Music The Contents of a Selection of Mix Tapes, in Chronological Order
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 10:26PM Oh, some of the very best ones (almost all of high school) are at my parents’ house, and sadly, some lived in my car for so long that they are faded and I can no longer read the tracklists. Also, there is one here called “A Fistful of Joseph Fiennes” that I can’t precisely locate at this moment, which is a shame. But here are five that made it to D.C. with me intact:
A Trixie Wonder Mix (Spring 1995) (made for me, not by me)
Side A: The entire album by the South Carolina band Blightobody
Only Wanna Be With You — Hootie and the Blowfish
Ezekiel 25:17 — Pulp Fiction
Side B: Bell Bottom Blues — Eric Clapton
Run Around — Blues Traveler
Supernova — Liz Phair
Romeo and Juliet — Indigo Girls
Me and Bobby McGee — Janis Joplin
Bombtrack — Rage against the Machine
Son of a Preacher Man — Dusty Springfield
*69 — R.E.M.
Moondance — Van Morrison
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon — Urge Overkill
Jungle Boogie — Kool and the Gang
Time Capsule — Matthew Sweet
Songs You Won’t Hear at McKenzie’s, Vol. 1 (Christmas 1997) (From Stephanie)
Side A: Walls — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
She’s a Star — James
Close to Me — The Cure
Pocketful of Rainbows — Elvis Presley
Hey Emilie — Mother Hips
I Wanna Be With You — The Sneeches with Shoes
Hey Nineteen — Steely Dan
Side B: Song 2 — Blur
Nightclubbing — Iggy Pop
Away with the Pixies — Ben Lee
Groove Me — King Floyd
Somebody’s Baby — Jackson Browne
Falling Out of Love (With You) — The 6ths
Into the Mystic — Van Morrison
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window — The Beatles
A Case of You — Joni Mitchell
A Compilation Tape for the Assertive Woman (Summer 1998) (Author — a boy; recipient — moi)
Side A: The Fly — U2
When I Fall —Barenaked Ladies
Ruiner — Nine Inch Nails
DND — Semisonic
I Hope, I Think, I Know — Oasis
Street Spirit (Fade Out) — Radiohead
Too Many Days — Uncle Mingo
Come on Over — Dayroom
Elderly Woman Behind a Counter in a Small Town — Pearl Jam
Laid — James
Side B: Quiet Feel — The Drag
Lucky Man — The Verve
Daddy From Inside — Treehouse
Crown — The Connells
It’s Alright — Big Head Todd and the Monsters
The Old Apartment — Barenaked Ladies
Come Undone — Duran Duran
Miami — U2
Fake Plastic Trees — Radiohead
Gone to the Movies — Semisonic
Merry Christmas, Love, Emilie (Christmas 1999) (intended recipient: uncertain. status: never delivered)
Side A: Let Me Go — Cake
Cigarettes Will Kill You — Ben Lee
Isabelle — Blue Dogs
All in All — My Friend Steve
Nineteen — Old 97’s
Polyester Bride — Liz Phair
Here Comes My Baby — Cat Stevens
Sonnet — The Verve
You Got Me — The Roots
Born For Me — Paul Westerberg
To Zion — Lauryn Hill
Ain’t No Sunshine — Bill Withers
Romeo and Juliet — Indigo Girls
Side B: Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Dwight Yoakam
Shilo — Neil Diamond
She — Elvis Costello
Siren — Tori Amos
Beauty Mark — Rufus Wainwright
Kate — Ben Folds Five
Happy Xmas (War is Over) — John Lennon
Baby Please Don’t Go — Dwight Yoakam (feat. Sheryl Crow)
For Jake (February 2002) (From me, aw)
If I Needed You — Townes Van Zandt w/ Emmylou
A Song for You — Whiskeytown
Gene Autry — Beulah
Cry Like a Baby — Kasey Chambers
I Will — The Beatles
Looking at the World Through a Windshield — Son Volt
If I Should Fall Behind — Bruce Springsteen
This Moment — Matthew Sweet
Indoor Fireworks — Elvis Costello
Pick Up the Change — Wilco
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me — The Jayhawks [subtle!]
All I Want is You — U2 [really subtle!]
Save Me — Aimee Mann
Least Complicated — Indigo Girls
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Reader Comments (4)
I've got a lot of soundtracks from the mid to late 90s. Not sure if that makes me cool or not...
Side 1:
Bad Religion - Suffer
They Might Be Giants -- Your Racist Friend
Violent Femmes -- Nothing Worth Living For
The Smiths - Please Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Sinead O'Connor -- Black Boys on Mopeds
(unknown) -- I Hate People
Frank -- Anarchy
Depeche Mode -- Somebody
Indigo Girls -- Love's Recovery
Fishbone -- Skankin' to the Beat
The Replacements -- Within your Reach
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians -- Circle
Morrisey -- The Ordinary Boy
Sinead O'Connor -- Jackie
Jimi Hendrix -- Little Wing
Side 2:
The Replacements -- Sadly Beautiful
The Smiths -- Meat is Murder
Rickie Lee Jones -- Ghetto of my Mind
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- You Always Sing
Edie Brickell -- Me By The Sea & Ghost Of a God
Indigo Girls -- Girl With The Weight of the World In Her Hands
Sonic Youth -- My Friend Goo
REM - Dark Globe
Falling (theme from Twin Peaks)
I think the best part is how she obviously ran out of records part-way through and had to begin repeating artists. We still keep in touch, kinda. She's married now, and has a son. Time flies.