Side A
Artist	Song
Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Prefab Sprout	Bonny
The Magnetic Fields	Acoustic Guitar
Guided*	Pistols Drawn For Heartbreak At Dawn
Pixies	Allison
The Cure	Catch
The Sundays	Goodbye
Bran Van 3000	Everywhere
Nancy Sinatra	Sugar Town
Lou Reed	New York Conversation
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Roque Jnr.	Blue-eyed Revolution
Interpol	Obstacle 2
Siouxsie And The Banshees	Dizzy
Eliot J	Fade
Saint Etienne	Hobart Paving
The Impressions	I'm So Proud
Go Commando	And Suddenly...She Smiled
Dressy Bessy	Super*Everything
Prince	Pop Life

Comment:

Xmas mix for two.
One was AOTM user Adam Crothers, whose recent relationship with a certain musical instrument prompted my 69 LOVE SONGS selection.
The Guided* track was chosen because it is the closest a band from Northern Ireland has come to a teenage symphony to God (or sthg). The singer also shares Mr Crothers's weakness for Kiss and Sophie-Ellis Bextor, and so is clearly of the same feather.
"Catch" by The Cure because it mentions snow and the days getting colder.
"Goodbye" by The Sundays because it is one of the best songs ever written.
Roque Jnr. because Adam is far more of a rock beast at heart than I ever will be.
"Obstacle 2" by Interpol because of "the snow that fell".
"Hobart Paving" by Saint Etienne because of it's Xmassy qualities; mainly the shimmery ripples of guitar in the last third of the song which remind me of the Cocteau Twins.
The Impressions because they keep you warm in winter.
And finally, Go Commando because one of 'em plays the flute and we Belle And Sebastian fans tend to like that sort of thing.
Remember : "Life ain't ever funky unless it's got that POP"

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