Blue Moon Playlist Review Club - Season 2 - Episode 27 - Out on blue 6 - Gone Too Soon (pg 438)

[Coatigan]

Meant to write up a wee summary similar to Rob's on Friday but was up against it, will squeeze it in on Monday before the changeover hopefully.

 

[OB1]

I will probably post next week's playlist this evening, unless anyone objects; otherwise, it will be tomorrow evening.

 

[RobMCFC]

I will probably post next week's playlist this evening, unless anyone objects; otherwise, it will be tomorrow evening.

I think that’s fine. We’ve had long enough on the Animals playlist. Thanks to everybody who contributed.

 

[OB1]

This playlist is a bit of a mish mash because five songs isn’t enough but maybe the missing tracks will get added as the week progresses. The idea behind this list is that all the tracks sound like another song, either because they “borrowed from” existing music or inspired another artist. So, ideally, this would be a ten number list.

Opening proceedings is Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long”. I suspect I am in the minority when it comes to loving the collected works of Detroit’s most famous rocking rapper. The multi-talented R.J. Richie though has moved further and further away from rock hip-hop hybrid that made his name. Despite his Michigan roots, he loves the music of the South and that does show on this wonderful breezy pop rock confection, which features interpolations of two of my most beloved songs: “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Werewolves of London”. This track also reminds me, in spirit rather than substance, of the summers of my youth. The late great Billy Powell, Skynyrd’s master of ivory, makes a cameo appearance.

Weezer’s “Blue Dream”, off their Van Weezer album, makes full use of Randy Rhoad’s sensational riff from Ozzy Osbourne’s solo debut masterpiece “Crazy Train”.

AOR Titans Toto won’t fool anyone with the lift that inspired the musical interlude towards the end of “Caught in the Balance”. Simon Phillips was Toto’s drummer at that time they recorded this track, and it may not be coincidental that he also had a spell in The Who’s touring band. Guitarist Steve Lukather also took inspiration from the Who classic on solo album track and at times in “Caught…”, he’s definitely channelling a bit of his buddy Eddie VH.

The Tower by Original Gangsta Ice-T does feature Rap and brings an altogether different vibe with its hard-hitting cell block story and use of chilling theme music from horror movie auteur John Carpenter’s “Halloween”.

Closer “Ashes the Rain and I” by the James Gang is a Joe Walsh / Dale Peters composition and you will have no problem recognising the Jack Nitzsche arranged strings on the outro, which are used as the intro for a number every Etihad goer will know well. I would also venture to suggest Norman Cook isn’t the only famous fan of this beauty: I suspect Steve Earle might have a fondness for it too.

 

[RobMCFC]

Interesting choice. This will definitely be a head-scratcher compared to the last few weeks. “All Summer Long” is an excellent mash-up of two great songs.

 

[Mancitydoogle]

Animals Playlist



Again some good initial choices by Rob,

Ones I’ve heard before which I liked

Horse Latitudes

Mother Goose

Bears

Disturbances At The Heron House

Sheep



Ones I’ve not heard before

Horse Overboard

Sacred Cow

Dog on Wheels

Pigeon

How Come My Dog Don’t Bark



All in all a good eclectic mix.

 

[threespires]

Interesting theme. I imagine The Beastie Boys will feature at some point.

Could be in guilty pleasure territory too here. For example, I'm tempted to nominate something that brilliantly samples Edge of Seventeen but I don't think you can handle it :-)

 

[Coatigan]

Are we putting forward the song that 'borrows', and naming the one it borrows from for general awareness?

I.e the playlist will be entirely of the later songs, but we look up the prior ones for ourselves?

I think there was a similar thread in its own right, if I have understood it properly. Will still put forward ones I like, as OB1 has.

edit, also how obvious does it have to be, an outright sampling or something that sounds similar to us, but might not necessarily to everyone hearing it.

 

[threespires]

Given the theme, we might as well start with the kings of "taking inspiration from" :-)

From a number of options l'll nominate Whole Lotta Love which is basically a reworking of Muddy Waters You Need Love from a few years earlier.

 

[bennyboy]

Get the obvious one out of the road.
Bitter Sweet Symphony by the Verve.A sample of the Rolling Stones The Last time by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra.