Posted by bzedan on Aug 04, 2024
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I have decided not to feel bad that this year is for about-two-hour playlists. Cassette tapes never went over 120, why should I. And my summer mixes are always heavily influenced by the rattling contents of auntie and uncle's tape collections. I decided to indulge myself this month which is why my favourite Harry Nilsson and Donovan songs are on here, sorry, I love them, they follow me around like puppies.
Related media to some of the songs:
- Player's 'Baby Come Back' was a key song in the movie Riddle of Fire which is great, big recommend if you like movies about troublemaking kids with the aesthetics of Return to Witch Mountain. Here's a trailer.
- 'Shoes Untied' is the first song from Pony Talk, which grew out of members of The Downhill Jam, which is a Tony Hawk Pro Skater cover band and a good bunch of folks.
- 'You've Got That Edge" is the single from Urban Heat's upcoming album, which you can preorder now, they're maybe my favourite new-to-me band I've stumbled across this year.
Anyway here's a link to July's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below.
- 'Lazy River' - The Mills Brothers
- 'It's a good day (to fight the system)' - Shungudzo
- 'Baby Come Back' - Player
- 'Butterfly' - Crazy Town
- 'Shapes & Colors' - Boy Jr.
- 'CAUTION!!!' - CerVon Campbell
- 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' - Boy Jr.
- 'Axel F' - Thomas Foster
- 'Neverender' - Justice
- 'Take A Slice' - Glass Animals
- 'Gives You Hell' - The All-American Rejects
- 'Little Chaos' - Orla Gartland
- 'All That' - Sparks
- 'Vacation' - The Go-Go's
- 'We Invented Love' - Dorian Electra
- 'Roundabout - 2008 Remaster' - Yes
- 'Shoes Untied' - Pony Talk
- 'Marigold' - Begonia
- 'Stuck In The Middle With You' - Stealers Wheel
- 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song)' - Rupert Holmes
- 'Coconut' - Harry Nilsson
- 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- 'Blister In The Sun' - Violent Femmes
- 'Gotta Get Up' - Harry Nilsson
- 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me' - The Mamas & The Papas
- 'Riki Tiki Tavi' - Donovan
- 'Summertime' - The Zombies
- 'Soft Spot' - Claud
- 'You've Got That Edge' - Urban Heat
- 'Crazy' - Seal
- 'What a Fool Believes - 2009 Remaster' - The Doobie Brothers
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