jackofallgeeks | Entries tagged with music: mixcd

So, this is kind of a meme, and I've kind of seen it go around before, but ostensibly I'm at the head of this one.

My friend Leslie makes lots of MIX CDs. Her friend (George?) made her a "here's a CD about me" CD a while back, and Leslie just made him one in kind. And she got to thinking, and posed the following to her friends' list: What 16-or-so tracks would be on your mix for yourself?

I've actually done this before. I can't remember who got it, exactly, but somewhere one of my friends has a CD titled "A Little Bit About Me" or something, which is basically talking about who I am, essentially.

Right now? I think I'd sound something like ( this. )

Miss Suzannah
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01. 'Ever Fallen in Love' by Thea Gilmore
Ever fallen in love with someone/ you shouldn't have fallen in love with?

02. The Duke of Kent Waltz*
<Was my favorite song at Contra.>

03. 'Tell Me Ma' by Shamrock*
<No other song better embodied Contra for me.>

04. 'Fell' by School of Fish
Well I fell in love tomorrow/ but she's got the final word.

05. 'As Lovers Go' by Dashboard Confessional
I'll be true/ I'll be useful/ I'll be cavalier/ I'll be yours, my dear/ and I'll belong to you/ if you just let me through.

06. 'Uninvited' by Alanis Morissette
But you, you're not allowed/ You're uninvited/ An unfortunate slight.

07. 'Go Away' by the Cruxshadows
She said Go/ I don't want you any more/ She said Go/ I don't need you now, my dearest./ She said Go/ I don't love you anymore./ She said Go/ but I don't believe her...

08. Greensleeves*
Alas my love/ you do me wrong/ to cast me off/ discourteously.
<The melody has always been my favorite, and she'd been particularly adamant that it was 'Greensleeves,' not 'What Child is This.'>

09. 'Yesterday' by the Beatles
Why she had to go/ I don't know/ She wouldn't say.

10. 'White Flag' by Dido*
But if I didn't say it/ well I'd still have felt it/ where's the sense in that?
<This was the only 'modern' song I ever remember her recognizing, 'Fields of Gold' aside.>

11. 'Edge of the World' by the Cruxshadows
Why did you come here/ just to break my heart again?

12. 'Either Way' by Guster
You were almost kind/ you were almost true/ Don't let me see that other side of you.

13. 'Take It All Away' by Cake
You keep pushing me away/ In spite of what you say/ I found out yesterday/ That I've been wasting all my time.

14. 'Euphoria' by School of Fish
And I know that it's all my fault/ So I'll try not to complain/ And a heart can only break/ So many times.

15. 'Tears' by Cruxshadows
The damage plagued upon my love/ Driven by this selfish urge/ To separate yourself from me/ But not the way you planned.

16. The Bonnie Cuckoo*
<This was probably my favorite dance at Contra.>

17. 'Someday You Will Be Loved' by Deathcab for Cutie
Cause each broken heart will eventually mend/ As the blood runs red down the needle and thread/ Someday you will be loved.

18. 'Now and Then' by Blackmore's Night
That's OK/ I'll be fine/ I've got myself, I'll heal in time/ And even though our stories at the end/ I still may think of you now and then...

19. 'Ground' by Assemblage 23
Take strength/ In every failure you endure/ Our mistakes have many lessons they can teach.

I just burned the first real MixCD I've done in a while. And by 'real,' I mean one that has a coherent focus and theme. I *think* the last one I did that really qualified was for Meredith's Confirmation, but there might've been one other. I'm still most proud of Refractions, which I made for my friend Melissa, but it's been a very long time since I listened to that one.

This one, entitled This Is Revolution, has been sitting on my mind since a few weeks ago when I mentioned to Josh wanting to write a French-Revolution-type story. It's not a 'full' CD, in that it's only 12 tracks and about 62 minutes long, but I feel it really tells a story.

And that story I will list here. I'm actually pretty proud of this, and while I can't post Clips the way Some can, take a look underneath and let me know what you think.

This Is Revolution
01. 'Epicentre' by VNV Nation
02. '4 AM' by VNV Nation
03. 'Electronaut' by VNV Nation
04. 'Dark Angel - Gabriel' by VNV Nation
05. 'I am the Rain' by Assemblage 23
06. 'Honour' by VNV Nation
07. 'Legion' by VNV Nation
08. 'Winterborn (Sacrificial Acoustic Version)' by the Crushadows
09. 'Anthem' by VNV Nation
10. 'Carbon' by VNV Nation
11. 'Holding On' by VNV Nation
12. 'Further' by VNV Nation

( Track One - The Seeds )
( Track Two - A Gathering Dark )
( Track Three - Forces Mobilized )
( Track Four - Proposal Denied )
( Track Five - A Vision Darkened )
( Track Six - Conflict Joined )
( Track Seven - War Is Hell )
( Track Eight - An Epic Struggle )
( Track Nine - And There Were None )
( Track Ten - What Have We Accomplished? )
( That Which Was Wrought )
( Track Twelve - Resignation )

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