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Ms W 94 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 16:00
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put on a a tape for a stranger... what would they be?
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ratcni01 916 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 16:01
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to what end, i mean what effect on the stranger
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moey 770 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 16:27
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good pooint ;o)
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Fitter Stoke 2611 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 17:03
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Do you mean ten tracks by Copey, or ten tracks by anybody? If the former, just tape 'Fried'. If the latter, tape Tull's 'Benefit'. Either way you should have a happy friend, unless their taste is so bad they don't deserve your friendship anyway.
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Howden 216 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 17:56
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My 'Back To Mine'/'Burn It' type compilation would be; 1. Velvet Underground - 'What Goes On' (from 'Live 1969') 2. Mekons - 'Where Were You' 3. Swell Maps - 'Dresden Style' 4. Noah House of Dread - 'Only Selassie I' 5. ??? - 'Jah Rasta Man' (taped from John Peel, late 70s; never found out who recorded it!) 6. Television - 'Marquee Moon' 7. Lou Reed - 'Street Hassle' 8. Avenue - 'Don't Fail' (greatest 'unrecorded band ever!) 9. The Only Ones - 'Another Girl, Another Planet' (beautiful, soaring, uplifting... desolate) 10. ??? - 'Extra-Ordinary Dub' (can't remember who the artists are on this... the vinyl is in the loft!... but it's brilliant. Played it down the phone three times to a friend when I first bought it, many moons ago!) I hope the stranger would be able to see why these particular tracks had been chosen for them to have a listen to...
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Howden 216 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 17:57
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I've showed you mine, do I get to see yours!!! ;o}
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Son Of Alice 41 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 20:37
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Hoo boy. It's harder than I thought it would be. Gotta go give it some more thought. I will say that the first song would be Cope's "Bandy's First Jump" - his audible sense of freedom at unshackling himself and his muse from what the Teardrop had turned into is exhilirating. I think anyone who's freed themselves from unnecessary and/or self-imposed pressures could relate. xxoo SOA
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anthonyqkiernan 7087 posts |
Jan 25, 2003, 22:07
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1: Sexy Roy Orbison - The Fuckers 2: Pine Box - Slim Cessna's Auto Club 3: You're The One - Jonathon Richman & The Modern Lovers. 4: Hive - The Fatima Mansions 5: A Beautiful Thing - The Handsome Family 6: Forkboy - Lard 7: Sunday Morning coming Down - Johnny Cash 8: Bring The Noise - Anthrax with Chuck D 9: I'm In Pittsburgh (And It's Raining) - The Vibes 10: I know It's True, But I'm Sorry To Say - Violent Femmes
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dizzyfarie 152 posts |
Jan 26, 2003, 02:19
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1-die kunst.................................................space race 2-eat static..........................the curious doctor hump 3-the cure...........................................................screw 4-julian cope..........................................space hopper 5-echo and the bunnymen...........................the cutter 6-the strokes................................new york city cops 7-garbage............................................................queer 8-rage against the machine......killing in the name of 9-xmal deutshcland.........................incubus sucubus 10-andy williams..............................................spooky preeeti eclectic, you may think but all the songs i've chosen are good to be wrecked to!love dizzy xXx ps. may i just say that with this thread you've almot certainli ruined at least mi week as i'll spend it revising mi lis (in mi head, don't worri) and regreting ever reading this but hey, i'll survive!
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grufty jim 1978 posts |
Jan 26, 2003, 05:08
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with apologies to Nick Hornby, i thought i'd use this opportunity to waffle interminably about the process of making a 10 track mix tape. I dunno what effect i'm supposed to be having on the stranger to whom i'm giving the tape, but if it's just a "hey! look how good music can be!" compilation, then it'd probably run something like... 1. Cabinessence - The Beach Boys What has *ever* sounded like this? Before or since? Nothing! That's what. Absolutely nothing. Just *what* are they doing with their voices? And how much is Brian Wilson the only person who could have produced this track? Open a tape with this and you are making a powerful statement of intent. You're saying: "Prepare for a soaring, epic journey through a sonic landscape far more magickal than anything you could ever imagine". Or, y'know, something like that, but marginally less poncey. 2. Summertime Rolls - Jane's Addiction And once you've opened with a track like Cabinessence, you just gotta keep the 'soaring' vibe going. Check out the guitars here - sliding effortlessly halfway across the galaxy and back. Perry Farrell's voice, ragged and urgent, picks you up and makes you wish that every day could be spent lying round in sunlit meadows with the person you love. This is what music is all about. 3. Song To The Siren - Tim Buckley Has the compilation started out too epic? I mean, where can you go after those opening tracks? Ah, but of course! I know; bring the tempo down and soften the vibe, but do it using the most gorgeous love song ever sung. How can you go wrong? When he sings "waiting to hold you" and his voice wavers just a bit... dear god... it's too perfect. 4. Working Class Hero - John Lennon And then you bring out the big guns. Cos let's face it; if a random stranger asks you what 10 songs they need to hear, how can this NOT be on the list? "They keep you doped with religion and sex and TV / and you think you're so clever and classless and free / but you're still fuckin peasants as far as i can see". Sing *that* knowing everyone in the world is going to hear it, cos you've just emerged from the Beatles! Yes! 5. Heroes - David Bowie There's what? Maybe 3 or 4 people who could possibly follow a full-on Lennon confessional without making you cringe at the sudden drop in intensity. And Bowie, it goes without saying, is one of them. There's a bewildering array to choose from once you've decided to go for a Bowie song - do you pick a relatively obscure track, like "The Prettiest Star" that you think more people should hear? Or go straight for the jugular and put on "Heroes"? Ultimately it's no contest.
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