Friday, July 4th, 2008

The Friday Mixtape: 7/04/08

by Jeff Giles

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Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day (live) from Live 1975-1985 (1986)
Taj Mahal – Freedom Ride from Largo (1998)
The Damnwells – God Bless America from Air Stereo (2006)
The Beach Boys – Spirit of America from Good Vibrations (1993)
James Taylor – On the 4th of July from October Road (2002)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – American Dream from American Dream (1988)
Safri Duo featuring Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom (remix) from Sweet Freedom (2002)
Chicago – Free Country from Chicago III (1971)
Kansas – Song for America from Ultimate Kansas (2002)
Matthew Ryan – American Dirt from Matthew Ryan Vs. the Silver State (2008)
American Music Club – Patriot’s Heart from Love Songs for Patriots (2004)
Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria – Fireworks on TV from Fireworks on TV! (2004)
Randy Newman – A Few Words in Defense of Our Country from A Few Words in Defense of My Country (2007)
Richard Julian – Fourth of July from Richard Julian (1997)
Will Hoge – America from The America EP (2004)
Bob Dylan – Chimes of Freedom (live) from No Direction Home (2005)
Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World from Freedom (1989)
Paul Simon – American Tune from There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973)
Ray Charles – America the Beautiful from Genius & Soul (1997)
Mark O’Connor – The Star-Spangled Banner from Midnight on the Water (1998)

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  • A lot of great songs Jeff, and "Patriot's Heart" by AMC is one that not enough people have heard. It's one of my favorite songs of the last few years.
  • Thanks, Ken -- and happy Fourth!
  • "I hope that you take a moment to think about what you can do to shape a country we love, shape its future. Loving your country shouldn't just mean watching fireworks on the Fourth of July."

    Barack Obama
  • sjarvis
    Seriously? No version of Dave Alvin's "4th of July"? Not the stark Dave Alvin version, the laid back back Robert Earl Keen Version, or the best one, the version by X after Dave Alvin left but they went ahead and recorded the song anyway because it kicked so much ass? The version by X is on 1987's "See How We Are" which is otherwise only an okay record.
  • First thing I was wondering about as well...
  • Hmm . . . a lot of these songs seem to be about America. Weird coincidence ? Very cool, though.

    Whitney Houston also did a killer version America The Beautiful. FYI.
  • Wow. Nobody can strangle an electric guitar like Neil Young. I love it.

    Randy Newman. What can you say? Does that song define the concept of damning with faint praise, or what? Good old Randy, he can rip both sides a new one in the same song. Shades here of Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America.

    America, America
    Step out into the light
    You're the best dream man has ever dreamed
    And may all your Christmases be white

    Happy fourth. Don't blow off any of your parts.
  • Dan
    That Mark O’Connor - The Star-Spangled Banner is ANNOYING! Gimme Jimi.
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