I have been in a FUNK lately, like a serious, deep blue---so blue that it’s almost PURPLE---funk. (If Prince was still around, he’d know what I mean…) The gods (or whatever they are) have been trying their damnedest to cheer my ass up lately, but it’s just not working. When gods and magick and monsters don’t work…it’s time for something a little stronger… MUSIC!
This time around I’m going for mood, for some shit that’s going to make me feel better. (Warning: I’m weird---so what makes ME feel good might not make sense to other folks.) Let’s see what strikes my fancy today.
It’s going to be some New Wave, Electro, Italo-disco, Techno, Post-Punk, Industrial, Grungy, Freaky nonsense---and a handful of novelty tunes, to make this into a religious playlist for the Trickster Gods (and for TAX PURPOSES!!!)
Hail “Weird” Al!
Hail Bad Lip Reading!
Hail Ninja Sex Party!
Laughter AND Music…That’s some powerful magick!
Here’s the playlist… [If you click on the link, it will take you to 8tracks, where the list is hosted, and you can listen for free!]
“Deep Blue Medicine Juke Box” Playlist by Richard F. Yates
[Approx. 7 hours and 59 minutes!!! Long one!]
- Fancy – “Slice Me Nice (Re-Recording)”
- Trans-X – “Living on Video (Vocal Remix)”
- Telex – “Drama, Drama”
- Rx – “Downtown”
- The Limousines – “The Future”
- Devo – “Come Back Jonee”
- Bad Lip Reading – “Seagulls! (Stop It Now)”
- “Weird Al” Yankovic – “The Brady Bunch”
- Traci Lords – “Fallen Angel”
- Lords of Acid – “I Must Increase My Bust”
- Alien Sex Fiend – “Echoes” [I said in my last playlist that I’d do this track next, AND I remembered! Weird!!!]
- High Lonesome Sound System – “Waiting for the Lights”
- Peter Schilling – “Retro (Toolbox Remix)”
- Apoptygma Berzerk – “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”
- Ninja Sex Party – “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
- !!! – “Me and Guiliani Down by the School Yard – A True Story”
- Neu! – “Hero”
- Radio 4 – “Dance to the Underground (The Good Ginger Remix)”
- Alphaville – “Dance with Me”
- Ministry – “We Believe”
- Fatboy Slim – “The Rockafeller Skank (Mulder’s Urban Takeover Remix)”
- Christopher Just – “I’m a Disco Dancer (And a Sweet Romancer) (Fatboy Slim Mix)”
- Basement Jaxx – “Yo-Yo”
- Gracie DuVin – “Hot Child in the City”
- The Cure – “The Walk”
- David Bowie – “Cactus”
- Depeche Mode – “Cover Me (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX)”
- Covenant – “Sound Mirrors”
- Information Society – “Back in the Day (Paul Robb Roots Electro Mix)”
- Buchanan & Goodman – “The Flying Saucer”
- Cabaret Voltaire – “Kirlian Photograph”
- Pretenders – “Middle of the Road”
- The Clash – “The Magnificent Seven”
- The Pop Group – “Mad Truth”
- Skinny Puppy – “Tin Omen (Reload)”
- Sparks – “Good Morning”
- Gorillaz – “Dare (Soulwax Remix)”
- Ladytron – “The Animals (Vince Clarke Remix)”
- Tiga – “Make Me Fall in Love (Benny Benassi Remix)”
- Sidechains – “Monster House”
- Duran Duran – “Electric Barbarella”
- Severed Heads – “Hot with Fleas (Extended Remix)”
- ohGr – “Tricks”
- The Tear Garden – “Strange Land”
- The Police – “Mother”
- Boy George & Culture Club – “Life”
- Wham! – “Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)”
- Pixies – “Where is My Mind?”
- Sonic Youth – “100%”
- Buffalo Springfield – “For What It’s Worth”
- Die Antwoord – “Fatty Boom Boom”
- John Cooper Clarke – “Evidently Chickentown”
- Death Grips – “I’ve Seen Footage”
- Capital Punishment – “Muzak Anonymous”
- Crass – “Poison in a Pretty Pill”
- The Rezillos – “Destination Venus”
- Close Lobsters – “Wander Epic Part III La Speranza e L’ultima a Morire (Andrew Burnett Mix)”
- Vicious Pink Phenomena – “8:15 to Nowhere / Great Balls of Fire”
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – “Spinning Round (12” Crash Mix)”
- Blossom Dearie – “Just One of Those Things (Brazilian Girls Remix)”
- Cee-Lo – “Big Ole Words (Damn)”
- Aphex Twin – “Funny Little Man”
- Raymond Scott & The Evolution Control Committee – “In an 18th Century Discotheque”
- Buckner & Garcia – “Do the Donkey Kong”
- The Killers – “Somebody Told Me”
- Band of Horses – “Is There a Ghost”
- DJ Miko – “What’s Up”
- Fine Young Cannibals – “The Flame (Rmx Experience Mix)”
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – “Electricity”
- The Wellwater Conspiracy – “Sleeveless”
- Seacats – “My Shoes”
- Calpurnia – “City Boy”
- Jacksepticeye & The Gregory Brothers – “All the Way (I Believe in Steve)”
- Wolf Colonel – “These Aquatic Droids”
- Bob Schneider – “Big Blue Sea”
- Bloodhound Gang – “Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)”
- And One – “Dancing in the Factory”
- Happy Mondays – “W.F.L. (Think About the Future Mix)”
- The Gruesome Twosome – “Hallucination Generation (Syametic Nightmare)”
- Foo Fighters – “Down in the Park”
- Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – “Me! I Disconnect from You”
- Replicants – “Destination Unknown”
- Golden Boy with Miss Kittin – “Rippin Kittin”
- Rancid – “Crane Fist”
- The Jesus & Mary Chain – “Far Gone and Out”
- INXS – “What You Need (Coldcut Force Mix)”
- M/A/R/R/S – “Pump Up the Volume”
- Hit Parade – “Here’s What You Find in Any Prison”
- Babyland – “Worst Case Scenario”
- The Neon Judgement – “Kid Shyleen”
- Thomas Dolby – “Radio Silence”
- Altered Images – “I Could Be Happy”
- Simple Minds – “Alive and Kicking”
- Crystal Castles – “Knights (Demo Version)”
- Fluke – “Slid”
- The Young Gods – “Kissing the Sun”
- Juno Reactor – “God is God (LP Version)”
- Laibach – “Sympathy for the Devil (Who Killed the Kennedys) (feat. Germania)”
- DCB-A – “Acid Bitch”
- Chicken Lips – “Motion Sickness (Stromba Version)”
That’s it! How can anyone listen to a cut like Laibach’s “Sympathy for the Devil” and not feel great afterwards? There are so many fun songs in this list!!! (What did you think of Buchanan and Goodman’s “Flying Saucer”? Had you heard it before? I love that track…a really early example of "sampling.") So there you go, a playlist for the Trickster Gods, and for one lowly writer guy who needed a pick-me-up. I’m up!!!
---Richard F. Yates
(Primitive Thoughtician and Supreme Bunny Lord of The P.E.W.)
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