…in which I talk about the ultimate mix tape (er, CD).
Mix tapes, who among us that grew up in the 80’s (or ealier) hasn’t made at least one mix tape for a friend, platonic or otherwise. I used to make mix tapes for all of my friends simply because I had a more eclectic taste in music than most of my peers and I love to introduce people to new things. About seven years ago, my wife’s nephew was young, impressionable, and very interested in my tastes in music, so I made what can only be called the ultimate mix CD. It was the culmination of all of my musical history and design sensibilities. In an effort to keep this project alive years after it’s disappearance (as I have no idea where it lives at this time), I am going to repost the track listing as accurately as possible.
As a part of this immense collection, I created a full packaging ensemble for it. I bough two six-disk cases and created art for all visible surfaces and even wrote a book detailing why each song was chosen in the collection. The book was composed while listening to the music, and thus has a kind of stream of consciousness feel. It was intended to be read as you listened to the music. The book, of course, was no simple matter either, being laid out with graphics and even hand bound. Finally, I wrapped the entire thing in a slip case to hold it all, again with full artwork. All the artwork, I will admit, was appropriated from various anime resources, but re-colored, re-composed, or re-edited to work with the new layout.
This is not what I would call a traditional blog entry, but it’s something I want to share and remember. Be forewarned, this was a twelve disk collection. Be sure to scroll all the way to the end of the track listing for a surprise…
Disk One
- I Want 2 Talk (dialogue: unknown)
- Moby – Bodyrock
- Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest of the Bad
- The Man’s Loco (dialogue: unknown)
- Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
- Anita Kelsey – Sway
- Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling
- Boom Boom Satellites – Limbo
- Orbital – Halcyon (live)
- Jocelyn Pook – Masked Ball
- björk – It’s Oh So Quiet
- Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
- Paul Pena w/ Ondar – What You Talkin’ About
- 10,000 Maniacs – Circle Dream
- Depeche Mode – People are People
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Yertle the Turtle
- The Cure – Lullaby
- Aimee Mann – One
- Make Like a Tree (dialgue: Back to the Future)
- Baz Luhrmann – Bazmark Fanfare
- Oingo Boingo – No Spill Blood
- Santana – Put Your Lights On
- Drew Carey and Cast – A Taste of Honey (rehersal)
- Everybody Be Cool (dialogue: Pulp Fiction)
- Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero
- Chris Isaak – Baby Did A Bad Thing
- L.A. Style – James Brown Is Dead
- Dean Martin – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
- Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
- Pogues – Hells Ditch
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Kaneda
- Take a Leak (dialgue: unknown)
- Boingo – War Again
- The Blasters – Dark Night
- Esquivel – Sentimental Journey
- Oingo Boingo – Return of the Dead Man
- Infectious Grooves – You Pick Me Up (Just To Throw Me Down) ‘Therapy’
- Utah Saints – States of Mind
- Dead Can Dance – Cantara
- The Ghastly Ones – Pacific Ghost Highway…
- The Ghastly Ones – Haulin’ Hearse
- Tower of Power – What is Hip
Disk Three
- Prodigy – Intro
- Hans Zimmer – Bare Island
- The Presidents of the United States of America – George of the Jungle
- The Timelords – Doctorin’ the Tardis
- Mark Knopfler – The Friends’ Song
- Tom Jones – Mama Told Me Not To Come
- The Immortals – Techno Syndrome
- Tori Amos – Precious Things
- Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities
- Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
- Everclear – Local God
- Chumbawumba – Mary Mary
- Love Spit Love – How Soon is Now
- Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Now We Are Free
- George Clinton – If Anybody Gets Funked Up
- Pogues – The Wake of the Medusa
- Trevor Jones – Into the City
- Why Does Evil Win? (dialogue: unknown)
- Pink Floyd – Dogs of War
Disk Four
- Gone Jackals – Legacy
- Faith No More – Easy
- Ash – Kung Fu
- Indigo Girls – Galileo
- Queen – Princes of the Universe
- Dick Dale and His Del Tones – Misurilou
- Aimee Mann – Wise Up
- Fiona Apple – Sleep to Dream
- Morphine – Buena
- Ennio Morricone – Guns Don’t Argue
- Aristotle? Plato? Socrates? (dialogue: The Princess Bride
- Mark Snow – X-Files Theme
- Fatboy Slim – Demons
- Tripping Daisy – Blown Away
- Propellerheads – Spybreak!
- Hey Big Boy (dialogue: unknown)
- Danny Elfman – Squeezit the Moocher
- Clint Mansell – We Got the Gun
- Midnight Oil – Bullroarer
- Oingo Boingo – Return of the Dead Man 2
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Do Something Crazy
- Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Dela
- Tom Jones – You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Dead Can Dance – Severance
- Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell
- Moby – Everloving
- björk – Hunter
- Trent Reznor – Driver Down
- Huggies (dialogue: Raising Arizona)
- Marylin Manson – I Put A Spell On You
- Soul Coughing – Circles
- Quindon Tarver – When Doves Cry
- Prodigy – Poison
- Danny Elfman – Dead Presidents (Montage)
- They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
- Primus – Frizzle Fry
- Good Morning! (dialogue: unknown)
- Danny Elfman – The Simpsons
- Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
- Fatboy Slim – The Weekend Starts Here
Disk Six
- Dave Matthews Band – Satellite
- How Cold Is It? (dialogue: Grumpy Old Men)
- Heart – Magic Man
- Brooklyn Bounce – Get Ready To Bounce
- Oingo Boingo – When the Lights Go Out
- Brendan Perry – The Captive Heart
- Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Tempest
- Soft Cell – Tainted Love
- One Ugly Dog (dialogue: unknown)
- The Crystal Method – High Roller
- Danny Elfman – Mission Impossible (Trouble)
- Hans Zimmer – Injection
- Kongar Ol Ondar – Good Horses
- Was (Not Was) – I Feel Better Than James Brown
- Lake Michigan (dialogue: unknown)
- Ween – Buenos Tardes Amigo
- The Dust Brothers – Space Monkeys
- MC 900 FT Jesus – The City Sleeps
- Ladies and Gentlemen (dialogue: unknown)
Disk Seven
- John Williams – 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- Paul Simon – Homeless
- 106 Miles (dialogue: The Blues Brothers)
- Link Wray & His Ray Men – Jack the Ripper
- Was (Not Was) – I Blew Up The United States
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – I Wan’na Be Like You
- Apollo 440 – Stop the Rock
- Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures of Matchstick Men
- Melanie – Brand New Key
- Are You Sure? (dialogue: unknown)
- Moby – Everytime You Touch Me
- Danny Elfman – Edward Scissorhands (Main Titles)
- The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
- Gipsy Kings – Hotel California
- Barenaked Ladies – Grade 9
- Ennio Morricone – Man With A Harmonica
- Jane’s Addiction – Idiots Rule
- Dirty Old Man (dialogue: unknown)
- Violent Femmes – Lies
- Cline Mansell – πr2
- Cherry Poppin Daddies – Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line
- John Zorn – The James Bond Theme
- Prodigy – One Love
- Tasty Wheat (dialogue: The Matrix)
- Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bin Ein Auslander
- Drew Carey – Moon Over Parma
- Baz Luhrmann – Now Until the Break of Day
- Salami and Baked Goods (dialogue: American Pie)
- Bad Religion – 21st Century (Digital Boy)
- Jamiroquai – Traveling Without Moving
- The Sound of Inevitability (dialogue: unknown)
- Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman – Boyd’s Journey
- Public Image Ltd. – Don’t Ask Me
- The Chieftains – The Rocky Road to Dublin
- The Dust Brothers – Stealing Fat
- Course of Empire – The Information
- Ween – Voodoo Lady
- KMFDM – Help Us-Save Us-Take Us Away
- Advice for College (dialogue: PCU)
- Carl Stalling – Music From Porky’s Preview (1941)
- David Bowie – Little Wonder
- Danny Elfman – Sucker For Mystery
- Filing and Collating (dialogue: unknown)
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Exodus From The Underground Fortress
- Youth Engine – Bleed
- Beck – Hotwax
- The The – Dogs Of Lust
Disk Nine
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – All I Ask of Myself
- Pink Floyd – A New Machine (Part 1)
- Jammies (dialogue: unknown)
- Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
- Oingo Boingo – Nothing Bad Ever Happens
- Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls
- Nellie Hooper – Drive of Death
- Toad The Wet Sprocket – Nightingale Song
- Moloko – Fun For Me
- Latin Playboys – Forever Night Shade Mary
- Pink Floyd – A New Machine (Part 2)
- Poi Dog Pondering – Sound Of Water
- Light Speed too Slow? (dialogue: Spaceballs)
- Fishbone – ? (Modern Industry)
- Leon Redbone – (Mama’s Got A Baby Named) Te Na Na
- Benny Goodman – Sing, Sing, Sing
- The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
- Danny Elfman – This Is Halloween
- Men At Work – Be Good Johnny
- David Bowie – Golden Years
- Weezer – In The Garage
Disk Ten
- Faith No More – Zombie Eaters
- The Lemonheads – My Hero, Zero
- I Can Kill You Now (dialogue: The Princess Bride)
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – Cities In Dust
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Behind the Sun
- They Might Be Giants – (She Was A) Hotel Detective
- Stereo MC’s – Ground Level
- Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
- Way More Than 100 Pounds (dialogue: unknown)
- Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
- Los Lobos with Antonio Banderas – Cancion Del Mariachi
- Randy Newman – Four Eyes
- Paul Simon – Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes
- Now, With Real Snot! (dialogue: unknown)
- Live – Pain Lies On The Riverside
- Matthew Sweet – Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
- Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
- björk – Big Time Sensuality
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Soul Coughing – Rolling
- John Williams – Rebel Blockade Runner
- Macy Gray – Do Something
- Royal Crown Revue – Hey Pachuco!
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – Reverence
- Frank Black – Fu Manchu
- Future Sound of London – We Have Explosive (Herd Killing)
- BT w/ M. Daughty – Never Gonna Come Back Down
- Basil Poledouris – Anvil Of Crom
- Cracker – Kerosene Hat
- Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
- Daft Punk – Da Funk
- Apollo 440 – Lost In Space (Theme)
- They Might Be Giants – Fingertips (13)
- Primus – Tommy The Cat
- R.E.M. – Driver 8
- Peter Gabriel – Shaking The Tree
- Radiohead – Talk Show Host
- DJ Shadow – The Number Song
Disk Twelve
- Cameron (dialogue: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
- Alec Empire – The Curse Of The Golden Vampire
- Depeche Mode – Pipeline
- The Doors – Spanish Caravan
- James Wong – Once Upon A Time In China
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television
- Clerks – Chewbacca, What a Wookie
- The Cure – Hot Hot Hot!!!
- Rasputina – Trenchmouth
- Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
- Expose Yourself (dialogue: unknown)
- Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
- Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump Jive an’ Wail
- Hooverphonic – Renaissance Affair
- 2NU – Ponderous
- They Might Be Giants – Boss of Me
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Where’d You Go?
- Fluke – Absurd (Whitewash Mix)
- There’s Nothing Better than True Love (dialogue: The Princess Bride)
- Moby – Flower
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Eddie Vedder – The Face of Love
- Stan Bush – The Transformers (Theme)
- Kenji Kawai – Ghost in the Shell
I’ve put together as many songs as possible into some iTunes iMixes. Use the following links to access the iMixes and preview or purchase songs for your own enjoyment:
5 replies on “Archiving the Past…”
Very cool. I particularly like all the anime pics you used. Had me mentally checking to see if I knew them all. 🙂
It really is a nice mix. And funny to think about, how you’ve put the iMixes up.. but we’ve never really left the idea of making ‘mix tapes’. iTunes encourages you to make a playlist of whatever now. You’re always good about have the ‘DnD game session’ mix… music is very important for context and feel and atmosphere.
Thanks for typing/listing that all out. Sounds (no pun intended, but a little) really cool.
Very cool. I particularly like all the anime pics you used. Had me mentally checking to see if I knew them all. 🙂
It really is a nice mix. And funny to think about, how you’ve put the iMixes up.. but we’ve never really left the idea of making ‘mix tapes’. iTunes encourages you to make a playlist of whatever now. You’re always good about have the ‘DnD game session’ mix… music is very important for context and feel and atmosphere.
Thanks for typing/listing that all out. Sounds (no pun intended, but a little) really cool.
@blu3warrio0r: obviously music has always been very important to me. Even back when I ran my Vampire games, I would create very specific CDs for certain sessions; some of which with timed songs and events so that when a particular scene would come up, the appropriate music would play.
I always enjoy sharing things with my friends, so I am glad to be able to create the iMixes… too bad it costs so much to download them. 😉
@blu3warrio0r: obviously music has always been very important to me. Even back when I ran my Vampire games, I would create very specific CDs for certain sessions; some of which with timed songs and events so that when a particular scene would come up, the appropriate music would play.
I always enjoy sharing things with my friends, so I am glad to be able to create the iMixes… too bad it costs so much to download them. 😉
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