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You: An Acrostic
| You: An Acrostic | |
| Created by: | fearlessweaver |
| Tracks: | 14 |
| Length: | 01:04:59 |
| Keywords |
1. hidden 2. concept 3. love |
| Created on | 6/11/06 4:34pm |
| Level | 7 |
| Points | 3426 |
| Total visitors | 214 |
| Unique visitors | 104 |
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I designed this mix several years ago for my girlfriend. It consists of love songs with the first letter of each song, save the first and last, spelling her name: Sarah E. Hewitt. The style is both silly and seductive, which, if you knew us, you would think was wholly appropriate. (I used R.E.M. twice, which I know is against "the rules," but it was necessary, and I think it works, especially given how different the two songs are in both style and content: the first is "awwww," while the other is “rarrrrrrr.")
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| 1 | Radiohead : You |
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I begin and end with songs titled "You"; they rock a little harder than the rest of the tracks and give the collection a nice bookend. This track has a nice mix of weirdness and sincere affection, thus setting the tone for the rest.
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Track 1 from Pablo Honey
Length: 00:03:27 Year: 1993 |
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I begin and end with songs titled "You"; they rock a little harder than the rest of the tracks and give the collection a nice bookend. This track has a nice mix of weirdness and sincere affection, thus setting the tone for the rest. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Elvis Costello : Still |
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The song is sappy, sure, but it is simple and sweet, as a pop love song should be. You can tell that working with Bacharach wore off on him.
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Track 2 from North
Length: 00:02:27 Year: 2003 |
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The song is sappy, sure, but it is simple and sweet, as a pop love song should be. You can tell that working with Bacharach wore off on him. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | R.E.M. : At My Most Beautiful |
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My first of two R.E.M. tracks, this one is sappy and draws beautifully from the Beach Boys tradition. Mostly, though, its the right sentiment at the right time.
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Track 3 from Up
Length: 00:03:35 Year: 1998 |
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My first of two R.E.M. tracks, this one is sappy and draws beautifully from the Beach Boys tradition. Mostly, though, its the right sentiment at the right time. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Wilco : Reservations |
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This slows it down a bit (though the mix is down-temp as a whole). It is also quite a bit darker than the previous tracks. It reinforces what I hope is a theme throughout; that love is great, but it is also difficult and fragile and worth working for.
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Track 4 from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Length: 00:07:23 Year: 2002 |
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This slows it down a bit (though the mix is down-temp as a whole). It is also quite a bit darker than the previous tracks. It reinforces what I hope is a theme throughout; that love is great, but it is also difficult and fragile and worth working for. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | U2 : All I Want is You |
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I do not generally consider myself a U2 fan, but here Bono reigns himself in just enough and lets the strings take over the big emotions, where in another track he would have been yelping. It works well as a transition out of "Reservations."
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Track 5 from The Best of 1980-1990
Length: 00:06:29 Year: 1998 |
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I do not generally consider myself a U2 fan, but here Bono reigns himself in just enough and lets the strings take over the big emotions, where in another track he would have been yelping. It works well as a transition out of "Reservations." SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Cardigans : Happy Meal II |
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A very cute, poppy song that I had originally taken as ironic. In truth, it probably is, but I can't help but hear it as sincere now.
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Track 6 from First Band on the Moon
Length: 00:02:36 Year: 1996 |
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A very cute, poppy song that I had originally taken as ironic. In truth, it probably is, but I can't help but hear it as sincere now. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | 10,000 Maniacs : Eden |
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A great track from what I believe to be a criminally underestimated album. Again, another fairly dark track for a love mix.
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Track 7 from Our Time in Eden
Length: 00:04:09 Year: 1992 |
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A great track from what I believe to be a criminally underestimated album. Again, another fairly dark track for a love mix. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Badly Drawn Boy : How |
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The darkness continues with a track I would say is almost desperate, but still optimistic.
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Track 8 from Have You Fed the Fish?
Length: 00:05:17 Year: 2002 |
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The darkness continues with a track I would say is almost desperate, but still optimistic. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Jeff Buckley : Everybody Here Wants You |
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A particuarly seductive song. I wish he had lived long enough to finish it. The song has a clean, stripped-down sound: pure yearning.
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Track 9 from Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
Length: 00:04:44 |
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A particuarly seductive song. I wish he had lived long enough to finish it. The song has a clean, stripped-down sound: pure yearning. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | XTC : When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty |
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A silly choice, one designed to put some more levity into a mix that teeters on being melodramatic.
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Track 10 from Drums and Wires
Length: 00:03:22 Year: 1979 |
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A silly choice, one designed to put some more levity into a mix that teeters on being melodramatic. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Frank Black & the Catholics : I Will Run After You |
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FB's solo output has had its high's and low's, but every album has a hidden gem. This is one of my favorites, and adds a country element.
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Track 11 from Black Letter Days
Length: 00:03:58 Year: 2002 |
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FB's solo output has had its high's and low's, but every album has a hidden gem. This is one of my favorites, and adds a country element. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Blur : Tender |
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This song is epic and could be the closer in another version of this mix. I love the size and power drapped over a simple gospal melody. It makes a nice counterbalance to "Reservations."
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Track 12 from 13
Length: 00:07:41 Year: 1999 |
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This song is epic and could be the closer in another version of this mix. I love the size and power drapped over a simple gospal melody. It makes a nice counterbalance to "Reservations." SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Talking Heads : This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Live) |
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This song simply must be loved. It became one of my girlfriend's favorites eventually. Again, it has an ironic element, but I think it is most fun if you simply go with it.
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Track 13 from Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition
Length: 00:04:57 Year: 1999 |
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This song simply must be loved. It became one of my girlfriend's favorites eventually. Again, it has an ironic element, but I think it is most fun if you simply go with it. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | R.E.M. : You |
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The final track is another R.E.M. song, though one completely different in spirit. It hits hard, like the Radiohead track, and drips of sexuality. It is seductative and genuine but also a little bit sinister. That odd combination of emotions gives a nice close to the mix as a whole.
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Track 14 from Monster
Length: 00:04:54 Year: 1994 |
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The final track is another R.E.M. song, though one completely different in spirit. It hits hard, like the Radiohead track, and drips of sexuality. It is seductative and genuine but also a little bit sinister. That odd combination of emotions gives a nice close to the mix as a whole. SHOW LESS
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The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
i love the spelling of her name! awesome song choices too!
1/30/07 8:20pm
Mixtape Contest XX -- First Place
that lady is a babe. i like the concept a lot.
10/23/06 5:15pm
The Level 5 Badge
I'm especially a huge fan of Reservations and Tender, and how you find them to counter each other. Props for the Raidohead, R.E.M. and Elvis Costello, too.
9/1/06 12:19pm
The Bronze Badge
Yeah, I might have stolen this idea, just a little bit. But it was on purpose.
8/7/06 2:53pm
The Serendipity Badge
This is one of the coolest idea's for a mix i've seen, and it's full of great songs. +5
7/31/06 4:43am
The Level 5 Badge
I don't listen to most of this music but you obviously put a ton of thought into this mix to spell her freaking name out. +3
6/17/06 7:52pm
The Level 10 Badge
Elvis Costello is one of my least favorite vocalists. It sounds like he's pinching his nose and getting clubbed in the balls over and over again.
6/15/06 7:58pm
The MLK Badge
Aww that's sweet, I don't even care if there is U2 and Blur. You get some points.
6/15/06 4:27am
The Yay! Badge IX
Im sorry but i always do minus points for U2, but you got them back with thAt Talking Heads tune. I like many other things on the mix as well.
6/12/06 2:03am
The Badge of Mystery
That's funny because today I sugggested to my boss at the winery that they call their new Syrah release "Que Syrah Syrah". MUCH more clever than their "Redd Red Wine". FUCK that song!
6/11/06 10:00pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
It was more of a joke -- the Que Sera Sera song is quite funny, but that's only because I have this vision of my father singing it while welding.
6/11/06 9:19pm
The Bronze Badge
Well i had very little Q's in my library, and none of them fit the mix. perhaps ill listen to those and finish it.
6/11/06 9:15pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
You quit just because of a 'Q'?
I would have used:
"Quando Quando Quando" by Engelbert Humperdinck
OR the ever-classic
"Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" by Doris Day
Hell yes.
I would have used:
"Quando Quando Quando" by Engelbert Humperdinck
OR the ever-classic
"Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" by Doris Day
Hell yes.
6/11/06 9:02pm
The Bronze Badge
i like this. i tried doing a mix of this style using my girlfriend's name, but i got fed up and stopped because she has a Q in her name.
6/11/06 8:00pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
Galaxiepi is right -- goddamn what a well thought out mix. You get massive points for 'Talking Heads : This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Live).' That is one of my all-time favourite songs. I even included it on a mix I made for MY girlfriend (see also: lowkey livin')
Great mix. Keep up the good work!
Great mix. Keep up the good work!
6/11/06 7:29pm
The Badge of Mystery
Wow, that's an incredibly well thought out gift AND mixtape. Extra points just for that, but overall a solid, cute mix.
6/11/06 7:21pm
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