The best friend to have is a railroad track. by Rob Conroy

Rob Conroy

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Submit Date: 11/29/2006
Format: CD
Category: Mixed Genre

The best friend to have is a railroad track.


Artist	Song
Shack	Sgt. Major

Lou Reed	Egg Cream

Venetian Snares + Speedranch	We Hate Russell

The Pretenders	The Phone Call

David Johansen	Frenchette

The Allman Brothers Band	In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Bob Dylan	Spirit on the Water

This Mortal Coil	Song to the Siren

Dead Kennedys	Holiday in Cambodia

James Taylor	Carolina in My Mind [1968 version]

Devo	Praying Hands

Ween	Never Squeal

Joanna Newsom	The Book of Right-On

Richard Hawley	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?

Tom Waits	Bottom of the World

The Hold Steady	Southtown Girls

Hole	Olympia [a.k.a. Rock Star]

XTC	Me and the Wind

Comment:

A super-quick "for the hell of it" mix that skirts Dadrock territory a little more than I'd like. That said, it's a pleasant listen. Thanks to SwankQueen for hipping me to the beauty of that This Mortal Coil cover. Title courtesy of Mr. Waits.

Feedback:

hemizen
Date: 11/29/2006

Great looking mix.

p the swede
Date: 11/29/2006

7-12 are really wicked but it probarbly work just because of that

Jean-Yves1
Date: 11/29/2006

This looks awesome, as usual.

sammyg123
Date: 11/29/2006

Love everything I know here. Which is quite a lot of it. Great opening couplet, and that's a killer 7-15 stretch. Good work Rob. Oh, and cheers for the Appendix Out link you sent earlier :)

Pop Kulcher
Date: 11/29/2006

Nice variety here. And Courtney's most significant addition to the canon.

slipperyhangdoglook
Date: 11/29/2006

keep those "for the hell of it" mixes comin!

Mark Petruccelli
Date: 11/29/2006

Good stuff. 7,9,10,12,15 do it for me.

anthony lombardi
Date: 11/29/2006

looks good, rob -- the tom waits, dead kennedys, dylan & pretenders tracks stand out the most to me

Nomates
Date: 11/29/2006

Terrific stuff. Great James Taylor pick.

SwankQueen
Date: 11/29/2006

Dad rock??? I think not. Perhaps hot mama rock, as I suspect it's for that girl you go on about! Great mix, nonetheless.

Moe
Date: 11/29/2006

Dad rock? Is there something that you need to tell us? ;) Some tasty pleasures here, that even great grandparents would like.

Mr. Mirage
Date: 11/30/2006

From a well known American Dad: "Oh, holy crap!"Why crap would be holy is a mystery to me... but there you are.Superb mix, even for an Old Phart like me!!!

The Misfit
Date: 11/30/2006

Wonderful!

Barrydali
Date: 11/30/2006

Choo Choo Rob, love the opener and the 7-15 run.

Nick Falivena
Date: 12/2/2006

Are ween and DK dad rock now? shit. (I am a dad, but still)

Bear
Date: 12/2/2006

Really nice. Great 13-15 section.

jonpoi
Date: 12/4/2006

Definitely poidom going on.

Siobhan
Date: 12/5/2006

Cool stuff - you do have a habit of putting together some fine for-the-hell-of-it mixes! Like the Lou Reed inclusion a lot, and the Pretenders seems like it fits really well.