How great was the mix tape? I loved everything about it.
If you wanted to give a inexpensive (but thoughtful) gift - or a token of yourself to anyone - a friend, a beau, a teammate, a possibility - then you made them a mix tape. (Love the Avenue Q song that describes this so well). I loved finding new music and putting it in just the right, very meaninful order, as well as, getting new music, and of-course, the over-thinking that came along with the tape of music from your secret crush, and wondering what the songs REALLY meant when he put them on there. I also loved decorating the case.
Now we make them on CDs. Or we just make playlists with iTunes and share them.
But I like the tactile-ness of the cd, the ability to decorate a case . . . the possibilities are endless.
And so when I saw this new blog button, (top of the page on the right). I was inspired to write, and add the decor to the page.
But here's what I need you to do. If you were to make a mix tape today - what song(s) would you put on it? Please add your suggestions to the comments below.
I'll even play along with you.
1. On MANY of my mix tapes I had Beauty of Grey by Live. Please see previous post if you don't know the song.
2. I also enjoy Journey, so I might put a little Don't Stop Believin' on there. But perhaps that's because I just saw that today is the 1 year anniversary of the OSU Flash Mob at the Ohio Union. And so, while you are pondering what song you're going to share, enjoy a few of my friends in this amazingness:
p.s. In case you're wondering - I do, in fact, still love getting a mix o' music from friends. :)
Dear Kelly,
ReplyDeleteYour project hurts my brain. Too. Many. Good. Songs...
but, here goes a few of my classics that keep resurfacing. I tried not to include all musicals. :)
1. the promise, tracy chapman
2. i will remember you, sarah mclachlan
3. almost every song from the last 5 years
4. stars and the moon, jessica molaskey
5. don't you forget about me, simple minds
6. i love you (for sentimental reasons), nat
king cole
7. landslide, most versions :)
8. 1959, the sisters of mercy (HS throwback)
8. forever, ben harper
9. something in the way she moves, james taylor
10. if i laugh, cat stevens
11. someone to fall back on, jason robert brown
12. if it kills me, jason mraz
13. louder than words, tick tick boom
14. run away with me, kerrigan-lowdermilk
15. river, robert downey jr. version
16. the i love you song, spelling bee
17. over the rainbow, lots o' versions
18. elaborate lives, AIDA/elton john/rice
19. winter song, michaelson/mclachlan
20. anything early counting crows
i feel like i have to stop at 20 to be reasonable.
haha.
love, me
I love that you started this with "a few of my classics", and then had to narrow it down to 20. Perfectly K-savvy.
ReplyDeletei have a deep and abiding love for mix tapes. always have. always will.
ReplyDeletei want to be part of a flash mob.
pyt :)
Would your mix tapes be mostly filled with a variety of U2 and DMB songs? ;) You would be a kick-arse member of a flash mob! Do it.
ReplyDeletealso... A Bird's Song by Ingrid Michaelson.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am still thinking about this.
Days later.
At almost midnight.
On a Friday.
Be jealous.
You probably already have this . . . but we should totally make this happen.
ReplyDeletei am making a mix cd for the kids to listen to in the van (in other words, for me, so i don't have to listen to the really annoying stuff all the time) right now. it is awesome, and i just labeled it "volume 1" - cuz it's gonna be a lot of cds to get in all the songs i want for them. =) i have always been such a mix tape nerd. good thing i married one, too!
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