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the soundtrack to your depression

the soundtrack to your depression
Created by:	O_O
Tracks:	16
Length:	00:59:10
Keywords	1. Nike 2. violent resignation! 3. isolation
Created on	7/31/06 11:29pm
Level	5
Points	2401
Total visitors	104
Unique visitors	51

description:

This is not intended to be a completely sarcastic thing, although it is partially one i suppose, simply because i have a habit of not taking anything seriously. I have been depressed with relative consistency for several years now, and while it's not exactly a picnic, i'm not about to blow my brains out tommorow either.

For me, depression is not so much about feeling "sad" all the time, though like any other humanoid being (besies game show hosts, naturally) i go through periods of sadness, and i also go through periods of happiness. To me it's more about feeling isolated from other people, about forcing smiles more than i should, and about...well, as Ernest Hemingway said, "Even in the middle of a crowd, i was always alone."

So with that having been said...here are some songs i enjoy listening to when i'm really down. They don't make me feel better necessarily...which could be why i listen to them when i'm so down.

Oh, and there's other words and phrases hidden in the cover art? Can you find them all? If you do, you'll get...well, absolutely nothing to be honest.

Intended format: 60 minute tape (the time limit here should be raised to 90 minutes, for srs)
Side a: 29.13
Side b: 29.57

tracklist

1	Circle Takes the Square : Our Need to Bleed
	The sample, which comes from Single White Female, works as such a brilliant introduction to this tape. " I don [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Demo Length: 00:03:44 Year: 0000
	Track Description: The sample, which comes from Single White Female, works as such a brilliant introduction to this tape. " I don't wanna try to be loved anymore. I don't wanna be scared anymore. Or to kill anymore...I don't wanna kill anymore. I don't wanna be alone anymore. I don't wanna be anything, anymore...I don't need a reason to kill myself. I need a reason not to. There isn't one." SHOW LESS
2	Give Up the Ghost : Protest Song #00
	"Life's just a word that i won't say. Love's just a word that i'll never know. Life's just a game th [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Year One Length: 00:02:06 Year: 2004
	Track Description: "Life's just a word that i won't say. Love's just a word that i'll never know. Life's just a game that i won't play. Love's just a lie that i won't believe." SHOW LESS
3	The Doors : People are Strange
	I don't know what to say here....everyone knows this song. How could you not? SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from Strange Days Length: 00:02:12 Year: 1967
	Track Description: I don't know what to say here....everyone knows this song. How could you not? SHOW LESS
4	Funeral : Yearning for heaven
	Any serious tape with a focus on depression needs at least one doom song, as it is an excessively depressing [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Vitesse Length: 00:10:24 Year: 1993
	Track Description: Any serious tape with a focus on depression needs at least one doom song, as it is an excessively depressing genre. According to Wikipedia (so this may or may not be accurate) this band was called "the most depressing band in the world" after this demo / mini-cd came out in 1993. SHOW LESS
5	Swing Kids : Blue Note
	"Been shot time again time and time again..." SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Discography Length: 00:02:40 Year: 2002
	Track Description: "Been shot time again time and time again..." SHOW LESS
6	the Suicide File : November in Brookline
	"Time wears you down. Time will spit on you. And there are countless yesterdays where promises fell [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Twilight Length: 00:02:12 Year: 2003
	Track Description: "Time wears you down. Time will spit on you. And there are countless yesterdays where promises fell through..." SHOW LESS
7	I, Robot : The Answer
	On the inside of the record's jacket, above the lyrics it says, "(Simply a response to the common question..." [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Et Cetera Length: 00:02:12 Year: 0000
	Track Description: On the inside of the record's jacket, above the lyrics it says, "(Simply a response to the common question..."How are you?)" "This chill i get is a constant reminder that i can't change a thing and that is the horror that i must learn to live with." SHOW LESS
8	I Would Set Myself On Fire For You : Eight
	This record is amazing...if you haven't heard it, you need to buy or download it. Almost definitely the album [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from ...Believes In Patterns Length: 00:03:43 Year: 0000
	Track Description: This record is amazing...if you haven't heard it, you need to buy or download it. Almost definitely the album of 2006 for me. And here are the lyrics tio this song, because they're awesome: stephen: whats the password? whats the password? error; invalid; system failure. when i get my hands on them.. oh just you wait and you'll see... "give me one reason to trust you" she said, and i replied "i can not for i have none" and she cried. "then give me your trust so that mine can return" she said, and i replied "i can not for i have none" and i would have cried, but my eyes has dried. "then share with me a starving need to hold on" she said, and i replied "i can not for i have none" "what then? where do we place ourselves?" "on the funeral pyre to burn." and burn. lindsay: Reinventing moonlight for model lace. Hands touch faces and lips whisper simple phrases. So faithful, so sincere. Across the room stands a kind man who doesn't know my name, the kind man doesn't know my face. I wasn't plugged in today and I couldn't help thinking that/ that meant something very profound. (lol at this actually being the eighth song of this tape, though it's not the eighth song of the album) SHOW LESS
9	Joy Division : Ice Age
	This actually isn't my favorite Joy Division song, but it's close and i feel like it just fits the idea here s [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 13 from Heart and Soul (disc one) Length: 00:02:25 Year: 1997
	Track Description: This actually isn't my favorite Joy Division song, but it's close and i feel like it just fits the idea here so fucking well..or maybe it doesn't? One of the things i like so much about Ian Curtis' lyrics are that they're so open to interpetation. It could be about a relationship between two people gradually growing colder, or maybe a political song, the "freezing over" of the world as man cares less and less for his brethen. But i think it just seems so well to refelct feelings of depression, apathy, being in a place where it's always cold. SHOW LESS
10	Yaphet Kotto : Torn Pictures
	This song is more about regret than depression, but it's not like there are leagues between them. [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from The Killer was in the Government Blankets Length: 00:03:17 Year: 0000
	Track Description: This song is more about regret than depression, but it's not like there are leagues between them. " the time evades me when i look to the sky i can't quite describe the feeling that puts a lump in my throat butterflies in my stomach and tears in my eeys i think it's the feelings it's forever gone except for pictures and trophies that hurt so bad" SHOW LESS
11	black flag : depression
	I'd say this is one of the quintissential Black Flag songs. SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from damaged Length: 00:02:30 Year: 1981
	Track Description: I'd say this is one of the quintissential Black Flag songs. SHOW LESS
12	Starflyer 59 : Underneath
	It's just such a nice, melancholy song. Mhmmm. "there's no lights when you fail the check [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Old Length: 00:04:35 Year: 2003
	Track Description: It's just such a nice, melancholy song. Mhmmm. "there's no lights when you fail the check's in the mail speak of things we've done and how we never won I think our number's done" SHOW LESS
13	Ampere : what it's like to fly
	Forty seconds of beauty...the last forty seconds? Just kidding! (that's coming up on a future tape) SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from Split 7" with Wolves Length: 00:00:40 Year: 0000
	Track Description: Forty seconds of beauty...the last forty seconds? Just kidding! (that's coming up on a future tape) "so tell me how birds feel...the most common nightmare among kids my age is that they are falling to their death. and i'm so scared." SHOW LESS
14	Orchid : ...And The Cat Turned To Smoke
	I really wanted to stay away from songs more directly about relationships with this tape. But screw you, Orchi [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow Length: 00:05:14 Year: 0000
	Track Description: I really wanted to stay away from songs more directly about relationships with this tape. But screw you, Orchid's one of my favorite bands and i'll make my mixtapes however i damn well please. " we smiled and said "I'll see you this summer." -but we know that it was over. That's just what you say to someone who's dying. that's just what you say. This is to us. our hands fit, at least for a while. I miss the face, I miss the taste I'm sorry about it all..." SHOW LESS
15	In/Humanity : Teenage Suicide - Do it!
	Pretty self-explanatory, i think. SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from Violent Resignation: The Great American Teenage Suicide Rebellion 1992-1998 Length: 00:01:43 Year: 2000
	Track Description: Pretty self-explanatory, i think. SHOW LESS
16	Explosions In The Sky... : First Breath After Coma
	Nothing is forever, this is especially true of emotions. So this is like...you wake up, and you feel ok. Maybe [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Length: 00:09:33 Year: 2003
	Track Description: Nothing is forever, this is especially true of emotions. So this is like...you wake up, and you feel ok. Maybe a friend makes you feel not so completely detached from everything. Or whatever. Just as this new feeling replaces tehe previous one, it too will be replaced. That's just the way life is. SHOW LESS

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afreu

Level 7

Hm, I like the cover.

5/30/07 10:41am

nopolian

The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge

Happy Valentine's day from the MTC staff. We really love you guys. That said, put your pants on and get out before we call the cops.

awarded on 2007-02-14

Level 18

capital mix, man.

9/14/06 03:39pm

zen_arcade

The Bronze Badge

Wow, one of your mixes is doing swell in the ratings! But remember, Bob Dole did 'swell' in the primaries...

awarded on 2006-11-02

Level 11

Great bands, great songs, but looking at it I have to wonder how it flows.

8/01/06 08:05pm

Delinquent

The Welcome Committee Badge

A uber-special badge issued to those who go above and beyond in making new members feel welcome.

awarded on 2006-07-24

Level 15

If I could give you an award for best album cover designer, I would without question. Luckily, you aren't a one-trick-pony, and can make some pretty badass mixes.

8/01/06 11:01am

galaxiepi