Al compás del mundo - #116 - “greatest hits” from programs 7-10

Japanese goddess Benzaiten says 'Honor me...within reason.' - Yet another “greatest hits” program – so easy…I have the best songs. “Greatest hits” probably should lose the quotation marks, though. It’s not as if the concept is backed up by record sales (cassettes, reel-to-reel recordings, digital downloads…NFTs), or whatever they’re peddling to tell us who and what to listen to. Instead, I get to ascend the throne of my little fiefdom and proclaim some music superior to other music. Actually, that’s not quite right either. The tunes on this list and other similar efforts just happen to be personal favorites or just good segue material based on whatever theme seems to be evolving as I use the most inscrutable logic to compile an hour’s worth of reverie. If you don’t like it – don’t listen (my sponsors will be pissed – there goes a lifetime supply of free Doritos!) And if you do like it, write to your congressperson: Al compas del mundo should be piped into every classroom and workplace during recess, lunch break or any time of rest as a way to juice up the engine! Bring back the energy! Blow somnolence to smithereens! - J.H.

Run list for “greatest hits” from programs 7-10

First broadcast 2-22-24

01 Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout (USA)

02 Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want) (USA)

03 Van Morrison - I've Been Working (Ireland)

04 Al Green - Light My Fire (USA)

05 Pharaohs - Love and Happiness (USA)

06 Sam Cooke - Bring It Home To Me (USA)

07 Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um (USA)

08 James Phelps - Love Is a Five Letter Word (USA)

09 Mbongwana Star – Shégué (DR Congo)

10 International Gnawa Production - Lalla Aicha (Marocco-Algeria)

11 Acid Arab with Sofiane Saidi - La Hafla (Algeria-France)

12 Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos - Baile Baile Baile (USA-Cuba)

13 Osamu Kitajima - Benzaiten (God of Music and Water) (Japan)

14 Kocani Orkestar - Papigo (Macedonia)

15 Bekhit Fahim - Gusta mi magla padnala (Kosovo)

16 Coro masculino - tradicional music of Ossetia (Georgia)

Pharaohs in the Basement Mixing up the Firmament.

~v~

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