Things Don't Always Turn Out as Planned
| Things Don't Always Turn Out as Planned | |
| Created by: | sparkymonroe |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Length: | 00:51:53 |
| Keywords |
1. FTOTZ 2. cover chains 3. fail |
| Created on | 11/4/09 6:28am |
| Level | 1 |
| Points | 1149 |
| Total visitors | 12 |
| Unique visitors | 10 |
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I made this mix for the August 2009 FTOTZ mixtape exchange. I wanted to do a cover chain straight through, but, for the sake of sounding decent, I had to cut some songs, thus cutting the chain into a short chain, a longer chain, and an unrelated three song closing sequence. It became frustrating to me at one point and I felt like a surgeon on Michael Jackson's fifteenth nose job trying to make some semblance of continuity out of butchered materials.
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| 1 | The Kinks : shangri-la |
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I like the chiming, I like the horn section, and I like the feeling I get when the chorus kicks in. Oh suburbia, we will wring many songs out of you before it's all over, won't we?
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Track 1 from Kronikles
Length: 00:05:20 Year: 1972 |
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I like the chiming, I like the horn section, and I like the feeling I get when the chorus kicks in. Oh suburbia, we will wring many songs out of you before it's all over, won't we? SHOW LESS
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| 2 | The Raincoats : Lola |
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The cover song chain continues. Beautiful interpretation of the Kinks' classic.
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Length: 00:04:03 |
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The cover song chain continues. Beautiful interpretation of the Kinks' classic. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Television Personalities : No One's Little Girl |
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I like how The Raincoats didn't change gender perspective when they sang "Lola" and I like how Television Personalities did the same for this song. The short chain ends with this song.
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Length: 00:02:58 |
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I like how The Raincoats didn't change gender perspective when they sang "Lola" and I like how Television Personalities did the same for this song. The short chain ends with this song. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Beck : Do You Realize?? |
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A new cover chain starts. I like this stripped down acoustic version. After a couple of listens, I realized Beck got it right.
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Track 4 from 2002-12-24: KCRW Session, Santa Monica, CA, USA (feat. The Flaming Lips)
Length: 00:01:43 |
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A new cover chain starts. I like this stripped down acoustic version. After a couple of listens, I realized Beck got it right. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Tom Petty : Asshole |
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Tom Petty is a natural for covering this song. I love the lines: She dangles carrots And makes you feel embarrassed SHOW MORE
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Length: 00:03:11 |
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Tom Petty is a natural for covering this song. I love the lines: She dangles carrots And makes you feel embarrassed SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs : Here Goes My Girl |
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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs are great together on this Tom Petty cover.
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Length: 00:04:22 |
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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs are great together on this Tom Petty cover. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Henry Mancini : Walk Like an Egyptian |
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This is what happens sometimes on these cover song chain mixes - you end up with Henry Mancini on your mix. It's not as bad as it sounds, I shortened it so it's just an excerpt. Maybe that's cheating, but fuck it.
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Length: 00:02:01 |
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This is what happens sometimes on these cover song chain mixes - you end up with Henry Mancini on your mix. It's not as bad as it sounds, I shortened it so it's just an excerpt. Maybe that's cheating, but fuck it. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Bob Dylan : moon river (live) |
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This Bob Dylan paying respect to Henry.
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Length: 00:02:31 |
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This Bob Dylan paying respect to Henry. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Paul Weller : All Along the Watchtower |
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Not as great as Jimi Hendrix's version, of course, but an interesting take by the Jam man himself.
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Length: 00:05:58 |
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Not as great as Jimi Hendrix's version, of course, but an interesting take by the Jam man himself. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Billy Bragg : That's Entertainment |
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The Jam are awesome and it's a treat to hear Billy's take on this classic.
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Length: 00:03:53 |
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The Jam are awesome and it's a treat to hear Billy's take on this classic. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Kirsty MacColl : New England |
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I love hearing a female voice on this song.
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Length: 00:03:39 |
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I love hearing a female voice on this song. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Lemonheads : He's On the Beach |
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The second longer nine song chain ends with this song.
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Length: 00:03:03 |
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The second longer nine song chain ends with this song. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Mary Lou Lord : Jump |
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This broke the chain, but it a great cover of the Van Halen classic. It sounds stripped down and tender here.
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Length: 00:03:59 |
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This broke the chain, but it a great cover of the Van Halen classic. It sounds stripped down and tender here. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Shannon Roberts : Apocalypse Girl |
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First song on the mix that isn't a cover, but it's a great little number from the amazing Shannon Roberts.
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Length: 00:02:52 |
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First song on the mix that isn't a cover, but it's a great little number from the amazing Shannon Roberts. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | The Avalanches : Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life |
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Seemed like the right note to go out on. I never heard how the recipient liked this mix. That's how it goes sometimes. I did send it a wee bit late, so it serves me right, I suppose. Anyway, I have documented my cover chain mix failure here for perpetuity.
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Track 15 from Since I Left You...
Length: 00:02:20 Year: 2001 |
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Seemed like the right note to go out on. I never heard how the recipient liked this mix. That's how it goes sometimes. I did send it a wee bit late, so it serves me right, I suppose. Anyway, I have documented my cover chain mix failure here for perpetuity. SHOW LESS
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