Spitball Army

The Lazy Man’s Method to Putting Together a Playlist:

• Do an mp3 database search using the word “mother.”
• Listen to the last 15 seconds of each song to ensure that it flows reasonably well into the next…
• …If not, rearrange the songs to create the least jarring audio landscape possible.
• Search the internet for images, using the following search parameters: mother rock and roll.
• Throw images and audio onto a blog.
• Burn the playlist onto a disc.
• Listen to it later.

Approximate playing time: 72 minutes.

1. The New Radicals  “Mother We Just Can’t Get Enough”  (1998)
2. Kukuruza  “Mother I’m Lonely”  (1993)
3. Patty Griffin  “Mother of God”  (2004)
4. Paul Simon  “That Was Your Mother”  (1986)
5. Ethel Merman  “My Mother Would Love You” from Panama Hattie  (1940)
6. ABBA  “Does Your Mother Know”  (1979)
7. “My Mother’s Wedding Day” from Brigadoon  (1947)
8. The Crowder Brothers  “We All Love Mother”  (1936)
9. The White Stripes  “I Want To Be the Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart”  (2003)
10. IV Thieves  “Mother’s Dilemma”  (2006)
11. Robyn Hitchcock  “Insect Mother”  (1985)
12. Billy Bragg  “Mother of the Bride”  (1989)
13. Mick Jagger  “Mother of a Man”  (1993)
14. Cosmic Rough Riders  “Still a Mother’s Son”  (1999)
15. Gene Autry  “Pictures of My Mother”  (1930)
16. The Beatles  “Your Mother Should Know”  (1967)
17. The Louvin Brothers  “Mother I Thank You for the Bible You Gave”  (1962)
18. Jethro Tull  “Mother Goose”  (1971)
19. Bread  “Mother Freedom”  (1972)
20. Diana Ross and The Supremes  “Mother Dear”  (1965)
21. Chicago  “Mother”  (1971)
22. The Intruders  “Mother and Child Reunion”  (1973)
23. The Dynamites  “Hello Mother” [aka “Camp Granada”]