Side A
Artist	Song
Ministry	Scare Crow
from Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs (1992)
W.A.S.P.	When The Levee Breaks
from The Crimson Idol [bonus disc] (1992)
Bob Dylan	House Of The Risin' Sun
from Bob Dylan (1962)
Kansas	Carry On Wayward Son
from Leftoverture (1976)
The Allman Brothers Band	Whipping Post
from The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
Nirvana	Opinion
from With The Lights Out [box set] [2004] (1990)
The Cars	Candy-O
from Candy-O (1979)
Kings Of Leon	Back Down South
from Come Around Sundown (2010)
Bad Company	Hey, Hey
from The Original Bad Company Anthology [compilation] (1999)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children
from Deja Vu (1970)
Manic Street Preachers	Train In Vain
from Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers [compilation] [2003] (1998) [live]
Elton John	Bennie And The Jets
from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Soundgarden	Black Rain
from Telephantasm [compilation] [2010] (1991)
John Paul Jones	Crackback
from Scream For Help [O.S.T.] (1985) [w / Jimmy Page] [instrumental]
AC/DC	Snowballed
from For Those About To Rock We Salute You (1981)
Rolling Stones	Going Home
from Aftermath (1966)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Whitesnake	Best Years
from Good To Be Bad (2008)
Them Crooked Vultures	New Fang
from Them Crooked Vultures (2009)
Jimmy Page	City Sirens
from Death Wish II [O.S.T.] (1982)
Beastie Boys	Bennie And The Jets
from Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science [compilation] [1999] (1995) [w / Biz Markie]
Sebastian Bach	American Metalhead
from Angel Down (2007)
Accept	Slaves To Metal
from Objection Overruled (1993)
Sammy Hagar	Heavy Metal
from Standing Hampton (1981)
Judas Priest	Heavy Metal
from Ram It Down (1988)
Smashing Pumpkins	Heavy Metal Machine
from Machina/The Machines Of God (2000)
Helix	Heavy Metal Love
from No Rest For The Wicked (1983)
Danzig	Cantspeak
from Danzig 4p (1994)
Simon & Garfunkel	The Sounds Of Silence
from Sounds Of Silence (1966)
Voivod	Freedoom
from Angel Rat (1991)
Germs	American Leather
from (GI) (1979)
Living Colour	Should I Stay Or Should I Go
from Vivid [bonus track] (1988)
Robert Plant	Like I've Never Been Gone
from Pictures At Eleven (1982)
The Animals	House Of The Rising Sun
from The Animals [U.S.] (1964)
A Perfect Circle	When The Levee Breaks
from eMOTIVe (2004)
Blue Oyster Cult	Light Years Of Love
from The Revolution By Night (1983)

Comment:

This mix was originally submitted to Zen Running Order on November 27, 2010. The original notes and/or comments are as follows...

Darth Pazuzu (11-27-2010):
After a prolonged absence, I'm rather keen on making up for lost time! ;) So here's my second in a whole slew of mixes I've had stuck in my head while being deprived of the appropriate discs! And there's more where THIS came from...

"Scare Crow" - This nightmarishly intense Ministry track, from 1992's "Psalm 69," always struck me as being very similar to Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks," having a very similar beat and tempo and even being in the same key. Which I thought would be perfect as a lead-in to...

"When The Levee Breaks" (X 2) - Having already used the classic 1971 Led Zeppelin version of this old Kansas Joy McCoy/Memphis Minnie blues number in a mix ages ago, I used two more cover versions - W.A.S.P.'s faithful take on the Led Zep version (with drummer Frankie Banali more than capably aping the thundering Bonham beat), and a more moodily atmospheric take from A Perfect Circle.

"Crackback" / "City Sirens" / "Like I've Never Been Gone" - And speaking of Led Zeppelin, here are a couple of tracks from the survivng band members' first post-Led Zeppelin releases: Jimmy Page's "Death Wish II" soundtrack, John Paul Jones' "Scream For Help" soundtrack and of course Robert Plant's "Pictures At Eleven." BTW, "Death Wish II" and "Scream For Help" were both directed by British director Michael Winner. Winner had actually wanted Page to do the score for "Scream For Help," but presumably being busy with The Firm he recommended Jones for the job. (Page DID play on two tracks, including a collaboration on the riff-rocking instrumental "Crackback," included here!)

"House Of The Rising Sun" (X 2)" - This particular arrangement of an old American folk song is said to have originated with Dave Van Ronk, whose arrangement Bob Dylan followed on his self-titled 1962 debut. And then of course The Animals followed DYLAN's arrangement in 1964, giving them their first big hit!

"Bennie And The Jets" (X 2) - The classic 1973 original from Elton John...and then a cover version by the Beastie Boys. The latter version is more than capably played by the Beasties, but Biz Markie's vocal is quite hilariously hideous! (HA, HA, HA...) Oh well, I suppose it's good for a chuckle or two... ;)

"Train In Vain" / "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" - The Clash's two biggest hits, covered by the Manic Street Preachers and Living Colour!

There would also appear to be some running thematic motif or at least common element running through Tracks 5-10 of DISC 2...but I'll be damned if I can pin down exactly what that is at the moment! Hey, what can I say? Premature Alzheimer's can be a bitch sometimes... ;)

Mr. Mirage (11-28-2010):
Themes are escaping me lately as well... good job.

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