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Florida - Where America Goes To Die!
Florida - Where America Goes To Die! | |
Created by: | tellinore |
Tracks: | 16 |
Length: | 01:03:19 |
Keywords |
1. Florida 2. tribute 3. rock |
Created on | 4/04/07 12:55pm |
Level | 4 |
Points | 1916 |
Total visitors | 44 |
Unique visitors | 24 |
description:
Florida's a crazy place. It's probably the only place in the world where you can find so many different cultures crammed into one unified state. You have your traditional "Southerners" up in the North and the Panhandle, you have a very international metropolitan area in Miami, with pockets of almost entirely Spanish-speaking communities, you have the Northern transplants coming from New England and New York that retire to Palm Beach, Broward County, as well as the Southwest coast in places like Naples. In addition to that, you have Disney that dominates Central Florida, which is crazy enough as it is.
I've always wanted to make a "tribute" to my home state, where I've lived all my life in almost every corner of the place (from Miami to Broward to Jacksonville to Orlando to Gainesville) and have experienced first-hand the schizophrenia that is Florida. Florida is famous for a thousand different types of music - southern rock, punk, ska, latin, blues, folk, hardcore, and boy bands. Because of this, this mix is a bit eclectic. But I hope that it'll display the kind of love-hate relationship most Floridians have with their home state.
I've always wanted to make a "tribute" to my home state, where I've lived all my life in almost every corner of the place (from Miami to Broward to Jacksonville to Orlando to Gainesville) and have experienced first-hand the schizophrenia that is Florida. Florida is famous for a thousand different types of music - southern rock, punk, ska, latin, blues, folk, hardcore, and boy bands. Because of this, this mix is a bit eclectic. But I hope that it'll display the kind of love-hate relationship most Floridians have with their home state.
tracklist
1 | Mofro : Florida |
Mofro's a great southern rock band from Jacksonville, and on this song they echo the feelings of a lot of the [...]
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Track 7 from Blackwater
Length: 00:04:11 Year: 2001 |
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Mofro's a great southern rock band from Jacksonville, and on this song they echo the feelings of a lot of the more "Southern" residents of the state - that development is ruining the state, depriving it of its natural beauty. SHOW LESS
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2 | Muddy Waters : Deep Down in Florida |
A simple blues song about going down to Florida to enjoy the beaches and sun that "shines damn near every day. [...]
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Track 7 from Hard Again
Length: 00:05:26 Year: 1976 |
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A simple blues song about going down to Florida to enjoy the beaches and sun that "shines damn near every day." Also, he gives a shout out to Gainesville, which is always cool. SHOW LESS
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3 | The Mountain Goats : Tallahassee |
"Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead Road to the airport two lanes clear Half the whole town [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 1 from Tallahassee
Length: 00:04:43 Year: 2002 |
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"Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead Road to the airport two lanes clear Half the whole town gone for the summer Terrible silence coming down here And you" Tallahassee really is a ghost town during the summer, as it's mostly comprised of two colleges and the state capital, with the students and legislators mostly getting the entire Summer off. SHOW LESS
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4 | Butthole Surfers : Moving To Florida |
One of the weirdest songs you'll ever hear.
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Track 10 from Rembrandt Pussyhorse
Length: 00:04:32 Year: 1986 |
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One of the weirdest songs you'll ever hear. SHOW LESS
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5 | Against Me! : We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules) |
A Gainesville band that isn't afraid to say that sometimes, you just want to get the hell out of Florida. I th [...]
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Track 3 from Reinventing Axl Rose
Length: 00:03:17 Year: 2002 |
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A Gainesville band that isn't afraid to say that sometimes, you just want to get the hell out of Florida. I think a lot of Floridians feel this way, for one reason or another. "Mary, there is no hope for us If this GM van don't make it across the state line we might as well lay down and die Because if Florida takes us we're taking everyone down with us Where we're coming from will be the death of us" SHOW LESS
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6 | Less Than Jake : Gainesville Rock City |
Possibly the most famous band to come out of Gainesville, save for Tom Petty. It's in many ways a total opposi [...]
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Track 7 from Borders and Boundaries
Length: 00:03:07 Year: 2000 |
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Possibly the most famous band to come out of Gainesville, save for Tom Petty. It's in many ways a total opposite of the Against Me! track, in that it's about missing your hometown when you're away. So many kids vow to move away and never come back to the place they grew up, but it's hard to recognize when you really just want to come back home. SHOW LESS
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7 | A New Found Glory : Never Snows In Florida |
I grew up in Coral Springs, FL, where A New Found Glory are from, so they've always been kind of a guilty plea [...]
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Track 2 from Nothing Gold Can Saty
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 1999 |
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I grew up in Coral Springs, FL, where A New Found Glory are from, so they've always been kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. This song is pretty awesome, and the fact that it's 90 degrees outside right now online confirms that it never snows in Florida. SHOW LESS
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8 | Modest Mouse : Florida |
Another song about getting the hell out of Florida. Apparently Isaac Brock spent a little time in Florida and [...]
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Track 4 from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 2007 |
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Another song about getting the hell out of Florida. Apparently Isaac Brock spent a little time in Florida and had a bit of a rough time. But what the song is saying that merely leaving the state didn't help his situation out any. So running away from your problems isn't always the best solution. "Even as I left Florida Far enough, far enough Wasn’t far enough Couldn’t quite seem to escape myself Far enough, far enough Far from Florida" SHOW LESS
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9 | Grandaddy : Florida |
"Florida Florida My ex-girlfriend's a model in Florida Florida Florida I got lots of [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 6 from Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
Length: 00:04:38 Year: 2005 |
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"Florida Florida My ex-girlfriend's a model in Florida Florida Florida I got lots of friends in Florida" SHOW LESS
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10 | Hot Water Music : Free Radio Gainesville |
Another Gainesville punk band. Awesome politically-charged song. Represent.
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Track 2 from No Division
Length: 00:02:29 Year: 1999 |
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Another Gainesville punk band. Awesome politically-charged song. Represent. SHOW LESS
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11 | For Squirrels : Mighty K.C. |
This song has nothing to do with Florida, but I'm including it solely for the fact that For Squirrels have a k [...]
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Track 4 from Example
Length: 00:05:39 Year: 1995 |
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This song has nothing to do with Florida, but I'm including it solely for the fact that For Squirrels have a kind of eerie history for people in Gainesville. They were formed here in 1992, and released this album in August of 1995. Just a month later, two of the groups members, along with their tour manager, were killed in Georgia when their van was heading back home to Gainesville after playing a music festival in New York. SHOW LESS
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12 | Against Me! : Miami |
I can't stress it enough - Miami really does suck.
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Track 1 from Searching for Former Clarity
Length: 00:04:00 Year: 2005 |
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I can't stress it enough - Miami really does suck. SHOW LESS
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13 | Lynyrd Skynyrd : Jacksonville Kid (aka 'Honky Tonk Night Time Man') |
Contrary to what "Sweet Home Alabama" may suggest, Lynyrd Skynyrd is straight outta Jacksonville, FL, and this [...]
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Track 13 from Street Survivors (Expanded Edition)
Length: 00:04:05 Year: 1977 |
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Contrary to what "Sweet Home Alabama" may suggest, Lynyrd Skynyrd is straight outta Jacksonville, FL, and this song is great in that it's basically saying "what the fuck has happened to my hometown?" Jacksonville is the most "Southern" city in Florida for a lot of people, and there's always a little bit of tension between people that live up there and those that live in Central or South Florida, mostly due to the cultural differences. Even within the city there are cultural divides, as the song references that "the only place I'm welcome, is way the other side of town". He means the West side, as the more West and North you go in Jacksonville, the more "Country" it gets. Before the guitar solo, Van Zant yells "play this one for Southside," as the Southside has always been the more "modern" area. He also references the Northside during one of the guitar solos, the Northside being another of the more "Southern" areas. Jacksonville is a confusing city. SHOW LESS
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14 | Mofro : Lochloosa |
Another soul song about lamenting the destruction of Florida's natural resources. "Homesick but it's alri [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 3 from Lochloosa
Length: 00:04:04 Year: 2004 |
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Another soul song about lamenting the destruction of Florida's natural resources. "Homesick but it's alright â„ Lochloosa is on my mind...All we need is one more damn developer â„ Tearing her heart out â„ â„ All we need is one more Mickey Mouse â„ Another golf course another country club â„ Another gated community" SHOW LESS
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15 | Chumbawamba : Celebration, Florida |
Celebration, FL, is an actual city near Orlando that was planned and built by Disney, and was meant to be a so [...]
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Track 16 from WYSIWYG
Length: 00:03:14 Year: 2000 |
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Celebration, FL, is an actual city near Orlando that was planned and built by Disney, and was meant to be a sort of "perfect" community. It's actually really creepy driving through it, as everything is so perfectly manicured and "Disney-fied." I know, it's Chumbawamba, but this song is pretty hilarious, and also dead-on. "they're buying up nostalgia for a time they can't remember down in Celebration, Florida ... social engineering it gives you that fuzzy feeling down in Celebration, Florida" SHOW LESS
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16 | John Vanderslice : Gainesville, Fla |
A great song to end the mix with by a great Gainesville-born singer-songwriter.
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Track 13 from Time Travel is Lonely
Length: 00:04:08 Year: 2001 |
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A great song to end the mix with by a great Gainesville-born singer-songwriter. SHOW LESS
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