Here's my Mancini in roughly chronological order. I think the chrono order is interesting in order to see his development, but I think I'll also try to work on a mood order.
- Cha Cha for Gia
- Four Girls in Town
- Peter Gunn (Theme)
- Main Title (A Touch of Evil)
- Flashing Nuisance
- Tana's Theme
- The Boss
- Robbin's Nest
- March of the Cue Balls
- Lightly Latin
- Big Noise from Winnetka
- The Blues
- Mr. Yunioshi
- Something for Cat
- Hub Caps & Tail Lights
- Latin Golightly
- The Big Heist
- Loose Caboose
- Baby Elephant Walk
- The Pink Panther Theme
- It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasere)
- A Shot in the Dark
- Bistro
- Charade
- The Royal Waltz
- They're Off!
- Push the Button, Max!
- The Great Race March
- He Shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a Swang on Me
- Cold Finger
- Pie-in-the-Face Polka
- The Old College Try Cha-Cha
- Frish-Frosh
- My Cousin From Naples
- Congarocka
- Midnight Cowboy (Theme)
- The Hawaiians
- Pineapple Pirates
- Music for a Japanese Bath
- The Streets of Chinatown
- Pink Panther '78
- Thar She Blows
- Hong Kong Fireworks
- Pink Panther '78 (Reprise)
- King's Can-Can
- Cat & Mouse
Mancini's Greatest Hits was my first LP purchase when I was 10 (using my lawn mowing money). I could not believe one man could be so genius as to have produced "Peter Gunn," "Pink Panther Theme"
and
"Baby Elephant Walk."
"Something For Cat" might be my favorite nowadays though. Perfect drive-your-convertible-to-Palm-Beach music.
"Mr. Yunioshi" is one of my favorites (luckily I heard the tune before I ever saw the movie so the whole Mickey Rooney-in-yellowface thing hasn't poisoned it). "Four Girls in Town" is so great. It's like having your own personal badass theme music. And I really enjoyed busting out "The Great Race" last night. I'm going to have to rent that movie again.
I've finished my Power Pop Christmas mix. Are y'all tired of xmas tunes, or should I bother to post it at Buffistarawk?
Come On Christmas Cheap Trick
I Want An Alien For Christmas Fountains Of Wayne
Runaway Christmas Pencil Test
Super Sunny Christmas Redd Kross
3 Wise Men And A Baby (Xmas Song) The Cavedogs
Thanks for Christmas XTC
Christmasland The Spongetones
Merry Christmas Will Do Material Issue
Father Christmas The Kinks
This Christmas Shoes
Christmas Time Chris Stamey and Friends
Santa's Beard They Might Be Giants
Home for the Holidays The dB's
Piece For Christmas Big People
Christmastime Aimee Mann with Michael Penn
It's Not Christmas Kelley Ryan
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Jigsaw Seen
Little Drummer Boy The Miracle Legion
She Feels Like Christmas Day The Critics
O Little Town Of Bethlehem Young Fresh Fellows
Underneath The Christmas Tree Bill Lloyd
Jesus Christ Big Star
Baby Jesus Matthew Sweet
Deck The Halls R.E.M.
Some of the lesser known names on here did the prettiest songs, and bumped some worthy tunes by much bigger power pop names like The Posies, Smithereens and Hoodoo Gurus.
Hec, I want it, please. Because I have a power pop Xmas tape you made, and though I don't know if all the tracks on the tape are the same as on this listing, I would still love them in digital format, so I can put them on my iPod.
Hec, I want it, please. Because I have a power pop Xmas tape you made, and though I don't know if all the tracks on the tape are the same as on this listing, I would still love them in digital format, so I can put them on my iPod.
Yeah, about 80% overlap with the Fizzy Lifting Drink tape. Okay, I'll post it.
And don't you have a great version of Merry Christmas Baby, by -- I think -- Southern Culture on the Skids? I would *really* love that as an mp3.
And don't you have a great version of Merry Christmas Baby, by -- I think -- Southern Culture on the Skids? I would *really* love that as an mp3.
Oh yeah, that version fucking rocks. Sooooo sexy. Okay, I'll post that too.
You rule. You're my favorite Hec EVER.
You rule. You're my favorite Hec EVER.
It's good to be the king.
I'll put it up with my personal favorite Christmas original of the last 15 years, "And To All A Good Night" by 5 Chinese Brothers.
