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if you would be a gay boy making a mix cd for a boy you love - possibly heterosexual - what would you put on it?

guidelines:
tender but not cheesy
emotional but keeping distance

my picks so far:
my bloody valentine - moon song
nat king cole - quizas, quizas, quizas
sigur ros - heysatan
langley schools music project - desperado
keane - bend and break

thanks!

― dare not name, Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

"Ass Cobra" - Turbonegro

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

"The Other Side of Life" - Moody Blues

― Pablo (Pablo A), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

"There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"?

― mrjosh (mrjosh), Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

that makes sense
maybe i'll go with a brighter song
like "is it really so strange"

― dare not name, Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

Broken Social Scene - Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)

― pinder (pinder), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Cass Elliot, "Move in a Little Closer, Baby"

― Joe McCombs, Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

the decemberists - the soldiering life
the smiths - last night i dreamt somebody loved me
patrick wolf
the unicorns
stars - what i'm trying to say
diane cluck - easy to be around

― sibsi (sibsi), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

linda scott- "i've told every little star"

― m bott, Friday, 9 December 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

coloma - you are here

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 9 December 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

blue nile - tinseltown in the rain

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 9 December 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

YO LA TENGO

either tom courtenay or sugarcube

― JGKLd, Friday, 9 December 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)

(more seriously) Joe Jackson, "Steppin' Out"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 9 December 2005 03:54 (twenty years ago)

'mister richard smoker' by ween

― Robin Samples (Robin Samples), Friday, 9 December 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

this boy is going to be very surprised when he finds his mixtape on ilm

fleetwood mac - dreams

― lf, Friday, 9 December 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

some doowop?

capris - here's a moon out tonight
maurice williams - stay

pushing it a bit:
drifters - save the last dance

― whatever (boglogger), Friday, 9 December 2005 10:30 (twenty years ago)

there has to be some magnetic fields, smoke and mirrors perhaps?

― cw (cww), Friday, 9 December 2005 11:07 (twenty years ago)

Definitely put Pavement's "Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse)" on there.

― xero (xero), Friday, 9 December 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Also some Belle & Sebastian maybe?

― sibsi (sibsi), Friday, 9 December 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

actually maybe papa was a rodeo

― cw (cww), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

Something from Brokeback Mountain?

― js (honestengine), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

the stars track OTM

― regular roundups (Dave M), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

kitchens of distinction?

― chris andrews (fraew), Friday, 9 December 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

>Something from Brokeback Mountain?

why not
do you nave any particular song in mind?

― dare not name, Friday, 9 December 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine, "To Here Knows When."

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Saturday, 10 December 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

The Magnetic Fields, "I'm Sorry I Love You"

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 11 December 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

Nada Surf, "Blonde on Blonde"

― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)


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