The important thing to remember is that I didn’t set out to make this mix as it is.
The initial concept was to pull out the box of CDs I seldom listen to and pull tracks from them. It is not a judgment call as to why the Beasties’ Hello Nasty
is down there on the Island of Misfit Toys; I just don’t listen to the album much and, if I have a yen for the Boyz, I go for Ill Communication
or Paul’s Boutique
. If I am in a really regressive state of mind and nostalgia has me by the nosehairs, out comes A Flock Of Seagulls (which is amazing considering how tiny my nostrils are.)
(Who am I kidding? My nostrils are HUGE.)
There are songs here that I never listen to. The dust on Orgy’s Vapor Transmission
and the Pushmonkey
CD are like instant mud – just add water. Some of these tunes are fondly remembered, some barely remembered and still others come from the “what was I thinking” file, but in combination, this constitutes the strangest mix I think I’ve ever achieved and, quite rightly, I’m afraid of it.
Somebody hold me.
A Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) from The Best of A Flock of Seagulls
(1987)
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic from Hello Nasty (1998)
Eve 6 – Leech from Eve 6
(1998)
Keats – Hollywood Heart from Keats
(1984)
Leaves’ Eyes – Elegy from Vinland Saga
(2005)
Limblifter – Screwed It Up from Limblifter
(1995)
My Little Dog China – Eggshells from Velvis Carnival
(1994)
Orgy – Fiction (Dreams In Digital) from Vapor Transmission (2000)
Procol Harum – Bringing Home The Bacon from Grand Hotel
(1973)
Pushmonkey – Handslide from Pushmonkey (1998)
Sweet – Burn On The Flame from Strung Up
(1975)
T Bone Burnett – The Long Time Now from The Criminal Under My Own Hat
(1992)
The Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies – Boogie King from Big Wheel
(1999)
Thomas Dolby – Airwaves from The Golden Age of Wireless
(1982)
Triumph – Headed For Nowhere from Surveillance
(1987)
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