Thursday, April 21, 2016

Eric Say Relax

In October 2014 the Monash Medicine Class of 1984 celebrated their 30 year reunion. Whilst the number one hits of 1984 consisted of a number of dodgy songs and artists, the year's charts were not a complete write off :
1. The Love Cats - The Cure
2. Blue Jean - David Bowie
3. People Are People - Depeche Mode
4. Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics
5. I Wanna Be Loved - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
6. Happy Ending - Joe Jackson
7. Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
8. I Love You, Suzanne - Lou Reed
9. When The Generals Talk - Midnight Oil
10. Half A Boy & Half A Man - Nick Lowe
11. Thin Line Between Love And Hate - The Pretenders
12. Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) - Ramones
13. So. Central Rain - REM
14. Smooth Operator - Sade
15. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
16. Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials
17. Message To My Girl - Split Enz
18. Skin Deep - The Stranglers
19. You're The Best Thing - The Style Council
20. It's My Life - Talk Talk

Monday, February 2, 2015

Danger Zone

This mix tape was inspired by the Universal Hot Crazy Matrix :
1. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
2. Dangerous - Roxette
3. Red-Headed Woman - Bruce Springsteen
4. Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
5. Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors
6. Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
7. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
8. Maneater - Hall & Oates
9. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
10. Witchy Woman - Eagles
11. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
12. Killer Queen - Queen
13. Bitch - Rolling Stones
14. Poison - Alice Cooper
15. The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone
16. Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
17. Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
18. Superfreak - Rick James
19. Bitch - Meredith Brooks

Monday, January 26, 2015

Love...

Inspired by the back cover blurb of Rob Sheffield's "Love Is A Mix Tape", the track listing for the mixtape titled "Love..." is:
1. Love Stinks
2. Love Bites
3. Love Hurts
4. Love Is A Battlefield
5. Love Is A Losing Game
6. Love Never Runs On Time
7. Love Is A Stranger
8. Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
9. Love Really Hurts Without You
10. Love Is The Drug
11. Love For Sale
12. Love At First Sight
13. Love Of The Common People
14. Love You Long Time
15. Love Changes (Everything)
16. Love Is In The Air
17. Love Will Keep Us Together
18. Love Makes The World Go Round

The Soundtrack To My Life

Since the late 1970s, I have been making mixtapes...for myself, for friends, for lovers, for my car...but mostly for myself. They're now no longer 90 minute cassettes...they're 80 minute CDs. Best songs of the year, songs about New York, songs with a girl's name as the title, feel good songs, Australian songs (for my friends in London), road trip songs, songs about days of the week...There are endless possibilities for mixetapers.