Side A
Artist	Song
Judas Priest	The Hellion (instrumental) (1982)
Judas Priest	Electric Eye (1982)
Led Zeppelin	Rock And Roll (1971)
Nirvana	About A Girl (1989)
Bob Dylan	Tangled Up In Blue (1975)
The Sex Pistols	No Feelings (1977)
Iggy Pop	Sister Midnight (1977)
KISS	Calling Dr. Love (1977)
Cheap Trick	Surren-der (1978)
The Clash	Pressure Dr-op (1979)
The Rolling Stones	You Got The Silver (1969)
Pearl Jam	Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (1993)
Metallica	Eye Of The Beholder (1988)
Audioslave	Be Yourself (2005)
Red Hot Chili Peppers	My Frien-ds (1995)
Pete Townshen-d	Sheraton Gibson (1972)
Ian Hunter	Cleveland Rocks (1979)
King's X	Mississippi Moon (1996)
Aerosmith	Get The Lead Out (1976)
Kix	Same Jane (1991)
Van Halen	I'm The One (1978)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Megadeth	Kil-ling Is My Business...And Business Is Good! (1985)
The Doors	Roadhouse Blues (1970)
Twisted Sister	I Wanna Rock (1984)
Joy Division	The Only Mistake (1979)
Montrose	Tuft-Sedge (instrumental) (1976)
Temple Of The Dog (w / Chris Cornell)	Say Hello 2 Heaven (1991)
David Bowie	Space Oddity (1969)
Richie Havens	Tombstone Blues (from "I'm Not There") (2007)
The Ramones	53rd & 3rd (1976)
Mott The Hoople	One Of The Boys (1972)
Yes	Long Distance Runaround (1971)
Yes	The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (1971)
The Monkees	Let's Dance On (1966)
Thin Lizzy	Black Boys On The Corner (1973)
The Yardbirds	You're A Better Man Than I (1965)
The Police	Dead En-d Job (1978)
Motorhead	Devils (1993)
Patti Smith	The Jackson Song (1988)
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band	Give Peace A Chance (1969)

Comment:

Well, you-know-who is back with MIX #53. If I had thought about it far enough in advance, I would have had the Ramones' "53rd & 3rd" as the third track on Disc #1! But hindsight is always 20/20, right? Oh, well...In any case, this particular mix is probably - for lack of a better descriptive - the most "meat-'n'-potatoes," classic, rocking-out mix that I've put together in quite some time, and there are no garage/punk or novelty obscurities this time around (although I love those from time to time). I know there have been some grumblings from people recently that I put the same bands on my mixes over and over again. Well, I guess I'm guilty as ch-arged. But to that I would have to reply with the question: "Well, what's wrong with that?" I have an elite handful of favorite groups, or "regulars," and I'm always sure to make room for something by each of them (almost) every time around. But I will promise you this: The same bands and artists may turn up repeatedly...but not the same songs! That's right, I guarantee there will not be one single repeat of a single song throughout the entire Pazuzu Mix series, and you can take that to the bank! [*wink*] Of course, you could always argue that I could expand my horizons a little. But who among us can honestly make any claim otherwise, right? I have to admit, with the exception of Dylan, I haven't gotten many CDs recently by new artists or older, established artists I haven't heard before, so forgive me if my roster is starting to look a little stale. (Yes, I actually still go to the store and buy CDs. What can I say? Call me old school.) Look at it this way: My mixes are like deluxe specialty pizzas with the works from your favorite local pizza joint. You'll find a little of everything - pepperoni, sausage, bacon, green peppers, mushrooms, banana peppers, pineapples, a little extra cheddar (nyuk, nyuk!). And like someone's favorite deluxe specialty pizza from their favorite pizza joint, you always know what you're going to get with one of my mixes. It'll always have that special Pazuzu flavor, and you can take that to the bank as well! [*wink*] In any case, back to the mix at hand: You may have noticed that I've violated my "no two songs by same artist on same mix" rule, but these are tracks that are segued, pretty much grouped together. In the case of Judas Priest, "The Hellion" is basically the intro to "Elecric Eye," while in the case of Yes, Chris Squire's bass guitar showcase "The Fish" functions as a kind of exten-ded coda to "Long Distance Runaround." Elsewhere, I've always loved Pete Townshen-d's acoustic solo number "Sheraton Gibson," and when Pete Townshen-d rhapsodizes about Cleveland, it only seems appropriate that I follow that up with Ian Hunter's "Cleveland Rocks"! No, that was not part of any grand masterplan, it just happened that way! It all fell perfectly into place just like that! BOO-YAAH!! Darth Pazuzu, you are a bona-fide forking GENIUS! Mwah-ha-ha-ha!! (Special thanks to Justin Hawkins of the Darkness for that one, and yes, now would be a good time for my fellow AOTM posters to be-gin ruthlessly heckling and righteously flaming the hell out of me! [*wink*]) Now, it was always part of the plan for me to include Cheap Trick's "Surren-der" on this disc. But in the same way that the good Captain Hi-Top suggested that I follow up a Nirvana track with the Chili Peppers' "Californication" on a previous disc because the lyric mentions Kurt Cobain, I thought that I should include a KISS track beforehand, since the Cheap Trick song mentions KISS in its lyric. So, enter "Dr. Love"! (And I thought it would also be cool to give Gene Simmons a consolation prize for being fired in last week's episode of "Celebrity Apprentice." And yes, that's right, I do watch "The Apprentice"! We all have our guilty pleasures, you know...)

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