French Connection

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Member Since: 11/18/2003
Total Mixes: 117
Total Feedback: 4076

Other Mixes By French Connection

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  • Submit Date: 10/14/2006
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

Turn That Shit Off

Artist Song
No Neck Blues Band  Raise High Then Roof Carpenters 
Sunburned Hand Of The Man  Sepent's Wish 
Om  Bedouin's Vigil 
Grizzly Bear  Marla 
Cul De Sac & John Fahey  Gamelan Guitar 
Neutral Milk Hotel  Marching Theme 
The Olivia Tremor Control  Do You Like Worms (Do You Dig) 
Dwarves  Sit On My Face 
TV On The Radio  Bicycles Are Red Hot 
The Fugs  Carpe Diem 
Steve Miller  Song For Our Ancestors 
Pedra Branca  Territorio Ancestral 
Six Organs Of Admittance  School Of The Flower 
?  A Wine Glass & A Wet Finger 

Comment:

Here it is the 3rd in the 'Listen With Difficulty ' Series. For the uninitiated it's where I deliberately make a mix that I know will drive my wife Helen up the wall! This one lulls her into a false sense of security, in that the previous 2 mixes would have had her racing for the off switch within seconds but here I've tried to create the impression (for her anyway) that I'm losing my touch. Barry can vouch for the 6 Organs track he was sorta present when Helen heard it yesterday afternoon, 'Ridiculous male shit' was the response I got if my vin rouge addled memory recalls correctly. I think the final cut is by The Guillemots btw but I can't be certain on that one. The OTC cover of The Beachboys is blinding (The BeachBoys original version is too listenable to feature here. No apologies (cept maybe to the long suffering Mrs. that is) for using several artists who've featured quite prominently in my mixes of late. This type of mix don't come easy so I have to keep notes when I come across suitable 'Difficult Listening' when compiling other mixes. I'd say enjoy but many won't, for my part I think it's the best yet hee hee.

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Barrydali
Date: 10/14/2006
Youre a sick puppy Cliff, do ya hear me? a sick pup. I could listen to this easily but then I'm hard as nails. God bless poor Mrs Frenchy she has a lot to contend with here. Track 2, heeheehee. Nice one.
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blasikin
Date: 10/14/2006
Fugs and Dwarves and Steve Miller, oh my! Love to hear this one.
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musicgnome
Date: 10/14/2006
Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Mixxer
Date: 10/14/2006
Cool idea! That lady is saint, Cliff.
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p the swede
Date: 10/14/2006
heavy shit
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groove366
Date: 10/14/2006
Quite the line up... especially like the 8-11 sequence.
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Nomates
Date: 10/14/2006
You're a bit mad, aren't you...is it a club? Do you have a clubhouse? Can I join? Ho hum.
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French Connection
Date: 10/14/2006
Well as you don't seem to be of the Groucho Marx persuasion mon ami 'Nomates' certainly you can join. We can use my music den at the bottom of the garden as our club house & I hereby appoint you vice president. - All other applications to be forwarded to the new vice president. All we need now is a club name!
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Nomates
Date: 10/14/2006
I have it! The "Nomates" Club, c/o French Connection, At the bottom of the garden, His House, Frenchland.Members only. Current members: 1. President (Non-member) and ever-so-slightly mad: French Connection. Vice-President: Nomates - and it's probably better if he keeps it that way.Thank you for your interest, membership is now closed. You see, then I can be the sole member of a club that WILL have me as a member. Now, atsa some nifty!
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hemizen
Date: 10/14/2006
Hot stuff hear Cliff. I will be posting a mix later today with a Grizzly Bear track and didn't have room for a TV On The Radio track-so I like your thinking. I agree with Mixxer-Helen is a Saint!
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Luke79
Date: 10/14/2006
long live the unlistenable
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anthony lombardi
Date: 10/14/2006
hey, we've got to put our ambition somewhere, right? i'm sure your wife appreciates being a muse of some sort. & what a muse she is, this looks great.
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sammyg123
Date: 10/14/2006
Hell yeah. I'd love a listen to see just how unlistenable this really is. My other half appears to hate all songs by everyone, ( I tell a lie, she does own 'The Prodigy Experience' and 'Justified' by that Timberlake fella ) so I couldn't partake in said theme, it'd be all to easy....
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jab
Date: 10/14/2006
fucking. genius.
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Jenergy
Date: 10/15/2006
This is nice, and it's so wonderful that you put so much time & energy into making your spouse auditorily miserable. When I wanted to torture my ex, I just put on Metal Machine Music at top volume.

And really, why would anyone turn off the Fugs.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 10/15/2006
I love this stuff.
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jonpoi
Date: 10/16/2006
This would be very well accepted in a local dining establishment. This kind of stuff is also appreciated in local Chinatown souvenir shops. I don't know why. But there ya go, that is the genius that you are able to display.
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Bear
Date: 10/17/2006
Red wine and this mix looks pretty good to me.
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Siobhan
Date: 10/18/2006
I think I might be a bit late in here but can I join the club too? I like how it sounds kind of like the Secret Seven, but with music instead of smugglers' caves. I will provide the home-made lemonade and rock cakes, and possibly Timmy the dog too. But anyway - this is great and I love your comments! It really all looks good to me and the TV On The Radio, Cul De Sac/Fahey and NMH are all great inclusions.
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Salman1
Date: 11/6/2006
This is the 'shit' I turn way the fuck up! That Grizzly Bear to TV on the Radio stretch is divine my friend. Great mix.
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12vman
Date: 5/17/2007
I believe I would completely & thoroughly enjoy this disc - yes I would. Great, great, GREAT, ridiculous male shit!