Melancholy Mix
| Melancholy Mix | |
| Created by: | Eraserhead |
| Tracks: | 19 |
| Length: | 01:14:47 |
| Keywords |
1. this 2. is 3. awesome |
| Created on | 8/15/06 8:03pm |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2864 |
| Total visitors | 117 |
| Unique visitors | 47 |
description:
Although this mix is kinda sorta all over the map, it's main focus is more melancholy. Still, there are a few other vibes going on at the same time.
This is an earlier mix of mine that I recently unearthed from my computer, so I'm wondering how it holds up.
This is an earlier mix of mine that I recently unearthed from my computer, so I'm wondering how it holds up.
tracklist
| 1 | Love : Alone Again Or |
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A very beautiful song. Don't be deceived by the melody, it is pretty sad!
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Track 1 from Forever Changes
Length: 00:03:18 Year: 1967 |
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A very beautiful song. Don't be deceived by the melody, it is pretty sad! SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Nico : These Days |
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A nice, folkier piece. Nico fits in a lot better here than she did in the Velvet Underground.
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Track 2 from Chelsea Girl
Length: 00:03:33 |
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A nice, folkier piece. Nico fits in a lot better here than she did in the Velvet Underground. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Leonard Cohen : Master Song |
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A slow folk song. Very haunting, and still gives me chills every time I listen to it now.
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Track 3 from The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Length: 00:05:55 |
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A slow folk song. Very haunting, and still gives me chills every time I listen to it now. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Portishead : Sour Times |
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Bleak and sexy at the same time. Jazz and rock influences weave themselves in and out of this one.
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Track 4 from Dummy
Length: 00:04:14 Year: 1994 |
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Bleak and sexy at the same time. Jazz and rock influences weave themselves in and out of this one. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | The Cure : Close To Me |
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Robert Smith sounds like a melodramatic Prince on this one.
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Track 5 from Head On The Door
Length: 00:03:23 |
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Robert Smith sounds like a melodramatic Prince on this one. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Clash : The Magnificent Seven |
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Disco by way of punk. Although not as striking as some of their earlier work, the Magnificent Seven is still very energetic.
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Track 6 from Sandinista! (Disc 1)
Length: 00:05:33 |
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Disco by way of punk. Although not as striking as some of their earlier work, the Magnificent Seven is still very energetic. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | soft cell : tainted love |
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A dark, danceable brit-pop song.
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Track 7 from tainted love single
Length: 00:02:33 Year: 1981 |
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A dark, danceable brit-pop song. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | PJ Harvey : C'mon Billy |
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A nice, moodier gem by PJ Harvey. Very often overlooked, but still highly effective.
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Track 8 from To Bring You My Love
Length: 00:02:50 |
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A nice, moodier gem by PJ Harvey. Very often overlooked, but still highly effective. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Tom Waits : Tango Till They're Sore |
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A beautiful, beautiful piece from the king of sorrow. Sounds like a man ranting with self-pity at a bar.
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Track 9 from Rain Dogs
Length: 00:02:53 Year: 1985 |
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A beautiful, beautiful piece from the king of sorrow. Sounds like a man ranting with self-pity at a bar. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds : Up Jumped the Devil |
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A slow, tongue-in-cheek ballad.
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Track 10 from Tender Prey
Length: 00:05:16 Year: 1987 |
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A slow, tongue-in-cheek ballad. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | The White Stripes : Jolene |
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A very nice tribute to the Dolly Parton song of the same name.
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Length: 00:03:11 |
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A very nice tribute to the Dolly Parton song of the same name. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Calexico : Black Heart |
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A very beautiful, haunting wash of strings and acoustic guitars.
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Track 12 from Feast of Wire
Length: 00:04:52 Year: 2003 |
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A very beautiful, haunting wash of strings and acoustic guitars. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Cat Power : Moonshiner |
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A scary, slow folk song. Gives me shivers.
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Track 13 from Moon Pix
Length: 00:04:50 Year: 1998 |
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A scary, slow folk song. Gives me shivers. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan : Revolver |
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A slow, haunting folk song.
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Track 14 from Ballad Of The Broken Seas
Length: 00:02:40 Year: 2006 |
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A slow, haunting folk song. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | The Decemberists : From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea) |
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A sea-faring folkie about a lonely man.
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Track 15 from Picaresque
Length: 00:03:44 Year: 2005 |
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A sea-faring folkie about a lonely man. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Beirut : Mt. Wroclai (Idle Days) |
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A very majestic Balkan folk song.
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Track 16 from Gulag Orkestar
Length: 00:03:17 Year: 2006 |
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A very majestic Balkan folk song. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Lou Reed : Perfect Day |
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Although technically a happy song, it has always stuck with me as sad (because of the use of it in Trainspotting).
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Track 17 from Transformer
Length: 00:03:45 Year: 1972 |
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Although technically a happy song, it has always stuck with me as sad (because of the use of it in Trainspotting). SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Queens of the Stone Age : The Mosquito Song [Hidden Track] |
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Even these monsters of robot rock had time to make this wonderful folk song about the horrors of mosquitoes.
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Track 18 from Songs for the Deaf
Length: 00:05:38 Year: 2002 |
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Even these monsters of robot rock had time to make this wonderful folk song about the horrors of mosquitoes. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | Neutral Milk Hotel : In The Aeroplane Over The Sea |
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A happy epilogue to a mix of sorrow and pain.
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Track 19 from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Length: 00:03:22 Year: 1998 |
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A happy epilogue to a mix of sorrow and pain. SHOW LESS
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Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Thanks. It really is a trip to look at this mix. I made it like... over 2 years ago. Things done changed.
9/13/08 2:19pm
The MLK Badge
This is awesome. 8-14 is my favorite section of the mix, it's great.
9/13/08 12:23pm
The Bronze Badge
Seems pretty nice, like most of the individual songs but not sure how they would sound next to each other.
12/16/06 12:00pm
The Bronze Badge
plus for black heart. i had the awesome opportunity of seeing calexico last night, points!
9/25/06 11:34am
The Badge of Mystery
I love that Portishead album. Plus points for that, Lou Reed, and Mr. Cohen alone. Not too shabby overall!
8/15/06 9:54pm
