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Playlist #413: Iran

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Songs from the IRAN Protests 2022 | Mahsa Amini playlist. Photo from Newsweek / Associated press (Iran’s Bloody Protests Show Regime is Losing Control).
  1. Hamrah Sho Aziz by Mohsen Namjoo
  2. LAELAHAELALLAH by Putak
  3. Hashtadia by Shahin Najafi
  4. Edalat by Erfan; Gdaal
  5. My Iran (ایران من) by King Raam; Erfan; Gdaal; Rana Mansour; Hamed Nikpay
  6. Sarnegooni by Fadaei
  7. Soroode Zan by Mehdi Yarrahi
  8. Bezan by Hichkas
  9. Ma by Reza Pishro
  10. La la La la (No More Lullabies) by Shahyar Ghanbari
  11. Baraye by Shervin Hajipour

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

You can also listen to the full IRAN Protests 2022 | Mahsa Amini playlist on Spotify and YouTube.

Shervin Hajipour signing
“For Freedom / Baraye Azadi” by Shervin Hajipour

You should watch the video of Baraye, the lyrics are from tweets from the protesters. There are also many stunning videos of dance performances like this one from a Dutch dance group. Here are the lyrics:

For dancing in the streets
For the fear when kissing
For my sister, your sister, our sisters
For changing rotten brains
For shame of money-lacking
For yearning of just normal life
For garbage boy and his dreams
For this planned economics
For this polluted air
For Valiasr and it’s worn-out trees
For Piruz and his possible extinction
For dogs, innocent but banned
For tears with no end
For this moment will never happen again
For smiling faces
For students, for future
For this forced heaven
For the national elite imprisoned
For Afghan children
For all this “for”s with no repeat
For all this empty chants
For houses, collapsing like card ones
For the feel of peace
For the sun after long nights
For pills of nerves and insomnia
For men, homeland, development
For girls wishing to be boys
For women, life, freedom
For freedom
For freedom
For freedom

See important addition context on lyricstranslate.com

I used Google Translate translate some of the lyrics of the other songs. These are approximations but I thought they were powerful and worth sharing nonetheless.

  • Sing! So that the city be filled with the the anthem of woman (Soroode Zan)
  • Where is justice? (Edalat)
  • What to wear, what to eat, what to do, what to say (Hashtadia)
  • We slept on oil, but we don’t have money (LAELAHAELALLAH)
  • Hate drips from the pen of peace (Sarnegooni)
  • They take away the burnt bodies. They are afraid of our dead. (Bezan)
  • We became a voice, look at the corruption and suffering. (La la La la — No More Lullabies)
  • Give us love instead of hate (Ma)
  • It’s not raining, it’s gunpowder rain (lullabies)
  • Difficult life, only pain (Hamrah Sho)
  • We are not afraid of disaster (My Iran)
  • Woman Life Freedom (Soroode Zan)

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Playlist #411: ?uestlove’s Essential Foundation

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A few song from Questlove’s list of 100 Essential Songs You Should Know.
  1. I Just Want To Be by Cameo
  2. Dance Floor by Zapp
  3. Love Ritual (Bwana Mix) by Al Green
  4. Galaxy by War
  5. Funkin’ for Jamaica by Tom Browne
  6. The Men All Pause by Klymaxx; Louil Silas Jr.

Available on Spotify.

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Playlist #410: Dee’s October Fun

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Some fun fall tunes from guest DJ Dee!
  1. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright by Emilie-Claire Barlow
  2. Diamond In Disguise by Pump Action
  3. Beaches by The Cavves
  4. Room 421 by Holden Miller
  5. Can’t Be Too Hard on Myself by It’s Butter
  6. I Like You, You’re Different by Sam Alesandri
  7. Metronome by Wednesday Kid
  8. NRE by Upstate
  9. Crush by Tessa Violet
  10. Astrovan by Mt. Joy
  11. Poetry in Motion by Johnny & the Man Kids
  12. Space Cadette by Back to Yours
  13. Brass Band by Jukebox The Ghost

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist# 409: Can’t not move

Suggestions from some social media site, “songs you can’t not dance to!”
  1. Pump It Up – 2021 Remaster by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
  2. Skin and Bone by The Kinks
  3. The Fall by Gary Numan
  4. Everybody Ona Move by Michael Franti & Spearhead
  5. Jump Around by House Of Pain
  6. SexyBack (feat. Timbaland) by Justin Timberlake; Timbaland
  7. Twist And Shout – Remastered 2009 by The Beatles
  8. Head On by Pixies
  9. Freeway Of Love by Aretha Franklin
  10. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) by Aretha Franklin; George Michael
  11. The Lonely Goatherd by Julie Andrews; Charmian Carr; Heather Menzies; Nicholas Hammond; Duane Chase; Angela Cartwright; Debbie Turner; Kym Karath
  12. Walking On Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
  13. All About That Bass by Mixed Metafour

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #19: Overkill

Going back to the early days again, this one’ll get you moving!
  1. Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny
  2. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
  3. Overkill by Men At Work
  4. Fat Night’s Theme by Fat Night
  5. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) by Stevie Wonder
  6. Conga! by Miami Sound Machine
  7. You Make My Dreams by Daryl Hall & John Oates
  8. Groove Is in the Heart by Deee-Lite
  9. Get It Right by Joey Dosik
  10. I Get Around (Mono) by The Beach Boys
  11. Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks
  12. Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #408: Grunge

90ʼs grunge. Is there any other kind?
  1. Revolve by Melvins
  2. Plush – 2017 Remaster by Stone Temple Pilots
  3. Would? (2022 Remaster) by Alice In Chains
  4. Deep by Pearl Jam
  5. Everlong by Foo Fighters
  6. Celebrity Skin by Hole
  7. Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt
  8. Cut You In by Jerry Cantrell
  9. Lithium by Nirvana
  10. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #407: KPM & More

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Production Music (also known as Library Music) is music created specifically for use in all types of media; including TV shows, advertising, trailers, promos and radio. KPM Music is the quintessential production music brand. Or at least that’s what their site says.
  1. Trama Nella Metropoli by I Marc 4
  2. Space Funk – Dopebrother 7 Inch Remix by Manzel
  3. Studio 69 by Alan Hawkshaw
  4. People’s Choice by Keith Mansfield
  5. The Riviera Affair by Neil Richardson
  6. That’s What Friends Are For by Alan Parker; Madeline Bell
  7. Action in Memphis by Johnny Pearson
  8. Mile High Swinger (A) by Alan Hawkshaw
  9. Violent Attack by John Cameron
  10. Running fast by Stefano Torossi
  11. Sports Arena by Neil Richardson
  12. Life on Mars by Dexter Wansel
  13. Middle Of The Night by Lalo Schifrin
  14. Hot Wind by Les Baxter

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #406: Unschwarzeneggerish

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I started listening to a book that’s basically the 80’s movie Commando. This list is perhaps its opposite.
  1. Free To Be…You And Me by The New Seekers
  2. Whatever We Feel by Sammy Rae & The Friends
  3. Turn the World Around by Harry Belafonte
  4. Iko Iko by The Dixie Cups
  5. Thina Singu by The Celebration Gospel Choir
  6. Record Player (with AJR) by Daisy the Great; AJR
  7. The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas
  8. Love You by The Free Design
  9. The Lonely Goatherd by Julie Andrews; Charmian Carr; Heather Menzies; Nicholas Hammond; Duane Chase; Angela Cartwright; Debbie Turner; Kym Karath
  10. I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by The New Seekers
  11. The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap) – Single Version by Shirley Ellis
  12. Brand New Key by Melanie
  13. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) by Simon & Garfunkel
  14. Different Drum by Stone Poneys; Linda Ronstadt

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #405: Drive

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Songs for the open road!
  1. Drive by Incubus
  2. Drive My Car – Remastered 2009 by The Beatles
  3. Drive by The Cars
  4. Drivin’ My Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt
  5. Drive By by Train
  6. Drive by Ben Rector
  7. Driver’s Seat by Sniff ‘n’ The Tears
  8. Drive by Oh Wonder
  9. Keep Driving by Harry Styles
  10. Drive by Halsey
  11. Ventura Highway by America; George Martin
  12. Man With A Minivan by Danny and Alex
  13. Stickshifts and Safetybelts by CAKE

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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Playlist #404: Big

Two years of dance parties, let’s do something BIG!
  1. Extra Large by Slaters
  2. Large And In Charge by Chunky A.
  3. Large Time – Edit by Atlanta Rhythm Section
  4. Larger Than Life (feat. Benji Jackson) by Pinkzebra; Benji Jackson
  5. Large Professor by Main Source
  6. Big Time – 2012 Remaster by Peter Gabriel
  7. Larger Than Life by Gov’t Mule
  8. Big Ten Inch Record by Bull Moose Jackson
  9. HUGE W by Mori Calliope
  10. In A Big Country by Big Country
  11. Big Shot by Billy Joel

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.