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09 October 2005

Help me make a mixtape! URGENT! My best friend moved to Launaguet, France and the first week has been real rough. I'm sending her a care package and want to include a MetaChat mixtape. Please hope me!
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Nothing too punk, or too sappy, everything else is fair game!
post by: mosch at: 19:22 | 33 comments
Go through all my music threads and grab what you like, I recommend everything wholeheartedly.;>
posted by jonmc 09 October | 19:23
jonmc: I've already done that... with pretty much every music thread you've participated in.

I'm asking because I thought a gift from total strangers might warm her cockles, not because I lack music. ;)
posted by mosch 09 October | 19:33
Give us something to work with here.
posted by Capn 09 October | 19:36
You should totally go on Metafilter and ask Languagehat to do this. If only so you can call the mixtape "From Languagehat to Launaguet"
posted by seanyboy 09 October | 19:38
She's 30.
She misses people who speak English.
She likes songs you can sing along to.
Her musical tastes are a wide net, but I've never heard her listen to anything where the lyrics are hard to understand, or where the music is sad and drippy.

I have no idea what info to provide, I've never asked strangers to collaborate on a mixtape for somebody they've never met before :-)
posted by mosch 09 October | 19:48
2nd seanyboy's note. I thought for a moment that L'hat had moved to France :-) It's too good to pass up!
posted by WolfDaddy 09 October | 19:58
Here are the top five songs that just came into my head.

1. Iron Woman by Devin Davis
2. Kissing the Lipless by The Shins
3. As We Go Up, We Go Down - Guided by Voices
4. Letter from an Occupant by the New Pornographers
5. Sloan - Losing California
posted by Quartermass 09 October | 20:53
How about some classic rock ballad stuff? Like Whitesnake "Here I go again on my own" Mr. Big "I'm the one who wants to be with you" etc. I have a bunch if you're interested.

Aretha Franklin? Pavement? Sly and the Family Stone? Funkadelic? Regina Spektor? gimme a clue here, I'll post whatevah.
posted by Edible Energy 09 October | 21:00
How about some progressive hip hop? Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, De La Soul, Digable Planets...
posted by Edible Energy 09 October | 21:03
R&B, funk and progressive hip-hop are more likely to fly than hair bands. I appreciate any efforts!! :-)
posted by mosch 09 October | 21:06
Poets of Rhythm - Smilin'
posted by box 09 October | 21:35
Aretha Franklin - Niki Hoeky
posted by box 09 October | 21:40
J-Live - Timeless
posted by box 09 October | 21:49
Quartermass: any chance you could yousendit any of those?

box: you are awesome!
posted by mosch 09 October | 21:55
Glad to help. R&B, funk and hip-hop are the kind of genres that make my ears perk up. Here's another:

Otis Redding - Stay in School
posted by box 09 October | 21:57
Blackalicious - Makin' Progress
posted by box 09 October | 22:01
MF Doom f. MC Paul Barman - Hot Guacamole
posted by box 09 October | 22:04
Mix Tape:
aretha franklin - chain of fools.mp3
aretha franklin - i never loved a man.mp3
aretha franklin - mr. bigstuff.mp3
arrested development - Tennessee (Full Version).mp3
basement jaxx - where's your head at.mp3
beck - pressure zone.mp3
beck - the new pollution.mp3
beck - two turntables and a microphone.mp3
de la soul - Baby Phat (Ft Devin The Dude).mp3
de la soul - long island degrees.mp3
de la soul - the magic number.mp3
jimi hendrix - love or confusion Track 4.mp3
midnight marauders - electric relaxation.mp3
posted by Edible Energy 09 October | 22:13
Cassandra Wilson - Drunk As Cooter Brown
posted by box 09 October | 22:18
Edible, 'Mr. Big Stuff' is by Jean Knight (well, most likely--there are other versions, but hers is the big one, and, as far as I know, Aretha Franklin never recorded it), and 'Electric Relaxation' is by A Tribe Called Quest (it's from the Midnight Marauders album).

(I hate mislabeled mp3s--I always get so excited, thinking 'Wow, I didn't know Bob Dylan did a version of 'Stuck in the Middle With You',' or whatever, and then I download it and it's just the same ol' Stealer's Wheel song as always.)
posted by box 09 October | 22:28
If I were home and in front of my computer, I'd be an uploading fool.

Mosch, be sure to post your final playlist....
posted by mudpuppie 09 October | 22:33
Death in Vegas - All that Glitters
Ween - Don't Laugh (I Love You)

posted by nixxon 09 October | 22:34
This just keeps getting better! You all kick ass!
posted by mosch 09 October | 22:40
box, the reason the tribe track is labeled midnight marauders is cause it's from the album directory; it's not mislabeled, it's underlabeled. And as for "mr bigstuff," screwup, it seems to be a widespread misconception on the internet. Too bad. I'll rename it.
posted by Edible Energy 09 October | 22:48
On friday I posted a YSI mix at honestengine.blogspot.com. It's one I made for an earlier monkeyfilter mix swap, and is pretty good if I do say so myself.
(I'd put Ca Plane Por Moi on anyone going to France's tape, along with Jet Boy Jet Girl).
posted by klangklangston 09 October | 23:03
On friday I posted a YSI mix at honestengine.blogspot.com. It's one I made for an earlier monkeyfilter mix swap, and is pretty good if I do say so myself.
(I'd put Ca Plane Por Moi on anyone going to France's tape, along with Jet Boy Jet Girl).
posted by klangklangston 09 October | 23:03
Whups. Now I feel like a dufus.
posted by klangklangston 09 October | 23:04
Here's as good as I can do from this CPU

Devin Davis - Iron Woman (The PERFECT song for this mix)

The Shins - When I Goosestep (a little more obscure)

Guided By Voices - As We Go Up, We Go Down (perfect lo-fi bubblegum pop)

Sloan - Losing California (power pop! power pop!)

Belle And Sebastian - If She Wants Me A song about a guy and his best friend that happens to be a girl. Careful!

Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts (DFA Mix) "Come on in/hang your coat/Eat Our Chips (c'mon)/We've got loads!"

I really want to do the Mecha radio! So many songs!
posted by Quartermass 09 October | 23:08
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Shake A Puddin'
posted by box 09 October | 23:12
The Planet by Gang Starr
most anything by The Knight Brothers
Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan
White Wall by Mando Diao
Sell Your Body to the Night by Turbonegro
Summertime Cowboy by Husky Rescue

French people should like these.

Sorry, I'm unable to upload here.
posted by Hugh Janus 10 October | 01:55
Hey, but so should expatriates living in France. Like the songs, I mean.
posted by Hugh Janus 10 October | 01:56
Here's a different Gang Starr song, and a different Bob Dylan song.

Gang Starr - Beyond Comprehension
Bob Dylan - Paths of Victory
posted by box 10 October | 12:01
Positively Fourth Street by Bob Dylan

That's a mean joke.
posted by mosch 11 October | 00:08
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