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The line that runs from me goes to you alone

Artist Song
James  Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) 
Gang Of Four  I Found That Essence Rare 
The Jam  Running On The Spot 
The Shins  So Says I 
Pulp  Help The Aged 
The Beta Band  To You Alone 
Portishead  Pedestal 
Ian Brown  Forever And A Day 
Orange Juice  Intuition Told Me (Part 1) 
Orange Juice  Intuition Told Me (Part 2) 
Guided By Voices  My Kind Of Soldier 
Half Man Half Biscuit  Bob Wilson - Anchorman 
Morrissey  You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side 
The Stills  Yesterday Never Tomorrows 
Kings Of Convenience  Singing Softly To Me 
Kings Of Convenience  The Girl From Back Then 
Arab Strap  The Drinking Eye 
The Zutons  Confusion 
The Bluetones  If... 
The Teardrop Explodes  Treason 
Biffy Clyro  Questions And Answers 
The English Beat  Save It For Later 

Comment:

My poor boyfriend. This is for him, and is basically the musical equivalent of me tugging annoyingly on his sleeve and going, "Hey. Hey. So do you like [fill in band here]?" at various opportunities and generally waxing too lyrical about music. I do love making mixes for him, though, since he has excellent taste and is one of the few people who takes an interest in the fact that I like to make them (or he humours me, either way), and this consists of tracks which I hope, or think, he'll like. Just to explain the duplicity where Orange Juice and Kings of Convenience are concerned - it's not something I normally do, but it was only when making this that I noticed on the back of the KoC CD (Quiet Is The New Loud) the words "Singing Softly to Me and The Girl From Back Then are parts 1 and 2 of the same song" - it seemed right to include both. And since I knew I was going to use Intuition Told Me Part 2, using Part 1 just followed naturally! The title is (partly paraphrased) from the Beta Band track.
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Feedback:

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Curtis_Burns
Date: 8/30/2004
Wonderful. I like, I like. The Gang of Four through The Shins, Guided by Voices and that great, great English Beat song especially.
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erik1966lutig
Date: 8/30/2004
I love all of this mix. Well done. Love the HMHB track. Love it. Love it.
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p the swede
Date: 8/31/2004
dig it
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yertle-the-turtle
Date: 8/31/2004
yes love that english beat song.
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McDonald12
Date: 8/31/2004
great stuff from start to finish.
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French Connection
Date: 8/31/2004
Magnifique as ever Siobhan. Beta Band, Ian Brown, GBV & many more & I'm a sucker for Cope! I annoy my wife by talking in song titles/song lyrics!
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James Jackson
Date: 8/31/2004
Love the Go4, Jam, HMHB, Beat, and GbV,and you can never go wrong with a band named James.
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bufo alvarius
Date: 8/31/2004
Fantastic stuff, Siobhan. I love the Shins->Portishead, GBV, Morrisey, Arab Strap and, of course, the English Beat track. Great mix all around.
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Slack-a-gogo
Date: 8/31/2004
Nice stuff - faves include the killer Teardrop pick and my fave Morrissey tune (I wish he rocked like this on a few more songs).
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G-Sphere
Date: 8/31/2004
Very nice. Lots of great picks... gang of four, orange juice, teardrop
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Thomas_Mohr
Date: 8/31/2004
Lovely to see Half Man Half Biscuit featured on a mix. and he rest sure ain't bad, either . . .
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12vman
Date: 8/31/2004
Great stuff.
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 8/31/2004
Looks rawkin'. A genre worlds apart from the one in which I exist; but cOoL lookin' nonetheless!
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Bear
Date: 8/31/2004
Very nice and amusing comments there too...
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buglady
Date: 8/31/2004
The Jam, The Shins, Beta Band, KOC, English Beat, lots to love on this one!
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Rob Conroy
Date: 8/31/2004
Lucky him. This looks great. I think there are only one or two that I don't know, but I love the rest.
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joey de vivre
Date: 8/31/2004
Nothing wrong with a double OJ, & a nice big finish w/ the English Beat . . . trust your Intuition!
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PradaMeinhof
Date: 8/31/2004
I have to assume that if you call the Beat the English Beat then you prolly don't have a clue who Bob Wilson is. So full propers to you for including "Anchorman".

And while we're on the subject, who exactly were the non-English Beat?
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SMoss
Date: 8/31/2004
Would love to do a first trade with you (for this) if interested. I'll be in the red t-shirt and green ascot. Please be discreet.
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Dom1
Date: 8/31/2004
Yeah...who the hell were these Foreign Beats??? Great looking mix Siobhan...hope yr byfriend enjoys/ed it!
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 8/31/2004
For the record, there was an "American" Beat (a very good one at that).
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Lancelot Link IV1
Date: 9/1/2004
Many great choices (dig the OJ, GBV, HFHB run esp.). The (American) Beat went on to be called Paul Collins' Beat (he of the Nerves). A band worth checking out.