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When the world is too much with me -- The Ultimate Collection (2 cassettes)
| Side A | ||
| Artist | Song | |
| Tragically Hip | Courage | |
| Marion | Sleep | |
| Muzzle | Flying Lesson | |
| The Sundays | Here's Where the Story Ends | |
| Arnold | Goodbye Grey | |
| The Smiths | Cemetry Gates | |
| Jeff Buckley | Last Goodbye | |
| Beach Boys | God Only Knows | |
| Foo Fighters | Everlong | |
| Counting Crows | Round Here | |
| The Kinks | Days | |
| Live | Lightning Crashes | |
| The Cars | All Mixed Up | |
| The Cure | Lovesong | |
| George Harrison | What Is Life? | |
| Side B | ||
| Artist | Song | Buy |
| Jimmy Eat World | For Me This Is Heaven | |
| Belle and Sebastian | My Wandering Days Are Over | |
| The Gufs | Smile | |
| Nick Drake | One of These Things First | |
| R.E.M. | Nightswimming | |
| Gene | You'll Never Walk Again | |
| Trash Can Sinatras | Obscurity Knocks | |
| Red House Painters | Katy Song | |
| The La's | There She Goes | |
| Weezer | The World Has Turned and Left Me Here | |
| Bob Marley | Redemption Song | |
| The Verve | Velvet Morning | |
| Radiohead | Paranoid Android | |
| Adorable | Crash Sight | |
| The Chameleons | Swamp Thing | |
Comment:
This is a two-cassette set including what I deem to be my favorite songs of all-time, in descending order--"Swamp Thing" being my #1, "Courage" being #30. Some of these are here for sentimental reasons, but all are beautiful and excellent songs known to send shivers down my spine upon their opening chords. When I was compiling this I was surprised how utterly homogenous my favorite songs are...only one band fronted by a female made my list (The Sundays), and a lot of my picks are very epic, sweeping, dramatic songs (about a third are over five minutes long). I've always considered myself to have fairly well-rounded tastes. By the way, I limited this to one song per artist so Radiohead wouldn't take up about five spots. I was also upset that I couldn't fit a Pixies song in, there's simply too many great ones to choose from. And no Beatles songs for the same reason....how can anyone pick just one? Anyhow, let me know what you think! ~dmFeedback:
Nice. Some of these I absolutely adore (like Gene, TCS, Beach Boys, RHP), but if it were my mix, I'd probably leave out Live - just don't care for 'em.
yeah, I'm not too keen on Live anymore, really, but "Lightning Crashes" holds a special place sentimentally. Live are from my hometown and were one of the first "alternative" bands I really warmed up to. I wouldn't touch their most recent two albums with a ten-foot pole.
everlong is also david letterman's favorite song (!) :)
"Swamp Thing" is one of my favourites as well. And I love "Courage" but I prefer the female vocal version used in 'The Sweet Hereafter.' I've gotta get that...
Oddly enough, The Sweet Hereafter is one of my favorite movies and I love Sarah Polley's version too. I think it's one of those songs that would sound alright no matter who does it.
this is really good. kudos on the b & s, smiths and nick drake choices...
Props for "Lovesong", "The World...", "Paranoid Android" and especially "Everlong". Plus it's nice to see a Nick Drake song that hasn't been in a car commercial.
'flying lesson is a great great great great song! same goes for 'obscurity knocks' (although its actually phenomenal, not just great). and about live's latest disc, give it another try, mainly the track 'the ride' -- it could grow on you. just my thought.
awesome picks...about half of these are my favorites too. also, gotta love william wordsworth - nice title, i know how it feels :)