• Submit Date: 6/12/2007
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

We Can't See Clear, But What We See is Alright.

Artist Song
Pursuit of Happiness  I'm an Adult Now 
Elvis Costello  Welcome to the Working Week 
Talking Heads  Once In A Lifetime 
The Modern Lovers  Someone I Care About 
Adam Green  My Shadow Tags On Behind 
Patti Smith  My Generation (The Who cover) 
The Rolling Stones  Gimme Shelter 
Belle and Sebastian  Fox in the Snow 
The Velvet Underground  Candy Says 
Nick Drake  Time of No Reply 
Of Montreal  Neat Little Domestic Life 
Marvin Gaye  Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 
R.E.M  (Don't Go Back To) Rockville 
The Kinks  Shangri-La 
Bob Dylan  The Times They Are A-Changin' 

Comment:

At the ripe old age of twenty, I'm just now beginning to get a grasp of what the rest of my life has in store for me.



And you better believe I'm scared out of my wits about it.



So, I made a mix of songs about the new "adult" worries that I have, like bills, love, my relationships with my friends and family, hating my job, etc. There's also songs that reference my fear of becoming a boring, domesticated woman. That's something I'm really struggling with; holding on to my identity, while shedding the parts of it that won't translate well in "adulthood".


Basically, I'm trying to embrace the fact that I have the world at my finger tips but I'm also dreading it.



[Title lifted from a line in Sonic Youth's "Eric's Trip"]

Feedback:

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French Connection
Date: 6/12/2007
When you figure it all out let me know. Or on the other hand, just enjoy the journey!Particularly like the 7-11 stretch.
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A.D. 69
Date: 6/12/2007
All really well chosen songs, man. They're all great, and even though that Dylan track is a little cliche, its a winner too. Nice job.
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A.D. 69
Date: 6/12/2007
And sorry about calling you "man."
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mahdishain
Date: 6/12/2007
2-3 does it for me.
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fritz1
Date: 6/12/2007
gotta love that REM number. big fan of patti smith, belle and sebastian, and of montreal (i could take or leave adam green)... good concept!
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jackie_onassinator
Date: 6/12/2007
wow. lots to love here. "my shadow tags on behind" owns my heart. you should include "eric's trip" on the mix.
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Ginatron
Date: 6/13/2007
When I was making the mix, I almost didn't add the Dylan track because of how cliche it is. I added it to be like the old wise man who tells you like it is.

And "Eric's Trip" almost made it, and I might make another version and add it, but at that time I didn't think that it went all that well with the concept.
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Pop Kulcher
Date: 6/13/2007
Great sentiment, great mix. Being double your age, I'm still struggling with these things, as is everyone I know. Kudos to you on the Of Montreal track, which sums it up nicely. For future listening, consider Pete Townshend's "Slit Skirts" (which tackles the subject head-on).
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DJ Karen Adams
Date: 6/16/2007
DJ Karen approved!
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sammyg123
Date: 6/16/2007
15 Classics. Hats off to you! Very Possibly my favourite R.E.M & VU tracks aswell..
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brodie8288
Date: 6/17/2007
I always put "Welcome To The Working Week" on in the car on Mondays....just sorta' makes it bearable.