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MixTape Draft - 6+ word titles. Finish your draft and listen to mixes! (1 Viewer)

karma police- your mix was a little jarring on shuffle play(only option on free mobile version) ..dug the bluesy/classic rock parts of your mix and even enjoyed the thing that only eats hippies. Never really got into punk-guess i'm not angry or drunk enough.

best track I never heard before was the arctic monkeys-may explore these guys some more.
Thanks for the listen.  I could see the song feeling weirder on mix.  Glad you liked some stuff. 

If you liked that Arctic Monkeys song, you might want to start with the album it's from - AM.  I like a lot of their stuff, but most of that album has a similar feel to it. 

 
Heh... I figured Grease songs weren't high on anyone's draft list. This would've been my mix if I could guarantee no snipes and the "Want" theme. I *think* only 3-4 were sniped... but that would've been enough to force me to start taking multiple Ramones songs or some random kid/Xmas songs. 

The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
Berry Gordy Jr - Money (That's What I Want)
Blondie - I Want To Drag You Around
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Don Henley - All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Minutemen - Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Want To Change The World
Righteous Brothers - I Just Want To Make Love To You
Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Skankin' Pickle - Ice Cube, Korea Wants A Word With You
Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tumbleweed Wanderers - Don't You Want To Get Higher?
Screeching Weasel - I Wanna Be With You Tonight
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Pet Shop Boys - What Did I Do To Deserve This
Dammit snooms I just shoved an icepick into my ear twenty minutes ago to get rid of this

 
@KarmaPolice

Overcompensating

Considering the theme here is known (6+, under 3 minutes) I can't really say anything you don't already know. People have said much better things about short, quick songs than I ever could, so it would seem hubristic to even try. So I'll simply say that I love the conciseness, sequencing, pacing, and pretty much everything about this mix. It screams Friday night more than Wednesday morning to me. I can picture myself sitting around with friends with this on in the background, drinking and playing quarters or something when Sleater-Kinney's "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone" comes on with the "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" chorus coming in while my friends and I sit at attention for a second or two. I knew a lot of these so I'm able to actually think about order on this one, and it's pretty darn good also. It's a singles mix, it would seem, and most of them work really well.

I love the Buzzcocks, Black Flag, Talking Heads, Circle Jerks, The Kinks (All Day and All Of The Night has seen many a mixtape I've personally made) and stuff like that already so the personal finds here are:

5 - Neil Young - What Did You Do To My Life? 

I generally don't like Neil Young, so this was cool, for lack of a better word

4 - CCR - It Came Out Of The Sky

Kind of a rollicking good tune, eh? I like CCR, had never heard this one.  

3) Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What You Never Had 

Dig it. I don't really like trad. blues, but this was cool

2) Sonic Youth - In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader

I like Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star but I hadn't really listened to this one because by the time I get there, I'm stuck on Bull in The Heather repeatedly. This was cool to hear in a sort of isolated setting

1) Sleater - Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone 

This is a band I never gave a chance. I don't know; you'd think a band that cribbed the cover of the Kink Kontroversy would appeal to me, but somehow they never did. This song simply rocks. Ramones-y with screaming vocals in the chorus? It doesn't get much better. 

Cool job, KP. Loved it. Right up my alley.
Thanks for the listen and glad you liked it.  Good to hear the flow worked as well, as that it what I said I had to work on. 

Sleater-Kinney is a band I am definitely late to the game for.  I think they are a band that I started listening to because of these drafts.  Not sure if it was due to somebody drafting them for a mix or from stumbling onto songs for research (probably a combo of both).  Now they are one of my go-tos for listening to and for these drafts. 

 
My next list was @Ilov80s mix:

I really appreciate his eclectic tastes and really really enjoyed this mix. I will likely listen to this one again when I want to drink some whiskey or wine and relax. I will however skip over two songs that didn't really fit the mood of the mix, and frankly I just didn't like - the Hotelier and BJ the Chicago Kid tracks.

Why Do Fools Fall in Love? should get move love than it does historically.

The mix also helped reaffirm the musical genius of Tom Waits, Jack White and Bob Dylan. Man, those guys can write songs and their vocals may not be pristine but they sure are identifiable and memorable.

 
I'm working from home today so trying to get through a bunch playing on my phone as I "work" on my laptop.

@KarmaPolice was next.

A good mix of punk(ish) and classic rock - I was familiar with about 80-85% of the music. Good to hear some Hank, even though I'm actually more of a Rollins Band fan than Black Flag.

Bands that I never made an effort to listen to that I now think I really should: Buzzcocks, Sleater-Kinney, The Hold Steady and Artic Monkeys (especially the last two). Great stuff on this mix by those bands,
My playlist got some action today. I am guessing people are mostly going in post order on the OP?  Thanks for the listen.

I suggested AM for the album if you liked that song to RW, and for The Hold Steady I personally am hit or miss with them, but Boys and Girls in America is easily one of my favorite albums of the last decade or so, and that's the album of theirs that song came from. 

 
I put the names in a list randomizer to mix it up a bit as far as what mixes are getting action.  :nerd:

Listened to Yo Mama's list a bit this morning while the monkey and I ate breakfast.  Had to move on as the rap started up, so will listen to the rest of the mix during her nap.  simey's mix is next followed by Ilov80s. 

 
What's the best way to get the playlists to open on my Spotify app on the computer rather than in web browser?
Copy and paste the link into the search box on the desktop app - that list will pop up.  Follow to put in playlists bucket.  That was how it worked for my on Windows 10.

 
Eeph mix was real good.. steady eddie.. I liked the Ballboy song about ****, it reminds of the time I went to ****'s and got some balls

For real though out of the handful of acts I wasn't too familiar with I'm most interested in checking out more of their stuff.

I need to listen to more Thin Lizzy now that I'm older and wiser.  That MSP song is nice too

I still don't need to listen to anymore Bangles
This was a band I never listened to much until we started doing these things, now they are one of my faves.  I would directly tie these drafts into my love for Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Thin Lizzy that I have now.  There are a lot of others as well, but these 3 I have listened to more than just about any band over the last several years. 

 
This was a band I never listened to much until we started doing these things, now they are one of my faves.  I would directly tie these drafts into my love for Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Thin Lizzy that I have now.  There are a lot of others as well, but these 3 I have listened to more than just about any band over the last several years. 
They never caught on with me much in my younger years, for whatever reason, but anytime I hear them lately I am usually digging it

 
I'm finishing Dr. Octopus now and it's really good.  On a side note why can't I use the back button after I already heard a tune?  

Doc Oc had a very nice flow to his mix. He also had many under the radar tunes I enjoyed but hadn't heard in a while.

Dr. Octopus songs I loved....

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better by the Byrds was great.  I had not heard that in a LONG time.

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Jayhawks I was really feeling this. 

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield made me smile and laugh.  I thought she was black when I heard her as a kid.  That's kinda racist?

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?  Beatles

Cake, Stripes, Ben Folds, and Bruce are all $$.  Well done.

My grievances with Doc are....

1) Stevie Tune sounds really compressed.  I'm still not past being burned out on him also. Switch the version.

2) The Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover isnso bad it's almost comical.  HUGE disappointment. 

3) Spotify SUXOR!

4)That early contry song was awful!  Bellow?

 
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@sn0mm1s mix is very enjoyable, not much here that I don't know or at least know of, but this is a good party mix provided everyone at the party is cool with Mr Morrissey.  The Cracker tracks are a high point.  The Specials kickoff is cool too

 
Got a couple more in today-1st up the dreadedmarco mix. hate to say it but there wasn't much here for me to like. the bowie,floyd and pavement tracks are the only ones I'll ever hear again on purpose. nick cave,lcd soundsystem and super furry animals were the best of the rest. everything else just made me want to rip my ears off.

 
On to the dal phan boys. It got off to a great start with the beatles( I'm stuck with shuffle) and filled with songs and bands I know and like.twice I had to look and see who I was listening to. I thought john pine was bob dylan and sadler vaden was tom petty but liked both. the other 2 tracks i never heard before(grace potter and lucero) were both good.

it also helped that you had 1 of my secret loves on here-hair metal ballads :ph34r:

a solid enjoyable listen

 
Got a couple more in today-1st up the dreadedmarco mix. hate to say it but there wasn't much here for me to like. the bowie,floyd and pavement tracks are the only ones I'll ever hear again on purpose. nick cave,lcd soundsystem and super furry animals were the best of the rest. everything else just made me want to rip my ears off.
:lmao:

After reading a couple of your reviews of some other mixes I knew you were going to hate mine.  No worries--thanks for giving it a listen.

 
I'm finishing Dr. Octopus now and it's really good.  On a side note why can't I use the back button after I already heard a tune?  

Doc Oc had a very nice flow to his mix. He also had many under the radar tunes I enjoyed but hadn't heard in a while.

Dr. Octopus songs I loved....

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better by the Byrds was great.  I had not heard that in a LONG time.

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Jayhawks I was really feeling this. 

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield made me smile and laugh.  I thought she was black when I heard her as a kid.  That's kinda racist?

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?  Beatles

Cake, Stripes, Ben Folds, and Bruce are all $$.  Well done.

My grievances with Doc are....

1) Stevie Tune sounds really compressed.  I'm still not past being burned out on him also. Switch the version.

2) The Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover isnso bad it's almost comical.  HUGE disappointment. 

3) Spotify SUXOR!

4)That early contry song was awful!  Bellow?
The Lone Bellow record is really good. That's not their best song but one that fits the parameters. They are very country-ish (although I'm pretty sure they are from Brooklyn), but I dig them.

Thanks for the listen and comments. :thumbup:  

 
done with @dal_boys_phan mix:

I knew all but two songs on the mix, the Mavericks' and Sadler Vaden tunes. Really liked both. Think I should start listening to the Mavericks, I think I've liked a few of their other songs I've heard.lo

Had heard the Lucero "Zevon" song on satellite radio before, great concept and like it a lot.

Not a huge fan of the 80s Lauper and Turner tandem in the middle but a ton of classics and great songs.

:thumbup:

 
I'm finishing Dr. Octopus now and it's really good.  On a side note why can't I use the back button after I already heard a tune?  

Doc Oc had a very nice flow to his mix. He also had many under the radar tunes I enjoyed but hadn't heard in a while.

Dr. Octopus songs I loved....

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better by the Byrds was great.  I had not heard that in a LONG time.

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Jayhawks I was really feeling this. 

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield made me smile and laugh.  I thought she was black when I heard her as a kid.  That's kinda racist?

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?  Beatles

Cake, Stripes, Ben Folds, and Bruce are all $$.  Well done.

My grievances with Doc are....

1) Stevie Tune sounds really compressed.  I'm still not past being burned out on him also. Switch the version.

2) The Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover isnso bad it's almost comical.  HUGE disappointment. 

3) Spotify SUXOR!

4)That early contry song was awful!  Bellow?
Oh, and never even listened to my own mix yet - that is the terrible version of "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover" - not sure why they say it's Paul Simon. It clearly is not. Let me see if I can change that out.

 
Most of what I had sifted through that didn't get picked ...don't think anyway


Allman Brothers Band


Its not my cross to bear


Aretha Franklin


(You make me feel like) a natural woman


Bad Company


Can't get enough of your love


Beatles


Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds


Beatles


She Came In Through The Bathroom Window


Beatles


Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey


Beatles


I Want You (She's So Heavy)


Beatles


Im happy just to dance with you


Beatles


Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band


Beatles


I'm Happy Just To Dance With You


Bee Gees


How can you mend a broken heart


Bee Gees


I've got to get a message to you


Black Keys


Her eyes are a blue million miles


Black Sabbath


Can't get close enough to you


Black Sabbath


Evil woman, don't play your games with me


Blind Faith


presence of the lord


Bob Dylan


Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)


Bryan Ferry


I put a spell on you


Buffalo Springfield


Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It


Byrds


Turn, turn, turn (to everything is a season)


Byrds


I'll feel a whole lot better


Dave Mason 


Only you know and I know


David Bowie


Unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed


Delphonics


La La Means I love you 


Doobie Brothers


Don't stop to watch the wheels


Duran Duran


Is there something I should know


Elton John


Blues for my baby and me


Elton John


All the young girls love Alice


Elton John


Sorry seems to be the hardest word


Elton John


Don't let the sun go down on me


Elvis Costello


(I don't want to go to) Chelsea


Genesis


As sure as eggs is eggs


Genesis


The Return of the Giant Hogweed


Harold Melving & the Blue Notes


If you don't know me by now


James Taylor


Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox


James Taylor


Isn't It Nice to Be Home Again


James Taylor


Don't let me be lonely tonight


Joe Jackson


Is she really going out with him?


John Lennon


Whatever gets you through the night


Moody Blues


Just a singer in a rock and roll band


Mott the Hoople


The golden age of Rock N Roll


Mott the Hoople


I'm A Cadillac/El Camino Doloroso


Neil Young 


Don't let it bring you down


Neil Young 


Only love can break your heart


Neil Young 


When you dance you can really love


Pete Townsend


Let my love open the door


Peter Gabriel


This is the picture (excellent birds)


Roxy Music


While my heart is still beating


Sly and Family Stone


I want to take you higher


Smokey Robinson/Miracles


(Come round here) I'm the one you need


Spinners


Could it be I'm falling in love?


Steve Miller Band


Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around


Steve Miller Band


Got love cause you need it


Sting


If you love somebody set them free


Supremes


Stop in the name of love


Supremes & Temptations


I'm Gonna Make You Love Me


Temptations


Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today)


Temptations


I can't get next to you


The Dead Kennedys


We've Got A Bigger Problem Now


The Dead Kennedys


A Growing Boy Needs His Lunch


Traffic


Light up or leave me alone


Tubes


I don't want to wait anymore


Tubes


I was a punk before you were a punk


U2


Even Better Than the Real Thing


U2


Until the end of the world


White Stripes


Dead leaves and the dirty ground


Yes


Starship Trooper: Life Seeker/Disillusion/Würm

 
@Eephus

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Six World Song Titles

Putting the mid-tempo English in mid-tempo English, I really enjoyed this. Lots of love songs, which is never a bad thing in my book. It's a bit out of my comfort zone, and I can drift off and get easily bored to music like this, but I really dug some of the harmonies and the songcraft that went into these songs. I can't tell Eephus anything he don't already know so I'll just list the tracks I liked that were new to me. I'm not about to rank order or to list the Ramones or Elvis Costello or Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or the Orwells because i'd already heard all these bands. Anyway, these were the new (to me) artists' songs I liked the best, in descending order.

5) Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

He's saying "great leap forwards?" Holy crikey. I knew of Billy Bragg, just never listened to him. Nice touch to put this at the end of the mix. Next draft, please.

4) Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me

Cool guitars 

3) Ballboy - I Don't Have Time To Stand Here...

Sounded rich and textured

2) The Veils - The Tide That Left And Never Came Back 

I think I expressed a healthy like for this track back during the draft

1) Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

Really surprised how much I liked this and how good I thought it was. Cool title, too.

Autocorrect won't let me type in that JZilla is up, and then Dr. Octopus is next. 

 
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@JZilla

Notes: Freakin' cool mix, man. Um, just really cool to listen from start to finish...the soul and R&B stuff from tracks 12-16 were awesome but what really surprised me were the Floyd, Hawkwind, and Priest stuff. Normally I don't like proggy or trad. metal, but those songs were all really good.  Mudhoney was my favorite band my last two years in high school, so of course i loved Sweet Young Thing...

Beasties are awesome. I've loved that song since I first heard it in '90...Sparks I've heard before but never bothered to let it play through. Loved the end...with a flourish...disco with Maxine Nightingale...Psychedelia hard stuff with the Beatles...just cool all the way through. A mix that you actually really want to listen to. 

Song of mix for me? Probably the Floyd or, as you pointed out during the draft, a song you just liked...He's Sure The Boy I Love. 

 
Dr. Octopus said:
My next list was @Ilov80s mix:

I really appreciate his eclectic tastes and really really enjoyed this mix. I will likely listen to this one again when I want to drink some whiskey or wine and relax. I will however skip over two songs that didn't really fit the mood of the mix, and frankly I just didn't like - the Hotelier and BJ the Chicago Kid tracks.

Why Do Fools Fall in Love? should get move love than it does historically.

The mix also helped reaffirm the musical genius of Tom Waits, Jack White and Bob Dylan. Man, those guys can write songs and their vocals may not be pristine but they sure are identifiable and memorable.
I can see how those 2 songs and the Taking Back Sunday jump out as being out of style. Thought process was all songs about bad relationships or relationships gone bad. The kind of songs you'd stay up all night drinking too. I wanted a little more variety and energy in the mix so that's where the Hotelier and TBS come in- the furious anger that a heartbreak can bring. 

Glad you enjoyed most of it though. I actually thought there were other songs that people might find too bizarre. 

 
I've spotted a mysterious white cat three times in the last month. It runs when it sees me. I don't know if it is a dump off or what. I pray it is a male. If it keeps coming around, I'll eventually have to try and trap it, but it has to form a pattern for me to do that. 
I spotted this white cat for the first time at the end of January when I was at the colony later than usual. It was running through the storage units lot, and I didn't see it again until recently when I have been out there late again. Evidentally it has been coming out at night. I saw white cat last week right before dark trying to eat the feral food, but one of the ferals (Jamie) chased it off. I spotted white cat again Sunday night at 7:30 slipping through a fence behind the liquor store, and then strolling towards the cat shack. It ran when it saw me. Monday I decided to set a trap behind the liquor store to see if it would come out again around that time. I sat in my car keeping my head low so it wouldn't spot me. :ph34r:  At 7:35 the cat appeared, and went in the trap! It freaked out like they always do when the trap closes, but later it tried to smell my hand through the trap, and the next morning it let me scratch the side of its face through the trap. That isn't the usual behavior of a wild feral, and so I called Dr. East and she took the cat. The cat is a female, and has had human contact at some point in its life or it wouldn't let us touch it. There is a high probability it is a dump off at the colony. No chip. The cat was scared at first, but is friendly today according to Dr. East. She will be spayed next week since Dr. E doesn't want her to have a setback with her socialization, and she will stay at Dr. E's cat clinic until they find her a home.  A better life is ahead for this gal.  :thumbup:

 
@Dr. Octopus

Just wrapped up the mix. Really solid. Did you have a theme or anything? I enjoyed listening to it.  I was familiar with a bunch of songs on it, but was introduced to the Jayhawks, The Lone Bellow (I liked that song, darn it!), and songs I hadn't heard by familiar artists like The White Stripes and Springsteen and Dylan. 

Top Six: 

6) Friend Is A Four Letter Word - Cake

5) I'm Lonely - White Stripes

4) It Only Hurts When I Cry - Dwight Yoakam

3) I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

2) I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Jayhawks

1) Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan

I don't really have any great insights into the mix, other than that every song is considered and excellent. Just dug it.  

 
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@KarmaPolice

I have never been a fan of Black Flag or Circle Jerks so I was a little concerned when I heard those back to back early in the mix after liking the first 3 songs. I have tried to like hardcore punk as a genre but it is really hit or miss (usually miss) for me. The rest of the mix was great though. KP's mix was refreshing since I have multiple songs from nearly every band that KP chose in my library - but I wasn't that familiar with the songs he chose. Loved Dead Milkmen. My wife hates the band and gets annoyed when my 3 year old and I sing the "Guitar Song" in the car. She also doesn't always appreciate when I try to change a subject by asking if she knows what the queers are doing to the soil. Can't go wrong with Kinks, DEVO, Talking Heads, The Cars, CCR, etc etc. While I am only 4 drafters in I don't know if any new song is going to top the Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? This song is ####### awesome and I have already listened to it a dozen times. 

 
PIK95 said:
In this case the studio is $$
Interesting.  I thought somebody told me they are like Phish and live is the way to go.  Maybe I was misunderstanding them and they just meant you had to see them live.  What album(s) should I start with?

 

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