The Saturday Mixtape: 3/15/08

Zack Dennis March 15, 2008 14

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Hi all. I’m guest-posting for Jeff today. When I was probably about 13 or so, my Uncle Mark made a series of mixtapes for my family that I’ve tried to reconstruct here. He was a big fan of Irish music, so it seemed appropriate to post this as close to St. Patrick’s Day as possible.

Side 1:

The Violent Femmes – American Music from Why Do Birds Sing?

Richard Thompson – I Feel So Good from Rumor and Sigh

Shriekback – Nemesis from Oil & Gold

The Replacements – Talent Show from Don’t Tell a Soul

The Proclaimers – I’m on My Way from Sunshine on Leith

The Pixies – Here Comes Your Man from Doolittle

Soul Asylum – Runaway Train from Grave Dancers Union

Buffalo Tom – Taillights Fade from Let Me Come Over

John Wesley Harding – Ordinary Weekend from Why We Fight

The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York from If I Should Fall from Grace with God

Side 2:

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey – Angels from Mavericks

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey – She Was the One from Mavericks

The Levellers – One Way from Levelling the Land

Marshall Crenshaw – Someday, Someway from Marshall Crenshaw

Adrian Belew – Men in Helicopters from Young Lions

The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues from Fisherman’s Blues

The Waterboys – Strange Boat from Fisherman’s Blues

Grant Lee Buffalo – Fuzzy from Fuzzy

Steve Earle – The Other Kind from The Hard Way

The Replacements – Skyway from Pleased to Meet Me

  • http://www.popdose.com DwDunphy

    Doolittle, Marshall Crenshaw, Rumour And Sigh, Why Do Birds Sing, Don't Tell A Soul and Fisherman's Blues? When did you break into my house and steal my CD collection?

  • David Ragland

    Thanks for this. “I Feel So Good” is one of my very favorite songs. I love live versions of this song with just vocal and guitar.

    Have you heard the Proclaimers' song “Better Days”? It's from around the same time period. Absolutely gorgeous.

  • Rich

    Ditto. Usually, of the tracks you mix, I own 2 of 10. Today, 9 of 10.

  • http://subsitute.livejournal.com/ substitute

    Let me guess. Your Uncle Mark would be in his early 40s about now. Like me…

  • http://www.popdose.com Zack

    Close – I think he's somewhere around 50. He divorced out of the family, so I haven't actually talked to him in ages. I should look him up and direct him here, though, he'd probably be pleased.

  • http://www.popdose.com Zack

    Incidentally, for those who have seen me perform American Music in person, this is where I originally heard it. And Talent Show is where I got the idea of doing it at the WHS talent show.

  • http://everybodysdummy.blogspot.com Wardo

    Thanks for including “She Was The One” — a great song too few people know.

  • bobby

    ditto-wardo

  • http://www.popdose.com Zack

    This was another song I performed live (this time at a choir concert). It caused http://www.poe-news.com/stories.php?poeurlid=6006' rel=”nofollow”>this girl to have a short-lived infatuation with me. So…powerful music, I guess.

  • Joe

    “Skyway”, about which Tommy Stinson used to say when Westerburg would play it in concert with the Mats, “Thanks, Gordon Lightfoot!” Still love it and that album, though.

  • http://www.paisleypop.com Jim @ paisleypop

    What a great mix tape! Thanks for sharing. Your uncle had good taste in music.

  • http://www.paisleypop.com Jim @ paisleypop

    What a great mix tape! Thanks for sharing. Your uncle had good taste in music.

  • http://www.paisleypop.com Jim @ paisleypop

    What a great mix tape! Thanks for sharing. Your uncle had good taste in music.

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