Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 6

Week 6 of the siblings 10-song mixtape weekly challenge during the lockdown.

My sister Carla has some truly stunning songs, many of which I hadn't heard before. A fantastic playlist.

Meanwhile my brother Ross reminds me how good a songwriter Paul Heaton is before taking on us on a fantastic journey through incredible songwriters in just 10 songs - ending with Prince, Bowie and Stevie Wonder! What a song to end on!

Lastly, I'm pretty pleased with what I pack in - soul, indie, electronic pop and lastly some truly sublime electro  courtesy of Underworld and Orbital.

Enjoy.

w/c 04/05/20

Carla

Mr Lee - The Bobbettes, Slow Fizz - The Sapphires, Ain't Got No Home - Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Bop-Ting-A-Ling - LaVern Baker, I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart - Candi Staton

, Don't Say Nothin' (Bad About My Baby) - The Cookies, Stick Up - Honey Cone, Leave It All Behind - The Fuzz, Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations, I Could Have Danced All Night - Petula Clark

 Ross

Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud) - The Beautiful South, Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council, The Seeker - The Who, I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes, Electric Love - He's My Brother She's My Sister, World Where You Live - Crowded House, Money Don't Matter 2 Night - Prince, Young Americans - David Bowie, I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - Stevie Wonder

Murray

'T' Plays It Cool - Marvin Gaye, Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton, Green Onions - Booker T and the MG's, Soul Fly PT. 1 - Amp Fiddler, Big Bird - Eddie Floyd, A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins, The Village - New Order, Is This Music? - Teenage Fanclub, Rez - Underworld, Belfast - Orbital

Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 5

Welcome to the volume 6 of the siblings 10-song mixtape lockdown challenge.

This week I included some songs I recently discovered via a Le Beat Bespoke live DJ session, including a stormer by Shocking Blue that I've been playing a lot. I tried to go for a mixtape that would go down well in McChuills, one of my favourite bars in Glasgow. I long to go back in there for a night out and to see old Nick behind the bar or playing some tunes.

My brother really mixes it up and the opening double of Beyonce going into the Manics works surprisingly well. I loved Sugar's Copper Blue album, so it was great to see them featured. Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Elastic sit with Pete Frampton and Elvis. And it works!

This is my sisters strongest playlist yet, or at least it is my favourite. The opening x-rated soul jam is outrageous, The Ikettes song is my song of the week, the Doris Troy and Cookies versions of songs I know are stunning and the closing northern soul romp of I Can Feel Your Love is a blast.

Enjoy.

w/c 27/04

Murray
The Trip - Kim Fowley, Wait A Million Years - The Grass Roots, I Can Only Give You Everything - Them, You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators, Send Me A Postcard - Shocking Blue, Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics, Louie Louie - The Kingsmen, I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground, How Does It Feel To Feel? - The Creation, All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix



Ross
Love On Top - Beyonce, La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) - Manic St Preachers, Line Up - Elastica, If I Can't Change Your Mind - Sugar, Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Buddy Holly - Weezer, Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow, Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton, Do Right Woman, Do Right Man - Aretha Franklin, If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley



Carla

Think Twice (Version X) - Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker, Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells, It's Been So Long - The Ikettes, Blackmail - Candi Staton, The Boy from New York City - The Ad Libs, Just One Look - Doris Troy, B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas, Don't Ever Leave Me - Connie Francis, I'm Into Something Good - The Cookies, Heart - Petula Clark, I Can Feel Your Love - Felice Taylor

Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 4

It's been over a month since I caught up with my brother and sister in person. However we have been communicating by phone/video most days and our weekly 10-song mixtape challenge has been a real positive thing to look forward to curating and receiving every week.

This week the three of us have everything from a Love demo to Olivia Newton John, with legendary songwriters, performers, widescreen cinematic epics, modern day pop wonders and cult bands in between.

You'll find our tracklisting and spotify links below.

Murray
Hummingbirds (demo) - Love, Rainbows - Dennis Wilson, Juxtaposed With U - Super Furry Animals, Waitin' for a Superman - The Flaming Lips, Everything Now - Arcade Fire, Goddess On A Hiway - Mercury Rev, Porpoise Song - The Monkees, I Walk The Earth - King Biscuit Time, Rudy With A Flashlight - Evan Dando, It's A Motherf**ker - Eels

Ross
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger, Running On Empty - Jackson Browne, This Hard Land - Bruce Springsteen, Tusk - Fleetwood Mac, Desperado - The Eagles, Walls (No.3) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens, Baby Driver - Simon and Garfunkel, Because the Night - Patti Smith

Carla
Una spiaggia a mezzogiorno - Ennico Morricone, Collage - The Three Degrees, No More Tearstained Make Up - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Oh Baby - Rhianna, Ce soir je m'en vais (Dombrance remix) Slove, Oblivion - Grimes, Heartbreaker (feat. Jay Z) - Mariah Carey, Xanadu - Olivia  Newton-John, Levitation - Beach House, Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan

Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 3

Hope Sandoval and Jim Reid

I am really enjoying the challenge of making a 10-song mixtape/playlist every week for my brother and sister and I am loving seeing what they create for me.

This week my playlist is focused on guitar pop with a lot of focus on chiming guitars. Scotland is well represented, as is Australia, the West Coast of America and Birmingham! I love all of these songs and I hope you enjoy checking them out.

My brother mixes it up again. There are some heavy riffs from Jack White and Supergrass, a cool cover I hadn't heard before, pop perfection from Todd Rundgren and a couple of other cracking cover versions including Ezra Furman taking on LCD Soundsystem.

The Secession and Charli XCX songs on my sisters mixtape blew me away. And I have a not so guilty pleasure in loving that Annie Lennox song. How powerful is The Fuzzy Bunnies version of The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore?! And I love the Basia Bulat song.

w/c 13/04

Murray
The Concept - Teenage Fanclub, Nothing To Be Done - The Pastels, Felicity - Orange Juice, Sometimes Always - JAMC w/ Hope Sandoval, Imperial - Primal Scream, Anything Could Happen - The Clean, Easy Come Easy Go - Grant McLennan, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds, Burned - Buffalo Springfield, Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow - Felt

Ross
Three Women - Jack White, Long Black Road - ELO, TVC15 - David Bowie, Ticket To Ride - Vanilla Fudge, I Can Change - Ezra Furman, Hopper - Paul Weller, Swingin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Gimme Shelter - Merry Clayton, Couldn't I Just Tell You - Todd Rundgren, China Grove - The Doobie Brothers, Diamond Hoo Ha Man - Supergrass

Carla
Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Another Girl Another Planet - The Only Ones, Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric, SuperLove - Charli XCX, In Private - Dusty Springfield, Little Bird - Annie Lennox, Michael - Secession, La La Lie - Basia Bulat, The Sun Ain't Gonna Shne Anymore - The Fuzzy Bunnies, Goodbye My Love - Yoko Ono

 

Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 2

 Hi folks

I hope you and your loved ones are all well. I recently introduced you to the Siblings Lockdown Playlist weekly 10 song challenge.

I'm really enjoying making these mixtapes and I am very pleased with mix mix. I think it flows really well, it has some real moments of euphoria and there are some long tunes to get lost in as well as a complete banger from The Charlatans,

My brother Ross has another eclectic mix, starting and ending superbly with stunners from Prince and Whitney, with all kinds of stuff in between. I particularly loved hearing the Traffic song for the first time and the World Party tune is a favourite.

Carla clearly loves Fear Is Such A ... by Whyte Horses so much that she included it for the second week running. She delves into her art school years with cracking tunes from The Drums and The

Raveonettes. I love the Lady Gaga song!

Here is week 2.

W/C 06/04/20

Murray
The Last Time - Andrew Oldham Orchestra, Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Willie Hutch, Move On Up (extended version) - Curtis Mayfield, The Night - Frankie Valli, Since You've Been Gone - The Allergies, Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton, Shame Shame
Shame - Shirley and Company, Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross, One To Another - The Charlatans, Love's Theme - The Love Unlimited Orchestra

Ross
Raspberry Beret (extended 12-inch version) - Prince, I Melt With You (7 inc mix) - Modern English, Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images, Kyrie - Mr Mister, American Life In The Summertime - Francis Dunnery, Feelin' Alright - Traffic, Put The Message In The Box - World Party, Local Girls - Graham Parker, Sequestered In Memphis - The Hold Steady, Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston

Carla
Lets Go Surfing - The Drums, Joanne - Lady Gaga, Fear Is Such A ... - Whyte Horses, Cry To Me - Solomon Burke, A Million Years -

Alex Ebert, That Great Love Sound - The Raveonettes, Summertime Girlfriend - AM60, Something To Bang - Absentee, Divine - Sebastien Tellier,  Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robotos Pt 1. (AOL live session) - The Flaming Lips

Sibling lockdown mixtapes volume 1

I wish I had kept all my old mixtapes

This is one of the few I have remaining

A few weeks ago, my brother Ross suggested to our sister Carla and I that the three of us should make weekly 10-song mixtapes to help give us a musical focus in these unprecedented times. The aim is to send them to each other every Monday morning on our WhatsApp chat.

Mixtapes have a rich history in our family. I used to post mixtapes with written commentary on each song to my brother when he moved to Edinburgh to study at uni. Years later I would do the same when our younger sister went to Art School. Although by then it was cd's!

Both would send me mixtapes or cd's back. As things gradually went digital (although we all still buy vinyl) and as we got a little older, we gradually grew out of making mixtapes.

Reflecting on my younger siblings moving out the family home to study, I guess making mixtapes for them was my way of showing them I was thinking about them. As the older brother, both would regularly raid my CD and record collection to discover new music. Mixtapes were my way of communicating about music I was discovering and owned.

Family catch up a year ago

Now it's WhatsApp video calls

Now we can't see each other, mixtapes/playlists have come back to help us communicate.

There is an art to making a mixtape. I blog regularly about my Never Ending Mixtape, but I just throw songs on there. There is an art to a 10-song mixtape There are different arts.

So I'm going to share our weekly mixtapes. Here is week 1. All are very different!

I start with a short instrumental, lead into some euphoric electro/house, have some pure pop, a cool cover, a superb re-edit, some northern soul, some Charlatans and a nice hopeful message.

Ross mainly goes 80's! I love the Kiki Dee, R. Dean Taylor and INXS songs in particular. And what an epic closer!

Carla mixes it up. I particularly enjoyed the Peals song that I hadn't heard before, the classic Motown by Carolyn Crawford and the Whyte Horses closer. One of my sisters favourite bands.

Dig in - I hope you enjoy.

Volume 1 - Monday 30th

Murray

Her Smile - [bsd.u], White Love - One Dove, If Everybody Looked The Same - Groove Armada, Where Love Lives - Alison Limerick, Two Can Play That Game - Bobby Brown, Jumpin' Jack Flash - Ananda Shankar, Nowhere To Go - Smoove, Turnin' My Heartbeat Up - The M.V.P's, How High - The Charlatans,  We've Got To Find A Way Back To Love - Freda Payne

Ross

I've Got The Music In Me - The Kiki Dee Band, Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Ronnie Spector, Heart and Soul - T'Pau, French Kissin' - Debbie Harry, Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club, Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor, S.O.B - Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, The Loved One - INXS, There She Goes, My Beautiful World - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Carla

Out Of The Black - Neneh Cherry (featuring Robyn), Become Younger - Peals, Awake O Zion - Twinkie Clark, Walkin' Down The Line - Jennifer Castle, Night Shift - Lucy Dacus, Oops Here I Go Again - Edna Wright, Then I Met You - The Proclaimers, Darlin' Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful, The Abandoned Hospital Ship - The Flaming Lips, My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down) - Carolyn Crawford, Fear Is Such A ... - Whyte Horses