Side A
Artist	Song
Warrior Soul	Love Destruction (1993)
Judas Priest	Metal Gods (1980)
Rage Against The Machine	Vietnow (1996)
The Moody Blues	Lost In A Lost World (1972)
Stone Temple Pilots	Interstate Love Song (1994)
Led Zeppelin	What Is And What Should Never Be (1969)
Living Colour	Information Overload (1990)
Faith No More	Evidence (1995)
Manic Street Preachers	Yourself (1993)
Screaming Trees	Caught Between (1991)
The Ramones	Got Alot To Say (1995)
The Fluid	Mister Blameshifter (1993)
Jane's Addiction	Pig's In Zen (1988)
Joy Division	The Eternal (1980)
Metallica	To Live Is To Die (1988)
The Doors	Riders On The Storm (1971)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Alice In Chains	Grind (1995)
Bob Dylan	Solid Rock (1980)
Yes	Finally (1999)
Cinderella	Once Around The Ride (1986)
Mink DeVille	Savoire Faire (1980)
The Mamas & The Papas	I Can't Wait (1966)
Guns N' Roses	Back Off Bitch (1991)
Pantera	Floods (1996)
Suede	To The Birds (1992)
Van Halen	Unchained (1981)
The Beatles	Money (That's What I Want) (1964)
Megadeth	Foreclosure Of A Dream (1992)
Mother Love Bone	Stardog Champion (1990)
Sparta	Tensioning (2004)
Rollins Band	Stop Look And Listen (2001)
The New York Dolls	Trash (1973)
Queen	Funny How Love Is (1974)
The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want (1969)

Comment:

Well, you all must have been good boys and girls this Easter...because you're all getting a double shot today! That's right, frien-ds and neighbors, today you're getting two Pazuzu Pizza Pies for the price of one!The main thing I'd like to address is the final sequence of three on Disc #1: Joy Division, Metallica and The Doors. I guess it's somewhat similar to the final, dark prog-epic sequence of five at the en-d of MIX #65 - although this is more brooding and somber, certainly not as tumultuous and intense as the en-d of MIX #65. My first notion was to put just The Eternal and Riders On The Storm back to back - and that certainly would have been effective. But then I thought of throwing Metallica's sad '88 instrumental (with James Hetfield reciting some posthumous Cliff Burton verse toward the en-d) into the mix. I don't know whether that makes it more effective than just Joy Division and The Doors would have been, but I still think it's not bad.

As far as the o-pening tracks of the mix are concerned, I began with a pummeling and pounding heavy-rock trifecta (and I'd like to give a shoutout to Captain Hi-Top for giving me the notion of using the RATM number), after which I was sort of stuck for what to put on after. I decided to bring things down to a more melancholic vibe for the Moodies' Lost In A Lost World. Because after the brutal three-pronged assault of Warrior Soul, Judas Priest and Rage Against The Machine, you need to bring things down a little!

I also had the brainstorm to put the Mamas & The Papas' I Can't Wait back to back with GN'R's Back Off Bitch. I know people have this image of the M's & P's as representing the sort of perfect idyllic, flower-power good vibes of the late-'60s pop scene, but some of their songs have got this real spiteful edge to them - including the "screw you, this relationship is over" lyrics of the song I included here! Who'da thunk it, right? The Mamas & The Papas' dysfunctional side serves to perfectly complement Axl at his raging, venomous worst! (Ha, ha)

Elsewhere, we get a primo slice of hard-rocking gospel from Dylan (solid rock, indeed!)...a songwriting collaboration between Willy DeVille and the late Doc Pomus...an inspirational fist-pumper from latter-day Yes...an eerie slow-burner from Pantera...one of Suede's first two B-sides...a smattering of primo grunge here and there (including a punky obscurity from the Denver-based Fluid)...a gorgeous gem from Queen II...and more.I'd also like to give a loud thanks to Henry Rollins and the Ramones, for providing a little something short and sweet to fill those pesky time gaps when I fall slightly short of the my ideal 78-80 minute running time, but can't use anything too long!

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