The Time Traveler's Wife
| The Time Traveler's Wife | |
| Created by: | derhay |
| Tracks: | 23 |
| Length: | 01:18:53 |
| Keywords |
1. Nostalgia 2. Somber 3. Book Tribute |
| Created on | 2/29/08 9:09am |
| Level | 4 |
| Points | 1892 |
| Total visitors | 37 |
| Unique visitors | 20 |
description:
"I have a condition which I'm told will become known as Chrono-Impairment. I have difficulty staying in the present."
"I'm sorry?"
"I travel in time. Involuntarily."
I recently, finished Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. This is a combination of a nostalgia mix, current favorites and a tribute to this book I enjoyed.
"I'm sorry?"
"I travel in time. Involuntarily."
I recently, finished Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife. This is a combination of a nostalgia mix, current favorites and a tribute to this book I enjoyed.
tracklist
| 1 | John Murphy : The End |
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Instrumental tone setter. And where better to begin, with a time traveler, than with "The End"?
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Track 1 from 28 Days Later
Length: 00:01:55 Year: 2002 |
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Instrumental tone setter. And where better to begin, with a time traveler, than with "The End"? SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Blondie : Pretty Baby |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 (Henry is 38, Clare is 40)
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Track 2 from Parallel Lines
Length: 00:03:18 Year: 1978 |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 (Henry is 38, Clare is 40) SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Moby Grape : Naked, If I Want To |
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Friday, September 23, 1977 (Henry is 36, Clare is 6)
Henry has no control of where he ends up and he is unable to travel with anything, especially his own clothes. This is the first time Clare has met Henry. SHOW MORE
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Track 3 from Moby Grape
Length: 00:00:57 Year: 1967 |
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Friday, September 23, 1977 (Henry is 36, Clare is 6) Henry has no control of where he ends up and he is unable to travel with anything, especially his own clothes. This is the first time Clare has met Henry. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Talking Heads : This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) |
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Wednesday, November 17/Tuesday, September 28, 1982 (Henry is 19)
"Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - burn with a weak heart (So I) guess I must be having fun" Poor, wayfaring Henry. SHOW MORE
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Track 4 from Sand in the Vaseline (disc 2)
Length: 00:04:56 Year: 1992 |
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Wednesday, November 17/Tuesday, September 28, 1982 (Henry is 19) "Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - burn with a weak heart (So I) guess I must be having fun" Poor, wayfaring Henry. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | R.E.M. : Disappear |
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*pop*
Saturday, October 27, 1984 great song - I love the mood SHOW MORE
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Track 5 from Reveal
Length: 00:04:10 Year: 2001 |
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*pop* Saturday, October 27, 1984 great song - I love the mood SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Pulp : The Trees |
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November 19, 1986 (Henry is 36, Clare is 15)
Love love love. Too fitting. This is for the meadow where Clare and Henry meet during their one hundred plus visits. SHOW MORE
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Track 6 from We Love Life
Length: 00:04:48 Year: 2001 |
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November 19, 1986 (Henry is 36, Clare is 15) Love love love. Too fitting. This is for the meadow where Clare and Henry meet during their one hundred plus visits. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Grant-Lee Phillips : Age of Consent |
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Thursday, February 10, 2005 (Clare is 33, Henry is 41)
Wednesday, May 24, 1989 (Clare is 18, Henry is 41) One of the best New Order covers ever. Sorry, Orgy. Henry is able to visit Clare throughout here childhood, starting when she is six. This song is for her teens. SHOW MORE
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Track 7 from nineteeneighties
Length: 00:03:34 Year: 2006 |
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Thursday, February 10, 2005 (Clare is 33, Henry is 41) Wednesday, May 24, 1989 (Clare is 18, Henry is 41) One of the best New Order covers ever. Sorry, Orgy. Henry is able to visit Clare throughout here childhood, starting when she is six. This song is for her teens. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | The Magnetic Fields : The Night You Can't Remember |
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Saturday, October 26, 1991 (Henry is 28, Clare is 20)
claireillinoise introduced me to this song. Thank you. This is for Clare's eighteenth birthday. SHOW MORE
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Track 8 from 69 Love Songs Vol. 3
Length: 00:02:17 |
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Saturday, October 26, 1991 (Henry is 28, Clare is 20) claireillinoise introduced me to this song. Thank you. This is for Clare's eighteenth birthday. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Violent Femmes : Gone Daddy Gone (Live) |
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Saturday, December 22, 1991 (Henry is 28 & 33, Clare is 20)
I love the opening banter, "How many people here went to high school?" Henry takes Clare to a Femmes concert. How would it be? SHOW MORE
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Track 9 from CMJ New Music Monthly, Volume 106: October 2002
Length: 00:03:14 Year: 2002 |
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Saturday, December 22, 1991 (Henry is 28 & 33, Clare is 20) I love the opening banter, "How many people here went to high school?" Henry takes Clare to a Femmes concert. How would it be? SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Matt Pond PA : Snow Day |
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Tuesday, December 24, 1991 (Clare is 20, Henry is 28)
Henry's first Christmas with Clare's family. SHOW MORE
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Track 10 from Winter Songs EP
Length: 00:03:33 Year: 2005 |
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Tuesday, December 24, 1991 (Clare is 20, Henry is 28) Henry's first Christmas with Clare's family. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Penetration : Nostalgia |
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Wednesday, December 25, 1991
At Laura's party. This fits Henry's taste in music, and a great Buzzcocks cover. Fitting. "I guess it's nostalgia for an age yet to come." SHOW MORE
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Track 11 from Moving Targets
Length: 00:03:46 Year: 1978 |
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Wednesday, December 25, 1991 At Laura's party. This fits Henry's taste in music, and a great Buzzcocks cover. Fitting. "I guess it's nostalgia for an age yet to come." SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Pony Up! : the truth about cats and dogs (is that they die) |
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More great lyrics. Love this song and its video.
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Track 12 from Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes
Length: 00:03:51 Year: 2006 |
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More great lyrics. Love this song and its video. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | X : Poor Girl |
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January 2, 1994 (Henry is 43)
For Ingrid. Still loving this song. SHOW MORE
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Track 13 from More Fun In The Real World
Length: 00:02:50 Year: 1983 |
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January 2, 1994 (Henry is 43) For Ingrid. Still loving this song. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Eartha Kitt : Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell |
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Saturday, Oct 23, 1993 (Henry is 30, Clare is 22) (9:35 a.m.)
:) Thanks, baggylettuce for including this on a mix for me. SHOW MORE
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Track 14 from Eartha-Quake (disc 1)
Length: 00:02:50 |
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Saturday, Oct 23, 1993 (Henry is 30, Clare is 22) (9:35 a.m.) :) Thanks, baggylettuce for including this on a mix for me. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Morrissey : In the Future When All's Well |
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Wednesday, April 13, 1994 (Clare is 22, Henry is 30)
Guess who wins the lottery? Lyric: Every day I play a sad game called In the future when all’s well Living longer than I had intended Something must have gone right Great and fitting. SHOW MORE
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Track 15 from Ringleader of the Tormentors
Length: 00:03:54 |
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Wednesday, April 13, 1994 (Clare is 22, Henry is 30) Guess who wins the lottery? Lyric: Every day I play a sad game called In the future when all’s well Living longer than I had intended Something must have gone right Great and fitting. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Wreckless Eric : Reconnez Cherie |
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Saturday, July 9, 1994 (Henry is 31, Clare is 23)
New house, complete with studio for Clare. Nostalgia and marital bliss. SHOW MORE
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Track 16 from Wreckless Eric
Length: 00:03:17 Year: 1978 |
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Saturday, July 9, 1994 (Henry is 31, Clare is 23) New house, complete with studio for Clare. Nostalgia and marital bliss. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | The Troggs : Love is All Around |
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Thursday, May 11, 2000 (Henry is 39, Clare 28)
"Persevere" SHOW MORE
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Track 17 from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Troggs
Length: 00:02:58 Year: 2004 |
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Thursday, May 11, 2000 (Henry is 39, Clare 28) "Persevere" SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Mental as Anything : If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? |
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Sunday, October 12, 2003 (Clare is 32, Henry is 40)
CLARE: Sometimes I am glad when Henry's gone, but I'm always glad when he come back. Ties with Henry's musical taste Great song. SHOW MORE
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Track 18 from Cats and Dogs
Length: 00:03:15 Year: 1982 |
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Sunday, October 12, 2003 (Clare is 32, Henry is 40) CLARE: Sometimes I am glad when Henry's gone, but I'm always glad when he come back. Ties with Henry's musical taste Great song. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | Something for Kate : Stunt Show |
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 (Henry is 43 and 43)
The cage. I love this song. Lyric: You hold me in mid air and you keep me a measure from impact You stop and ask me if the ringing in your ears might be the sound of thought You're like a long slow accident, time stood still while motion emptied you out and we watched you like a slide show SHOW MORE
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Track 19 from Echolalia
Length: 00:03:40 Year: 2001 |
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 (Henry is 43 and 43) The cage. I love this song. Lyric: You hold me in mid air and you keep me a measure from impact You stop and ask me if the ringing in your ears might be the sound of thought You're like a long slow accident, time stood still while motion emptied you out and we watched you like a slide show SHOW LESS
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| 20 | Suede : Oceans |
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Henry's letter to Clare dated December 10, 2006
+ Sunday, July 29, 1979 (Henry is 42, Alba is 10) Amazing, heartbreaking lyrics for Clare and Henry, and for Henry's day at the beach with Alba. SHOW MORE
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Track 20 from Singles
Length: 00:04:07 Year: 2003 |
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Henry's letter to Clare dated December 10, 2006 + Sunday, July 29, 1979 (Henry is 42, Alba is 10) Amazing, heartbreaking lyrics for Clare and Henry, and for Henry's day at the beach with Alba. SHOW LESS
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| 21 | The Pogues : If I Should Fall From Grace With God |
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Sunday, December 31, 2006 (Clare is 35, Henry is 43)
If I should fall, indeed. There has to be some sun shining somewhere. This is for their New Year's Eve party. SHOW MORE
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Track 21 from If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Length: 00:02:21 Year: 1988 |
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Sunday, December 31, 2006 (Clare is 35, Henry is 43) If I should fall, indeed. There has to be some sun shining somewhere. This is for their New Year's Eve party. SHOW LESS
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| 22 | The Chameleons : Tears |
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Monday, January 1, 2006 / Saturday, October 27, 1984
Haunting, beautiful song that continues to amaze me. Some lyrics: Waiting for the light to turn green Carry me home To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen Carry me home Well, can you tell me how will it be now? How will it be? SHOW MORE
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Track 22 from Strange Times
Length: 00:05:07 Year: 1986 |
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Monday, January 1, 2006 / Saturday, October 27, 1984 Haunting, beautiful song that continues to amaze me. Some lyrics: Waiting for the light to turn green Carry me home To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen Carry me home Well, can you tell me how will it be now? How will it be? SHOW LESS
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| 23 | Patty Griffin : Goodbye |
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Monday, July 14, 2053 (Clare is 82)
I end with this and thank the book for making me appreciate what I have, what I hope for and I take faith I'm on a good path. SHOW MORE
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Track 23 from Flaming Red
Length: 00:04:15 Year: 1998 |
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Monday, July 14, 2053 (Clare is 82) I end with this and thank the book for making me appreciate what I have, what I hope for and I take faith I'm on a good path. SHOW LESS
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Tag Board
The One Year Anniversary Badge
Supposedly the movie is coming out in November!
9/26/08 6:14pm
Team Robot Member
Bloody hell, you put a Penetration track in! Excellent
3/3/08 10:27am
The One Year Anniversary Badge
I love that book! And I'm waiting for the movie not so patiently. And I would have given you a severe grade if you didn't have some Violent Femmes but you do so YEA! And then you put Grant-Lee Phillips and a few other artists, I am humbled.
2/29/08 5:36pm
Mixtape Contest XX -- First Place
Wow. Is there some way to get this mix?
2/29/08 4:42pm
Mixtape Contest XVII -- Third Place
It's nice to see "We Love Life" get some love.
2/29/08 4:24pm
Team Robot Member
5 stars for 21 alone, but this is lovely, my temporally investigating friend, but this is all wonderful!
2/29/08 11:00am
