Secret Santa Mix - 2007
Submitted by AJDaGreat on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 12:14
Tags:
- Don't You Wanna Santa?
- 1. Lucky Soul – Ain’t Never Been Cool
- 2. Adam Again – Walk Between the Raindrops
- 3. Dogbowl – Swan
- 4. Spirit – Street Worm
- 5. Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan! – Cool
- 6. Donald Fagen – Walk Between Raindrops
- 7. The Zombies – Imagine the Swan
- 8. Van Morrison – Street Choir
- 9. De La Soul – I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
- 10. Average White Band – You Got It
- 11. Frank Zappa – Call Any Vegetable
- 12. Ben Folds Five – The Last Polka
- 13. The Afghan Whigs – 66
- 14. The Books – Smells Like Content
- 15. Todd Rundgren – Just Another Onionhead/Da Da Dali
- 16. The O’Jays – Time to Get Down
- 17. Urinetown Original Cast Recording – Run, Freedom, Run!
- 18. Toots and the Maytals – Pomp and Pride
- 19. Richard Hell and the Voidoids – The Plan
- 20. Sugar – If I Can’t Change Your Mind
- 21. Barenaked Ladies – Why Say Anything Nice?
- 22. The Futureheads – Favours for Favours
- 23. They Might Be Giants – We Live in a Dump
- 24. Pet Shop Boys – Jealousy
- 25. Elliott Smith – Say Yes
Author Comments:
While there's no actual theme to this mix, the first eight songs comprise a mini-rock-opera that I call "Walk Between the Cool Swan Street Raindrops."
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It was my mix that starts with XTC and I also got your mix. I liked most of the indie songs especially Ben Folds Five and The Afghan Whigs. Some of the older songs i really appreciated were The Zombies, Spirit and that excellent Frank Zappa song which makes want to hear alot more of his music. The songs i didn't like were by The O’Jays, Urinetown Original Cast Recording, Average White Band and Pet Shop Boys. Only two of the tracks i had heard before which were by Elliott Smith and Books both of which i'm fan of. Thank you for a good mix.
So, what did you think of mine?
Sorry I missed this post for so long! I just noticed it.
I think you did a better job of creating a feel to your mix than I did - while mine just tend to be collections of songs I like, yours had real atmosphere, which I liked a lot. I didn't really hate anything on it; some songs underwhelmed me, but they were still part of that larger whole. I had heard seven songs on it before (Bowie, Spoon, Microphones, Four Tet, Brian Eno, Talk Talk, Wire). I love XTC, Tom Waits, and Architecture in Helsinki, but I had never heard those songs before, so it was great to hear some of their lesser-known (but still awesome) tracks. Other standouts for me were Latest Disgrace, I'm So Green, Hilted, and Sleep. Thanks very much!
By the way, Frank Zappa has had a long and eclectic career. A lot of it is great, but much of it is great in different ways. "Call Any Vegetable" is from the Absolutely Free album, which contains a lot of songs - some more bizarre, some less bizarre - but which sound very different from the Hot Rats and Uncle Meat albums of just a few years later. If you liked "Call Any Vegetable," I'd feel pretty safe recommending Absolutely Free and also probably We're Only In It For the Money to you, but I have no idea if you'd like his other albums. Keep that in mind, but I hope you like what you hear!
I think i'll have to use more obscure songs next time but as long as you got something from it.
I listened to Hot Rats and liked it so i also got my hands on We're Only In It For the Money, One Size Fits All and Over-Nite Sensation. I'll try to listen to Absolutely Free as well.