The 10 Track Mixtape Thread (Song Lists Without Links Will Be Deleted) (lyrics, dancing, dance, hardcore, house)

[Alfred]

New mix, lacking pop punk.

Note that a lot of stuff was considered, but since it's pretty popular stuff that I figure most of you own anyways (Mars Volta, Pink Floyd), I didn't put it on here.

1. At The Drive-In "Give It A Name"
Well, At The Drive-In would have to be my favorite non pop punk band. This song is off of their 1997 El Gran Orgo EP. It's one of my favorite ATDI songs, and therefore it lands on this compilation.

2. The Northern Pikes "Dream Away"
They're some Canadian rock band, and I have a used copy of one of their CDs. I like quite a few songs on the CD, and this would probably be my favorite. I really like the vocals in this song, as well as the lyrics. I don't listen to much of this band anymore, but once in a while I'll put this song on, or stick that CD in and listen to my favorite songs.

3. Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster "Tough As John Jacobs"
I don't know where to begin. This song is everything I love about Maylene. Sweet riffs, a catchy chorus, and Dallas Taylor's gruff vocals. This is a rockin' tune.

4. The Wallflowers "Sleepwalker"
This is the first time a Wallflowers song will appear on this compilation. This time, a more upbeat song. I think the this song represents the poppier music of The Wallflowers. It's catchy pop-rock with some nice riffs.

5. Sunny Day Real Estate - Theo B
I really need to listen to more SDRE. This is a good song of theirs, a more indie-rock song. I wasn't going to include Seven or In Circles because everyone knows those. What can be said? It's a good song.

6. Texas Is The Reason "Johnny On The Spot"
Okay, this is the only song that I REALLY like by Texas Is The Reason. Their other stuff is pretty good, but this just blows all that stuff out of the water.

7. My Favorite Band "Racer Why"
Yes, that's what the band is called. I was on iLike on Facebook one time and saw that this was a free MP3 and had jsut been uploaded. I downloaded it and loved it. It's funky, rockin', and just a great instrumental track. I thought I should download some of their other stuff today, but it's just random pop punk stuff. This is what they should be making more of.

8. Alexisonfire "Rough Hands"
This was a pretty popular song off of their latest album. It's a slow song. It starts off with Dallas' pretty singing, and then the screaming cuts in. It's got some great lines in it and I hate describing these songs.

9. Billy Talent "This Is How It Goes"
You probably know them for that Fallen Leaves song with the weird music video. This song is off of their first album and is one of their more aggressive songs. It features some pretty tight instrumental sections, and one of my favorite Billy Talent rhythms. I particularly love Ben's screaming during the chorus.

10. The Wallflowers "God Says Nothing Back"
Well, I can see why The Wallflowers were proud of this track. It's a slow, dark, folky song. Jakob Dylan's voice suits the song very well. There's a lot of great little hooks in this song. It's only number 6 on "Rebel, Sweetheart" but it's a great way to end this compilation.

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Tell me what you think.

[Cobe Kai]

1.The Melvins - The Talking Horse
This song is my favourate of the Melvins, and indeed my favourate of all time! It's mixture of riffs and Dale's amazing drumming make it a great track. The music video is great, too.

2.The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
This song is probably the band's anthem. The band who created 'loud, quiet, loud' and have influenced so many important bands, this song just makes me happy and I love it so much my band are recording it on the 12th of September.

3.Nirvana - Love Buzz
This song got me into alternative music, which is now the biggest thing in my life musically. Krist's bassline and Kurt's playing with Chad's drumming make this cover one hell of a song!

4.Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/ Wonderful World
A song that everyone knows, but not the artist, who is a legend. This song cheers me up and drove me to learn to play Ukulele.

5.Creed - My Sacrifice
The band's anthemic song always brings a tear to my eye... this will be played at my funeral. This song epitomises emotion.

6.Screaming Trees - Butterfly
I can't put my finger on what makes this song appeal to me... it has inspired my lyric work and guitar work... this band, this song... amazing.

7.Dirty Bob - Point of No Return
They're a local band I went to see, bought their album. They've got so much talent. After seeing the guitarist work with so many effects pedals and make beautiful and catchy and hard rocking riffs, it inspired me to write the only solo with a wah pedal I've written and liked.

8.Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole
When I heard this song, I fell in love with the band and it has been a staple on my ipod ever since. Their music seems to fit every mood I'm ever in. All of their songs are amazing such as 'Here Come's The Rooster' and 'Them Bones'

9.Army of Freshmen - Juliet
This may seem out of place on this list, but I am a huge fan and friend of them, I even have a signed guitar from them! This song fits me so well. It's basically about a nerd fancying a girl who don't know about him. It's one of their anthemic songs. I love it. I also learned a lot about how to put on a show from their gigs.

10.Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
The first song I ever saw on kerrang! when I was about 7. Eleven years later, I've seen Zakk Wylde and Ozzy live and Ozzy still remains a huge influence of mine with all of his music from his Sabbath days through to his days now with Zakk Wylde, one of my favourate guitarists of all time. I've learned so much from them.

It was incredibly hard to write this list. I hope nobody disrespects me for it. Since it reflects my alternative background and is just a compilation of what I love.

Here is the link : YouTube - CobeKai's Playlists

Enjoy!

[WaspStar]

A somewhat random comp. An anti-theme?:


Razor Dance- Richard Thompson; Folk punk? Some great lyrics here. "I want to break out of this spell/But that's not the meaning of hell."

Tell Me, Momma- Bob Dylan; For my money, the best track from the so-called "Royal Albert Hall" gig. The band is tight and the vocals are amazing.

Mad, Mady Judy- Buzzcocks; A live version from 1979. It's a very stupid song, but it's a lot of fun.

Straight Jacket- The Attractions; Yes, Elvis Costello's backing group goes solo! A goofy number with a bunch of awkward puns and cheesy organ playing. It's great.

Hold On- Steve Jones; In which the Sex Pistols' guitar player explores every heavy metal cliche out there and bests AC/DC in every way possible.

Swargmitha- The Aidenn Trilogy; I have no idea what it means, but it sounds great.

Penna State Line- Pupa's Window; Maybe you have to be from the PA region to really get this song, but it's a beaut.

Reno, Nevada- Richard & Mimi Farina; The "folk rock" sound before Dylan got there. Listen for some great licks from the immortal Bruce Langhorne.

The Wheel & The Maypole- XTC; Probably my favorite song from my favorite pop band. It's depressing and uplifting at the same time. In a way, it could be fitting for either a wedding or a funeral.

The Train From Kansas City- The Shangri-Las; Amazing piano riff, a perfect vocal, and for a 60's pop song, the lyrics aren't all that bad.

[Piss Me Off]

WASPSTAR YOU ARE BRILLIANT.

Look's very interesting, i'll be downloading.

[Molecules]

i'll have that thankyou waspstar.. yoink!

[FireInCairo]

thanks very much waspstar nice playlist

[jackhammer]

OK I have had given Waspstars comp a run through. Initial thoughts:

Razor Dance- Richard Thompson. Vocals reminded me of David Byrne a little which is no bad thing. However it did'nt blow me away. 'twas Okay.

Tell Me, Momma- Bob Dylan. Never heard this before. Very good tune. Enjoyed it a lot.

Mad, Mady Judy- Buzzcocks. I still need to get the first three albums as I only have their singles album. Great track.

Straight Jacket- The Attractions. Very indicative of it's time. Nothing to blow me away.

Hold On- Steve Jones. I remember when this album came out and hating everything about it. My opinion still has'nt changed

Swargmitha- The Aidenn Trilogy. Whilst sounding a little like The Cure and being fairly unoriginal, I like this big time. I will have to find some more by them.

Penna State Line- Pupa's Window.Unsure about this one. It teeters perilously close to the sort of banal mid tempo acoustic number that I don't like.

Reno, Nevada- Richard & Mimi Farina. The backing vocals eventually killed my liking this track.

The Wheel & The Maypole- XTC. One of the best U.K bands, criminally overlooked by the general public. Top band.

The Train From Kansas City- The Shangri-Las; Amazing piano riff, a perfect vocal, and for a 60's pop song, the lyrics aren't all that bad.

You said it as well as I could.

[Urban Hatemonger]

Not done one of these in ages so I present....

Urbans Obscure(ish)Post Punk Bands Who Don't Really Get Much Attention On The Forum Compilation

It's not all Joy Division , Gang Of Four and Public Image Ltd you know....

01 - Inner City Unit - Watching The Grass Grow
This seems as good a place as any to start.
This band who i've talked about a lot in the past were fronted by ex Hawkwind man Nick Turner.
This song was the first ever No 1 song in the first ever week of the Indie charts.
Taken from the album Pass Out (1980)

02 - Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Ever wondered where Grandmaster Flash got THAT bassline from?
Well now you know
Taken from the E.P. Optimo (1983)

03 - The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Years before he was writing fantastic books about Krautrock Julian Cope wrote possibly the best post punk single ever.
(If you forget Love Will Tear Us Apart ever existed)
Taken from the album Kilimanjaro (1980)

04 - Section 25 - Dirty Disco
It wouldn't be a proper post punk compilation without a band off Factory Records.
Think Gang Of Four with a phat bassline , less sixth form politics and a lot more balls.
Taken from the album Always Now (1981)

05 - Blurt - Alouette
Spazzy jazz
Taken from the album Pagan Strings (1992)

06 - Sad Lovers And Giants - Things We Never Did
Echo & The Bunnymen with horns
Taken from the album Epic Garden Music (1982)

07 - MX-80 Sound - Tidal Wave
More spazzy jazz but with a much more obvious punk influence
Taken from the album Hard Attack (1977)

08 - Fad Gadget - Ideal World
Fad Gadget are usually known as a fine synthpop band .
However this first track off their fourth album showed that they also liked to rock out a bit too.
Taken from the album Gag (1984)

09 - Savage Republic - Next To Nothing
Savage Republic are an interesting one.
They were hugely influenced by African music and Africa was a re-occurring topic in their lyrics.
Yet they played with the same type of intensity & chaos as The Birthday Party.
Taken from the album Tragic Figures (1982)

10 - Blue Orchids - The Flood
The Blue Orchid were formed in 1979 by Martin Bramah & Una Baines from the original line up of The Fall.
A bit more melodic than The Fall but not a million miles away.
Taken from the album The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982)

***Obligatory Song By The Fall***

11 - The Fall - Leave The Capitol
Well you didn't think they wouldn't be here.
I decided to go with this forgotten little gem off their Slates E.P.
The lyrics are about vampires but it's just a thinly veiled attack by MES on London.
Taken from the E.P. Slates (1981)

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[Piss Me Off]

Yoink!

I forgot to say that Waspstar's was good, some good tracks i didn't have by Dylan and the Buzz****s, though that Steve Jones song made me squirm a bit.

[WaspStar]

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Yoink!

I forgot to say that Waspstar's was good, some good tracks i didn't have by Dylan and the Buzz****s, though that Steve Jones song made me squirm a bit.

I think I'm about the only person in the world who genuinely likes the Steve Jones album. It's so awful and cheesy and cliched that it's good in a weird way. The same thing goes for the Attractions album (Mad About The Wrong Boy).

Downloading Urban's comp now!