The 10 Track Mixtape Thread (Song Lists Without Links Will Be Deleted)

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1. David Bowie - Station To Station
I think it's a shame that Bowie's Station To Station album tends to get overlooked because there are some real gems on that album. Especially the title track. I love how the song slowly builds into a kind of dark brooding roxy music sounding song and then halfway through changes tack into an uptempo funky rock song that wouldn't sound out of one of his Ziggy Stardust era albums. This song is also the birth of his 'Thin White Duke' personna.

2. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
This is the song that launched my love of garage rock way back in 1994.After spending a few years listening to metal I was totally bored of it, especially the whole death metal thing that was happening around this time. Listening to this for the first time was a revelation of what I was missing. It was fun , it was catchy , the subject matter was totally pointless. Here was a man sounding like Elvis singing about his love of flared trousers. After 2 or 3 years where the only lyrics I heard were "GGGGRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH HHHHHHHHHH" I jumped at the chance of loving this band. And I still do. Nice violin work at the beginning too.

3. Six Finger Satellite - Coke & Mirrors
I know very little about this band. I think I picked up the albums around 98/99 when I was completely bored of Britpop. It was totally different to anything i'd heard before. It was like punk rock done on synthesisers. Most of the songs on the album were a lot faster & heavier & noisier than this one but this was always my favourite on the album , it was more moody & atmospheric almost sounding like a cross between Hawkwind & Joy Division , only with synths.

4. XTC - Senses Working Overtime
This is one of the earliest songs I can remember listening to I think it came out in the summer of 1982 or around that time, We bought a new Hi-fi & my mother made a tape full of songs I liked and this was on it. She'd sit me in front of the stereo with a book & stick the tape on to shut me up so she could have a lie in. Cut forward to 18/19 years later and I see XTC on TV and I remember this song & go out & buy it the next day. And it was just as good as I remembered.

5. Urusei Yatsura - First Day On A New Planet
Lo-Fi Glaswegian punk pop I spose you'd call it. You could also file it under 'British bands from the mid 90s who never stood a chance because they didn't sound like The Beatles or The Smiths'. Urusei Yatsura are remembered by those who remember them for 2 reasons.
1. They were banned from playing Japan for having the same name as the Japanese mafia (or so they claimed)
2. Their keyboard player was Alex Kapranos who just happens to be the lead singer of Franz Ferdinand these days.

6. Sparklehorse - Cow
Given how popular singer songwriters are on this forum it surprises me that more people don't listen to Sparklehorse. I mean i'm not really a big fan of either singer songwriters or alt country , yet I love Sparklehorse and I think if Mark Linkous drank himself to death tomorrow (probably very likely knowing him) in a few years time we'll have hundreds of people saying how great he was and having albums full of demos & unreleased songs coming out every 5 minutes.
Anyway this song , it's easy on the ear , it has a soft tinged country feel to it without the cheesiness that I have a problem with in country and Linkous vocals compilment it perfectly.

7. The 1900s - Patron Saint Of The Mediocre
I bought this at the tail end of last year and it quickly became a favourite. What I like about it is when I heard about the band I was expecting yet another twee Belle & Sebastian tribute band. Yet this is nothing like that. It has the same kind of influences but they are much more underplayed. It has the feel of a female fronted pop song from the 60s kind of like Sandie Shaw , Dusty Springfeild or Nancy Sinatra only done with the indie cred of today. Whatever it is I think it's a wonderful song.

8. The Fall - Container Drivers
Mark E Smith does American trucker music. Well it makes me smile anyway.

9. Fairport Convention - Tale In A Hard Time
*Note to self , don't call a band a bunch of boring bearded folky hippy bastards until you have actually heard them.

10. The Raveonettes - Cops On Our Tail
I was blown away the first time I heard their debut mini album. Take a load of Mary Chain riffs , add in a load of old B movie imagery and some male/female duel vocals to give it a really eeiry quality. They still come out with the odd good song every now & again but I don't think they ever topped this.

*Bonus Track*
Pattie Bersaudara - What Am I Supposed to Do
Ever heard any mid 60s Indonesian female fronted garage pop? I have and it's f*cking great. Just check out that shredding at the 1min 18 mark. I want her album, it's called Warna Warni if anyone has it

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I shall be listening to everybody else later on.