245 What We Do We Do Now

1. "Restless" The Cobras; last year I scored a pile of Essential CD box sets at a tag sale: three Elvis sets that cover his entire career (minus the movie soundtracks and gospel LPs); a fine BB King box set, and the Stax/Volt box. I am always on the lookout for funky instrumentals to open or close a playlist!
2. "Bad Company" Bad Company has atmosphere to burn on this song. They were signed to Swan Song, the record label run by....
3. Led Zeppelin "Gallows Pole" 
4. "Slippery People" I saw Talking Heads Stop Making Sense in the theater last month, and it continues to amaze me.
5. "Back In Your Arms" Bruce Springsteen does soul ballads so rarely, this track, an outtake released on Tracks, is a rare gem.
6. "This Is How It Goes" this Aimee Mann song has been running around my head for a month since I added it to this playlist.
7. "Levon" Elton John; an example of an all-time classic that never needed a place on one of my playlist when I was a regular listener to classic rock radio.
8. "Just Like Heaven" The Cure; I double- and triple-checked to see if over the last 33 years, I'd ever placed this song on one of my numbered playlists. But no. For so long, my playlists served to provide a soundtrack that listening to the radio could not provide. Only in the last few years have I fully embraced the idea that my love for classic rock staples is no longer fulfilled by listening to the radio. As a remedy, I am doing my best to backfill my new playlists with all-time favorites.
9. "Do You Realize??" The Flaming Lips make their debut on one of my playlists, thanks to Rolling Stone's recent "Best Songs Of The Century" list.
10. "War on War" Wilco
11. "Boogie Chillen" John Lee Hooker; as recently heard while showing The Blues Brothers to my son.
12. "Uncontrollable Urge" Devo
13. "Janie Jones" The Clash
14. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" The Beatles
15. "Tired Of Sleeping" Suzanne Vega
16. "When She Loved Me" Sarah McLachlan
17. "Heartbreak Beat" Psychedelic Furs
18. "Southern Accents" I've recently discovered this Tom Petty song. First I heard Johnny Cash's cover, then Dolly Parton's version convinced me: this is an American standard that no one told me about before. The bridge sends it over the top.
19. "Come Rain Or Come Shine" Ray Charles
20. "stuck on it" eliora
21. "Time To Move On" Tom Petty
22. "Havalina" Pixies