Never Give Up On A Good Thing
| Never Give Up On A Good Thing | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Length: | 00:52:50 |
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1. Mix Contest 12 - T07 2. Mix Contest 12 - T07 3. Mix Contest 12 - T07 |
| Created on | 6/3/07 10:27pm |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2607 |
| Total visitors | 92 |
| Unique visitors | 43 |
| This mix was ranked #2 out of 9 entries for this contest | |
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Strictly speaking, I like to pick music from all over the shop, but for the purpose of this contest I had to make a choice. The early 1990's were without a doubt the hardest time of my life. From 94 way past 97 I was ill, and for the only time in my life, without music. There were exceptions, Portishead for instance, but I missed out on most of the best and worst of the era because in so many different ways, I wasn't really there.
10 years on, and here I am in a different country, inexplicably working back to being a full time musician once more, with music again a vital component of my life. I listen to new stuff by artists new to me, new stuff by old bastards I admire, and so I have no choice. It has to be 2000 - 2007 for me.
10 years on, and here I am in a different country, inexplicably working back to being a full time musician once more, with music again a vital component of my life. I listen to new stuff by artists new to me, new stuff by old bastards I admire, and so I have no choice. It has to be 2000 - 2007 for me.
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| 1 | The White Stripes : Icky Thump |
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This is the perfect example of the kind of thing I love to listen to right now. This could not have been made if Led Zeppelin had not existed, yet this is not a copy. Jack and Meg take blues and classic rock influences and make them their own. Music for all times. (Great oddball solos as well!)
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Track 1 from Icky Thump
Length: 00:04:17 Year: 2007 |
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This is the perfect example of the kind of thing I love to listen to right now. This could not have been made if Led Zeppelin had not existed, yet this is not a copy. Jack and Meg take blues and classic rock influences and make them their own. Music for all times. (Great oddball solos as well!) SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Modest Mouse : Dashboard |
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Wonderful before, Modest Mouse now have the Godlike Johnny Marr in the band, and his choppy rhythm guitar is all over this like a rash you want to catch! It is inspiring to me when musicians I admire from back in the day still have something to say now!
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Track 2 from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Length: 00:04:08 Year: 2007 |
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Wonderful before, Modest Mouse now have the Godlike Johnny Marr in the band, and his choppy rhythm guitar is all over this like a rash you want to catch! It is inspiring to me when musicians I admire from back in the day still have something to say now! SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Arctic Monkeys : Mardy Bum |
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Britain has always been good at producing bands who play songs about working class life. Sham 69 live on, except it is the Arctics, not ham, it is not the summer of punk, and they come from Sheffield, not London. Even so...
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Track 3 from What ever people say I am that's what I'm not
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 2006 |
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Britain has always been good at producing bands who play songs about working class life. Sham 69 live on, except it is the Arctics, not ham, it is not the summer of punk, and they come from Sheffield, not London. Even so... SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Snow Patrol : Chasing Cars |
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I have mentioned this before, but old people like to regurgitate stories. I saw Snow Patrol supporting Echo and Ther Bunnymen in London about four years ago. I had never heard of them before that show, but they just seemed to have the commercial potential over integrity equation just about right.
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Track 4 from Eyes Open
Length: 00:04:28 Year: 2006 |
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I have mentioned this before, but old people like to regurgitate stories. I saw Snow Patrol supporting Echo and Ther Bunnymen in London about four years ago. I had never heard of them before that show, but they just seemed to have the commercial potential over integrity equation just about right. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Mogwai : Friend of the Night |
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Philip Glass and Syd Barrett had a baby and that baby's name is Mogwai. This is so magnificent that it reduces me to tears.
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Track 5 from Mr. Beast
Length: 00:05:30 Year: 2006 |
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Philip Glass and Syd Barrett had a baby and that baby's name is Mogwai. This is so magnificent that it reduces me to tears. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Tortoise : Firefly |
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This reminds me of so many things, Floyd, Mogwai, Amon Duul, Faust to mention four, but like everything here, it has it's own identity.
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Track 6 from Standards
Length: 00:03:56 Year: 2000 |
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This reminds me of so many things, Floyd, Mogwai, Amon Duul, Faust to mention four, but like everything here, it has it's own identity. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | John Frusciante : Murderers |
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Frusciante in similar waters to Mogwai. He makes bright melodic guitar figures sound so sad. That is part of his genius I think.
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Track 7 from To Record Only Water For 10 Days
Length: 00:02:41 Year: 2001 |
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Frusciante in similar waters to Mogwai. He makes bright melodic guitar figures sound so sad. That is part of his genius I think. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Jarvis Cocker : I Will Kill Again |
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One of the best songs I have heard this decade, from the wonderful very belated first solo album by Jarvis. Pulp were one of the few bands of the 90s that registered with me on any level. The king of innocent sounding creepiness.
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Track 8 from Jarvis
Length: 00:03:45 Year: 2006 |
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One of the best songs I have heard this decade, from the wonderful very belated first solo album by Jarvis. Pulp were one of the few bands of the 90s that registered with me on any level. The king of innocent sounding creepiness. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Johnny Cash : Hurt |
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The best cover version I have ever heard in my life. Chilling and a work of genius.
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Track 9 from American IV: The Man Comes Around
Length: 00:03:40 Year: 2002 |
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The best cover version I have ever heard in my life. Chilling and a work of genius. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Lambchop : The Rise and Fall of the Letter P |
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Lambchop make intimate music, however many musicians play on any given track. In an ugly age, there is still beauty in some music and that has to be a good thing.
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Track 10 from Damaged
Length: 00:03:36 Year: 2006 |
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Lambchop make intimate music, however many musicians play on any given track. In an ugly age, there is still beauty in some music and that has to be a good thing. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Bob Dylan : Nettie Moore |
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And here is a voice for every generation. So many iconic writer4s and musicians from the 60s and 70s are dead, recycling former glories, or are somewhere between the two. Then there are the truly great ones who can still deliver, such as his Bobness.
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Track 11 from Modern Times
Length: 00:06:52 Year: 2006 |
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And here is a voice for every generation. So many iconic writer4s and musicians from the 60s and 70s are dead, recycling former glories, or are somewhere between the two. Then there are the truly great ones who can still deliver, such as his Bobness. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Decemberists : The Bagman's Gambit |
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Folk music for this decade. They could catch me now because I move pretty slow!
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Track 12 from Picaresque
Length: 00:07:02 Year: 2005 |
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Folk music for this decade. They could catch me now because I move pretty slow! SHOW LESS
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Tag Board
The Bronze Badge
Nice mix. I Like the modest mouse album, but I find Mr Marr a musical man-whore albeit a talented man-whore
and the first snow patrol album is easily the best
and the first snow patrol album is easily the best
8/16/07 1:35pm
The Lotto Badge
Dang, that Arctic Monkeys song and that Modest Mouse song were my second options for my mix. Seriously. But then I went with '505' and 'The good times...'. This mix is solid, the 97's don't stand a chance! Well, they couldn't, could they? (Also, that Snow Patrol song is a guilty pleasure of mine). +++++
6/16/07 1:46am
The Riot Badge II
-1 for snow patrol and the decemberists, but otherwise very nice.
6/7/07 4:38pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Oh man, that decemberists song is one of my favories. "our hands met through the bars, as your whispers stilled my heart..." ugh, my heart breaks everytime! Oh, and major + for Jarvis Cocker. This is awesome!
6/4/07 8:52pm
The Halloween 2007 Badge
kick ass! glad to see someone else loves Arctic Monkeys!
(and i secretly have that Snow Patrol song on my iPod! don't tell!)
(and i secretly have that Snow Patrol song on my iPod! don't tell!)
6/4/07 7:16pm
Mixtape Contest XXIV - Winning Team Badge
I like the interesting progression from the first half of the mix to the second. I also absolutely love Lambchop, so high marks overall.
6/4/07 3:27pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
This is pretty cool, although I despise that Snow Patrol song.
6/4/07 12:33pm
The Bronze Badge
Way to go, White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, Mogwai, ...
The whole mix is really good.
The whole mix is really good.
6/4/07 12:27am
