Friday, January 11, 2008
Introducing Two Bands I Love
So, I met someone whom I like quite a bit that is...let's say removed...from music. She's cool, intelligent and slightly nerdy (like me...only cute...and female). So, I have decided to introduce her to the wonders of They Might Be Giants and The White Stripes. The following is the track listing for the mix CDs I created to introduce her to these two paragons of awesome. Critique as you will.
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS:
Don't Let's Start (this is how every TMBG mix should start: the perfect song)
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Ana Ng
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
We Want A Rock
They'll Need A Crane
Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
Four Of Two
When It Rains It Snows
I Am Not Your Broom
The World's Address
Mr. Me
Which Describes How You're Feeling
Pencil Rain
Twisting
She's An Angel
Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
Particle Man
I've Got a Match
Subliminal
Shoehorn With Teeth
Experimental Film
Snowball In Hell
I Am A Grocery Bag
32 Footsteps
Kiss Me, Son of God
Women & Men
It's Not My Birthday
Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
I Should Be Allowed To Think
Meet James Ensor
Mammal
Dinner Bell
The Mesopotamians
I Palindrome I
I realize that the TMBG mix is very VERY heavy on the early stuff, but I just find that to be a lot easier to get into than the Apollo 18/John Henry and everything forwards stuff (at least, that's what introduced ME to them and hooked me). Plus, say what you want, I Am a Grocery Bag is hilarious (first time I threw it on, I almost drove off the road...I hadn't looked at the tracklisting, and it was so completely unexpected).
THE WHITE STRIPES:
One More Cup Of Coffee
Hotel Yorba
Apple Blossom
I Want To Be the Boy
You're Pretty Good Looking For a Girl
My Doorbell
Seven Nation Army
There's No Home For You Here
Fell In Love With a Girl
Hypnotise
The Hardest Button to Button
I'm Slowly Turning Into You
Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
A Martyr For My Love For You
Hello Operator
Black Math
Icky Thump
I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman
Take Take Take
Effect & Cause
Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground
The denial twist
Conquest
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
In the Cold Cold Night
I didn't want to just give her a copy of Icky Thump, so I handpicked some highlights from all the albums and mixed them all up. I wish I could've fit Rag & Bone on here too, but I REALLY wanted Take Take Take on the mix).
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So, I met someone whom I like quite a bit that is...let's say removed...from music. She's cool, intelligent and slightly nerdy (like me...only cute...and female). So, I have decided to introduce her to the wonders of They Might Be Giants and The White Stripes. The following is the track listing for the mix CDs I created to introduce her to these two paragons of awesome. Critique as you will.
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS:
Don't Let's Start (this is how every TMBG mix should start: the perfect song)
Birdhouse In Your Soul
Ana Ng
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
We Want A Rock
They'll Need A Crane
Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
Four Of Two
When It Rains It Snows
I Am Not Your Broom
The World's Address
Mr. Me
Which Describes How You're Feeling
Pencil Rain
Twisting
She's An Angel
Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)
Particle Man
I've Got a Match
Subliminal
Shoehorn With Teeth
Experimental Film
Snowball In Hell
I Am A Grocery Bag
32 Footsteps
Kiss Me, Son of God
Women & Men
It's Not My Birthday
Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
I Should Be Allowed To Think
Meet James Ensor
Mammal
Dinner Bell
The Mesopotamians
I Palindrome I
I realize that the TMBG mix is very VERY heavy on the early stuff, but I just find that to be a lot easier to get into than the Apollo 18/John Henry and everything forwards stuff (at least, that's what introduced ME to them and hooked me). Plus, say what you want, I Am a Grocery Bag is hilarious (first time I threw it on, I almost drove off the road...I hadn't looked at the tracklisting, and it was so completely unexpected).
THE WHITE STRIPES:
One More Cup Of Coffee
Hotel Yorba
Apple Blossom
I Want To Be the Boy
You're Pretty Good Looking For a Girl
My Doorbell
Seven Nation Army
There's No Home For You Here
Fell In Love With a Girl
Hypnotise
The Hardest Button to Button
I'm Slowly Turning Into You
Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?
A Martyr For My Love For You
Hello Operator
Black Math
Icky Thump
I'm Finding It Harder To Be a Gentleman
Take Take Take
Effect & Cause
Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground
The denial twist
Conquest
You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
In the Cold Cold Night
I didn't want to just give her a copy of Icky Thump, so I handpicked some highlights from all the albums and mixed them all up. I wish I could've fit Rag & Bone on here too, but I REALLY wanted Take Take Take on the mix).
