Side A
Artist	Song
Anthrax	Potter's Field (1993)
Soundgarden	He Didn't (1988)
Pink Floyd	Remember A Day (1968)
Joy Division	Colony (1980)
Bob Dylan	Maggie's Farm (live version) (from No Direction Home) (1965)
The Clash	Rock The Casbah (1982)
Queen	If You Can't Beat Them (1978)
R.E.M.	All The Way To Reno (2001)
Guns N' Roses	My Michelle (1987)
The Rolling Stones	Coming Down Again (1973)
Jane's Addiction	Summertime Rolls (1988)
Van Halen	Hear About It Later (1981)
Heart	Silver Wheels (instrumental) (1980)
Alice In Chains	Rain When I Die (1992)
The Who	Doctor Jimmy (1973)
Aerosmith	Bright Light Fright (1977)
Manic Street Preachers	Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (1996)
Hanoi Rocks	Fallen Star (1981)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Megadeth	Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (1990)
Montrose	I Got The Fire (1974)
The Sex Pistols	Anarchy In The U.K. (1977)
Ted Nugent	Scream Dream (1980)
Led Zeppelin	Dancing Days (1973)
The Beatles	Lovely Rita (1967)
The Velvet Underground	Run Run Run (1967)
Foo Fighters	Monkeywrench (1997)
ABBA	Ring Ring (1973)
Journey	Wheel In The Sky (1978)
Kix	I'm Bombed (1995)
The Ramones	Censorshit (1992)
Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It (1984)
KISS	Hooligan (1977)
Loudness	Hungry Hunter (1987)
Green River	One More Stitch (1988)
John Entwistle	Big Black Cadillac (1973)
D Generation (w / Jesse Malin)	Don't Be Denied (1999)
Emerson, Lake & Powell	Lay Down Your Guns (1986)
The Cult	Join Hands (1991)

Comment:

Well, this particular mix turned out to be rather...well, workmanlike. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it just kind of seems like business as usual, even by my (often) predict-able standards. There's no real zap! of inspiration like there was for me last time. Yeah, there are a couple of really good sequences and juxtapositions. I think the pairing of the live Maggie's Farm (yeah, that's right - the one from Newport in '65!) with Rock The Casbah turned out pretty cool, and putting Anarchy In The U.K. and Scream Dream together makes rather shocking sense! I also like how AIC's Rain When I Die leads directly into the violent thunderstorm sound effects which o-pen The Who's Doctor Jimmy, from Quadro-phenia (1973).

The problem that I see is, it all seems to be like a set of really good sequences that doesn't really gel into a cohesive whole. And I'm also dissatisfied with having to use an acoustic Heart instrumental - even though it's rather pretty - as padding to shore up Disc #1's running time past my 78-minute minimum, because I'm not really all that satisfied it fits! But I don't know, maybe others of you out there might feel differently!

One thing's for sure, I think my o-pening and closing sequences are certainly more than passable. The first four tracks on Disc #2 make for an infernal heavy-rock firestorm that I'm actually rather proud of, and I think the two ballads from the Manics and Hanoi that close Disc #1 work alright together. However, when it came to the conclusion of Disc #2, I wasn't really all that sure which song should have come first and which one should have been the closer: ELP(owell)'s Lay Down Your Guns or Cult rarity Join Hands. I think it works fine as it is, but I think it certainly could have worked the other way...

Even though I don't necessarily think it all gels together, there's certainly some good stuff here: A Neil Young cover from Jesse Malin's first band D Generation...a wistful number from psychedelic-era Floyd, penned by keyboardist Rick Wright...a menacing up-tempo rocker from late Who bassist John Entwistle (R.I.P.)...Stones and Aerosmith numbers sung by guitarists Keith Rich-ards and Joe Perry...and more!

And I know there are a few numbers here which would definitely meet with the approval of KathrynandRupert, and to whom they are dedicated. They'll know which ones! :-)

Well, the next mix is going to mark my big Seven-Oh, so I'm planning on making it something extra-special. It's already taking form in my mind even as I type this out! The only problem is: I've got to take a break eventually, otherwise how in the hell am I gonna get around to listening to the mixes Captain Hi-Top sent me?! [*wink*]

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