help me make my g/f a mixtape... early 90s content!

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shes turning 30 and i wanna floor her with a blast from her past!

i was too busy raving in the early to mid nineties so i kinda missed her scene...

need help with songs/band suggestions along the emo/indie/brit/punk lines... i know shes a fan of unrest, bettie serveert, jawbreaker, quicksand, superchunk, helmet, pixies, hot water music, morrissey...

any help is most appreciated!

djb

― l booth (djbooth), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl makes every 28-32'er I know crack a smile?

― his sister pam (hissisterpam), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

We've done this.

― Jimmy Mod's Champion Erotic Fantasy Team 2006 (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Roses & Cunnilingus vs. Shitty Mixtape

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Limp Bizkit. Korn. Hole. Soundgarden. Nirvana. Red Hot Chili Peppers.

You sure this is such a good idea?

― IPSISSIMUS (Uri Frendimein), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Tonic, Live, Collective Soul, Candlebox, Eve6, Joan Osborne, Better Than Ezra, Dishwalla, all the classic stuff

― youth problem (YouthProblem), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

The Pixies - Gigantic
The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Nirvana - Polly
Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Sloan - Underwhelmed
The Smashing Pumpkins - I Am One
Sonic Youth - 100%
The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson
The Sundays - God Made Me
Throwing Muses - Rosetta Stone
Ween - Push Th' Little Daisies
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
The Breeders - Cannonball
The Cranberries - Linger
Blur - Girls & Boys
Primal Scream - Jailbird

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Built to Spill - Twin Falls
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Stereolab - International Colouring Contest
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Weezer - Undone
Ben Folds Five - Underground
The Apples in Stereo - Show the World
The Cardigans - Carnival
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Sloan - G Turns to D
The Cardigans - Your New Cuckoo
The Olivia Tremor Control - Courtyard

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

"We've done this."

thanks tips.

"makes every 28-32'er I know crack a smile?"

thats what i'm talking about...

"Limp Bizkit. Korn. Hole. Soundgarden. Nirvana. Red Hot Chili Peppers."

thats not what i'm talking about...

keep em coming... most appreciated!!!

― downtown81 (djbooth), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:31 (twenty years ago)

Sophie B Hawkins - Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover

This song is NECESSARY.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

ILM BRAINTRUST, HELP ME REMEMBER WHO DID THIS SONG:

The chorus went "tell me all your thoughts on god" and it was totally some ripped-jeans adult-contemporary sounding shit. I refuse to turn to google for something so ridiculous.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

I don't think Limp Bizkit/Korn were around in the early 90s.

Best songs by these bands for these purposes:

Nirvana - probably "All Apologies", maybe "I Hate Myself And Want To Die"
Weezer - "Only In Dreams", IMO the best thing they ever did/will do
Pearl Jam - "Oceans"

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

ps "I Hate Myself And Want To Die" = probably the most "feel good" Nirvana song ever. Really.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 19 September 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

ILM BRAINTRUST, HELP ME REMEMBER WHO DID THIS SONG:

The chorus went "tell me all your thoughts on god" and it was totally some ripped-jeans adult-contemporary sounding shit. I refuse to turn to google for something so ridiculous.

"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

Why don't you just make the entire mixtape consist of songs from the Y'all Ready for This? thread? That's what I would do.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

heart throbs 'she's in a trance'

― keyth (keyth), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 01:54 (twenty years ago)

veruca salt
breeders
archers of loaf
small 23
edsel auctioneer
clouds

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 01:57 (twenty years ago)

"Jimmy's Fantasy," Redd Kross

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:29 (twenty years ago)

babes in toyland
hole
offspring

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:30 (twenty years ago)

"California Dreaming" or "What Godzilla Said to God When His Name Wasn't Found in the Book of Life," American Music Club

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Kitchens of Distinction - "Drive That Fast"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

"Wicked Midnite" or (cheating, it came out in late '89) "Memphis, Egypt," Mekons

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

"Georgia-Lina," James Brown

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:32 (twenty years ago)

"What We Really Want," Rosanne Cash

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

"Heavenly Pop Hit," Chills

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 03:36 (twenty years ago)

"Between the Eyes" Love Battery
"50 ft. Queenie" PJ Harvey
"Backwater" Meat Puppets

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)

YES! I almost fell out of the car the first time I heard "Backwater" on a Top 40 station.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh, that made me so happy.

How about "For All the Cows" or "This is a Call" off the Foo Fighters record (is there more than one?), while we're shading into the mid '90s?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:09 (twenty years ago)

"Do You Remember the First Time?," Pulp
"Girlfriend," Matthew Sweet
"I Like Fucking," Bikini Kill

Kinda thematic.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

"If I Had No Loot," Tony Toni Tone

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 06:03 (twenty years ago)

Assuming she wasn't a record store obsessive at the time, you'll have more luck with sappy one-hit wonders that got radio airplay, like Sunscreem's "Love You More".

― 35 Hertz (35 Hertz), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

suggestions along the emo/indie/brit/punk lines... i know shes a fan of unrest, bettie serveert, jawbreaker, quicksand, superchunk, helmet, pixies, hot water music, morrissey...

My g/f (well, wife basically) was a full on Alterna-club kid at the time. I asked her last night. She backed up a huge chunk of my first list above.

She added:

Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
Dinosaur Jr.
Throwing Muses
Buffalo Tom
The Candyskins - Wembly

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

cath carroll by unrest, precision auto by superchunk, tomboy by bettie serveert, web in front by archers of loaf, something 4 the weekend by the super furry animals, static by jawbox, measure by seaweed, soul & fire by sebadoh, etc,etc.

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Go to the 18.9.06 mixtape memories/ 3 post here and you've got some good ones to start off with:

http://mookamotel.blogspot.com/

― matt2 (matt2), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 17:32 (twenty years ago)

jesus and mary chain

also...

Sinead O'Connor
pj harvey
The Knack - My Sharona
Ace Of Base - sign
99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons) - Nena

― marbles (marbles), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 18:30 (twenty years ago)

Temple of The Dog - Hunger Strike
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television
Thrush Hermit - North Dakota
Teenage Fanclub - The Concept
SNFU - Reality Is A Ride On The Bus
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
Ride - Leave Them All Behind
MBV - Soon
Nine Inch Nails - Down In It (or what the hell, Closer)
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
REM - Loosing My Religion
Rheostatics - Record Body Count
Sebadoh - Freed Pig
Sloan - Underwhelmed
Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
Bjork - Human Behavoir
Archers of Loaf - Wrong
Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Blue Rodeo - Head Over Heels
Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
Liz Phair - 6'1"
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Sarah McLachlan - Possession
Swervedriver - Last Train To Satanville
Beck - Looser
Eric's Trip - Viewmaster
Neil Young - Piece Of Crap
Portishead - Sour Times
Tricky - Black Steel
Soul Coughing - Bus To Beelzebub
Coolio - Fantastic Voyage

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Ministry - N.W.O. (thank god for youtube reminding me of the silliness that was their transformation from their early stuff to this)

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Actually, I was going to list Jesus Built My Hotrod from Ministry. This was huge on 120 Minutes before Pasalm 69 was released, no?

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Yup, but NWO had the better video with The George Bush and octopus and the spiralling out of control pixelation.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh. I didn't realize this mixtape was VHS. Sorry.

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

so far so good... def some peeps are on the right lines (jacoborock/evieandjoe)... thanks again all... will share the tracklisting when done!!!

― downtown81 (djbooth), Thursday, 21 September 2006 01:56 (twenty years ago)

ps she WAS a record store obsessive.

― downtown81 (djbooth), Thursday, 21 September 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

It's quite alright as long as you realize that NWO was a better song.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 21 September 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

Chapterhouse - "Breather"

Big Audio Dynamite II - "Rush"

Ride - "Leave Them All Behind"

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Until You Find Out"

White Zombie - "Thunderkiss '65"

Happy Mondays - "Step On"

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 21 September 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

goo goo dolls - hey jealousy

― William Ryan Stuart Hamilton (Stagger Lee), Thursday, 21 September 2006 04:14 (twenty years ago)

I'd do these:

Ash - Girl from Mars
Hum - Stars
Lush - Sweetness and Light
Slowdive - Crazy for You
Tripping Daisy - I Got a Girl

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Thursday, 21 September 2006 04:25 (twenty years ago)

Adorable - "Homeboy"

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 21 September 2006 05:09 (twenty years ago)

def some peeps are on the right lines (jacoborock/evieandjoe)

You are Linus, right? We have interacted many times over the years outside of ILX if so...

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 21 September 2006 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Temple of The Dog - Hunger Strike

If this is for a girlfriend, make it "All Night Thing" instead of "Hunger Strike". TRUST ME.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Thursday, 21 September 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

k. this def brings back memories... worked at a record shop and distro co. for most of the nineties... so much familiar stuff... i think i've got a box set in the making...

now where are my warp, rising high, r&s, and force inc records!?!?!?! argh...

yup. linus... thats me... who dat?

― downtown81 (djbooth), Thursday, 21 September 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

these are all from a mixtape i made for my gf in 1995...

elastica-stutter
fun lovin' criminals-scooby snacks
hole-miss world
run on-xmas trip
luna-bonny and clyde
rasputina-rollerskate key
pulp-do you remember the first time?
air miami-world cup fever
crystal waters-boy from ipanema
"prince"-human body
pm dawn-downtown venus
everything but the girls-corvocado
unrest-living in l.a.
eric matthews-fanfare
morphine-all your way

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Thursday, 21 September 2006 18:27 (twenty years ago)

oops - that tape for my gf was from 96 - this one is from 95

A
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO circles MEDICINE time baby 3 DROP NINETEENS cuban SONIC YOUTH schizophrenia MAGNETIC FIELDS kings STEREOLAB jenny ondioline PAILHEAD i will refuse BLISSED OUT FATALISTS right now LIZ PHAIR canary THE THE dogs of lust (clint ruin mix) KILLING JOKE eighties
B
JPS EXPERIENCE spaceman BREEDERS safari PAVEMENT cut your hair SMALL FACTORY everyone's happy for the first time in weeks GRENADINE speeding MAG FIELDS take xtc with me PIZZICATO 5 twiggy vs. james bond BECK fuckin with my head SHELLAC my black ass AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB the dead part of you AFGHAN WHIGS my curse PIZZ. 5 baby love child LIZ PHAIR flower

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Thursday, 21 September 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Linus, are you seriously suggesting you don't remember interacting with me. ElectroDiscoPunks alone...

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Thursday, 21 September 2006 19:13 (twenty years ago)

heh, was just double checkin' my friend!!!

re: '95 vs '96... were they for the same girl???

― downtown81 (djbooth), Friday, 22 September 2006 03:41 (twenty years ago)

ha - yeah - same girlfriend. now wife, actually.

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

and the winning track list goes to:

Savory - Jawbox
Audrey's Eyes - Velocity Girl
Capsized - Samiam
Losing Skin - Seaweed
Precision Auto - Superchunk
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Throwing Things - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Something 4 the Weekend - Super Furry Animals
Do You Remember the First Time - Pulp Hits
Annie's Gone - Redd Kross Third Eye
Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt
Fazer - Quicksand Slip 9/21/2006 1:11 PM 9/22/2006 3:12 PM
Accident Prone - Jawbreaker
2000 Light Years Away - Green Day
Disconnected - Face To Face
Changes - Sugar
Miles Iz Ded - The Afghan Whigs
Underwhelmed - Sloan
What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub
Leave Them All Behind - Ride
Superstar - Sonic Youth

thanks all for suggestions... hmmm... now a title???

― downtown81 (djbooth), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

and the winning track list goes to:

Savory - Jawbox
Audrey's Eyes - Velocity Girl
Capsized - Samiam
Losing Skin - Seaweed
Precision Auto - Superchunk
Taillights Fade - Buffalo Tom
Throwing Things - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Something 4 the Weekend - Super Furry Animals
Do You Remember the First Time - Pulp Hits
Annie's Gone - Redd Kross Third Eye
Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt
Fazer - Quicksand Slip
Accident Prone - Jawbreaker
2000 Light Years Away - Green Day
Disconnected - Face To Face
Changes - Sugar
Miles Iz Ded - The Afghan Whigs
Underwhelmed - Sloan
What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub
Leave Them All Behind - Ride
Superstar - Sonic Youth

thanks all for suggestions... hmmm... now a title???

― downtown81 (djbooth), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

"Hey Angel"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Double disc, both with the same tracklisting

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

"You look hottt in lumberjack plaid"

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

"Ross Troll for President"

― bendy (bendy), Saturday, 23 September 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

or...

"NOT!"

― bendy (bendy), Saturday, 23 September 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

http://www.subpop.com/minis/T-LOSW-TL_big.gif

― dar1a g (daria g), Saturday, 23 September 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

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