Spitball Army

Approximate playing time: 78 minutes.

1. The Young Rascals  “How Can I Be Sure”  (1967)
2. The Tornados  “Dreaming on a Cloud”  (1962)
3. The Collins Kid  “Just Because”  (1958)
4. Greyboy with Sharon Jones  “Got to Be a Love”  (2004)
5. Joseph Arthur  “Sunrise Dolls”  (2008)
6. Radiohead  “Sail to the Moon”  (2003)
7. Ellis Paul  “Bring Me Backwards”  (1998)
8. Band of Horses  “For Annabelle”  (2010)
9. Daniel Lanois  “Lotta Love to Give”  (1993)
10. The Isley Brothers  “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)”  (1966)
11. Jesse Harris  “How?”  (2003)
12. Paul Simon  “I Know What I Know”  (1986)
13. Omara Portuondo  “Juramento”  (2004)
14. Graham Central Station  “It Ain’t No Fun to Me”  (1973)
15. Neil Young  “No More”  (1989)
16. The Vessels  “See You Home Straight”  (2002)
17. Warren Zevon  “Porcelain Monkey” [acoustic]  (2000)
18. Whiskeytown  “Dancing with the Women at the Bar” [early version]  (1997)
19. Donovan  “Writer in the Sun” [demo]  (1967)
20. Justin Townes Earle  “What I Meant to You”  (2009)
21. Lindsey Buckingham  “I Am Waiting”  (2006)
22. Shelby Lynne  “How Can I Be Sure”  (2008)

[audio:http://www.spitballarmy.com/audio/Fred_FM_playlist_100310.mp3]

Some notes on the songs:

• There are two covers today, and they are only by coincidence tacked onto the end of the playlist: Lindsey Buckingham covers The Rolling Stones’ “I Am Waiting” and Shelby Lynne bookends with her version of The Young Rascals’ “How Can I Be Sure.”
• By the way, that bookended pair of “How Can I Be Sure”s is the only thing resembling a theme this week. No overall theme, then, just a mix that I thought moved well. And no apologies.
• Greyboy & Sharon Jones kick Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” butt, in my opinion.
• NPR recently offered a complete stream of Neil Young’s newest album Le Noise on their website.  In tone, it harkens back to Neil’s Freedom, released in 1989, and of which I am very fond. I’ve been listening to Freedom a fair bit lately as a result, and that’s where “No More” popped in from. Just so you know.