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I’m on a random playlist binge today. It just goes to show that music can be connected in more ways than can be written down in any complete manner. Case in point, songs that mention “rubber”. This may be the first (and last?) playlist ever created that is figuratively held together by elastic hydrocarbon polymer.  Maybe the Rubber Manufactures Association will have a use for it? Or maybe it can find a home as background music for you’re next rubber fetish party?

No?, Well, if rubber doesn’t have any significance to you, don’t fret, this playlist is actually extremely listenable, and contains such respected artists as The Spinners, The Blues Brothers, David Bowie, The Stooges, The Smiths,  John Mayall, The Cyrkle, Bootsy Collins, The Gap Band and many more.

If you’re interested, here’s some rubber information from Wikipedia:

The major commercial source of natural latex used to create rubber is the Para rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae). This is largely because it responds to wounding by producing more latex. Henry Wickham gathered thousands of seeds from Brazil in 1876 and they were germinated in Kew Gardens, England. The seedlings were sent to Colombo, Indonesia, Singapore and British Malaya. Malaya was later to become the biggest producer of rubber.

Other plants containing latex include figs (Ficus elastica), euphorbias, and the common dandelion. Although these have not been major sources of rubber, Germany attempted to use such sources during World War II when it was cut off from rubber supplies. These attempts were later supplanted by the development of synthetic rubber.

 

Ode To Rubber Playlist

 

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