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The Story of My Heartbreak: Songs of the Century

The Story of My Heartbreak: Songs of the Century
Created by: whackedtollie
Tracks: 23
Length: 01:19:19
Keywords 1. soundtrack of my life
2. good music
3. favorites
Created on 12/14/06 09:23pm
Level 5
Points 2269
Total visitors 94
Unique visitors 41
description:
This mix is a compilation of some songs that have made my life. Not only the songs, but the artists who created them, will, I think, I hope, be a part of me forever. They've made it into my personal classics. Some of them aren't even my favorite songs - some of them are just so much a part of my musical history that I can't ignore them. I do love all of these songs. I hope you do too.

tracklist

1 The Libertines : I Get Along
The Libertines, for a long, long time I would have described them as my favorite band. I probably still would [...]
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Track 12 from Up the Bracket
Length: 00:02:53
Year: 2002
Track Description:
The Libertines, for a long, long time I would have described them as my favorite band. I probably still would, but I just don't listen to them as much as I used to. I'm still recovering from the breakup I suppose. Anyways this song is a good opener, I think, plus I just sort of went with what felt natural in this mix.
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2 Lonnie Donegan : Rock Island Line
Again, went with what felt natural. This is the newest addition to my classics (on this mix anyway), however, [...]
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Track 1 from King of Skiffle
Length: 00:03:25
Year: 1988
Track Description:
Again, went with what felt natural. This is the newest addition to my classics (on this mix anyway), however, it is the oldest song on the mix. Ironicish.
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3 Regina Spektor : ne me quitte pas
I chose this song because it's one of Regina's songs that makes me inexplicably elated. Her music brings out [...]
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Track 12 from Songs
Length: 00:04:38
Year: 2002
Track Description:
I chose this song because it's one of Regina's songs that makes me inexplicably elated. Her music brings out of me a myriad of emotions, and this song is one of the happier ones.
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4 Razorlight : Vice
The entire history of the Libertines and anything related to them became a part of my life. Johnny Borrell, e [...]
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Track 3 from Up All Night
Length: 00:03:14
Year: 2004
Track Description:
The entire history of the Libertines and anything related to them became a part of my life. Johnny Borrell, extremely egotistical frontman of Razorlight, used to play for the Libs, and also used to live with Pete and Carl, back in the day. Thus, Razorlight is included.
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5 Kings of Leon : Molly's Chambers
Kings of Leon, along with the Libertines, marked a new era of music for me - an era of switching off the radio [...]
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Track 8 from Youth & Young Manhood
Length: 00:02:15
Year: 2003
Track Description:
Kings of Leon, along with the Libertines, marked a new era of music for me - an era of switching off the radio and switching on my sense of hearing.
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6 T. Rex : Get It On
Layers and layers of musical love lie within me. Glam Rock Meghan is so sparkly! T. Rex were a staple in tha [...]
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Track 1 from The Universal Masters Collection: Marc Bolan & T-Rex
Length: 00:04:24
Year: 2003
Track Description:
Layers and layers of musical love lie within me. Glam Rock Meghan is so sparkly! T. Rex were a staple in that period.
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7 Art Brut : Emily Kane
The lyrics to this song are one of the reasons I love Eddie Argos, despite the creepy porno 'stache. Also the [...]
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Track 3 from Bang Bang Rock and Roll
Length: 00:02:41
Year: 2005
Track Description:
The lyrics to this song are one of the reasons I love Eddie Argos, despite the creepy porno 'stache. Also the fact that when I met him he signed my ticket stub, "Top of the pops!" even though I saw the Brut in San Francisco.
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8 Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Maps
One artist I can say I've liked the entire time. Also, Karen O is pretty hot, in my opinion.
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Track 9 from Fever to Tell
Length: 00:03:39
Year: 2003
Track Description:
One artist I can say I've liked the entire time. Also, Karen O is pretty hot, in my opinion.
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9 The Honorary Title : Bridge and Tunnel
Honestly I don't remember where I got this song, where I first heard about it or anything. All I really know [...]
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Track 2 from Anything Else but the Truth
Length: 00:03:54
Year: 0000
Track Description:
Honestly I don't remember where I got this song, where I first heard about it or anything. All I really know is that it reminds me of my freshman year in high school, and that was a big year for me music-wise.
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10 The Concretes : You Can't Hurry Love
I believe I put this song on a very ill-conceived mixtape based on an ill-informed crush, to whom I actually g [...]
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Track 2 from The Concretes
Length: 00:02:02
Year: 2004
Track Description:
I believe I put this song on a very ill-conceived mixtape based on an ill-informed crush, to whom I actually gave the tape. Humiliating, but I loved the song enough to want him, at least in my lovesick stupor, to hear it.
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11 The Postal Service : Such Great Heights
I'm not sure if I've ever intentionally listened to another song by the Postal Service. This is another song [...]
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Track 2 from Give Up
Length: 00:04:26
Year: 2003
Track Description:
I'm not sure if I've ever intentionally listened to another song by the Postal Service. This is another song from the great music daze, during which I remember nothing else but dancing in my nearly-empty room to era-based mixtapes just after I'd moved to the house I live in now.
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12 The Smiths : This Charming Man
When I first started listening to the Smiths I thought they were a relatively unknown band that I should proba [...]
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Track 6 from The Smiths
Length: 00:02:42
Year: 1984
Track Description:
When I first started listening to the Smiths I thought they were a relatively unknown band that I should probably listen to because they were mostly associated with the kind of music I was starting to like, and I might as well give them a try. That was before I bought all of their albums, watched multiple interviews, read multiple articles, read the book "How Soon is Never" and the book "Saint Morrissey" (which I gave to a friend as a birthday present I believe). They got me through my sophomore year of high school, which was not an easy task. For this I commend them.
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13 Radiohead : Creep
Again, I don't remember the exact circumstances in which I decided that this song would be put on one of the a [...]
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Track 4 from Towering Above the Rest [Disc 4]
Length: 00:03:59
Year: 2003
Track Description:
Again, I don't remember the exact circumstances in which I decided that this song would be put on one of the aforementioned era-mixes which drove me through the haze of my freshman year; it simply was.
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14 Oasis : Wonderwall
This is one of the songs that I heard first when I was a kid, liked for awhile, disregarded because they never [...]
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Track 3 from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Length: 00:04:18
Year: 1995
Track Description:
This is one of the songs that I heard first when I was a kid, liked for awhile, disregarded because they never played it on the Top 40 radio anymore, and then rediscovered when I actually became interested in music. I would have used "Don't Look Back in Anger" here but I was on a time budget, and "Wonderwall" bought me valuable seconds.
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15 Modern English : I Melt With You
I always thought of this as one of those 80s songs that you can't listen to without thinking of a Molly Ringwa [...]
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Track 5 from After the Snow
Length: 00:03:51
Year: 1982
Track Description:
I always thought of this as one of those 80s songs that you can't listen to without thinking of a Molly Ringwald movie or really big, unhealthy dyed hair. I first downloaded it because I was looking for songs by the Cure and Limewire said that was the artist. I said, ignorantly to myself, "I didn't know the Cure did this song." Upon listening to it I realized they didn't and quickly scoured the internet for the correct information. I haven't trusted Limewire since (especially since it said that "Tainted Love" was by the Clash as well).
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16 Of Montreal : Penelope
Of Montreal first intrigued me with their song "Tim, I Wish You Were Born a Girl," which began my aspiration t [...]
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Track 14 from Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies: A Variety Of Whimsical Verse
Length: 00:02:53
Year: 2001
Track Description:
Of Montreal first intrigued me with their song "Tim, I Wish You Were Born a Girl," which began my aspiration to be a faghag which continues to this day. Soon after I found "Penelope," which charmed me with its absolute randomness and lack of any sort of sense whatsoever. I thought "I need to go to the store to get some beets to rub all over my feet" was the most insightful lyric I'd ever heard. In some ways it still is.
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17 The Weakerthans : Left & Leaving
The Weakerthans were one of the first bands I "found" by myself, being a n00b to the indie rock scene. The ly [...]
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Track 7 from Left & Leaving
Length: 00:04:45
Year: 2000
Track Description:
The Weakerthans were one of the first bands I "found" by myself, being a n00b to the indie rock scene. The lyrics to this song still make me a little teary-eyed. "My city's still breathing (but barely, it's true), through buildings gone missing like teeth/The sidewalks are watching me think about you, sparkled with broken glass."
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18 The Libertines : Time for Heroes
"I Get Along" was the opener that came to mind first, but "Time For Heroes" was the real classic, the song tha [...]
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Track 4 from Up the Bracket
Length: 00:02:40
Year: 2002
Track Description:
"I Get Along" was the opener that came to mind first, but "Time For Heroes" was the real classic, the song that, at first, made me love them the most. "Did you see the stylish kids in the riot?" acted both as a password and as a battlecry, uniting those of us who fed on the sound of the Libertines' guitars and manic voices, and splicing us cleanly from the rest of the world. Those who knew the queen of Arcadia and set sail on the Good Ship Albion were one with this opening lyric.
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19 The Velvet Underground : Sweet Jane (full-length version)
"I heard that the Velvet Underground were good. Have you ever heard them?" I checked them out and this song i [...]
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Track 2 from Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (disc 1)
Length: 00:04:09
Year: 1970
Track Description:
"I heard that the Velvet Underground were good. Have you ever heard them?" I checked them out and this song immediately was my favorite. It's still one of my favorite Velvets songs, but now attached is the history, the context, and Lou Reed and the Velvets' cultural impact on the world of rock'n'roll.
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20 X-Ray Spex : Oh! Bondage Up Yours! (Bonus Track)
I found this record at Virgin Records just before my town's division closed down. It was fate. I'd only ever [...]
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Track 13 from Germ Free Adolescents
Length: 00:02:50
Year: 1978
Track Description:
I found this record at Virgin Records just before my town's division closed down. It was fate. I'd only ever heard this song before but quickly fell in love with Poly Styrene's callous, high pitched brand of rebellion.
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21 The Clash : Spanish Bombs
When I bought "London Calling" I didn't actually know all that much about the Clash. My mom had gotten me "Th [...]
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Track 6 from London Calling
Length: 00:03:18
Year: 1979
Track Description:
When I bought "London Calling" I didn't actually know all that much about the Clash. My mom had gotten me "The Singles" for my birthday, and those were about the only songs I knew. I got into them because the Libertines' record had been produced by Mick Jones. This song has become my favorite after a few years of listening to the record. Other songs may get a little tired, but this one never gets old for me.
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22 The Decemberists : Oceanside
The Decemerists, along with the Weakerthans, were one of the bands I "found" when I first started getting into [...]
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Track 1 from 5 songs
Length: 00:03:29
Year: 2003
Track Description:
The Decemerists, along with the Weakerthans, were one of the bands I "found" when I first started getting into indie rock. I discovered the Decemberists shortly before their traipse into popularity, when they were still relatively unknown. For my birthday I got the "5 Songs" EP, which featured what was my favorite of their songs at the time, "I Was Meant for the Stage." "I Was Meant for the Stage" was what I listened to when I felt mysterious and adventurous, when I used to walk to the train station at twilight and venture downtown to mingle with the politicians and the homeless. I used to wear a long flowing jacket with four or five scarves to keep me warm in the dead of winter that it was. The Decemberists helped me through my freshman year and the haze of depression that came with it.
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23 The Jam : Town Called Malice
To close: I don't remember the first time I heard it or the reason I listened to it, but I fell in love with [...]
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Track 23 from The Sound of The Jam
Length: 00:02:54
Year: 2002
Track Description:
To close: I don't remember the first time I heard it or the reason I listened to it, but I fell in love with the song when I saw "Billy Elliot." To this day I tapdance uncontrollably whenever I hear this song.
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Every song here is fantastic. Great Job.
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i get along! awesome!
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this is truly inspired.. they should award MBEs or OBEs or whichever-E's appropriate for this kinda thing..I'm struggling with words..its just so damn Hot.
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Kings of Leon, I saw them open for Bob Dylan in October. The best night of my life, maybe.
12/29/06 07:50pm
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First off, + for calling it "Get It On" and not "Bang A Gong"! I never ever thought I would see a Lonnie Donegan record up here. He, and the skiffle boom he led were indirectly/directly responsible for the Brit blues boom of a few years later. I won a pair of tickets to see Van Morrison in London about 15 years ago. Not only did we sit next to a celeb of the time (Sade) but half an hour from the end, Van stated that he was going to bring out the man who "Started it all." I was hoping for John Lee Hooker, my sister (who had my other ticket) thought he might be off his head and talking about God, but no, out stepped an aging Lonnie Donegan. He played for half an hour, doing all his hits from the fifties, (including Rock Island Line) and despite myself, I enjoyed it a lot! Lonnie Donegan also featured in the Brit blues segment of Martin Scorcese's "Blues" documentary series, by the way. Sorry for the long rambling story, but this might be my only chance to tell it. Also, Creep is one of the few Radiohead things I like. Also much respect for the great X-Ray Specs!
12/15/06 05:17pm
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