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Dusky slow burn / roofline heatPlaylist noteJun 13, 20268:01 PMOpen set

I Wasn't Born To Follow is the thesis, and Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) is the answer waiting on deck.

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 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
I Wasn't Born To Follow
Social Distortion
Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll · 2004 · Punk Rock
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

White Light White Heat SHM-CD 3 · clipPower Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) · full
Lineup note
I Wasn't Born To Follow into Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered)

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 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll · 2004

Hearing it against Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Wasn't Born To Follow by Social Distortion off Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll (2004) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Social Distortion, 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
What to catch in the arrangement

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 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) instead of crowding the next move.

Social DistortionTalking HeadsDonna SummerPunk RockPopR&Bdusky slow burn / roofline heatgolden afternoonroofline heatPunk Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
I Wasn't Born To Follow
Social Distortion
Why it fits

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 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Wasn't Born To Follow by Social Distortion off Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll (2004) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Social Distortion, 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 Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered)
Talking Heads
Why it fits

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) lifts the pressure after I Wasn't Born To Follow by Social Distortion off Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll (2004) without snapping the thread. 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 Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Talking Heads, 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 Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit)
Donna Summer
Full play
Why it fits

Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) stays related to Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) through r&b, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest.

Track context

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Power Of Love (Hani's Mixshow Edit) by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room.

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Mr Rassy is lining up Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015). Hearing it against Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) [Live] (Remastered) by Talking Heads off Live At The Heatwave Festival, Bowmanville, Ontario, 23 Aug '80 (Remastered) (2015) lifts the pressure after I Wasn't Born To Follow by Social Distortion off Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll (2004) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".