PAZUZU MIX #54:
I'm Luck's Last Match Struck In The Pouring Down Wind

Side A
Artist Song
Black Sabbath  Never Say Die (1978) 
The Cult  She Sells Sanctuary (long version) (1985) 
The Doors  Break On Through (To The Other Side) (1967) 
The Beatles  Dear Prudence (1968) 
Megadeth  Almost Honest (1997) 
Thin Lizzy  Hollywood (Down On Your Luck) (1981) 
The Who  Dreaming From The Waist (1975) 
Peter Hammill  Rubicon (1974) 
The Police  Too Much Information (1981) 
Cheap Trick  Had To Make You Mine (1990) 
Joey Ramone  What A Wonderful World (2002) 
Nico (w / Lou Reed & John Cale)  It Was A Pleasure Then (1967) 
Soundgarden  Mind Riot (1991) 
Bob Dylan  Isis (live version) (1975) 
The Tears (w / Brett Anderson & Bernard Butler)  Apollo 13 (2005) 
Yes  Magnification (2001) 
Mott The Hoople  Lay Down (1971) 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Metallica  King Nothing (1996) 
Van Halen  Eruption (instrumental) (1978) 
Van Halen  You Really Got Me (1978) 
The Jimi Hen-drix Experience  Manic Depression (1967) 
Ian Hunter  Once Bitten Twice Shy (1975) 
Joy Division  Shadowplay (1979) 
Manic Street Preachers  You're Ten-der And You're Tired (1998) 
The Choir  It's Cold Outside (1966) 
The Cure  Boys Don't Cry (1979) 
Journey  Don't Stop Believin' (1981) 
Van Der Graaf Generator  Nutter Alert (2005) 
MC5  Miss X (1971) 
Siouxsie & The Banshees  Christine (1980) 
Mark Lanegan  Man In The Long Black Coat (from I'm Not There) (2007) 
Chris Cornell  You Know My Name (from Casino Royale) (2007) 
Queen  Princes Of The Universe (from Highlander) (1986) 
Patti Smith  25th Floor (1978) 
Patti Smith  High On Rebellion (1978) 
Jon Anderson  To The Runner (1976) 
Pink Floyd  Brain Damage (1973) 
Pink Floyd  Eclipse (1973) 

Comment:

Well, here's my latest offering of Pazuzu Pizza Pie! This time around, it's mostly my usual trademark classic/prog/hard rock/metal melange, but this time around I've thrown in a little '60s gem from the Rhino Nuggets box, and no less than four proto-goth/punk offerings (from Nico, Joy Division, the Cure and Siouxsie - I think that KathrynandRupert just may approve!). I had the brainstorm of putting It's Cold Outside (a number covered by late punk-rocker Stiv Bators, by the way) back to back with Boys Don't Cry, and I personally think it works rather well. (But certainly feel free to disagree.) For the longest time, I wanted to include Nico's It Was A Pleasure Then (which, FYI, originated as a live Velvet Underground improv called Melody Laughter), but I wasn't exactly sure how well it would fit. I eventually decided to place it before Soundgarden's Mind Riot because I think that the o-pening guitar lick of that song almost feels like an extension of the Nico song, modally speaking. Has anyone ever heard Bob Dylan's Isis? Well, on the Biograph 3-CD box set (from '85), there's a rip-roaring, rollicking live version that's seriously smoking. I mean it! Mick Ronson plays some scorching lead guitar, Scarlet Rivera rocks out on the violin, and Dylan himself just belts out the lyrics like the young Joe Strummer. I'm telling you, if you haven't heard it before, it's an absolute must-hear! Elsewhere, former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan does a Dylan cover (I'm on a serious Dylan kick these days!), while Mott The Hoople cover an old Melanie Safka number. I also included an early '80s rock radio classic which from this point onward will probably be forever associated with the Sopranos series finale! And this time around, I've got no less than three artists making two appearances on Disc #2! But as before, the songs are segued pairings, so it's not really cheating...[*wink*]

Feedback:

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KathrynandRupert
Date: 1/29/2008
I think you know us too well. You've told us what we'd like and you're right. I'll add that I like the two Pink Floyd songs (can't speak for Kathryn though) the Beatles and the Choir, both of which Kath would approve.
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Moe
Date: 1/30/2008
Happy to see you're still plugging along in 2008. This could be the year of the Pazuzu. I approve of the Choir too -- and some vintage Police.