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So what's your "perfect mix" look like- the mix that you would listen to over and over, every day?
Just to keep this interesting, here are some rules:
There must be at least one NO song in your mix
For every NO or NO-related song in your mix, there must be at least two non-NO songs.
Playing time must clock in at under 75 minutes (MiniDisc limits).
My "perfect mix"? That will come later....
I actually had several CDs like that for playing at work. The best had PSB, PSB remixes. PSB remixes of other artists, NO, NO remixes...easily my best CD. Total non-stop bouncy music.
here goes:
hmmm, i think it'll change within the hour though.
The Sound Of Music Joy Division Repeat Manic Street Preachers Haze Electronic Laid James Here To Stay Neworder Do It Better Happy Mondays Cigarettes & Alcohol Oasis Shine Monaco End Of A Century Blur Paranoid Android Radiohead Elephant Stone Stone Roses Milkman Of Human Kindness Billy Bragg Just Looking Charlatans Words Doves
Bored shitless at work, this is one list, I could pick many
The Crusaders feat Randy Crawford "Street Life" St Ettienne "Soft Like Me" Paris Angels "Perfume (All On You)" New Order "Thieves Like Us" 112 "Dance With Me" Ashanti "Mesmerize" KRS One "South Bronx" Soho "Hippychick" The Sundays "Summertime" Bruce Hornsby & The Range "The Way It Is" Petula Clarke "Downtown"
And a grand finale of....
The Macc Lads "Julie The Schooly"
This is mine:
Air – Kelly Watch The Stars (single version) Les Rythmes Digitales – Sometimes (single version) Fischerspooner – Emerge New Order – Confusion (electroclash version) Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Stock Exchange Woman Tiga and Zyntherius – Sunglasses At Night Chemical Brothers – The Test Laika – Bedbugs Electronic – Get The Message The Music – Getaway Ian McCullogh – High Wires Feeder – Come Back Around Interpol – Obstacle 1 The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone (12" mix) Moby – Extreme Ways
Hmmm... Looks good. I'm seriously thinking of burning a CDR.
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister - Stone Roses Enjoy The Silence - Depeche Mode Here To Stay - New Order Be There - U.N.K.L.E. / Ian Brown Jabberwock - Solar Stone Digital - Joy Division Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins It's Over - The Smiths Get The Message - Electronic F.E.A.R. - Ian Brown Radio Heart - Gary Numan / Corey Hart Zoolook - Jean Michel Jarre
Right... off to get a blank minidisc.
Joy Division - Love will Tear us Apart New Order - Ceremony 7" The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in his Side The Stone Roses - I wanna be Adored Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Erasure - A Little Respect The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrows´Parties The Doors - The End Kraftwerk - Radioactivity David Bowie - Starman
1- Regret- New Order 2- Flight- ACR 3- Transmission- Joy Division 4- I want the one i cant have- The Smiths 5- Made of Stone- Stone Roses 6- Wrote for Luck- Happy Mondays 7- The Only one i know- the Charlatans 8- November Spawned a Monster- Morrissey 9- Just a Day- Feeder 10- Acquisce- Oasis 11- What do you want from me?- Monaco 12- Just- Radiohead 13- Ring the Bells- James 14- Motorcycle Emptiness- Manics 15- Primitive Notion- New Order
SHRIEKBACK- "Fish below the ice" LEGENDARY PINK DOTS- "Citadel" NEW ORDER- "True faith" STIFF LITTLE FINGERS- "Silver lining" RUSH- "Marathon (live version)" JOY DIVISION- "Heart and soul" DIE KREUZEN- "Cool breeze" THE CURE- "Jumping someone else's train" CLOCKHAMMER- "Greying out" JOE JACKSON- "Look sharp" HUSKER DU- "could you be the one?"
The Cure- Doing the Unstuck Oingo Boingo- Only a Lad The Pixies- Debaser Siouxsie and the Banshees- Dear Prudence The Pixies- Where is My Mind? Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart New Order- The Perfect Kiss Depeche Mode- Enjoy the Silence The Cure- The Funeral Party The Glove- Mouth to Mouth Dead Can Dance- Frontier The Cure- Cold The Faint- The Conductor New Order- True Faith Depeche Mode- Never Let Me Down Again The Cure- This Twilight Garden Joy Division- Atmosphere
Eno Taking Tiger Mountain
Butthole Surfers Cherub
Pop Group She Is Beyond Good And Evil
Stevie Wonder Living For The City
The Fall Container Drivers
The Mekons Millionaire/Psycho Cupid
Meat Puppets Lost
Joy Division Isolation
Buzzcocks What Do I Get?
Uncle Tupelo Grindstone
Bob Dylan Series Of Dreams
Cabaret Voltaire Safety Zone
ACR Flight
New Order As It Is When It Was
New Order Ceremony
PiL - Warrior Siouxsie & the Banshees - Israel the Cure - Play for Today Robert Plant - Heavens Knows Uriah Heep - Look at yourself New Order - Let's go PiL - Body Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song David Bowie - Wild is the wind Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier TC Matic - Middle Class & Blue Eyes New Order - BLT
New Order - Everything's Gone Green Depeche Mode - New Life XTC - Mayor of Simpleton Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again Ramones - Judy Is A Punk Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? Clash - Police and Thieves Sir Mix a Lot -Baby Got Back Bob Marley - Is This Love? Modern Lovers - Old World Iggy Pop - Fall In Love With Me
Electronic- Soviet Primal Scream- Keep your dreams Manic Street Preachers- Ready for drowning Echo & The Bunnymen- All my colours Suede- These are the sad songs Radiohead- Fake plastic trees New Order- Your silent face Charlatans- Here comes a soul saver James- Someone's got it in for me David Bowie- 5.15 the angels have gone Go-Betweens- Unfinished business Curve- Sandpit Happy Mondays- Loose fix (Paul Oakenfold 12" mix) Wolfgang Press- Chains (Apollo 440 mix)
I actually made one of these a while ago, but there's "too much" NO on it:
Now, the ideal tape:
I've updated this about 3 times.
And, apparently, I've also forgotten that 5 does not come after 7.. Well, maybe on making a mix tape, it does ;).
or...
Faction- Noa Noa New Order- Vicious streak Depeche Mode- Waiting for the night Iggy Pop- Isolation The Sound- Total recall ACR- You're on your own Interpol- NYC Joy Division- Decades The Cure- A letter to Elise REM- Camera Oasis- Cast no shadow Garbage- So like a rose The Beloved- Wake up soon Cabaret Voltaire- Searchin'
Cabaret Voltaire I Want You Excessive Force Conquer Your House KMFDM Niave NO TPK REM Camara Mission Burma That's When I Reach For My Revolver JD The Sound of Music Butthole Surfers Flame Grape NO Sunrise Section 25 Crazy Wisdom Shriekback Big Hush
maybe...
New Order- Elegia The House of Love- Plastic Pulp- Dishes Verve- Velvet morning Stone Roses- Tears The Triffids- Save what you can This Mortal Coil- Tarantula Associates- Ever since that day Jesus & Mary Chain- On the wall Icicle Works- Walking with a mountain Love & Rockets- Pearl Talk Talk- Tomorrow started B-52's- Ain't it a shame The The- Giant
Is that 75 minutes? I dunno...if not, throw Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance" on there at the end.
NEW ORDER-AGE OF CONSENT THE JAM-DOWN IN A TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT THE CULT-SHE SELLS SANCTUARY THE CHARLATANS-ONE TO ANOTHER STONE ROSES-WATERFALL NORTHSTAR-MY RISING STAR JAMES-SOMETIMES SEX PISTOLS-PRETTY VACANT HAPPY MONDAYS-LOOSE FIT THE FARM-GROOVY TRAIN NEW ORDER-CEREMONY EMBRACE-SAVE ME SHED 7-DISCO DOWN JOY DIVISION-SHADOWPLAY
Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr My "perfect mix"? That will come later....
when's later? Still waiting on yours ...
Originally posted by Geri > Originally posted by bLuE oRdEr> > My "perfect mix"? That will come later....
when's later? Still waiting on yours ...
Yes, it's true...
I've been working on one law paper after another, and thus no time to think about my mix. And now, after reading all these great mixes, I'd be too embarassed to just dash one off without thinking about it...Probably won't be happy with it even if I do think about it.
NOW what do I do?
Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round maybe...New Order- ElegiaThe House of Love- PlasticPulp- DishesVerve- Velvet morningStone Roses- TearsThe Triffids- Save what you canThis Mortal Coil- TarantulaAssociates- Ever since that dayJesus & Mary Chain- On the wallIcicle Works- Walking with a mountainLove & Rockets- PearlTalk Talk- Tomorrow startedB-52's- Ain't it a shameThe The- Giant
The Triffids! All right, I think that maybe you're the second person to ever list or talk about them here (they're one of my very fave bands BTW). Save What You Can is excellent, Stolen Property from Born Sandy Devotional almost made my list.
New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix) New Order - Here To Stay (Felix Da Housecat Mix) Electronic - Prodigal Son (Harvey's A Star In Your Own Mind Mix) The Other Two - Innocence (Love to Infinity's Deep Love 12") Monaco - See-Saw (Solaris Club Vocal) The Other Two - Selfish (That Pop Mix) Monaco - Sweet Lips The Other Two - Tasty Fish (Pascal) New Order - True Faith (Perfecto Mix) New Order - Crystal (Soviet Club Mix) Electronic - Until The End of Time (K-Klass Mix) The Chemical Brothers - Out of Control
Ooops, I did not pay attention to the "NO-related" part... So here goes:
New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix) New Order - Here To Stay (Felix Da Housecat Mix) New Order - True Faith (Perfecto Mix) Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes (Safar Mix) Depeche Mode - Surrender (Catalan FC Out Of Reach Mix) Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Hands and Feet Mix) Moni B. - Stripped (Club Mix) U2 - Discothèque (DM Deep Extended Club Mix) U2 - Beautiful Day (Quincey and Sonance Mix) The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky (Peter Luts Mix)
Originally posted by Green > Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round maybe...New Order- ElegiaThe House of Love- PlasticPulp- DishesVerve- Velvet morningStone Roses- TearsThe Triffids- Save what you canThis Mortal Coil- TarantulaAssociates- Ever since that dayJesus & Mary Chain- On the wallIcicle Works- Walking with a mountainLove & Rockets- PearlTalk Talk- Tomorrow startedB-52's- Ain't it a shameThe The- Giant
The Triffids! All right, I think that maybe you're the second person to ever list or talk about them here (they're one of my very fave bands BTW). Save What You Can is excellent, Stolen Property from Born Sandy Devotional almost made my list.
Don't congratulate me, Green! I only have their comp, "Australian Melodrama"!
Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round > Originally posted by Green> > > > Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round> maybe...New Order- ElegiaThe House of Love- PlasticPulp- DishesVerve- Velvet morningStone Roses- TearsThe Triffids- Save what you canThis Mortal Coil- TarantulaAssociates- Ever since that dayJesus & Mary Chain- On the wallIcicle Works- Walking with a mountainLove & Rockets- PearlTalk Talk- Tomorrow startedB-52's- Ain't it a shameThe The- Giant
The Triffids! All right, I think that maybe you're the second person to ever list or talk about them here (they're one of my very fave bands BTW). Save What You Can is excellent, Stolen Property from Born Sandy Devotional almost made my list.
Don't congratulate me, Green! I only have their comp, "Australian Melodrama"!
Oh, and David McComb's (beautiful) 1994 solo album...
Still Monsieru Jorge, that's more than most people I know have, here online, or in other forums. :)
Originally posted by Green Still Monsieru Jorge, that's more than most people I know have, here online, or in other forums. :)
Saw in your profile that you're a Church fan, too! I humbly bow before your exquisite taste! Must confess I skipped their latest efforts on Cooking Vynil. Are they any good (they should, I know!)?
anyone keeping track of the most popular ones here?
nice to see less well known tracks (plastic by hol - a b side n'est ce pas?) & bands appearing.
Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round > Originally posted by Green> Still Monsieru Jorge, that's more than most people I know have, here online, or in other forums. :)
Saw in your profile that you're a Church fan, too! I humbly bow before your exquisite taste! Must confess I skipped their latest efforts on Cooking Vynil. Are they any good (they should, I know!)?
No need to bow, my good man, you had a lot of stellar choices on your list as well 
As for the Cooking Vinyl Church albums, I don't really listen to Hologram Of Baal or Magician Among The Spirits very much, though they do have some good songs on there; they just don't sound as focused as such great albums like Blurred Crusade, Starfish, or Priest=Aura. They did play a couple of songs from those two on their last tour, Buffalo from the first and the title song of MATS, and they sounded great when mixed in with the new and older stuff they played (Electric Lash? 
talk about unexpected! 
)
After Everything Now This, from 2002, is a rather good return to form, IMO; lots of the classic Church sound and Steve's luscious vocals and enigmatic lyrics. This one made more than a few best of lists from last year, and I don't know any fan who is really disappointed with this one in any way, shape, or form.
Don't know if you've picked up the Box Of Birds covers album, which isn't bad, but the versions of Televison's Friction and Mott's All The Young Dudes don't add anything at all and sound rather average. I love their version, however, of early Ultravox's Hiroshima Mon Amour, which is really really good.
Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion Buzzcocks - Oh Shit! Ramones - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg Smiths - Frankly Mr. Shankley Kinks - Death of a Clown New Order - Face-up Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man Cure - Let's Go To Bed David Bowie - African Night Flight Beatles - Ballad of John and Yoko
I know this one breaks the rules but I made a great CDR compilation a few years ago - which I still play frequently in my car. The compilation features various Factory bands and was entitled "Factory Seconds" (no insult intended). The track listing is as follows:-
Crispy Ambulance - The Presence A Certain Ratio - Flight Section 25 - Melt Close Durutti Column - For Belgian Friends Crispy Ambulance - Simon's Ghost A Certain Ratio - Winter Hill Section 25 - Inspiration Durutti Column - English Landscape Tradition
The CD is housed in a Peter Saville look sleeve designed by yours truly. The CD deliberately had no Joy Division / New Order (as to most people it is familiar). I love it when people travelling in my car prick up their ears and cannot believe they have never heard any of this great music before.
On the subject of the Triffids I was very fond of them back in my student days. I still have "Born Sandy Devotional", "Calanture" and "The Black Swan" on CD, Have not listened to these for around 10 years now - must dig them out again. Sad to hear a few years back that lead singer David McComb had passed away.
1963 - no Turn it on - ladytron dreaming like twins - b!machine the majesty of the locomotive - mahogany roland - interpol here she comes now - slowdive i think i'm in love - spiritualized passive/aggresive - lowcloudcover hunch - vitesse she bangs the drum - stone roses 1918 - piano magic entertain me - blur
(i think i reached the time limit)
Originally posted by masaaki sakai plastic by hol - a b side n'est ce pas?
oui and non. Plastic was originally a B-side (to "Destroy the heart", methinks) but was later re-recorded and included in the "Butterfly" album.
Originally posted by Green > Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round > Originally posted by Green> Still Monsieru Jorge, that's more than most people I know have, here online, or in other forums. :)
Saw in your profile that you're a Church fan, too! I humbly bow before your exquisite taste! Must confess I skipped their latest efforts on Cooking Vynil. Are they any good (they should, I know!)?
No need to bow, my good man, you had a lot of stellar choices on your list as well
As for the Cooking Vinyl Church albums, I don't really listen to Hologram Of Baal or Magician Among The Spirits very much, though they do have some good songs on there; they just don't sound as focused as such great albums like Blurred Crusade, Starfish, or Priest=Aura. They did play a couple of songs from those two on their last tour, Buffalo from the first and the title song of MATS, and they sounded great when mixed in with the new and older stuff they played (Electric Lash? talk about unexpected! )
After Everything Now This, from 2002, is a rather good return to form, IMO; lots of the classic Church sound and Steve's luscious vocals and enigmatic lyrics. This one made more than a few best of lists from last year, and I don't know any fan who is really disappointed with this one in any way, shape, or form.
Don't know if you've picked up the Box Of Birds covers album, which isn't bad, but the versions of Televison's Friction and Mott's All The Young Dudes don't add anything at all and sound rather average. I love their version, however, of early Ultravox's Hiroshima Mon Amour, which is really really good.
Thanks for the great info, Green Man! I haven't heard of the Box of Birds album, another one to check out! Anyway, my fave album is "Heyday": what a classic!
Originally posted by Adam Tate I know this one breaks the rules but I made a great CDR compilation a few years ago - which I still play frequently in my car. The compilation features various Factory bands and was entitled "Factory Seconds" (no insult intended). The track listing is as follows:-Crispy Ambulance - The PresenceA Certain Ratio - FlightSection 25 - Melt CloseDurutti Column - For Belgian FriendsCrispy Ambulance - Simon's GhostA Certain Ratio - Winter HillSection 25 - InspirationDurutti Column - English Landscape TraditionThe CD is housed in a Peter Saville look sleeve designed by yours truly. The CD deliberately had no Joy Division / New Order (as to most people it is familiar). I love it when people travelling in my car prick up their ears and cannot believe they have never heard any of this great music before.On the subject of the Triffids I was very fond of them back in my student days. I still have "Born Sandy Devotional", "Calanture" and "The Black Swan" on CD, Have not listened to these for around 10 years now - must dig them out again. Sad to hear a few years back that lead singer David McComb had passed away.
Great choices there, Adam! As for the Triffids, you need to urgently wipe the dust off your CDs, man!
Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round > Originally posted by masaaki sakai> plastic by hol - a b side n'est ce pas?
oui and non. Plastic was originally a B-side (to "Destroy the heart", methinks) but was later re-recorded and included in the "Butterfly" album.
ah - never got that album - is that the one with a cover of the chills pink frost on it?
Originally posted by masaaki sakai > Originally posted by Monsieur Round&Round > Originally posted by masaaki sakai> plastic by hol - a b side n'est ce pas?
oui and non. Plastic was originally a B-side (to "Destroy the heart", methinks) but was later re-recorded and included in the "Butterfly" album.
ah - never got that album - is that the one with a cover of the chills pink frost on it?
How can I put this...
it has a butterfly on the cover 
Their first offering on a major label after their ditched Creation, it was released in 1990 after a year in the recording studio... and it was the start of their downfall.
A mighty album, nevertheless!
i know whats on the sleeve! i meant a cover version of the chills pink frost! (was a b side of the girl with the loneliest eyes - not sure if was on the album or not)
was on the fontana label n'est ce pas?
Originally posted by masaaki sakai i know whats on the sleeve! i meant a cover version of the chills pink frost!(was a b side of the girl with the loneliest eyes - not sure if was on the album or not)was on the fontana label n'est ce pas?
Duh! Sorry about the mess-up! No, the cover version is not on the album wich, was, indeed, released on Fontana/Mercury.
