CD Mix #9 Tracklisting

At long last, here is my track listing for CD Mix #9

1. Shortest song in your collection—Her Majesty – the Beatles
   
   
2. Color my world—Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow – Frank Zappa
   Come on – you’ve got to love Frank. And he’s right. The yellow snow isn’t good for you.
   
   
3. Good song from a rotten movie—Rush – Tom Sawyer – I love you man
   Crappy movie. But Rush – love them. This song was a contender for #10 for a while. It reminds me of the den we had in my high school. We had a juke box and couches and people smoked up there – ah yes. Those were the days!
   
   
4. Sincerest form of flattery —Wild West – Will Smith.
   This song samples I wish from Stevie wonder. Don’t you just love little Jayden at the beginning?
   
   
5. Song about a character you don’t like—Under my thumb -- Rolling Stones
   Sexist bastard.
   
   
6. Family Act—Crowded House – Lester
   I wasn’t very creative on this one. Crowded House are brothers. So it’s a family act.
   
   
7. Song about sex—Feels like right – Brand New Heavies
   I’m always glad when I can use BNH in a mix. They are just so groovy!
   
   
8. Department of Redundancy Department—Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Abba
   Bet you didn’t know I had ABBA in my collection!
   
   
9. Song about the time of day—Monday Morning Rock – Marshall Crenshaw
   It has been suggested to me that I perhaps used this song on an earlier mix. I don’t recall, but come on, Marshall! You’ve got to love him (or I’ll hurt you.)
   
   
10. A song that “takes you back.” — ’65 Love Affair – Paul Davis
    This song reminds me of the summer between Jr. High and High School. I hung out with the twins every day, and we’d sing this song while riding our bikes and playing Connect 4.
    
    
11. Spoken word—Morons – Smothers Brothers
    Thank you, Stenns, for adding this to my collection!
    
    
12. Alternate version—Got the Time – Joe Jackson
    If I haven’t used this song on a previous mix, it has been an alternate. I’ve seen Joe a few times live, but I’ve never heard him do this one. But here’s the proof – he’s sung it in front of somebody at some point.
    
    
13. SAT vocab song—The Logical Song – Supertramp
    Yup. Some big words here. It was hard to find a song to fit this category without using one of the usual suspects. Elvis, Squeeze, Marshall.
    
    
14. Epic—Death after Life -- The Damnwells
    I’ll be the first to admit that this song doesn’t fit the category too well, but I was stuck on this song forever. So I thought I’d stretch the idea a bit and consider the afterlife as fodder for an epic tale.
    
    
15. Nonsense—ABC-DEF --GHI - Big Bird
    Love this song, even today. I was so happy to find it on iTunes. I used to have the record this came on - it was red and was released sometime in the early '70s.
    
    
16. Song about first love—I was made to love her – Stevie Wonder
    Finding a song for this category was tough too. Lots of songs about love, very few (in my library) about first love. I was so glad to find this one that I just added it without worrying if it fit into the mix at all. Turns out, it sort of does.
    
    
17. Kick-ass cover song—It’s My Life – No Doubt
    I am so sick of this damned category! I included it on my mix because 1) I own it, and 2) Bet and Stennie said they hated No Doubt on the Hucklebug a few shows back. Serves you right for this category.
    
    
18. Song you wish you had sung backup on. Death on Two Legs – Queen
    Any song by Queen would have fit here.
    
    
19. Amnesty song—Trust in Me – Etta James
    I’ve been wanting to use this song in a mix for many moons now, but I haven’t found the right category for it.
    
    
20. Greatest song ever written, period. I want you – Elvis Costello
    The music and the lyrics go together better than any other song I could think of. It is the greatest song ever written, and he’s never sung it to me in concert all 47 million times I’ve seen him live.