benfortenberry

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Member Since: 1/16/2006
Total Mixes: 6
Total Feedback: 2

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CD | Theme - Cover Songs

No More Heroes: Historical Figures in Song

Artist Song
The Stranglers  No More Heroes 
The Sweet  Alexander Graham Bell 
Jonathan Richman  Vincent Van Gogh 
Boney M.  Rasputin 
Franz Ferdinand  All For You, Sophia 
Afro Cuban All Stars  Che Guevara 
They Might Be Giants  James K. Polk 
Kinky Friedman  Amelia Earhart 
Georgie Fame  The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde 
Johnny Wakelin  Black Superman 
Prince Buster  Al Capone 
The Kinks  Mr. Churchill Says 
Tom Lehrer  Wernher Von Braun 
Bob Dylan  Dear Mrs. Roosevelt 
Rich O'Toole  Pancho Villa 
Neil Young   Cortez  
Gogol Bordello  Mussolini vs. Stalin 
Iron Maiden  Alexander the Great 
Monty Python  Oliver Cromwell 
Simon and Garfunkel  So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 

Comment:

With help from other places on the web...

Three good tunes that sadly did not make the cut:

Sufjan Stevens - Adlai Stevenson
The Magnetic Fields - The Death of Ferdinand De Saussure
Leadbelly- Hitler Song

Spurned any list songs (Vogue, We Didnt Start the Fire, etc.)

Thoughts / grevious omissions?

Feedback:

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Pop Kulcher
Date: 11/14/2008
Clever concept, and fun song sel*ction (nods to Sweet, Richman, Kinks, Neil, and S&G). The Sufjan & Magnetic Fields songs would've been great as well (I had no clue who Ferdinand was before hearing that song, but such a great song).
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doowad
Date: 11/14/2008
You could have put Woody's version of the Dylan track and done Joey, Hurricane, Lenny Bruce, Song to Woody, etc. from Bob..
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doowad
Date: 11/14/2008
I would like to hear the Rich O'Toole and while the Neil song is great Neil, it is terrible history.
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slimsisney
Date: 11/14/2008
A history (MA in world history) and music lover can definitely appreciate this mix. There are some nice pairings throughout.
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avocado rabbit
Date: 11/14/2008
I love the bio songs and have been compiling a bunch for a mix on this very same theme. Happily, only a couple are on this mix. Really nice work.
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Rebel Princess
Date: 11/15/2008
Rasputin! Oh, God. This reminds me, I have to polish my Russian and English history a bit. Nice mix. Monty Pyhton on a mix always equal bonus points.
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njr
Date: 11/19/2008
Wow! What a great theme! You will get many more raves about this mix!