Mixtapes 2017 & Musical In Memoriam
As 2017 comes to a close, hosts Jim and Greg present DJ sets full of some of their favorite songs of the year. They'll also pay tribute to some of the musicians who died in 2017.
2017 In Memoriam
2017 was another year full of devastating musician deaths from Tom Petty to Chuck Berry. Now, Jim and Greg take some time to pay tribute to those they haven't covered in the last 12 months that hit them particularly hard.
- Malcolm Young of AC/DC
- Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens
- Tommy Keene
- Sunny Murray
- Sylvia Moy
2017 in Song: Jim and Greg’s Mixtapes
Each year, Sound Opinions flips the page on the calendar with a "mixtape" that sums up the year in music.
Greg's mixtape is organized as an homage to the themes explored in Kendrick Lamar's 2017 opus DAMN. The themes include FEAR., EMPATHY., MOURNING., and TRUTH. Jim's mixtape was inspired by what he calls the biggest story of 2017: the #MeToo movement.
Greg Kot’s 2017 Mixtape
- Van Hunt, "Turn My TV On"
- Knox Fortune, "I Don’t Wanna Talk About It"
- Alvvays, "In Undertow"
- Black Angels, "I’d Kill for Her"
Greg also has a much longer mixtape for 2017. You can listen to whole thing here.
Jim DeRogatis’ 2017 Mixtape
- Rhiannon Giddens, "At the Purchaser’s Option"
- Milck, "Quiet"
- Sad13, "Get a Yes"
- Lizzo, "Truth Hurts"
Featured Songs
- Alvvays, "In Undertow," Antisocialites , Polyvinyl, 2017
- AC/DC, "Riff Raff," Powerage, Atlantic, 1978
- The Smithereens, "A Girl Like You," 11, Capitol, 1989
- Tommy Keene, "Places That Are Gone," Songs from the Film, Geffen, 1986
- Cecil Taylor, "What's New?," Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come, Revenant, 1962
- Stevie Wonder, "My Cherie Amour," My Cherie Amour, Motown, 1969
- Van Hunt, "Turn My TV On," Popular, Blue Note, 2017
- Knox Fortune, "I Don't Wanna Talk About it," Paradise, Knox Fortune, 2017
- Black Angels, "I'd Kill For Her," Death Song, Partisan, 2017
- Chicano Batman, "Friendship (Is a Small Boat in a Storm)," Freedom Is Free, ATO, 2017
- Rhiannon Giddens, "At the Purchaser's Option," Freedom Highway, Nonesuch, 2017
- Milck, "Quiet (single version)," Quiet (single), n/a, 2017
- Sad13, "Get a Yes," Slugger, Carpark, 2016
- Lizzo, "Truth Hurts," Truth Hurts (single), Nice Life / Atlantic, 2017
- Connie Francis, "Telephone Lover," Do the Twist, MGM, 1962
- Lou Reed, "Sad Song," Berlin, RCA, 1973
- KISS, "God of Thunder," Destroyer, Casablanca, 1976
- Pink Floyd, "The Trial," The Wall, Harvest, 1979
- Leonard Feather and Ralph Burns and Their Orchestra, "Dasher," Winter Sequence, MGM, 1954
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