DJ BJ

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Member Since: 8/4/2002
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A Mad Pursuit of Every Next Day

Artist Song
Spiritualized  Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space 
Sigur Ros  Intro 
Sigur Ros  Svefn-G-Englar 
The Velvet Underground & Nico  Heroin 
The Orb  Lil' Fluffy Clouds 
Radiohead  National Anthem 
Modest Mouse  Gravity Rides Everything 
The Flaming Lips  Waiting For Superman 
Beth Orton  She Cries Your Name 
Wilco  I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 
Pink Floyd  Wish You Were Here 
Mark Kozelek  Rock & Roll Singer 
Jeff Tweedy  Suken Treasure 
Elliott Smith  Miss Misery 
Cat Powers  Satisfaction 
Pixies  Where Is My Mind? 

Comment:

I made this for a friend of mine who had about 1800 miles in front of her. I knew she would have never heard any of these songs before (or at least the versions on this CD) so I shied away from the to obscure and went for the interestingly digestable. Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen... has a nice opening and the song goes into Sigur Ros pretty well. The ending heartbeat of Svefn-G-Englar melds into the heart-beat-like drumming of Moe Tucker on Heroin. Lil' Fluffy Clouds is such a good 90's drug song I had to put it after the king of smack out songs. From there I went to Radioheads National Anthem cause of the nice bass line opening and the horns that come in later. The song falls apart gloriously at the end. It's a come down and not necessarily a good one. Gravity Rides Everything comes in as a reminder of the weight of the world, personal problems, work problems, drug problems. Everyone and everything has it's own inescapable gravity, and there is no since in Waiting For Superman 'cause the guy in tights ain't coming. So get that cry for help/need with Beth Orton. Too much, too much. Time to retreat to the psychological protection of music. "Let rock 'n' roll deliver me from nowhere"... Wilco's I Am Trying To Break Your Heart has that sound of "song taveling on waves" I thought was appropriate. So does wish You Were Here (still makes me cringe to put that song on a mix). Since I delved into the past I may as well wallow in it and the rock 'n' roll theme with Mark Kozelek's version of AC/DC's Rock 'N' Roll Singer. Then follow that up with Tweedy's Sunken Treasure with the great line "music was my savior/but I was maimed by rock 'n' roll". Then have Elliott step in with a little drunken misery, and have Cat come in with an acoustic, lethargic rendition of the Stone's Satisfaction. A perfect song to stare at oncoming headlights while you tap the end of a lit cigarette out the crack of your window. Finally, the Pixies's Where Is My Mind because what the hell was I thinking when I made this mix?

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abigail dice
Date: 8/30/2002
very good stuff. I'd love to listen to this while on the road! :) I especially love the Wilco and Pixes songs.
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Adr8012
Date: 8/30/2002
cool
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Geoffrey Holland
Date: 8/30/2002
nice
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concatenare
Date: 8/30/2002
I snagged a Sigur Ros CD after catching them on a local radio station. This sounds interesting. Why not? Let's!