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Dusky slow burn lane / amber patiencePlaylist noteAug 4, 202610:24 PMOpen set

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) is the thesis, and Suck My Kiss (Live) 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 Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Suck My Kiss (Live) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
Be Yourself Tonight · 1985 · Pop, Rock
Programming
Open set

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

Honey Pie · full
Lineup note
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) into Suck My Kiss (Live)

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 Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Be Yourself Tonight · 1985

Hearing it against Be Yourself Tonight matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) by Eurythmics off Be Yourself Tonight (1985) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Eurythmics, 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 Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) instead of crowding the next move.

EurythmicsRed Hot Chili PeppersMarvin GayePop, RockRockSoul, Funk, R&Bdusky slow burn lane / amber patiencesunsetamber patiencePop, Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
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 Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Be Yourself Tonight matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) by Eurythmics off Be Yourself Tonight (1985) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Eurythmics, 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 Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
Suck My Kiss (Live)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Why it fits

Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) lifts the pressure after There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) by Eurythmics off Be Yourself Tonight (1985) 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 I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) by Marvin Gaye off Live in Tokyo 1979 (2025) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Soul To Squeeze (CD2) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) 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. Notice how it hands the weight to I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) by Marvin Gaye off Live in Tokyo 1979 (2025) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live)
Marvin Gaye
Why it fits

I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) by Marvin Gaye off Live in Tokyo 1979 (2025) stays related to Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) through soul, funk, r&b, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the stack needs body, patience, and a groove that persuades instead of shouts.

Track context

Hearing it against Live in Tokyo 1979 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live) by Marvin Gaye off Live in Tokyo 1979 (2025) brings body, timing, and human feel first, so the persuasion happens in the rhythm section rather than in big gestures. With Marvin Gaye, the draw is usually in the pocket and the human touch inside it, not just a surface-level style label. The argument is in the pocket: bass, snare, guitar or keys locking together and nudging the song forward without overplaying it.

Listen for

Listen to what the rhythm section is doing behind the lead, especially the bass turns, ghost notes, and little pushes that make the groove lean forward.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993). Hearing it against Soul To Squeeze (CD2) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Suck My Kiss (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Soul To Squeeze (CD2) (1993) lifts the pressure after There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) by Eurythmics off Be Yourself Tonight (1985) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "a warm 1980s synth-pop turn".