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Playlist #436: Motown

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Motown classics!
  1. Dancing In The Street – Stereo by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  2. You Can’t Hurry Love by The Supremes
  3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
  4. I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
  5. Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
  6. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by Four Tops
  7. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations
  8. War by Edwin Starr
  9. Brick House by Commodores
  10. Please Mr. Postman – Single Version / Mono by The Marvelettes
  11. Give It To Me Baby by Rick James
  12. Love Train by The O’Jays
  13. December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!) by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Available on Spotify and YouTube.

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Playlist #435: FGF Malawi

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After the previous week’s network issues, Sickiey, Jen Hardy, Peter, and the rest of our wonderful friends currently in Malawi joined us on Friday for a great party!
  1. Good as Hell (feat. Ariana Grande) by Lizzo; Ariana Grande
  2. Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) by Beyoncé; JAY-Z
  3. La Papa (feat. Diana Fuentes) by Cimafunk; Diana Fuentes
  4. Strength Of A Woman by Shaggy
  5. Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa
  6. Say Yes (ft. Beyoncé & Kelly Rowland) by Michelle Williams; Beyoncé; Kelly Rowland
  7. Umbrella by Rihanna; JAY-Z
  8. Ndaziya Iwe by Machuluka
  9. Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys
  10. Chocolate Samurai by Fantastic Negrito
  11. Oops!…I Did It Again by Britney Spears

Available on Spotify and YouTube.

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Plalist #434: Weird

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These are songs that I know my, ahem, more mature friends will find weird. Weird is subjective. If it’s here it means I like it. At least one is not that weird but just too good to not include.
  1. Gangsta by Tune-Yards
  2. CHICKEN TERIYAKI by ROSALÍA
  3. Coffee by Jack Stauber’s Micropop
  4. Hëłlœ Kįttÿ by Alice Longyu Gao
  5. Existential Crisis Hour! by Kilo Kish
  6. Pocket Crocodile by Kero Kero Bonito
  7. Look Away, Look Away by The Go! Team; Star Feminine Band
  8. Chocolate Samurai by Fantastic Negrito
  9. Bored of Men by Mhaol
  10. 100 Boyfriends by Alice Longyu Gao
  11. Bird Tutorial by Sidney Gish
  12. Plumage by Menomena
  13. Gloss by Laundromat
  14. “Listen to Your Heart.” “No.” by Cheekface
  15. Cloud Nein by Man Man

Available on Spotify and YouTube.

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Playlist #433: Feel Good Friday Ducks

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40 minutes of songs about ducks! Let’s get down!
  1. Rubber Duckie by Ernie; Sesame Street
  2. Be Like a Duck by Keith Boynton
  3. Funky Duck by Vulfpeck; Vulf
  4. Macho Duck by Chorus – Mickey Mouse Disco
  5. The Duck – O Pato by Jon Hendricks
  6. Ducks Anthem (Anaheim Ducks) [Extended Mix] by Hot Stadium; The Stadium Players
  7. DUCK DUCK GOOSE by dwilly
  8. Be Kind To Your Web-Footed Friends by Mitch Miller
  9. I Want a New Duck by “Weird Al” Yankovic
  10. Disco Duck – Pt. 1 Vocal by Rick Dees And His Cast Of Idiots
  11. The Duck by Jackie Lee
  12. Ducks on the Wall by The Kinks
  13. Darkwing Duck Theme by The Disney Afternoon Studio Chorus
  14. Moby Duck by The Longest Johns
  15. March of the Sinister Ducks by The Sinister Ducks
  16. Howard The Duck by Dolby’s Cube; Cherry Bomb
  17. Put Down the Duckie by Ernie; Hoots the Owl; Sesame Street

Available on Spotify and YouTube.

There’s a great jazz version of Put Down The Duckie on the album Open Sesame by Fiedler.

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Playlist #432: Rasputin

  1. Dirty Davey by McDermott’s 2 Hours
  2. Le temps by DJ KEROZEN
  3. Next to Normal by Lucius
  4. Vampire Reference in a Minor Key by Will Wood
  5. Make a Picture by Andrew Bird
  6. Training Montage by The Mountain Goats
  7. Up the Mountain by Regina Spektor
  8. Good Day by Seratones
  9. Falling Apart (Right Now) by Wilco
  10. Oh, Shadowless by Neko Case
  11. Rasputin by Boiled In Lead

Available on Spotify and YouTube.

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Playlist #419: The Sun

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  1. Sunroof by Nicky Youre; dazy
  2. On The Sunny Side Of The Street by Billie Holiday
  3. Dripping Sun by Kikagaku Moyo
  4. Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks
  5. Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Post Malone; Swae Lee
  6. Sunny by Boney M.
  7. Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream
  8. Sunkissed by khai dreams
  9. Sunrise by Norah Jones
  10. I’ll Follow The Sun – Remastered 2009 by The Beatles
  11. Sun by Mala Esoteric
  12. Why Does the Sun Shine? by They Might Be Giants (For Kids)

Available on Spotify.

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Spooky Week 2022

Spooky Week 2022

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A whole week’s worth of spooky music, 3 hours and 21 minutes you can enjoy this entire pre-Halloween weekend and Halloween, too!
  1. Heffalumps and Woozles by Disney Studio Chorus
  2. Ghosts in the Shower by Chong the Nomad
  3. Monster Mashup by Pomplamoose; Tessa Violet
  4. Red Alert – Jaxx Radio Mix by Basement Jaxx
  5. Cruella De Vil – From “101 Dalmatians”/Soundtrack Version by Dr. John
  6. The Blob by The Five Blobs
  7. The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley
  8. (You’re The) Devil In Disguise by Elvis Presley
  9. Toxic by Britney Spears
  10. Love Potion Number Nine – Stereo Version by The Searchers
  11. Castin’ My Spell by Johnny Otis; Marci Lee
  12. Taint No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin) by Fred Hall
  13. The Boogie Man by The Jackson 5
  14. Rasputin by Boney M.
  15. Oogie Boogie’s Song by Ed Ivory; Ken Page
  16. Out Of Limits by The Ventures
  17. Halloween by Siouxsie and the Banshees
  18. Haunted Heart by Christina Aguilera
  19. I Did Something Bad by Taylor Swift
  20. Stop, I’m Already Dead by Deadboy & The Elephantmen
  21. The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails
  22. Black Dresses by The Builders and The Butchers
  23. Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing by Chris Isaak
  24. Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo
  25. Turn Around by They Might Be Giants
  26. Ghost Town by The Vaccines
  27. Addams Family Theme by Various Artists
  28. Season of the Witch by Donovan
  29. Minnie the Moocher (Theme Song) by Cab Calloway
  30. Weird Science by Oingo Boingo
  31. Boris The Spider – Mono Version by The Who
  32. Say My Name by Alex Brightman; Sophia Anne Caruso; Kerry Butler; Rob McClure
  33. The Magic by Joan As Police Woman
  34. Werewolf Bar Mitzvah by Jeff Richmond; Tracy Morgan
  35. Main Title by Siddhartha Khosla
  36. The Revenge by Oh the City
  37. I Was A Teenage Werewolf – Remastered by The Cramps
  38. Halloween Parade by Lou Reed
  39. The Whole “Being Dead” Thing by Alex Brightman; Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast Recording Ensemble
  40. This is Halloween – Pop Version by Marilyn Manson
  41. Killer Game by FreshmanSound
  42. You’re Dead by Norma Tanega
  43. Run Boy Run by Woodkid
  44. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
  45. Abra Cadaver by The Hives
  46. Your Teeth In My Neck by Kali Uchis
  47. Eat Them Apples by Suzi Wu
  48. ZENIT by ONUKA
  49. Wolf Totem by The HU
  50. Zombie Prom by Kaiser Chiefs
  51. Beautiful My Monster by Husky Rescue
  52. Monster Mash by Bobby “Boris” Pickett; The Crypt-Kickers
  53. Werewolves of London – 2007 Remaster by Warren Zevon
  54. Raise Hell by Brandi Carlile
  55. Villain by Bella Poarch
  56. Spirit Halloween Theme Song by Nick Lutsko
  57. You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween by Muse
  58. Time Warp by Little Nell; Patricia Quinn; Richard O’Brien
  59. Violet Stars Happy Hunting!!! (feat. The Skunks) by Janelle Monáe
  60. Thriller by Michael Jackson
  61. A Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

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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.