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Hiya, nice to meet you :D
First of all I'd like to apologize for the female voices, I was reading reviews last night and I realised my tape was maybe a bit too into female voices (well, that's my tastes indeed I guess). I then got scared you would hate everything.
I also did a bit of researches on you when I got to know who I was making the mixtape for, and after a while I decided not to change any of the songs I had decided to put before I got to know your identity, cause I thought you might discover some new stuff. I was also quite sure you would hate the beginning of my tape and enjoy the end, seems I was WRONG!
Last but not least, you might have noticed it was quite eclectic but I think I pretty much put my soul in the heart of the tape so... I hope it wasn't too cheesy or boring.
Ok now...
That surprised me, well I'm afraid to announce you you're WRONG :D (and you'll be wrong most of the time, get ready ahah). That's GOSSIP, one of my fav band and probably one of the best live band ever. Their last album is less interesting but great nonetheless.
Thanks, I really worked on the transitions. This ain't Yeah Yeah Yeah's (btw I don't like the YYYs that much, nor Florence+tM) but The Kills, a kind of garage/alternative band formed by the impressive Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince (who's more famous because of his girlfriend - who's no other than Kate Moss...)
I got scared you would find it a bit too repetitive. That's an awesome (imo) indie band from England, their first (and only) album is a blast : The Foals.
I'm sorry you recognized them but I just HAD to put there. Seeing them live soon, exciting!
Sorry but... third ''wrong'':D That's the Editors, I thought you would know them too. Their last album is my fav from 2009, a masterpiece, I love Tom Smith's voice and the lyrics are awesome. I chose that song cause it wasn't ''too famous'' (unlike Papillon).
Ok right, let me explain, we're ''entering my soul'' with this song. This is actually from Jam & Spoon, don't ask me who they are, I have no idea although I really like the instrumentation on this song. Anyway the point is, the singer is Dolores O'Riordan, my all-time-idol, singer from The Cranberries (you know Zombie, right ? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts]YouTube- The Cranberries - Zombie[/ame] ) and I thought that putting a song on which Dolores participated instead of a Cranberries song would be more interesting, especially cause I think this one unveils the awesomeness and the beauty of her voice. Anyway, seems it was a bit too ''personal'' to be shared;)
This song kinda is to Chris what the previous one was to Dolores O'Riordan, if you see what I mean... I adore this song and preferred to put this one rather than a more mainstream Coldplay song. Happy you didn't know it! (Hu... don't worry I'll put the tracklist at the end of my post ahah :P)
I KNOW, I usually don't listen to that stuff, so sorry. But this Adele song is just way too awesome and moving. Being in the middle, this is the ''heart'' of the mixtape. I guess I should have sent this to a girl, sorry XD
French band! I thought I had to promote a bit my country but I didn't dare putting too many songs in a foreign language, so I chose AaRON as they sing in English most of the time. I don't think they're THAT good technically speaking (and after seeing them live I can say they sound pretty stupid in real life), but I love their album nonetheless, give it a try if you like this song.
Btw I've always wondered if they sounded French or not... as a native speaker, could you tell they were Frenchies?
Those are definitely the less impressive band of my mixtape, I had put another song there (R.E.M I think) but changed it at the last minute thinking they were too famous. I can't deny that it's cheesy and that the album isn't that great, but that's my fav track from them so I thought it was fair to put it there. Oh I forgot... That's The Servant. Dan Black's (singer) voice kinda annoys me sometimes...
Yep, nothing to add except from the fact that's Siobhan Donaghy. I liked the backward idea.
The Dandy Warhols! I ultra love this song. Listen to it again and again and again :P
AHHHHH, alright this is one of my fav band (after the Cranberries, of course), they're called Hey. I knew I'd put them here cause they're rock and I actually chose this ''acoustic guitar'' song because of what I thought you'd like. I was so wrong, I wish I could tell you ''please check other songs from them, they're awesome'' but you might not be too interested in them now :D Anyway you can try this one [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czujclci6uA]YouTube- Hey - sic[/ame] or ask me for others if ever you want to. I'm glad you didn't say ''I don't understand the lyrics, it sucks'' though, cause they're Polish and I'm French so I don't understand the lyrics either (but I do always look for the translations of their songs). Anyway I uber love them!
Sorry about that, once again that might have been a bit too personal ahah? Anyway let me introduce you to Patti Smith who's kinda a ''monument'' in the domain of arts. I liked the cover and I thought the fact it was Nirvana could make this song very easy to listen.
:D And now, to let you know how I built my mixtape: every Gossip gig opens (or closes) with that Fleetwood Mac track - which I love - so I thought it's be coherent to start with Gossip and end with Fleetwood!
Here's an explanation on how I made the artwork, nothing impressive I tell ya... http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/2023/image2pk.png
I hope you'll like new bands you might have discovered and that you didn't dislike too much the fact there were lotsa female voices in there. Sorry I didn't meet your expectation. Feel free to tell me more about it, I'd be happy to share more :)
TRACKLIST :
XX. Song - Artist (Album)
01. Yr Mangled Heart – Gossip (Standing In The Way Of Control)
02. Tape Song – The Kills (Midnight Boom)
03. Big Big Love (Fig 2) – Foals (Antidotes)
04. Crystalised – The XX (XX)
05. You Don’t Know Love – Editors (In This Light And On This Evening)
06. Mirror Lover (feat. Dolores O’Riordan) – Jam & Spoon (Tripomatic Fairytales 3003)
07. Where Is My Boy? (feat. Chris Martin) – Faultline (Your Love Means Everything)
08. Hometown Glory – Adele (19)
09. Blow – AaRON (Artificial Animals Riding On Neverland)
10. Body – The Servant (The Servant)
11. Ghosts – Siobhan Donaghy (Ghosts)
12. Mohammed – The Dandy Warhols (Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia)
13. Missy Seepy – Hey (Music Music)
14. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Patti Smith (Twelve)
15. The Chain – Fleetwood Mac (Rumours)
LINK
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PF98X1AC
:)