The Real Deal (A Potpourri Contender)
| The Real Deal (A Potpourri Contender) | |
| Created by: | RetroJoe |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Length: | 01:04:40 |
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1. Mix Contest 23 2. Mix Contest 23 3. Mix Context 23 |
| Created on | 9/25/08 8:46pm |
| Level | 1 |
| Points | 1123 |
| Total visitors | 30 |
| Unique visitors | 9 |
| This mix was ranked #20 out of 20 entries for this contest | |
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Well, after posting my idea of what I thought was a Potpourri mix, and realizing afterwords that I wasn't playing by the established rules of the game, I've finally decided to join the fold and try my hand at the MTC standard variation. Hope this is up to snuff.
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| 1 | Wilson Pickett : 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) |
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Was going to use the Beatles "One after 909", but I use them later in the mix and this song by the "Wicked Pickett" is at least as good (1966 #13).
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Length: 00:02:57 |
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Was going to use the Beatles "One after 909", but I use them later in the mix and this song by the "Wicked Pickett" is at least as good (1966 #13). SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Chumbawamba : Tubthumping |
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I guess I consider this a guilty pleasure, but like a die hard alcoholic, I'm unapologetic (1997 #6).
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Length: 00:04:38 |
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I guess I consider this a guilty pleasure, but like a die hard alcoholic, I'm unapologetic (1997 #6). SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Quicksilver Messenger Service : Who Do You Love - Part 1 |
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Originally written and performed by Bo Diddley 13 years earlier; I like this version better (this song represents to me how to dress to impress) (1969 #91).
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Track 3 from Happy Trails
Length: 00:03:32 Year: 1969 |
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Originally written and performed by Bo Diddley 13 years earlier; I like this version better (this song represents to me how to dress to impress) (1969 #91). SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Robert Mitchum : Ballad of Thunder Road |
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Robert Mitchum wasn't best known for singing, but he does a more than adequate job (1958 #62).
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Length: 00:02:31 |
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Robert Mitchum wasn't best known for singing, but he does a more than adequate job (1958 #62). SHOW LESS
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| 5 | AC/DC : Night Prowler |
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This song doesn't seem exceptionally creepy until you listen to it knowing that it was Richard Ramirez' favorite song off AC/DC's Highway to Hell LP. He became known as the Night Stalker who terrorized the L.A. area back in 1985 (the LP was issued in 1979). I used to think his inspirational song was Sleepwalker by The Kinks, but I guess I was wrong.
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Length: 00:06:28 |
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This song doesn't seem exceptionally creepy until you listen to it knowing that it was Richard Ramirez' favorite song off AC/DC's Highway to Hell LP. He became known as the Night Stalker who terrorized the L.A. area back in 1985 (the LP was issued in 1979). I used to think his inspirational song was Sleepwalker by The Kinks, but I guess I was wrong. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Sweet : Ballroom Blitz |
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This song always conjured up images of an out of control brawl (1975 #5).
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Track 6 from The Sweet Singles Album
Length: 00:03:59 Year: 1975 |
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This song always conjured up images of an out of control brawl (1975 #5). SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Hollies : The Air That I Breathe |
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I've always liked this song, but I guess it is pretty sappy (1974 #6).
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Track 7 from The Hollies Greatest Hits
Length: 00:04:09 Year: 2002 |
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I've always liked this song, but I guess it is pretty sappy (1974 #6). SHOW LESS
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| 8 | KMFDM : Cuntboy |
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This song conjures up pornographic images... (1984).
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Length: 00:06:08 |
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This song conjures up pornographic images... (1984). SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Badfinger : Baby Blue |
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I don't get a chance to use a Badfinger song in a mix everyday, but the length of this song happened to let it work it's way in. This one was produced by Todd Rundgren (1972 #14).
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Length: 00:03:34 |
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I don't get a chance to use a Badfinger song in a mix everyday, but the length of this song happened to let it work it's way in. This one was produced by Todd Rundgren (1972 #14). SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Emerson, Lake and Palmer : Lucky Man |
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The last 1m20s has perhaps the best moog synthesizer solos ever on a pop song (an improvised performance by Emerson which I believe was done in one take) (1971 #48, 1973 #51).
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Track 10 from Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Length: 00:04:36 Year: 1970 |
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The last 1m20s has perhaps the best moog synthesizer solos ever on a pop song (an improvised performance by Emerson which I believe was done in one take) (1971 #48, 1973 #51). SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Beatles : Hey Jude |
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I like long songs, and I'd probably like this one a whole lot more if it wasn't perhaps the number one requested song on radio in it's day (1968 #1).
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Length: 00:07:05 |
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I like long songs, and I'd probably like this one a whole lot more if it wasn't perhaps the number one requested song on radio in it's day (1968 #1). SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Jefferson Airplane : Pretty as You Feel |
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If you Feel Pretty, you're at least half way there (1971 #60).
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Length: 00:04:31 |
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If you Feel Pretty, you're at least half way there (1971 #60). SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Carly Simon : You're So Vain |
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This song may actually be too good to tie to Bono, but here it is anyway; I like to think Mick Jagger was the inspiration and I have much more respect for him (1973 #1).
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Track 13 from No Secrets
Length: 00:04:19 Year: 1972 |
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This song may actually be too good to tie to Bono, but here it is anyway; I like to think Mick Jagger was the inspiration and I have much more respect for him (1973 #1). SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Neil Young : Old Man |
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I'm not a huge Neil Young fan but I like this song quite a bit and would hope, if I ever had grand kids, or any kid in the present for that matter, would like it too (1972 #31).
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Track 14 from Decade
Length: 00:03:22 Year: 1976 |
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I'm not a huge Neil Young fan but I like this song quite a bit and would hope, if I ever had grand kids, or any kid in the present for that matter, would like it too (1972 #31). SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Frank Sinatra : Young at Heart |
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A classic with an immortal theme. This song was popular for a very long time, but I was in a hurry to become an adult and never really gave a song like this much thought, but my father did (1954 #2).
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Length: 00:02:51 |
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A classic with an immortal theme. This song was popular for a very long time, but I was in a hurry to become an adult and never really gave a song like this much thought, but my father did (1954 #2). SHOW LESS
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I just figured out why this mix isn't appearing on the list of contest entries... My third keyword has Contest as Context (Oooops). Oh well (so much for this context).
9/26/08 2:41pm
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