Spotify Playlist From Richard Linklater Movie “Boyhood” Including Wilco, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Hives, And The Flaming Lips

Ellar Coltrane in “Boyhood”.

“Boyhood” by Richard Linklater is a wonderful quiet story. It’s like a Eric Rohmer movie but more down to earth and more fun to watch. The songs are neatly woven into the story and help define the characters and the time.

From the very beginning the filmmakers make it clear that they understand their business. They start the title sequence with “Yellow” by Coldplay and set the thoughtful mood for the entire movie.

In this Spotify playlist most of the songs from the movie are included. It was inspired by Indiewire. Enjoy.

 

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Back to back: Nancy Sinatra sings Lee Hazlewood songs

Beauty and mustache: Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood on cover of Reprise LP “Nancy & Lee” (1968)

He wrote “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'”, produced several of Nancy Sinatra’s records and was her duet partner. «Some Velvet Morning», «Summer Wine» and «Sand» became immortal gems of popular music. The pairing of Hazlewood’s and  Sinatra’s voices and the headstrong Hazlewood lyrics still intrigue listeners today.

But let’s turn the spotlight to some lesser known songs by Lee Hazlewood that were sung by Nancy Sinatra. On this playlists Nancy’s versions are played back to back with Lee’s. His most famous song “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” is also included.

After Nancy had a huge hit with this song, Lee recorded his own very funny version which comments about how he and arranger Billy Strange recorded Nancy’s Hit.

Lee was not only an adept songwriter, he was also a clever businessman. He sold his songs to as many artists as possible and also recorded them himself. In many cases he also produced the songs that he had written. Sometimes Lee recorded his version before Nancy’s, sometimes it was the other way around.

All songs on the playlist are arranged and co-produced by Billy Strange, who worked both with Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. He’s responsible for the unique sound, an astonishing mixture of sophisticated pop music and easy listening. And on all songs Eddie Brackett was responsible for the sound engineering.

Lee used the same group of Los Angeles studio musicians for his own and Nancy’s version. That includes drummers like Jim Gordon and Hal Blaine, keyboard player Don Randi, electric bass player Carol Kaye, acoustic bass player Chuck Berghofer, Al Casey or Billy Strange on guitar and countless others.

These boots are made for walkin'
 1966: Lee Hazlewood. LP "The very special world of Lee Hazlewood" (MGM)
 1966: Nancy Sinatra. LP "Boots" (Reprise)
Shades
 1968: Lee Hazlewood. LP  "Something special" (MGM)
 1968: Nancy Sinatra. LP "Nancy in London" (Reprise)
So long, babe
 1966: Lee Hazlewood. LP "The very special world of Lee Hazlewood" (MGM)
 1966: Nancy Sinatra.  LP "Boots" (Reprise)
My Baby Cried All Night long
 1966: Lee Hazlewood. LP "The very special world of Lee Hazlewood" (MGM)
 1966: Nancy Sinatra. LP "How does that grab you?" (Reprise)
Not the loving kind
 1966: Lee Hazlewood. LP "The very special world of Lee Hazlewood" (MGM)
 1966: Nancy Sinatra. LP "How does that grab you?" (Reprise)
I Move Around
 1966: Lee Hazlewood. LP "The very special world of Lee Hazlewood" (MGM)
 1966: Nancy Sinatra.  LP "Boots" (Reprise)

Weihnachtssongs, die fast nicht nerven

Eels sind überzeugt: Weihnachten geht vor die Hunde. Clarence Carter singt vom Weihnachtsmann, der die kleinen Mädchen in den frühen Morgenstunden glücklich macht, während die Knaben draussen spielen.

Otis Reddings Version des Weihnachtsklassiker “White Christmas” ist unübertroffen: Zerrissen, verzweifelt und sehnsüchtig träumt er von einem weissen Fest. Poly Styrene zerschmettert, von einem Reggae- Rhythmus unterlegt, die weihnachtliche Idylle. Ella Fitzgerald hingegen lädt zur unbeschwerten Schlittenfahrt. Und Neil Diamond zitiert sein eigenes Repertoire.

Die Spotify-Liste ist eine eigenwillige, aber nicht zufällige Mischung aus Soullegenden, Rockgiganten, Jazz, Elvis und Indiebands.

Fröhliche Weihnachten. Oder wie die Ramones sagen würden: Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight).

Black Songs Covered By The Rolling Stones

This Spotify playlist presents some of the essential songs performed or written by black artists that were covered by the Rolling Stones.

The original songs are presented back to back with the Stone’s covers.

Needless to say that the Stones learned a lot from these songs and built a 50 year career on them.

If you want to dig deeper into songs covered by the Stones, I recommend Gerard Slinkert’s project Undercover. He presents 83 original songs and compares them with the Stone’s version. You can listen to both the originals and the covers.