• Submit Date: 5/30/2008
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Theme

J'en perds la raison dans la mer

Artist Song
Neutral Milk Hotel  In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 
The Stone Roses  Waterfall 
Talking Heads  Take Me to the River (live) 
PJ Harvey  The River 
R.E.M.  Nightswimming 
Smog  Bathysphere 
Cocteau Twins  Sea, Swallow Me 
Air  Mer du Japon 
Robert Wyatt  Sea Song 
The Velvet Underground  The Ocean 
Spiritualized  Cool Waves 
Sonic Youth  Diamond Sea 
Cat Power  Sea of Love 
Windsor for the Derby  Now I Know the Sea 
Stereolab  Velvet Water 
A Place to Bury Strangers  Ocean 
Tom Waits  The Ocean Doesn't Want Me 
The Doors  Land Ho! 

Comment:

I lose my mind in the sea. I lose my mind in water. The ironic part: I can't even swim. I guess the ocean doesn't want me.

Title taken from the Air song.
image for mix

Feedback:

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anthony lombardi
Date: 5/30/2008
1-5 alone is worth 5 stars - then you enter the rest of the mix into the equation...this is fantastic, i love it. tom waits & VU & stereolab & robert wyatt...rarely do i see theme mixes done this wonderfully.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 5/31/2008
Wonderful mix. Love the Cocteau Twins -> Air -> Robert Wyatt bit especially.
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mahdishain
Date: 5/31/2008
Heads, VU, and Waits are highlights here. Clever ending.
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doowad
Date: 6/1/2008
This is definitely the kind of themed mix that I could get into. Beautiful.
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fritz1
Date: 6/1/2008
good theme, well executed!
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2old2matter
Date: 6/3/2008
A new soundtrack for the sailboat! Excellent.