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Dusky slow burn lane / forward motionPlaylist noteAug 6, 20264:01 PM

Take Care Of Business is the thesis, and All Day And All Of The Night is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. All Day And All Of The Night is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Take Care Of Business
Nina Simone
Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone · 2023 · Jazz
Lineup note
Take Care Of Business into All Day And All Of The Night

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone · 2023

Hearing it against Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take Care Of Business by Nina Simone off Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone (2023) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Nina Simone makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

Nina SimoneKinksRed Hot Chili PeppersJazzRockAlternative-Rockdusky slow burn lane / forward motionlate morningforward motionJazz
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3 stored song notes
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Take Care Of Business
Nina Simone
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Take Care Of Business by Nina Simone off Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone (2023) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Nina Simone makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) instead of crowding the next move.

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All Day And All Of The Night
Kinks
Why it fits

All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) stays related to Take Care Of Business by Nina Simone off Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone (2023) through rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Sex Rap (Demo Version) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Out In L.A. (1994) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Kinks, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Sex Rap (Demo Version) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Out In L.A. (1994) instead of crowding the next move.

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Sex Rap (Demo Version)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Why it fits

Sex Rap (Demo Version) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Out In L.A. (1994) stays related to All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) through alternative-rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. (1994) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Red Hot Chili Peppers, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

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Mr Rassy is lining up All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012). Hearing it against Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. All Day And All Of The Night by Kinks off Kinks At The BBC Disc 1 (2012) stays related to Take Care Of Business by Nina Simone off Great Women Of Song: Nina Simone (2023) through rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "a warm 1980s synth-pop turn".