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The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway... I've started to make a tape... in my head... for Laura. Full of stuff she likes. Full of stuff that make her happy. For the first time I can sort of see how that is done.

 

The above is from the movie High Fidelity.  Truer words were never spoken.  Gone are the days where making compilation tapes were the thing to do.  Today, you just type in the search box and up pops a You Tube video.  Or you plug in your ear phones and you have 1000's of mp3's you can listen to via shuffle and repeat and never hear the same song in days.

 

I am about to compile a bunch of CD's.  For the last 15 or so years, I haven't had a vehicle that had a music playing apparatus except for the radio, and sucky ones at that. 

 

I am now the proud owner of a new-to-me car, and gasp, it has a 6 CD changer in it with a BOSE sound system, and I am about to keel over with the possibilities.

 

I am in my car a lot for long trips.  For example, I need to do about an 11 hour drive tomorrow and I felt now is the time to put together some awesome compilation CD's. 

 

Then I thought, what fun it would be to get some sample compilation lists from some of the awesome people at PTV.  I love getting turned on to new-to-me music, and I know I have forgotten more than I remember about in music from the 5+ decades I have been on this earth.

 

So here are the rules, if you feel like joining in:

 

  • The compilation list needs to have 10-12 songs (enough for a CD)
  • The compilation list needs to have a theme (for example, #1 songs from each year of the 70's)
  • The compilation list needs to include the song title and the artist

 

In keeping with my rules, here is a sample list:

 

  • Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)
  • Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)
  • Superstition - Stevie Wonder (1972)
  • Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
  • No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers (1974)
  • Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (1975)
  • Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)
  • Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees (1977)
  • I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (1978)
  • Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd (1979)

 

So, who is next?  Have fun!

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Oooh, fun!

 

Okay, I'm doing all whiskey songs. No particular order - just how they occurred to me.

 

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High Fidelity is one of my favorite films, and I've also had an almost OCD need to make mixtapes ever since I was a kid. I love this thread! I'll go easy and do "Covers" because it's late, and I need to get my ass to bed. 

 

Trying to stay away from the super obvious (Johnny Cash - Hurt, Jeff Buckley -Hallelujah, etc)

 

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Am I the only one that has cleaning house music?  I hope not.  This is a mix I use when I don't feel much like cleaning, by the end of the mix, I am usually done, and I feel much better.  Great upbeat songs, and the BPM keeps you moving.  The list up to the last song was put together a long while ago, I just recently added the last one and it seems to round it out.

 

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@BizBuzz thanks for the idea of a cleaning mix! I don't know why I've never thought of that, other than not wanting to think of cleaning. I may have to steal some of your song ideas.

My playlists are odd emotion based ones, like CryBaby, CrazyMad, QuietCalm or BurningUp. Maybe I can roll one of those into a compilation list...

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You are so welcome @ramble - lists are great.  I have to admit they are not as much fun as they used to be when all you had were cassette decks and 45's or albums.  ::giggle::

 

Steal away! 

 

I am anxiously awaiting your list of odd emotional based music.  Believe it or not, I think a good cry is warranted every once in awhile, and how great would it be to put a time limit of songs on a crying jag?  I am allowed to cry until this list is over.  ::giggle::

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I went through my CryBaby playlist & it's freakishly long. What that says about me I don't know? So I painfully pruned it down to a random ten. I sort of pointed & picked because I was having a hard time choosing. What a weirdo! It's in alphabetical order since I lean to the OCD side of things. Enjoy, or um, be sad...

 

Black Orchid by Blue October

Everthere by Elbow

Fragile by Kerli

Hangin' by a Thread by Jann Arden

I Can't Get Over You by Julie Roberts

Lie to Me (Acoustic) by 12 Stones

Promise Broken by Gary Allan

Unbeautiful by Lesley Roy

Unloved by Espen Lind

Waitin' for a Superman by Iron & Wine (cover of The Flaming Lips song)

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I went through my CryBaby playlist & it's freakishly long. What that says about me I don't know? So I painfully pruned it down to a random ten. I sort of pointed & picked because I was having a hard time choosing. What a weirdo! It's in alphabetical order since I lean to the OCD side of things. Enjoy, or um, be sad...

 

So is mine! I'm not prone to crying, so I guess I hoard sad songs and work through my inner cries while listening? 

 

One - U2 (this one really tears me up)

What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts

Forget Her - Jeff Buckley

Black - Pearl Jam

'Til Summer Comes Around - Keith Urban

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Here Without You - 3 Doors Down

One More Try - George Michael

Time - Culture Club

Without You - Mariah Carey

Water Runs Dry - Boyz II Men

It Doesn't Matter - Alison Krauss & Union Station

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I just can't do CDs anymore. I'm no longer a fan of physical media. I just need my car to have an AUX port where I can plug in an iPod. Which was fine for a while in my mustang but I decided I was putting too many miles on this precious car so I got another one. Sadly, it had no AUX port. So I had the radio replaced with one that had an iPod cord attachment.

But I digress. I love making playlists. Themes. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes I come up with one that's very daunting. These are some examples:

  • Acoustic
  • Classic Country
  • Cover songs
  • Songs about Sex - got the idea for this one from Pitch Perfect
  • Fresh - these are songs that are new. I only keep 30 songs at a time in this list. If I put new ones in, old ones get booted
  • Slow and boring - I came up with this one when I was flying back and forth to the UK a lot this winter. I needed songs with very slow tempos that I could sleep through. Weirdly, classical music had too many exciting interludes, it kept waking me up
  • Summer - I go to the beach a lot, so this is my playlist for when I'm sitting out there
  • States - this one took a long time, finding at least one song for each of the 50 United States. There were some states that were REALLY hard to find, let me tell you... And some that were super easy. Lots of songs about southern states.
  • Sucky Songs I Like - this was requested from another thread. It's songs that are traditionally silly, stupid, but I like 'em anyway. (listed below)
All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo

As Long as You Love Me - Backstreet Boys

Can't Fight the Moonlight - Leann Rimes

The Climb - Miley Cyrus

Dirrty - Christina Aguilera

Straight Up - Paula Abdul

The Sign - Ace of Base

Stayin' Alive - BeeGees

Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl

Breathless - The Corrs

Kissin' U - Miranda Cosgrove

Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie

Mmm'Bop - Hanson

This Kiss - Faith Hill

Yoo Hoo - Imperial Teen

Jump - Kriss Kross

Magic - Olivia Newton John

Bye Bye Bye - *NSync

Step by Step - New Kids on the Block

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot

SOS (Let the Music Play) - Jordin Sparks

Wannabe - Spice Girls

Hey Now Now - Swirl 360

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

Hold On - Wilson Phillips

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

Whoo, this post ended up being long...

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I'm going to "cover" Jeebus Cripes' idea above and also post a compilation list of cover songs--with an a cappella twist:

 

Aca-awesome Cover-age

Daft Punk - Pentatonix [Daft Punk medley cover]

Turn Up The Music* - Peter Hollens ft. Scott Hoying of Pentatonix [Chris Brown cover]

Sing - The Funx [Ed Sheeran cover]

Rock With You - Duwende [Michael Jackson cover]

Sweet Life - Level [Frank Ocean cover]

Suit & Tie - VoicePlay [Justin Timberlake cover]

Diamonds - Quinta.5 [Rihanna cover]

The Way - The Filharmonic [Ariana Grande cover]

Closer - Switch [Ne-Yo cover]

Climax - Feedback [usher cover]

Locked Out Of Heaven - Tale Of Voices [bruno Mars cover]

Ordinary People - Six Appeal [John Legend cover]

Bonus track: Under Pressure - Jazzappella [Queen/David Bowie cover; live]

 

*Peter Hollens is a one-man a cappella music-maker. Most of his output (either solo efforts or collaborations with other vocalists) have the vocals digitally processed (oversampled, distorted, what have you), but it is still a human voice producing the sounds.

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Theme? Is "Influenced By The Not-So-Invisible Hand Of Prince" too clunky? Does "Purple Reign" or "Minneapolis Sound Machine" trip off the tongue better?

 

Purple Reign

A Love Bizarre - Sheila E

Cool - The Time

Nasty Girl - Vanity 6

I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor

Manic Monday - The Bangles

The Screams Of Passion - The Family

Everybody Dance - Ta Mara & The Seen

Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton

The Sex Of It - Kid Creole And The Coconuts

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G*d, I need a life...these are some of the songs I like to listen to when driving (even just for short trips). I think it's to do with the rhythms of the songs being compatible with my mindset while driving, so:

 

Drive-By

Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears

Ain't It Fun - Paramore

Ventura Highway - America

America - Simon & Garfunkel

Route 66 - The Manhattan Transfer

Drive - The Cars

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins

Come And Get Your Love - Redbone

Desert Rose - Sting ft. Cheb Mami

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It's just one of those days for me... This compilation may seem weird as it's about songs with duplicate titles but different lyrics and melodies:

 

The Same, But Different - Part I

Angel - Sarah McLachlan

Baby Love - The Supremes

Candy - Cameo

Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Don't You Want Me - Human League

Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Come Go With Me - Exposé

Candy - Mandy Moore

Baby Love - Regina

Angel - Madonna

 

The Same, But Different - Part II

Dynamite - Jermaine Jackson

Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton

Fame - David Bowie [from a Soul Train appearance!]

Happy - Surface

Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's

Human Nature - Michael Jackson

Human Nature - Madonna

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

Happy - Ashanti ft. Ja Rule

Fame - Irene Cara

Everlasting Love - Howard Jones

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

 

The Same, But Different - Part III

I Want You Back - The Jackson 5

If - Bread

Let's Dance - Chris Montez

Lost In Love - Air Supply

Sad Eyes - Robert John

Someday - Mariah Carey

Someday - Sugar Ray

Sad Eyes - Enrique Iglesias

Lost In Love - New Edition

Let's Dance - David Bowie

If - Janet Jackson

I Want You Back - NSync

 

The Same, But Different - Part IV

Summertime - Billie Holiday

This Love - Craig Armstrong ft. Elizabeth Fraser

Upside Down - Diana Ross

Where I Wanna Be - Donnell Jones

Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee

You Don't Have To Worry - En Vogue

You Don't Have To Worry - Mary J. Blige

Wild Wild West - Escape Club

Where I Wanna Be - Shade Sheist ft. Nate Dogg and Kurupt

Upside Down - Jack Johnson

This Love - Maroon 5

Summertime - New Kids On The Block

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Oh, I like that playlist idea with the same song titles, that's neat, I'm gonna try that.

Here's one that I got the idea from the movie No Strings Attached: The Period Playlist:

(Bear in mind that it's just the titles that are relevant, not the song content. Makes for an interesting mix. And yes, some of these are kind of gross)

Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams

Miss Murder - AFI

Down in a Hole - Alice in Chains

Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers

Feeling This - Blink 182

The Tide Is High - Blondie

Ain't Going Down (Til the Sun Comes Up) - Garth Brooks

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry

The Red - Chevelle

Where the River Flows - Collective Soul

Witchy Woman - Eagles

Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

Who's Crying Now - Journey

Freak on a Leash - Korn

Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga

Cherry Red Wine - Jonny Lang

Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit

Bleed It Out - Linkin Park

That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd

She's So Mean - Matchbox Twenty

Ain't My Bitch - Metallica

Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes

She's Got Issues - Offspring

Bloodstains - Offspring

Evenflow - Pearl Jam

Red Sails in the Sunset - Platters

She Hates Me - Puddle of Mudd

Psycho - Puddle of Mudd

Breaking the Girl - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bleed for Me - Saliva

Break Me Shake Me - Savage Garden

Pure Massacre - Silverchair

Haven't Got Time for the Pain - Carly Simon

Blood and Roses - Smithereens

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Misery - Soul Asylum

Toxic - Britney Spears

Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt

Red Hands - Walk Off the Earth

Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie

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I am not drunk or high today...

 

Horsepower

Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band

Cruise - Florida Georgia Line

Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary

Mercedes Boy - Pebbles

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

Little Red Corvette - Prince

I'm On A Boat - The Lonely Island

Convoy - C. W. McCall

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

Party Train - Gap Band

Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys

Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith

Bonus Track: The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie

 

Horse Power (no horses harmed, or perhaps even referenced, in any of these songs--so consider this a concept album)

White Horse - Taylor Swift

Dark Horse - Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

A Horse With No Name - America

"Mister Ed" Theme Song - Jay Livingston

Appaloosa - Gino Vanelli

Live Like Horses - Elton John

Let That Pony Run - Pam Tillis

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The Finest UK No. 2s of the 1990s

 

Confide In Me - Kylie Minogue (Sep 1994)

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Nov 1998)

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite (Aug 1990)

Finally - CeCe Peniston (Mar 1992)

Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa (Sep 1991)

Justified and Ancient - The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette (Jan 1992)

Outside - George Michael (Oct 1998)

Justify My Love - Madonna (Dec 1990)

Lovefool - The Cardigans (May 1997)

Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega (Jul 1990)

Rhythm of the Night - Corona (Sep 1994)

Stop - Spice Girls (Mar 1998)

The Sign - Ace of Base (Mar 1994)

Black Velvet - Alannah Miles (Apr 1990)

 

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This is one I had fun with recently, I had gotten the idea from a local radio station that plays a theme every Friday night.  One night they did a greatest hits from bands with food names.  I just picked my fave songs from each group:
 
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
The Cranberries - Linger
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
Cream - Strange Brew

Fiona Apple - Criminal

Blind Melon - Three is the Magic Number

Bread - Mother Freedom

Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Bananarama - Cruel Summer

Salt-n-Pepa - Push It

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Would anyone care to play this game, until it reaches 10 songs? Reply separately; I'll update this post and give you attribution for your contribution.

 

Six Degrees Of Daryl Hall

Go My Way - The Bacon Brothers (Kevin and brother, Michael) > Performed with Daryl Hall on Feb. 2009 episode of Hall's web series Live From Daryl's House.

Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young > Cover of a song written by Daryl Hall for Hall & Oates' 1980 album Voices (but wasn't released as a single).

Why - Annie Lennox > With David A. "Dave" Stewart as the Eurythmics > Stewart was a co-producer of Hall's 1986 solo album Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine. Stewart also appeared/performed on Hall's web series Live From Daryl's House.

Family Man - Mike Oldfield (vocals by Maggie Reilly) > Oldfield wrote this 1982 release > Hall & Oates covered it (with some altered lyrics) in 1983.

? - Your Turn

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Oh, I love this thread.  I don't make mix tapes/CDs anymore, but I have an awful lot of iTunes playlists for every conceivable mood.

 

Autumn:

 

a-ha: Manhattan Skyline

Bostitch + Fussible: Centinela

Donovan:Season of the Witch

Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (live)

George Winston: Woods

Guns N Roses: November Rain

Kirsty MacColl: Autumngirlsoup

Neil Young: Harvest Moon

Nick Drake: Pink Moon

Patty Larkin: Wolf at the Door

Sarah Vaughn & Clifford Brown: September Song

Tori Amos: Putting the Damage On

U2: October

Vince Guaraldi: Great Pumpkin Waltz

White Stripes: Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

Yo La Tengo: Autumn Sweater

 

Driving Mix (since BizBuzz does a lot of driving) (this was originally at least 2 CDs):

 

Everclear: AM Radio

Cake: The Distance

Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood

Poe: Wild

Tori Amos: A Sorta Fairytale

Suzanne Vega: Some Journey

Nick Drake: Pink Moon

Tracy Chapman: Fast Car

Red House Painters: All Mixed Up

Badly Drawn Boy: The Shining

Master Cylinder: Yung at Heart

SPY: Million Miles

Moby: Porcelain

Sting: Desert Rose

The Wallflowers: One Headlight

Incubus: Drive

Tori Amos: Taxi Ride

U2: Where the Streets Have No Name

Heather Nova: Walk This World

Loreena McKennitt: The Old Ways

Led Zeppelin: Ramble On

Gipsy Kings: Montaña

Seal: Prayer for the Dying

Peter Gabriel: Secret World

U2: Acrobat

Buena Vista Social Club: El Carretero

Dar Williams: Are You Out There

Smash Mouth: Walkin' on the Sun

Brandi Carlile: Dying Day

Bon Iver: Blindsided

Simon & Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy in New York

 

Moons (still working on this, and the title):

 

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising

Sting: Beneath a Desert Moon

Billie Holiday: Blue Moon

Cowboy Junkies: Blue Moon Revisited

Cowboy Junkies: Crescent Moon

Joan Osborne: Dracula Moon

Shivaree: Good Night Moon

U2: Hawkmoon 269

Cyndi Lauper: Heading For the Moon

Los Lobos: Kiko and the Lavendar Moon

Sting: Moon over Bourbon Street (hey, this could go on the Whiskey mix!)

Henry Mancini: Moon River

Van Morrison: Moondance

They Might Be Giants: Nightgown of the Stolen Moon

Nick Drake: Pink Moon (hmm, this song shows up a lot on my playlists)

Enya: Shepherd Moons

Sting: Sister Moon (I guess he likes moons)

Dead Can Dance: The Snake and the Moon

Tea House Moon: Enya

Rdka Toneff & Steve Dobrogosz: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

 

I'd better stop now, or I'll be writing this all night.

 

I'd play along, SrPab-PTV, but I know little of Daryl Hall or his work.

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Days That End In "Y"

I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters

Monday Monday - The Mamas & The Papas

Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Waiting For Wednesday - Lisa Loeb

Thursday - Pet Shop Boys ft. Example

Thank God It's Friday - Love & Kisses

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure

Saturday Love - Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal

Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke

Sunday Morning - Maroon 5

Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

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Just The Planets, Ma'am

The Crying Tree Of Mercury - The Smashing Pumpkins

Venus - Shocking Blue

Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Earth Song - Michael Jackson

Life On Mars? - David Bowie

Drops Of Jupiter - Train

Saturn - Stevie Wonder

Rocket To Uranus - Vengaboys & Perez Hilton

Valleys Of Neptune - Jimi Hendrix

Hallucinating Pluto - The B-52s [My inner child is adamant that Pluto is still a planet.]

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Would anyone care to play this game, until it reaches 10 songs? Reply separately; I'll update this post and give you attribution for your contribution.

 

I want to play, but I am having trouble figuring out exactly what you are looking for?  Any song that has some sort of relationship to Daryl Hall?  Forgive me for being dense.  ::giggle::

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I want to play, but I am having trouble figuring out exactly what you are looking for?  Any song that has some sort of relationship to Daryl Hall?  Forgive me for being dense.  ::giggle::

Pick a song you like...and link the song to Daryl Hall in six steps or less. As an example, how you get to Daryl Hall can take the path of: Song/(Original or Cover) Artist > Covered (or written or produced) by Daryl-as-a-solo artist or by Hall & Oates. Since we're in a compilation/playlist thread, let's see if we can get my Six Degrees Of Daryl Hall list to 10 songs.

 

Here's some suggestions (remember, 6 steps or less). Try working your way back to Daryl:

  • [start] Eminem song > [End] Daryl Hall or Hall & Oates
  • Nirvana song > Daryl Hall or Hall & Oates
  • Metallica song > Daryl Hall or Hall & Oates
  • One Direction song > Daryl Hall or Hall & Oates
  • Song by your favorite musical act > You know who
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I can't do the game, I know squat about Daryl Hall. But here's my take on Same Title, Different Song:

Addicted - Kelly Clarkson

Addicted- Lit

Again - Alice in Chains

Again - Lenny Kravitz

All I Want - The Hunger

All I Want - The Offspring

Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson

Already Gone - Eagles

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

Bitch - Rolling Stones

Broken Wings - Altar Bridge

Broken Wings - Mr. Mister

Cold - Crossfade

Cold - Evans Blue

Control - Janet Jackson

Control - Puddle of Mudd

Creep - Radiohead

Creep - Stone Temple Pilots

Fall to Pieces - Avril Lavigne

Fall to Pieces - Velvet Revolver

Fancy - Iggy Azalea

Fancy - Reba McEntire

Fashion - Lady Gaga

Fashion! - Lady Gaga

Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac

Gypsy - Lady Gaga

Holiday - Green Day

Holiday - Madonna

Home - Daughtry

Home - Staind

Human - Human League

Human - Christina Perri

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

I Feel Fine - Riddlin' Kids

Jump - Kriss Kross

Jump - Van Halen

The Last Time - Eurythmics

The Last Time - Rolling Stones

Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

Learning to Fly - Tom Petty

Loser - Beck

Loser - 3 Doors Down

Low - Kelly Clarkson

Low - Cracker

Magic - Olivia Newton-John

Magic - Mick Smiley

Monster - Lady Gaga

Monster - Eminem

Remedy - Abandoned Pools

Remedy - Seether

Right Now - SR71

Right Now - Van Halen

Run - Matt Nathanson

Run - Snow Patrol

Save Me - Remy Zero

Save Me - Shinedown

Sing - Ed Sheeran

Sing - Travis

So Far Away - Crossfade

So Far Away - Staind

Sober - Pink

Sober - Tool

Stay - Lisa Loeb

Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

Stay - Sugarland

Stupid Girl - Garbage

Stupid Girl - Pink

The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

The Time of My Life - David Cook

Venus - Bananarama

Venus - Lady Gaga

Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson

Walk Away - Epidemic

When I Grow Up - Garbage

When I Grow Up - Beach Boys

Who's That Girl - Eurythmics

Who's That Girl - Madonna

You and I - Lady Gaga

You and I - Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbit

You Found Me - Kelly Clarkson

You Found Me - The Fray

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For Robin Williams...

 

Oh Captain! My Captain!

I'm Popeye The Sailor Man - Sammy Lerner | Popeye (1980)

The Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

Nowhere To Run - Martha And The Vandellas | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle | Aladdin (1992)

Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith | Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons | Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Why Do I Lie - Luscious Jackson | Good Will Hunting (1997)

Miss Misery - Elliott Smith | Good Will Hunting (1997)

Low Rider - War | Robots (2005)

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This is one I had fun with recently, I had gotten the idea from a local radio station that plays a theme every Friday night.  One night they did a greatest hits from bands with food names.  I just picked my fave songs from each group:

I did one similarly, Bands with Animal Names:

Caught by the River - Doves

Daydream Believer - The Monkees

(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult

Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger

Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg

Eight Days a Week - The Beatles

Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz

Give Me Everything - Pitbull

Got You Where I Want You - The Flys

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish

Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog

I Ran - Flock of Seagulls

Last Resort - Papa Roach

Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox

A Long December - Counting Crows

Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf

Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions

Round and Round - Ratt

Scary Kisses - Voice of the Beehive

Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm

Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft

Take It Easy - Eagles

Tyler - The Toadies

You and I - Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt

You Make Me Feel So - Cobra Starship

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Here is another themed based list, bands named after places:

 

Kansas - Dust in the Wind

Boston - Peace of Mind

Asia - Heat of the Moment

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

America - Sister Golden Hair

Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Little River Band - Cool Change

Alabama - Mountain Music

Europe - The Final Countdown

E Street Band - Dancing in the Dark

Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games with My Heart

Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night

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This one is Songs from All 50 States. I'll be kind and just do a five-parter: ten at a time.

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Alabama - this was a bit of a gimme)

Alaska and Me - John Denver (Alaska)

Ocean Front Property - George Strait (Arizona)

Mary, Queen of Arkansas - Bruce Springsteen (Arkansas)

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas (California)

Rocky Mountain High - John Denver (Colorado)

The Wives Are in Connecticut - Carly Simon (Connecticut)

Delaware Slide - George Thorogood and the Destroyers (Delaware)

Floridays - Jimmy Buffett (Florida)

The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band (Georgia)

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Jeebus Cripes, you should add "The City Sleeps" by MC 900 Foot Jesus to your pyromaniac list.

 

Indeed. I had a lot more songs, but I narrowed it down to twelve. Never heard "The City Sleeps" before now.

 

Sax In the '80s

I had to make two CDs because I love me some '80s saxophone.

 

Disc One:

Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City

The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat

Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

Hall & Oats - Maneater

David Bowie - Modern Love

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Men At Work - Overkill

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight

Expose - Seasons Change

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero

 

Disc Two:

Duran Duran - Rio

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen

Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

George Michael - Careless Whisper

Tim Cappello - I Still Believe

Moving Pictures - Never

Steve Winwood - Roll With It

Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe In Love

Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall

Foreigner - Urgent

Sade - Smooth Operator

Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart

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Oh yeah, I'm totally adding the Sax playlist to my repertoire

Songs from All 50 States, Part II

Happy Hawaii - ABBA

Private Idaho - B-52s

Illinois - Everly Brothers

Indiana - John McLaughlin

Iowa - Dar Williams

Kansas City, Hey, Hey, Hey - The Beatles

Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond

Louisiana Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel

Maine - John Linnell

Maryland - Vonda Shepard

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BizBuzz just told me about this thread!  I want to share the Awesome Mix Volume 2 I've been compiling in honor of Guardians of the Galaxy.  These are all songs that a) are from the seventies, and b) I can envision playing during the second movie.

 

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Sister Golden Hair - America

Knock Three Times - Tony Orlando and Dawn

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips

Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation

Have You Seen Her - the Chi-Lites

Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond

Half Breed - Cher (C'mon! That's funny!)

Runaway - Jefferson Starship (Augh!!! SO MANY FEELS WITH THIS SONG!!!! IT WAS "OUR" SONG!)

and...

(This is NON-NEGOTIONABLE. It MUST be on the Awesome Mix #2!)

drumroll.....

Chevy Van - Sammy Johns

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Pick up the Pieces!  Uh huh!  And yes, there should definitely be some BTO.

 

There are so many awesome seventies songs!!!  The only trouble I had was that the list ended up being kinda a sausage-fest.  If you look at the Billboard list, year-by-year, it's pretty dude-heavy.  There were some awesome ladies of soul and/or rhythm and blues, but for pop songs? There was Olivia Newton John... Tennille of Captain and Tennille... and Cher?  Not a lot to choose from.

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Great suggestions so far!  Here is my, somewhat eclectic, list:

 

Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson

I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King

Lean on Me by Bill Withers

Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim

Kung Foo Fighting by Carl Davis

Jive Talkin' by the Beegees

Boogie Shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band

Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band

Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann

My Sharona by The Knack

 

I'd also like to hear some of the first couple couple of minutes of Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by the Temptations.  Just the instrumental part.

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