[?]
Not a member? Sign-up now, it's free!

Login

[?]
These are links to some of the major sections in the mixtape collective.
  • Lists: Browse various lists that are generated by the loads of data we have collected.
  • Contests: Check out the latest contests, see previous winners, and find out how you can be a part
  • Music: Check out our ever-growing database of musical knowledge! Use it to find any artist, album, or track that has been entered since the birth of the site and rate and find detailed usage statistics.

Main

[?]
Tired of looking at the same old pages? Try checking out a random one, you never know what you might find...

Random!

Writers' Strike Soundtrack (The end is near ...)

Writers' Strike Soundtrack (The end is near ...)
Created by: ballroom_pink
Tracks: 20
Length: 01:15:45
Keywords 1. Writers' Strike
2. Television
3. Pop Culture
Created on 2/10/08 06:28pm
Level 4
Points 1881
Total visitors 30
Unique visitors 19
description:
As the Writers' Strike nears an end - I hope - I look back on songs and bands I learned about through placement in television shows and shows I learned to like when they used a favorite song or band. I admit some songs or bands I should have known about before they got exposure on TV shows but what can I say, I'm uncool.

tracklist

1 The Ditty Bops : There's A Girl
As heard on Grey's Anatomy. I discovered the duo during the first season of the show - when a lot of this albu [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 9 from The Ditty Bops
Length: 00:03:02
Year: 2004
Track Description:
As heard on Grey's Anatomy. I discovered the duo during the first season of the show - when a lot of this album was played. I went on to see them in concert and it was a great show.
SHOW LESS
2 Sparks : Angst in My Pants
As heard on Gilmore Girls. I never heard of the band until it was used on one of my favorite shows. Such a goo [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 1 from Angst in my Pants
Length: 00:03:25
Year: 1982
Track Description:
As heard on Gilmore Girls. I never heard of the band until it was used on one of my favorite shows. Such a good beat.
SHOW LESS
3 They Might Be Giants : Birdhouse in Your Soul
As heard on Pushing Daisies, I was already a fan of both but the use of this song turned me away from not exac [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 2 from Flood
Length: 00:03:20
Year: 0000
Track Description:
As heard on Pushing Daisies, I was already a fan of both but the use of this song turned me away from not exactly liking the character of Olive. The song compliments the show's whimsical nature.
SHOW LESS
4 Simon & Garfunkel : The Only Living Boy in New York
As heard on Everwood, I loved the song before, I loved the show before it used it but it melded so wonderfully [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 8 from Bridge Over Troubled Water
Length: 00:03:57
Year: 1970
Track Description:
As heard on Everwood, I loved the song before, I loved the show before it used it but it melded so wonderfully together that I had to include it on this mix.
SHOW LESS
5 Grant Lee Buffalo : Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary
As heard on Gilmore Girls, with Grant-Lee Phillips showing up as The Town Troubadour it's no wonder that I dis [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 10 from Jubilee
Length: 00:04:01
Year: 1998
Track Description:
As heard on Gilmore Girls, with Grant-Lee Phillips showing up as The Town Troubadour it's no wonder that I discovered and loved all of his tunes.
SHOW LESS
6 Miriam Makeba : Pata Pata
As heard on Veronica Mars, I had never heard of Miriam Makeba before this song aired in the first episode, I s [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 1 from Pata Pata
Length: 00:02:54
Year: 1967
Track Description:
As heard on Veronica Mars, I had never heard of Miriam Makeba before this song aired in the first episode, I soon became a fan of her and the show.
SHOW LESS
7 Rilo Kiley : Portions for Foxes
As heard on Grey's Anatomy, one thing you should know about me - I love Rilo Kiley. They are my favorite worki [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 3 from More Adventurous
Length: 00:04:46
Year: 2004
Track Description:
As heard on Grey's Anatomy, one thing you should know about me - I love Rilo Kiley. They are my favorite working band and they lead me down a bad path when this song's killer opening lick started off that dreadful soap. I don't blame them though, the first season had a bunch of good songs used.
SHOW LESS
8 islands : don't call me whitney, bobby
As heard on How I Met Your Mother. I first heard this track on the show (it's fun nature was a good compliment [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 2 from return to the sea
Length: 00:02:31
Year: 0000
Track Description:
As heard on How I Met Your Mother. I first heard this track on the show (it's fun nature was a good compliment) and then I kept hearing it everywhere.
SHOW LESS
9 Three Dog Night : Eli's Coming
As heard on Sports Night, the only perfect Aaron Sorkin TV show (it didn't have the years to fall into disrepa [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 5 from Suitable for Framing
Length: 00:02:41
Year: 1969
Track Description:
As heard on Sports Night, the only perfect Aaron Sorkin TV show (it didn't have the years to fall into disrepair). This song is misunderstood as an ominous tune and becomes just that.
SHOW LESS
10 Gabrielle : Should I Stay
As heard on Viva Blackpool. Until I heard this song I had relegated Gabrielle to the forgotten artists of the [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 6 from Rise
Length: 00:03:59
Year: 1999
Track Description:
As heard on Viva Blackpool. Until I heard this song I had relegated Gabrielle to the forgotten artists of the 1990s that should stay there. It also cemented my crush on David Tennant.
SHOW LESS
11 Leona Naess : Ballerina
As heard on Weeds, there has never been a sexier or sadder song in recent memory thanks to the use of this son [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 65 from Leona Naess
Length: 00:04:48
Year: 2003
Track Description:
As heard on Weeds, there has never been a sexier or sadder song in recent memory thanks to the use of this song on the show. I'll be keeping an ear out for Leona.
SHOW LESS
12 Rogue Wave : Eyes
As heard on Heroes. Right before the second season I decided to reacquaint myself with the first season. This [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 0 from Eyes - single
Length: 00:02:29
Year: 2006
Track Description:
As heard on Heroes. Right before the second season I decided to reacquaint myself with the first season. This song is played a few times in the first few episodes. A nice little refrain.
SHOW LESS
13 Natalie Merchant : My Skin
As heard on Alias, I don't recall what happened in the later seasons of the show, but I remember Amy Irving's [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 5 from Ophelia
Length: 00:05:32
Year: 1995
Track Description:
As heard on Alias, I don't recall what happened in the later seasons of the show, but I remember Amy Irving's reaction to some news while this song played, it was quite touching.
SHOW LESS
14 Dire Straits : Brothers in Arms
As heard on The West Wing, one of the truly great uses of music in television. As President Bartlet makes his [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 59 from Brothers in Arms
Length: 00:06:59
Year: 1985
Track Description:
As heard on The West Wing, one of the truly great uses of music in television. As President Bartlet makes his way to the podium, the thunder in the song echoes on the screen. Great television moment. The next year the show used "Hallelujah" like so many other shows. It's almost like they gave up.
SHOW LESS
15 Sam Phillips : Reflecting Light
As heard on Gilmore Girls, I was already a fan of Sam's before this track was used, but I promptly went to buy [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 6 from A Boot And A Shoe
Length: 00:03:17
Year: 2004
Track Description:
As heard on Gilmore Girls, I was already a fan of Sam's before this track was used, but I promptly went to buy the perfect album A Boot And A Shoe afterwards.
SHOW LESS
16 The Cardigans : Lovefool
As heard on The Office, aside from discovering a few more songs by this band a few years later after the Romeo [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 7 from First Band on the Moon
Length: 00:03:13
Year: 1996
Track Description:
As heard on The Office, aside from discovering a few more songs by this band a few years later after the Romeo & Juliet days, I thought that they were much like Gabrielle and were forgotten. Then Jim used this song as a "not a proportional response" and it was liked once more.
SHOW LESS
17 Travis : Love Will Come Through
As heard on Wonderfalls, thanks to the use of this song in a lovely, romantic moment, I became a fan of Travis [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 8 from 12 Memories
Length: 00:03:40
Year: 2003
Track Description:
As heard on Wonderfalls, thanks to the use of this song in a lovely, romantic moment, I became a fan of Travis.
SHOW LESS
18 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts : Bad Reputation
As heard on Freaks and Geeks, has there ever been a cooler theme song?
SHOW MORE
Track 1 from Fit to Be Tied: Great Hits by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Length: 00:02:48
Year: 1997
Track Description:
As heard on Freaks and Geeks, has there ever been a cooler theme song?
SHOW LESS
19 The Shins : A Comet Appears
As heard on Chuck, I am a huge fan of The Shins and with the use of this song in the last moments of the Chuck [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 11 from Wincing the Night Away
Length: 00:03:49
Year: 2006
Track Description:
As heard on Chuck, I am a huge fan of The Shins and with the use of this song in the last moments of the Chuck pilot I was hooked on a wonderful new show.
SHOW LESS
20 Sia : Breathe Me
As heard on Six Feet Under, I, like a few others, discovered Sia through the use of her song in the finale. It [...]
SHOW MORE
Track 3 from Colour the Small One
Length: 00:04:34
Year: 2005
Track Description:
As heard on Six Feet Under, I, like a few others, discovered Sia through the use of her song in the finale. It fit perfectly.
SHOW LESS

Tag Board

The Yay! Badge XII badge
The Yay! Badge XII
Another badge for those that don't need to be bribed to Yay!
awarded on 2009-01-29

Level 22
Pata Pata!!
2/11/08 06:54am
Team Robot Member badge
Team Robot Member
Despite the fact that TEAM ROBOT was crushed like a Pabst can at a frat party by the might claws of TEAM MONSTER, you are still deserving of a badge... Loser.
awarded on 2006-10-18

Level 40
This is a great concept for a mix. I have never seen "The Gilmore Girls" but if it helped expose people to the mighty Sparks, then I am all in favor of it!
2/10/08 07:35pm
The Yay! Badge IX badge
The Yay! Badge IX
This astonishing badge is bestowed to the MTC brethren who can truly conceptualize the wondrous spectacle and mind-altering ramifications of the of the elusive 'YAY!'.
awarded on 2008-08-17

Level 36
Word is the strike is gonna be over as of tomorrow. Im stoked.
2/10/08 07:03pm
You must log in to leave a tag