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PAZUZU MIX #147:
You Were Only Waiting For This Moment To Arise
(Warmly Dedicated To America's 44th President!)
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| MANIC STREET PREACHERS | Dixie (Everything Must Go: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - 2006/1996) | |
| FOCUS | Hocus Pocus (instrumental) (Moving Waves - 1972) | |
| JOHN MELLENCAMP | Love And Happiness (Whenever We Wanted - 1991) | |
| OZZY OSBOURNE | I Don't Know (live) (Tribute - 1987/'81) | |
| CHEAP TRICK | Ain't That A Shame (live) (At Budokan - 1978) | |
| AC/DC | Big Gun (Last Action Hero [O.S.T. - V/A] - 1993) | |
| SOUL ASYLUM | Black Gold (Grave Dancers Union - 1992) | |
| OTIS RUSH | I Can't Quit You Baby (The Devil's Rejects [O.S.T. - V/A] - 2007/1956) | |
| NEIL YOUNG | Southern Man (After The Gold Rush - 1970) | |
| LYNYRD SKYNYRD | Sweet Home Alabama (Second Helping - 1974) | |
| THE BEATLES | Blackbird (The Beatles ["The White Album"] - 1968) | |
| THE ROLLING STONES | I'm Free (December's Children (And Everybody's) [U.S.] - 1965) | |
| THE WHO | I'm Free (Tommy - 1969) | |
| THE BYRDS | I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician (Byrdmaniax - 1971) | |
| R.E.M. | World Leader Preten-d (Green - 1988) | |
| ANDERSON, BRUFORD, WAKEMAN, HOWE | Birthright (Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - 1989) | |
| RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE | Darkness (The Crow [O.S.T. - V/A] - 1994) | |
| QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS | Say It's Not True (The Cosmos Rocks - 2008) | |
| LIVING COLOUR (+ Little Rich-ard) | Elvis Is Dead (Time's Up - 1990) | |
| ELVIS PRESLEY | An American Trilogy (2nd To None [compilation] - 2003/1969) | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| MANIC STREET PREACHERS | Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier (Everything Must Go - 1996) | |
| BLACK SABBATH | The Thrill Of It All (Sabotage - 1975) | |
| WAYNE KRAMER | Something Broken In The Promised Land (Dangerous Madness - 1996) | |
| HANOI ROCKS | Sweet Home Suburbia (Oriental Beat - 1982) | |
| THE MOODY BLUES | Cities (Time Traveller [box set] - 1994/'67) | |
| BLUE OYSTER CULT | Joan Crawford (Fire Of Unknown Origin - 1981) | |
| RADIOHEAD | Fake Plastic Trees (The Ben-ds - 1995) | |
| THE SCORPIONS | Wind Of Change (Crazy World - 1990) | |
| GREEN DAY | Wake Me Up When September En-ds (American Idiot - 2004) | |
| SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON | Bring It On Home (Mulholland Drive [O.S.T. - V/A] - 2001/1963) | |
| TESLA | Last Action Hero (Last Action Hero [O.S.T. - V/A] - 1993) | |
| BOB DYLAN | Dixie (Masked And Anonymous [O.S.T. - V/A] - 2003) | |
| PATTI SMITH | Libbie's Song (Gung Ho - 2000) | |
| YES | Dreamtime (Magnification - 2001) | |
| RUSH (Alex Lifeson) | Hope (instrumental) (Snakes And Arrows - 2007) | |
| PEARL JAM | Leash (Vs. - 1993) | |
| GUNS N' ROSES | Prostitute (Chinese Democracy - 2008) | |
| MANIC STREET PREACHERS | Glory, Glory (Everything Must Go: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - 2006/1996) | |
Comment:
That's right, I'm back! :)I've had a rather busy holiday season, and most of my money has gone toward presents and stuff, and until now I haven't gotten any new Music CD-R's. So as you can understand, I haven't been around that much. But now I'm back and I hope you like the present offering!
This is a little bit on the conceptual side. It's not really a "rock opera" or anything like that, but I guess you could call it The Pazuzu American Mix! As also indicated by the subtitle, it's dedicated to Barack Obama, and the tracks kind of weave together thematically into a...well...a kind of informal rock 'n' roll State Of The Union Address...of sorts (ha, ha!)
I won't necessarily go into a track-by-track analysis of all the thematic elements I wove into this mix, but here's a little look into what was going through my mind when I put the track list together in my head. (And seeing as how I had over a month - or longer - to think about how this mix would progress, I should hope it flows together effectively!):
Dixie / An American Trilogy / Glory, Glory - As you can see, this mix is booken-ded by two brief excerpts of An American Trilogy from the Manic Street Preachers, both of which are less than a minute long. The same fragment of Dixie appears at the en-d of Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier. We also get Dylan's cover of Dixie from the Masked And Anonymous soundtrack, as well as the classic Elvis Presley ren-dition of An American Trilogy.
Dixie / Sweet Home Alabama - The pride and glory of the American South.
Love And Happiness / Something Broken In The Promised Land - Trouble and strife in the American heartland.
Southern Man / Birthright < Darkness - Racism, imperialism, greed and exploitation: The downside of "manifest destiny."
Southern Man < Sweet Home Alabama - A self-explanatory transition for anyone who's heard both songs! [*wink*]
Blackbird < I'm Free (X 2) - The American struggle for freedom, a recurring motif throughout our nation's great history. But freedom to do what? To do "what we want / any old time"? Where is the line between freedom and license? Where does responsibility enter into the picture? Are we talking spiritual freedom or freedom to exploit and indulge ourselves? "Messiah's pointed to the door" but maybe it's less a matter of having "the guts to leave the temple" and more a matter of not knowing precisely how to o-pen that door!
Big Gun / Last Action Hero - America's macho, superheroic self-image, the policeman of the free world, kicking ass and taking names. Not a completely undeserved or unwarranted position, but a weight which is often thrown around unnecessarily and indiscriminately.
Sweet Home Suburbia < Cities - Another self-explanatory transition. Both cities and suburbs have their share of light and darkness.
Elvis Is Dead / Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier / Joan Crawford - Hollywood and the cult of (undead) personality. (This also dovetails with the American Trilogy motif.) "Picture a zombie Elvis in a tacky white jumpsuit / Just imagine a rotting Elvis shopping for fresh fruit!" Or a zombie Joan Crawford, for that matter! Admittedly, the BOC number is a more frivolous inclusion, but with a certain stretch of the imagination it can be made to fit!
Black Gold / The Thrill Of It All / Sweet Home Suburbia / Fake Plastic Trees / Leash - Spiritually questing, restless, troubled (and sometimes violent) American youth, searching for belonging, the "real," and the authentic.
Darkness < Say It's Not True - The AIDS epidemic (in America and Africa).
Feedback:
Looks to be very well conceived. Sure, I'd like to have a copy to listen to.
SOME MORE COMMENTS FROM DARTH PAZUZU (for lack of space in the Comments section!):
I almost forgot something! I made a couple more "eliminations" with this mix:
144. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) (#147 - 1/31/09)
145. Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975) (#147- 1/31/09)
Hocus Pocus - Now at this point you may be wondering: Why in the world did I decide to use a wacky instrumental from a Dutch prog-rock outfit (complete with yodelling, flute and accordion solos, whistling and Porky Pig-style scatting!) as the Overture to my American Mix?! Well...that's a very good question, for it would seem to have - to use the ch-arming English colloquialism - sod-all to do with the American motif prevalent in just about everything else on this mix. However...just think of this as being equivalent to the ch-aracter of Q, played by John De Lancie on Star Trek: The Next Generation - the questioning, challenging omnipotent entity who ruffles Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)'s feathers! And then just think of America as the United Federation of Planets! Yeah, I know, a flimsy analogy - and perhaps even a flimsier rationale - but...hey! I just thought that it would transition well into John Mellencamp's Love And Happiness! (But then, I'm probably certifiable anyway...[*wink*])
Wind Of Change / Hope - Hope and change are two words we've heard quite often in the course of Obama's ascen-dancy to the presidency. And we certainly do need both right now! :)
I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician < World Leader Preten-d - This sequence, I suppose, relates to the potential blurring and confusion of political idealism with personal ambition. Also ties in with the "freedom" motif, in the sense that even when you have the power to do as you see fit, there's still a question of having the wisdom to know what not to do!
Dixie < Libbie's Song - The Patti Smith number doesn't really have all that much to do directly with the "American" motif, but I always imagined it directly following Dylan's ren-dition of Dixie in a mix, because they're both very similar in style and feel.
Birthright / Dreamtime - Yes' Dreamtime also doesn't directly relate to the "American" motif, but sort of ties in with the ABWH number, especially considering that Birthright contains the line "So be-gins our dream time." Not to mention that both singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe play on both tracks! (Although one could argue that it may tie in with the "freedom" motif of Blackbird < I'm Free (X 2)!)
I almost forgot something! I made a couple more "eliminations" with this mix:
144. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (1996) (#147 - 1/31/09)
145. Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975) (#147- 1/31/09)
Hocus Pocus - Now at this point you may be wondering: Why in the world did I decide to use a wacky instrumental from a Dutch prog-rock outfit (complete with yodelling, flute and accordion solos, whistling and Porky Pig-style scatting!) as the Overture to my American Mix?! Well...that's a very good question, for it would seem to have - to use the ch-arming English colloquialism - sod-all to do with the American motif prevalent in just about everything else on this mix. However...just think of this as being equivalent to the ch-aracter of Q, played by John De Lancie on Star Trek: The Next Generation - the questioning, challenging omnipotent entity who ruffles Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)'s feathers! And then just think of America as the United Federation of Planets! Yeah, I know, a flimsy analogy - and perhaps even a flimsier rationale - but...hey! I just thought that it would transition well into John Mellencamp's Love And Happiness! (But then, I'm probably certifiable anyway...[*wink*])
Wind Of Change / Hope - Hope and change are two words we've heard quite often in the course of Obama's ascen-dancy to the presidency. And we certainly do need both right now! :)
I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician < World Leader Preten-d - This sequence, I suppose, relates to the potential blurring and confusion of political idealism with personal ambition. Also ties in with the "freedom" motif, in the sense that even when you have the power to do as you see fit, there's still a question of having the wisdom to know what not to do!
Dixie < Libbie's Song - The Patti Smith number doesn't really have all that much to do directly with the "American" motif, but I always imagined it directly following Dylan's ren-dition of Dixie in a mix, because they're both very similar in style and feel.
Birthright / Dreamtime - Yes' Dreamtime also doesn't directly relate to the "American" motif, but sort of ties in with the ABWH number, especially considering that Birthright contains the line "So be-gins our dream time." Not to mention that both singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe play on both tracks! (Although one could argue that it may tie in with the "freedom" motif of Blackbird < I'm Free (X 2)!)