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Songs inspired by recovery from the cure. R.I.P. Malcolm.

• ARCHIVE
• Boogie On Reggae Woman – Stevie Wonder
• Riversong – Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
• Imaginary Landscapes No. 1 – John Cage, Maelstrom Percussion Orchestra, Jan Williams
• Schchidan-Tone – Minao Shibata
• Alcibiadis’ Monologue to Socrates – Halim El-Dabh
• Model 1 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, Electric Phoenix
• Composition for Synthesizer – Milton Babbit, Columbia-Princeton Music Center
• Viking – Moondog
• Rhapsody in Green – Mort Garson
• When Mothers of Salem -Bruce Haack
• Dehominisation – Alain Goraguer
• A Rainbow in the Curved Air – Terry Riley
• Question de temps – Bernard Parmegiani
• Shikako Maru Ten – Can
• Golden Hours – Brian Eno
• In Ewigkeit – Cluster
• 20 Jazz Funk Greats – Throbbing Gristle
• “Computer Game ‘Theme from The Circus’ (コンピューター・ゲーム —サーカスのテーマ—)” – Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Ohm Sweet Ohm – Kraftwerk
• Little Miss Echo – Raymond Scott

Songs inspired by the jingle jangle morning before gazing into the jangling discordance. Mr. Bojangles, please dance. Mr. Bojangles! Mr. Bojangles! Get your Rickenbacker out!

We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!

Arthur Miller, The Crucible

• ARCHIVE
• Howdi Do – Woody Guthrie
• Mr. Bojangles – Bob Dylan
• Mr. Tambourine Man – Roger McGuinn
• Changing All Those Changes – Buddy Holly
• Poor Jenny – The Everly Brothers
• One of These Days – The Searchers
• If I Needed Someone – The Hollies
• Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
• Shake Some Action – Flamin’ Groovies
• Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
• Temptation Inside Your Heart – The Velvet Underground
• September Gurls – Big Star
• American Girl – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Radios in Motion – XTC
• Blue Boy – Orange Juice
• That’s Entertainment – The Jam
• Positive Vibrations – The Soft Boys
• Crazy Rhythms – The Feelies
• Silly Girl – Television Personalities
• Back on the Chain Gang – Pretenders
• Seven Seas – Echo & the Bunnymen
• The Day The Rain Came Down – Felt
• Sorry for Laughing – Josef K
• Nothing To Be Done – The Pastels
• This Charming Man – The Smiths
• Sometimes – James
• 24 – Game Theory
• Every Word Means No – Let’s Active
• Sitting Still – R.E.M.
• Velocity Girl – Primal Scream
• Mersey Paradise – The Stone Roses
• What’s She Done to Your Mind – The Rain Parade
• Vanishing Girl – The Dukes of Stratosphear
• We All Are Bourgeois Now – McCarthy
• The Jangling Man – The Cleaners From Venus
• I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You – Shop Assistants
• Destroy the Heart – The House of Love
• Lewis – Yo La Tengo

Songs inspired by Easter eggs? Love ya, Eric!

• ARCHIVE
• Easter – Patti Smith
• Crazy – Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires
• The Rubber Room – Porter Wagoner
• Where is My Mind? – Trampled by Turtles
• Madness – Madness
• Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
• Paranoid – Black Sabbath
• Destroyer – The Kinks
• Paranoid Android – Radiohead
• Manic Depression – Jimi Hendrix
• Insane in the Brain – Cypress Hill
• Brain Damage – Pink Floyd
• Eclipse – Pink Floyd
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Sweet Little Band
• Nuts – David Bowie
• Mental Breakdown – John Maus
• She Lost Control – Joy Division
• Mental – Eels
• Ballad of Jim Jones – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Depression – Black Flag
• Anxiety – IDLES
• Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies
• Psycho Therapy – Ramones
• Go Mental – Ramones
• American Psycho – Misfits
• Psycho – The Sonics
• Psychotic Reaction – The Cramps
• (Let’s Go) Psycho – The 69 Cats
• Mental Hopscotch – Missing Persons
• Helter Skelter – Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
• I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (Sequel: “Help, I’m a Rock!“)
• Everybody Hurts – Patti Smith

Songs inspired by good times after bad times or bad times after good times? No, I didn’t play Led Zep. You can do that on your own. If it’s no trouble? R.I.P. George. Thank you Alejandro!

• ARCHIVE
• Come Sunday – Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson
• Ya Got Trouble – Robert Preston
• Trouble – Lindsey Buckingham
• Double Trouble – Otis Rush
• Triple Trouble – Beastie Boys
• So Much Trouble in the World – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• No More Trouble – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Trouble Every Day – The Mothers of Invention
• Troubled Times – Thee Headcoats
• Times of Trouble – Temple of the Dog
• Trouble – JAY-Z
• Bridge over Troubled Water – Aretha Franklin
• Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye
• Ole Man Trouble – Otis Redding
• Little Trouble Girl – Sonic Youth
• Troubled Girl – Drab City
• Hello Trouble – Buck Owens
• Trouble – Bob Dylan
• When I Got Troubles – Bob Dylan
• The Troublemaker – Willie Nelson
• If Trouble Was Money – Albert Collins
• 99 Problems – JAY-Z
• Third Degree – Eddie Boyd
• Yes! I’m in the Barrel – Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
• Think About Your Troubles – Harry Nilsson
• Troubles – The Beta Band
• Shake Appeal – The Stooges
• It Ain’t Right (Lovin’ To Be Lovin’) – Ike and Tina Turner, The Ikettes
• Too Much on My Mind – The Kinks
• 20th Century Man – The Kinks
• 20th Century Boy – T. Rex
• 30 Century Man – Scott Walker

Songs inspired by limitations and expectations. Don’t forget the times they are a-changin’ for those who need to spring ahead. R.I.P. Roger and EM (Seattle).

• ARCHIVE
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
• Superman: Prelude and Main Title March – John Williams
• (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman – The Kinks
• Superman – Herbie Mann
• Superman – Commodores
• Superman – RuPaul
• My Superman – Santigold
• Waitin’ for a Superman – The Flaming Lips
• Superman (It’s Not Easy) – Five For Fighting
• Superman’s Song – Crash Test Dummies
• Superman – Lazlo Bane
• O Superman – Laurie Anderson
• Waitin’ for a Superman – Iron & Wine
• Superman – R.E.M.
• Sunshine Superman – Dr. Lonnie Smith, Iggy Pop
• Superman – Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson
• Superman Lover – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
• Superman’s Black in the Building – Public Enemy
• Superman Es Illegal – Los Hermanos Ortiz
• Superman – U.S. Drill Sergeant Field Recording
• Superman – Benny Goodman
• Supermanic Soul – Ministry
• Sunshine Superman – Hüsker Dü
• Official Suburbian Superman – Suzi Quartro
• Superman – Barbra Streisand
• Superman – Donna Fargo
• Honky-Tonk Superman – Aaron Tippin
• Superman – New Riders of the Purple Sage

Songs inspired by Spring! R.I.P Bunny and Tony.

• ARCHIVE
• Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” I. Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi, The Aardvark
• springtime in tokyo – sad panda
• Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Dry the Rain – The Beta Band
• The Rain Song – Led Zeppelin
• Flowers in the Rain – The Move
• Rain – The Beatles
• I’d Love Just Once to See You – The Beach Boys
• Adolescent Wet Dream – Pussy Galore
• Alright – Pussy Galore
• Spring Again – Biz Markie
• Dream Land – Bunny Wailer
• Mellow Mood – Bunny Wailer
• Ska Jerk – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Swingtime in Springtime – Django Reinhardt
• Younger Than Springtime – Oscar Peterson
• Ridin’ for the Roundup in the Springtime – Sons Of San Joaquin
• When It’s Springtime in the Rockies – Gene Autry
• When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s 40 Below) – Johnny Cash
• When The Springtime Comes Again – John Fahey
• Surf’s Up – Brian Wilson
• Springtime Again – Sun Ra
• Springtime Can Kill You – Jolie Holland
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: III Scherzo – Allegro molto – Ludwig Van Beethoven, Yehudi Menuhin, Wilhelm Kempff
• Springtime – The Head And The Heart
• Springtime is the Season – of Montreal
• Springtime for Hitler – John Morris, Mel Brooks
• Spring Fever – Elvis Presley
• It Might As Well Be Spring – Frank Sinatra
• Spring is Here – Frank Sinatra
• La Joie de Printemps – Philip Hochstrate
• Music of a Thousand Springs – Terry Riley, David Mingyue Liang, Wang Zhaoxiang, Wang Wongji, Shanghai Film Orchestra
• Pure Imagination – Gene Wilder

Songs inspired by identity and exploration. R.I.P. Johnny and Helen. Happy birthday Alejandro. Much later Rush.

• ARCHIVE
• Cumbayé – Johnny Pacheco
• Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
• Identity – X-Ray Specs
• Identikit – Radiohead
• idontwannabeyouanymore – Billie Ellish
• Station Identification – Ani DiFranco
• Why Can’t I Be You – The Cure
• Petty Happiness – Red Martian
• Nihilist Assault Group – Stereolab
• I Turned Into A Martian – Misfits
• The Race for Space – Public Service Broadcasting
• Mars for the Rich – King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard
• Martian Landscape – UFO
• Life on Mars? – David Bowie
• We’ve Got a Bigger Problem Now – Dead Kennedys
• Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
• Wasting Away – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Make Up – Lou Reed
• I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
• Woman is the Nigger of the World – John Lennon
• Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
• Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
• Persona Non Grata – Bright Eyes
• More Blues – Pink Floyd
• Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
• Take Pills – Panda Bear
• Discipline – Throbbing Gristle
• Discipline – King Crimson
• Friends – Led Zeppelin

Songs inspired by pointless events and activities. R.I.P. Hilton, Dustin and Christopher.

• ARCHIVE
• Lost Weekend Polka – Dean Martin and His Orchestra
• Lost Weekend – Wall of Voodoo
• Lost Weekend – Art Brut
• Lost Weekend – Buffalo Tom
• Lost Weekend – The Beat Farmers
• Lost Weekend – Southern Culture on the Skids
• Lost Weekend – Roy Lanham
• Another Lost Weekend – Marty Robbins
• Lost Weekend – Billy Brown
• Lost Weekend – Ratt
• Lost Weekend – Brutto Tempo
• Love Theme from Lost Weekend (1945) – Mikolos Rozsa, John Williams, Itzhak Perlman, Boston Pops Orchestra
• I Hate the Weekend – Tacocat
• Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience – Parquet Courts
• Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) – Cracker
• What the World Needs Now is Love – Tiny Tim
• I Don’t Want to Play Football – Belle & Sebastian
• Football Game – David Lynch
• Football Game – Angel South
• NFL Monday Night Football Theme – Toners
• Football Fight – Queen
• Total Football – Parquet Courts
• Football – Courting
• Football – Iggy Pop
• Football – Mickey and the Soul Generation
• Football – Lance Bangs
• The Raiders – Sam Spence
• All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over for Monday Night Football – Hank Williams, Jr.
• Fox Football Theme – Road to Glory
• It’s Time to Party – Andrew W.K.
• Not as Much as Football – Mojo Nixon
• Fall of the Star High School Football Running Back – The Mountain Goats
• All Kinds of Time – Fountains of Wayne
• Classic Battle – Sam Spence
• Big Game America – Sam Spence

Songs inspired by deception, delusion and double standards. R.I.P. Cicely.

• ARCHIVE
• Love Will Tear Us Apart – Suzanna and the Magical Orchestra
• My Right Versus Yours – The New Pornographers
• Slave to the Rhythm = Grace Jones
• Slave Song – Sade
• Slave Driver – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Slave – The Rolling Stones
• How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us – R.E.M.
• The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon
• Political World – Bob Dylan
• Sword of Damocles (Externally) – Lou Reed
• Language is a Virus – Laurie Anderson
• Big Science – Laurie Anderson
• Natural Science – Rush
• The Sounds of Science – Beastie Boys
• Science is Real – They Might Be Giants
• The Sexual Loneliness of Jesus Christ – Jackie Leven
• Love Minus Zero / No Limit – Bob Dylan
• There She Goes, My Beautiful World – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Innocent When You Dream (Barroom) – Tom Waits
• I Often Dream of Trains – Robyn Hitchcock
• Ship of Fools – John Cale
• Medicine Show – Big Audio Dynamite
• Lose This Skin – The Clash
• When I Get To The Border – Richard & Linda Thompson
• We Take Care of Our Own – Bruce Springsteen

Songs inspired by relief, celebration and uncertainty. R.I.P. Hank, Larry and Gregory.

• ARCHIVE
• Requiem – King Crimson
• Jump Around – House of Pain
• Hits from the Bong – Cypress Hill
• The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
• Since You’re Gone – The Cars
• Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) – The Doors
• Ain’t Talkin’ – Bob Dylan
• When the Shit Goes Down – Cypress Hill
• Body Count – Ice-T
• Armageddon Man – Black Flag
• Account for What? – Black Flag
• Sabotage – Beastie Boys
• Don’t Believe the Hype – Public Enemy
• Follow The Leader – Eric B. & Rakim
• Beercan – Beck
• Fuck Em – Geto Boys
• Jesus Built My Hotrod – Ministry
• Just Another Victim – Helmet, House of Pain
• Detachable Penis – King Missile
• I Love You, Mary Jane – Sonic Youth, Cypress Hill
• Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
• Party at Ground Zero – Fishbone
• United States of Whatever – Liam Lynch
• Dad I’m in Jail – Don Was
• Beer, Steers & Queers – Revolting Cocks
• Are You Drinkin’ With Me Jesus – Jello Biafra, Mojo Nixon
• Let’s Get Fucked Up – The Cramps