The Playlist

THE BURY MY HEART AT CONFERENCE ROOM B PLAYLIST

I used 7,200 songs, divided between Manic and Depressive playlists while writing Bury My Heart at Conference Room B. A lot of rock, spanning from March 3, 1951 when the first rock and roll song was recorded to January 03, 2010, when the manuscript was completed, and feathered through with every genre from bop jazz to hip hop to classic country and soul to show tunes to world music. If anyone wants the printouts of the list, email me at stan@burymyheart.com and I’ll send them to you.

Here is a shorter playlist that contains songs about the themes in Bury My Heart at Conference Room B. It’s not attempting to be a complete list or representative of every genre I dig nor of my all-time personal favorite tunes but it contains some great cuts.

1. Ain't Wastin' Time No More, The Allman Brothers Band
2. All I Want Is Everything, Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes
3. All That You Have Is Your Soul, Tracy Chapman
4. Believe I've Found, Original Soundtrack Of Our Lives
5. Believe in Me, Sloan
6. Build Your Own Fire, Eddie Hinton
7. Can't Buy Me Love, The Beatles
8. Caravan of Love, The Housemartins
9. Catch Yer Own Train, The Silver Seas
10. Do You Hear the People Sing? Les Misérables Original Broadway
11. El Gavilan, Marianne Faithfull
12. Fade Away (Acoustic Live), Noel Gallagher
13. Flowing, Teenage Fanclub
14. Get It While You Can, Howard Tate
15. Ghost Dance, Chris Whitley
16. Give a Man a Home, Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama
17. Guaranteed, Eddie Vedder
18. Heroes, David Bowie
19. Homesick, Kings of Convenience
20. Homeward Bound, Simon and Garfunkel
21. Human Touch, Bruce Springsteen
22. I Am a Patriot, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
23. I Believe (In Everything), JJ Grey and Mofro
24. I Dare You (Acoustic), Shinedown
25. I Do Believe, The Duke Spirit
26. I Have a Dream, Mood Swings
27. I Will Follow (Live in Boston), U2
28. I Will Follow You, Baaba Maal
29. I'll Be Long Gone, Cold Blood
30. I'm Free, The Rolling Stones
31. I'm Free, The Who
32. I'm Just Another Soldier, The Memphis Horns
33. If I Could Help Somebody, The Blind Boys of Alabama
34. If I Had a Hammer (Live), Eddie Floyd
35. Kick Out the Jams, MC5
36. Know Your Rights, The Clash
37. Last Train to Heaven, Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls
38. Let's See Action (Live), The Who (w/Eddie Vedder)
39. The Letter, The Veils
40. Little Bit o' Soul, TheMusic Explosion
41. Like Alcohol (A Hole the Size of Part 2), Nico Stai
42. Middle Management, Bishop Allen
43. No Ceiling, Eddie Vedder
44. Oh Set a Light (Live), Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor
45. People Got to Be Free, The Rascals
46. Private Revolution, World Party
47. Raise Your Hand, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
48. Resurrection Song, Mark Lanegan
49. Respect Yourself, Staple Singers
50. Rise, Chuck Prophet
51. Rong Radio, Benjamin Zephaniah
52. Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast), Lostprophets
53. Sad, Sad Song, M. Ward
54. Scratch Your Name, Noisettes
55. Shake the Tree, Matthew Ryan
56. Sixteen Tons (Live), Eels
57. The Soul of a Man, Blind Willie Johnson
58. Spirit, The Waterboys
59. Stand Up Jamrock (Ashley Beedle Remix), Bob Marley and The Wailers
60. Tell Me Where the Road Is, Guy Davis
61. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gil Scott Heron
62. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Sly and The Family Stone
63. This Is the Sea, The Waterboys
64. That Soul Twist, Peter Case
65. This Is It (Your Soul), Hothouse Flowers
66. This Is the Thing (Live in Studio), Fink
67. Time Has Come Today, Chambers Brothers
68. Time Stops, Teenage Fanclub
69. True Blue, Gary Louris
70. True Colors, Cyndi Lauper
71. The Truth Is the Light, The Wood Brothers
72. Waiting for My Real Life to Begin, Colin Hay
73. Work to Do, Isley Brothers
74. Working Too Hard, Lyle Lovett
75. You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want), Joe Jackson
76. Your Life Is Now, John Mellencamp
77. What Good Am I? Tom Jones