I'm Not Going to Throw Your Ferris Wheel into the River by The Misfit

The Misfit

Member Since: 2/8/2002

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Total Feedback: 1956

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Submit Date: 7/21/2002
Format: CD
Category: Mixed Genre

I'm Not Going to Throw Your Ferris Wheel into the River


Artist	Song
Cramps	Green Door

The A's	Teenage Jerk Off

Skafish	Disgracing the Family Name

Toots & the Maytals	Living in the Ghetto

Orbit	All Shook Up (Dance Mix)

Television Personalities	I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives

Mink DeVille	Guardian Angel

Rachel Sweet	Tonight Ricky

Maggie & Terre Roche	West Virginia

Elvis Costello	Everyday I Write the Book

Squeeze	Up the Junction

Joy Division	She's Lost Control

Raincoats	Life on the Line

James Chance & the Contortions	Contort Yourself

Debris'	Flight Taken

Futura 2000	The Escapades of Futura 2000

UB40	Tyler

Toots & the Maytals	Spiritual Healing

Mink DeVille	I Broke That Promise

Soft Cell	Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Comment:

This is a collection of some of the songs that mattered most to me during one period of my life, from about 1979 to 1983. I wish I could have found room for Tom Waits, Grandmaster Flash, and several others. Believe it or not, the only one here that now gives me a cringe of guilty pleasure is the Soft Cell track; if I were being less historically accurate, I'd substitute David Gray's brilliant cover version of that song. The title comes from the Debris' song, which Billy Cristiano introduced me to at the Annapolis Record Exchange way back in 1980.

Feedback:

p the swede
Date: 7/21/2002

i don't remember how Skafish sounded, was that the guy with a big nose, did you bought that Futura 2000 single because of Clash?, i did

Rob Conroy
Date: 7/21/2002

Whoa, this looks great. I may want to work a copy of this into our upcoming trade... please e-mail me with additional requests, good sir.

McDonald12
Date: 7/21/2002

lotsa goodies here. I really like the toots and ub40 pix

The Misfit
Date: 7/21/2002

Yes, Skafish was the gentleman with the imposing schnozzola. And I was more into rap than the Clash at the time; I don't think I even knew the Clash were involved when I bought that single.

Powers
Date: 7/21/2002

That Skafish song is so incredible...and Rachel Sweet is just too terrific for words hahah...an awesome awesome mix. Bravo!

Mike Pike Set
Date: 7/22/2002

Many cool songs here!

Mo Twang!
Date: 7/22/2002

Fascinating. I think it was toward the end of this period that you made me a Tom Waits mix tape called "Tom Waits for No One" (which I still have).

SAG
Date: 7/23/2002

The A's! It's 1979 all over again! I sure wish their first record would come out on cd. Looks like a terrific mix.

Muzag
Date: 8/7/2002

Ha! I was just having a look through your mixes, Mark, and I saw Mo Twang!'s comment below...I made a Tom Waits called "Tom Waits For No Man" a few years back too (great minds...).[A quick search on Google gets 8850 hits for "Time waits for no one", whereas only 2520 for "Time waits for no man" - so I guess you picked the most apt title too :)]