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[ComfortEagle]

I just made a mix to do house and yard work to. And i was woundering what you think about mine, and  what you would put on yours.


Continental                            Alkaline Trio      
Pool Party                                            Aquabat
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)            The Arcade Fire   
Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun         The Beastie Boys   
Comfort Eagle                            Cake      
Frank Sinatra                            Cake      
Turn it Out                                            Death From Above 1979   
Girl Anachronism                            Dresden Dolls   
Waltz#2xo                                            Elliot Smith   
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2     The Flaming Lips   
What You Waiting For?                            Gwen Stefani( no comment)Bandages                                            Hot Hot Heat   
Slow Hands                                            Interpol   
Woman King                            Iron and wine      
Time Is Running Out                            Muse              In The Aeroplane Over The Sea            Neutral Milk Hotel   
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight           The Postal Service   
got a girl                                            Trippin daisys   
Breakbeat Flash!                             Vyncent Flaw      
Hash Pipe (Jimmy Pop Remix)            Weezer      
Blue Orchid                                            The White Stripes

[KharBevNor]

I think OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JESUS, ALLAH, BUDDAH, WOTAN, ZEUS, HERNE, SAMAEL, ISIS, DIANA, MARDUK, CERNUNNOS, ALASTAIR CROWLEY, SATAN AND ALL HIS LITTLE WIZARDS ARTIST.HYPHEN.TRACK TITLE.

That's what I think.

[MilkmanDan]

The man has a point you know. It looks like you've fucking coded your tracklist to keep its secret safe from enemy agents. Well, not quite. But whatever.

[sp2]

Nah, I think the point is that the tracklist is supposed to be about as coherent as the selection of songs on the mix.

I mean, really.  A mix shouldn't just be "oh, I have a bunch of songs I like and now they're all on the same CD."

[KharBevNor]

I just made a mix. But it has no relevance to this thread. Unless your house is in the middle of a graveyard, you lucky sod.

Mix 51: Final and definitive proof that, whilst it may take more muscles to frown than to smile, it is well worth the additional effort.

Skyclad - A Clown of Thorns
Amorphis - Black Winter Day
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Hades Pluton
My Dying Bride - Sear Me MCMXC III
The Sisters of Mercy - Bury Me Deep
Candlemass - Solitude
Sunless - Paint it Black
Type O Negative - Red Water
Agalloch - ...And The Great Cold Death of the Earth
Dead Can Dance - Black Sun
Virgin Black - A Poet's Tears of Porcelain
Orthaugr - Der Weinende Hadnur
Danzig - Going Down to Die
Inkubus Sukkubus - We Belong With the Dead
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart


The Joy Division is the pep up track at the end. Seriously.

[ComfortEagle]

the songs and bands had spaces between them, but i guess that got botched when i posted.

[Inlander]

I've found when posting in the past that any more than a double space gets automatically deleted.

[sp2]

First of all, you should put the band name first, then a hyphen, then the song title.  Like this:

The Descending Testicles - Jerk Off on the Flag

Second of all, what you put together wasn't a mixtape.  It was a poorly hashed-together amalgam of songs you like.  These things are not the same.  I mean, shit, I could put together one of those in a couple minutes.  In fact, I will.

Time: 00:00:00

Frontline Assembly - Predator (Virus remix)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Only Lovers Left Alive
At the Drive In - Napoleon Solo
Nirvana - Sappy
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The Weakerthans - Benediction
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Hot Hot Heat - Oh Goddamnit
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Jawbreaker - Boxcar
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Liquid Courage
Constantines - Justice
The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Around the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)
The Black Keys - 10 AM Automatic
Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
Pink Floyd - Bike
Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Kinds)
The Mars Volta - Concertina
The Swayback - Distinguished Guest at the Downtrodden Ball

Time: 00:05:21

There.

I made a mix.  Hot damn, that's awesome.

Or.....not.

A mix takes a lot more than just throwing a bunch of songs together.  You should go into the mix with a theme that all songs should adhere to.  You could make a summertime mix and have lots of summery songs (The Breeders - "Cannonball" for example).  You could make a dreaming mix and have lots of songs about dreams or sleep (The Weakerthans - "Prescience of Dawn" and The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)" for example).  You could make a "fuck dirty hippies" mix and include songs like California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedys.  I mean, really, the possibilities are endless.

Not only that, but you should try to keep the tracklist assembled in such a way that it feels like one coherent body of work, the mixtape, rather than a bunch of singles randomly thrown together.  You shouldn't follow up Sigur Ros with The Epoxies.  It just doesn't work.  You can have both on the same mix, but you should space them apart, and have some songs that transition between the two, so it's not a sudden shock when you go from something slow and atmospheric to fast poppy synthpunk.

Also, one song per artist per mix.  I don't care if you love the shit out of Cake, throwing two Cake songs on a mix is a no-no.

Also, if there's a song that you damned well MUST HAVE, then use that to determine the theme for the mix.  Don't just toss it in haphazardly and say "well, it makes me happy."  That's just lazy.

Now that I have officially ruined this thread, does someone want to go get me a sandwich?

[Inlander]

No, but I WILL be a prat and say that "Saints" is a better summer-time Breeders song than "Cannonball".

[KharBevNor]

Also, isn't it 'All Along the Watchtower'?

I personally prefer Dylan's version. This makes me wierd apparently. But I just love Dylan.

I vote we make this a thread about mix tapes in general!

I made this one mainly to terrorise people. There's still a copy lying round the common room at school I think. It's rather prominently (and truthfully) labelled 'pop and dance':

E Nomine - Mitternacht
Angelspit - Nurse Grenade
The Cure - Killing an Arab
:wumpscut: - Soylent Green [Extended Version]
KMFDM - A Drug Against War
Lords of Acid - Out Comes the Evil
Zombina and the Skeletones - Nobody Likes You (When You're Dead)
Skinny Puppy - Grave Wisdom
Dan Swano - Nothing
Gothminister - Devil (Icon of Coil Remix)
Neuroticfish - The Bomb
Cradle of Filth - From the Cradle to Enslave [Under Martian Rule Remix]
Ministry - Every Day is Halloween
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
XIII.Stoleti - Bela Lugosi's Dead [Industrial Dance Version]
Wolfsheim - Approaching Lightspeed

[sp2]

Also, isn't it 'All Along the Watchtower'?

I'm a retard and I always make that mistake.

[KharBevNor]

Don't worry. It's got my fiendish mind ticking over about what a mash-up of Dylans 'All Along the Watchtower' and Steeleye Span's 'All Around my Hat' would sound like.

The current consensus is 'rather odd'.

[Not An Addict]

And the mixtape snobs have arrived.

For real, I agree that mixtapes should be coherent and have a good flow, only one song per artist, etc. - I wouldn't have mine any other way. But let's not jump all over people who don't really care about those sorts of subtleties and just want to make a random mix of songs they like.

And on that note, my latest '70s mix.

Blondie - One Way or Another
The Clash - Train in Vain
Pat Benatar - You Better Run
The Cars - Let's Go
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Boston - More than a Feeling
David Bowie - The Man who Sold the World
Wire - The 15th
Talking Heads - Heaven
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Heart - Dog and Butterfly
Lynrd Skynrd - Free Bird (I know, but I needed filler)
Styx - Babe
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Chic - Le Freak
The Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love

[sp2]

But let's not jump all over people who don't really care about those sorts of subtleties and just want to make a random mix of songs they like.

But let's not pretend that you don't want to bite me.

Comfort Eagle posted a tracklisting for a mix.  On a music forum.  This is sinviting criticism.  He/She spent exactly 2 seconds considering what to put on his/her mixtape, and I spent exactly the same amount of time feeling guilty for criticizing him/her.  I think that's fair.

If you post a tracklisting for a mix, we should all expect that they take the time to think that tracklisting through.  Comfort Eagle's tracklist should be taken as seriously as the tracklist I posted, that is, not in the least.  All those songs I listed make me happy.  I suppose that excuses me posting it and saying "I made a mix look at me look at me."

Seriously, grow a fucking spine already.

[spizzletrunk]

Being a twit with an iPod, I haven't made a mix in agessssss.  Except for friends.  No one gives me mixes, either.  They are non-mixing twits.

[BillyxRansom]

First of all, you should put the band name first, then a hyphen, then the song title.  Like this:

The Descending Testicles - Jerk Off on the Flag

Second of all, what you put together wasn't a mixtape.  It was a poorly hashed-together amalgam of songs you like.  These things are not the same.  I mean, shit, I could put together one of those in a couple minutes.  In fact, I will.

Time: 00:00:00

Frontline Assembly - Predator (Virus remix)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Only Lovers Left Alive
At the Drive In - Napoleon Solo
Nirvana - Sappy
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
The Weakerthans - Benediction
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Hot Hot Heat - Oh Goddamnit
Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
Jawbreaker - Boxcar
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Liquid Courage
Constantines - Justice
The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares (The Haunt of)
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Around the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)
The Black Keys - 10 AM Automatic
Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
Pink Floyd - Bike
Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Kinds)
The Mars Volta - Concertina
The Swayback - Distinguished Guest at the Downtrodden Ball

Time: 00:05:21

There.

I made a mix.  Hot damn, that's awesome.

Or.....not.

A mix takes a lot more than just throwing a bunch of songs together.  You should go into the mix with a theme that all songs should adhere to.  You could make a summertime mix and have lots of summery songs (The Breeders - "Cannonball" for example).  You could make a dreaming mix and have lots of songs about dreams or sleep (The Weakerthans - "Prescience of Dawn" and The Arcade Fire - "Rebellion (Lies)" for example).  You could make a "fuck dirty hippies" mix and include songs like California Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedys.  I mean, really, the possibilities are endless.

Not only that, but you should try to keep the tracklist assembled in such a way that it feels like one coherent body of work, the mixtape, rather than a bunch of singles randomly thrown together.  You shouldn't follow up Sigur Ros with The Epoxies.  It just doesn't work.  You can have both on the same mix, but you should space them apart, and have some songs that transition between the two, so it's not a sudden shock when you go from something slow and atmospheric to fast poppy synthpunk.

Also, one song per artist per mix.  I don't care if you love the shit out of Cake, throwing two Cake songs on a mix is a no-no.

Also, if there's a song that you damned well MUST HAVE, then use that to determine the theme for the mix.  Don't just toss it in haphazardly and say "well, it makes me happy."  That's just lazy.

Now that I have officially ruined this thread, does someone want to go get me a sandwich?

.....that's dumb, let the dude do what he wants. a mix tape/cd/whatever is a mix of songs. the end. that's all. nothing more. nothing too intricate about that. jesus christ now that i'm all worked up.

doufhsd9uvydsuvyhsiudv.

[KharBevNor]

No, really.

The mix-tape is a delicate art. There is a tacit difference than a compilation of your favourite songs, and a mix tape.

Also, quoting whole posts is for the lose.

I've made a few mixes similiar to this, but what the hell, they're awesome:

Mix 52: Pedal to the Metal, Balls to the Goddamn Wall!

Dream Evil - The Book of Heavy Metal
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Manowar - Wheels of Fire
King Diamond - The Trees Have Eyes
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
3 Inches of Blood - Deadly Sinners
Tad Morose - Corporate Masters
Saxon - And The Band Played On
Mercyful Fate - Evil
Twisted Sister - Burn in Hell
Viking Skull - Beer, Drugs and Bitches
Accept - Metal Heart
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
Venom - Teacher's Pet
Motörhead - Ace of Spades
Danzig - Twist of Cain
HammerFall - Hearts on Fire
Judas Priest - All Guns Blazing
Tankard - Alcohol

Basically, the facts are, if you can listen to this whole mix, and not nod your head, play a little air-guitar or even enjoy yourself once, then:
*You have no taste
*You have no sense of humour
*You are a peadophile
*I hate you

Because I damn well said so.

[MilkmanDan]

I made a mix too. Now I just need to get off my ass and send it to QHD. Sorry man, I got my CD about 2 weeks ago, and I still haven't send mine. Poor show. It's awesome though, don't fear. It's got Faust, Lefty Frizzell and Luisine on one CD for christsakes, How could it not rule?

[KharBevNor]

Well, someone obviously isn't a tasteless, humourless, khar-hated kiddy fiddler!

Your prize is this turnip.



Treasure it.

[happybirthdaygelatin]

Pantera=YES.
Gnod, they ruled. I dig them more than I should due to homestate pride.
Gnod is a trademark of Killray Incorporated.

In Gnod we trust!

Also, one song per artist per mix.

Pink Floyd - Bike
Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Kinds)

If not following his advice completly on this point, at least have the same artist seperated by a song or more (preferably more for my self.)

[KharBevNor]

imo, the only real way to excuse mutliple tracks from a same artist is if two songs simply do not work without each other, or if they are different parts of the same song all seperated up.

[happybirthdaygelatin]

Good point, I didn't even think that could be the case with the Floyd tracks.

Also if you do a mix of covers and originals what would the best lay out be?

[KharBevNor]

I've never done it. I take it you mean a mix that has original versions of songs, and covers of the same songs? I imagine I would do it as two 'sides' with the same order of songs (but not bands). Best with a tape or 2 cds. A really good mix of the sort would have 'light and dark', 'good and bad' or 'fast and slow' versions of the tracks. Some sort of obvious contrast anyway.

[soap]

1. Miracle Drug - A.C.Newman - The Slow Wonder
2. Pure Rock Fury - Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
3. I. Shoes - yourcodenameis:milo - schteeve (single)
4. Dog Park - Minus The Bear - They Make Beer Commercials Like This ep
5. Lovers Need Lawyers - The Good Life - Lovers Need Lawyers ep or The Album Of The Year
6. Jezebel - Iron & Wine - Woman King ep
7. One With The Freaks - Notwist - Neon Golden
8. KC Accidental - Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
9. With Arms Outstretched - Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
10. The Words 'Stabbed' and 'Back' Spring To Mind- Twofold - Hammer To The Hornets Nest (single)
11. Gravity - Hell Is For Heroes - (its a bside but i don't know what of)
12. Ten Minutes - The Get-Up Kids - Something To Write Home About
13. B is for Bethlehem - The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
14. Self Healer - Idlewild - Captain
15. Biotech is Godzilla - Sepultura - Chaos AD
16. Homewrecker - Converge - Jane Doe
17. What's Your New Thing? - Walking Concert - Run To Be Born
18. Better Than This - onelinedrawing - Sketchy #1 ep

it was designed for a cd mix swap on the forum of a band called reuben, which might explain some of the choices to some of the UK users...
it was also designed to flow without getting too bogged down in heavy or mellow - i think i managed it

[sp2]

Also, one song per artist per mix.

Pink Floyd - Bike
Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Kinds)

If not following his advice completly on this point, at least have the same artist seperated by a song or more (preferably more for my self.)

My point, that was missed, is that the tracklisting I gave is NOT an acceptible tracklisting for a mix.  I mean, I'd consider the fact that I followed a very ethereal EBM remix with a very fast punk song (Frontline and T(I)NC respectively) just as much a sin as having those Floyd songs back to back.  I just threw together a bunch of songs I like.  That's all.  Which is what Comfort Eagle did.  I would never burn that tracklist to a CD, and I damned well wouldn't brag about it in public.  Hell, I don't even know if it would fit on a CD.  Probably not.

[Inlander]

I can't believe that people are being snobs about fucking mix-tapes.  For pity's sake, it's a tape.  With a mix of music on it.  Do you really have to prescribe rules and regulations for that?  Is your genitalia so small??

[KharBevNor]

Everything in my life must be regulated and riddled with heirarchy and elitism.

Otherwise I will have nothing to feel good about and slump into an endless cycle of drinking cheap vodka and crying about the fact that nobody loves me.

[Skibas_clavicle]

People! Be nice! ANYWHO....I'm making a mix tape for my friend in exchange for him making me a bracelet, like last year. Here is my list (in no particular order):

Iron & Wine - My Lady's House
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Only Want You
Miss Kitten - Frank Sinatra
Hot Water Music - Remedy
Quasi - Drunken Tears
Rocket From The Crypt - I'm Not Invisible
The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone (cover)
Le Tigre - My My Metrocard
Pinback - Hurley
The Album Leaf - Over The Pond
Wilco - Too Far Apart OR I Must Be High
The Books - Don't Even Sing About It
Ladytron - Seventeen
Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
Johnny Cash - A Satisfied Mind
Alkaline Trio - You've Got So Far To Go & Steamer Trunk
Built To Spill - Centre Of The Universe
Fischerspooner - Megacolon
The Pixies - Mr. Grieves
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

[Not An Addict]

Seriously, grow a fucking spine already.

Seriously, get a fucking life already. ComfortEagle's mixtape didn't kill your dog. Yours neither, KharBevNor.

[KharBevNor]

Actually, I have pretty damning evidence.

[Inlander]

"It was Comfort Eagle, in the Drawing Room, with the Mix Tape."

[ComfortEagle]

Ive created a monster! A dog  killing monster?
I guess it would make something a lot more enjoyable to have a theme, sometimes just throwing random songs together can be the equivalent of ear rape.

[ComfortEagle]

my internet is screwing up, sorry about the double post.

[thew]

Also, one song per artist per mix.

Nuts to that rule. I like to sprinkle around multiple tracks by the same artist sometime.

[KharBevNor]

No, nuts to you! Every time you break the one song per artist per mix rule, a toad explodes.

You murdering bastards.

I just finished an AWESOME mix, but I think i'm going to use it for the next mix-tape exchange, so I won't post here.

[thew]

If I get you in the next exchange I'm going to use only ONE artist in my mix!

Your toads are not safe.

:p

[sp2]

Nuts to that rule. I like to sprinkle around multiple tracks by the same artist sometime.

I like to mix a little semen into the mayonnaise at the local Wendy's but that doesn't make it right.

Reusing an artist generally means that you have limited musicians you're drawing from and thus are running out of material.  That's like admitting you've only got one testicle.

[thew]

How did you know I only had one testicle?

[Se7en]

I really dont get the whole mix tape thing. I dont own a tape recorder, or a single tape. I dont even have a standalone CD player, its been nothing but MP3 for the last 8 years or so. i used to send friends compilation CDs, but those were cds (and now dvds) crammed with mp3s. Broadband internet, cheap storage, and sophisticated multimedia home entertainment systems have rendered physical media non-existant.

I can kind of understand the concept of a mix tape though. With mp3, i play songs in the order that fits my mood, not compiled into albums. A mix tape just seems to be a low-tech way of doing the same thing.

[sp2]

There are several purposes for a mix.

First, not all of us are fortunate enough to own an iPod.  Yeah, there's people out there that still use CD players.  So if we want a varied listening experience, we need to make mixes.

Secondly, mixtapes can be a good way to provide a friend with a sampling of various bands, especially if you're trying to introduce them to new stuff.  While someone may not want to sit through an entire album to see if they like something, a mix lets them try out lots of bands at once (this is the same reason people buy comps, for example).

Third, mixes can be nice gifts to give people.  A good mix takes a lot of thought and time to put together, and will be tailored to the person you're making it for.  A friend having a bad week?  Put together a mix to help cheer him up.  Going out with a cute girl and want to give her a nice but inexpensive gift?  Mixtape.  Having a party and you want to put together a varied musical selection?  Mixtape.  Your boss fired you?  You burn a fucking mixtape of the most violent punk and metal songs and you leave it right on top of his fucking inbox.

[KharBevNor]

Wow, if I'm ever a boss of people, I'm gonna do a fuckload of firing.

[sp2]

With your luck, it'll just be a lot of Korn and Limp Bizkit and Tool.

[KharBevNor]

Not with my interviewing techniques.

*Interviewee comes in*
Me: Good morning
Interviewee: Good morning
Me (screaming): VOMIT OF BLOOD
Interviewee (screaming): OMINOUS SIGN
Me (screaming): PUTS MY HEALTH ON A STEADY DECLINE
Interviewee (screaming): TERRIFYING SKULLCRUSHER RAPES THE EARTH
Me (screaming): LIFE TURNS INTO TORTURE
Together (screaming): A MINUTE TRAPPED IN BIRTH
Me: You're hired.

[Se7en]

Is it just me, or are metal lyrics a tad.. predictable?

[KharBevNor]

Bloodbath lyrics are. But then, Bloodbath are meant to be very stereotypical. All their members come from bands that have lyrics like:

'Next time you see the stars alight,
Like diamonds in the winters night,
Do think of me, remember me,
So reads my elegy.
Next time I see the stars shine bright,
Like white eyes in the darkened light,
I'm free, no chains are holding me,
But still I live by your elegy.'

(Edge of Sanity - Elegy)

And other similiar poetic/introspective whatnots. It's their escape from having to be serious. Metal lyrics can be very good. Of course, one has to remember that a lot of metal lyricists don't speak english as their first language. I couldn't personally write poetry of any sort in any other language. Not even Mayhem lyrics.

[Not An Addict]

I personally can't stand "theme" mixes. Mixing artists from all different decades just because they fit a theme seems so cloying to me. After the first few tracks it's like, "Okay, these are all songs about highways. Great. That's it, then?" My mixes are either decade-specific, genre-specific, or artist mixes, so that the songs all have some relation to each other besides subject matter.

And if I see one more tracklist for a "Sunday morning making eggs reading the paper" mix, I'm going to smash something. Seriously, stop it. James Taylor and Air do not belong together.

[KharBevNor]

Weren't you defending Comforteagle's "mix to do house and yard work to" to the hilt earlier, Mr. Smashy?

[Not An Addict]

Yes, but at least his mix wasn't "Songs About Yardwork".