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Nick Hornby's SONGBOOK
| Artist | Song | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road | |
| Nelly Furtado | I'm Like A Bird | |
| Led Zeppelin | Heartbreaker | |
| Rufus Wainwright | One Man Guy | |
| Santana | Samba Pa Ti | |
| Rod Stewart | Mama You Been On My Mind | |
| Bob Dylan | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window | |
| The Beatles | Rain | |
| Ani DiFranco | You Had Time | |
| Aimee Mann | I've Had It | |
| Paul Westerberg | Born For Me | |
| Suicide | Frankie Teardrop | |
| Teenage Fanclub | Ain't That Enough | |
| J. Geils Band | First I Look At The Purse | |
| Ben Folds Five | Smoke | |
| Badly Drawn Boy | A Minor Incident | |
| The Bible | Glorybound | |
| Van Morrison | Caravan | |
| Butch Hancock and Marce LaCoutre | So I'll Run | |
| Gregory Isaacs | Puff The Magic Dragon | |
| Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Reasons To Be Cheerful pt. 3 | |
| Richard and Linda Thompson | The Calvary Cross | |
| Jackson Browne | Late For The Sky | |
| Mark Mulcahy | Hey Self Defeater | |
| The Velvelettes | Needle In A Haystack | |
| O.V. Wright | Let's Straighten It Out | |
| Royksopp | Royksopp's Night Out | |
| The Avalanches | Frontier Psychiatrist | |
| Soulwax | No Fun/Push It | |
| The Patti Smith Group | Pissing In a River | |
Comment:
**DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for the track selection nor running order of this mix and need to give credit where credit is due. These days I have been reading "Songbook" by Nick Hornby (the author of "High Fidelity"). It's a collection of essays he has written on various songs...his thoughts on their meanings, their place in history, his personal memories about them, etc, etc. I highly reccomend reading it to everybody who posts on this site. Each of the tracks listed here is one he dedicates an essay to, when I have more time I might even make a mix of the other songs he makes mention of in said essays. When I read the table of contents for this book I was immediately impressed by the broad range of styles included (Patti Smith AND Nelly Furtado?? Interesting.), and have learned a lot by reading it. It seemed only natural to listen to the songs being discussed so I went about acquiring them...legally and *ahem* otherwise. Thanks for listening, and Cheers! -AF.
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Do you have the first edition of the book that came with a CD? I have disc 1 and made part 2 with the songs they forgot on disc 1 on my own. I thought that was a cool promotion I thought. Great book.
A cornucopia of great trax. Every time I hear Samba Pa Ti it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Nick Hornby rocks. "Fever Pitch" is brilliant, though I'm not much of a footbal- uh, soccer fan, so I can't quite appreciate it as much as them there Euro-folk. "High Fidelity" is 1 of my favourite books ever. A fine homage, AF; kudos. Out.
A neat mix and a book rec in one. Very cool.
I'm suprised I never caught this one! Let me just say, I had to teach myself how to read due to my crappy school system. So, I've always been embarced to read, instead I turned to music & movies. But about 2 years ago, I went into a book shop because they were going out of business, and for several strange reasons came out with 'About a Boy' by Nick Hornby and I loved it! It's the best book I've ever read (out of all 5 of them *shrug*), I plan on reading all his books and this is just an extra reminder to do so! What a selection of songs!
This mix has left me curious to go back to the book, as there's 30 tracks listed here but the book I have is titled 31 Songs, so were there different US and European additions?
It's a mix I wanted to make a start on myself.
It's a mix I wanted to make a start on myself.