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MixTape Draft - 6+ word titles. Finish your draft and listen to mixes! (1 Viewer)
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El Floppo
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Binky The Doormat
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Devo - while I am a big fan of "Duty Now For The Future" my go-to for Devo is "Are We Not Men."El Floppo said:
El Floppo
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Also great. I just feel like Duty pushed it all ahead in a way that still resonates for me. Block head still one of my favorite songs.
rockaction
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I feel like Bananarama got played in here last night for some reason.
Bonzai
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The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I gave a 2nd, sober, listen to @KarmaPolice's mix this afternoon. Sounded just as good with no gin on board--although it is a great Saturday night, drinking mix.
I am a fan of most the artists on this mix and thus loved it. Of the bands I was less familiar with, the Dead Milkmen and Black Flag songs stood out. The Kinks' song is one of my favorites of all time and your selections from Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth and Neil Young were inspired. Love those 3.
There wasn't a weak link in this mix for me. I do not listen to a lot of R&B so although I've heard the three-fer in the middle of the mix before, they were also relatively new to me---all good.
Nice job!
I am a fan of most the artists on this mix and thus loved it. Of the bands I was less familiar with, the Dead Milkmen and Black Flag songs stood out. The Kinks' song is one of my favorites of all time and your selections from Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth and Neil Young were inspired. Love those 3.
There wasn't a weak link in this mix for me. I do not listen to a lot of R&B so although I've heard the three-fer in the middle of the mix before, they were also relatively new to me---all good.
Nice job!
Northern Voice
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Why can't we just get along?
Why can't we just get along?
Why can't we just get along?
Why can't we just get along?
You think you're so original
(Why can't we just get along?)
I can't wait for your funeral
(Why can't we just get along?)
Don't wish you were dead, I wish you'd never been born at all
(Why can't everybody just chill?)
I'm trying not to let you get in my head, but every line, every ####### syllable
That you say makes me wanna gouge out my eyes with a power drill
Why can't we just get along?
Why can't we just get along?
Why can't we just get along?
You think you're so original
(Why can't we just get along?)
I can't wait for your funeral
(Why can't we just get along?)
Don't wish you were dead, I wish you'd never been born at all
(Why can't everybody just chill?)
I'm trying not to let you get in my head, but every line, every ####### syllable
That you say makes me wanna gouge out my eyes with a power drill
Mrs. Rannous
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Binky The Doormat
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Mrs. Rannous
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Binky The Doormat
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rockaction
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I got my head shaved for her
Because she told me it would do all the right things for my attitude, see
I never knew that it would
I never knew that it could
I think, perhaps, because it makes no diffference
Because she told me it would do all the right things for my attitude, see
I never knew that it would
I never knew that it could
I think, perhaps, because it makes no diffference
Waingro
Footballguy
Listening to @El Floppo playlist right now. It's a compilation of the type of songs that are not currently in my wheelhouse but I really Like Like Like Like Like Like Like it so far. Will do a write up once completed.
KarmaPolice
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I was thinking more about the school draft, and I was leaning towards the drafters doing the whole mix for one category/subject. Mostly for selfish reasons, and ease of the draft:
1. We don't have to keep track of how many of each subject have been taken.
2. IMO it's easier to focus on one thing for the category drafts.
3. We don't have to debate and decide on the subjects everybody will have to draft.
NOW the one thing that concerned me about the draft is spreading out categories. I want people to do what they want so they can find songs they like, but I also want to make sure there is a bit of variety. If we have 20 drafters doing songs about Astronomy that would get old and there would be pretty slim pickins on songs after a bit. I was thinking capping each subject with 2 drafters? 3? That would be 40+ songs for each, and I am sure there is possible overlaps. Should we do first come first served? Assign subjects?
Stuff that I wrote down off the top of my head:
Art, Phy Ed, Health, Astronomy, Math, Physics, Anatomy, Sex Ed, History, Poli Sci, Biology, Zoology, Theology, Literature, Musci, Social Studies, Geography, Foreign Language, Psychology, there are damn near endless possibilities and I think a lot of these would have fun results and mixes.
1. We don't have to keep track of how many of each subject have been taken.
2. IMO it's easier to focus on one thing for the category drafts.
3. We don't have to debate and decide on the subjects everybody will have to draft.
NOW the one thing that concerned me about the draft is spreading out categories. I want people to do what they want so they can find songs they like, but I also want to make sure there is a bit of variety. If we have 20 drafters doing songs about Astronomy that would get old and there would be pretty slim pickins on songs after a bit. I was thinking capping each subject with 2 drafters? 3? That would be 40+ songs for each, and I am sure there is possible overlaps. Should we do first come first served? Assign subjects?
Stuff that I wrote down off the top of my head:
Art, Phy Ed, Health, Astronomy, Math, Physics, Anatomy, Sex Ed, History, Poli Sci, Biology, Zoology, Theology, Literature, Musci, Social Studies, Geography, Foreign Language, Psychology, there are damn near endless possibilities and I think a lot of these would have fun results and mixes.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'll take musci.
Raging weasel
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What makes a song qualify for a subject-say for example biology?
song title- eyes without a face
artist- finger 11
a line of the song- don't know much about history dont know much biology
not sure I get the concept here
Raging weasel
Footballguy
And didnt get to any mixes today as I left my headphones at home so couldn't listen at work. Hoping to finish them off tomorrow.
Yo Mama
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I'd say limit it to 3-4 of the same subject per drafter. I was thinking of either doing a listing of classes in either trimesters (6 subjects for each) or quarters (5 subjects each).
Would also be be fun to have the ability to draft some teacher songs and maybe even a school song (for all the generic songs about school).
Would also be be fun to have the ability to draft some teacher songs and maybe even a school song (for all the generic songs about school).
Steve Tasker
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
So you are more in favor of drafting multiple categories? Maybe we need a vote?
Again, a main hesitation on this idea is having to keep track of how many subjects each person has taken.
KarmaPolice
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Yo Mama
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out how to get to 20 songs without repeating some subjects - especially if they are broad like Math or History for example.
Mr. Ected
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I can keep track of this sort of stuff.
If I could figure out how to keep an MS Access DB online, we could do this easily.
Ilov80s
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rockaction
Footballguy
It sounds like an interesting idea, but I'm having a hard time coming up with songs in academic categories.
I dunno, I'm still waiting on Spotify Premium here, otherwise I would have knocked Bonzai's mix off.
I dunno, I'm still waiting on Spotify Premium here, otherwise I would have knocked Bonzai's mix off.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I would say we focus on songs, but after that, it's up to the drafter's interpretation. You have the right idea - either something in the song title fits the category, lyrics do, or both. IMO the more open we are, the better the mixes turn out. Make it too restrictive and people have to draft stuff just to draft it.
On that note you could be as general or specific as you want for a category. Say you are doing Geography - you could do a song about a specific City/Country or something that mentions "river" or has it in the title.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I was thinking of organizing my list something like this:
School song (like your fight song): some misc "school" song
Quarter/Trimester/Semester 1 (maybe with some kind of theme)
Subject 1 (ie Math) - song
Subject 2 (Science) - song
Subject 3 (History) - song
Subject 4 (Spanish) - song
Subect 5 (PE) - song
Misc - a place to put more generic teacher/school related songs
Repeat for other quarters/semesters. You don't have to use all the same subjects, but you could have a different Math song for each semester if you wanted.
That's just how I was thinking of organizing my list (if rules allowed). I'd be fine letting drafters do whatever they want, although someone drafting 20 Astronomy related songs might make for some scarcity issues.
I'll do whatever the group wants to do though.
School song (like your fight song): some misc "school" song
Quarter/Trimester/Semester 1 (maybe with some kind of theme)
Subject 1 (ie Math) - song
Subject 2 (Science) - song
Subject 3 (History) - song
Subject 4 (Spanish) - song
Subect 5 (PE) - song
Misc - a place to put more generic teacher/school related songs
Repeat for other quarters/semesters. You don't have to use all the same subjects, but you could have a different Math song for each semester if you wanted.
That's just how I was thinking of organizing my list (if rules allowed). I'd be fine letting drafters do whatever they want, although someone drafting 20 Astronomy related songs might make for some scarcity issues.
I'll do whatever the group wants to do though.
Eephus
Footballguy
I really tried to work this one in. I couldn't get the song out of my head but it just didn't fit the rest of the mix.
I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Video has chicks behind bars if that's an enticement
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
OK. @JZilla's mix threw me for a loop. There was a lot of stuff that I expect from a Zilla mix and then there was the other stuff---and it worked for the most part.
I hadn't heard that Judas Priest song for many years and it brought back good memories from Jr. High (if that's possible). I had no idea it was a Fleetwood Mac cover until you mentioned that fact during the draft. Loved the Beasties, Mudhoney, SFA, BJM, Waylon, Beatles and Prince.
Of those I was not familiar with, I really liked the Hawkwind and especially the Steve Harley.
Then there were the Lightfoot and Sparks---songs I wouldn't have guessed you'd draft. Loved the former, not the latter as much. And I'm still not sure what to make of that Floyd song. I don't think I've heard it before or anything from Ummagumma. I think I actually love it. I need to give that album a spin.
Overall I really enjoyed your mix. Thanks!
I hadn't heard that Judas Priest song for many years and it brought back good memories from Jr. High (if that's possible). I had no idea it was a Fleetwood Mac cover until you mentioned that fact during the draft. Loved the Beasties, Mudhoney, SFA, BJM, Waylon, Beatles and Prince.
Of those I was not familiar with, I really liked the Hawkwind and especially the Steve Harley.
Then there were the Lightfoot and Sparks---songs I wouldn't have guessed you'd draft. Loved the former, not the latter as much. And I'm still not sure what to make of that Floyd song. I don't think I've heard it before or anything from Ummagumma. I think I actually love it. I need to give that album a spin.
Overall I really enjoyed your mix. Thanks!
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I think there are some super easy categories with tons of songs:
Religion - anything with God, Devil, Heaven, Jesus, on and on.
Geography - like I posted above, anything that mentions a City, State, Country or just generic river/mountain, etc..
Zoology - any mention of animals
Math - you could just take songs with numbers
Astronomy - anything with Sun, Earth, planets, stars, comets, Universe in the song or title.
rockaction
Footballguy
Oh, okay. I was getting a little tightly wound, I guess. I was thinking total thematics rather than tangential relations.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Nah. The music drafts are just about the mixes and the fun of it. No need to force people to get too restrictive with it. To me these categories and different drafts are more about getting us a little outside our usual stuff and getting us researching songs and bands we haven't dipped into for a bit to get something for the draft. Ultimately it's still about us getting good mixes together.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
This is exactly the creativity I had in mind. If we don't think there will be much crossover and scarcity, I am fine with having a free or all and have people just do some sort of school/class theme. I am personally more wanting to go the other route and do a mix with 20 different physics terms or something. Again, the main risk is what you said - we somehow get people needing to draft 100 History songs overall and then we run into scarcity and stuff people don't really want to take .
Yo Mama
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Yeah, I'm all for letting people do what they want with these drafts.
This is exactly the creativity I had in mind. If we don't think there will be much crossover and scarcity, I am fine with having a free or all and have people just do some sort of school/class theme. I am personally more wanting to go the other route and do a mix with 20 different physics terms or something. Again, the main risk is what you said - we somehow get people needing to draft 100 History songs overall and then we run into scarcity and stuff people don't really want to take .
Eephus
Footballguy
I watched enough basketball to make my eyes bounce 
but managed to fit a few mixes in. I was either riding my bike or cooking while I listened so my notes aren't good.
sn0mmis: Familiar but very enjoyable songs with a nice bouncy flow. I already commented on the unlikely segue from Cheap Trick to Travolta/Newton John. I always forget how much I like Cracker--they always play SF over the Xmas holidays but we never go see them. Maybe this is the year.
rockaction: I liked the Thursday and Refused songs and thought some of the sound effects and spoken word clips to transition between songs worked well. But I don't think the I Have A Dream speech could have wallpapered the gap between Kids Bop and Four Tet.
hov34: Loved the sweet soul music in the middle. It made me wish that I made my mix more diverse than sticking in the same groove. There's room in this tent for Waylon and Irma Thomas just as there should be. Extra points for not taking the obvious route of sticking the CCR and John Fogerty songs back to back.
simey: Very nice groove. I liked the Buddy & Julie song and thought it worked well where it was in the mix. The U2 song kind of stuck out in the middle but I'm not a huge fan. We're still considering going to see Eileen Jewell in Berkeley.
dal_phan: Thanks for including the Lucero song. I always feel like that when I'm visiting LA; we're the type of nerds who'll go out of our way to visit Dee Dee Ramones' grave or the spot where Biggie was shot. There's never a bad time to listen to the Mavericks and I had fun singing One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer while riding up Market St. The treacly power ballad from Cinderella worked in its context and the Prine song that followed was like an acoustic solo encore.
floppo: I don't think I've ever heard the songs from Of Montreal and Yo La Tengo. I think you've drafted YLT (or somebody did) and I thought to myself, this is good I should listen to more of it. The Rotary Connection track was nice and led into the Poulenc piano track. The transition from there to Death Grips was enough to get a WTF was that from Mrs. Eephus so mission accomplished I guess. I'm kind of surprised you chose the re-recorded version of the Go4 song over the original.
I'm about midway through NV's now The Tragically Hip is another one of those bands that I never listen to but always seem to like when I do hear them. I'm not a fan of the drummer though.
but managed to fit a few mixes in. I was either riding my bike or cooking while I listened so my notes aren't good.sn0mmis: Familiar but very enjoyable songs with a nice bouncy flow. I already commented on the unlikely segue from Cheap Trick to Travolta/Newton John. I always forget how much I like Cracker--they always play SF over the Xmas holidays but we never go see them. Maybe this is the year.
rockaction: I liked the Thursday and Refused songs and thought some of the sound effects and spoken word clips to transition between songs worked well. But I don't think the I Have A Dream speech could have wallpapered the gap between Kids Bop and Four Tet.
hov34: Loved the sweet soul music in the middle. It made me wish that I made my mix more diverse than sticking in the same groove. There's room in this tent for Waylon and Irma Thomas just as there should be. Extra points for not taking the obvious route of sticking the CCR and John Fogerty songs back to back.
simey: Very nice groove. I liked the Buddy & Julie song and thought it worked well where it was in the mix. The U2 song kind of stuck out in the middle but I'm not a huge fan. We're still considering going to see Eileen Jewell in Berkeley.
dal_phan: Thanks for including the Lucero song. I always feel like that when I'm visiting LA; we're the type of nerds who'll go out of our way to visit Dee Dee Ramones' grave or the spot where Biggie was shot. There's never a bad time to listen to the Mavericks and I had fun singing One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer while riding up Market St. The treacly power ballad from Cinderella worked in its context and the Prine song that followed was like an acoustic solo encore.
floppo: I don't think I've ever heard the songs from Of Montreal and Yo La Tengo. I think you've drafted YLT (or somebody did) and I thought to myself, this is good I should listen to more of it. The Rotary Connection track was nice and led into the Poulenc piano track. The transition from there to Death Grips was enough to get a WTF was that from Mrs. Eephus so mission accomplished I guess. I'm kind of surprised you chose the re-recorded version of the Go4 song over the original.
I'm about midway through NV's now The Tragically Hip is another one of those bands that I never listen to but always seem to like when I do hear them. I'm not a fan of the drummer though.
Eephus
Footballguy
I've been skimming over the gin talk and whatnot but have absolutely no idea where you nerds are going with this school stuff. My preferences are always fewer songs and less restrictive rules.
We saw The Blasters last night playing a show at a club in a suburban strip mall. It was a very strange venue. We got there early before the sound check and the crew had to take down a large painting of Metallica to set up the merch display. But the band always tears it up and we'll go see 'em wherever as long as Phil is able to tour. Unfortunately, no six word song titles in their catalog.
We saw The Blasters last night playing a show at a club in a suburban strip mall. It was a very strange venue. We got there early before the sound check and the crew had to take down a large painting of Metallica to set up the merch display. But the band always tears it up and we'll go see 'em wherever as long as Phil is able to tour. Unfortunately, no six word song titles in their catalog.
Northern Voice
Footballguy
I love that whole album.Eephus said:
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Hell yes @sn0mm1s! I love your mix. Many of my favorite bands are here---Smiths/Morrissey, Cracker, DM, T4F's, U2, Femmes and Pixies. The isolated hip hop and Broadway musical tunes stood out a bit in the mix but other than that, the flow was great.
Personal favorites: There is a LIght, End of the World, Bird Dream, and A Pain That I'm Used To.
Personal favorites: There is a LIght, End of the World, Bird Dream, and A Pain That I'm Used To.
The Dreaded Marco
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rockaction
Footballguy
Eephus said:I watched enough basketball to make my eyes bounce
rockaction: I liked the Thursday and Refused songs and thought some of the sound effects and spoken word clips to transition between songs worked well. But I don't think the I Have A Dream speech could have wallpapered the gap between Kids Bop and Four Tet.
That's awesome. Thanks for listening to it. In all seriousness, I think people were making too much with the segues. I drafted and went in order. Any real transitions were not necessarily accidental, but really just a bonus. I more made a DI mix out of 6+ word titles. T. Swift wouldn't have been so prominent if Spotify had had other bands I wanted to take. I personally wanted NOFX at the end, but they don't have them. It seems, like Zilla's Sparks (which I liked) that the T. Swift song was the hang-up in the mix. Perhaps I got too cute, and too cool.
rockaction
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Steve Tasker
Footballguy
@Ilov80s mix is definitely a departure from my normal musical listenings, so in that sense it's definitely a welcome mix. I found a few of the songs to be a little slow for me, though that's probably going to happen with any mix of older music like this. I really liked the back-half of the mix with the soul sound, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, The Supremes. The mix flows really well despite having some thematic oddballs in there...Taking Back Sunday, Gotye, White Stripes. I enjoyed.
JZilla
Footballguy
Definitely a lot of chill stuff on there.. was pretty helpful actually on a late Sunday night coming back across the country from Vegas
Mine is probably not a Friday night drinking mix.
I listened to a few others as well.. not as many as I'd hoped.. but I'll post some more thoughts once I'm caught up and have time
Eephus
Footballguy
It's still a mixtape to me dammit.
In all seriousness, I think people were making too much with the segues. I drafted and went in order. Any real transitions were not necessarily accidental, but really just a bonus. I more made a DI mix out of 6+ word titles. T. Swift wouldn't have been so prominent if Spotify had had other bands I wanted to take. I personally wanted NOFX at the end, but they don't have them. It seems, like Zilla's Sparks (which I liked) that the T. Swift song was the hang-up in the mix. Perhaps I got too cute, and too cool.
It used to be a science to equalize song volume, avoid having too much dead space between tracks and not run out of tape at the end.
C30, C60, C90 Go
rockaction
Footballguy
I was going to pick that song. Hell Toupee took it in a draft a while back. I hear you on the volume and even run time. Mine clocked in at under C90. Was worried about that, actually.
sn0mm1s
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Glad you enjoyed it. Doesn't sound like there was much new for you but we definitely seem to share some musical tastes.
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