cvilleMUSE Mixtape 5: Put on Your Walkin’ Shoes

Posted by Shaun Harvey on June 23rd, 2008 31 Comments

I really like to add these mixes to pages of MUSE because it really gets a lot of great responses from readers and it allows folks to throw in a little bit of their own flavor to the MUSE stew.  So let’s kick off the week with another Mixtape!  I was checking out a really cool L.A.-based blog over the weekend and they had done a series of posts on songs about shoes.  I hadn’t given it much thought until I saw it, but there really are a lot of tunes relating to footwear.

So let’s see what we can come up with.  Songs about shoes, footwear, boots, etc.  I’ll let you guys start.  First one in, gets the first song and so on and so on.  As always, add a video URL along with your song choice and let’s see where we end up.  We’ll call this one:  A Nice Pair of Kicks.  (and since shoes come in pairs, if you’ve got two songs that’s even better)

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A Nice Pair of Kicks (cvilleMUSE Mixtape 5)

01.  Shoes by Kelly (Sarah B.)


Shoes by Kelly

02.  (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello (Shaun)


(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello

3.  Walking in My Shoes by Depeche Mode (Brian)


Walking in My Shoes by Depeche Mode

4.  Flyin’ Shoes by Lyle Lovett (Tracey)


Flyin’ Shoes by Lyle Lovett

5.  Goody Two Shoes by Adam and the Ants (NICU#1)


Goody Two Shoes by Adam and the Ants

6.  Two Shoes by Cat Empire (NICU #2)


Two Shoes by Cat Empire

7.  Walk by Pantera (squidtank #1)


Walk by Pantera

8.  I Walk the Thinnest Line by The Dead Milkmen (squidtank #2)


I Walk the Thinnest Line by The Dead Milkmen

9.  Footprints by The Miles Davis Quintet (byard #1)


Footprints by the Miles Davis Quintet

10.  Fancy Footwork by Chromeo (five)


Fancy Footwork by Chromeo

11.  Charlie Dunn by Jerry Jeff Walker (Crazy Momma)


Charlie Dunn by Jerry Jeff Walker

12.  Little Suede Shoes by Monty Alexander and Roy Haynes (byard #2)


Little Suede Shoes by Monty Alexander and Roy Haynes

13.  Hockey Skates by Kathleen Edwards (Shaun #2)


Hockey Skates by Kathleen Edwards

14.  My Adidas by RunDMC (squidtank #3) (it would be a crime not to include this one)


My Adidas by RunDMC

15.  No More Shoes by Stephen Malkmus (Shaun again)


No More Shoes by Stephen Malkmus

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31 Responses to “cvilleMUSE Mixtape 5: Put on Your Walkin’ Shoes”

  1. 23 Jun 2008 at 11:40 am1Sarah B (aka Suzie Q) said:

    All hate mail can be directed to:
    sarahbisabetch@yahoo.com

    lol - i f*cking love this site…..

  2. 23 Jun 2008 at 11:41 am2Sarah B (aka Suzie Q) said:

    and here’s the link (oops):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HjIljJd-o0

  3. 23 Jun 2008 at 11:51 am3Shaun Harvey said:

    @1 I soon will be fillin your inbox with hate mail. :) Sarah kicks off the madness with madness…#1 is Shoes by Kelly. Thanks Sarah B. (I think)

  4. 23 Jun 2008 at 11:53 am4Shaun Harvey said:

    I’ve got #2. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKt-DhII_4

  5. 23 Jun 2008 at 11:59 am5Kyle said:

    I love that Shoes video.

  6. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:03 pm6Shaun Harvey said:

    @5. That’s why I love these mixes…you just never know what you’re going to get.

  7. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:11 pm7Brian said:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lnq9Zmrmfu0

  8. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:19 pm8Tracey said:

    Flyin’ Shoes by Townes Van Zandt.

    You Tube only has a (very) rough version he did for a fundraiser . . . but here’s the link.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v187mUxwXR0

    Or you can hear Lyle Lovett’s version . . .

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGuuOSZq-II&feature=related

  9. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:21 pm9Shaun Harvey said:

    @7 whoa. a band i haven’t listened to in forever. i’m gonna have to find my cassette copy of Violator (yeah that’s right, I said cassette). Is this from Faith and Devotion?

  10. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:23 pm10Shaun Harvey said:

    Hoorary Tracey! I just watched the fundraiser Townes version! so for a change let’s go with Lyle’s version. Nice choice!

  11. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:28 pm11Brian said:

    yeah, Faith & Devotion. love, love, love that album.

  12. 23 Jun 2008 at 12:31 pm12Shaun Harvey said:

    @1 btw Sarah, thanks for the love! glad you’re diggin’ the site!

  13. 23 Jun 2008 at 1:17 pm13NICU said:

    what do you do?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3g5G0PFuXQ

    and as per request, two shoes:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJU79dmVgZY

  14. 23 Jun 2008 at 1:20 pm14NICU said:

    and, well:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-rlvnlkA8

  15. 23 Jun 2008 at 2:16 pm15Shaun Harvey said:

    @13. Thanks for the pair of shoes. I’ll post the videos ASAP. BTW–the Sesame Street “here is your life” is a nice touch.

  16. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:14 pm16squidtank said:

    I cannot believe no one picked this one. Clearly there are no other metalheads on this site.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Evc3Xtc84N0

  17. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:21 pm17squidtank said:

    OR! Dead Milkmen “I walk the thinnest line”

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=twMDxz6QsSM

  18. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:29 pm18Byard said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxZLOCa_io

    Footprints by Wayne Shorter, here with the 60ies Miles Davis Quintett: Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d) and Miles

  19. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:44 pm19Shaun Harvey said:

    Thanks fellas (squid and byard). Vids have been posted. And just so everyone knows…because we’re giving everyone the option to add one song or two, we’ll be taking 20 total submissions. So there’s still lot’s of room left for those who haven’t played yet. Keep em coming.

  20. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:44 pm20Brian said:

    shooo squidtank…who you talkin’ to? I bet i don’t see you at the Metal Masters tour.. ;-)

  21. 23 Jun 2008 at 4:52 pm21Shaun Harvey said:

    (and while the last selections aren’t directly about shoes, we’re always open for a little personal interpretation)

  22. 23 Jun 2008 at 6:18 pm22Byard said:

    Well I though Footprints was obvious. I mean its about feet. And shoes are footwear… At any rate here is one that has shoes in the title and may replace footprints on the mix…but I do really like the Footprints song and version.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQ_nUqu554

    It’s a Charlie Parker composition called “my little Suede Shoes” and is to my knowledge the only Calypso tune Parker ever wrote. It is here played by the incredible Roy Haynes on drums and Monty Alexander on piano. The rest of the band sits out because the two of them shift the Rhythms so much that the other more traditional bop players can’t handle it.

  23. 23 Jun 2008 at 9:56 pm23Shaun Harvey said:

    @22. No seriously I’ve got no problems with Footprints at all, just letting folks know that the songs don’t have to necessarily have shoes in the title…personal interpretation is a good thing! Footprints stays for sure! And I’ll add My Little Suede Shoes to the mix. Thanks byard.

  24. 24 Jun 2008 at 12:22 am24five said:

    Having a pair of retro Nike or Adidas with patterns on them seems to work well with today’s music. My addition this time is more modern and welcomes dancers retro-fitted in Chuck Taylors and Shell Toes to do the two step.

    Get your dancing shoes on.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms_C9AK8FRg&feature=related

    /Get jiggy with it.

  25. 24 Jun 2008 at 11:11 am25CRAZY MOMMA said:

    And what about Jerry Jeff’’s Charlie Dunn? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fg3y_PvUxM

  26. 24 Jun 2008 at 12:56 pm26Shaun Harvey said:

    an excellent choice Crazy Momma! I’ll be adding videos in a few minutes. And thanks five for the fancy footwork.

  27. 24 Jun 2008 at 1:54 pm27squidtank said:

    OK not walking - shoes sorry..

    ‘My Adidas’ - Run DMC

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=mrqJrRvng8w

    No shoe strings in ‘em - I did not win ‘em

  28. 24 Jun 2008 at 2:03 pm28mc said:

    @27: YESSS!!!!!

  29. 24 Jun 2008 at 4:00 pm29Shaun Harvey said:

    @27. I was wondering who was going to pull that one out. A nice follow up to that would be RunDMC and Aerosmith doing Walk This Way.

  30. 24 Jun 2008 at 10:26 pm30Shaun Harvey said:

    Unfortunately I couldn’t find an embedable version of Walk This Way. :(

    But here’s my second song choice for inclusion in the mix: I haven’t heard kathleen edwards’s latest but her first two albums are great. this one is from failier.

    Kathleen Edwards–Hockey Skates

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fbtkyYlLjs

  31. 25 Jun 2008 at 1:12 pm31Shaun Harvey said:

    I have to add one more because of a strange random coincidence. My computer is currently surrounded by stacks of CDs…I’m not sure exactly why or how it happened but either way, there they are, all piled up on either side of my keyboard.

    So I just happened to glance over at one stack a moment ago and noticed Stephen Malkmus’s Face the Truth album on top. For no real reason other than to check out once again the songs on the album, I picked it up and started scanning down the track listings. If you have the album you know what I eventually discovered…track 6…appropriately titled:

    No More Shoes

    Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC3CCA2zHHg

    How beautifully random!

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