I love making mix tapes. Okay, let me rephrase that for the twenty-first century: I love putting together thematic playlists in iTunes and burning them onto CDs. So, last night, I was in the mood to make a emo playlist (in the emotion sense of the word, not the hardcore music sub-genre sense of the word). In search of inspiration, I reached out to my Twitter followers:
I received a ton of replies – quite varied in genre. I also received a few requests to post the list of responses. So, here are the answers I received (without appropriate capitalization nor spell/accuracy-check, my apologies):
placebo - running up that hill
harry nilson - i can't live
mazzy star - fade into you
jeff buckley - last goodbye
sarah brightman - love changes everything
dead can dance - severance
glen hansard - falling slowly
gary jules - mad world
queen - the show must go on
leona lewis - happy
kelly clarkson - sober
christina aguilera - if you're out there, ordinary people
sigur ros - hoppipolla
elgar - nimrod
beach boys - god only knows
peter gabriel - book of love
al green - lets stay together
lauryn hill - ex factor, a song for you
pearl jam - black, in hiding, rearviewmirror, present tense
david grey - the other side
coldplay - speed of sound
tracy chapman - at this point in my life
kd lang - a case of you
amiee mann - wise up
velvet undergound - candy says
david bowie - word on a wing
john cale - ghost story
pink - long way to be happy
peter gabriel & kate bush - don't give up
annie lenox - into the west
loreena mckennitt - lady of shalott
wilco - my darling
israel kamakawiwo'ole - somewhere over the rainbow
dar williams - i had no right
the dresden dolls - sing
ani difranco - angry anymore
c.r. avery - pocket knife
joni mitchell - case of you
kate bush - the woman's work
u2 - stuck in a moment you can't get out of
springsteen - if i should fall behind
colin hay - i just don't think i'll ever get over you
pink floyd - wish you were here
ryan adams - la cienga
Also received the answer "anything by" the following groups:
the smiths
fiona apple
death cab for cutie
portishead
andrea bocelli
And several songs given sans artist:
danny boy
that girl crystal
piano man
total eclipse of the heart
major tom (coming home)
its raining men
leaving on a jet plane
amazing grace
swing low sweet chariot
And finally, soundtracks/movie songs:
suo gan from empire of the sun
hans zimmer - thunderbird & gladiator soundtrack
god is trying to tell you something from the color purple
i know where i've been from hairspray
ae ajnabi from dil se
I haven’t had an opportunity to look up/listen to all of these songs yet, nor add my own choices & make a mix… but I will! Thanks Tweeps, you rock. Literally.