Super Fun Pop Hits Vol. 1, who wants a copy?

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Super Fun Pop Hits vol. 1

1. The Metro by Berlin
2. Moon Over Moscow by Visage
3. Enola Gay(from Urgh! A Music War) by OMD
4. Marbleyezed by Soviet
5. Planet Earth (12" remix) by Duran Duran
6. Gentlemen Take Polaroids by Japan
7. Major Tom by Peter Schiller
8. Einstein A Go-Go by Landscape
9. Pretty In Pink (original version) by The Psychedelic Furs
10. I Know What Boys Like by The Waitresses
11. Victoria by The Fall
12. Steppin Out by Joe Jackson
13. Valerie Loves Me by Material Issue
14. Tell You Today by Loose Joints
15. Kiss Me Again by Dinosaur
16. House Of Jealous Lovers by The Rapture
17. Shack Up by A Certain Ratio

I know I could get more obscure and earn more music geek cred, but I just wanted to make a fun mix of obvious goodies. If this seems like fun and you want a copy, let me know. I am sending out five copies, they are going out on a first come first serve basis.

Also, any opinions on programming would be appreciated. I think I might have made too hard of a turn between Arthur Russel and Material Issue.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 2 June 2003 01:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

if it is fun you should have put something like 'tesla girls' or 'locomotion' instead of 'enola gay'

― keith (keithmcl), Monday, 2 June 2003 01:58 (twenty-one years ago) link

But Keith, this is fun for people who hate fun.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 2 June 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

ha, ok. like my old detroit tee shirt with the bullet hole in the smiley face's forehead.

― keith (keithmcl), Monday, 2 June 2003 02:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

I listened to this mix in the car tonight. It is set up completely wrong. They are all good songs, but they are put together in the wrong order. The pop songs should be at the very beginning so that it can build into the new wave, the new wave should progress into the more floor friendly new wave tracks, and then the floor oriented new wave stuff should build into the disco stuff.

I know I am going to definitely pull Einstein A Go-Go from the track listing because it is not strong enough to fit with the other new wave material. I picked it because the video is so goofy that it makes Video Killed The Radio Star look like high art.

I am also going to pull The Waitresses because I cannot really place them into the context of any of the other songs. It is too groovy to fit into the pop material, the song does not have the sonic texture to fit into the new wave section, and the song structure is wrong for the disco section. The closest thing I could pair it with is Shack Up by ACR, and that would pull the mix in a different direction that would be harder to backtrack from.

I will post the revision later tonight.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 2 June 2003 08:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

Sigh. I really want the extended remix of Planet Earth. Is this the one that was on the original UK album, which was pulled and replaced with the shorter radio edit when re-released (with Is There Something I Should Know) in the States? Cause I don't have that version on CD anywhere, and I wants it!

― kate, Monday, 2 June 2003 09:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

It is the 12" club edit.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 2 June 2003 09:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

ooh i'll have a copy. i love freebies.

― piscesboy, Monday, 2 June 2003 10:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

is it the german language version of "major tom"? i've been looking for that

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 2 June 2003 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have a copy of Major Tom in German, I can substitute that for the english version. I still need to figure out exactly how I am going to revise the track listing.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Monday, 2 June 2003 16:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

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