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Singing To Myself
Sep. 10th, 2007 12:01 amSo, maybe about a month or so ago, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
surichan presented a "Me Mix" that she'd made songs that she felt expressed who she was as a person. Leslie has a knack for these sorts of things, and she made a good mix (though I'm pretty sure some of her choices were influenced by songs people had said reminded them of her). She asked her friends list, in a rather meme-like way, what 16-odd songs they would put on their own "Me Mix."
I responded to that meme-ishness with what I felt expressed me at that time. The trouble was the "at that time" bit. Yeah, some of it was applicable to me, generally, but a lot of it was grounded in how I was feeling which was heavily influenced by all the negative feedback energy radiating from my thesis at the time. So, I wanted to 're-design' my Me-Mix to something more-universally me.
Of course, I generally feel that my friends know me better than I know me, so when I inevitably got to a sticking point, I asked Leslie to do me a favor: make a mix about who I am. Leslie loved the idea; she'd made mixes about her friends before, but it was always to them, not as them. The result was ( Stone Cold Gentleman. )
It was a very appropriate mix, and the lyric snips she chose to highlight for each song, I think, really describe me rather well. They describe me so well, in fact, that a full 8 of those 17 songs ended up in the semi-finals for my own mix. (Of course, the catch to having her do this is that I need to make one in kind for her. I don't have nearly the talent she displays for making mixes, plus I'm afraid that I'll confused who she is for who she's been. So far I just have "God" by Tori Amos as a nominee, and I almost put that song on my own list.)
I've finally finished, to some reasonable extent, my Me Mix. Listening to it, there seems to be a theme of not being who I want or seem to be. There's a current of determination and striving to do what's right, a touch of insecurity, and a hint of rage under the surface. The track listing follows, along with some highlighted lyrics and a few short words on why I chose what I chose. So:
Andrew -- Singing To Myself
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01. "Superman" by Five for Fighting
02. "Philosophy" by Ben Folds Five
03. "I'm Alive" by Disturbed
04. "Atlantic" by Keane
05. "Somebody" by Veruka Salt
06. "One Dance" by Dan Bern
07. "You Owe Me Nothing" by Alanis Morissette
08. "Ugly Side" by Blue October
09. "Pure" by Gary Numan
10. "Kick Some Ass" by Stroke Nine
11. "Scars" by Papa Roach
12. "Legion" by VNV Nation
13. "Drive" by Asseblage 23
14. "When I Get My" by Noam Weinstein
15. "Mayonnaise" by Smashing Pumpkins
16. "A Better Son/Daughter" by Rilo Kiley
17. "Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay
( Commentary )
surichan presented a "Me Mix" that she'd made songs that she felt expressed who she was as a person. Leslie has a knack for these sorts of things, and she made a good mix (though I'm pretty sure some of her choices were influenced by songs people had said reminded them of her). She asked her friends list, in a rather meme-like way, what 16-odd songs they would put on their own "Me Mix."I responded to that meme-ishness with what I felt expressed me at that time. The trouble was the "at that time" bit. Yeah, some of it was applicable to me, generally, but a lot of it was grounded in how I was feeling which was heavily influenced by all the negative feedback energy radiating from my thesis at the time. So, I wanted to 're-design' my Me-Mix to something more-universally me.
Of course, I generally feel that my friends know me better than I know me, so when I inevitably got to a sticking point, I asked Leslie to do me a favor: make a mix about who I am. Leslie loved the idea; she'd made mixes about her friends before, but it was always to them, not as them. The result was ( Stone Cold Gentleman. )
It was a very appropriate mix, and the lyric snips she chose to highlight for each song, I think, really describe me rather well. They describe me so well, in fact, that a full 8 of those 17 songs ended up in the semi-finals for my own mix. (Of course, the catch to having her do this is that I need to make one in kind for her. I don't have nearly the talent she displays for making mixes, plus I'm afraid that I'll confused who she is for who she's been. So far I just have "God" by Tori Amos as a nominee, and I almost put that song on my own list.)
I've finally finished, to some reasonable extent, my Me Mix. Listening to it, there seems to be a theme of not being who I want or seem to be. There's a current of determination and striving to do what's right, a touch of insecurity, and a hint of rage under the surface. The track listing follows, along with some highlighted lyrics and a few short words on why I chose what I chose. So:
Andrew -- Singing To Myself
===========================
01. "Superman" by Five for Fighting
02. "Philosophy" by Ben Folds Five
03. "I'm Alive" by Disturbed
04. "Atlantic" by Keane
05. "Somebody" by Veruka Salt
06. "One Dance" by Dan Bern
07. "You Owe Me Nothing" by Alanis Morissette
08. "Ugly Side" by Blue October
09. "Pure" by Gary Numan
10. "Kick Some Ass" by Stroke Nine
11. "Scars" by Papa Roach
12. "Legion" by VNV Nation
13. "Drive" by Asseblage 23
14. "When I Get My" by Noam Weinstein
15. "Mayonnaise" by Smashing Pumpkins
16. "A Better Son/Daughter" by Rilo Kiley
17. "Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay
( Commentary )
