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C Patrick Carolan

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I'm making a mix CD and I need your help. My ex-girlfriend's cat was killed this week, and seeing as she's been bugging me for a CD for a while now, I figure I'd try to make her one that's the sort of thing you can put on when you're sad that might bring a smile without being annoyingly happy, if that makes any sense. Happiness is a sad song, y'know?

So far I've got a few songs selected:

The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
Death Cab for Cutie - Your Heart is an Empty Room
Yo La Tengo - Black Flowers
Sister Vanilla - Can't Stop the Rock
Feist - So Sorry (or maybe One Two Three Four... haven't decided yet)

And I know I'm going to put at least one Belle and Sebastian song on here, but I don't know which track yet.

Anyway, I was hoping some of you kids here might be able to suggest a song or two...?
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Pixies - Get The Fuck Over It It Was Just a Cat

A lesser known b-side of theirs...
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Or perhaps Pogues - Pick Up Another Stray, They're All Over the Place

But on the serious side, why would you help someone wallow in depression ?  I'd feel like if I felt that way, I would want someone to cheer me up, not make things darker.
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I would want them to cheer me up with hugs and kisses. You should make a mix about making out and having sex.
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Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent

Cat Power - Empty Shell

Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog.
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Or perhaps Pogues - Pick Up Another Stray, They're All Over the Place

But on the serious side, why would you help someone wallow in depression ?  I'd feel like if I felt that way, I would want someone to cheer me up, not make things darker.

When I'm in a shitty mood, I tend to want to listen to music that makes me feel worse. *shrug*
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Wait so you're letting something that happened 10 years ago ruin your quality of life? What are you, America? :psyduck:

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wow the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of this thread was belle and sebastian, it's good to know you've got that covered.

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'Here Come the Martian Martians' by Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers is a great, funny song that's pretty hard not to smile to. It's not really happy but it's kinda goofy.
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Mogwai ?

Perhaps a little Golden Porsche ?
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Quote from: Valley_Parade
When I'm in a shitty mood, I tend to want to listen to music that makes me feel worse. *shrug*

And that my friend, is where emos come from!

Although, normally the music fabricates the crap mood in the case of emos...but you know what I'm getting at.
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #10 on: 16 Sep 2007, 06:08 »

The Cat Empire - All That Talking

Aaron Copland - I Bought Me A Cat

Leroy Anderson - The Waltzing Cat

The Coasters (or maybe The Beatles; even better, The Basics) - Three Cool Cats

Rossini - Duet for Two Cats

Biber - The Cat

Duke Ellington - Scattin' at the Kit Kat

Wynton Marsalis - The Cat in the Hat is Back

This is fun!
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #11 on: 16 Sep 2007, 07:27 »

Really, I don't think putting cat in the title of every song is going to help get over a dead cat.

I say just put Marvin Gaye- Sexual Healing on repeat for an hour.
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #12 on: 17 Sep 2007, 09:05 »


Although, normally the music fabricates the crap mood in the case of emos...but you know what I'm getting at.

Yeah I was leaning towards droney stuff and most of the ( ) album.
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #13 on: 17 Sep 2007, 09:39 »

my suggestion would be, don't make mix cd's for ex-gf's, but that's just me.
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #14 on: 17 Sep 2007, 21:38 »

ooh, good point there
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #15 on: 18 Sep 2007, 08:09 »

If your ex buried the cat under a tree I would suggest 'Sonata Arctica - Under Your tree'
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #16 on: 18 Sep 2007, 09:12 »

Rilo Kiley - Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight That Surrounds You
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #17 on: 29 Sep 2007, 05:24 »

If you're girlfriend likes wallowing in self pity (as I know I sometimes do) I would give her Daniel Johnston or The Weakerthans (John K. Samson is an unfairly good lyricist when it comes to the melancholy).
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Re: Music for an ex-girlfriend whose cat just got run over...
« Reply #18 on: 29 Sep 2007, 07:22 »

"Rock and Roll Suicide"- David Bowie
"breathe me" - Sia
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