Other Mixes By starkat
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Mixed Genre
CD
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Mixed Genre
you probably think this song is about you: songs about famous people
Side A | ||
Artist | Song | |
carly simon | you're so vain | |
bob dylan | the hurricane | |
csny | suite judy blue eyes | |
ani difranco | napoleon | |
the velvet underground | new age | |
david bowie | lady stardust | |
yo la tengo | let's save tony orlando's house | |
x | adult books | |
the replacements | alex chilton | |
the pixies | allison | |
the clash | the right profile | |
dexy's midnight runners | geno | |
bikini kill | tony randall | |
sleater-kinney | i wanna be yr joey ramone | |
sonic youth | tunic (song for karen) | |
nirvana | frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle | |
wesley willis | kurt cobain | |
nine inch nails | starfuckers, inc. | |
Side B | ||
Artist | Song | Buy |
james taylor, warren beatty, mick jagger or various other people carly simon has shagged | ||
rubin 'hurricane' carter | boxer | |
joni mitchell | singer/songwriter | |
suzanne vega | singer/songwriter | |
robert mitchum | actor | |
marc bolan | t. rex | |
tony orlando | disco booty shaker | |
jacqueline susann | author of valley of the dolls | |
alex chilton | big star | |
mose allison | pianist | |
montgomery cliff | actor | |
geno washington | geno washington and the ram jam band | |
tony randall | actor | |
joey ramone | the ramones | |
karen carpenter | the carpenters | |
frances farmer | actress | |
kurt cobain | nirvana | |
rose mcgowan | actress | |
Comment:
the first two columns are artist and song. the second two are who the song is about and who they are. got it? good.this mix is one of those mixes that is really more about the theme than the music, which is ok but definitely hurts the mix in a lot of ways. the transitions kind of suck (nirvana to wesley willis to nine inch nails...oh dear! poor wesley, i had no place else to put him and i found it rather amusing that the song about kurt cobain is after the nirvana track) but i know i wanted to start with "you're so vain" and end with "starfuckers, inc" because trent reznor steals the you're so vain part from ms. simon and i thought it would be kind of nice to go full circle. most of the songs aren't really about the famous person but have the person's name in the title so i counted them anyway (i.e. "tony randall").
honorable mention: the pixies - alec eiffel (because when i was in seventh grade my history teacher asked who designed the eiffel tower, i said alec eiffel, referring to the pixies songs. needless to say, i was wrong, it was gustave eiffel. but still, wasn't i the coolest little seventh grader ever?)
the rolling stones - angie (angela bowie. the legend goes that angela bowie, david's wife at the time, found mick jagger and david bowie in bed together. mick and david quickly wrote the song in order to calm angela down so she wouldn't go to the press. of course, jagger and bowie both deny this and the song credit is given to keith richards.)
le tigre - hot topic (about way to many famous people to count!)
i also had veruca salt's "with david bowie" and rasputina's "howard hughes" but the mix went over 80 minutes and so i cut the weakest tracks.
Feedback:
Great concept, (mostly) great songs (ok, I could do without the title track, but I guess it makes sense to include it). Great call particularly on the Clash, YLT, Sonic Youth, Replacements and S-K tracks. I might also add YLT's "Tom Courtenay," Young Fresh Fellows' "Amy Grant" or "The New John Agar" (b-movie actor), Matthew Sweet's "Winona" (i.e. Ryder), etc.
This is crazy impressive!
Wow, I didn't make the connection taht starfuckers was about Rose McGowan. Should have been as obvious as My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow is about Eric Clapton, or how at least one or two Alanis Morrisettes songs are about Uncle Joey from Full House.
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" isn't about Joni Mitchell, it's about Judy Collins...:-)
hehe, that makes sense seeing as joni mitchel's name isn't judy. blame my mom for this mistake, seeing as she suggested it.
Fucking Brilliant Mix!
What about Bobby Brown Goes Down, by Frank Zappa? :)
Just out of curiousity, where'd you find out Napoleon is about Suzanne Vega? I mean, I'm a big fan of both, and I find that very interesting.
my friend katie...that may not be true but it is definitely about someone famous.