Workers of the World, UNITE!

Okay, I probably just got this blog placed on the Fox News Watch List for using the Soviet Union's state motto as the title of this entry. But seriously, it's Labor Day Weekend, and I wanted to do a little musical tribute to this Socialist holiday.

Notable first appearances on Burn and Shine include: Rush (still in their Cream phase, before Neil Peart steered them in a more progressive direction), Bobby Dylan, the Minutemen and the Clash. Some returning stars include the Beatles (how else could I have possibly started this compilation?), Elvis Costello and the Kinks (if you haven't already noticed, they are my favorite band).

Happy listening!

Workers of the World, UNITE!

01. The Beatles, “A Hard Day’s Night” [2:34]
02. They Might Be Giants, “Minimum Wage”[0:47]
03. Rush, “Working Man” [7:11]
04. Tina & Ike Turner, “Proud Mary”[3:33]
05. Bob Dylan, “Maggie’s Farm’ [3:54]
06. The Clash, “Career Opportunities”[1:53]
07. The Kinks, “Get Back in Line” [3:04]
08. Bruce Springsteen, “Factory” [2:20]
09. Modern Lovers, “Government Center” [2:03]
10. Minutemen, “Working Men Are Pissed” [1:19]
11. Daniel Johnson & Jad Fair, “First Day At Work”[3:03]
12. The Isley Brothers, “Work to Do” [3:11]
13. The Rolling Stones, “Luxury” [5:01]
14. Jimmy Reed, “Big Boss Man” [2:50]
15. Billy Bragg, “There is Power in a Union” [2:50]
16. Patty Smith, “Piss Factory” [5:03]
17. The Members, “Goodbye to the Job” [2:25]
18. The Jam, “Just Who is the 5 O’clock Hero” [2:15]
19. Todd Rundgren, “Bang the Drum All Day” [3:39]
20. Waco Brothers, “Plenty Tough and Union Made” [2:50]
21. Dave Edmunds, “Here Comes the Weekend” [1:59]
22. Elvis Costello, “Welcome to the Working Week” [1:23]
23. Uncle Tupelo, “Coalminers” [2:34]
24. Woody Guthrie, “Talking Hard Work” [3:26]
25. John Lennon, “Working Class Hero” [3:51]

Total Time: 1:14:58

Download it here: Workers of the World, UNITE!

My Little Girl Is Turning One!

Happy Birthday Maria Justine! Whew, I can't believe it's been a year already. In light of this momentous occasion, I thought I'd put together a special "Girl" themed comp. Last year after our birth announcements went out, we got a fabulous disc from our good friend Laura (who, by the way, has a most excellent radio show/blog here: Needles + Pins ) titled "Oh, Girl - Welcome MJ!" I can't tell you how many times we listened to it. Even though she snagged many of the best "Girl" songs, I managed to find a few that I thought were pretty good as well. With her permission (fingers crossed!) I would gladly share her compilation here at Burn and Shine. For the time being, you'll just have to whet your appetite with mine.

A couple of quick words about my comp. My last installment featured the first Rolling Stones appearance, and today's playlist features the Who making their first showing on a Burn and Shine compilation. Seriously, I have no idea why it has taken me so long for either of these artists, but I'm sure they will show up again in the future. I actually left off one of my favorite Kinks tracks, "Nothin' in This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout My Girl", because they have shown up a few times already-- go figure. Finally, I just wanted to be sure that you realize that track #22 is actually by an American band called the Bats which featured Jon Brion-- not to be confused with the fantastic New Zealand combo of the same name, which have not yet been featured on B&S.

Happy Listening!

Girl:

01. Paul Westerberg, “You’re My Girl” [0:28]
02. Television Personalities, “Silly Girl” [2:47]
03. The Dukes of the Stratosphear, “Vanishing Girl” [2:30]
04. The Hollies, “Little Girl” [3:02]
05. Edwyn Collins, “Girl Like You” [3:59]
06. The Who, “Glow Girl” [2:26]
07. The Descendents, “Silly Girl” [2:23]
08. Marshall Crenshaw, “Cynical Girl” [2:37]
09. X, “Poor Girl” [2:54]
10. The Only Ones, “Another Girl, Another Planet” [3:02]
11. Blondie, “Sunday Girl” [3:06]
12. The Shazam, “C’mon Girl” [3:05]
13. The Chords, “Hey Girl” [2:17]
14. Hoodoo Gurus, “My Girl” [2:41]
15. The Ramones, “My-My Kind of Girl” [3:32]
16. The Go-Go’s, “Girl of 100 Lists” [2:21]
17. Primal Scream, “Velocity Girl” [1:23]
18. The Red Button, “Cruel Girl” [2:43]
19. The Smiths, “Girl Afraid” [2:49]
20. Bram Tchaikovsky, “Girl of My Dreams” [4:12]
21. The Left Banke, “Let Go of You Girl” [2:53]
22. The Bats [Boston], “Not My Girl Anymore” [3:21]
23. The Easybeats, “Pretty Girl” [2:16]
24. Terry Reid, “Superlungs My Super Girl” [2:43]
25. Paul McCartney & Wings, “Mama’s Little Girl” [3:42]

Total Time: 1:09:11

Download it here: Girl!

It's Summertime!

As promised, here is another summer (quite literally!) themed playlist. I would like to call your attention to Track #3, by The Rural Alberta Advantage-- a Canadian band on Saddle Creek. Their debut album, Hometowns is quickly becoming my favorite album of 2009, although I understand this has been out for about a year via download websites such as Emusic. Happy listening!

It's Summer!

01. Billy Stewart, "Summertime" [2:43]
02. Buffalo Tom, "Summer" [4:02]
03. The Rural Alberta Advantage, "In the Summertime" [2:37]
04. Fountains of Wayne, "It Must Be Summer" [3:19]
05. Stephin Merritt, "Some Summer Day" [1:46]
06. Lee Hazlewood with Jane Hokum, "Summer Wine" [3:07]
07. Acid House Kings, "I Write Summer Songs for No Reason" [2:55]
08. The Kinks, "Wait Till the Summer Comes Along" [2:08]
09. Hüsker Dü, "Celabrated Summer" [4:03]
10. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, "Let's Pretend It's Summer" [3:37]
11. Wilco, "Summerteeth" [3:23]
12. Chad & Jeremy, "A Summer Song" [2:39]
13. Eddie Cochran, "Summertime Blues" [2:00]
14. The Decembrists, "Summersong" [3:31]
15. T.Rex, "Celebrate Summer" [2:37]
16. Phil Ochs, "In the Heat of the Summer" [3:10]
17. Belle & Sebastian, "A Summer Wasting" [2:07]
18. Sly & the Family Stone, "Hot Fun in the Summertime" [2:38]
19. Yo La Tengo, "The Summer" [2:39]
20. Pavement, "Summer Babe" [3:17]
21. Pedro the Lion, "Indian Summer" [3:24]
22. Jens Lekman, "A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill" [3:30]
23. The Last, "Every Summer Day" [3:36]
24. The Barracudas, "His Last Summer" [4:09]
25. Kings of Convenience, "Gold in the Air of Summer" [3:34]

Total Time: 1:16:30

Download it Here: It's Summer!

Here Comes the Sun!

Okay folks, sorry I've been away for awhile, but my Spring has been super-busy. I've got some comps up and ready and I'll be posting a few similarly themed playlists over the next few weeks so stay tuned. Just in time for the first day of Summer, this is actually the second volume in my Sun trilogy-- some of you got hard copies of the first volume last year in our now defunct Flavor of the Month Club. It was generally well received, and I had so many other possible songs, I couldn't resist to do another. As usual, a few no-brainers in here and few you might not have heard. Happy listening!

Sun 2:

01. The Pernice Brothers, "Working Girls (Sunlight Serenade)" [3:21]
02. Dinosaur Jr, "Take a Run at the Sun" [3:29]
03. Robert Pollard, "Release the Sunbird" [1:54]
04. The Lucksmiths, "Up With the Sun" [3:04]
05. Dean & Britta, "The Sun is Still Sunny" [4:26]
06. Ragazzi (AKA Geisha), "SPF-100" [2:10]
07. Apollo Ghosts, "Hastings Sunrise" [1:24]
08. The Early Hours, "Sunshine Changes Everything" [3:33]
09. Death Cab for Cutie, "No Sunlight" [2:40]
10. Elf Power, "The Sun is Forever" [4:08]
11. Jonathan Edwards, "Sunshine (Go Away Today)" [2:19]
12. Frank Black, "Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day" [4:12]
13. Gordon Lightfoot, "Sundown" [3:38]
14. X, "Under the Big Black Sun" [3:28]
15. LMNOP, "Forever Through the Sun" [3:13]
16. The Gerbils, "Sunshine Soul" [2:39]
17. The Magnetic Fields, "The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing" [2:46]
18. House of Freaks, "Sun Goes Down" [3:07]
19. The Olivia Tremor Control, "A Sunshine Fix" [2:48]
20. Jason Lytle, "Brand New Sun" [4:38]
21. The Beach Boys, "The Warmth of the Sun" [2:52]
22. Fleshtones, "Let's See the Sun" [2:52]
23. Low, "Sunflower" [4:39]
24. Peter Bruntnell, "Waterloo Sunset" [3:25]
25. The Apples in Stereo, "Sun is Out" [2:30]

Total Time: 1:18:36

Download it here: Sun 2

Countdown!

Someone sent me the link to the above video about two years ago. It's about ten minutes long but well worth the time. I always thought it was a pretty great concept and that it would make a good theme for a compilation. So here's my musical version of the countdown:

01. The Triffids, "25 to 5" (1:06) Originally found on the album In the Pines (1986).

02. The Vibrators, "24 Hour People" (1:53) Originally found on the album V2 (1978).

03. Elf Power, "23rd Dream" (2:08) Originally found on the album Back to the Web (2006).

04. John Guilt, "22 Revolutions" (3:59) Originally found on the EP By Any Other Name (2003).

05. The Lucksmiths, "21" (5:09) Originally found on the EP Boondoggle (1994).

06. The Misfits, "20 Eyes" (1:47) Originally found on the album Walk Among Us (1982).

07. Jonathan Richman, "Nineteen in Naples" (3:00) Originally found on the album I'm So Confused (1998).

08. Alice Cooper, "I'm Eighteen" (3:01) Originally found on the album Love it to Death (1971).

09. The Cure, "Seventeen Seconds" (4:00) Originally found on the album Seventeen Seconds (1980).

10. Whiskeytown, "16 Days" (3:55) Originally found on the album Strangers Almanac (1997).

11. You Am I, "Fifteen" (3:06) Originally found on the album #4 Record (1998).

12. Guided by Voices, "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (1:31) Originally found on the album Propeller (1992).

13. Big Star, "Thirteen" (2:52) Originally found on the album #1 Record (1972).

14. Dirty Looks, "12 O'Clock High" (3:58) Originally found on the album Dirty Looks (1980).

15. Nine Below Zero, "11 Plus 11" (2:33) Originally found on the album Third Degree (1982).

16. Waxwings, "Ten O'Clock Your Time" (3:21) Originally found on the album Low to the Ground (2000).

17. The Moldy Peaches, "Lucky Number Nine" (2:08) Originally found on the album The Moldy Peaches (2001).

18. The Byrds, "Eight Miles High" (3:38) Originally found on the album Fifth Dimension (1966).

19. Echo & the Bunnymen, "Seven Seas" (3:21) Originally found on the album Ocean Rain (1984).

20. The Pretty Things, "Midnight to Six Man" (2:21) Originally found on the album Get the Picture? (1965).

21. The Mountain Goats, "Cubs in Five" (2:05) Originally found on the album Nine Black Poppies (1995).

22. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, "Four Flights Up" (2:38) Originally found on the album Rattlesnakes (1984).

23. Wire, "Three Girl Rhumba" (1:24) Originally found on the album Pink Flag (1977).

24. The Clean, "Billy Two" (2:23) Originally found on the EP Boodle Boodle Boodle (1981).

25. Ultra Vivid Scene w/ Kim Deal, "Special One" (3:16) Originally found on the album Joy: 1967-1990 (1990).

26. The Plimsouls, "Zero Hour" (2:35) Originally found on the EP Zero Hour (1980).

Total Time 1:12:52

Download it here: Countdown!