All is quiet, on New Year’s Day. Except for this mixtape (you may adjust your volume per hangover conditions Monday morning). Cheers! “This Will Be Our Year” – The Zombies – Starting on a positive note. Lovely Beatle-esque number from the Odyssey and Oracle album. You don’t have to worryAll your worried days are goneThis will be our yearTook a long time to come At least…we can always hope, right? “Time” – David Bowie – A song as timeless as Bowie himself. Time, he’s waiting in the wings/He speaks of senseless things… “1999″ – Prince – Sadly, it’s a perennial question: “Mommy…why does everybody have a bomb?” “1921” – The Who – Got a feeling ’21 is gonna be a good year. OK, back to the drawing board …let’s make ’24 a better one. “Time” – Oscar Brown, Jr. – A wise and soulful gem…tick, tock. “New Year’s Day” – U2 – I know… “Edgy pick, Captain Obvious!” But it’s still a great song. “Year of the Cat” – Al Stewart – Old Grey Whistle Test clip. Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime… “Reeling in the Years” – Steely Dan – A pop-rock classic with a killer solo by Elliot Randall. “New Year’s Resolution” – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Ace Stax B-side from 1968, with that unmistakable “Memphis sound”. Speaking of which… check out my review of the Stax music doc, Take Me to the River. “Same Old Lang Syne” – Dan Fogelberg –…