- You're So Vain, Carly Simon (turns out she was singing about Warren Beatty)
- Hot Thing, Prince (awesome atonal sax squalls over drum machines)
- The Royal Scam, Steely Dan (as cynical as ever)
- Hurricane Eye, Paul Simon (brilliant manipulation of time signatures)
- Born at the Right Time, Paul Simon (referencing the story of Moses)
- Twist and Crawl, The English Beat (old-school ska at its best)
- Life and How to Live It, R.E.M. (takes me back to my first year of teaching)
- Rock and Roll, Led Zeppelin (excellent drum fills)
- Sajna Ve Sajna, Sunidhi Chauhan (the wildcard in this playlist--Bollywood music from India)
- Rock On, David Essex (early 70s pop bliss)
- Miss You, The Rolling Stones (mix a blues harp in and disco suddenly becomes hip)
Interesting how Mick Jagger sang background vocals on the first song and then lead on the last. A nice rounded form.
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