It Was a Good Run
| It Was a Good Run | |
| Created by: | galaxiepi |
| Tracks: | 22 |
| Length: | 01:18:12 |
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1. Mix Contest 10 2. Mix Contest 10 3. Mix Contest 10 |
| Created on | 3/20/07 9:37pm |
| Level | 7 |
| Points | 3028 |
| Total visitors | 106 |
| Unique visitors | 60 |
| This mix was ranked #4 out of 12 entries for this contest | |
description:
My musical footprint left in the dusty hallow that is planet Earth in 2393.
I think it sums me up nicely.
I think it sums me up nicely.
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| 1 | The Velvet Underground : Stephanie Says |
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Hi, I'm Stephanie.
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Track 1 from VU
Length: 00:02:50 Year: 1985 |
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| 2 | Smashing Pumpkins : Muzzle |
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"My life has been extraordinary, blessed and cursed and won..." The lyrical content of this song has been an influential force behind my life since it came out while I was in the beginning throes of adolescence. The Pumpkins were my first musical love, and this song still resonates. In fact I scrawled the lyrics inside the cover of the journal I kept while backpacking Europe. I highly recommend this song to anyone and everyone. "And I knew the silence of the world..." SHOW MORE
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Track 2 from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Length: 00:03:44 |
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"My life has been extraordinary, blessed and cursed and won..." The lyrical content of this song has been an influential force behind my life since it came out while I was in the beginning throes of adolescence. The Pumpkins were my first musical love, and this song still resonates. In fact I scrawled the lyrics inside the cover of the journal I kept while backpacking Europe. I highly recommend this song to anyone and everyone. "And I knew the silence of the world..." SHOW LESS
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| 3 | M83 : Don't Save Us from The Flames |
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Such a great flow from the previous track. I've unofficially denoted this song as the soundtrack to my spinning, dizzy life as a 20-something. Wonderful, colorful and overwhelming.
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Track 3 from Before the Dawn Heals Us
Length: 00:04:16 Year: 2005 |
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Such a great flow from the previous track. I've unofficially denoted this song as the soundtrack to my spinning, dizzy life as a 20-something. Wonderful, colorful and overwhelming. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | My Brightest Diamond : Dragonfly |
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On occasion I have been known to portray notes of whimsy. I also have had a girlcrush on Shara of MBD since I saw her play a few months back. Absolutely beautiful, feminine, whimsical songs and swoon-worthy vocals. SHOW MORE
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Track 4 from Bring Me The Workhorse
Length: 00:03:31 Year: 2006 |
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On occasion I have been known to portray notes of whimsy. I also have had a girlcrush on Shara of MBD since I saw her play a few months back. Absolutely beautiful, feminine, whimsical songs and swoon-worthy vocals. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Bjork : It's Oh So Quiet |
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A flair for earnest melodrama. "What's the use of falling in love?" I would be lying if I said I haven't danced around my house to this song like I'm in a Icelandic musical.
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Track 5 from Post
Length: 00:03:38 Year: 1995 |
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A flair for earnest melodrama. "What's the use of falling in love?" I would be lying if I said I haven't danced around my house to this song like I'm in a Icelandic musical. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The White Stripes : Hotel Yorba |
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You bust out this song with an indie crowd, and even the most jaded hipsters sing along. I've had some good moments with this little ditty.
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Track 6 from White Blood Cells
Length: 00:02:10 Year: 2001 |
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You bust out this song with an indie crowd, and even the most jaded hipsters sing along. I've had some good moments with this little ditty. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Beatles : Across the Universe |
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A simple, lovely must for my musical legacy of a mixtape. "Nothing's going to change my world." SHOW MORE
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Track 7 from Let It Be
Length: 00:03:50 Year: 1970 |
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A simple, lovely must for my musical legacy of a mixtape. "Nothing's going to change my world." SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Cat Power : Living Proof |
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Recently I found myself westbound on a highway twisting through cliffs and past waterfalls. The season's first burst of sun was on my face, a steaming chai tea was in my hand, and this song was in my ears.
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Track 8 from The Greatest
Length: 00:03:11 Year: 2006 |
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Recently I found myself westbound on a highway twisting through cliffs and past waterfalls. The season's first burst of sun was on my face, a steaming chai tea was in my hand, and this song was in my ears. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | David Bowie : Starman |
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It's the FUTURE! Ziggy warned us, but the moon was soon to wax and wane... EVIL. Ummm... and it's fucking Bowie. Seriously. SHOW MORE
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Track 9 from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Length: 00:04:13 Year: 1972 |
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It's the FUTURE! Ziggy warned us, but the moon was soon to wax and wane... EVIL. Ummm... and it's fucking Bowie. Seriously. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | The Decemberists : The Crane Wife 3 |
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Here's a great moment from the little life I call mine: waking up on a lazy Saturday to the opening strumming guitar of this song, sunlight pouring through the windows, and lying snug in the arms of someone great.
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Track 10 from The Crane Wife
Length: 00:04:17 Year: 2006 |
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Here's a great moment from the little life I call mine: waking up on a lazy Saturday to the opening strumming guitar of this song, sunlight pouring through the windows, and lying snug in the arms of someone great. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Lou Reed : Vicious |
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Baby, sometimes I'm a little vicious.
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Track 11 from Transformer
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 1972 |
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Baby, sometimes I'm a little vicious. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Iggy Pop & The Stooges : Search And Destroy |
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In line with the previous song, also "I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm." And this song will always be near and dear to my little pseudo-rebellious heart.
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Track 12 from Raw Power
Length: 00:03:29 Year: 1973 |
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In line with the previous song, also "I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm." And this song will always be near and dear to my little pseudo-rebellious heart. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Weezer : Say It Ain't So |
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Some of my favorite moments with friends have been we've all erupted into song. This song, a token of my college years (despite it having come out years before), almost always generates those moments. I can distinctly remember singing this loud with my posse of boys, all of us with cheap beers in our hands and smiles on our faces.
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Track 13 from Blue Album
Length: 00:04:18 Year: 1994 |
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Some of my favorite moments with friends have been we've all erupted into song. This song, a token of my college years (despite it having come out years before), almost always generates those moments. I can distinctly remember singing this loud with my posse of boys, all of us with cheap beers in our hands and smiles on our faces. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Michael Jackson : Rock With You |
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Fuck, dude. It's classic MJ. I've never been able to NOT dance to this song. So smoooooooth, so sexxxxxxy. You gotta feel that beat! Allllll niiiiiight...
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Track 14 from Off The Wall
Length: 00:03:40 |
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Fuck, dude. It's classic MJ. I've never been able to NOT dance to this song. So smoooooooth, so sexxxxxxy. You gotta feel that beat! Allllll niiiiiight... SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Prince : Kiss |
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Again with the sexiness. Included not only because it's Prince, the King of Naughty, but also because I have a great memory of mopping my apartment in Italy with my roommates. We entered into chick flick stereotype-land by dancing around the place, singing into our mops and brooms. Kissy faces included, naturally.
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Track 15 from The Very Best of Prince
Length: 00:02:46 Year: 2001 |
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Again with the sexiness. Included not only because it's Prince, the King of Naughty, but also because I have a great memory of mopping my apartment in Italy with my roommates. We entered into chick flick stereotype-land by dancing around the place, singing into our mops and brooms. Kissy faces included, naturally. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Bill Withers : Lovely Day |
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The future wouldn't be the same without it.
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Track 16 from Menagerie
Length: 00:04:16 Year: 1977 |
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The future wouldn't be the same without it. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Dusty Springfield : Son of a Preacher Man |
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A woman with such smooth soul. I always wanted to hear this song while sitting by a lake on a hazy late afternoon in the summer.
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Track 17 from Dusty in Memphis
Length: 00:02:29 Year: 1969 |
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A woman with such smooth soul. I always wanted to hear this song while sitting by a lake on a hazy late afternoon in the summer. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | The National : American Mary |
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This sounds like any classic American track from half a dozen artists that I love. The chorus is gorgeous.
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Track 18 from The National
Length: 00:04:02 Year: 2001 |
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This sounds like any classic American track from half a dozen artists that I love. The chorus is gorgeous. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | Taj Mahal : Frankie and Albert |
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Continuing with the American theme of the previous track, this is such a warm, inviting bluegrass song that almost sounds like something that was too good for the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. Plus I love me some Taj.
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Track 19 from The Best of Taj Mahal
Length: 00:03:19 Year: 2000 |
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Continuing with the American theme of the previous track, this is such a warm, inviting bluegrass song that almost sounds like something that was too good for the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. Plus I love me some Taj. SHOW LESS
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| 20 | Merle Haggard : The Bottle Let Me Down |
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I love me the bottle, but sometimes it don't love me. I'm a farmer's daughter, and while it's never been my favorite genre, I definitely appreciate some country. Merle is a great exception. SHOW MORE
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Track 20 from Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Length: 00:02:42 Year: 2006 |
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I love me the bottle, but sometimes it don't love me. I'm a farmer's daughter, and while it's never been my favorite genre, I definitely appreciate some country. Merle is a great exception. SHOW LESS
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| 21 | Tom Waits : Misery Is The River of The World |
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Just to let the future know that we knew we had it coming. "If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man. You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but it always comes roaring back again." I want Tom Waits to tell bedtime stories to my future children. "Misery's the river of the world. Everybody row!" SHOW MORE
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Track 21 from Blood Money
Length: 00:04:25 |
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Just to let the future know that we knew we had it coming. "If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man. You can drive out nature with a pitchfork, but it always comes roaring back again." I want Tom Waits to tell bedtime stories to my future children. "Misery's the river of the world. Everybody row!" SHOW LESS
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| 22 | Tone Loc : Funky Cold Medina |
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Exactly.
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Track 22 from Loc-ed After Dark
Length: 00:04:08 Year: 1989 |
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Tag Board
The Level 5 Badge
this mix is beautiful. particularly tracks 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 22 (of course).
7/14/08 12:10am
The Fortune Cookie Badge
the future will be a great place to dance :) love your descriptions, they make it so much more personal
10/25/07 6:56pm
Mixtape Contest X: First Place
this is awesommmmme. i cant believe i forgot bjork though. i feel like an idiot. im glad we agree on the same michael jackson track. that song is THE ONE.
3/21/07 11:00pm
The Level 21 Badge
If I had to make a prediction, I would say thirty-nine times when I wake up in the morning, love: "I've never been so nuts about a guy, I wanna laugh, I wanna cry, I cross my heart and hope to die," because I'm the runaway son of a nuclear A-Bomb and it's so cold in Alaska.
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n roll.
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n roll.
3/21/07 11:52am
The Festivus '08 Badge
Funky cold medenia is the only song you need in the future...I was just watching rock with u m.v. on the ol tivo, and merle hagger is fantastic but have you heard of billy ray cyrus(theres a lot of good country music out there).
3/21/07 10:19am
The Patton Badge
genius! and the pumpkins/m83 transition is indeed glorious!
3/21/07 12:22am
