Sunday, May 17, 2009

Re: creator; or, this magnificent bird will rise



I've written elsewhere on this blog about the noble demise of the original Sonya's Sisters Solidarity Mix.



Since then I finally had a chance to virtually re-create said mix via iTunes. But it's a new and improved 2xCD model.


Disc 1 Son[y]a's Sisters Solidarity Mix v 2.0.a: Getting to Happiness

Billie Holiday, "All or Nothing At All" The Silver Collection
Aretha Franklin, "A Brand New Me" Young, Gifted, and Black +
Freda Payne, "Band of Gold"
Sinead O'Connor, "The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance" I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Everything But The Girl, "Apron Strings" (Live) Acoustic
Kate Bush, "This Woman's Work" The Sensual World
The Go-Go's "This Town" Beauty And The Beat *
Voice of the Beehive, "Beat of Love" Let It Bee
Penelope Houston, "Bed of Lies" Birdboys
Julee Cruise, "Falling" (Theme from Twin Peaks) Floating into the Night
Sarah McLachlan, "Steaming" Touch
The Sundays, "God Made Me" Blind *
Kirsty MacColl, "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby (She's Having a Baby Soundtrack Version)" Kite
Penelope Houston, "Glad I'm a Girl" The Whole World *
The Avengers, "We Are The One" The Avengers*
Hole, "Violet" Live Through This *
Penetration, "Don't Dictate" Moving Targets *
Bedlam Rovers, "Big Drill" Wallow *
Liz Phair, "Go West" whip-smart*




Disc 2 Sonja's Sisters Solidarity Mix V 2.0b: The How of Happiness

Aretha Franklin with Eurythmics, "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" Who's Zoomin' Who?
Nancy Sinatra, "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" Boots
Deee–Lite, "Good Beat" World Clique *
Queen Latifah w/ De La Soul, "Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children" All Hail The Queen
Sarah Vaughan, "The Sweetest Sounds" Sarah Vaughan
Patti Smith, "Gloria" Horses
Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Spellbound" Juju *
Björk, "Jóga" Homogenic *
Sugarcubes, "Birthday" Life's Too Good *
X-Ray Spex, "Germfree Adolescents" Germfree Adsolescents
We've Got A Fuzzbox (And We're Gonna Use It), "XXX Sex"
Delta 5, "Try" Singles & Sessions 1979-81 *
The Slits, "Typical Girls" Cut [Bonus Tracks]
Barbara Manning, "Every Pretty Girl" Lately I Keep Scissors
Michelle Shocked, "(Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister" Captain Swing
2 Nice Girls, Spent My Last 10 dolllars on Birth Control and Beer" Like A Version
Indigo Girls w/ Michale Stipe, "Kid Fears" Indigo Girls *
Sleater-Kinney, "Start Together" The Hot Rock *
Garrison Starr, "Ugly" Eighteen Over Me *


Kinda rare 7" featured on Disc 2





Brief Liners
I dropped one track—Consolidated, "Dysfunctional Relationship"—because it was an overly elaborate pun that proved distinctly unfunny. Time Weals All Hounds!

I swapped a couple live for studio tracks "Apron Strings" was a studio single on the original, and "Steaming" was a live cut on the original as well

Key
*=CD-only track
+=CD track substitution

So Hope You're Happy Now!

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