This past weekend was the first weekend in a while that April and I were able to just hang out without going to weddings or without me going away on some trip. To honor the occasion, I decided to make a CD to listen to in the car! It's really a CD for April to listen to in her car, but it hasn't left my car yet. The mix features:
1. Interpol - Pioneer to the Falls
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy
3. Spoon - Don't You Evah
4. Mark ROnson featuring Lily Allen - Oh My God (remake of a Kaiser Chiefs song)
5. M.I.A. - Boyz
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rockers to Swallow
7. Lily Allen - Alfie (CSS Remix)
8. Devo - Watch Us Work It (new Devo song!)
9. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love (New Mix)
10. The Shins - Sea Legs
11. Beck - Girl
12. Interpol - The Lighthouse
Now due to the beautiful weather and good vibes, the two Interpol songs and "Down Boy" felt a bit too glum for the general mood. Also, as much as I love The Shins, Sea Legs wasn't quite fitting in. I don't know if it's the song, or because I've had it for a few months and it wasn't feeling as fresh. The Beck song wasn't new either, but it was new to my MP3 collection, so that made it fun for me. The rest of the songs were perfect for the weekend... If you want to re-create my weekend of driving around, burn that list to disc and give it a try. Today it was raining, so the Interpol songs fit the mood better. I need to reconfigure the mix a bit but I doubt I'll get around to it.
I value the importance of mixing good songs with good times, because then you can hear the songs later and remember the good times you had. I was pretty happy with the CD I put together for our wedding cocktail hour. For the reception, it's important to play familiar songs and not be all pretentious, but cocktail hour is a great opportunity to play stuff people may be less familiar with and just set a general vibe. This was my cocktail hour mix:
1. Norah Jones & Wax Poetic - Angels (Thievery Corporation remix)
2. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
3. New Order - Age of Consent
4. Goldfrapp (Ooh La La)
5. Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist
6. Liars - Mr Your on Fire Mr.
7. Pete Bjorn and John - Young Folks
8. Stigmato Inc - Reality Check
9. DJ Cam - Success (Thievery Corporation Remix)
10. GOldfrapp - Fly Me Away (The Naughty Remix)
11. New Order - Ceremony
12. Federico Aubele - Postales
13. Willie Bob - Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister Con Madrid De Los Austrias Muga Reserve Mix)
14. New Order - Temptation (7" Edit)
15. Bloc Party - Banquet
16. Goldfrapp - Number 1
17. Klaxons - Golden Skans
18. DJ Krush - On the Dub-ble
For our first dance, we picked "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack - Single Mix", by Liars. The single mix is more "peppy" than the regular version.
If you haven't heard some of these, you should be able to buy most of them on iTunes. Check 'em out. :)
Drift-And-Die
Nice mixes! Although I was particularly fond of Rock the Casbah and Down Boy ... Whenever I try to make a CD, I can't help but fill it with old punk songs like the Clash, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Metallica, Daft Punk and the likes of that... Not that I regret it later :P