Song discovered from a film.)	*
(11. Really good cover version.)	*
(3. Song that gets you going in the morning.)	*
(18. "Dead rockers society".)	*
(17. A song with the word "Look" in the title.)	*
(14. Funky.)	*
(10. A song you find funny.)	*
(19. Your favourite Elvis song.)	*
(12. Song that reminds you of school days.)	*
(7. Song from favourite band / artist.)	*
(1. Song from the last record bought.)	*
(4. Romantic song.)	*
(2. A blues.)	*

Comment:

A Frankenstein mix, following the original guidelines including "song order up to you" and "title = cool movie quote". (The title words appear on the door of the Brain Depository in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.) **** NOTES ABOUT SOURCES: All songs are from garden variety commercially released CDs. Two possibly obscure ones: "Meet the Mets" by Yo La Tengo is on YO LA TENGO IS MURDERING THE CLASSICS which is available exclusively from Yo La Tengo's website, so all sales proceeds flow directly into Yo La Tengo's bulging coffers and help to support their depraved rock star lifestyles. The HAIR selection is from the 1967 off-Broadway version, not the better-known '68 Broadway one or the film soundtrack. The '67 HAIR is included on the 2-disc HAIR DELUXE EDITION. It's less show-tuney and (to my ears) way less irritating than the Broadway version. **** COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE SONGS: Dating myself here: I remember the whole family gathering 'round the hi-fi in 1968 (when I was five) to listen to my uncle's reel-to-reel tape copy of the off-Broadway HAIR. **** Bobby Short's "I Happen To Like New York" qualifies as another "song I discovered from a film": it plays at the start of MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY **** I'm not "embarrassed" about liking Jimmy Durante (or any other music) but I wouldn't subject most people to his vaudevillian shtick. To quote FAMILY GUY: "Careful with that joke, it's an antique!" **** Opening lines of "Black Mountain Blues": "Down in Black Mountain a child will smack your face, babies crying for liquor and all the birds sing bass. Black Mountain people are bad as they could be, they uses gunpowder just to sweeten their tea " **** There aren't enough songs about JAMES K. POLK.

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