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Songs my mother will never understand
| Songs my mother will never understand | |
| Created by: | eric |
| Tracks: | 17 |
| Length: | 01:03:01 |
| Keywords |
1. Mom 2. Hates 3. Misunderstand |
| Created on | 5/25/06 9:08pm |
| Level | 10 |
| Points | 5303 |
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description:
I'm always trying to get my mom into 'hip' music, but she's pretty picky. Actually, she's super-duper picky, thus my need to make this mix.
I present to you, a compilation of songs that I adore, yet my mother will never understand.
I present to you, a compilation of songs that I adore, yet my mother will never understand.
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| 1 | Cake : Pentagram |
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The song sounds innocent, but I don't think my mom would really grasp the complex humour of pairing a disjoint country-western musical backdrop with lyrics like 'your feet are dry with the ashes from dead babies'. A perfect way to open a non-mom-friendly mix. SHOW MORE
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Track 1 from Motorcade of Generosity
Length: 00:02:19 Year: 1994 |
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The song sounds innocent, but I don't think my mom would really grasp the complex humour of pairing a disjoint country-western musical backdrop with lyrics like 'your feet are dry with the ashes from dead babies'. A perfect way to open a non-mom-friendly mix. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Ween : Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony? |
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This song makes me smile. The quirky music and slurred vocal style makes it truly unique in my book, but I think my mother would have conflicting opinions. This song rides the tails of Pentagram and sets the 'weirdness' factor for the next cut. SHOW MORE
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Track 2 from Chocolate and Cheese
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 1994 |
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This song makes me smile. The quirky music and slurred vocal style makes it truly unique in my book, but I think my mother would have conflicting opinions. This song rides the tails of Pentagram and sets the 'weirdness' factor for the next cut. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Deerhoof : That Big Orange Sun Run Over Speed Light |
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The guitar tone on this track slays me. It reminds me of evolved surf, but a few generations inbred. Too random for madre.
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Track 3 from Milk Man
Length: 00:02:02 Year: 2004 |
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The guitar tone on this track slays me. It reminds me of evolved surf, but a few generations inbred. Too random for madre. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Unicorns : Ghost Mountain |
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I double dog dare you to listen to the first 30 seconds of this song and not laugh. The awkward synth on this song cracks me up every time. Being raised in the '80s, I think I have a special appreciation for really cheesy sounding synths, something that would be wasted on my mom. For the best fit, chop off the silence on the end and crossfade with the next track. Seamless. SHOW MORE
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Track 4 from Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Length: 00:03:08 Year: 2004 |
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I double dog dare you to listen to the first 30 seconds of this song and not laugh. The awkward synth on this song cracks me up every time. Being raised in the '80s, I think I have a special appreciation for really cheesy sounding synths, something that would be wasted on my mom. For the best fit, chop off the silence on the end and crossfade with the next track. Seamless. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Air : Sexy Boy |
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My theme song from when I was living in the dorms a few years back. The girls were all over me and I'm not even bragging. It's the truth. This song has some gorgeous vocoder on it, which, much like the synth from the Unicorns track, would be wasted on the likes of my mother. SHOW MORE
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Track 5 from Moon Safari
Length: 00:05:00 Year: 1998 |
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My theme song from when I was living in the dorms a few years back. The girls were all over me and I'm not even bragging. It's the truth. This song has some gorgeous vocoder on it, which, much like the synth from the Unicorns track, would be wasted on the likes of my mother. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Aphex Twin : Window Licker |
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I can safely say that there is no way I could ever convince my mother that this man is a genious. It's not that she wouldn't see the controlled chaos of his compositions, it just might be a little over her head. This song combined with it's music video might just be one of the greatest things ever. For the best effect, chop this song with 20 seconds left, at the height of the 'champagne spray' climax and crossfade with the next cut. SHOW MORE
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Track 6 from Window Licker
Length: 00:06:07 Year: 1999 |
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I can safely say that there is no way I could ever convince my mother that this man is a genious. It's not that she wouldn't see the controlled chaos of his compositions, it just might be a little over her head. This song combined with it's music video might just be one of the greatest things ever. For the best effect, chop this song with 20 seconds left, at the height of the 'champagne spray' climax and crossfade with the next cut. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Dead Low Tide : Sideways Machine |
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"POCKETS FULL OF CRAZY" Spencer Moody is a madman on this track. This song is pure rock. In fact, it's way too much rock for my mother. This track is to my mix what cigarettes are to teenagers -- a gateway. Except what follows isn't cocaine, it's more craziness. SHOW MORE
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Track 7 from Dead Low Tide
Length: 00:02:22 Year: 2003 |
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"POCKETS FULL OF CRAZY" Spencer Moody is a madman on this track. This song is pure rock. In fact, it's way too much rock for my mother. This track is to my mix what cigarettes are to teenagers -- a gateway. Except what follows isn't cocaine, it's more craziness. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Mr. Bungle : Goodbye Sober Day |
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"May your sun be blown out just like a candle / May your sea burn like tar / May your sky be rolled up like a scroll / May your blue moon drip with blood." Much like Aphex, my mom will probably never appreciate and of Mike Patton's projects, especially this one. This song reminds me of drinking HRD and generic Squirt out of a coffeemug a few Summers back. Those days, much like this song were pure craziness. SHOW MORE
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Track 8 from California
Length: 00:04:29 Year: 1999 |
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"May your sun be blown out just like a candle / May your sea burn like tar / May your sky be rolled up like a scroll / May your blue moon drip with blood." Much like Aphex, my mom will probably never appreciate and of Mike Patton's projects, especially this one. This song reminds me of drinking HRD and generic Squirt out of a coffeemug a few Summers back. Those days, much like this song were pure craziness. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Cave-In : Juggernaut |
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Despite the fact that I think the bouncing / descending 'chorus' to this song is pure radness, my mom just doesn't really understand anything containing distortion.
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Track 9 from Until Your Heart Stops
Length: 00:05:35 Year: 1999 |
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Despite the fact that I think the bouncing / descending 'chorus' to this song is pure radness, my mom just doesn't really understand anything containing distortion. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Pig Destroyer : Pretty In Casts |
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There is no fucking way I could even get my mother to listen to this band, yet alone appreciate it. The broken glass sounds in the background really drive this track home for me.
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Track 10 from Terrifyer
Length: 00:01:16 Year: 2004 |
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There is no fucking way I could even get my mother to listen to this band, yet alone appreciate it. The broken glass sounds in the background really drive this track home for me. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | The Locust : Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle |
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The silence at the start of this song is key -- at this point, my mother would secretly be wishing that the 'loud' part of the mix is over, but alas, it's not. There's something so rad about lo-fi hardcore, especially when it has crazy space-age synthesizers up in the mix. SHOW MORE
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Track 11 from The Locust
Length: 00:00:50 Year: 1999 |
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The silence at the start of this song is key -- at this point, my mother would secretly be wishing that the 'loud' part of the mix is over, but alas, it's not. There's something so rad about lo-fi hardcore, especially when it has crazy space-age synthesizers up in the mix. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Botch : Opera Song |
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This is a 'cover' of a fairly famous song opera song called O'fortuna. One of my favourite Botch cuts, it has some radass drumming, but sadly, my mom doesn't like crazy drumming -- she likes music she can tap her foot to. Like Steve Winwood. A side note: Jake Snider from Minus The Bear fame is listed as an 'engineer' for this album. Rock. SHOW MORE
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Track 12 from Unifying Themes Redux
Length: 00:03:18 |
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This is a 'cover' of a fairly famous song opera song called O'fortuna. One of my favourite Botch cuts, it has some radass drumming, but sadly, my mom doesn't like crazy drumming -- she likes music she can tap her foot to. Like Steve Winwood. A side note: Jake Snider from Minus The Bear fame is listed as an 'engineer' for this album. Rock. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Hella : The Devil Isn't Red |
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Asking my mom to listen to Hella is like asking my mom to buy me porno and booze. At age 8.
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Track 13 from The Devil Isn't Red
Length: 00:05:06 Year: 2004 |
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Asking my mom to listen to Hella is like asking my mom to buy me porno and booze. At age 8. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Isis : Red Sea |
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Loud, disjoint and as heavy as 1,000 pounds of rotting human appendages crushing your throat. There is nothing in this song that my mother could even hope to understand. This marks the end to the 'loud' part of the mixtape, as is signaled by the next track. SHOW MORE
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Track 14 from The Red Sea
Length: 00:07:19 Year: 1998 |
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Loud, disjoint and as heavy as 1,000 pounds of rotting human appendages crushing your throat. There is nothing in this song that my mother could even hope to understand. This marks the end to the 'loud' part of the mixtape, as is signaled by the next track. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Cody Chesnutt : Brother With An Ego |
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If you haven't heard this song, I highly suggest you get a copy as this 13 second gem has appeared on my mixes more than any other song. Just listen and you'll understand why. SHOW MORE
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Track 15 from The Headphone Masterpiece (Disc 1)
Length: 00:00:13 Year: 2002 |
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If you haven't heard this song, I highly suggest you get a copy as this 13 second gem has appeared on my mixes more than any other song. Just listen and you'll understand why. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | cLOUDDEAD : I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again., Part 1 |
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Although most hip-hop 'all sounds the same' to my mother, this track is one of the most bizzare and abrasive 'hip-hop' tracks I know of and also one of my favourites -- Dose is in fine form and when Sole busts in (around 3:30), it's nothing short of magic. My mom don't like anything Anticon. SHOW MORE
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Track 16 from cLOUDDEAD
Length: 00:05:45 Year: 2001 |
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Although most hip-hop 'all sounds the same' to my mother, this track is one of the most bizzare and abrasive 'hip-hop' tracks I know of and also one of my favourites -- Dose is in fine form and when Sole busts in (around 3:30), it's nothing short of magic. My mom don't like anything Anticon. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Big Business : Off Off Broadway |
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This should be included in the middle of the 'loud' section of this mixtape, but it a perfect mixtape closer, ending on a truly epic note. I haven't asked her, but my mom probably doesn't like sludgey, overdriven bass with dog-barking, throad-raping vocals. SHOW MORE
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Track 17 from Head for the Shallow
Length: 00:05:17 Year: 2004 |
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This should be included in the middle of the 'loud' section of this mixtape, but it a perfect mixtape closer, ending on a truly epic note. I haven't asked her, but my mom probably doesn't like sludgey, overdriven bass with dog-barking, throad-raping vocals. SHOW LESS
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Tag Board
The Beta Badge II
I give you like fifty points for cake and like a thousand more for aphex twin, PLUS 20000 more for the fact that it's Window Licker
3/16/07 8:05pm
The Badge of Mystery
Whoa, when did this slay for second? You beast!
3/3/07 10:16pm
Mixtape Potpourri I: Second Place
yay, the locust!
Although 'yay' sounds weird when talking about them.
Although 'yay' sounds weird when talking about them.
11/16/06 11:37am
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
I'm not sure. Maybe it's something to be ashamed of that I have nothing to rebel against.
10/15/06 9:27pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Hmmm?
My parents like Deerhoof, Aphex Twin, Mr. Bungle, and Hella.
Still, an extremely good mix.
My parents like Deerhoof, Aphex Twin, Mr. Bungle, and Hella.
Still, an extremely good mix.
9/24/06 8:02pm
The Family Badge
yay for the unicorns. my mom wouldn't understand them either. i love that fact that used the phrase "i double dog dare you."
9/10/06 4:49pm
The Bronze Badge
this is the first mix ive looked at here... already i know my mom digs unicorns and cake, i win?
7/26/06 8:13pm
The Yay! Badge VI
Anyone who attempts to get thier mum to listen to even one of the bands on there is brave. My parent's like Explosions In The Sky and Rufio though. I'm not sure what's up with that... I think they both used to be punks though
7/22/06 12:47pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
I never thought this mix would be #1. I'm honored. Thank you all.
7/3/06 10:44pm
The Time Badge
If any mom could rock out to Deerhoof, The Locust, Botch, and Hella they would most definitely be the most hip mom ever.
My mom and I share a love of Buddy Holly, the real king of rock and roll.
My mom and I share a love of Buddy Holly, the real king of rock and roll.
6/30/06 12:30am
The One Year Anniversary Badge
Points for a sweet idea behind it and for opening with Cake!
6/24/06 7:01pm
The July Fourth Badge
Hehehe, I just listened to Brother with an ego, I wish I had turned my volume down. +3 for some great songs (Unicorns)
6/23/06 3:52pm
The Riot Badge
cLOUDDEAD : I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again., Part 1
^ I love that track so much. Lots of good stuff on here - excellent job.
^ I love that track so much. Lots of good stuff on here - excellent job.
6/17/06 2:33pm
The 6/6/6 Badge
haha I love the beginning of I...too bad song is 20+ minutes...oh well, off-topic.
I think Dalek would be a pretty good fit for this mix...maybe 'black smoke rises'...but then again...the songs pushes my tolerance about 3 minutes in...I think I've only made it through the full 12 once or twice...
I think Dalek would be a pretty good fit for this mix...maybe 'black smoke rises'...but then again...the songs pushes my tolerance about 3 minutes in...I think I've only made it through the full 12 once or twice...
5/31/06 8:34am
Team Robot - First Place
yay mr bungle. im pretty sure it'll kill your mother.. as i still can only tolerate this project only once a month or so.
shoulda just included the Meshuggha - I cd just for the opening scream that lasts for hours. just cause.
work it man, work it.
shoulda just included the Meshuggha - I cd just for the opening scream that lasts for hours. just cause.
work it man, work it.
5/31/06 2:10am
The Yay! Badge VIII
I'm not going to lie, Mr. Wokker -- you'll probably despise this mix, just like my mother...
5/26/06 2:54pm
The Level 5 Badge
Im building this mix right now for a big long roadtrip this weekend....Im sure I wont be dissapointed.....
5/26/06 12:53pm
The Level 21 Badge
Nice mix! Great choice of Deerhoof songs! Anything off Milkman or Apple 'O is automatic points! Good Hella song too.. I like your description, I think it is quit accurate.
5/26/06 12:23pm
The 6/6/6 Badge
prelim overview +3, going to come back and give it a closer look after I finish my homework and have a chance to analyze it a little more.
5/25/06 9:39pm
