Making a mixtape

The making of a great compilation, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. The you got to take it up a notch, but you don't want to blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules.

I spent tonight making mix cds for my trip to Melbourne this weekend. Rob Gordon was right, it takes ages longer than you think it would. Possibly longer than I've spent actually researching things to do when I get to Melbourne. Anyway, if anyone is interested, here's what I came up with.

CD One
1. California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas
2. War - Edwin Starr
3. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
4. Use Me - Bill Withers
5. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
6. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
7. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
9. The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
10. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
11. You Keep Me Hanging On - Diana Ross and the Supremes
12. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra
13. Time of the Season - The Zombies
14. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin
15. In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
16. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave
17. Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
18. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
19. The Turtles - So Happy Together
20. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

CD Two
1. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
2. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
3. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
4. Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield
5. Sure Know Something - Kiss
6. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
7. Express Yourself - Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
9. Roxanne - The Police
10. American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
11. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
12. Hurricane - Bob Dylan
13. Heart of Gold - Neil Young
14. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
15. The Logical Song - Supertramp
16. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

CD Three
1. Manic Monday - The Bangles
2. Love Song - The Cure
3. With or Without You - U2
4. Under the Milky Way - The Church
5. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
6. Into the Groove - Madonna
7. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
8. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
9. Hello - Lionel Ritchie
10. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
11. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n' Roses
12. Short Memory - Midnight Oil
13. F.I.N.E. - Aerosmith
14. Call Me - Blondie
15. I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls
16. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
17. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
18. Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House
19. Africa - Toto

CD Four
1. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
2. The Last Stop - Dave Matthews Band
3. Not an Addict - K's Choice
4. Pick You Up - Powderfinger
5. Polyester Bride - Liz Phair
6. Mama Said - Metallica
7. Dumb - Nirvana
8. Animal - Pearl Jam
9. My Friends - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
11. Losing My Religon - R.E.M.
12. Glycerine - Bush
13. What It's Like - Everlast
14. Easy - Faith No More
15. White, Discussion - Live
16. Wonderwall - Oasis
17. Every You Every Me - Placebo

CD Five
1. Volcano - Damien Rice
2. When You Were Young - The Killers
3. Son of Sam - Elliott Smith
4. From the Sea - Eskimo Joe
5. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
6. Mad World - Gary Jules
7. Evil - Interpol
8. Orphelia - Kashmir
9. Time is Running Out - Muse
10. There She Goes, My Beautiful World - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
11. Let It Ride - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
12. Make This Go On Forever - Snow Patrol
13. A Sorta Fairytale - Tori Amos
14. London Still - The Waifs
15. The Saints Are Coming - U2 and Green Day
16. In the Fade - Queens of the Stone Age
17. Twenty Years - Something for Kate
18. I Got You - Stone Temple Pilots