Saturday, June 20, 2015

Solstice celebration

To celebrate the longest day
Songs of the sun is what I'll play.

9:00
1. SPIKE JONES - It Never Rains In Sunny California (1943) (3:10)

Yeah, tonight, it's all about the sun.

3. Les Baxter - Pyramid Of The Sun (2:34)
4. June Christy/Pete Rugolo - Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (2:12)
5. Benny Goodman - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (5:21)
6. Aaron Neville - Ain't No Sunshine (3:39)
7. Aretha Franklin - You Are My Sunshine (4:21)
8. Billie Holiday - Where Is The Sun? (2:46)
9. Django Reinhardt - The Sunshine Of Your Smile (2:58)
10. Benny Carter - The Midnight Sun Will Never Set (4:02)
11. Benny Goodman - Sunrise Serenade (3:05)
12. Doris Day - JazzFactory-I Got The Sun In The Morning (2:34)
13. Chet Atkins - Sunrise (4:11)
14. Dinah Shore - As We Walk Into The Sunset (2:48)
15. Erroll Garner - Red Sails In The Sunset (2:43)
16. Teddy Wilson - Sun Showers (3:07)
17. Grant Green - Come Sunrise (4:33)

I've never seen it, but I bet the midnight sun is cool-looking.

10:00
19. June Christy/Pete Rugolo - Midnight Sun (3:15)
20. Benny Goodman - Throwing Stones At The Sun (2:54)
21. Fats Waller - Where Is The Sun? (2:36)
22. Tipsy - Eclipse of the Sun Virgin (3:12)
23. The Real Tuesday Weld - Turn On The Sun Again (3:37)
24. the beach boys - The Warmth of the Sun (2:52)
25. Moon Festival - Brighter Than The Sun (3:16)
26. Royal Showband Waterford - California Sun (2:29)
27. Analfabitles - The Sun Keeps Shining (2:56)
28. Various Artists - Sunshine Rock (3:14)
29. Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green - The Sun Is Shining (3:03)
30. The Angry - Walk In The Sun (1966) (2:37)
31. The Steps - You are the sun to me (1967?) (2:37)
32. Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining (4:23)
33. Bruce Cockburn - Call It the Sundance (4:07)
34. Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day (3:59)
35. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Sun Ain't Shining No More (Original) (3:34)
36. Monsoon - Sunset over the Ganges (3:17)
37. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Village Of The Sun (4:17)

Like anything music about the sun goes in phases.

11:00
39. Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun (3:17)
40. They Might Be Giants - Moving to the Sun (2:18)
41. Neotropic - Closer to the Sun (3:58)
42. RIAA - Smoke On The Sun (2:49)
43. Nina Simone - Here Comes the Sun [François K. Remix, Version Chantée] (8:58)
44. Fatboy Slim - The Sun Doesn't Shine (3:53)
45. Stereolab - Sun Demon (3:03)
46. Moby - Dead Sun (3:41)
47. Loop Light - Eternal Sun (4:20)
48. The Orb - Sun Of (4:05)
49. Utah Saints - Morning Sun (6:22)
50. World Famous Audio Hacker - Setting Sun (Hacker's Hardcore Inferno) [From "Block Rockin' Boots"] (4:04)
51. Weekend Players - Into The Sun (Riva Remix) (6:59)

And this next track is the most hopeful thing I've ever heard.

12:00
53. Utah Saints - Sun (2:12)
54. Orbital - The Girl With Sun In Her Hair (10:26)
55. T42 - A Mile From The Sun (4:43)
56. System 7 - Sunburst (Orb Remix) (8:50)
57. Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling - The Sun Smells Too Loud (6:56)

And Phil Austin of Firesign Theater died, so here's this:

59. The Firesign Theatre - The Further Adventures Of Nick Danger (28:07)
1:00
60. FLCL - Crazy Sunshine (4:09)
61. Sainkho Namtchylak - Let the Sunshine (3:40)
62. Genesis - The Silent Sun (2:15)
63. Lemon Demon - Don't Be Like the Sun (3:25)
64. The Firesign Theatre - The Chinchilla Show (2:39)
65. Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans - Why Does The Sun Shine? (2:40)
66. The Firesign Theatre - Deputy Dan Has No Friends (2:27)
67. Hymn to the Sun - Paul Esswood (6:17)
68. The Firesign Theatre - I Was A Cock-Teaser For Roosterama! (3:05)
69. Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans - Why Go Up There? (1:47)
70. The Orb - Terminus (11:16)
71. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (5:06)