ALLSORTS OF RATS!

On this edition Michele K-tel celebrates the 2020 Lunar New Year with ALLSORTS of songs about rodents, whether they are found in the sewer, animated cartoons or of the nefarious two legged variety.  Happy Year of the Rat!

Playlist

  1. I Smell a Rat by Big Mama Thornton on Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings (Geffen)
  2. The Ratcatcher by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra on Antibalas (Daptone)
  3. Mouse & the Man by Eek-A-Mouse on The Mouse & the Man (Greensleeves)
  4. Mickey Mouse by Sparks on Angst in My Pants (Atlantic)
  5. Goofy the Mouse by Mudwimmin on Skiz (Big Dog)
  6. Break
  7. Rata de Dos Patas by Marc Ribot & Ohene Cornelius on Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018 (Anti / Epitaph)
  8. The Rat Age by T-Bone Burnett on Tooth of the Crime (Nonesuch)
  9. Bag of Rats by Kevin Morby on Our First 100 Days (Secretly Group)
  10. Year of the Rat by Badly Drawn Boy on One Plus One is One (XL)
  11. Break
  12. Die Antword by Rats Rule f/ Jack Black on Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid (Sony)
  13. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy by The Blood Brothers on Crimes (Epitaph)
  14. Rats by Lawn on Blood on the Tracks (Forged Artifacts)
  15. Rat is Dead (Rage) by CSS on Donkey (Sub Pop)
  16. Break
  17. Rats by Kinks on Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneyggoround, Pt. 1 (Sanctuary)
  18. Rats by Syd Barrett on Opel (Legacy)
  19. The Rat's Prayer by The Soft Boys on Soft Boys 1976-81 (Rykodisc)
  20. I Think I Smell A Rat by White Stripes on White Blood Cells (Third Man)
  21. Rats by Sleepy John Estes on Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis (Arhoolie)
  22. Break
  23. Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers by Dwarfs Of East Agouza on Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers (Akuphone/Annihaya Records)
  24. Rat Race by The Specials on The Specials (2 Tone)
  25. Hellhole Ratrace by Girls on Album (True Panther)
  26. Rat Race by FUZZ on II (In the Red)
  27. Caged Rat by Soul Asylum on Let Your Dim Light Shine (Columbia)
  28. Willard by Willard on Official Trailer (YouTube)
  29. My Pet Rat St. Michael by Mark Eitzel on Candy Ass (Cooking Vinyl)
  30. Break
  31. Kingston Calypso by Byron Lee & the Dragonaires on Dr. No Soundtrack (Capitol)
  32. The Slap Hoppy Mouse by Carl Stalling on The Carl Stalling Project Vol. 2 (Warner Bros)
  33. La Rata by Juana Molina on Wed 21 (Crammed Discs)