tisdag 2 Nov 2010, 9:00

http://www.spotisfaction.com/
http://open.spotify.com/user/spotisfaction/playlist/60YS4hC33jdOULGVR3dWnJ

1. Sir James Galway – Schubert: Ave Maria, “Ellens Gesang III”, D839 – Arranged by Craig Leon
2. Ronny Jordan – The Jackal
3. Yo-Yo Ma – Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007/Prélude
4. Don Henley – New York Minute
5. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
6. Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth
7. Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
8. UB40 – Red Red Wine (Edit)
9. Van Morrison – Caravan
10. Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah – Radio Edit
11. Tori Amos – I Don’t Like Mondays
12. Barenaked Ladies – One Week
13. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14. Stray Cats – Rock This Town
15. Massive Attack – Angel
16. Lisa Gerrard – Sanvean – I Am Your Shadow
17. Frederic Chopin – Chopin: Prelude No 4 In E Minor Op 28
19. Oksana – Frederic Chopin: Revolutionary Etude in C Minor, Opus 10 no. 12
20. Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was The Night – Cold Was The Ground
21. Crosby & Nash – My Country Tis Of Thee
22. Thievery Corporation – Indra
23. Ryan Adams – Desire
24. Patsy Cline – Walkin’ After Midnight
25. Dave Brubeck – Take Five
26. Steve Miller Band – Jet Airliner
27. Foo Fighters – Miracle
28. Keb’ Mo’ – America the Beautiful

Today’s playlist is by Simon Mogg and is entitled “The West Wing”. I’ll be honest, I never really watched it. I may need to bug you for the box sets…

Moggy Says:

There have been seven seasons of The West Wing. I’ve watched them all… a lot. I love everything about it. I think all elements of the show are of tremendous quality and that includes the choice of music. Other than W.G. Snuffy Walden’s incidental music, they pick a mixed selection of tracks to complement the episode that they are included in. Many tracks are very emotive, some very strange but most are just very good. Here is a playlist of some of the best from all seven seasons, in order.

The Yo-Yo Ma cello piece is absolutely beautiful. I very much like the tone of the cello. The Dire Straits track used at the end of season two really swells the mood of the season finale and helps create a dramatic climax. Tori Amos‘s very breathy version of ‘I don’t like Mondays’ is coupled with a storyline about a bomb in a school and adds a haunting feeling that can bring a tear to the eye. I could talk at length about the rest of the tracks as well but it would be dull for all of those who don’t know the show. I will just leave you with this advice: even if you skip the rest of the playlist, at least listen to Massive Attack, Steve Miller Band and the two Chopin piano pieces they are all brilliant in their own way.

Hit the link for info on which tracks came from which seasons