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

Here's your chance to compile a playlist of 10 tracks that mean something to you.
Old/new/any genre...it doesn't even matter if you think most here have heard them before.
What matters, is that you list the tracks in your post along with the link and a little write up to explain your choices.

Just throw 10 tracks together and post them here.

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1. Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me.
A Northern Soul favourite and a tune that carries a personal message and a few bad memories.
Gene Chandler means every word of this song, sang with real soul.

2. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Another track that takes me back to a certain youth club...which involves hanging around and acting cool.

3.Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
Another Northern Soul standard and a storming floorshaker of a tune.
Turn the volume up to 11 for this one.

4.Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
I love this band and this is my favourite 'Heads' track by far. Taken from the 'Stop Making Sense' live album. Easily the best version.

5. Don Thomas - Come on Train
Easy to see where Kevin Rowland from Dexy's Midnight Runners got his singing style from. An old N.S favourite and one I never tire of hearing, addictive from the start.

6. The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
Poetic.

7. Space Monkeys - March Of The Scarecrows.
A legendary Manchester band in the mould of the Stone Roses.
Only produced one album, 'The Daddy Of Them All' before falling victim to Tony Wilsons Factory Records going arse up.
Years before their time.
Singalong with a Manc sneer and two fingers up to the world. Epic.

8. Our Love Is In The Pocket - JJBarnes.
Rare soul track from JJ Barnes. Great voice complete with girly backing vocals.
The magic lies with the lyrics.

9. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I said recently elsewhere on these boards that this record gave me hope for music following the demise of punk (at the time, this is how it was perceived)
One of my favourite ever tracks.

10. Joy Division - Transmission
This one song epitomises what Ian Curtis was all about.
His epileptic state while performing this song, will live with me forever.

I'm downloading yours right now, i'll put it on tomorrow probably cause I don't think ill be able to finish it tonight.

I didn't do these in any specific order, though I tried to make it so if you listen in order they all flow together nicely.

1. Ben Folds "Late"
Slow piano driven song, it basically sums up my feelings about Elliott.

2. Elliott Smith "Dancing On The Highway"
The lyrics are amazing and so is his voice on this.

3. Bright Eyes "Entry Way Song"
Beautiful acoustic song, probably my favorite lyrics ever. It completely describes my feelings towards my best friendishpratically.

4. Owen "Put Your Hands On Me, My Love"
Also an acoustic song <.< it expresses gratitude that I have trouble expressing towards certain figures in my life.

5. Vashti Bunyan "Love Song"
I just heard this song tonight and was blown away. I liked her voice when I first heard it but in combination with these lyrics its even more amazing.

6. Sunny Day Real Estate "Rain Song"
This song got me into Sunny Day which got me into post-emo which (with the help of A_Perfect_Sonnet) got me into real emo.

7. Bright Eyes "Bowl Of Oranges"
This and Lover I Dont Have To Love were the first Bright Eyes songs I fell in love with, this one I like better now though.

8. Elliott Smith "Angeles"
This and twilight were the first Elliott songs I fell in love with, I put this one on now because it holds more personal meaning.

9. Neutral Milk Hotel "Two-Headed Boy Part II"
A lot of these verses blow me away, and in a more metaphorical sense are easy to relate to. Jeff is amazing.

10. Patrick Wolf "Teignmouth"
This, Brand New Colony and Tereza and Tomas me alot to me, and give me this I want to run away feeling that I get with my bestfriendishpraticallywishwasmygirlfriend I mentioned in Entry Way Song.

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1. Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven The first Tape i ever got. I got a yellow walkman for christmas, and Eric's unplugged tape. Repeat central for months.. great music. I started to associate music to feelings when i heard about the story behind this song.

2. 2Pac - Changes
Growing up, music was in the backseat to sports. But I remember exactly where I was when I heard changes for the first time on my friends winamp (back in the day when when mp3s were e-mailed via Bot in an AOL chatroom lol) I was floored. It was the first time I got the chills, as I am accustumed to feeling since then when I hear a "gem".. I was a virgin music fiend until then

3. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing outside a Broken phone booth with money in my hand Right about the time I heard changes, I immediately learned how to make mp3's from CDs. I went to the library and grabbed anything that looked interesting.. and I found this gem that was on repeat for a few weeks

4. Nirvana - All Apologies
Another song I found at the public library.

5. U2 - Where the Streets have no name
This song was the audio to hockey tapes I used to worship growing up.

6. Eminem - The Way I am
This album made me a different musician. The combination of lyrics and beat made think deeper about what I was listening to. Although my interest in Eminem has faded, this song was important to me.

7. Platoon - Adagio for Strings
I don't know the name of the infinite classical pieces I listened to growing up, but this one as stuck with me. Beautiful.

8. Billy Joel - Piano Man
high school friends for life getting ****faced and singing this song.


9. Royksopp - What else is there (Thin white duke remix)
o.k. im jumping ahead because I only have two more selections.. This is College for me.. this semester.. party central. senior year.. beers, drugs, girls..

10. The Killers - Read My Mind (Pet shop boyz remix)
The song that is getting me through the boring times lately...

These songs are not my favorite of all time, but are important songs to me.. which is the point of this thread, right?

That's the idea mate, but an upload link of your choices would be perfect.
There's one or two on that list of yours I wouldn't mind hearing.

Crowquill...upping yours now and I'll give them a spin later and post back on what I thought. Most of those on your list I can easily say I've never heard before, so it should make for an interesting listen.

1. Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me.
I agree he means every word about it, however this isn't my thing.

2. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
That intro sounds really familiar, I wish the vocals would differ more through out the whole track though. Its good though but not my thing.

3.Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
I prefer Nothing Can Stop Me over this, its okay but not my thing.

4.Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Reminds me of Rock The Casbah, I like this one but I don't listen to this sort of thing much anymore.

5. Don Thomas - Come on Train
Yeah not my thing <.<

6. The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
"And I don’t care about morals cause the world’s insane and we’re all to blame anyway"<333 its good, probably my favorite so far.

7. Space Monkeys - March Of The Scarecrows.
Second favorite so far, its all dancey and shit.

8. Our Love Is In The Pocket - JJBarnes.
Yeahhnot my thing again.

9. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.
This is the first time i've heard a high quality full version, holy shit its good.

10. Joy Division - Transmission
There bassist really stands out, I noticed that in Love Will Tear Us Apart, in a good way though. I don't like it as much as love will tear us apart though.

1 John Lennon-Steel and Glassproved to me John Lennon could kick some ass

2. David Bowie-Im Afraid of Americansfrom a live concert dvd my pop lent me, got me into bowie

3Dinosaur Jr-KrackedI cant really explain, just got played a lot at while goofin at a mates house

4Fugazi-Target Got me into more hardcore and emo

5 Nick Cave- Red Right Handi always end up listning to this while walking home at midnight, by the creek, scares the **** outta me

6 Nirvana-Sliver i never enjoyed grandmas =/

7 Biggie-Kick in the Doormade me(and still does) be gangster

8 Patrick Wolf- Accident & Emergencyjust like it is all

9 Patti Smith-Landalso thanks to pop, patti smith pwns

10 Public Enemy-By the Time i get to Arizona Chuck D is my fave

and one more

11 Talking Heads- Airlistened to it on the bus ride to school every morn, cheerd me up


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1. They Write Books About This Sort of Thing - Say Hi to Your Mom

This song pretty much painted my ideal portrait of love, and a relationship based thereon. I listen to it whenever I'm feeling blue, or hopeful.

2. Slowly - M83

'Slowly' is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded, in my opinion. Honestly, I could list any of M83's songs, but this was the one that got me into them. There is nothing like lying on my bed with my eyes closed, listening to M83 loud; it is truly a religious experience for me.

3. The Story of Nothing - The Aquabats

This is basically the story of my life, love-wise. I tend to stick to the shadows, remaining invisible, if you will--for good or ill.

4. Fire Fighter - Ghost Mice

Ghost Mice's best song in my opinion. It is the angst of youth, that sinking feeling in your stomach when your friends change, and that sudden isolation you feel when you realize you're growing up, and things aren't how you thought they'd be.

5. Love Is Like Jazz - The Magnetic Fields

Love and relationships are confusing, plain and simple. No one's said it better than the Fields.

6. In A Sweater, Poorly Knit - mewithoutYou

Brother, Sister had just been released when I went through a breakup, and this song's eloquence struck me. While the song is intended to address the rationalization of faith, I interpreted it on a personal level: I had gone into the relationship promising myself I wouldn't get hurt, but sure enough, I did.

"The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead."

7. The Fix - Minus the Bear

This is youth; this is happiness; this is sunshine and breaking the speed limit. This is life.

8. Everything Sucks - Reel Big Fish

I'm a pretty cynical person, and this song just reminds me that everyone goes through crap; we all just have to suck it up and hope tomorrow will be better.

9. This Is More - Stick to Your Guns

This epic monster of a song summarizes my commitment to the straight-edge lifestyle, and features the best breakdown of all time, period.

10. Wake Up - The Arcade Fire

"But now that I'm older,
my heart's colder,
and I can see that it's a lie."

The song that bred my love for indie, 'Wake Up' is one of the most powerful pieces of music ever written.

"If the children don't grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little god's causin' rain storms, turnin' every good thing to rust."

Possibly my favorite lyrics of any song, ever.

(The songs aren't in order on the mix; I just directly copy+pasted them from their respective folders. Great thread man. My favorite of all MB thus far.)

I had to do 11 songs, I wasn't able to get rid of one more.


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1. Owen - Bad News - It's the epitome of "you're nothing" songs. The thing you want to say to that friend that doesn't get it, and all those people that go through life putting up a facade. The beauty of everything intentionally masks these dismal, overwhelmingly honest lyrics.

2. Brand New - You Wont Know - There's so much to say about deceit, but I just think this entire song is brilliant.

3. Bright Eyes - No Lies, Just Love - The despair of a life about to end coupled with the innocence of birth. Clashing imagery creates the reciprocasity that is life.

4. Dashboard Confessional - Heaven Here - This song makes me feel hope, joy, and love.

5. Sigur Rós - Ny Batterí - I feel like I'm weightless listening to this song, like my body is floating in a bay somewhere, suspended in the tide, and I am totally at peace. Incredible.

6. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism - Who doesn't listen to this song and become awestruck? There is so, so much to love about the genuine honesty behind Ben Gibbard's lyrics, and even moreso the intensity and perfection of the buildup within the music.

7. Frank Turner - I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year - This basically describes every time I go out. I wouldn't have it any other way.

8. Rocky Votolato - Death-Right - The innocence of love never ceases to amaze me. The beauty of it all.

9. Versoma - November 2004 - Being an emo regular, I had to throw one emo band on here. This song reminds me of times with my friends.

10. Yndi Halda - Dash and Blast - This song makes me go through so many emotions, it's inspiring.

BONUS TRACK:11. Sigur Rós - Untitled 04 - I don't think there is a more perfect song than this.

1.Metallica- One
I love Metallica, and this song is my favorite from all the times. I don't have words to explaine it. Special !

2.Tokio Hotel- Durch den Monsun
Thanks to TH i have so much friend, and i love them all soooo much
First song from Tokio Hotel

3.Gnarls Barkley-Crazy
Just when i was in Germany ja heard it like thousand times in a day

4.Blink 182- Miss you
It's magic ! Remains me the Winter of year 2005

5.Googoo dolls-Iris
Summer of 2006 ! Best summer in my life !

6.Robbie Williams-She's Madonna
Lalalaaa, special. My return to Popmusic

7.Mika-Lollipop
Happiest song on earth !

8.Good charlotte- Secrets
Point of this song is like... woow. Love it !

9.Jennifer Love Hewitt- Love will show you everything
So many tears, great song !

10.Justin Timberlake- Losing my way
Uuuuuh


sorry, my engilsh is very bad, as u can see

yea that song 'how do you sleep' redone, only this time about himself and not paul. the violins and trumpets in the background are directly from 'how do you sleep'. apparently john said when he wrote the song he wasn't thinking of himself, he realised it was about him when reading it over. lines like "your mother left you, when you were small, but you're gonna wish you wasn't born at aaaaaaaaall" great stuff.

i cant beleive this didn't take off -.-

I'd liked to have seen Urbans/adidasss's/Big3's/Merk's/MJ's/swims/mikey's ...all the regulars.
This has the chance to run and run, with an unlimited collection of 10 choices, uploaded and complete with a written background as to the reason for choosing them.
I've saved the previous 10's to separate playlists on my media player and read what the others have written while listening and it gave me more of an idea to that persons tastes than any post ever could.
There's been a few pleasant surprises among some of those tracks I've heard, enough to make me want to follow up and hear more from that artist.

Get to work you lazy bastards!

Once i'm done with Clarity i'll bust out Harrison's and Matious's.

harrison?

I didn't see this one :o:

enemyat_thesix, ill try and download everyones and do what I did to right-track for them.

I've been working on mine for roughly a week now, I've actually left my computer on so Word could stay open.

This is highly ego centric but I feel as a regular of almost 3 years now and a Mod, people don't dismiss my choices and I also love the idea of this thread so I don't want to half ass it. I'm working my friend, I really am. Also I owe you thanks for the White Stripes link which ****ed up on me and didn't complete. I appreciate the dual effort though.

Mine .......
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1. Hawkwind - You Shouldn't Do That
This song for me sums up everything psychadelia should be, It's 15 minutes long , It has one hell of a killer riff ,pulsating bass & drums , space age bloops & bleeps , wierd random jazzy sax and is one of those songs you just stick on really really loud and just immerse yourself into. They used this song on the TV show Life On Mars during a car chase and it just sounded so perfect I almost came in my pants. I wish people would realise just how much this band piss over Led Zeppelin from a great height.

2. The Fall - Reformation
There was ALWAYS going to be a song by The Fall on this , but which one of many hundreds of Fall songs should it be?
Easy , the title track off the new album thats been stuck in the head ever since I bought it. I dare you to find me one band making music as uncompromising as this after their 30th year in existence.

3. Stereolab - Ping Pong
If this song is not the most catchiest pop song ever written about economic theory you've heard , i'll eat my hat and change my name to Valerie.

4. Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
Another longish song (9 minutes) but as i'm only allowed 10 songs, so with this one I can have Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in one choice. This was pretty much my introduction to both mens work and I still love it.

5. Nation Of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound
Wow, Turns out I was emo before the lot of you. Funny how these things work out ;)

6. Sister Vanilla - Jamcolas
Sister Vanilla is the band put together by Linda Reid , sister of Jim & William from the Jesus & Mary Chain. This song features them together and is my favourite from her album which is getting lots of plays by me lately. This song is pure Mary Chain at their peak goodness , and all the better for it.

7. Los Campesinos - You Throw Parties, We Throw Knives
This lots brand of pure summery Welsh indie pop were my tip for 2007 and by God i'm sticking with them. Now hurry up and get a bloody album out.

8. Graham Coxon - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
While he was with Blur Graham Coxon used to knock out with some regularity a load of lo-fi solo albums on his own Transcopic label. They were pretty patchy & experimental but there were a few gems buried away in them somewhere.This is my favourite song from his 2nd solo album 'The Golden D'

9. The Birthday Party - Mr Clarinet
I was never the biggest Nick Cave fan in the world. Then I heard this and was blown away.

10. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
I think this is possibly the most uplifting song ever written , so I think i'll sign off with it.

k, im about to put everyones on.

and Ben your folder doesn't work.

Probably not as good as my original version, but whatever:

Playlist

1. Polvo - Thermal Treasure

This song is unlike anything I have ever heard. The first time I listened to it, I remember being completely blown away. It's a song that generates very divided opinions, about half my friends love it, the other half hate it. Personally, I have listened to it and the rest of the album so many times since I got it that it's nothing short of a miracle that I'm not bored of it yet. Why is it that some songs after listening to you get bored from after a week and others you can listen to for the rest of your life and never stop being captivated by? I'd say it has something to do with predictability. Thermal Treasure sounds unlike anything I've ever heard before. The chords and notes being played have never before been heard by human ears. Even when you know every single one by heart, each is still unique and surprising. And it sounds great--weird, but great.

2. My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said

Possibly the greatest pop song ever written--except it's not really a pop song, seeing as how it's covered in sheets of distortion and feedback. From the delicate beauty of the melody to the dreamy, hypnotic vocals, this song comes as close to perfect as anything I've ever heard. It might not hit you the first time you listen to it. However, in the context of the album (Loveless), it probably will stand out. By the third listen or so, however, this had grown on me so much to the point where I consider it to be nothing short of angelic.

3. The Doors - Hyacinth House

I don't really see how anyone could not love this song. Put simply, it's beautiful.

4. Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 - Flames Up / Cup of Dreams

Flames Up is the sort of song that you might listen to once and not really notice, and then when you're being a bit more attentative the second listen will completely blow your mind. It's an instrumental, and it showcases everything that is great about the Thinking Fellers. From the very onset you're a bit confused as to what it is you're listening to. Violin, drums and bass. No musical genre quite describes what the hell this is. Then, when the guitar really kicks in you're left reeling as it suddenly turns into a surf song, of all things. But it is still unlike anything else resembling surf music. Seriously, they make Agent Orange seem derivative. Fierce eclecticism? Check. Mindblowlingly original? Check. Awesome? You ****ing know it.

And then there's Cup of Dreams, which presents beauty in juxtaposition, an eerie sort of beauty that perhaps appeals only to the few.

Let's soak our toes in champagne,
let's dance on a lonely street
Let's kick up a cloud of dust and
shake our heads to a fancy beat
Let's squish the life out of everything
and cheer through a swanky ghost
Let's bathe in a cup of dreams
and share in a saucy toast

Is that nonsense? Forboding? Amusing? Or simply pretty words to go with a pretty melody?
Who knows, who cares, it works.

5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Frownland

I don't think anything can prepare you for Trout Mask Replica. When you listen to it for the first time, this is the first song you'll hear, and you won't know what the hell to think. The drums and guitar play in sync for about twelve seconds, albeit in different time signatures, and then they're completely detached. The guitarist is just furiously plucking strings and the drummer starts banging everything he can find in front of him. And the Captain? His singing is all over the place. Apparently they recorded the whole thing with him singing to the studio reverbations instead of using headphones, which caused everything to be off. As far as I'm concerned, it would have been more or less impossible to sing to the music because it was all over the place. You might not appreciate this song right away. But listen to it again. Be open-minded. If you're like me, it will grow on you. Some say that this is free jazz played by rock instruments. I think not even Coltrane would know what the hell to do with it.

6. Big Black - Kerosene

This song, to put it bluntly, is ****ing awesome. The music is a clear demonstration of what you can do with just a guitar, bass, and drum machine. Like PiL, it focuses only on the extremes, get the bass doing the low frequencies and have the guitar tearing up the high screeching frequencies. If I had been around in 1980, this would have sounded pretty goddamn revolutionary, the closest thing probably being Throbbing Gristle. The music, with the lyrics, builds up throughout the song and finally climaxes at the end. So that's half of it. Then there's the lyrics themselves. They tell the dark tale of small-town life, and the frustration and bleak despair that go with it. As the frustration with existence builds up and up, it finally culminates to a fiery finish. Self-immolation. Cold, mechanical, disturbing, noisy, abrasive--these are all adjectives that can be applied. Wonderful.

7. Slint - Good Morning Captain

It's pretty easy to see why someone would love this song. The whole thing builds up like "Kerosene" for seven minutes until coming to perhaps the most powerful closing I have ever heard.

8. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing

This song always reminded me of Poe, for some reason. I'm not sure where the connection came from, but I always imagined that the house being referenced was the same as in the House of Usher. And as far as this album goes, it is very reminescent of Poe. It's just as dark and troubling, and just as challenging. Like Poe's short stories, the entire album works to generate a singularity of tone, and this song is the centerpiece. It's eerie and somewhat frightening; it sounds like a low-key Bauhaus song that's been chewed up and regurgitated. This is true gothic music, this isn't creeps wearing bondage, this is the soundtrack to Poe's nightmares.

9. Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman

When I was trying to get into jazz, the second album I downloaded was Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come. The first was Ascension by Coltrane, and I didn't like it too much. When I put on Shape of Jazz To Come, on the other hand, this was the first song I heard and I had already fallen in love. The melody is beautiful and the rhythm section is absolutely great, and even when it goes into free improv it stays captivating and non-abrasive. To put it simply, this is the song that got me into jazz. And it's probably still my favorite jazz song.

10. Husker Du - Chartered Trips

Last time I did this, I wrote up a whole diatribe about emo and how this was more emotional than any emo song I had ever heard and reasons supporting it, but I'm too lazy and apathetic to do that again, so just imagine I told you all about why this is one of the most emotionally powerful songs you'll ever hear and go listen to it.

hmm interesting list cardboard, downloading now.

Urban:

1. Hawkwind - You Shouldn't Do That
What band DOESNT piss over Zeppelin from a great height? This does sound like perfect car chase music, its not really my thing. I like how it sounds, its like idontknow I can't explain it but it fits to like an old 70s action movie? Thats what it reminds me of anyway.

2. The Fall - Reformation
First fall song i've ever heard, here we go. This reminds me of Wiree, which I kind of expected. The music is kind of addictive, the bass part especially.

3. Stereolab - Ping Pong
The vocals sort of reminded me of Nico, but good this song is fun. My favorite so far.

4. Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
I don't really like Zappa but that some srrs shredding.

5. Nation Of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound
=)))

6. Sister Vanilla - Jamcolas
This is a pretty fun song, its good.

7. Los Campesinos - You Throw Parties, We Throw Knives
Its your party ill die if I want to, haha. I love this song its really really fun.

8. Graham Coxon - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
This song kind of reminds me of the Clash, its good.

9. The Birthday Party - Mr Clarinet
Its alright, not my thing I don't like the vocals.

10. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand
Its defiantly uplifting, not my thing either though.



I'll try and do the others tonight/tomorrow.

Nick Caves vocals pwn =0

Yeah but to be fair this was before he could sing

^i thought he sounded okay on tracks like "nick the stripper" and "sonnys burning"

but on the live stuff i have, yeah i can see what you and ethan are saying.

His vocals were better before he could sing.

I figured I'd try doing one with songs you guys were less likely to have heard:

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1. The Velvet Underground - I Heard Her Call My Name

As soon as it starts you know that this amphetamine-fueled screechfest isn't your typical Velvet Underground song. When the actual lyrics start, it reverts to a song back in the White Light vein, but then fuck! Lou Reed feels his mind split open and the guitar goes WILD! The rhythm section drives along as the guitar screams like a wounded animal pumping pain and pleasure into our brain. Then back to more traditional section, even some catchy back-up vocals... MIND SPLIT OPEN OH SHIT NOISE SOLO NOISE SOLO screech screech dddooodoloodoo some slight changes in the rhythm section as the guitar keeps going at it for about two minutes and there you have it. Next on the album is Sister Ray, which is, in its own way, beautiful, and that represents Side B of White Light/White Heat. Where the hell could they go from there? The second half of their second album was basically the most abrasive thing ever to be unleashed unto audiences up to that point. I refuse to listen to their next two albums because there's no way they could possibly top it, and it would just dissapoint.

2. The Mekons - Like Spoons No More / Where Were You

Jagged and fracture guitar line, driving rhythm, Wire-esque refrain... basically what we have in Like Spoons No More are the makings for a perfect post-punk song. And it is. It ranks up there with the best of Wire, The Fall, Gang of Four etc. Short and sweet, it'll give you your fix. Where Were You is only really included as a reference for the next song, but it's still an absolutely amazing song. That you should listen to again and again and love.

3. Boredoms - 7 (Boriginal)

So how does this song relate to Where Were You by The Mekons? Well, it's a cover! That's right, a twenty-one minute cover of a song that's barely two and a half minutes. And by a notorious noise-rock band, no less. So what are you to expect? A twenty-minute punk epic? Hardly. This is deconstructionism at its finest, this is tearing apart a song verse by verse and turning it into a swirling, noisy, and half-insane krautrock opus. Only the Japanese could pull off something this crazy this well.

4. Railroad Jerk - Bang the Drum

Minimalist bass, drum, and guitar, half-spoken vocals, heavy blues and garage influences... No, it's not the White Stripes, it's better. It's Railroad Jerk, and they're not some lame rip-off band this shit was recorded in 95. Seriously, this is a great song that beats anything I've heard from the Stripes though they're probably the easiest point of comparison. Also think: slightly less noisy version of Jon Spencer.

5. The Ex - Enough is Enough

Noisy, dark, harsh, bleak in terms of music and lyrics. In my opinion, it gets really good when the violin kicks in full force. But a great, interesting listen throughout. Typical of The Ex.

6. This Heat - SPQR

If, while you're listening to this, you think to yourself Hmmm... this sounds like something a bunch of British guys would record in an abandoned meat locker with crappy recording tools, I'd accuse you of being a psychic, because you'd be absolutely right. Recorded in 1981, this has to be commended for sounding like nothing else at the time. And I'm having some trouble thinking of anything since to compare this to. The guitar is minimalist to an extreme, switching between strumming the shit out of two chords, and the song is mostly pulled along by the drums and the vocals. And what the hell about the lyrics?

Amo amas amat amamis amatis amant
We are all romans unconscious collective
We are all romans we live to regret it
We are all romans and we know all
About straight roads
Every straight road leads home,
Home to rome
2 + 2 = 4
4 + 4 = 8
We organise via property as power
Slavehood and freedom imperial purple
Pax romana!
Suckled by a she wolf,
We turn against our brother
Bella bella bella bellorum bellis bellis
Veni vidi vici I came I saw I conquered

You tell me what that means, because I have no idea. But it's pretty creepy. I guess those are the kinds of thoughts that go through your head in an abandoned meat locker.

7. Crass - Bata Motel

This is the greatest pissed-off feminist song I've ever heard. I mean, I tend to stay away from pissed off feminist music after I listened to L7, but seriously, this is pretty fucking awesome. The vocal delivery is absolutely delightful, and the screeching guitar and quick drums make this a lot of fun to listen to. And the lyrics are really fuckinging clever. And usually I don't like clever, because it tends to be stupid. But this is good clever. Seriously. Good shit.

8. AMM - Musette

I'm not really sure where to start with this song. Some might argue that this isn't really music, but then, what the fuck do they know? For me, listening to this is an experience. Because you're not hearing any of the traditional sounds you associate with "music" your mind struggles to find something to latch on to. But you're probably listening to it too closely. If you let it slip into your subconcious, as background noise, I find it becomes a sort of soundscape, forming images and feelings in your mind much less concrete than normal "music." And that's probably one of the more pretentious things I've ever written, but this is pretty pretentious music, so there you go.

9. John Fahey - Blind Joe Death, Pt. 1

Like Nick Drake without the vocals and better. Folk guitar++
It's part one of the album because my download is a recording off LP, and thus is just four tracks each consisting of several songs instead of however many tracks there should be. Sorry.

10. The Red Krayola - Save the House

This was recorded one year before Trout Mask Replica blew minds all over the world (probably not) but it approaches the same level of fucked-up-ness. This is a slightly restrained Beefheart, but just as enjoyable and odd. Listen to it once, and bask in its weird glory. Then listen to it again and pretend the piano is an electric guitar, and the vocals are being yelled. And there's the first punk song ever, congratulations.

I'm downloading Urbans, then I'll probably hit up CA's second one because I want to hear some Railroad Jerk and I'm intringed by This Heat. Right-track, your link isn't working for me, no matter, I'll track down as many of the songs as I can individually.

1. Yawning Man - Split Tooth Thunder

Reminds me of Riders on the Storm by the Doors, you know, that 'horse ride across the arabian sands' kind of imagery imagery. It's certainly a little faster than RotS, but this is because the horsies are galloping. The instruments are clean i.e no distortion, and the guitar has this echoing fade about it, as if it's twanging off in several different directions. Their entire album is quite beautiful like this.

2. Sleep - The Druid

Probably one of my favourite pieces of metal ever. It's mainly instrumental, though there are a few lines in there at the start. Mainly what I love about this is the sheer jam it has going for it. It starts off with a rather sinister riff, the bass then starts coming from one end of the railway track and guitar thunders from the other. The drums egging both freight trains on. Then it all goes quiet, a skittish bass line pops up and Sleep takes off in a whole different direction. As far as music and metal goes, this is awesome, I love it very much.

3. Human Instinct - Stoned Guitar

Another instrumental, played by a New Zealand 70's band. The start is creepy, then playful, then downright classy. I'd advise a low volume on your speakers while the guitar self rights itself at the start however, not that it ever gets any quieter at any other stage! After the long but unforced intro, H-I break into an awesome jam. I'm quite proud of this band, they were probably high on something at the time but hey, it's a Hendrix toned good going romp, sit back and enjoy the ride.

4. Kyuss - 50 Million Year Trip

Another classy jam. More a journey than a song. When I listen to this I think I'm on some outback highway in America on a harley, the stars are out and I'm going at speed. Then at about 3 minutes into the song everything changes tack. It's pegged back a notch and it's layed you down on something comfortable and your clearing off up into the night sky full of puffy white clouds, you're comfortably numb.

5. Place of Skulls - Lookin' For A Reason

This song sounds like something Metallica had constructed a couple of times before. It's a heavy metal song (Black Sabbath like) in essencse and I didn't really pay mind to it much until I heard their guitarist wailing away for about 2 minutes, it was an awesome piece. The band goes quiet and lets the 6-string take the limelight, it's very much a Kirk Hammet moment but it's no wankery, it's playing to the music that is this track, and it makes a not overly special song very cool indeed.

6. Sgt. Sunshine - Vega

A band of today, these guys are just like Colour Haze in terms of genre, even Yawning Man in some respects. Awesome jamming qualities with that slightly distorted fuzz sound, Vega is 7 minutes in length and is a progressive space jam with many choice sounds happening throughout. It is nothing new in terms of sound, but it is still awesomely creative. It opens it's doors and welcomes you in, then about 4 minutes later it springs into life. Throughout the 7 minutes several different jams will operate, each one is awesome, you tend to forget what was happening 2 minutes ago but then as soon as you begin to have a think about it a different jam will derail your train of thought and bring you back to what's happening now.

7. Tool - Merkaba

Nigh on 10 minutes of ambience and haunting sound effects, goddamn windchimes creeping up behind you and oddly gripping drums leading you into the jaws of an elusive hunter, like some horror movie. The odd piano key comes in and jabs at you with that well known horror movie style beat too. It's all awesome, but what I really love about this is the climax it builds. Wait until you hear the mystical ramblings along the lines of "our body is light" at about 5 minutes, thats where your climb up the mountain begins. From there it's a great ride. Tool performed this track live, and it was put on their box set disc, Salival, I've never heard anything like it before, still love it.

8. Boris - Pseudo Bread

Holy shit. I said that the first time I heard this. Holy shit, thats what I still say now. These 3(?) Japs blow the arse off of almost everyone when it comes to noise. Boris have got a few sounds going for them, one is the sound thats heavier than a tablespoon of Black-Hole space matter, another is this one here. Pseudo Bread is intense and quick. The vocals are clean but they climb when the band climbs, it's like Boris are working as some sort of sick sound unit but at the same time they're trying to out do each other. This gave my ears blisters. It's a terrifying piece of screeching guitar and thundering everything else.

9. Fatso Jetson - Pleasure Bent

A welcome song after that bloody Boris, I bet?;)
I like these guys a lot, they go about their work with energy and they've definitely got that "I love my job" vibe about them. Pleasure Bent is an awesome sunny Saturday afternoon, have your mates over for a barbecue and chill out with a cold beer. In fact most of their songs do that for me, but this is the one I picked.

10. Colour Haze - Ozean

Probably one of the greatest European bands of their time, that is, of today. These guys are amazing in pretty much every facet of their work, and most of their compositions come under the 'beautifully crafted' category. I thought I'd finish my 10 the same way I started, with a song relaxed and harmonious in it's approach and rather wavey in it's sound. Colour Haze usually have lyrics, and usually get a sweet jam going, but Ozean is different. It's most definitely an eye-shutter that politely asks to wash over you. A very rewarding song when you don't try to pull it to pieces.

I'll chuck a link up when I can.

All right, I'll try to put something together

Cardboard_adolescent : That song (#6) is about Romulus and Remus, who were thought to have founded Rome.

Yeah, I can see that in the 13th and 14th lines, but the unconcious roman collective?

I dunno.

"we are all Romans, unconcious roman collective"
The writer means you and me.

It's not that much of a puzzle.
Basically it's a rebellion against the authorities.
A satirical metaphor of modern day capitilism.


"2 + 2 = 4
4 + 4 = 8
We organise via property as power
Slavehood and freedom imperial purple
Pax romana!"

^ We are taught what to think and we are slaves to the system, which brings "Pax romana!" ...peace to Rome (maintaining the status quo)

"Bella bella bella bellorum bellis bellis"

^ Make war, in times of war... we are already at war with the authorities, rise up and rebel.

Amo amas amat amamis amatis amant
We are all romans unconscious collective
We are all romans we live to regret it
We are all romans and we know all
About straight roads
Every straight road leads home,
Home to rome
2 + 2 = 4
4 + 4 = 8
We organise via property as power
Slavehood and freedom imperial purple
Pax romana!
Suckled by a she wolf,
We turn against our brother
Bella bella bella bellorum bellis bellis
Veni vidi vici I came I saw I conquered

Haha I love you guys. Now download the song and tell me what you think of it.

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Urban:

Hawkwind - You know I love these guys, I hadn't heard this one before, love it though.
The Fall - I really liked this, it's kind of fuzzy and the beat is pretty sick. The vocals are great too haha, and did I just hear cheese tits in the 4th or 5th line?!
Stereolab - Didn't like this too much I found it quite boring, but I won't say it was all bad, pretty easy listening actually.
Nation of Ulysses - Hey this was really cool, good energy!
Frank Zappa - Loved it.
Sister Vanilla - Reminds me of Dandy Warhols, you probably don't want to hear that haha but anyhow, I liked it.
Los Campesinos - A happy song, I hated the male vocals, everything else was reasonably fun though.
Graham Coxon - One of my favourite tracks off your 10 mate, it's strong.
The Birthday Party - Definitely not for me. Feels like The Fall's song above gone really bad.
Sly & The Family Stone - This was cool in it's own happy chappy way, I wouldn't be able to listen to much of this for too long, but a novel track all the same.

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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. :o:

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 :D

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I shall be listening to everybody else later on.

Already did. In fact I downloaded both your 10's and they are very good.
Your taste in music is interesting and I mean that in a good way.

1. Neil Young - Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)
Freedom

From what might be Young's only great album from the 80's (freedom), this track is a mood builder with its subtle acoustic playing and its amazing and jazzy sax solo there in the middle. I'd imagine it reflects the inner city corruption that was rampant in the 1980's and as only few can, Neil makes it beautiful.

"The artist looked at the producer The producer sat back He said, What we have got here Is a perfect track But we don't have a vocal And we don't have a song If we could get these things accomplished Nothin' else could go wrong. So he balanced the ashtray As he picked up the phone And said, Send me a songwriter Who's drifted far from home And make sure that he's hungry Make sure he's alone Send me a cheeseburger And a new Rolling Stone."

2. Three Days - Jane's Addiction
Ritual De lo Habitual

With what might be one of the most intriguing bass lines I've heard in some time, Jane's taps their inner epic narrative with foolish lyrics and drawn out wanking reminiscent of a latter day Zeppeling. Topping out at almost 11 minutes I feel its one of the more important tracks that seemingly most people aren't aware of.

"True hunting is over. No herds to follow. Without game, men prey on each other. The family weakens by the bite we swallow... True leaders gone, Of land and people. We choose no kin but adopted strangers. The family weakens by the length we travel..."

3. My Morning Jacket - What a Wonderful Man
Z

This track just reminds me of kids playing in sprinklers, with sloppy piano and an off key falsetto refrain, it seems to capture the very essence of carefree and insouciant.

"From The Driver's Seat In The Dark. He Popped A Tape In The Dash Of His Car. And When The Singer Started To Scream. I Knew Exactly What He Meant."

4. Instinct Blues - The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan

This is probably one of their least well constructed tracks, but then again the Stripes always liked playing it off the cuff. The lyrics are redundant and theres almost no plot but the real true beauty comes in the dissonant blues leads jack takes in the middle of those half-hearted words, and there in the bent notes of a low-grade guitar made in the 1950's, he makes up for everyone else who never had enough heart to begin with.

Yeah, I just want you to get with it 'cause everyone that's under your shoe And every bird and bug in the jungle, too And everything in the ocean blue They just happen to know exactly what to do So why don't you? Yeah, why don't you?

5. Burma Shave - Tom Waits
Foreign Affair

Off one of his (deservedly) largely ignored albums, this song stands as a diamond in the ruff. Capturing the longing for the dreams beyond the borders of small town ennui, Waits paints a large picture with the smallest images where in a pair of sunglasses becomes an alternate reality that never was.

"hell marysville ain't nothing but a wide spot in the road some night my heart pounds just like thunder i don't know why it don't explode cause everyone in this stinking town has got one foot in the grave and i'd rather take my chances out in burma shave"

6. Funky Drummer - James Brown
Into the Jungle Groove

One of Brown's jazzier and longer tracks, Funky Drummer gets its name when, mid song, Brown decides that the drummer is so funky he's going to give the drummer his own solo. Only "you don't have to do no soloin' brotha, just keep whatcha gat. Don't turn it loose cause its a mutha'." And on browns count, you can hear the world of rap being born.

[Its James Brown, theres like 8 words and a whole lotta screaming, just go listen]

7. 10,000 Days (Wings Part 2) - Tool
10,000 Days

This is one of those songs that I think even tool fans will say "what the hell?" more Atmospheric build up crashing down at the end with Maynards pretentious lyrics peeking out there at the end. But one of the better moves that prog turns out regularly is the association of lyrics with music, which was influenced heavily by classical and came across in the early religious songs. As his mother ascends to heaven, the music builds and builds, and only comes back down when James speaks for himself.

"You're the only one who can hold your head up high, Shake your fist at the gates saying, "I have come home now! Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father, Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended."

8. Sweet Virginia - The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St.

This is the sound track to sitting on your front porch and getting drunk. No questions asked, you're not as cool as this song.

"Thank you for your wine, california Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits Yes, Ive got the desert in my toenail And hid the speed inside my shoe But come on come on down sweet virginia Come on honey child I beg of you Come on come on down you got it in you Got to scrape that **** right off your shoes"

9. Telling Stories - Tracy Chapman
Telling Stories

What initially drew me to this song was the organ playing in the background. It was subtle but in that subtlety it did everything it could to help the song. And this was indicative of all of Chapman's works. Never show boating, and always there for the sake of the power of words and music. When juxtaposed with Eric Clapton at a benefit concert on "Give me one reason". it was never more glorified when slow hand tried to be the flashy blues man he always was and Tracy just played it strait.

"There is fiction in the space between The lines on your page of memories Write it down but it doesnt mean You're not just telling stories There is fiction in the space between You and me"

10. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Fear of Music

You can almost hear the fear and exhilaration of Byrne as he rides around the general cities and countryside engaging in acts only morale in states of war. But as only a real genius would be able to, in the under current Byrne shows the sorrow and the longing for a real life of women and music that seems too far away to ever reach.

"You oughta know not to stand by the window somebody might see you up there I got some groceries, some peant butter, to last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no heaphones, ain't got no records to play"

*taps monitor*

where's the download man? :(

You're right, that list is awesome.

Look man, im not sure if you want me to up load all the albums, but I don't have them all, and in fact unlocking the iTunes is a real bitch.