Sean's spy mix

How about adding the theme from Peter Gunn?

He was a private detective, which is sort of a spy, I think. And they used his theme for the videogame "Spy Hunter."

How about adding the theme from Peter Gunn?

He's getting a separate crime jazz mix which is where I'd put Peter Gunn. Except, Peter Gunn isn't on that mix because - even though it's definitive Crime Jazz - it's so well known as to be hard to hear in context. And I've got about three or four other tracks that are similar, but less well known.

It's sort of the same way I wouldn't put "Bang a Gong" on a Greatest Hits of Glam Rock mix. I'd rather put "20th Century Boy" or "Hot Love" or "Jewel" or "Solid Gold Easy Action" as my T. Rex pick.

Of course, I undermine my own argument by including both the "James Bond Theme" and "Mission: Impossible theme" in my spy mix, as they are equally iconic.

It's sort of the same way I wouldn't put "Bang a Gong" on a Greatest Hits of Glam Rock mix. I'd rather put "20th Century Boy" or "Hot Love" or "Jewel" or "Solid Gold Easy Action" as my T. Rex pick.

Not "Ride a White Swan"?

Anyway, I guess I haven't listened to T. Rex in a while - I can't remember how "Hot Love" or "Jewel" go (and am currently too lazy to get my iPod or my MacMini up to listen....

"Ride a White Swan"?

thank you! I could recall the tune but not the words.

mp3s of that Velvet Underground acetate: [link]

Haven't listened (or downloaded) yet....

As indicated in the comments of the FMU blog, that's probably a rip of that Japanese bootleg that's been floating around for a couple of years, that's a copy of an identical acetate found in Mo Tucker's basement. The one on eBay was supposedly in better condition, but otherwise the same recordings.

Someone posted these same mp3's last month when all the hoopla started (I BTed them from somewhere). They're quite interesting, but I think they're for hardcore collectors only.

Speaking of which - Jon (or anyone else), have you heard the bootleg Screen Test: Falling in Love with the Falling Spikes? It's a recording done before they renamed themselves the VU, and before Mo Tucker had joined the band. The sound quality is awful (it's a live recording), but there's a very pretty version of "Oh Sweet Nutnin'" - it's very different from the much later Loaded version. Hmmm.... as soon as I get a turntable I should digitize that.

I may have heard it at some point, but if I did it didn't leave a strong impression. ;)

I finally got around to downloading Johnny Cash's American IV. I like his version of "We'll Meet Again." That song is inexorably linked with Dr. Strangelove in my mind.

Um... let's see - what was the point of this post? Oh yeah, anyone else unable to decouple the song with the movie?

Oh yeah, anyone else unable to decouple the song with the movie?

Considering I didn't even make that connection? I guess me.