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Theme
Sister Morphine..........................Brother Manson
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| The Velvet Underground | Heroin | |
| Royal Trux | Mercury | |
| Rolling Stones | Sister Morphine | |
| Sly and the Family Stone | Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa | |
| Black Sabbath | Planet Caravan | |
| Love | Signed DC | |
| Neil Young | Tired Eyes | |
| The Charlatans | Codine | |
| Spiritualized | Home of the Brave | |
| Neil Young | Revolution Blues | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | |
| The Doors | Riders on the Storm | |
| The Beatles | Helter Skelter | |
| Sonic Youth | Death Valley '69 | |
| Rolling Stones | Gimme Shelter | |
| Johnny Cash | The Mercy Seat | |
| The Doors | The End | |
Comment:
Is it a theme tape or a narrative tape? The structure is very loose, songs about being strung out on drugs on side one leading into songs about bloody murder on side two, but I like to think there's a bit of flow - the initial drug rush descending into strung-out despair and then ascending back up to swirling confusion in "Home of the Brave" which segues into the murderous paranoia of "Revolution Blues" then on to brain piercing acts of violence, their consequences ("Mercy Seat") and finally The End (though structure wise that song would actually fit better before Mercy Seat I just couldn't resist putting it at the end for the obvious reason). There's a bit of a sequencing Snafu, "Hotel California" should probably go before "Revolution Blues" but space considerations prevented. For myself personally though, it works. Ever since I was introduced to the glories of 70's rock by one of those "Satanism in Rock Music" videos that we were forced to watch at our church youth group I've always associated that song with the devil (cuz Hotel California is obviously a metaphor for hell, right) and feverish murderers creeping along "dark desert highways", so I think it kind of fits with "Riders on the Storm".Feedback:
Great idea. Great songs. Great mix.
One of my first jobs in television was as a master control director. The station I worked at carried way too many of those Christian Evangelical programs. I would have to watch these shows for my entire shift inserting the proper inserts, and downloading other stuff off the satillite. I looked forward to the anti-rock, satan is everwhere shows. Not only were these programs over the top and provided me with great humor, the featured bands beyond the obvious ones on occasion. I recall seeing one episode where they played a video clip of the Cramps and The Leaving Trains. I was always bummed when the "evil of rock" week would end.
Oh yeah. The great thing about those "satanism in rock" videos, for me at least, was that they had the complete opposite effect than they intended to. Instead of leaving a screening fully intent on going home and burning all my "satanic" records (at the time REM, VU, The Pogues, Camper Van Beethoven etc.), I left with a mental list of which bands to check out next. Oh sweet subversion.