If I asked you to make a tiny mix tape for me, what would you put on it? I know there are some diverse musical tastes on this forum, so I'm curious!

oldies!

(see, I didn't ignore your post)

-k
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You are the one true otter.

So what songs?

For me now.. it would be.

Nas - I can
Eminem - Invasion
Jay Z - Watcher 2
Nas - Warrior
E. Badu(SP?) FT. Common - Love of my Life


Well you will have to like rap music I guess to like my tiny mixtape.

I don't hate rap music at all.

Thank you.

Since most of my CD collection is 80's "alternative" stuff, I'd make you a mixer of smaller, unknown bands that still sound good today. I used to make these tapes all the time for friends, but I lost interest somewhat back in '91 when it became a lot easier to find/hear alternative music.

Stuff like the Woodentops, Lucy Show, Rain Parade, Chameleons,
Hunters & Collectors, etc. If you really want a CD like this just email me!

Sure! I'm always willing to listen to new (or different) stuff!

Based upon what I've been listening to lately...

Phish "Pebbles & Marbles"
The Gourds "Ants on the Melon"
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt "The Seed (2.0)"
Josh Joplin Group "Siddharthas of Suburbia"
Badly Drawn Boy "40 Days, 40 Fights"
Bob Dylan & the Rolling Thunder Revue "Tangled Up in Blue"

The Cars: "All Mixed Up"
The Delfonics: "La La Means I Love You"
Dr. Demento: "Fish Heads"
Alan Jackson: "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" (9/11 tribute song)
Kid Rock: "Only God Knows Why"
Avril Levigne: "Sk8er Boi"
New Radicals: "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending"
Ryan Adams: "Losering"
Jay Farrar: "Voodoo Candle"

You jerk! All those songs suck!

Hey, I really like "Losering" ('tho it's by Whiskeytown, not Ryan Adams). "Where Were You (When They Built the Ladder to Heaven)" (or whatever it's called) is one of the worst songs I've ever heard though...

I don't think she's ever even heard the real song, but they did such a good job making Alan Jackson look like an opportunistic ass on South Park that I just had to include it.

Although I'm not a fan of Ryan Adams (or a lot of his Whiskeytown stuff), I can be convinced that quite a few songs on Stranger's Almanac were actually pretty good (Houses on the Hill, especially)... "Losering" isn't one of them.

"Losering" is my absolute least favorite song Whiskeytown has ever done. Ever.

Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up
Avril Lavigne - Skater Boi
Andrew W.K. - It's Time To Party
Jennifer Lopez - Jenny From The Block
Nick Carter - Do I have to cry?

You cant get better than those classics

Colplay - Amsterdam
Air - You Make it Easy
Doves - There Goes The Fear
Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion
Interpol - Leif Erikson

All are pretty mellow and not rocking at all....

1. Art of Noise - Dreaming in Colour
2. Supergrass - Za
3. Suede - Cool Thing
4. Pet Shop Boys - London (Westbam in Berlin mix)
5. Mouse on Mars - Mykologics
6. Ash - Warmer than Fire
7. Catatonia - Dream On
8. Bluetones - Keep the Home Fires Burning
9. James - Falling Down
10. Delgados - All You Need is Hate

I'd take you a few decades...

America - Sister Golden Hair
Aliota Haynes & Jeramiah - Lake Shore Drive
Sammy Johns - Chevy Van
Mason Profit - Two Hangmen
Todd Rungren - Hello, It's Me
Harry Chapin - Taxi (Live)
Foghat - I Just Want to Make Love To You (live version)

Here's one crossing many genre's:

Masta Ace - Spread it Out
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Buju Banton - Untold Stories
Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

I would make a Portishead CD and give it to you at Christmas.
J

Right now, I'm on this gigantic Mogwai kick. It wouldn't be tiny, but I'd put these songs:

1. Waltz for Aidan
2. Take Me Somewhere Nice
3. Christmas Steps
4. Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home
5. Like Herod
6. Mogwai Fear Satan

In that order, because it follows a pretty good progression from mellower to harder. Well, "Mogwai Fear Satan" isn't harder than "Like Herod" but it is perhaps the best Mogwai song ever.

EBM/Industrial/Synthpop

1. VNV Nation - Darkangel
2. Assemblage 23 - Drive
3. Project Pitchfork - I Live Your Dream (Gary Numan Remix)
4. Apoptygma Berzerk - Starsign
5. Decoded Feedback - Celestia
6. VNV Nation - Rubicon
7. Velvet Acid Christ - Decypher (Force = Authority Remix)
8. Assemblage 23 - Naked
9. Project Pitchfork - Daimonion
10. Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song
11. VNV Nation - Epicentre
12. Assemblage 23 - King of Insects
13. Velvet Acid Christ - Dilaudid (Postponed)

Drum'n'bass

1. Dom & Kemal - Moulin Rouge
2. Concord Dawn - Cloud City
3. Raiden - Fallin
4. Dom & Keaton - Mordor
5. Concord Dawn - Morning Light
6. Kemal & Rob Data - ****ing Hostile
7. Kemal - Let it Move You
8. Tech Itch - Rukus VIP
9. Usual Suspects - ED-209
10. Concord Dawn - Take Me Away

Never been a big VAC fan, but a solid list. Good to see some industrial/electro tastes in this forum.

My list:

Angels & Agony - Forever [Assemblage 23 Mix]
Apoptygma Berzerk - Pikachu
Assemblage 23 - Lullaby
The Birthday Massacre - Horror Show
De/vision - Endlose Träume [Insomnia Mix]
Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night [Sonic Integration]
Echo Image - Come Back
Hungry Lucy - Grave [Digger Mix]
Icon Of Coil - Access And Amplify
Informatik - A Matter Of Time
New Order - Crystal [Lee Coombs Remix]
Project Pitchfork - Sinus
Seabound - Hooked
VNV Nation - Airships

Ok, so that track listing is a bit longer than 80mins... but there you have it.

-matt

Wow, you guys have some really diverse tastes! Keep it all coming, if you will.

Hi Jack Duluoz--good to see you online!

I was worried for a second but I saw your sig and was relieved!

I must have one of them there extree-large hunnerd minute mini-tapes.

Rock - Alt Rock
BoDeans - Far Far Away From My Heart
Cheri Knight - Rose In The Vine
Cheri Knight - All Blue
Clean - Anything Could Happen
Connells - Get A Gun
Cracker - Happy Birthday To Me
Del Lords - I Play The Drums
Drugstore with Thom Yorke - El President
Drugstore - I Know I Could
Drugstore - Old Shoes (Tom Waits cover)
Eels - Grace Kelly Blues
Elvis Costello - Little Palaces
Elvis Costello - Battered Old Bird
Feelies - Higher Ground
Feelies - On The Roof
Flaming Lips - With You
Gourds - Layin' Around The House
Gourds - Gin and Juice (the somewhat famous Snoop Doggy Dogg cover)
Hunters and Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
Smithereens - Something New
XTC - Generals and Majors
XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Rhythm and/or Blues
Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams To Remember
R.L. Burnside - It's Bad You Know
Staple Singers - Long Walk To DC

Obscure Guilty Pleasures
Fabulous Poodles - Mirror Star
Green Pajamas - Kim The Waitress

Instrumentals
Black 47 - The Reels
Clean - Billy Two
Reivers - Hill Country Theme

Country - Alt. Country - Folk
Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - The Streets of Bakersfield
Earl Scruggs Review - My Tennessee Mountain Home (Dolly Parton cover)
John Prine - Blue Umbrella

Rap
Wyclef Jean with Ivy Queen - You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate cover)
Wyclef Jean - Another One Bites The Dust (Queen cover)