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I Put My Father In The Lake (songs from the salmon reserve)
| I Put My Father In The Lake (songs from the salmon reserve) | |
| Created by: | motormatic |
| Tracks: | 14 |
| Length: | 00:50:38 |
| Keywords |
1. Mix Contest 2 2. Mix Contest 2 3. Mix Contest 2 |
| Created on | 8/25/06 10:27am |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2860 |
| Total visitors | 138 |
| Unique visitors | 71 |
| This mix was ranked #5 out of 30 entries for this contest | |
description:
I travelled to England earlier this year to pick up my fathers ashes. He died last Christmas. I took him to the west coast of Ireland and left his ashes in our favourite lake. I barely knew the man, I moved halfway across the world when I was 12 and had only seen him a couple of times since. I thought I hated his guts, but it turned out I loved him more than I knew I could feel. This is what I listen to when I'm not sure what else to do.
This is a really personal mix for me. I don't think I've even half gotten over the fact that he's actually dead.
This is a really personal mix for me. I don't think I've even half gotten over the fact that he's actually dead.
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| 1 | The Dogs D'amour : The State I'm In |
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If he could see the state I've been in for the last 14 years, maybe things would have turned out differently. [...]
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Track 13 from In The Dynamite Jet Saloon
Length: 00:03:36 Year: 1988 |
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If he could see the state I've been in for the last 14 years, maybe things would have turned out differently. This song talks about the only time you see that person turning into a long goodbye. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Van Morrison : Days Like This |
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I love this song. I love Van Morrison. I listen to this on those days that I can't function and think, it's ok [...]
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Track 8 from Days Like This
Length: 00:03:17 Year: 1995 |
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I love this song. I love Van Morrison. I listen to this on those days that I can't function and think, it's ok, this will happen for the rest of my life. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | John Denver : Take Me Home Country Roads |
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I remember when I was a little kid my dad would make Sunday dinner. He'd listen to this while we ate. We'd eat [...]
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Track 3 from The Best Of John Denver
Length: 00:03:15 Year: 0000 |
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I remember when I was a little kid my dad would make Sunday dinner. He'd listen to this while we ate. We'd eat lamb and listen to John Denver, Tammy Wynette and George Jones. My father loved this song and it always makes me think of him. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Replacements : Here Comes A Regular |
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My father drank himself to death. I went to England to see him when I heard he was sick. I took literally the [...]
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Track 11 from Tim
Length: 00:04:45 Year: 1985 |
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My father drank himself to death. I went to England to see him when I heard he was sick. I took literally the next flight to Manchester. When I saw him I didn't recognize him. It's a terrible thing to not know your own father when he's standing right in front of you. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Leonard Cohen : If It Be Your Will |
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm glorifying a man who didn't deserve it.
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Track 9 from Various Positions
Length: 00:03:43 Year: 1984 |
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm glorifying a man who didn't deserve it. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Roky Erikson : I Have Always Been Here Before |
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This is a beautiful song that perfectly describes the horrible sense of deja vu I had while standing at the ed [...]
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Track 4 from Two Headed Dog EP
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 1977 |
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This is a beautiful song that perfectly describes the horrible sense of deja vu I had while standing at the edge of Lake Furness and watching my father float away. It was really windy. I never cry that hard. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Nick Drake : Been Smoking Too Long |
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Nick Drake's utter desperation and despair captures (to me) the awful sense of the end that my father must hav [...]
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Track 9 from Time Of No Reply
Length: 00:02:17 Year: 1986 |
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Nick Drake's utter desperation and despair captures (to me) the awful sense of the end that my father must have had in the last few years. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | robert johnson : If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day |
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Maybe, if he could have, maybe he would have explained life to me. Maybe things would have changed.
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Track 8 from King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Length: 00:02:37 Year: 1998 |
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Maybe, if he could have, maybe he would have explained life to me. Maybe things would have changed. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds : I Had A Dream, Joe |
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I dream about him a lot. They aren't pretty dreams. They aren't comforting and they don't make me wake up rest [...]
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Track 2 from Henry's Dream
Length: 00:03:42 Year: 1992 |
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I dream about him a lot. They aren't pretty dreams. They aren't comforting and they don't make me wake up rested. This song is eerily reminiscent of the dreams I have. And, for a little humour, his name was Joe. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Japan : Ghosts |
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My father used to have a white 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. It's a rare car. I had never seen another. Whil [...]
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Track 3 from Tin Drum
Length: 00:04:34 Year: 1981 |
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My father used to have a white 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. It's a rare car. I had never seen another. While I was driving through England on my way to catch the ferry in Wales, I stopped at the house I grew up in. I was standing in the driveway feeling overwhelmed when my cousin started yelling at me to look. An old man drove slowly by me in a white 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith. I don't know if I believe in anything, but if I did, I would have said that was him. Maybe they do watch us. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Big Star : Holocaust |
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This is a rather brutal song. I wonder if he thought he was a waste. When I saw him last year it seemed as suc [...]
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Track 5 from Big Star Story
Length: 00:03:48 Year: 2003 |
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This is a rather brutal song. I wonder if he thought he was a waste. When I saw him last year it seemed as such. He was quiet and shrunken. Before that, he had always been loud, a character. Then he seemed like a frightened, frail old man. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Alison Moyet : This House |
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"Under these fingertips a strange body rolls and dips
I close my eyes and you're here again Later [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 3 from Hoodoo
Length: 00:03:56 Year: 1991 |
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"Under these fingertips a strange body rolls and dips I close my eyes and you're here again Later as day descends I'll shout from my window To anyone listening, "I'm losing" Who can take your place? I can't face another day And who will shelter me? It's cold in here Cover me Oh in a plague of hateful questioning Tap dancing every syllable from ear to ear I hear the din of lovers jousting When I'm hiding with my head to the wall Who will shelter me? It's cold in here" Brilliant. And an incredible voice to boot. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Kate Bush : This Woman's Work |
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This one really hits home, aside from being one of my all time favourite tear-jerkers. There are so many thing [...]
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Track 10 from The Sensual World
Length: 00:03:32 Year: 1989 |
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This one really hits home, aside from being one of my all time favourite tear-jerkers. There are so many things we could have, maybe should have, said to each other. It's too late for all that now. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Paddy Reily : Fields Of Athenry |
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This is the hardest song in the world for me to listen to. It was my fathers very favourite song. For most of [...]
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Track 4 from The Gold And Silver Days II
Length: 00:04:38 Year: 0000 |
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This is the hardest song in the world for me to listen to. It was my fathers very favourite song. For most of the older generation Irish, it's a favourite song. When I went with my aunt to scatter his ashes in Lake Furness, some old family friends I hadn't seen since I was a small child came with us. It's a very rural area and these are hard drinking sheep farmers who don't show a lot of emotion. They stood in a circle and sang this song as my father floated away. It was beautiful. I stood by the water and became hysterical. SHOW LESS
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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 2007-06-29
Level 24
This really deserves a +5.
5/05/07 08:34am
The 6/6/6 Badge
Special thanks to those that embraced the Collective on this most sacrilegious of holidays. Mix on, you vile tormentor of souls!
awarded on 2006-06-06
Level 8
It's amazing to me that someone can push feelings of sorrow into something so simple (like making a mixtape), but I guess thats why we all love music. It's always been an art available to everyone, throughout time. It costs nothing (unless your buying it, but surely whistling is free), and is rather simply and crudely made when you compare to the weight of things and emotions you feel upon listening to it on that certain moment. So really I guess I'm amazed not that sorrow can go into something so simple (or any emotion), but that something so small and simple has even the capacity to hold not only the music, but the memories of your father...or not just the memories...but his spirit.
im sorry for your loss
great tape
im sorry for your loss
great tape
1/22/07 09:15am
The Level 10 Badge
Welcome to level 10! Credibility is just a few levels away.
awarded on 2007-03-07
Level 13
Thank you. As a new Dad I am reminded daily of how important it is to be connected with my son. making this must have been cathartic for you.
11/07/06 03:07pm
The Level 10 Badge
Welcome to level 10! Credibility is just a few levels away.
awarded on 2006-10-11
Level 13
This mix is fucking great! I haven't heard Kate Bush or Robert Johnson, but I will. Plus I don't care what anyone says, John Denver was a sad bad ass. ++
9/03/06 09:58am
The Level 21 Badge
You're finally legal! Huzzah! We all know you've been boozing since you were 13, but don't worry, we'll keep quiet.
Now, get off the damn computer and go hit up the bars.
Now, get off the damn computer and go hit up the bars.
awarded on 2007-07-25
Level 24
Low lie the fields of Athenry. Perfect choice.
8/29/06 05:58pm
