Schmutzie's March 2020 Mixtape
March 2020’s mixtape is over 3 hours long and has 55 rock, pop, alternative, singer/songwriter, electronic, folk-rock, americana, hip-hop/rap, metal, world, inspirational, indie rock, R&B/soul, folk, dance, jazz, and soundtrack songs from 9 different decades. NINE DECADES. It’s basically musical time travel on Spotify and Apple Music.
March 2020’s playlist on Spotify and Apple Music:
1. Woman, Here — Ada Lea (2020) 2. Youngjeonggeori — Ak Dan Gwang Chil (2017) 3. Tenuousness — Andrew Bird (2009) 4. Moral of the Story — Ashe (2019) 5. Scrapin’ the Toast — Bea Wain & The Larry Clinton Orchestra (1937) 6. Night — Bill Callahan (2007) 7. You Don’t Know — Bill Fury (1961) 8. He’s a Keeper of the Fire — Buffy Sainte-Marie (1970) 9. Reefer Man — Cab Calloway (1932) 10. Mr Blue — Catherine Feeny (2006) 11. Ananais — The Chosen Gospel Singers (1954) 12. Not Given Lightly — Chris Knox (1989) 13. Lucifer Stand — Cindy Lee (2020) 14. Anything Could Happen — The Clean (1986) 15. Think About Things — Daði Freyr (2020) 16. Not a Complicated Person — Down Time (2020) 17. Wishin’ and Hopin’ — Dusty Springfield (1963) 18. Unholy Faces — Florist (2015) 19. My Sweet Lord — George Harrison (1970) 20. Mash Potato — Graham Coxon (2019) 21. The Splendour That Was Rome — Hamerkop (2020) 22. Male Bonding — The Homesick (2020) 23. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick — Ian Dury & The Blockheads (1987) 24. Can’t Sleep — Jay Som (2020) 25. I’m a Dreamer — Josephine Foster (2013) 26. I Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You — Julia Jacklin (2019) 27. Bad Memory — K. Flay (2020) 28. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [2018 Remaster] — Kate Bush (1985) 29. I’m Not Like Everybody Else (Mono Mix) — The Kinks (1966) 30. I Was a Fool — Laura Veirs (2020) 31. Mercy — The Men (2020) 32. Ego — Moaning (2020) 33. Double Dare — Momma (2020) 34. Candlelight — Moon Hooch (2020) 35. (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am— Nancy Wilson (1964) 36. Kissing Our Friends — Nathaniel Rateliff (2020) 37. Everybody’s Down — No Age (2007) 38. Luv Luv Luv — Pansy Division (1998) 39. La Jeune Fille en Feu (bande originale du film) — Para One & Arthur Simonini (2019) 40. Luxury — Patio (2016) 41. Maybe I’m Amazed (Remastered) — Paul McCartney (1970) 42. Easy Living — Peggy Lee (1954) 43. Song for Zula — Phosphorescent (2014) 44. 50 Ft Queenie — PJ Harvey (1993) 45. Come and Get Your Love — Redbone (1973) 46. Sweet Virginia — The Rolling Stones (1972) 47. Squeaking Voices — Sarah Harmer (2020) 48. Oh My God — Sevdaliza (2020) 49. I Lost Something In the Hills — Sibylle Baier (2006) 50. Queenie, Queenie — Tami Neilson (2020) 51. Pretty Ugly — Tierra Whack (2018) 52. Throwaway Love — Tommy and the Commies (2018) 53. Real You — Tre Burt (2020) 54. Gangsta — Tune-Yards (2011) 55. Revenge of the Lawn — Wednesday (2020)
Notes:
Normally, I try to put out my monthly playlists on the first of the month, but I tweaked my back building a cat tree, of all things, and couldn’t sit long enough to cobble this one together. Luckily, music is still good 12 days later.
Also, as I did with the more than two years worth of mixtapes before this, I originally had the songs in this playlist carefully ordered by style for flow. It was shaping up to be a good mix UNTIL… I accidentally hit something, and then I accidentally hit something else, and then I hit another couple of things to try to fix what I’d done, and then my whole thoughtfully considered song order was lost. LOST.
In short, the song order is alphabetical by artist this month, because I can’t go through that all again. I just can’t. You’ve seen what the world looks like lately. Last night, Sarah Palin sang Sir Mix-a-lot’s “Baby Got Back” on tv in the middle of a pandemic while we all stress ate through an orange politician’s awkward lies about how everything is actually pretty great. This is 2020. We all need a break. Daði Freyr’s video for “Think About Things” is a counterattack against the frailty-inducing onslaught life can be. Battle shields up!
