My Life -The Mixtape
Over at Blog on the Tracks, Simon Sweetman has essembled a mixtape of his life. It was pretty interesting to see and I though I’d do it for myself.
Below are Simon’s rules for making the tape
“So, here are the rules for assembly - you take three songs from across the first three or four albums you ever owned. You add three songs from anything you considered formative at high-school. You add three more songs from university or early working days. You take three songs from anything you’ve liked across the last three years. And you take three songs that show the impact of other people; their tastes perhaps - things you were put on to that might not have been your taste at first. Things that you have grown to love, maybe because you love the person who likes those songs.
That should total 15. Side one will be subtitled The Early Yearsand will feature the music from the first albums you bought, high-school and university or first job days (nine tracks in total). Side two can be called These Days and will feature six songs - the three from albums across the last three years and the three you’ve picked up from someone else’s influence. Now line them up and tell a story”.
So here it is, My Life - The Mixtape as of August 20, 2011 at the age of 26.
Side one - the early years
1. 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins
2. Boombastic, Shaggy
3. Dreamlover, Mariah Carey
4. Zombie, The Cranberries
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
6. Talk Show Host, Radiohead
7. Smack My Bitch Up, The Prodigy
8. Everlong, The Foo Fighters
9. Wonderwall, Oasis
Side two - these days
10. Electric Dream, Shapeshifter
11. Going Wrong, Armin van Buuren
12. Always Loved a Film, Underworld
13. Burn My Shadow, UNKLE
14. Just One Second, London Elektricity
15. Abel, The National
It may not be the best mix - but there it is. Ask me next week and It’ll be different.
