the "happy birthday, carly!" mix

Artist Song
the beatles  "birthday" 
tom petty & the heartbreakers  "listen to her heart" 
neutral milk hotel  "naomi" 
the replacements  "birthday gal" 
jeff buckley (with shudder to think)  "i want someone badly" 
elvis costello & burt bacharach  "tears at the birthday party" 
the cure  "spilt milk" 
tom petty & the heartbreakers  "the best of everything" 
death cab for cutie  "photobooth" 
john lennon  "oh yoko!" 
oasis  "she's electric" 
queen  "you're my best friend" 
the ramones  "i don't wanna grow up" [tom waits cover] 
the replacements  "if only you were lonely" 
the beatles  "two of us" 
johnny cash & june carter  "it takes one to know me" 

Comment:

today is my best friend in the entire world's birthday, so i made her this mix. i can't help but feel guilty for reusing the three birthday songs from a previous birthday mix, & even a few other songs from different mixes i've made recently. i can't quite put my finger on it, but this just doesn't feel cohesive or complete - i don't like how the birthday songs are over within the first six tracks, yet it didn't flow right when placed in any other order. other than that, i love the closer, & there are several other songs here that completely exemplify our friendship to a T, so i guess it's not a total loss. i'll make it up to her with the next mix.

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DJ_Imperium
Date: 7/13/2006
I don't think I know that Cure song? In terms of its cohesiveness and completeness, I can't tell as I am not as familiar with some of these songs. But it looks like a fun mix. Especially if all of the songs have a significance to them. We perfectionists sometimes worry too much about how friends will react to their mixes ;)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 7/17/2006
I really like tracks 3-4, 10, 12, and 14-16...
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FoolThemAll
Date: 8/18/2006
Looks good to me. It's actually probably a good thing that you didn't overdo it with the birthday songs. Haven't yet heard the last track, but "Two of Us" is a great second-to-last track (if that makes any sense). But hey, can't hurt to make her more mixes. Especially if they manage to beat this.
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de fusee
Date: 12/26/2007
This is really cute, since my best-friend-ever named Carly would love this.