Topic Playlist! (Part 2)

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”

Actually, two-thirds of the entire musical could fit into this category. The translation is “The Miserable People,” after all.

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones
  6. Ouch! - The Rutles

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones
  6. Ouch! - The Rutles
  7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones
  6. Ouch! - The Rutles
  7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson
  8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones
  6. Ouch! - The Rutles
  7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson
  8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
  9. Love Hurts - Nazareth

Songs about pain

  1. King of Pain - The Police
  2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables”
  3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls
  4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon
  5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones
  6. Ouch! - The Rutles
  7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson
  8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
  9. Love Hurts - Nazareth
  10. Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna

One of the most beautiful songs by musicians at the top of their game.

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa

With Jack Bruce and Jim Gordon

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams

I once won a high-school age talent show playing a piano version of this.

-“BB”-

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
  7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
  7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
  8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
  7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
  8. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
  7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
  8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project
  9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

Housekeeping

Instrumentals

  1. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  2. Water Song - Hot Tuna
  3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa
  4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin
  5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
  6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams
  7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
  8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project
  9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
  10. Poorboy Shuffle - Creedence Clearwater Revival

A companion piece to “Down on the Corner,” it’s a song by their alter-ego busker band, Willy and the Poor Boys.

Pass.

Okay, I’ll go.

Your favorite Motown tracks

  1. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone - The Temptations

Classic vocals and a great funky slow-burn instrumental. Do yourself a favor and find the full 12:04 version.