The nearness of you

The nearness of you
Created by: Rover
Tracks: 15
Length: 00:58:34
Keywords 1. nearness
2. boyfriend
3. love
Created on 9/4/08 1:36am
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Total visitors 21
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description:
A mixtape for my boyfriend's birthday. Haven't been around in a long while! Hope you enjoy. I'm going to record the mixtape somewhere in the next weeks and decorate it a bit, his birthday is still a month away.

tracklist

1 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong : The Nearness of You
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
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Track 1 from The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
Length: 00:05:42
Year: 1997
Track Description:
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
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2 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd : Desafinado
Just something smooth to get in the right mood.
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Track 2 from Jazz Samba
Length: 00:05:50
Track Description:
Just something smooth to get in the right mood.
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3 Madeleine Peyroux : Dance Me To The End Of Love
A beautiful cover of a Leonard Cohen song.
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Track 3 from Careless Love
Length: 00:03:57
Year: 2004
Track Description:
A beautiful cover of a Leonard Cohen song.
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4 Shugo Tokumaru : Wedding
I think he'll like this.
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Track 4 from Exit
Length: 00:03:16
Year: 2007
Track Description:
I think he'll like this.
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5 Joanna Newsom : Sprout and the Bean
He should know her, but he doesn't. I hope he likes it.
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Track 5 from The Milk-Eyed Mender
Length: 00:04:32
Year: 2004
Track Description:
He should know her, but he doesn't. I hope he likes it.
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6 Andrew Bird : Skin Is, My
I love Andrew Bird. I enterpret this as a love song.

my skin is
cold as her toes on the bathroom floor
run back to bed and slam the door
oh what a lovely sound
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Track 6 from Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Length: 00:03:36
Year: 2005
Track Description:
I love Andrew Bird. I enterpret this as a love song.

my skin is
cold as her toes on the bathroom floor
run back to bed and slam the door
oh what a lovely sound
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7 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong : Summertime
Because we listen to this song on our bikes, in our heads.
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Track 7 from The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
Length: 00:05:02
Year: 1997
Track Description:
Because we listen to this song on our bikes, in our heads.
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8 Shugo Tokumaru : Paparazzi
(love)
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Track 8 from Night Piece
Length: 00:01:16
Year: 2004
Track Description:
(love)
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9 Chet Baker : Let's Get Lost
Those times when you just want to get away from everyone and be alone, together.

Let’s get crossed off everybody’s list
To celebrate this night we found each other, mmm, let’s get lost

[horn solo] [piano solo]
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Track 9 from The Best of Chet Baker SIngs
Length: 00:03:45
Year: 1989
Track Description:
Those times when you just want to get away from everyone and be alone, together.

Let’s get crossed off everybody’s list
To celebrate this night we found each other, mmm, let’s get lost

[horn solo] [piano solo]
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10 Handsome Boy Modeling School : I've Been Thinking (feat. Cat Power)
Sexy.
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Track 10 from White People
Length: 00:05:24
Year: 2004
Track Description:
Sexy.
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11 Feist : One Evening (Gonzales solo piano)
We both love this song, and we love Gonzales. The lyrics wouldn't be so appropriate on this tape, so we'll take the instrumental piano version gladly.
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Track 11 from Open Season: Remixes and Collabs
Length: 00:02:23
Year: 2006
Track Description:
We both love this song, and we love Gonzales. The lyrics wouldn't be so appropriate on this tape, so we'll take the instrumental piano version gladly.
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12 M. Ward : Poor Boy, Minor Key
M. Ward. I've put Let's Dance on another tape for him already, so I decided to put this song here.
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Track 12 from Transfiguration Of Vincent
Length: 00:03:28
Year: 2003
Track Description:
M. Ward. I've put Let's Dance on another tape for him already, so I decided to put this song here.
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13 Kings of Convenience : Gold in the Air of Summer
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've bought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should've been
It's a good thing that you came along with me

Magic lyrics.
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Track 13 from Riot on an Empty Street
Length: 00:03:34
Track Description:
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've bought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should've been
It's a good thing that you came along with me

Magic lyrics.
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14 Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Quartet : (I Wanna) Call It Love
We love Sondre, and every single song on Duper Sessions would fit into this wonderfully.
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Track 14 from Duper Sessions
Length: 00:03:16
Year: 2005
Track Description:
We love Sondre, and every single song on Duper Sessions would fit into this wonderfully.
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15 Ella Fitzgerald : Every Time We Say Goodbye
Cherry on my cake!
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Track 15 from Jazz Bistro 2
Length: 00:03:33
Track Description:
Cherry on my cake!
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This looks like a cool ass coffee house mix.
11/3/09 4:57pm
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Level 12
The cover and the title together are just gorgeous.

The mix looks great too!
9/4/08 8:44pm
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lucky boyfriend, lovely mix
9/4/08 1:53pm
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Very nice. I like Shugo Tokumaru a lot.
9/4/08 7:52am