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The nearness of you

The nearness of you
Created by: Rover
Tracks: 15
Length: 00:58:34
Keywords 1. nearness
2. boyfriend
3. love
Created on 9/04/08 01:36am
Level 3
Points 1578
Total visitors 21
Unique visitors 14
description:
A mixtape for my boyfriend's birthday. Haven't been around in a long while! Hope you enjoy. I'm going to record the mixtape somewhere in the next weeks and decorate it a bit, his birthday is still a month away.

tracklist

1 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong : The Nearness of You
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
[...]
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Track 3 from The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
Length: 00:05:42
Year: 1997
Track Description:
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
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2 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd : Desafinado
Just something smooth to get in the right mood.
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Track 1 from Jazz Samba
Length: 00:05:50
Year: 0000
Track Description:
Just something smooth to get in the right mood.
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3 Madeleine Peyroux : Dance Me To The End Of Love
A beautiful cover of a Leonard Cohen song.
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Track 1 from Careless Love
Length: 00:03:57
Year: 2004
Track Description:
A beautiful cover of a Leonard Cohen song.
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4 Shugo Tokumaru : Wedding
I think he'll like this.
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Track 10 from Exit
Length: 00:03:16
Year: 2007
Track Description:
I think he'll like this.
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5 Joanna Newsom : Sprout and the Bean
He should know her, but he doesn't. I hope he likes it.
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Track 2 from The Milk-Eyed Mender
Length: 00:04:32
Year: 2004
Track Description:
He should know her, but he doesn't. I hope he likes it.
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6 Andrew Bird : Skin Is, My
I love Andrew Bird. I enterpret this as a love song.

my skin is
cold as her toes on the bathro [...]
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Track 9 from Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Length: 00:03:36
Year: 2005
Track Description:
I love Andrew Bird. I enterpret this as a love song.

my skin is
cold as her toes on the bathroom floor
run back to bed and slam the door
oh what a lovely sound
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7 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong : Summertime
Because we listen to this song on our bikes, in our heads.
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Track 8 from The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
Length: 00:05:02
Year: 1997
Track Description:
Because we listen to this song on our bikes, in our heads.
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8 Shugo Tokumaru : Paparazzi
(love)
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Track 8 from Night Piece
Length: 00:01:16
Year: 2004
Track Description:
(love)
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9 Chet Baker : Let's Get Lost
Those times when you just want to get away from everyone and be alone, together.

Let’s get c [...]
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Track 12 from The Best of Chet Baker SIngs
Length: 00:03:45
Year: 1989
Track Description:
Those times when you just want to get away from everyone and be alone, together.

Let’s get crossed off everybody’s list
To celebrate this night we found each other, mmm, let’s get lost

[horn solo] [piano solo]
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10 Handsome Boy Modeling School : I've Been Thinking (feat. Cat Power)
Sexy.
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Track 8 from White People
Length: 00:05:24
Year: 2004
Track Description:
Sexy.
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11 Feist : One Evening (Gonzales solo piano)
We both love this song, and we love Gonzales. The lyrics wouldn't be so appropriate on this tape, so we'll tak [...]
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Track 1 from Open Season: Remixes and Collabs
Length: 00:02:23
Year: 2006
Track Description:
We both love this song, and we love Gonzales. The lyrics wouldn't be so appropriate on this tape, so we'll take the instrumental piano version gladly.
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12 M. Ward : Poor Boy, Minor Key
M. Ward. I've put Let's Dance on another tape for him already, so I decided to put this song here.
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Track 9 from Transfiguration Of Vincent
Length: 00:03:28
Year: 2003
Track Description:
M. Ward. I've put Let's Dance on another tape for him already, so I decided to put this song here.
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13 Kings of Convenience : Gold in the Air of Summer
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've bought everything we need
Don't look back, don't thin [...]
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Track 11 from Riot on an Empty Street
Length: 00:03:34
Year: 0000
Track Description:
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've bought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should've been
It's a good thing that you came along with me

Magic lyrics.
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14 Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Quartet : (I Wanna) Call It Love
We love Sondre, and every single song on Duper Sessions would fit into this wonderfully.
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Track 10 from Duper Sessions
Length: 00:03:16
Year: 2005
Track Description:
We love Sondre, and every single song on Duper Sessions would fit into this wonderfully.
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15 Ella Fitzgerald : Every Time We Say Goodbye
Cherry on my cake!
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Track 17 from Jazz Bistro 2
Length: 00:03:33
Year: 0000
Track Description:
Cherry on my cake!
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awarded on 2010-09-10

Level 29
This looks like a cool ass coffee house mix.
11/03/09 04:57pm
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Mixtape Contest XVII -- Third Place
The age-old tradition of Three Kings Day is to fill the shoes of good children with candy, while they sleep. Bad children get shoes filled with scorpions and other venomous creatures. Congrats on third place!
awarded on 2008-01-10

Level 12
The cover and the title together are just gorgeous.

The mix looks great too!
9/04/08 08:44pm
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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
lucky boyfriend, lovely mix
9/04/08 01:53pm
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Because Civil Rights rock (and roll).
awarded on 2009-03-07

Level 18
Very nice. I like Shugo Tokumaru a lot.
9/04/08 07:52am
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