Start things of with a tip of the cap to the recently departed. Amy was certainly a Pop Master and it’s hard to find a weak note in the recordings she gave us. The window was short though and the songs too few, too true. Other than that first melancholy burst, the third Summer Pop of 2011 is my traditional, all-over-the-map kind of jam– birth, death, pushermen, wild Wilde, gospel and zeus. The whole shebang. Rock on.
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O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop #13
- He Can Only Hold Her – Amy Winehouse
- Prove My Love – Violent Femmes
- Outta Mind (Outta Sight) – Wilco
- I Need You – The Jam
- Man On the Moon – R.E.M.
- Pusher Man – Curtis Mayfield
- And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
- Live As You Dream – Beth Orton
- People Who Died – The Jim Carroll Band
- Fight Test – The Flaming Lips
- How Much More – The Go-Go’s
- The Seed 2.0 – The Roots (featuring Cody Chesnutt)
- The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel
- Life Coach – Fang Island
- Cemetery Gates – The Smiths
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash The Rolling Stones
- Jane Says – Jane’s Addiction
- Ermesinde – Grand Duchy
- Next To You – The Police
- Just Like Zeus – Jenny and Johnny
- Mesmerizing – Liz Phair
- I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers