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The Interstate Explodes in Giant Poofy Clouds
| The Interstate Explodes in Giant Poofy Clouds | |
| Created by: | brookedarrah |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Length: | 00:53:28 |
| Keywords |
1. road 2. sunny 3. long trips |
| Created on | 10/01/06 10:44pm |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2766 |
| Total visitors | 83 |
| Unique visitors | 46 |
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Ok, so as a newcomer, i thought i'd try and just start with the basics. my first was a break up mix and i thought i'd follow up with a road mixtape.
typically, for a road trip mix you want to use equal parts whimsy, songs that everyone knows and can sing along with, and trucking fast down the highway songs. however, as i was putting this together and thinking of my favorite road trip music, it ended up being all sunny afternoon and rollicking jubilance. well, sometimes you just have those kinds of days. so enjoy the mix, even if it is a little saccharine.
typically, for a road trip mix you want to use equal parts whimsy, songs that everyone knows and can sing along with, and trucking fast down the highway songs. however, as i was putting this together and thinking of my favorite road trip music, it ended up being all sunny afternoon and rollicking jubilance. well, sometimes you just have those kinds of days. so enjoy the mix, even if it is a little saccharine.
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| 1 | Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros : Johnny Appleseed |
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So Joe Strummer from the Clash made this series of albums with his new band and some of it is just pure world [...]
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Track 1 from Global a Go-Go
Length: 00:04:03 Year: 2001 |
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So Joe Strummer from the Clash made this series of albums with his new band and some of it is just pure world music silliness and some of it is top notch clash-era kind of music. global a go-go belongs to the former category. This song, however, is a lot of fun despite its corniness and it is a great way to open a tape and a drive. its cheery and carefree and is accompanied by about a dozen instruments. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Taj Mahal : Corrina |
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Taj Mahal is one of my favorite artists and he does a great version of this song. Something about the blues gu [...]
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Track 5 from The Essential Taj Mahal
Length: 00:03:03 Year: 2005 |
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Taj Mahal is one of my favorite artists and he does a great version of this song. Something about the blues guitar in the song makes it perfect for driving. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Buena Vista Social Club : Chan Chan |
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Its been a while since I have listened to this album, but I can't believe it wasn't in the database already. I [...]
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Track 1 from Buena Vista Social Club
Length: 00:04:16 Year: 1997 |
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Its been a while since I have listened to this album, but I can't believe it wasn't in the database already. I think this is the best song on the album, played by Cuban guitarist Compay Segundo, and it fits right next to the Taj Mahal song on the mix. Buena Vista's whole album, though, is great for summer trips. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Neil Young : Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
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Oh, Neil Young. He's always so achy. Listen and feel all sappy inside.
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Track 3 from After the Goldrush
Length: 00:03:05 Year: 1970 |
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Oh, Neil Young. He's always so achy. Listen and feel all sappy inside. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Animal Collective : Sweet Road |
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Changing the tempo a little bit. I like the energy of this song. I like this band a lot. Instrumentals are als [...]
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Track 6 from Sung Tongs
Length: 00:01:15 Year: 2004 |
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Changing the tempo a little bit. I like the energy of this song. I like this band a lot. Instrumentals are also good for travelling and Animal Collective does a good variation on instrumental, adding in their yelps and moans and such. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Books : The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice? |
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Continuing from the Animal Collective, this song also has this great energetic, reflective feel to it. This al [...]
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Track 10 from The Lemon Of Pink
Length: 00:03:15 Year: 2003 |
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Continuing from the Animal Collective, this song also has this great energetic, reflective feel to it. This album, Lemon of Pink, is good for driving alone, long distances and all. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | T. Rex : Life's A Gas |
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This song really is badass. T. Rex is ridiculous and so over the top and yet...its got to go on the tape. here [...]
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Track 10 from Electric Warrior
Length: 00:02:24 Year: 1971 |
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This song really is badass. T. Rex is ridiculous and so over the top and yet...its got to go on the tape. here's why: well. i guess i just wanted to get the mix a little bit sexy. so here it is. drive on. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Uncle Tupelo : Sandusky |
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OK, now we're back on track. Like I was saying about instrumentals, they are good for drives. This mix could h [...]
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Track 14 from March 16-20, 1992
Length: 00:03:43 Year: 2002 |
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OK, now we're back on track. Like I was saying about instrumentals, they are good for drives. This mix could have Jessica by the Allman Brothers or some such song on it, but I just like this one a lot better. Uncle Tupelo has got the playful freewheeling picking down perfect, so here it is. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Sam Cooke : Bring It On Home to Me |
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This is one of those songs I was talking about that you should have on road trip mixes. A song that eveyone ca [...]
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Track 7 from FEEL IT! Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Length: 00:05:37 Year: 1985 |
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This is one of those songs I was talking about that you should have on road trip mixes. A song that eveyone can sing along with and one that makes everyone feel good. Sam Cooke has some of the best feel good music that doesn't consequently make you want to be sick. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Billy Bragg & Wilco : Walt Whitman's Neice |
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This is another good album overall for driving, and I like this song in particular because it is a little bit [...]
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Track 1 from Mermaid Avenue
Length: 00:03:53 Year: 1998 |
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This is another good album overall for driving, and I like this song in particular because it is a little bit cheeky and very funny. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Van Morrison : Into the Mystic |
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When I hear this, I'd much rather be all rolling around and dewy somewhere in a field in Ireland with Van Morr [...]
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Track 5 from Moondance
Length: 00:03:30 Year: 1970 |
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When I hear this, I'd much rather be all rolling around and dewy somewhere in a field in Ireland with Van Morrison. But it works alright on American highways as well. Nice and whimsical. Best song on Moondance. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Nico : I'll Keep It With Mine |
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I like putting Nico on mixes like this. She serves a similar purpose as say, Nick Drake or someone of that sor [...]
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Track 7 from Chelsea Girl
Length: 00:03:20 Year: 0000 |
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I like putting Nico on mixes like this. She serves a similar purpose as say, Nick Drake or someone of that sort. She always evokes a particular mood. This song I am fond of because Bob Dylan wrote it for her. Its prett, huh? SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Gillian Welch : Elvis Presley Blues |
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The fact that I've had to enter so many of the songs into the database made me think at first, maybe the datab [...]
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Track 7 from Time (The Revelator)
Length: 00:04:53 Year: 2001 |
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The fact that I've had to enter so many of the songs into the database made me think at first, maybe the database is very incomplete. but then I saw that there are about half a dozen john zorn albums. then i thought maybe my taste (not obscure, a bit country) just isn't meant for mixtapecollective. well, maybe so. But! Gillian Welch: this song is a beautiful, sad tribute. It goes nicely after Nico and starts to wind the tape down towards the close. It also goes along with the sunny highway theme running throughout. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Grandaddy : A.M. 180 |
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Its good to mix things up a bit, especially when the mix is winding down. This song is jumpy and catchy, even [...]
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Track 2 from Under The Western Freeway
Length: 00:03:20 Year: 1997 |
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Its good to mix things up a bit, especially when the mix is winding down. This song is jumpy and catchy, even more so that most of Grandaddy's songs. Also, thanks to the greatest zombie movie made in the last decade, I cannot seperate the thought of road trips and this song. Travelling is so much more fun, afterall, when right after a semi-apocolypse. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Old Crow Medicine Show : Wagon Wheel |
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This song is meant to end mix tapes, concerts, albums, etc. I think thats why they covered it in the first pla [...]
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Track 11 from OCMS
Length: 00:03:51 Year: 2004 |
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This song is meant to end mix tapes, concerts, albums, etc. I think thats why they covered it in the first place and ended their album with it. its got romance and highways and hitchiking south for better weather and a girl. even if you don't like old crow medicine show, i think you can be taken by this song. SHOW LESS
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I love this.
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Welcome to level 5! Keep up the hard work.
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Great mixtape, and good call on the Buena Vista Social Club. Probably one of my all time favorite albums.
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Way to wager it all and still come back to be second place. Uncanny!
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I'd give you 5000000 + just for the Books. (I saw them Friday - and it was awesome) Superb mix!
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++ for Taj Mahal, and +++++++++ for Sam Cooke live at the Harlam Square Club.
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