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Oh, Sh*t! I'm 40! (2-cd set)
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| The Who | The Kids Are Alright (1965) | |
| The Beatles | Rain (1966) | |
| The Byrds | My Back Pages (1967) | |
| The Kinks | Village Green Preservation Society (1968) | |
| Velvet Underground | Pale Blue Eyes (1969) | |
| Grateful Dead | Ripple (1970) | |
| Paul McCartney | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (1971) | |
| Big Star | Ballad of El Goodo (1972) | |
| Pink Floyd | Time/Breathe reprise (1973) | |
| Genesis | The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) | |
| Brian Eno | St. Elmo's Fire (1975) | |
| Modern Lovers | Roadrunner (1976) | |
| Talking Heads | Pulled Up (1977) | |
| The Ramones | I Wanna Be Sedated (1978) | |
| The Clash | Rudie Can't Fail (1979) | |
| Joy Division | Love WIll Tear Us Apart (1980) | |
| Squeeze | In Quintessence (1981) | |
| Elvis Costello | Beyond Belief (1982) | |
| R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe (1983) | |
| The Replacements | I Will Dare (1984) | |
| Camper Van Beethoven | Take The Skinheads Bowling (1985) | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| The Feelies | Slipping Into Something (1986) | |
| Sonic Youth | Catholic Block (1987) | |
| Pixies | Where Is My Mind (1988) | |
| Yo La Tengo | Barnaby, Hardly Working (1989) | |
| The Connells | Sone Cold Yesterday (1990) | |
| Sebadoh | The Freed Pig (1991) | |
| Pavement | Trigger Cut (1992) | |
| Liz Phair | F*ck & Run (1993) | |
| Built To Spill | Distopian Dream Girl (1994) | |
| Teenage Fanclub | Sparky's Dream (1995) | |
| Fountains Of Wayne | Radiation Vibe (1996) | |
| Sleater-Kinney | Little Babies (1997) | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel | Holland 1945 (1998) | |
| Wilco | A Shot In The Arm (1999) | |
| Phish | First Tube (2000) | |
| The Shins | New Slang (2001) | |
| Flaming Lips | Fight Test (2002) | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | The Sound Of Settling (2003) | |
| Modest Mouse | Float On (2004) | |
| New Pornographers | The Bleeding Heart Show (2005) | |
| Matthew Sweet with Susanna Hoffs | The Kids Are Alright (2006) | |
Comment:
Having made 40th Birthday mixes for a few friends over the past couple years, it's finally time to make one for myself. (Though I'm still a month away from this evil landmark.) I opted for the one-song-per-year approach, and it worked out quite nicely, with just enough room for everything I wanted to include over the course of 2 discs. A couple notes:1) I cheated a bit by including 1965 when, I should note, I was still in utero. But that helped me create a fancy bit of symmetry, starting with the original "Kids are Alright" and ending with the version from Matthew Sweet's new covers album. Besides, in George Bush's America, life begins at conception. Asshole.
2) Though some of these picks I would consider to have been the best song (or an excerpt from the best album) of a particular year, more often than not I favored something which had some specific significance for me at some point in my life.
3) The one-song-per-year artifice has a bit of a distorting effect, as some years obviously have more to choose from, and my desire to include certain artists dictated certain choices. (i.e. I would have much rather included something from Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album, which has more significance for me the the "Tear Us Apart" single, but the album came out in 1979, and London Calling beats it out... and so on.)
4) I can't pretend that, for the first dozen or so years represented here, I was actually listening to these songs. I didn't discover rock & roll until around 1975, as my parents didn't listen to rock -- the only rock-ish album they owned was an 8-track-tape of Paul & Linda McCartney's Ram (represented here by "Uncle Albert," the mandatory inclusion of which prevented me from using something from Bowie's Hunky Dory or Genesis' Nursery Cryme</i)). And if I really wanted to represent what I was listening to in my pre-teen years, I would have ended up with a bunch of Sweet or Bay City Rollers, which, while having its time & place, would have resulted in a dramatically different mix. So, yes, a lot of the older songs here result from the later "catching up" I did in high school and college.
Enjoy.
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looks like a pretty sweet mix... I like the concept... a great variety yet everything seems like it would flow together quit nicely... props man...
There's a glitch in the comments above, which the system won't let me revise. Here were the last pair of bullet points:
4) I can't pretend that, for the first dozen or so years represented here, I was actually listening to these songs. I didn't discover rock & roll until around 1975, as my parents didn't listen to rock -- the only rock-ish album they owned was an 8-track-tape of Paul & Linda McCartney's Ram (represented here by "Uncle Albert," the mandatory inclusion of which prevented me from using something from Bowie's Hunky Dory or Genesis' Nursery Cryme). And if I really wanted to represent what I was listening to in my pre-teen years, I would have ended up with a bunch of Sweet or Bay City Rollers, which, while having its time & place, would have resulted in a dramatically different mix. So, yes, a lot of the older songs here result from the later "catching up" I did in high school and college.
Enjoy.
4) I can't pretend that, for the first dozen or so years represented here, I was actually listening to these songs. I didn't discover rock & roll until around 1975, as my parents didn't listen to rock -- the only rock-ish album they owned was an 8-track-tape of Paul & Linda McCartney's Ram (represented here by "Uncle Albert," the mandatory inclusion of which prevented me from using something from Bowie's Hunky Dory or Genesis' Nursery Cryme). And if I really wanted to represent what I was listening to in my pre-teen years, I would have ended up with a bunch of Sweet or Bay City Rollers, which, while having its time & place, would have resulted in a dramatically different mix. So, yes, a lot of the older songs here result from the later "catching up" I did in high school and college.
Enjoy.
This is tremendous. My favorite of yours, so far. Like a fine wine...
And I'd need three discs... though I admit to getting less musically savvy in later years. As far as the evil-ness of any birthday, well, you might be right. However, birthdays are far better than the alternative.
happy birthday, I'm way ahead of you
Excellently done. I tried to do one of these a few months ago (of course mine would have to include a third EP single) and got hung up in the 80's Interestingly, '71, '73, '85 and '02 would have matched up exactly and '81 -'83 would probably been the same artists but different tunes.
This looks great, Marc. As you know, I hit one of these landmarks myself (although not the same one) just a few days ago.
Lot of great picks here. Nice one.
This is great. My B-day is today and I got to say you are a mere younster but you are coming along nicely!
I'm joining the 40 club in 4 days, so this mix is really speaking to me. And my own musical taste converges almost exactly with yours up through 1989. Amazingly relevant and amazingly good. Glad to see I'm in such good company!
Interesting to follow the progression. Nice book end. And H-B, of course!
Excellent!
Excellent!
Happy Birthday, Pop K! Nice picks, and nice history.
concept and cover art both great. Happy 40th!!!
Great great stuff, wouldn't know where to start with picking my favorite tracks here, too many. Happy 40th.
Wow! Great musical journey, always wanted to do one of this year-by-year mixes myself. Congrats!
Superb mix. I may have to do one myself.Word of caution, though: the year I turned 40, my receding hairline simply fled, I had to have my two wisdom teeth pulled, my cholestorol went through the roof and I had to get trifocals.I think my warranty ran out...
For your next mix I'd like to see "Great UK Music 1983-2006". The reason being, the 65-82 section of this is dominated by UK acts, then from 83 onwards TFC are your sole inclusion. We still produce great music, we really do! My opinion on this mix tho, Modest Mouse aside this is pretty much perfect. Happy impending 40th.
oh man. im about to turn 30 and was thinking of doing a mix sort of like this, then i thought... "jab, youre way too lazy to do this" and then i said "wow im right i am too lazy" and then i saw how awesome this mix turned out so i think im going to do it after all. the kids are alright full circle thing is sweet (ugh no pun intended) awesome mixage and happy birfday. hey, 40 is like the new 30!
The more the merrier in this none too exclusive club mon ami. Did my version of this last year (sort of) and in response to Sammy found I struggled to accommodate a British band in the last decade of sounds. A really top mix.
Oh btw the last comment isn't Gobi at all, it's Frenchy out here in Dubai!
Fantastic! I think I'm going to steal your concept in July when I hit the quadruple decade marker. Musicly we walked down very similar paths. I may even outright steal your picks for 1871, 84, 88, and 96 since they fit in so perfectly with where my head is/was at. I swear I played that McCartney song 50 times the first I picked up Wings Greatest Hits. And Surfer Rosa is one of my two all time favorite albums and "Radiation Vibe" might be the most perfect song ever. I have a hunch our record collections are very similar.
What a sensational mix - superb idea (may I borrow it?) and such a strong cross-section of actual music that it gives me tingles. You could not have chosen better songs by The Kinks, The Clash, Fountains of Wayne, or your simply perfect 2005 selection. If I ever made a yearly compilation of my life, my songs would be so lame compared to this (and would surely feature Bay City Rollers, I'm afraid). Man. This is just cool in every way
Huh! After all these years, the kids are still all right!
I'd say the late 70's & early 80's come out looking best here . . .
I'd say the late 70's & early 80's come out looking best here . . .
Fantastic! And don't worry, turnin' 40 only hurts for a little bit.
GREAT mix and idea! I agree with Curtis about the whole 40 thing...
Great stuff, can't imagine how much work went into this.
Superb Marc. 40's a breeze. Wait till you hit 50.
tough to pick one song for each year. Makes me want to try it. That'll make a great 6 cd set. I like the Modern Lovers and Replacement picks. Happy 40th!