OT: Whatcha Listening To?

[aufheben]

Lol I found an unlabeled mix I made when I was 15ish, before I got my first iPod, so 2003-04. Managed to fit 1.2 hours and 785 MB onto an 80-minute 700 MB CD-R ... chose the 1988 Single Mix of "Blue Monday" over the original, not bad young-self lol. I used to love burning mixes.

Page 1 of 1


Mix CD 2003-04
29 songs, 1.2 hours, 785 MB



Track #


Name


Time


Artist



1
Ex Lion Tamer
2:18
Wire


2
Born To Die
2:05
Anti-Flag


3
Do You Wanna Hold Me?
3:13
Bow Wow Wow


4
Supermarket Fantasy (Live)
1:30
Screeching Weasel


5
(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
2:45
Blondie


6
What Do I Get?
2:57
Buzzcocks


7
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
4:02
The Clash


8
Last Caress
1:58
Misfits


9
We Ain't Shit
3:05
NOFX


10
Judy Is A Punk
1:32
Ramones


11
Panic
2:18
The Smiths


12
Science Of Myth (Live)
2:15
Screeching Weasel


13
I Turned Into A Martian
1:44
Misfits


14
Don't You (Forget About Me)
4:49
The Bouncing Souls


15
Complete Control
3:14
The Clash


16
Don't Turn Out The Lights
2:38
Screeching Weasel


17
Blue Monday-88
4:08
New Order


18
Marriage
1:40
Descendents


19
Hybrid Moments
1:40
Misfits


20
Alternative Ulster
2:41
Stiff Little Fingers


21
What We Hate
2:27
Screeching Weasel


22
Promises
2:37
Buzzcocks


23
Pretty In Pink
2:44
Automatic 7


24
6 Percent
2:11
Screeching Weasel


25
Gotta Gettaway
3:37
Stiff Little Fingers


26
Whips & Furs
2:16
The Vibrators


27
If You Were Here
2:58
Thompson Twins


28
Murder In The Brady House
2:18
Screeching Weasel


29
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
4:06
R.E.M.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Lol I found an unlabeled mix I made when I was 15ish, before I got my first iPod, so 2003-04. Managed to fit 1.2 hours and 785 MB onto an 80-minute 700 MB CD-R ... chose the 1988 Single Mix of "Blue Monday" over the original, not bad young-self lol. I used to love burning mixes.

Page 1 of 1


Mix CD 2003-04
29 songs, 1.2 hours, 785 MB



Track #


Name


Time


Artist



1
Ex Lion Tamer
2:18
Wire


2
Born To Die
2:05
Anti-Flag


3
Do You Wanna Hold Me?
3:13
Bow Wow Wow


4
Supermarket Fantasy (Live)
1:30
Screeching Weasel


5
(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
2:45
Blondie


6
What Do I Get?
2:57
Buzzcocks


7
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
4:02
The Clash


8
Last Caress
1:58
Misfits


9
We Ain't ****
3:05
NOFX


10
Judy Is A Punk
1:32
Ramones


11
Panic
2:18
The Smiths


12
Science Of Myth (Live)
2:15
Screeching Weasel


13
I Turned Into A Martian
1:44
Misfits


14
Don't You (Forget About Me)
4:49
The Bouncing Souls


15
Complete Control
3:14
The Clash


16
Don't Turn Out The Lights
2:38
Screeching Weasel


17
Blue Monday-88
4:08
New Order


18
Marriage
1:40
Descendents


19
Hybrid Moments
1:40
Misfits


20
Alternative Ulster
2:41
Stiff Little Fingers


21
What We Hate
2:27
Screeching Weasel


22
Promises
2:37
Buzzcocks


23
Pretty In Pink
2:44
Automatic 7


24
6 Percent
2:11
Screeching Weasel


25
Gotta Gettaway
3:37
Stiff Little Fingers


26
Whips & Furs
2:16
The Vibrators


27
If You Were Here
2:58
Thompson Twins


28
Murder In The Brady House
2:18
Screeching Weasel


29
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
4:06
R.E.M.

Damn this is 1000x more able to be shared publicly than mine would have been haha. Good for you.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Any playlist of mine from when I was 15 would be 95% Pink Floyd and 5% Billy Joel

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

I find only Alice In Chains and Soungarden interesting. I’m not a fan of either Pearl Jam or Nirvana.

Square in the middle of Gen X here, and you are dead on regarding our "signature" bands. Both Pearl Jam and Nirvana went quickly south following their inaugural albums (though IMO those were both good); I'd much rather listen to Man in the Box or Rusty Cage than any song either ever recorded. And as for overall catalogues, I prefer the work of "second tier" bands from the same era like the Screaming Trees to any of the "classics".

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

So, veering away from "get off my lawn" complaints, a new (rediscovered) favorite of mine is All Them Witches. GREAT f***ing writing music.

 

[McRanger]

That’s one of the songs my shuffle insists on playing once a day. Ive found my shuffle to be extremely opinionated.

 

[aufheben]

Damn this is 1000x more able to be shared publicly than mine would have been haha. Good for you.

I ran the acoustic fingerprints really quick before listening to it and was like f***, man, I've listened to like half these songs in the last week.

Definitely a few good ones in there that I totally forgot about, like that "Pretty In Pink" cover that people (and myself) assumed was by Social Distortion because it sounded exactly f***ing like them but apparently was some other random punk band off of a cover compilation lol. I really liked Bow Wow Wow freshmen year for some reason, my parent's had a copy of their greatest hits CD; probably was just becoming old enough to hate being up at 6:00 AM.

That Blondie song is definitely when I bought one of their hoodies—just Debbie Harry with sunglasses on. I love that thing, still have it, I'd probably f***ing off myself if I ever lost it . I was wearing it during a flight to Vancouver in 2014, and the girl sitting next to me all of the sudden pokes me, says "You know she's on the plane, right?" and points at my chest and then [all the way] up towards first class, and sure enough I see a tuft of blonde hair and a sunglasses hinge just slightly above the back of a headrest.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

I ran the acoustic fingerprints really quick before listening to it and was like ****, man, I've listened to like half these songs in the last week.

Definitely a few good ones in there that I totally forgot about, like that "Pretty In Pink" cover that people (and myself) assumed was by Social Distortion because it sounded exactly ****ing like them but apparently was some other random punk band off of a cover compilation lol. I really liked Bow Wow Wow freshmen year for some reason, my parent's had a copy of their greatest hits CD; probably was just becoming old enough to hate being up at 6:00 AM.

That Blondie song is definitely when I bought one of their hoodies—just Debbie Harry with sunglasses on. I love that thing, still have it, I'd probably ****ing off myself if I ever lost it . I was wearing it during a flight to Vancouver in 2014, and the girl sitting next to me all of the sudden pokes me, says "You know she's on the plane, right?" and points at my chest and then [all the way] up towards first class, and sure enough I see a tuft of blonde hair and a sunglasses hinge just slightly above the back of a headrest.

That's AWESOME. Only Joan Jett would've been better.

 

[aufheben]

That's AWESOME. Only Joan Jett would've been better.

I don't think I could have stopped myself from pestering Joan Jett lol. She was waiting with her band at the luggage carousel at YVR. It's kind of surreal seeing someone that iconic just standing around waiting for their bags while they dick around on their phone ... same as when I saw Jodie Sweetin navigating a shopping cart through the Whole Foods in Santa Monica back in 2011 haha.
—

I still can't believe that this isn't Social Distortion lol

 

[Rongomania]

I ran the acoustic fingerprints really quick before listening to it and was like ****, man, I've listened to like half these songs in the last week.

Definitely a few good ones in there that I totally forgot about, like that "Pretty In Pink" cover that people (and myself) assumed was by Social Distortion because it sounded exactly ****ing like them but apparently was some other random punk band off of a cover compilation lol. I really liked Bow Wow Wow freshmen year for some reason, my parent's had a copy of their greatest hits CD; probably was just becoming old enough to hate being up at 6:00 AM.

That Blondie song is definitely when I bought one of their hoodies—just Debbie Harry with sunglasses on. I love that thing, still have it, I'd probably ****ing off myself if I ever lost it . I was wearing it during a flight to Vancouver in 2014, and the girl sitting next to me all of the sudden pokes me, says "You know she's on the plane, right?" and points at my chest and then [all the way] up towards first class, and sure enough I see a tuft of blonde hair and a sunglasses hinge just slightly above the back of a headrest.

I get really lucky at my job, working with music constantly. I’ve had the pleasure of hanging with Debbie Harry on quite a few occasions and she is even cooler than you could ever imagine. A sweet woman and so important to multiple genres of music. I also watched her have a conversation with Ann Wilson for both of their first times. After she told me: “I think that was the first time she and I ever talked.” I thought to myself “Man, heart and blondie never met and had a convo?!” It just seemed so impossible, as I’m sure it was because I’m pretty sure these ladies were pretty lit up and have hazy recollections lol.

 

[aufheben]

I get really lucky at my job, working with music constantly.

That's pretty cool, but did you ever fit 785 MB of music onto a 700 MB CD-R?

I’ve had the pleasure of hanging with Debbie Harry on quite a few occasions and she is even cooler than you could ever imagine. A sweet woman and so important to multiple genres of music.

Amazing.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Great song

 

[Edge]

Lol I found an unlabeled mix I made when I was 15ish, before I got my first iPod, so 2003-04. Managed to fit 1.2 hours and 785 MB onto an 80-minute 700 MB CD-R ... chose the 1988 Single Mix of "Blue Monday" over the original, not bad young-self lol. I used to love burning mixes.

Page 1 of 1


Mix CD 2003-04
29 songs, 1.2 hours, 785 MB



Track #


Name


Time


Artist



1
Ex Lion Tamer
2:18
Wire


2
Born To Die
2:05
Anti-Flag


3
Do You Wanna Hold Me?
3:13
Bow Wow Wow


4
Supermarket Fantasy (Live)
1:30
Screeching Weasel


5
(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
2:45
Blondie


6
What Do I Get?
2:57
Buzzcocks


7
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
4:02
The Clash


8
Last Caress
1:58
Misfits


9
We Ain't ****
3:05
NOFX


10
Judy Is A Punk
1:32
Ramones


11
Panic
2:18
The Smiths


12
Science Of Myth (Live)
2:15
Screeching Weasel


13
I Turned Into A Martian
1:44
Misfits


14
Don't You (Forget About Me)
4:49
The Bouncing Souls


15
Complete Control
3:14
The Clash


16
Don't Turn Out The Lights
2:38
Screeching Weasel


17
Blue Monday-88
4:08
New Order


18
Marriage
1:40
Descendents


19
Hybrid Moments
1:40
Misfits


20
Alternative Ulster
2:41
Stiff Little Fingers


21
What We Hate
2:27
Screeching Weasel


22
Promises
2:37
Buzzcocks


23
Pretty In Pink
2:44
Automatic 7


24
6 Percent
2:11
Screeching Weasel


25
Gotta Gettaway
3:37
Stiff Little Fingers


26
Whips & Furs
2:16
The Vibrators


27
If You Were Here
2:58
Thompson Twins


28
Murder In The Brady House
2:18
Screeching Weasel


29
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
4:06
R.E.M.

I stumble upon my mix discs from time to time. Last one I can recall was a White Zombie/Rob Zombie disc. Clearly a good work out companion.

I also found my first MP3 player a few weeks back. Forget iPods, this thing was a Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox. Shaped like 2 CD players stacked on top of one another.

Needless to say, portable convience was still a few years off.

 

[eco's bones]

I ran the acoustic fingerprints really quick before listening to it and was like ****, man, I've listened to like half these songs in the last week.

Definitely a few good ones in there that I totally forgot about, like that "Pretty In Pink" cover that people (and myself) assumed was by Social Distortion because it sounded exactly ****ing like them but apparently was some other random punk band off of a cover compilation lol. I really liked Bow Wow Wow freshmen year for some reason, my parent's had a copy of their greatest hits CD; probably was just becoming old enough to hate being up at 6:00 AM.

That Blondie song is definitely when I bought one of their hoodies—just Debbie Harry with sunglasses on. I love that thing, still have it, I'd probably ****ing off myself if I ever lost it . I was wearing it during a flight to Vancouver in 2014, and the girl sitting next to me all of the sudden pokes me, says "You know she's on the plane, right?" and points at my chest and then [all the way] up towards first class, and sure enough I see a tuft of blonde hair and a sunglasses hinge just slightly above the back of a headrest.

Pretty in Pink was the Psychedelic Furs--a English post punk kind of gothic band who had this anti-religious thing going on their first record which IMO was by far their best but the band kind of tried to go mainstream after that which was why I lost interest.

I liked Wire a lot. I still do.

 

[Ghost of jas]

Pretty in Pink was the Psychedelic Furs--a English post punk kind of gothic band who had this anti-religious thing going on their first record which IMO was by far their best but the band kind of tried to go mainstream after that which was why I lost interest.

I liked Wire a lot. I still do.

‘The Ghost in You’ is one of the best singles of the ‘80’s, let alone one the best modern rock songs of that decade. Plus, it has Robyn Hitchcock singing background vocals.

 

[True Blue]

Pretty in Pink was the Psychedelic Furs--a English post punk kind of gothic band who had this anti-religious thing going on their first record which IMO was by far their best but the band kind of tried to go mainstream after that which was why I lost interest.

Love the Psych Furs

 

[eco's bones]

A band who seemed similar but better than the Psychedelic Furs was Sisters of Mercy. Their first records Alice and the Reptile House were pretty awesome.

 

[Ghost of jas]

A band who seemed similar but better than the Psychedelic Furs was Sisters of Mercy. Their first records Alice and the Reptile House were pretty awesome.

First and Last and Always was incredible

 

[aufheben]

Pretty in Pink was the Psychedelic Furs--a English post punk kind of gothic band who had this anti-religious thing going on their first record which IMO was by far their best but the band kind of tried to go mainstream after that which was why I lost interest.

I liked Wire a lot. I still do.

Same, never stopped. “Ex Lion Tamer” has always been one of my favorite songs. Always Track 01 on the walk to the bus stop while it was still f***ing dark out lol. I recreated the instrumental tracks in GarageBand during a music theory class in high school, not that it was particularly difficult.



Wire are still putting out records, and good records at that. How many of those first-wave English punk bands didn’t even survive through the early-80s ... I think I’m still on the pinkflag.com mailing list lol. New albums in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017—crazy, and there’s “Legal Bootleg” subscription series releases of gigs from decades ago.

 

[nrf83]

Im 72 and after reading about some of the music you guys and gals listen too I dont recognize 95% of them. I just crank up volume of Joe Bonamassa, Walter Trout and Warren Haynes and kick back and relax.

 

[eco's bones]

Same, never stopped. “Ex Lion Tamer” has always been one of my favorite songs. Always Track 01 on the walk to the bus stop while it was still ****ing dark out lol. I recreated the instrumental tracks in GarageBand during a music theory class in high school, not that it was particularly difficult.



Wire are still putting out records, and good records at that. How many of those first-wave English punk bands didn’t even survive through the early-80s ... I think I’m still on the pinkflag.com mailing list lol. New albums in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017—crazy, and there’s “Legal Bootleg” subscription series releases of gigs from decades ago.

Pink Flag--Chairs missing--154--all great albums--I've got a couple later ones as well + a live video of them in concert in Germany in their earlier days. I have a few 45's too.

 

[eco's bones]

First and Last and Always was incredible

I have that.

Alice was kind of a 45 with 3 songs on it maybe--I'm pretty sure it was the first thing they ever put out and The Reptile House was an EP that came out a little after that. They're like '82 or '83 and First Last and Always was a bit after that.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

 

[Lindberg Cheese]

Recent deaths have me revisiting heavily:

Lou Reed Transformer
David Bowie Ziggy blah blah and the blah blah from blah blah