2006年 01月 13日 金曜日 05:16

I offered to make a mixtape for a friend of mine who I know from youth group (It's not an overly religous youth group, I mainly go so I'm not home bored on Friday nights). I wasn't sure what to put on the tape so I asked her what her favourite bands are. She listed some of her faves as being Linkin Park, Green Day , Casting Crowns , Lads and Brooke Fraser.

So here's what I put on a tape for her including reasons why and other rambling about fave songs and such things. I thought it would be better than just listing. My original writing beside the tracks was better but then the journal lost it so I had to retype everything.

Side One
1 Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean (I thought I’d start the tape off to a poppy, fun start so used this track. )
2 Uncle Monkey - From (I thought From was a good follow on from Simple & Clean despite them being completely different styles. I've seen Uncle Monkey 5 times live and they are a great fun live act.)
3 Mike Park - Keeping This Seat Warm (I figured that my friend wouldn't of heard of Mike Park so thought she might like the song.)
4 Jimmy Eat World – The Authority Song (It was a bit of a challenge choosing which Jimmy Eat World song to use but in the end The Authority Song was the one I picked)
5 MxPx – Summer Of 69 (My friend did a dance to the original version of this song at Pulse (youth group event) so thought I’d put this cover on the mix)
6 Green Day – Outsider (She listed Green Day as one of her fave bands and I wasn’t sure if she’d heard this song so figured why not put it on the mix)
7 The Fatal Mistake – Bugged (Not sure why I picked this TFM track. It’s a good song regardless)
8 Antiskeptic – AFS (Was a tie between using this Antiskeptic song or ‘Beautiful In White’. This one is a bit more catchy so would fit better with ‘Bugged’)
9 Holdfast – Half Our Band Works At McDonalds (A song with a rather amusing title (which has nothing to do with the content of the song) by the now split up NZ punk band Holdfast)
10 Duvall – Racine (Personally I prefer the Duvall song ‘Standing At The Door’ but decided to use this one instead)

Side Two
1 Mumsdollar – Let Me Go (I thought this was a good starter for side two.)
2 Motion City Soundtrack – Everything Is Alright (I wanted to put a MCS track on this tape and sort of picked this one at random)
3 Weezer – Keep Fishin (I wasn’t sure whether to use this song or ‘Island In The Sun’. I might use ‘Island In The Sun’ on the next tape)
4 Nikola Sarcevic – Nobody Without You (My fave Nikola Sarcevic song which always gets me singing along)
5 Brotherhood Of Lost Dogs – Don Quixote (live) (I’m not sure if I have the band name right but I find some of the lyrics rather amusing (in a good way))
6 Matt Skiba – The City That Day (My favourite Matt Skiba song is ‘Good Fucking Bye’ but this song is a close second)
7 The Living End – Trapped (I like the horns in this song. May seem like an odd choice to follow Matt Skiba but oh well)
8 Less Than Jake – (Nervous In The Alley Probably my favourite Less Than Jake song)
9 I Voted For Kodos – She Hates Ska (I used to think this band was called I Voted for Kudos. Anyway I checked out this song recently and really liked it so on the mix it goes)
10 Alkaline Trio – I Was A Prayer (They’re not listed as my top band on last.fm for nothing! I first put ‘Smoke’ on the tape but changed it to this song because the following song got cut just before the end)
11 Steriogram – Be Good To Me (I thought this song was a good way to end the mix.)

I told her I’d make her a 90 minute tape next time so if anyone has suggestions for that it’d be appreciated.