Secret Santa Mix - 2009
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 19:41
Tags:
- Three Four and More
- Three Four...
- 1. Joseph Arthur – Cockroach
- 2. Ween – The Blarney Stone
- 3. Dr. John – Danse Kalinda Ba Doom
- 4. Dogbowl – Beautiful Trailer Park
- 5. Serge Gainsbourg – Valse de Melody
- 6. The Cranberries – Waltzing Back
- 7. Otis Redding – Tennessee Waltz
- 8. Continental Drifters – I Want to Learn to Waltz With You
- 9. Nickel Creek – Green and Gray
- 10. The Mountain Goats – No Children
- 11. Adam Again – Hide Away
- 12. Scott Walker – Rhymes of Goodbye
- ...and More
- 13. Barenaked Ladies – Powder Blue
- 14. Flight of the Conchords – If You’re Into It
- 15. Robyn Hitchcock – Uncorrected Personality Traits
- 16. Todd Snider – Barefoot Champagne
- 17. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Toxic Toast
- 18. Too Much Joy – King of Beers
- 19. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears – The Curious Disappearance of the Sky-Ship Thunder-Man
- 20. X-Ray Spex – Warrior in Woolworths
- 21. Rockpile – When I Write the Book
- 22. The Gap Band – Steppin’ (Out)
- 23. The Loud Family – Last Honest Face
- 24. The Hot Melts – Edith
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Santa’s notes:
I finally got my mixes today and remembered that I had never officially posted my playlist for this year.
At some point I realized a few of the CDs I had bought last year had songs with "waltz" in the titles. I decided it might be fun to put them together on a mix and also include some other songs written in 3/4 time. I realized you could also look at the first section as three chunks of four songs each, since the waltzes are flanked by four songs on either side, giving the "Three Four" an added layer of meaning.
This almost became the first Secret Santa mix without an Adam Again song. I was planning on putting "River on Fire" in the first half, but I accidentally left Dig at my house in Baltimore instead of taking it to my apartment, so I couldn't put it on. I checked Homeboys which I did have here and found that "Hide Away" was in 3/4. Phew, crisis averted! This is also my fourth mix to feature Dogbowl, my third to feature Barenaked Ladies, my second to feature The Mountain Goats, and my second to feature Ween.
What is truly momentous is that this is my first mix without any songs that were originally opening tracks on their respective albums. In fact, in 2008, I had one opening track; in 2007, I had two opening tracks; and in 2005 and 2006, I had four opening tracks. Clearly my reliance on opening tracks has just been decreasing exponentially since '06.
Anyway, whoever got this, I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had making it.