Mix Help, por favor

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:29 am

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:

I need to make 2 mixes, to cover a total span of about 2 hours. The first needs to be "upbeat to the point of just-about-danceable, but not dance music" and the other should be kick-ass moody retro 80's shtick. The target for these mixes is a good girly friend of Ours who's moving to LA. She's more or less an honorary Obnerite, with regards to music... loves andrew bird, loves the decemberists, loves the arcade fire, etc. But the songs on mix 1 need to be very, very Happy, if you get me. Oh, and if you love me, your (inevitable) suggestions would involve YSI, but beggars can't be choosers.

For Mix 1, I'm thinking so far:
- Ambulance Ltd / Anecdote
- Kaiser Cheifs / I predict a riot
- Beck / Que Onda Guero (which I hope somehow translates as "I was just kidding, I'm not a fucking scientologist... what am I, stupid?")
- Stars / Ageless Beauty, The First Five Times
- Wheat / Already With Someone
- Ike Reilly / Garbage Day

and for Mix 2, I'm actually more lost...
- Adam Ant / Goodie 2 Shoes......? I feel like I can do better
- Frente / Ordinary Angels
- INXS / Don't Change
- Nick Lowe / Cruel To Be Kind

but really what I need is more of the semi-dark dance stuff, ala Donny Darko soundtrack I guess. Aaaargh, help?!

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:32 am

For Mix 1, I'd add Sons And Daughters' Johnny Cash. It's unbelievably energetic and it's guaranteed to make you move.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

"upbeat to the point of just-about-danceable, but not dance music"

Toe-tappy?

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Mix 2 (kick-ass moody retro 80's shtick):

The Fixx: "Stand or Fall"
The Re-Flex: "Politics of Dancing"
Fischer Z: "So Long"
Josie Cotton: "Johnny Are You Queer"
Red Guitars: "Good Technology"
Japan: "Night Porter"
The Passions: "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"
The Kings: "Switching To Glide"
The Call: "The Walls Came Down"
The Nails: "Things You Left Behind"

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:35 am

good, good, good...

Toe happy, yes. The kind of thing that a group of (mostly) chicks with both good music taste and good buzzes will want to dance to on a boat.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

More Mix 2:

Will Powers: "Adventures In Success"
Animotion: "Obsession"
Cowboys International: "Thrash"
Psychedelic Furs: "Forever Now"
Our Daughters Wedding: "Lawnchairs"

wenchlette · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:40 am

Mix one,

Razorlight - 'Golden Touch'
Rachael Yamagata - '1963'
the Coral - 'Dreaming of You'
the Push Stars - 'Drunk Is Better Than Dead'

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Mix 1:

The Teardrop Explodes: "Pure Joy"
The Saints: "Nothing Is Straight In My House"
German Art Students: "Civil War Reenactor"

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:42 am

Mix 1 ideas, from one of my own mixes:

Gomez - Do One
Porno For Pyros - Cursed Female
Old 97's - Big Brown Eyes
The Strokes - The Modern Age
Robert Randolph & The Family Band -Run for Your Life
Pernice Brothers - Flaming Wreck (Live)

Mix 2 ideas:
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Mix 1:

The Fleshtones: "Hard Lovin' Man"

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:45 am

mix 1...

the coral - so long ago
the coral - in the morning
hal - play the hits

i can hook up more later. if you want these mp3s, lemme know cap'n.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:47 am

You people are irreplaceable. I'll take 'em if you can, Dalen.

OPA! · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:58 am

I don't do YSI but if you're willing to wait a few days, I can burn you the CD and mail it to you.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:05 pm

OPA! Wrote:

I don't do YSI but if you're willing to wait a few days, I can burn you the CD and mail it to you.

crap, man, It's gotte be in-hand and done by saturday. Thanks though.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:03 pm

UPDATE:

Ok, from Mix 2 (the one I needed more help with), here's what I was and wasn't able to dig up...

The Fixx: "Stand or Fall" =mid-tempo, maybe
The Re-Flex: "Politics of Dancing" =good, know it well.
Fischer Z: "So Long" =couldn't find
Josie Cotton: "Johnny Are You Queer" = found under Hotbox, up-tempo, chug chug chug, ok.
Red Guitars: "Good Technology" =couldn't find ('cept a 2003 album)
Japan: "Night Porter" =1996 Japan albums show up, can't find song
The Passions: "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" =nada... foundcover from 2001, by sushirobo
The Kings: "Switching To Glide" =YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Call: "The Walls Came Down" =Yes.
The Nails: "Things You Left Behind" =couldn't find
Will Powers: "Adventures In Success" =ditto
Animotion: "Obsession" =yep, know it, good.
Cowboys International: "Thrash" =can't find, but did lead to listening of D.R.I.'s Thrashhard, which was a blast from the past.
Psychedelic Furs: "Forever Now" =mid-tempo, loud, not dancy. Could include.
Our Daughters Wedding: "Lawnchairs" Couldn't find
Prince - Sign O' The Times =fuck yes.
Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart = 's ok.

I appreciate the help, all. Some of those are home runs.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:26 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

UPDATE:

Ok, from Mix 2 (the one I needed more help with), here's what I was and wasn't able to dig up...

The Fixx: "Stand or Fall" =mid-tempo, maybe
The Re-Flex: "Politics of Dancing" =good, know it well.
Fischer Z: "So Long" =couldn't find
Josie Cotton: "Johnny Are You Queer" = found under Hotbox, up-tempo, chug chug chug, ok.
Red Guitars: "Good Technology" =couldn't find ('cept a 2003 album)
Japan: "Night Porter" =1996 Japan albums show up, can't find song
The Passions: "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" =nada... foundcover from 2001, by sushirobo
The Kings: "Switching To Glide" =YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Call: "The Walls Came Down" =Yes.
The Nails: "Things You Left Behind" =couldn't find
Will Powers: "Adventures In Success" =ditto
Animotion: "Obsession" =yep, know it, good.
Cowboys International: "Thrash" =can't find, but did lead to listening of D.R.I.'s Thrashhard, which was a blast from the past.
Psychedelic Furs: "Forever Now" =mid-tempo, loud, not dancy. Could include.
Our Daughters Wedding: "Lawnchairs" Couldn't find
Prince - Sign O' The Times =fuck yes.
Joy Divison - Love Will Tear Us Apart = 's ok.

I appreciate the help, all. Some of those are home runs.

God willing, I need a copy of this mix. Please.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

I can burn this thing, except for the Prince track, but 16 tracks leaves you a half-dozen shy of a full disc.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:26 am

Billzebub Wrote:

I can burn this thing, except for the Prince track, but 16 tracks leaves you a half-dozen shy of a full disc.

The pertinent question is, can you YSI or AIM it? Because then I should truly owe you bigtime... not that that means much.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Nope, I have a crap dial-up and a dubious cd-r on the computer. I burn everything on the stereo.

nobody · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:32 pm

mix 2 suggestions...

Thompson Twins: Love on Your Side
Never Say Never: Romeo Void
Money: Flying Lizards
Der Kommissar: After the Fire
Tainted Love: Soft Cell
Whisper to a Scream: Icicle Works
Blue Monday: New Order
Open Your Eyes: Lords of the New Church
Kundilini Express: Love & Rockets
In Between Days: The Cure
Go: Tones on Tail
This is Not A Love Song: Public Image Ltd.
Always Something There to Remind Me: Naked Eyes
Atomic: Blondie

If you like these, I can suggest more...

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Also for Mix 2:

Donnie Iris: Love Is Like A Rock
King: Won't You Hold My Hand Now
Jason & The Scorchers: Shop It Around

nobody · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:40 pm

Just saw Reuniting the band and thought...hey Belrin: The Metro would be a good one.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:56 pm

Some more kick ass, moody, retro '80s shit:

The Brains "Money Changes Everything"
Robin Lane & the Chartbusters "When Things Go Wrong"
The Only Ones "Why Don't You Kill Yourself?"
Pointed Sticks "Real Thing"
The Teardrop Explodes "Ha Ha, I'm Drowning"
The Red Rockers "China"
The Elektrics "What I Need"
A More "Judy Get Down"
No Means No "Try Not To Stutter"
The Catholic Girls "Boys Can Cry"
The Gun Club "Bad America"
Lords Of The New Church "Russian Roulette"
Translator "Everywhere That I'm Not"
Opal "She's A Diamond"
The Icicle Works "Blind"
Alan Vega "Wipeout Beat"
The Dream Syndicate "Still Holding On To You"
One The Juggler "Passion Killer"
True West "Hollywood Holiday"
Poisoned "Guns and Heroin"
True Believers "So Blue About You"
Dreams So Real "Bearing Witness"
Thin White Rope "Dead Grammas On A Train"

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Radcliffe Wrote:

Translator "Everywhere That I'm Not"

Yup!

beachy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:16 pm

mix 2:
Mojo Nixon's Elvis is Everywhere.
Maybe some Hothouse Flowers?
The The's "This is the day" is uplifting in an ironic way.

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