WACKY WEDNESDAY: Mashed Up Again

To mangle a quote from Edgard Varèse (or was it Frank Zappa? Ruben Sano?),  the 21st Century Mash-Up refuses to die!

Here's a small sampling of Youtube mash-ups to amaze and delight, a sweet reminder that no matter what musical styles and genres you prefer, it always can be combined with something ridiculous or disturbing to create something even more ridiculous or disturbing.

Let the music bring us together!

Let's start with a little fun in Acapulco with this little monstrosity from Shahar Varshal featuring Elvis, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flo Rida and Gnarls Barkley.

Let's Rage Against the Bee Gees with this William Maranci mash-up:

What if Ozzie Osbourne had a little funk in his trunk? If Earth, Wind & Fire rode the Crazy Train? DJ Cummerbund has the answer! 

Remember when The B-52s met Slayer? Mash-up master Bill McClintock does:

Finally, this battle royale (from 2003!) features a Canned Heat classic aided by Blondie, The Jackson 5, Metallica, The White Stripes Devo, and Credence Clearwater Revival. It's by a Youotuber called "TWENTYTHREEAD," who composes "music for TV Commercials and film and create videos graphics for corporate in-store installations and events."

More fun with mash-ups from this blog, HERE, HERE and HERE.

And for you true nerds out there who are curious about how mash-ups are made, here's a Facebook video from Bill McClintock showing how he created "Raining Lobsters."

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 16, 2022
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

What a Way to Die by The Pleasure Seekers

Five Dollars by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

I Go Evil by Chris Whitley & The Bastard Club

Right String But the Wrong Yo Yo by Carl Perkins

So Far Gone by Alien Space Kitchen

Specimen by Robbie Quine

Tis My Fate by The Pixies

Sophisticated Boom Boom by The Shangri-Las

Walking in the Rain by The Ronettes

Uncle Jimmy by Johnny Dowd

Time Howls by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America

Baby OK by Izobel Garcia

I'm Insane by Sonic Youth

They're Coming to Take Me Away by Butcher Babies

On Broadway by Neil Young

Miniskirt Blues by The Flower Children

Rachel Nagy of Detroit Cobras
Santa Fe Brewing Co. 6-8-08

RIP Rachel Nagy (Three Songs by Detroit Cobras)

Bad Girl

On a Monday

Slum Lord

I Walk On Gilded Splinters by Sonny & Cher

Jump Sturdy by Dr. John

Voices in the Mirror by Thee Oh Sees

Her Love Rubbed Off by The Cramps

Hog (I'm a Hog for You) by The Groupies

Red Head Walking by Beat Happening

Pub of Fear by Mal Thursday

Sally Go Round the Roses by The Jaynetts

Santa Fe Glows Golden by Joe Ely

Satin Shoes by The Flatlanders

Crowville by Julie Christensen

Every Bone in Her Body by Bigdumbhick

Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Ronny Elliott

Why? (The King of Love is Dead) by Nina Simone

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 9, 2022
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Polk Salad Annie by Conan O'Brien & The Legally Prohibited Band

The FBI by The Control Freaks

Live the Life by Oblivians

Two Steps Ahead by The Routes

Waiting by Eric Hisaw

One Tin Soldier by The Dick Nixons

Cruiser's Creek by The Fall

Big D by Old Time Relijun

Fire at the End of the World by Julie Cristensen

Mind Fever by Divine Horsemen

A Devil in the Woods by Gun Club

You're Gonna Die by Destroy All Monsters

Bop Pills by The Cramps

Nude Sexuality in the Afternoon by John Trubee & The Ugly Janitors of America

Did You Ever Love a Woman by B.B. King

I'll Take Care of You by Bobby "Blue" Bland

Operation Blues #2 by Homer "Zeke" Clemons & His Texas Swingbillies

Double Shot of My Baby's Love by The Swingin' Medallions

I Think I've Had It by The Gories

Chippewa by Benjamin Booker

Dolomite Redux by Johnny Dowd

A Little Bit Weird by Bigdumbhick

Tickle Your Innards by Legendary Shack Shakers

Hillbilly Babylon by Martha Fields

Ballad of Hollis Brown by Thee Headcoats

Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Laurel & Hardy

Worried Life Blues by Junior Wells

In the Rut by Alto Street

There's No Other Like My Baby by The Beach Boys

What's Your Name by Don & Juan

We Belong Together by Robert & Johnny

The Curtain Falls by Bobby Darin

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, January 2, 2022
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM
Email me during the show! terrell(at)ksfr.org

Here's my playlist :

OPENING THEME: Let It Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres

Bottle of Wine by The Fireballs

I'll Pick You Up by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Yesterday's Numbers by The Flamin' Groovies

Neighbors by The Rolling Stones

Call Me the Wind by Johnny Dowd

The Claw by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

Holy Roller by Night Beats

Pokin' Around by Mudhoney

You Gotta Love Love by The Fleshtones

Hot Voodoo by James White & The Blacks

Love Spell by Old Time Relijun

Get Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Parked Outside by Afghan Whigs

Ice Cold Ice by Husker Du

White Dress by Honshu Wolves

Last Grave by Sloks

Hornet's Heart by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Drag Queens on Choppers by The Barbarellatones 

Agile, Mobile and Hostile by The Goldstars

Tobacco Road by Tav Falco

You Got Me Dizzy by The Head Cat

Give Me One Kiss by Dara Cham Chan

Where's Karen by Quinton & Miss Pussycat

How Can a Man Overcome His Brokenhearted Pain by Rodd Keith

Crazy Clown Time by David Lynch

No Evil Star by Divine Horsemen

Supermarket by Alto Street

Picking Up Tears by Shinyribs

Soul and Fire by Sebadoh 

CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: Happy Birthday John Hartford

Eighty four years ago today, December 30, 1937, in New York City (New York City????!!?) a boy named John Hartford was born. His family soon moved to St. Louis, where young John grew up watching the boats along the Mississippi (he'd later work as a towboat pilot on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers) and listening to the Grand Ol' Opry on the radio.

He'd grow up to become one of the finest hillbilly instrumentalists (guitar, fiddle, mandolin), singers and songwriters of the late 20th Century. 

Most of us first became familiar with Hartford after a little song of his, having something to do with rolling up his sleeping bag, became Glen Campbell's first solo hit. Soon after that Hartford became a regular on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as well as the short-lived Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

Here are Hartford and Campbell performing that song on tv:

But Hartford quickly proved that he was no one-hit wonder. Though no other song of his ever became nearly as famous as "Gentle on My Mind," and his albums weren't exactly commercial smashes, in the 1970s he made some of finest country and bluegrass music around. His 1971 album Aereo-Plain, recorded with Norman Blake, Vassar Clements, Tut Taylor and Randy Scruggs should be considered a classic.

This is a later career (1999) song about New Mexico's most celebrated troubled youth:

Hartford died of cancer in 2001. His last hurrah was his appearance in the still amazing soundtrack of O Brother Where Art Thou? and the subsequent concert film, Down From the Mountain for which he served as MC as well as a performer:

Finally, here is my favorite Hartford song of all time, In Tall Buildings. 

Happy birthday and RIP, Gentle John.