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these simple rhymes, and you painted in words

these simple rhymes, and you painted in words
Created by: spectacularview
Tracks: 11
Length: 00:40:53
Keywords 1. at the top
2. of a
3. downward spiral
Created on 9/25/08 09:06am
Level 2
Points 1455
Total visitors 24
Unique visitors 12
description:
This started out at another Mix for my friend Drew (see my "When We Laugh Indoors" mix) because he's moving back from California, is newly single, and we haven't been talking a lot lately. But, it turned into something else. I've been dealing with a lot of disappointment/stress/financial issues... blah, and I haven't made a mix in months. So this is just what came out.

Oh yeah, and I have a drug problem... again.


tracklist

1 American Analog Set : Fool Around
"It's the rule around
You don't choose it now
You can turn around
And get turned around"
< [...]
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Track 7 from Promise of Love
Length: 00:05:36
Year: 2003
Track Description:
"It's the rule around
You don't choose it now
You can turn around
And get turned around"

AAS is always a good mix opener..
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2 Ben Gibbard : Farmer Chords
"All I can offer are farmer chords,
these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this w [...]
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Track 0 from Home Volume V.
Length: 00:02:26
Year: 0000
Track Description:
"All I can offer are farmer chords,
these simple rhymes and you painted in words
You can sing this when alone
or whistle it through your teeth
and it will feel like home
no matter how far you'll be"

Where the name of the mix came from. Also, just to clarify, this mix isn't for a specific person. It feels like it is, but maybe I just don't know who. I feel like I've been let down by a lot of people lately.
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3 Band of Horses : I Go to the Barn Because I Like The
"well i'd like to think i'm the mess you'd wear with pride.
like some empty dress on the bed you've layed [...]
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Track 8 from Everything All the Time
Length: 00:03:06
Year: 2006
Track Description:
"well i'd like to think i'm the mess you'd wear with pride.
like some empty dress on the bed you've layed out for tonight.
maybe i'll tell you sometime."

The more I look at the songs that I put on here I realize that this is definitely meant for someone. Maybe I haven't even met them yet. Great.
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4 Rilo Kiley : The Absence of God
"And Morgan says maybe love won't let you down
All of your failures are training grounds
And just [...]
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Track 6 from More Adventurous
Length: 00:03:56
Year: 2004
Track Description:
"And Morgan says maybe love won't let you down
All of your failures are training grounds
And just as your back's turned you'll be surprised, she says
As your solitude subsides"

This song has followed me everywhere I've gone from the first time I heard it years ago. I love it. It could be my fucking theme song. I guess regardless of all the times I've been disappointed or made the wrong decision or pushed someone away I haven't stopped taking risks yet.

"And I say there's trouble
When everything is fine
The need to destroy things
Creeps up on me every time
Just as love's silhouette appears
I close my eyes and disappear tonight"


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5 Elliott Smith : Somebody That I Used to Know
"I had tender feelings that you made hard
But it's your heart, not mine, that's scarred
So when I go [...]
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Track 0 from Figure 8
Length: 00:02:09
Year: 2000
Track Description:
"I had tender feelings that you made hard
But it's your heart, not mine, that's scarred
So when I go home, I'll be happy to go
You're just somebody that I used to know"

I think that's as good a description as any.
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6 Phosphorescent : Wolves
OK, I'm not posting lyrics. YOU MUST FIND THIS SONG. I'm obsessed. Phosphorescent is a Brooklyn band who I [...]
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Track 3 from Pride
Length: 00:06:12
Year: 2007
Track Description:
OK, I'm not posting lyrics. YOU MUST FIND THIS SONG. I'm obsessed. Phosphorescent is a Brooklyn band who I've totally fallen in love with and this song gives me the chills. Also, I went to the Dirty Projectors show right around the time that this album came out and Matthew Houck (of Phosphorescent) was there with neo-folk superhero Daniel Rossen (of Grizzly Bear). Talk about rep-ing Bk. My live might be a hot mess right now, but I fucking love living here.
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7 Azure Ray : November
This is another one that has followed me around for a while. Its probably been on like four other mixes I've [...]
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Track 5 from Saddle Creek 50
Length: 00:04:26
Year: 0000
Track Description:
This is another one that has followed me around for a while. Its probably been on like four other mixes I've posted on this site. Oh well.
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8 Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel : Spent on Rainy Days
"I wish I saved up for rainy days
Because they're the hardest to be dry
I got no self control
[...]
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Track 1 from Home, Vol. IV
Length: 00:02:08
Year: 2004
Track Description:
"I wish I saved up for rainy days
Because they're the hardest to be dry
I got no self control
I'm always begging into telephones
I bought a little from my brother's friend
Well, just to get me by
I don't trust his cut
The effect is never as high as the mark-up
I think I'll print it in the personals that I'm looking for a match
Someone to light me up
Someone to burn the proof of the things that I've done"
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9 Camera Obscura : Tears for Affairs
"Shedding tears for affairs
I’m a stupid little thing"
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Track 2 from lets get out of this country
Length: 00:04:03
Year: 2006
Track Description:
"Shedding tears for affairs
I’m a stupid little thing"
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10 Roberta Flack : Killing me softly with his song
I should stop falling in love with boys in bands. I guess its true what they say... "you can't hold the hand [...]
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Track 1 from Killing me softly
Length: 00:04:49
Year: 1973
Track Description:
I should stop falling in love with boys in bands. I guess its true what they say... "you can't hold the hand of a rock and roll man"
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11 Audrey Hepburn : Moon River
This is a hold over from the original mix for drew. Maybe it is for him after all.
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Track 0 from Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn
Length: 00:02:02
Year: 0000
Track Description:
This is a hold over from the original mix for drew. Maybe it is for him after all.
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Not many songs I'm familiar with, but a few bands I like - Band of Horses, Camera Obscura, Rilo Kiley etc. Nice stuff.
9/25/08 12:09pm
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I have stated this before, but spectacularview, I hope the best of September is the worst of October for you. I have some new music to look up now (like tracks 1 + 8). Audrey is... heartbreaking... words fail me. It is such a wonderful, endearing track.
9/25/08 09:22am
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