From Sister Ray to Roadrunner: A Mix

An amusing mix I put together a few years back, thought I'd share it via Spotify. The songs are built around a familiar vamp on an either 2- or 3-chord progression. The Velvet Underground rocked the riff for over 17 minutes on "Sister Ray" back in 1968; Jonathan Richman and his Modern Lovers simplified it and sped it up for "Roadrunner" (recorded around 1972, finally released around 1976); and Wire slowed it down to a dirge-lake pace for the atypically grinding "Strange" on their 1977 debut.

The rest of the songs here all use variations of that basic motif. I also threw in a few covers (lots of versions of "Roadrunner" out there). Alas, the limitations of Spotify forced me to omit a few songs from my original CD mix -- Amy Rigby's fantastic "That Tone Of Voice," and the Feelies' "Doin' It Again" -- but otherwise it's pretty comprehensive.

Would love to hear suggestions on songs I overlooked for an expanded deluxe edition.

Some videos, perhaps?

The Velvet Underground:

R.E.M.:

Luna:

Modern Lovers:

 Stereolab:

The Jesus & Mary Chain:

 Matthew Sweet:

The Feelies:

Amy Rigby:

The Paranoid Style:

The Clean: