Instead of doing important things like getting enrolled for summer school out of the way, I decided to make a mix CD for work tomorrow. Knowing who I'll work with, I've tried to create something that he'll enjoy as well.
Now, I started off with Patrick Wolf's The Magic Posistion because it's light and upbeat -- it might bring a laugh as well. So, even now the strategy is to start high energy and fade into mellow. From there we go to VHS or Beta's Night On Fire and then Hot Chip's Ready For the Floor. That seemed like a logical step to me and so far it flows quite well.
Fading from "dancier" material to more organic material involved putting the Arcade Fire's Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) and Neighborhood #2 (Laika) into the mix. From there comes possibly the best transitional songs in the whole playlist: the Black Kids' I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You then Band of Horses' The General Specific and then on to Yeasayer's 2080. I think they meld quite well.
From there, we go to a trickier bit where I want to start getting mellow and then back to dancier things before going all out mellow. We've got Neutral Milk Hotel's The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 going into Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie and then into Swimming Pools by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. Then comes the energy boost: Elias and the Wizzkids' The Dance. If I haven't created a good mood work at work with the song, then all is lost.
From there it's Pink Squares by I Was a Cub Scout and then I Want U by the Billie Burke Estate. Hopefully that last one doesn't get misconstrued...
And now we're at the bit where I'm having a bit of trouble. This part isn't wholly finalized yet -- I wanted to include some Pixies and the Smiths, but I'm not sure if they'll make the cut. As much as I love Monkey Gone to Heaven, it doesn't really have a place here. What Do You Think Will Happen next by Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) has to be included, however. So do my last four songs: Expectations by Belle & Sebastian; So Nice, So Smart by Kimya Dawson and Out of Gas and Dramamine by Modest Mouse. I think the fade out to noise in Dramamine will be the perfect way to end the disc. And besides, including songs from the Juno soundtrack is very timely.
So now I'm toying around with the Silver Jews, Islands, Feist and Rilo Kiley among others. You can't say that I didn't put some thought into it -- after all, if I'm going to make work pleasant, I've got to have a strategy.
Now maybe I should work on getting school sorted out...
Edit: The song that tied it all together was A.M. 180 by Granddaddy. It's the song that plays in 28 Days Later when they're all looting the grocery store. I put it in between the Juno crowd and Modest Mouse. It's magical.
Now, I started off with Patrick Wolf's The Magic Posistion because it's light and upbeat -- it might bring a laugh as well. So, even now the strategy is to start high energy and fade into mellow. From there we go to VHS or Beta's Night On Fire and then Hot Chip's Ready For the Floor. That seemed like a logical step to me and so far it flows quite well.
Fading from "dancier" material to more organic material involved putting the Arcade Fire's Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) and Neighborhood #2 (Laika) into the mix. From there comes possibly the best transitional songs in the whole playlist: the Black Kids' I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You then Band of Horses' The General Specific and then on to Yeasayer's 2080. I think they meld quite well.
From there, we go to a trickier bit where I want to start getting mellow and then back to dancier things before going all out mellow. We've got Neutral Milk Hotel's The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1 going into Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie and then into Swimming Pools by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. Then comes the energy boost: Elias and the Wizzkids' The Dance. If I haven't created a good mood work at work with the song, then all is lost.
From there it's Pink Squares by I Was a Cub Scout and then I Want U by the Billie Burke Estate. Hopefully that last one doesn't get misconstrued...
And now we're at the bit where I'm having a bit of trouble. This part isn't wholly finalized yet -- I wanted to include some Pixies and the Smiths, but I'm not sure if they'll make the cut. As much as I love Monkey Gone to Heaven, it doesn't really have a place here. What Do You Think Will Happen next by Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) has to be included, however. So do my last four songs: Expectations by Belle & Sebastian; So Nice, So Smart by Kimya Dawson and Out of Gas and Dramamine by Modest Mouse. I think the fade out to noise in Dramamine will be the perfect way to end the disc. And besides, including songs from the Juno soundtrack is very timely.
So now I'm toying around with the Silver Jews, Islands, Feist and Rilo Kiley among others. You can't say that I didn't put some thought into it -- after all, if I'm going to make work pleasant, I've got to have a strategy.
Now maybe I should work on getting school sorted out...
Edit: The song that tied it all together was A.M. 180 by Granddaddy. It's the song that plays in 28 Days Later when they're all looting the grocery store. I put it in between the Juno crowd and Modest Mouse. It's magical.
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