Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

A good cover - the artist, and the movie it was made for (and a link)

  1. Polk Salad Annie - James Burton, Ford v Ferrari (- YouTube)
  2. Take Me To the River - The Commitments, The Commitments (The Commitments Take Me To The River - YouTube)
  3. Man of Constant Sorrow - “The Soggy Bottom Boys”, O Brother, Where Art Thou? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meCZ5hWNRFU

A good cover - the artist, and the movie it was made for (and a link)

  1. Polk Salad Annie - James Burton, Ford v Ferrari (- YouTube)
  2. Take Me To the River - The Commitments, The Commitments (The Commitments Take Me To The River - YouTube)
  3. Man of Constant Sorrow - “The Soggy Bottom Boys”, O Brother, Where Art Thou? - YouTube
  4. (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding - The Curtis Singers, The Bodyguard (https://youtu.be/6gX9KwTVAfs)

A good cover - the artist, and the movie it was made for (and a link)

  1. Polk Salad Annie - James Burton, Ford v Ferrari (- YouTube)
  2. Take Me To the River - The Commitments, The Commitments (The Commitments Take Me To The River - YouTube)
  3. Man of Constant Sorrow - “The Soggy Bottom Boys”, O Brother, Where Art Thou? - YouTube
  4. (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding - The Curtis Singers, The Bodyguard (What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love And Understanding - YouTube)
  5. Hello It’s Me, Paul Giamatti, “Duets” Hello It's Me - Paul Giamatti - YouTube

Time to pull the plug on this theme?

Too hard for me! I gladly await the next topic.

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  6. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  6. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  7. She’s Got a Way - Billy Joel

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  6. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  7. She’s Got a Way - Billy Joel
  8. You’re Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  6. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  7. She’s Got a Way - Billy Joel
  8. You’re Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
  9. Out in the Street - The Who

The first song on a band/artist’s first album

  1. Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  2. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Holidays in the Sun - Sex Pistols
  4. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
  5. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
  6. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
  7. She’s Got a Way - Billy Joel
  8. You’re Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
  9. Out in the Street - The Who
  10. Keep Yourself Alive - Queen

Next:

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison

From his posthumous 1992 album King of Hearts. Another album, One of the Lonely Ones, was released in 2015, but he had actually recorded it in 1969 (and it was long thought lost).

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison
  2. Louder than Words - Pink Floyd

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison
  2. Louder than Words - Pink Floyd
  3. Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley

Cover of Red Hayes and Jack Rhodes’ A Satisfied Mind, from the posthumous album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, included as the last song according to the wishes of Buckley’s mother. It was the song played in his funeral.

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison
  2. Louder than Words - Pink Floyd
  3. Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley
  4. Life’s A Gas - Joey Ramone

Joey’s final album was released in 2012, 11 years after he died. The songs were all originally recorded as demos with music overdubs added in later by his friends.

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison
  2. Louder than Words - Pink Floyd
  3. Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley
  4. Life’s A Gas - Joey Ramone
  5. Cemetery Guns - Fountains of Wayne

The final song on a band/artist’s final album (not including greatest hits collections and the like)

  1. Careless Heart (original demo) - Roy Orbison
  2. Louder than Words - Pink Floyd
  3. Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley
  4. Life’s A Gas - Joey Ramone
  5. Cemetery Guns - Fountains of Wayne
  6. Get Back - The Beatles