I still haven't finalized my end-of-year compilation CD for '04! Which is music that was important to me in '04, not necesarily released in '04. And I think I will make a compilation for friends and family, and then a playlist for ME, because fitting everything onto one CD, not to mention the thought of the look on my cousins' faces listening to "99 Problems," was giving me a headache. Anyhow. Here's the rough cut of the CD, so far, so it's track listing order, not best-of order --
1. The Mountain Goats, "Your Belgian Things"
2. Clem Snide, "I'll Be Your Mirror" (hi, Jon!)
3. David Byrne and Rufus Wainwright, "Au Fond du Temple Saint"
4. Pet Shop Boys (feat. Johnny Marr), "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today"
5. Dizzee Rascal, "Stand Up Tall"
6. Deathray Davies, "She Can Play Me Like a Drum Machine"
7. Mary Lou Lord, "I Figured You Out"
8. The Magnetic Fields, "I Don't Really Love You Anymore"
9. The Postal Service, "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
10. The Beastie Boys, "An Open Letter to NYC"
11. Rufus Wainwright, "The One You Love"
12. Reindeer Section, "You Are My Joy"
13. Old 97s, "Won't Be Home"
14. Nora O'Connor, "Bottoms"
15. Madeleine Peyroux, "Don't Wait Too Long"
16. Kings of Convenience, "Homesick"
17. Hidden bonus track!!!
A best-of for the year would have to include Jay-Z, "99 Problems," Britney Spears, "Toxic," and the Shins' second album, among many others.
11. Rufus Wainwright, "The One You Love"
Hell yeah, I love this song.
14. Nora O'Connor, "Bottoms"
Ooh, I've been debating whether or not to get this album. How do you think she stacks up against the other ladies of Bloodshot?
Does anyone have the BNL Christmas album? If so, is the version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings the one with Sarah McLachlan?
DJ Riko's Xmas mixes: [link]
The 2004 mix:
We Five – My Favorite Things
Star Wars – Christmas in the Stars
Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas
Sammy Davis Jr. – Jingle Bells
Lisa Loeb – Jingle Bells
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans – Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride
Ramsey Lewis – Sleigh Ride
Spyder D – Ghetto Santa
Obliminal – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time
Christmas Jug Band – S.A.N.T.A.
Sy Mann & Jean Jacques Perrey – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Various Superstar Celebrity Greetings
Dread Zeppelin – All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
Eels – Everything’s Gonna be Cool This Christmas
Johnny Cash – Blue Christmas
Ike & Tina Turner – Merry Christmas Baby
Billy May – Rudolph Mambo
The Three Suns – I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Bob Rivers – Underwear
Music Box “The Regina” – The First Noel
Polyphonic Spree – Happy Christmas (War is Over)
Stevie Wonder – Little Drummer Boy
Eros – Little Drummer Boy
Lou Rawls – Auld Lang Syne
Hmmm, did I post my Swingtime Santa mix?
Cool Yule Louis Armstrong & The Commanders
Jingle Bells Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody
Swingin'?) Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang
Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney Ella Fitzgerald
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Winter Weather Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
with Peggy Lee and Art Lund
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Woody Herman
& His Orchestra
Little Jack Frost Get Lost Frankie Carle
Button Up Your Overcoat Dick Haymes
Christmas Night In Harlem Louis Armstong And His Allstars
The Christmas Song Les Brown & His Orchestra; vocal chorus by Doris Day
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Woody Herman & His Orchestra
White Christmas Harry James & His Orchestra
It Happened In Sun Valley Jo Stafford
Merry Christmas Baby Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Good Morning Blues (I Want To See Santa Claus)Count Basie & His Orchestra
Five Pound Box Of Money Pearl Bailey
Brazilian Sleigh Bells Harry James & His Orchestra
Peanut Brittle Brigade Duke Ellington
Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) Duke Ellington
Swingin' For Christmas - Gene Ammons
Winter Wonderland Ted Weems & His Orchestra
Ring A Merry Bell June Christy
Baby It's Cold Outside Johnny Mercer And Margaret Whiting
Christmas In New Orleans Louis Armstrong
Hmmm, did I post my Swingtime Santa mix?
Good stuff. I had this playing nonstop in my car until I got the
Garden State
soundtrack.
O'Connor has a gorgeous, gorgeous voice. If you have the Bloodshot 5th anniversary comp, you've heard her -- she covers Tom Waits's "Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again" on it. Also, she sang with the Blacks, who I never liked, but on the other hand, that's her doing justice to "Poor Old Heartsick Me" on the Knitters tribute CD too.
She performs sometimes with Kelly Hogan, and is closest to her in style of the Bloodshot group, I think, though less of a belter. I heard her, Kelly, and John Wesley Harding perform together in New York in September and they sounded just amazing together.
Johnny Mercer And Margaret Whiting
Mmmmmm...Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting....
t /Homer Simpson
she covers Tom Waits's "Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again"
Oh yeah--I remember loving that cover. OK, one more CD goes on the list...
Yo Hec - this post -- DavidS "Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan" Dec 20, 2004 11:30:11 am PST -- is causing some serious right scrollage on my browser. Would you mind fixing?
