Driving Around with Curtis

You got something to say? I can't hear you. Speak up. The shout out: The Beatles - Twist And Shout The Hollies - I Wanna Shout Kiss - Shout It Out Loud Melissa Etheridge - Shout Now Dio - Stand Up and Shout Shirley Murdock - Shout Now Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Mötley Crüe - Primal Scream Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) The Lost Trailers - Holler Back Tear For Fears - Shout The Isley Brothers - Shout Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7iAZtLnXm0RvJNboSEbrOi?si=23f063250c74458e

Things are weird but so are we and we know how to handle it. Here's some weird songs to weird out to: Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) The Presidents of The United States of America - Lump Toadies - Possum Kingdom Kiss - Strange Ways Oingo Boingo - Weird Science Benny Bell - Shaving Cream ZZ Top - Manic Mechanic The Vapors - Turning Japanese Alice Cooper - Cold Ethyl Motörhead - Love Me Like A Reptile Frank Zappa - Stink-Foot Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs King Missile - Detachable Penis Cheap Trick - Dream Police David Bowie - Diamond Dogs Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZsggoN7xL4FoJ94Bvyiri?si=2623983063eb4d91

Is this all just a dream? The dream list: Bobby Darin - Dream Lover The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do is Dream Blondie - Dreaming Heart - These Dreams Angel - Just A Dream Gary Wright - Dream Weaver Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - An American Dream Little Feat - All That You Dream Van Halen - Dreams Badlands - Dreams In The Dark Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See Aerosmith - Dream On Blackfoot - Dream On The Monkees - Daydream Believer Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uGtaP9q5iYiHM7s1LrNjS?si=178f96fe6cae4700

Sitting in my garage listening to some Progressive Rock. The Progression: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Rush - Tom Sawyer The Dregs - Ridin' High Supertramp - Bloody Well Right Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Strange Dreams The Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You Ambrosia - Nice, Nice, Very Nice Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery Yes - Roundabout Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46e4JujgRMRnKzts58psXt?si=f143766a6d9a445a

Let's get down in the dirt shall we. The dirty laundry list: Johnny Cash - Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Dirty Deeds Poison - Talk Dirty To Me Jackyl - Dirty Little Mind Y&T - Dirty Girl Damn Yankees - Dirty Dog Frank Zappa - Dirty Love Van Halen - Dirty Movies Steely Dan - Dirty Work Stevie Ray Vaughn - Dirty Pool Black Sabbath - Dirty Women The Donnas - Dirty Denim Black Oak Arkansas - Hot And Nasty ZZ Top - Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt Alice In Chains - Dirt Foreigner - Dirty White Boy The Standells - Dirty Water Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1sMo8yJcUI6qOSHAcF60rK?si=cf01ec5331ff4d5a

Get up and dance with these songs about dancing. The dance card: Bing Crosby - Dancing in the Dark C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody The Rolling Stones - Dancing With Mr. D Van Morrison - Moondance Midnight Star - No Parking (On The Dance Floor) Orleans - Dance With Me Van Halen - Dance The Night Away Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances Graham Central Station - Now Do You Wanta Dance Rufus with Chaka Khan - Dance Wit Me Los Del Rio - Macarena David Bowie - Let's Dance Motley Crue - Come On And Dance Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing The Hooters - And We Danced Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3paDe8gCjrBWH0mkLMJEVR?si=136ec223b5dd4248

There are many different ways to boogie... so LET'S BOOGIE! The boogieness: John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen Foghat - Boogie Motel Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Bertha Butt Boogie Led Zeppelin - Boogie With Stu A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie Parliament - Aqua Boogie AC/DC - Bad Boy Boogie KC & The Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man The Sylvers - Boogie Fever Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie Heatwave - Boogie Nights Kool & The Gang - Spirit Of The Boogie The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie Johnny Rivers - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5aNuAdIMtj65oN0KkvwYAa?si=813ba3afd7044eb9

Let's shake it up, shake it down till it's all shook up. The shake list: Elvis Presley - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake, Rattle and Roll Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby The Cars - Shake It Up Elmore James - Shake Your Money Maker KC & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty Fleetwood Mac - Rattlesnake Shake Cinderella - Shake Me Dwight Twilley Band - Shakin' In The Brown Grass Cameo - Shake Your Pants Ricky Martin - Shake Your Bon-Bon Eddie Money - Shakin' The Gap Band - Shake James & Bobby Purify - Shake A Tail Feather Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland Spotfy: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4vXjR7xYS7Tj4jG89Czsww?si=f317b6ee311f4351

Tired of the same ol' same ol'? Let's take a ride. The new list: Bing Crosby - What's New? INXS - New Sensation Jethro Tull - New Day Yesterday Husker Du - New Day Rising Marilyn Manson - New Model No. 15 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion Rush - New World Man Patti LaBelle - New Attitude The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now Hello - New York Groove Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug Snew - Something New Everybody Wants Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BTwqARmm11yaytpI2NYoc?si=5885f416311f4c9f

Songs that tell tall tales. The list: Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Tales of the Unexpected Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Jerry Reed - Amos Moses Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Kenny Rogers - The Gambler The Who - Pinball Wizard David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust THin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Don McLean - American Pie Limahl - Never Ending Story Nazareth - Telegram Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4sSWUqcuzdBzWaN7wSo3fp?si=de6aa73920ac4685

Vampires look out here comes a solar flash! Sensational sun songs: Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love Donovan - Sunshine Superman Dwight Twilley Band - Just Like The Sun Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun The Police - Invisible Sun Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown The Outlaws - Hurry Sundown Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uFN1tX10D9ULcU1yJcYOJ?si=1905cc6eed494879

Is your life a Hollywood movie? Be prepared to suspend disbelief. The Hollywood playlist: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hollywood (Africa) John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Walking On Sunset Don Henley - Sunset Grill Billy Idol - L.A. Woman Dio - Hollywood Black Bootsy Collins - Hollywood Squares System Of A Down - Lost In Hollywood Rainbow - Lost In Hollywood The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood Junkyard - Hollywood David Bowie - Cracked Actor Thin Lizzy - Hollywood (Down on Your Luck) Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FjuOuat9Salpdy9tRDjOv?si=6d42baeeb14b4552

Songs about adventurous times. Playlist: Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago Kansas - Point of Know Return Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus Queen - Ogre Battle Michael Schenker Group - Desert Song Dio - Egypt (The Chains Are On) Judas Priest - Desert Plains Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls Three Dog Night - Shambala Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DoQ8WPVhnJ5XNfelnawFr?si=01bc584a457747da

Songs about Rock & Roll. Playlist: Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock And Roll Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School The Who - Long Live Rock Rainbow - Long Live Rock N Roll Chris LeDoux - Even Cowboys Like A Little Rock And Roll Rose Tattoo - Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Dio - King Of Rock and Roll Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - A New Rock & Roll Doro - Rock Till Death Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll Y&T - Rock & Roll's Gonna Save The World Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6T7qLpvjkk2Uyd7UJNiuCY?si=ab81c001d08346ba

More songs from the timeline. Time drive two: Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock The Outsiders - Time Won't Let Me The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour Van Halen - Where Have All The Good Times Gone! Eric Clapton - After Midnight David Bowie - Time Black Sabbath - Time Machine Hughes/Thrall - Where Did The Time Go Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis Journey - Anytime The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6h6HaC0Q2WDiwowXXPWWwO?si=7e841056eedd4cb9

Time is slipping, time is warped. Songs about time: The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten The Guess Who - No Time Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do it Right) Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time Deep Purple - Child In Time Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight Pink Floyd - Time Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HRlR2hFFxIiBS9tJ1XWj8?si=10ff76968d9a4b41

Songs for America on the 4th of July! Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. James Brown - Living In America Steve Miller Band - Living In The U.S.A. Lenny Kravitz - American Woman Team America - America F**K Yeah! David Bowie - Young Americans Kim Wilde - Kids In America The Cult - American Horse Keel - 4th Of July Sweet - 4th Of July David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. Night Ranger - (You Can Still) Rock In America Montrose - Rock The Nation Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uGCwgyTfE7FFHbdtfNV36?si=c13ab399fbf14e7f

I'll be your designated driver if you care to imbibe. Here's some good drinking songs: The Irish Rovers - Drunken Sailor Roger Miller - Chug-A-Lug The Champs - Tequila Eagles - Tequila Sunrise Sammy Hagar - Mas Tequila Willie Nelson - Whiskey River Metallica -Whiskey in the Jar Pat Travers Band - Snortin' Whiskey Lynyrd Skynyrd - Whiskey Rock-A-Roller Van Halen - Take Your Whiskey Home UB40 - Red Red WIne Guns N' Roses - Nightrain George Thorogood - I Drink Alone ZZ Top - Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Fear - More Beer Black Sabbath - Trashed Kiss - Cold Gin Social Distortion - Ball and Chain Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night) Foghat - Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63cvW2niUYTJBW6rkaL83s?si=ba84410e9d124d03

There's no shortage of songs about food. From the food truck: Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O) Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie Little Feat - Dixie Chicken Kim Mitchell - Go For Soda Average White Band - Cut The Cake Bessie Smith - Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song ZZ Top - TV Dinners Van Halen - Poundcake Steamroller - Salivate Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me James Brown - Mother Popcorn Montrose - Rock Candy Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KELIrbLu6wj4GSMFsUHDR?si=1e65f488122e4b6f

Part two of great songs with horns. Horny list #2: Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell Louis Jordan - Five Guys Named Moe Golden Earring - Radar Love Foreigner - Urgent Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan - Besame Mucho Big Joe Turner - Flip, Flop & Fly United States Marine Band - Entry of the Gladiators Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore Joe Williams & Count Basie - Everyday I Have The Blues Robert Preston - Seventy Six Trombones Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin' Buckcherry - Tight Pants Snew - Sharpie Louis Prima - Jump, Jive an' Wail Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/021x2eOjR4QPoSfWe6tyNR?si=e804668d55cf4a8d

Get out them horns and blow. Songs that feature one or more horns. The playlist: Tower of Power - What is Hip? Chicago - Questions 67 and 68 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces Lighthouse - One Fine Morning The Power Station - Some Like It Hot The Who - The Real Me The Boxtops - The Letter Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze Out Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Ohio Players - Skin Tight Parliament - Handcuffs The Spiral Staircase - More Today Than Yesterday Santana - Everybody's Everything Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43PI0cbfCAlCYBvjFhinRc?si=9c0273000a5e45f8

I'm gonna turn everything happy for like ten minutes. Is that alright with you? Just 10 feel good minutes of happy. Can you give me that? The happy all good joyful playlist: James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry be Happy The Rolling Stones - Happy Cream - I'm So Glad Chumbawamba - Tubthumping Blood, Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy Bill Withers - Lovely Day Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke Ramones - We're A Happy Family The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited Al Green - Love and Happiness Three Dog Night - Joy to the World Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bLBnijUjwR3GmCi9DzWVs?si=8d0ccd61f193419d

Songs for troublemakers like us. Let's do this: The Clash - I Fought the Law Judas Priest - Breaking the Law Sweet - Little Willy Scorpions - Bad Boys Running Wild U.D.O. - Make the Move Uriah Heep - Stealin' Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man AC/DC - Problem Child ZZ Top - I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide Iron Maiden - Wrathchild Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man Sam Kinison - Gonna Raise Hell Cheech & Chong - Earache My Eye Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7i8nXty0smYOvKASLGswpY?si=4c1848eb702b4b95

In music as in life distortion is inevitable. The only difference is with music it's best when it's loud. In life... not so much. Distortion at it's finest: Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot Budgie - Crash Course in Brain Surgery Black Label Society - Bored to Tears Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds Grand Funk Railroad - Paranoid The Black Keys - Hi/Lo The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog Saint Vitus - Born Too Late The Who - My Generation ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid Graham Central Station - Earthquake Audioslave - Cochise The Kinks - You Really Got Me Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7aznGkLYFHu0GU1Tj4OF7d?si=60d3c33b5d5845a3

Is everybody stoned or is it just me? Songs with stones: Dick Dale - Third Stone from the Sun The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Dr. Hook - The Cover of the "Rolling Stone" Rainbow - Stone Cold Humble Pie - Stone Cold Fever Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic The Stylistics - Stone in Love with You Judas Priest - Bloodstone Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free Aerosmith - Chip Away the Stone Robin Trower - Too Rolling Stoned Journey - Stone in Love Foghat - Stone Blue Joe Walsh - Turn to Stone Electric Light Orchestra - Turn to Stone Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6QBUJEQvfhNZXv95XGiuTm?si=6f5b8d6b5b584365