Like a bolt of lightening out of a quiet storm, country star Travis Wammack definitely hits the spot with this soulful smooth number that seems like it should be getting airplay on any number of seventies stations.
But it’s not. Instead, you may have heard one of the many other versions by Captain and Tennille, Merle Saunders or the original by Larry Carlton.
This is still my favorite version.
And, I’m back. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday, because I got an extra present for all of you.
Do you have any guilty pleasures of the musical variety? Of course you do. We all do. I may get somewhat snobbish about my Led Zeppelin collection, but part of me still pines for Def Leppard. Luckily DJ Neil Armstrong came along and made this mix full of nothing but guilty pleasures called “Music for When Nobody’s Looking.”
On a personal note, I have been desperately awaiting a new mix from Neil for some time because, as those of you who read this blog may have figured out, I simply love his dirty drawers. As far as I am concerned the man can do no wrong, and he has a real knack for mining my formative years for tunes that hit all the right spots, mixed with style and reverence. I discovered this mix last night, and immediately bought, downloaded and digested the entire thing within an hour.
Why?
Because I wouldn’t waste your time if the mix sucked.
It doesn’t, and here’s a little sample of what you’ll be getting:
And while I wish I could float you a free download, I can now honestly tell you that the $6.50 I spent via PayPal for the download was totally worth it. Check the set list:
Good Bad Music
1) introduction – guilty as charged
2) Say Say Say Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
3) Everything She Wants – Wham
4) The Right Stuff – New Kids on the Block
5) Ladies Night – Kool & the Gang
6) The Rhythm of the Night – El Debarge
7) Give me the Night – George Benson
8) Stay with me Tonight – Jeffrey Osborne
9) Caribbean Queen – Billy Ocean
10) She’s Fresh – Kool & the Gang
11) Say It Isn’t So – Hall & Oates
12) Time – Culture Club
13) You Are – Lionel Richie
14) Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
The Kareoke Section
15) Eternal Flame – Bangles
16) I Can’t Fight this Feeling Anymore – REO Speedwagon
17) Keep on Loving You – REO Speedwagon
18) Home Sweet Home – Motley Crue
19) Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s
20) I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boy’s
21) LFO (Lyte Funkie Ones)- Summer Girls
22) I’ll Be Loving You Forever – New Kids on the Block
23) Faithfully – Journey
24) Against All Odds = Phil Collins
The Sleazy 80′s
25) Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room) – Paul Lekakis
26) We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off- Jermaine Stewart
27) He’s So Shy – Pointer Sisters
28) Heat of the Moment – Asia
29) Your Love – The Outfield
30) Easy Lover – Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
31) Private Eyes – Hall & Oates
32) Jesse’s Girl – Rick Springfield
33) Photograph – Def Leppard
34) You Give Love A Bad Name – Bon Jovi
The Pretty 80′s
35) Total Eclipse of the Heart – (The Dan Band / Bonnie Tyler )
36) Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
37) We Belong – Pat Benatar
HunkaBunkas, Club Abyss, Joey’s in Clifton…
38) Another Night – Real McCoy
39) This Is your Night – Amber
40) This Is the Rhythm of the Night – Corona
41) Rhythm Is A Dancer – Snap!
42) Where Do You Go – No Mercy
43) Better Off Alone – Alice DeeJay song
44) Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65
45) SandStorm – Darude
46) All Night Long – Lionel Richie
If this sounds like the kind of shit that would tickle your fancy, or maybe the fancy of an important audiophile in your life, then grab yourself a copy from Neil’s site HERE! Hard copy CD is $10, but digital download is only $6.50. That’s a fuckin bargain.
This is one of those nuggets that almost everybody recognizes, but no one knows the title or who sang it. It was Michael Wycoff (FTW,) from his 1982 album “Love Conquers All.”
But you probably knew that.
Timmy was a great soul singer, producer and keyboardist who originally cut his chops accompanying Donald Byrd and Cannonball Adderly. This remains his only big hit (from 1972), and not one you hear very often…but if you were to dig into his lengthy back catalog you might find a lot more gems like this as Mr Thomas has been dropping bombs since the mid sixties.
I will give props to the local oldies station for dropping this the other day, I take back all those things I said about you.
I am constantly amazed at what can be found on the internet for free. Free maps, free information, free pictures…free porn. But my all time favorite is the amount of free music you can find with a simple click of the mouse, and one of my favorite places to do this is over at Resident Advisor.
Founded in 2001 as a site to cover the Australian dance music scene, it quickly outgrew it’s regional focus within a year and began a more global focus on electronic music from all over. The site is full of all kinds of articles, reviews, information, DJ charts, upcoming event listings, tickets and most notably podcasts.
(Note: try googling podcasts sometime. You’ll find all kinds of stuff)
It’s the podcasts that really set RA apart from other music sites because they get some of the best and brightest musicians, DJs and producers to make mixes for them every week. and if you sign up with them, you get em all for free. I know what you’re thinking. Another site that wants my info…blah blah blah. They’ll send me emails, and spam and everything will suck.
True…maybe. But that’s why you open a separate email account just for these purposes, because the music is worth it.
Previous podcast mixes of note came from such luminaries as Greg Wilson, DJ Harvey, Trus’me, The Orb, Todd Terje and Richie Hawtin. But aside from the guys you know and love, you’ll discover a slew of names and styles you may never have heard of. There’s also a Soundcloud page where it appears they are posting mixes of their monthly picks.
Here is one of my favorite mixes from 2008 from Aeroplane, which still gets played in my car from time to time. Download em, check em out…and then head over to RA for more.
Because there’s always more.
Yeah…I know I kind of bow at the alter of AOR Disco these days, but they do kind of deserve it and you should visit their site, book mark it and check that shit regularly. And I still believe that Adult Oriented Rock is the new Heavy Metal.
DJ Same really kills it here with smooth transitions and blends that are on point as well as in key. That, and his selection is top notch. Check the set list.
01. Whistle Test
02. Two Tribes – Frankie Goes to Hollywood(Annihilation)(Wu Tang Edit)
03. The Isley Brothers Don’t Live Here Anymore – Heavenly Mash
<<The Isley Brothers – Footsteps in the Dark (Vins Edit)
<<Rose Royce – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (LNTG Rework)
04. The Eagles – Tell Me Why (Tony Jacolone Edit)
05. Thunderclap Newman – Something in the Air (DeepSoundDesignRemix)
06. Saint Etienne – Sun in my Morning (The Starkiller’s I Love The Smell Of Balearic Piano Disco In The Morning Remix)
07. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (A Jimmy Michaels Mix)
08. James Taylor – Something In The Way She Moves (BP’s ‘Feelin’ Fine In The Countryside’ Dub)
09. Amy Holland – Strengthen my Love (Northern Rascal Stronger Edit 2011)
10. Dr. Hook – Sexy Eyes (BP’s Edit)
11. Carole King – It’s Too Late (Tony Jacalone Edit)
12. Jaye P Morgan – Let’s Get Together (Ole Smokey’s Looking For Love Edit)
13. Rayko_Em_Vee_-_All_Around_The_Watchtower
14. Young Edits – Smiling At You (Young Edits Going Home Version)
15. Chicken Lips – Sweet Cow (mikeBurns Twisted Disco Version)
16. Talking Heads – Take Me To The River (AC’s Live Jam Re-Edit)
17. ZZ Top – Gimme all your Lovin’ (Scratchandsniff’s Beardy Rerub)
18. Christopher Cross – Ride like the Wind (Henry’s Lost Disco Mix)
19. Ace – How Long (Tony Jacolone Edit)
20. Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized (Zambon Edit)
This mix is free to download (just click on the arrow on the right side of the play window for the download link) and will make you happier than any commercial garbage out there. Better yet, if you find a specific remix on here that you like…chances are you can also download it from Soundcloud.
Don’t sleep, this one is pretty special.
