Side A
Artist	Song
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Lookin' Out My Back Door
REM	The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
Simon and Garfunkel	Cecilia
Fountains Of Wayne	Hey Julie
The Beatles	Something
OKGO	This Will Be Our Year
Bob Dylan	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Wilco	Someday Soon
Van Morrison	Crazy Love
Nick Drake	Which Will
Neil Young	Heart Of Gold
Ben Folds	Annie Waits
The Beach Boys	God Only Knows
The Flaming Lips	Do You Realize???
Eels	Railroad Man
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Bruce Springsteen	Born To Run
The Shins	New Slang
The Beatles	Michelle
The Lemonheads	Outdoor Type
Paul Simon	Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Belle And Sebastian	If She Wants Me
The Rolling Stones	Beast Of Burden
Big Star	The Ballad Of El Goodo
The Byrds	Turn! Turn! Turn!
Ryan Adams	When The Stars Go Blue
Tom Petty	Free Falling
The Replacements	Skyway
Beck	Lost Cause

Comment:

Whenever I end up doing yardwork with my dad (which is increasingly often when spring comes) and have the radio going he'll always tell me to change it to something more "subtle", so this tape is an attempt to put together a set of music we can both find tolerable. I also tried to make about every other track a song which he would know. "New Slang" is probably way past mix cd/tape cliche by now, but I felt like I had to include it just because it's the most "dad-rock" Shins song. I really wanted to use the Zombies version of "This Will Be Our Year", but the OKGO one was a decent replacement in a pinch. And though it wasn't really planned out, "Cecilia" and "Hey Julie" turned out to sound great next to each other. By the way, did some yard work just today and side A anyway has passed the test.

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