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The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Special turns
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Soulful / warm gravityPlaylist noteApr 20, 20263:20 PM

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) (2012) is coming through with a slow-burn glide, a soulful / warm gravity lean, and a touch of warm gravity. Summer Turns To High is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) · 2012 · Alternative-Rock
Lineup note
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) into Summer Turns To High

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers off Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) (2012) belongs here because Summer Turns To High by R.E.M. states the thesis, and Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) by David Bowie answers it with a fresh turn.. Summer Turns To High is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) · 2012

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) comes through with a slow-burn glide and alternative-rock around the edges, giving the sequence a 2010s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.

Listen for
What to catch in the room

Listen for how Summer Turns To High answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the alternative-rock grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

Red Hot Chili PeppersR.E.M.David BowieAlternative-RockRockArt Rocksoulful / warm gravitygolden afternoonwarm gravityAlternative-Rock
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Why it fits

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers lands here because Summer Turns To High by R.E.M. states the thesis, and Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) by David Bowie answers it with a fresh turn.. The alternative-rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Summer Turns To High can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) (2012), Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) shows Red Hot Chili Peppers working in a 2010s pocket with alternative-rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the alternative-rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Summer Turns To High to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

02next
Summer Turns To High
R.E.M.
Why it fits

Summer Turns To High answers Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Red Hot Chili Peppers with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Reveal (2001), Summer Turns To High shows R.E.M. working in a 2000s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

03later
Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live)
David Bowie
Why it fits

Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) answers Summer Turns To High by R.E.M. with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The art rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Moonage Daydream: A Film by Brett Morgen (2022), Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) shows David Bowie working in a 2020s pocket with art rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the art rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Summer Turns To High without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Summer Turns To High by R.E.M. off Reveal (2001). It hit in 2001, it comes off Reveal, Rock on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. Summer Turns To High by R.E.M. states the thesis, and Rock ’n’ Roll With Me (Live) by David Bowie answers it with a fresh turn.

Soulful / radiant shoulder rollPlaylist noteApr 20, 20263:03 PM

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) is setting the golden afternoon temperature on the dial.

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) by George Harrison off All Things Must Pass (1970) is coming through with a candlelit drift, a soulful / radiant shoulder-roll lean, and a touch of radiant shoulder-roll. Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
George Harrison
All Things Must Pass · 1970 · Rock
Lineup note
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) into Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) by George Harrison off All Things Must Pass (1970) belongs here because To keep the emotional pressure steady after Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun and change the palette without cutting the thread.. Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.

Track context
All Things Must Pass · 1970

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) comes through with a candlelit drift and rock around the edges, giving the sequence a 1970s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.

Listen for
What to catch in the room

Listen for how Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the rock grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.

George HarrisonIan Dury And The BlockheadsRed Hot Chili PeppersRockAlternative-Rocksoulful / radiant shoulder-rollgolden afternoonradiant shoulder-rollRock
Session map
3 stored song notes
01now
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
George Harrison
Why it fits

Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) by George Harrison lands here because To keep the emotional pressure steady after Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun and change the palette without cutting the thread.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On All Things Must Pass (1970), Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) shows George Harrison working in a 1970s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a candlelit drift, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

02next
Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll
Ian Dury And The Blockheads
Why it fits

Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll answers Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) by George Harrison with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

Track context

On Sounds Of The Seventies - Punk And New Wave (1993), Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll shows Ian Dury And The Blockheads working in a 1990s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a candlelit drift, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

03later
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Why it fits

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) answers Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll by Ian Dury And The Blockheads with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The alternative-rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

Track context

On Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers (EP) (2012), Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) shows Red Hot Chili Peppers working in a 2010s pocket with alternative-rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for

Listen for the alternative-rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll without borrowing the same emotional weight.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll by Ian Dury And The Blockheads off Sounds Of The Seventies - Punk And New Wave (1993). It hit in 1993, it comes off Sounds Of The Seventies - Punk And New Wave, Rock on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. To keep the emotional pressure steady after Wide Open Space (Remastered) by Mansun and change the palette without cutting the thread.