• Submit Date: 7/26/2001
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Theme

If I Saw You on the Bus, Would You Let me Fall in Love With You?

Side A
Artist Song
The Hollies  Bus Stop 
The Fairways  Close to Me 
Tiger Trap  Words and Smiles 
The Teacups  Count to Ten 
B'ehl  Tag 
Holiday Flyer  Every Once and a While 
Doleful Lions  Hang Around in Your Head 
Bob Dylan  I Want You 
Frank Blake  Don't Let Love Pass You By 
Lucksmiths  Abdication! 
Uni  You're So Much 
Elf Power  The Arrow Flies Close 
Blake Babies  Temptation Eyes 
Orange Peels  Something Strange Happens 
Bella Vista  Crushed 
Go Sailor  Bigger Than an Ocean 
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Three Peeps  My Heaven, My Sky 
Stars  On Peak Hill 
Call and Response  The Fool 
Cub  Magic 8 Ball 
The La's  There She Goes 
Aden  New Fast 
Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty  These Parts 
Rocketship  Honey I Need You 
Holiday  Gent 
The Zombies  I Love You 
Glo-Worm  Beyond the Sea 
Grenadine  In a World Without Heroes 
Lovin' Spoonful  You Didn't Have to Be So Nice 
Autocollants  Candy Coated Kisses 
Velocity Girl  Pop Loser 
Tom Waits  Picture in a Frame 

Comment:

This is part of a tape swap with bethanee, who asked that I make her a "crushy" sort of tape. (I would claim this is Ultimate Crush Tape v. 1.6) Since I don't have a crush on anyone presently, I had to find inspiration. For some reason I remembered that when I used to work in downtown Cleveland that there was this cute girl that I would always see on trains and buses that even if I deviated from my usual bus/train usage (by taking another route) she was there. So this is for that cute girl and every other cute girl on trains, in bars, busses and bookstores that I don't seem to have the balls to smile at and say "hi."

Feedback:

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Shoop
Date: 7/26/2001
I'm in totally the same situation, obsessed with a stranger on the train. I've been trying to make a mix that sums up my feelings for awhile now, but it's tough! Nice mix, especially The Hollies and Lovin' Spoonful.
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Hooha123
Date: 7/26/2001

Commuter Love by The Divine Comedy would go well on this mix too.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 7/26/2001
Lovely mix. I've used a few of these in my time... and trust me, I can relate to the whole crush on strangers thing.
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Brandt Fundak1
Date: 7/26/2001
They have to be strangers before they can be lovers or friends right?

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Rob Conroy
Date: 7/26/2001
That's the idea. :-)
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Shoop
Date: 7/26/2001
It's that whole moving from strangers to more than strangers that sucks! What's a shy girl to do when she's got a crush on a shy guy and she has no lead to strike up a conversation and that would be terribly hard to do anyway because they both are always wearing headphones?
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Brandt Fundak1
Date: 7/26/2001
You do the same thing I do. You think "what if...", shrug and keep drinking your pint. I'm just not a master at coy looks and smiles (hence the addition of the brilliant Tiger Trap song Words and Smiles. If I could get them out, it would be like a dream come true!)
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bethanee
Date: 7/30/2001
funny, i spent the weekend in montreal and was inspired to make a tape for you of a very similar theme. but then again, i'm obsessed with strangers.
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Rosie
Date: 11/3/2001
ahhh...stranger crushes. fun and games. i always think of blanche dubois and "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers". so true, a guy on a tram is always more likely to take you seriously when you're in tears with mascara EVERYWHERE and having issues with your mobile phone that your best friend. nice mix, again!
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Adam Bristor
Date: 2/2/2003
Mmm, this is a great idea for a mix, and I love so many of the songs. And though nobody asked, my favorite song in this genre(if you will) is "Skyway" by the Replacements. Sums it up perfectly.