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A Lifetime Ago in Nowheresville
| A Lifetime Ago in Nowheresville | |
| Created by: | whackedtollie |
| Tracks: | 14 |
| Length: | 00:56:44 |
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1. Mix Contest 20 2. Mix Contest 20 3. Mix Contest 20 |
| Created on | 3/12/08 07:17pm |
| Level | 4 |
| Points | 1947 |
| Total visitors | 55 |
| Unique visitors | 21 |
| This mix was ranked #10 out of 13 entries for this contest | |
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A long time ago I used to live in a little one-church "town" called Big Springs, California. If you've never heard of it you're like most people. It's near Weed, and if you don't know where that is... Google it.
Anyway, when I was a little kid my parents still had a working record player, my dad was working for himself in the drywall business and we were poor but we were making it. My mom was writing, and everyone was happy. At New Year's some of their friends and my aunt and uncle would come over and they'd play old records and drink rum and coke and set off bottle rockets into the sky. I was too young to appreciate their music then. A lot of stuff has happened since then. Now, as a teenager, I'm not turned on by what my generation has come up with so I turn to the sounds that so moved my parents back when rock'n'roll wasn't synonymous with American Idol.
The first half is music that I got from my mom and the second half is stuff from my dad.
Anyway, when I was a little kid my parents still had a working record player, my dad was working for himself in the drywall business and we were poor but we were making it. My mom was writing, and everyone was happy. At New Year's some of their friends and my aunt and uncle would come over and they'd play old records and drink rum and coke and set off bottle rockets into the sky. I was too young to appreciate their music then. A lot of stuff has happened since then. Now, as a teenager, I'm not turned on by what my generation has come up with so I turn to the sounds that so moved my parents back when rock'n'roll wasn't synonymous with American Idol.
The first half is music that I got from my mom and the second half is stuff from my dad.
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| 1 | The Beatles : Here Comes The Sun |
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The Beatles were always playing when I was a kid. My mom had all their albums. I dunno what happened to them [...]
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Track 7 from Abbey Road
Length: 00:03:08 Year: 1969 |
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The Beatles were always playing when I was a kid. My mom had all their albums. I dunno what happened to them but I'm in the process of buying all their CDs now... I love them a lot! SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Loggins & Messina : House At Pooh Corner |
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My mom used to sing this to me. She wasn't the best singer, but nonetheless, I always remember this song. [...]
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Track 7 from The Best: Loggins & Messina Sittin' In Again
Length: 00:04:24 Year: 2005 |
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My mom used to sing this to me. She wasn't the best singer, but nonetheless, I always remember this song. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Janis Joplin : Me and Bobby McGee |
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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose." Somehow that lyric made sense in my childish mind. [...]
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Track 7 from Pearl
Length: 00:04:31 Year: 1971 |
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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose." Somehow that lyric made sense in my childish mind. It still seems true enough. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Carole King : I Feel the Earth Move |
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I vaguely remember my mom playing this song on her Walkman as we walked underneath some railroad tracks. It m [...]
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Track 1 from Tapestry
Length: 00:03:00 Year: 1971 |
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I vaguely remember my mom playing this song on her Walkman as we walked underneath some railroad tracks. It must have been a long, long time ago. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Anne Murray : Danny's Song |
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"Even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with you honey, and everything will bring a chain of love..." [...]
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Track 0 from
Length: 00:03:07 Year: |
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"Even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with you honey, and everything will bring a chain of love..." yeah! Go Anne Murray! I totally dug this song and I still do. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Stevie Nicks and Don Henley : Leather and Lace |
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I always used to hate male-female duets when I was little for some weird reason (I thought they sounded corny) [...]
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Track 8 from Bella Donna
Length: 00:03:45 Year: 1981 |
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I always used to hate male-female duets when I was little for some weird reason (I thought they sounded corny) but this song was the exception. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Elton John : Your Song |
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I always loved Sir Elton, even before I found out he was a gay. :P
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Track 1 from Elton John
Length: 00:04:04 Year: 1970 |
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I always loved Sir Elton, even before I found out he was a gay. :P SHOW LESS
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| 8 | The Beatles : Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
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I said they were always on didn't I? This song in particular makes me think of my childhood because my favori [...]
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Track 3 from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Length: 00:03:28 Year: 1967 |
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I said they were always on didn't I? This song in particular makes me think of my childhood because my favorite toy ever was the kaleidoscope, and I would look in a kaleidoscope and sing this song. I was one psychedelic kid. :P SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Pink Floyd : Time |
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Another one of those records my parents used to put on when they were partying.
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Track 3 from Dark Side Of the Moon
Length: 00:07:04 Year: 1973 |
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Another one of those records my parents used to put on when they were partying. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Led Zeppelin : Black Dog |
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My dad used to play this record. Fucking bomb as fuck.
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Track 1 from Led Zeppelin IV
Length: 00:04:57 Year: 1971 |
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My dad used to play this record. Fucking bomb as fuck. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Black Sabbath : Iron Man |
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This was the first thing I ever wanted to learn to play on the guitar. That's not to say that it was the firs [...]
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Track 4 from Paranoid
Length: 00:05:55 Year: 1970 |
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This was the first thing I ever wanted to learn to play on the guitar. That's not to say that it was the first thing I learned, but I wanted it to be. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Creedence Clearwater Revival : Down on the Corner |
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I used to move around a lot. We didn't always live in Big Springs. We'd move from there to Sacramento and ba [...]
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Track 1 from Williy and the Poor Boys
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 1969 |
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I used to move around a lot. We didn't always live in Big Springs. We'd move from there to Sacramento and back a few times, due to financial troubles and my dad having various job opportunities. This song always reminds me of the time my dad was living here (in Sac) during the week and commuting every weekend back to the house in Big Springs. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Who : Squeeze Box |
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"This song is disgusting!" my mom would say. "What?" my dad would protest, turning up the stereo a little lo [...]
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Track 16 from Then and Now: 1964-2004
Length: 00:02:44 Year: 2004 |
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"This song is disgusting!" my mom would say. "What?" my dad would protest, turning up the stereo a little louder. "It's about an accordion!" SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Jimi Hendrix : Red House |
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I just heard this song for the first time in years today. I didn't remember the name or the words but I recog [...]
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Track 14 from Experience Hendrix
Length: 00:03:50 Year: 1998 |
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I just heard this song for the first time in years today. I didn't remember the name or the words but I recognized it as Jimi Hendrix. Thanks for this one, dad. SHOW LESS
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3/19/08 03:25pm
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2, 5, 13 & 14 all hold very special memories for me. I would listen to this often. Bravo!
3/15/08 10:07pm
Mixtape Contest XX -- First Place
After the nuclear holocaust, there will be three things left: Cockroaches, Twinkees and Keith Richards.
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Keith is answer key for they test of time. And Cocaine.
Congrats on first place.
awarded on 2008-03-22
Level 17
god. damn. I love the songs. but also, it's like you sneaked into my childhood with this mix. pretty rad, full points.
3/13/08 08:44pm
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thank you so much for this
3/13/08 08:15am
