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Modern Girls
Created by:	whackedtollie
Tracks:	14
Length:	00:51:38
Keywords	1. women 2. and men 3. or not
Created on	9/24/06 8:20pm
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description:

Some of these songs make me cry. Some of them make me happy. Some of them are about love. Some of them aren't. All of them are by/about strong women, and they are all inspiring.

While making the mix, I actually aspired not to have too many happy songs on it. I just wanted to make a mix that conveys a sadness and emotional depth that, for the most part, only women experience (or admit to experiencing).

tracklist

1	Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Maps
	This song makes me so happy in a bitersweet sort of way. I love Karen O, and her weird yet classic style, and voice. SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from Fever to Tell Length: 00:03:39 Year: 2003
	Track Description: This song makes me so happy in a bitersweet sort of way. I love Karen O, and her weird yet classic style, and voice. SHOW LESS
2	The Strokes : Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men (feat. Regina Spektor)
	Technically, this appeared on a Strokes album, but Regina really steals the song. The song is about two people who are in love, but the man is too old-fashioned and the girl needs to break it off. SHOW MORE
	Track 2 from Reptilia Length: 00:03:40 Year: 2003
	Track Description: Technically, this appeared on a Strokes album, but Regina really steals the song. The song is about two people who are in love, but the man is too old-fashioned and the girl needs to break it off. SHOW LESS
3	The Sundays : Here's Where the Story Ends
	"The devil in me said, go down to the shed, I know where I belong. And the only thing I ever really wanted to say was wrong, was wrong, was wrong..." (I am aware I have used this song before btw) SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Length: 00:03:55 Year: 1990
	Track Description: "The devil in me said, go down to the shed, I know where I belong. And the only thing I ever really wanted to say was wrong, was wrong, was wrong..." (I am aware I have used this song before btw) SHOW LESS
4	Sambassadeur : Between the Lines
	To me, this song is just very beautiful. I think it's about someone who wants to find the meaning in a song by someone she really admires but can't figure it out. SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from Between the Lines Length: 00:02:40 Year: 2005
	Track Description: To me, this song is just very beautiful. I think it's about someone who wants to find the meaning in a song by someone she really admires but can't figure it out. SHOW LESS
5	The Concretes : You Can't Hurry Love
	The feeling of this song and the Sambassadeur song always seem to go together for me. They're optomistic, and light while at the same time just a little bit sad. SHOW MORE
	Track 5 from The Concretes Length: 00:02:02 Year: 2004
	Track Description: The feeling of this song and the Sambassadeur song always seem to go together for me. They're optomistic, and light while at the same time just a little bit sad. SHOW LESS
6	The Skyflakes : Things to Do
	"It's not you... I've got things to do." The very high-pitched vocals don't make the song any lighter, really. SHOW MORE
	Track 6 from Calling In Sick Length: 00:03:35
	Track Description: "It's not you... I've got things to do." The very high-pitched vocals don't make the song any lighter, really. SHOW LESS
7	t.A.t.U. : Not Gonna Get Us
	You remember the song, right? It's about lesbians! W00t! Seriously though, really cool song. And you can see how it fits with the theme. Fish and bicycles, indeed :P SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane Length: 00:04:24 Year: 2002
	Track Description: You remember the song, right? It's about lesbians! W00t! Seriously though, really cool song. And you can see how it fits with the theme. Fish and bicycles, indeed :P SHOW LESS
8	Tegan and Sara : Speak Slow
	"I'm so far away, I just can't see you I'm so far away, and I just don't need you" SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from So Jealous Length: 00:02:21 Year: 2004
	Track Description: "I'm so far away, I just can't see you I'm so far away, and I just don't need you" SHOW LESS
9	Regina Spektor : Buildings
	This song makes me cry. "He'd take one look at her and say, "Oh, oh, it's okay" And her conscience would issue yet another last warning... Saying, Oh, they build buildings so tall these days" SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from 11:11 Length: 00:04:43 Year: 2001
	Track Description: This song makes me cry. "He'd take one look at her and say, "Oh, oh, it's okay" And her conscience would issue yet another last warning... Saying, Oh, they build buildings so tall these days" SHOW LESS
10	Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Cheated Hearts
	Presumably (in other words, "I think maybe kinda") this is a song about a couple who cheat on each other... but Karen O seems pretty happy about it, and it transitions nicely with "Buildings" so on the mix it goes! SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Show Your Bones Length: 00:03:58 Year: 2006
	Track Description: Presumably (in other words, "I think maybe kinda") this is a song about a couple who cheat on each other... but Karen O seems pretty happy about it, and it transitions nicely with "Buildings" so on the mix it goes! SHOW LESS
11	The Cardigans : Drip Drop Teardrop
	This is new Cardigans if I'm not mistaken. They have always seemed to me a very "strong feminine" type band. The sense of control in the lyrics is fitting with the theme of the mix also. SHOW MORE
	Track 11 from Super Extra Gravity Length: 00:03:22 Year: 2005
	Track Description: This is new Cardigans if I'm not mistaken. They have always seemed to me a very "strong feminine" type band. The sense of control in the lyrics is fitting with the theme of the mix also. SHOW LESS
12	Billie Holiday : Solitude
	Okay, enough with the happy songs. Back to the mourning and melancholy. Nobody could sing this song like Billie does. She mourns the loss of a lover better than anyone I've heard. SHOW MORE
	Track 12 from Billie's Blues Length: 00:03:29 Year: 1991
	Track Description: Okay, enough with the happy songs. Back to the mourning and melancholy. Nobody could sing this song like Billie does. She mourns the loss of a lover better than anyone I've heard. SHOW LESS
13	Regina Spektor : Chemo Limo
	"No thank you, no thank you, I don't have to put up with this shit I can afford chemo like I can afford a limo And on any given day I'd rather ride a limosine No thank you, no thank you I don't have to die like this ..You know I plan to retire someday I'm a-gonna go out in style, go out in style" This song makes me cry, too. SHOW MORE
	Track 13 from Soviet Kitsch Length: 00:06:04 Year: 2003
	Track Description: "No thank you, no thank you, I don't have to put up with this shit I can afford chemo like I can afford a limo And on any given day I'd rather ride a limosine No thank you, no thank you I don't have to die like this ..You know I plan to retire someday I'm a-gonna go out in style, go out in style" This song makes me cry, too. SHOW LESS
14	Tori Amos : Me and a Gun
	The lyrics to this song are shockingly raw and easy to interperet. Tori Amos supposedly wrote this song a few hours before a show and performed it right there, right after she'd been raped on her way home. It's rather heartbreaking. I had to make it the last song on the mix, because I don't think anything could really follow it. SHOW MORE
	Track 14 from Little Earthquakes Length: 00:03:46 Year: 1993
	Track Description: The lyrics to this song are shockingly raw and easy to interperet. Tori Amos supposedly wrote this song a few hours before a show and performed it right there, right after she'd been raped on her way home. It's rather heartbreaking. I had to make it the last song on the mix, because I don't think anything could really follow it. SHOW LESS