01 - Don't Push Me - Flirt - 1978 (3:13)
02 - Record Burnin' Party - Eighth Route Army - 1985 (2:42)
03 - One in Ten Words - The Spoons - 1982 (4:09)
04 - Any Old Time - Artie Shaw (vocal Helen Forrest) - 1939 (3:06)
05 - Condition Red - The Goodees - 1968 (2:52)
06 - Kill Kill Kill (live) - Painters and Dockers - 1985 (4:02)
07 - Three Chord City - The Cold - 1980 (2:12)
08 - The Damned Don't Cry (In Hollywood) - PVC - 1984 (4:07)
09 - Shame - The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black - 1993 (2:37)
10 - Fuchsia Rayon - Westside Lockers - 1980 (2:04)
11 - Raggedy Ann - Finders Keepers - 1966 (2:59)
12 - Patience - Mannequin Pussy - 2019 (2:14)
13 - Dream of the West - Yip Yip Coyote - 1984 (3:05)
14 - Middle Age Hippie Blues - Moe Averick - 1987 (3:21)
15 - Captain Kangaroo - Suburban 9 to 5 - 1967 (1:57)
16 - Shoot for the Heart - Karen Lawrence - 1986 (4:03)
17 - Is She Your Girlfriend Now? - Rosie Future - 1980 (3:04)
18 - Space Invaders - Player (1) - 1979 (3:32)
19 - It's Been a Long, Long Time - Keely Smith - 1959 (2:04)
20 - Abbey Road Medley (edit) - The Beatles - BRG - Mark A - 2024 (16:10)
This Silver Anniversary Anthology (number 25, doncha know) has a super-broad spectrum of songs I love. Comments on a few tracks:
Track 5: When “Condition Red” talks about the girl’s parents not liking that scraggly long hair, that’s probably the way my own parents (and Joyce’s) felt about me!
Track 6: “Kill Kill Kill” is a song from a 1968 Get Smart episode, recorded in 1985 by Painters & Dockers. Don’t try it at home, or anywhere else!
Track 7: I been to Three Chord City, but I can’t live there forever!
Track 11: A real-life “Raggedy Ann” was the one for me, too! Though she was much spiffier than me, kind of opposite from the gal in this song.
Track 13: “The Dream of the West” tickles me as only a wannabe Western song can! (Yip Yip Coyote’s from the UK.)
Track 15: Why can’t we all be like Captain Kangaroo? Always kind, never too hurried!
Track 17: Man, I love the insouciance of Rosie Future’s singing!
Track 19: Even if the swaggering orchestra is a little too too, Keely Smith’s strong, sultry voice can make me wait as long as she wants!
Track 20: I edited the last track from several resources, including from the Beatles Remixers Group. I always wondered what the medley would sound like with “Her Majesty” in its intended place, between "Mean Mr. Mustard" and "Polythene Pam." I mean, When Mean Mr Mustard shouts at the Queen, he must be yelling “Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl,” right?
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