Thursday, November 23, 2006
Opening Doors of HH
Its been a while since I posted music compilations.
I've put together a few for various reasons but none of them have really rocked.
Here's Opening Doors.
I made it for a friend's housewarming which never happened[1].
That's OK since the compilation never really took off.
The idea that I started off with was to use only tracks that were originally released as the opening tracks to the albums they were on.
See? Opening Doors -> new house -> first tracks.
Yup, the idea is kind of lame.
In the end the only track that conforms to this kind of thing is, ironically, the last track (Eagle Eye Cherry) which, even more ironically, is the _last_ track on it's album[2].
Of the line-up the only songs that I really, really think are great(from a compilation point of view) is Jenny Lewis[3] and the terminally underrated The Mutton Birds.
The rest are all good songs, but somehow they don't really contribute much to a compilation desperately in need of contributions.
Correction; there is one other absolutely killer song on it - Neil Diamond, if only for the lyrics:
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Here's Anita's HH Mix - much cooler than Opening Doors.
The story behind it is that Anita's new office[4] is staffed by a bunch of young comic book artists.
Naturally they have _great_ taste in music and Anita felt that she had to do something to retain her street cred in such a competitive environment.
It's a straight forward hip hop collection but it works well.
Apparently the office was suitably impressed and now suspect her of being a bit of a gangsta.
I didn't know what the name of the Roots Manuva track was, so just named it Ticka Tock - the name is actually Clockwork.
[1] the housewarming - not the compilation
[2] also entitled Desireless
[3] a cover of the Roy Orbison classic
[4] the Beat Comics studio is in flight and Mshanna is in production
I've put together a few for various reasons but none of them have really rocked.
Here's Opening Doors.
Opening Doors
1. Prince Raspberry Beret
(In through the Out door)
2. Crowded House Pineapple Head
3. Jenny Lewis with Handle With Care
The Watson Twins
4. Supergrass Late in the Day
5. Ryan Adams This House is not For Sale
6. The Mutton Birds Come Around
7. Marc Broussard Home
8. Gnarles Barkley St. Elsewhere
9. Finley Quaye Your Love Gets Sweeter
10. Antony & Fistful of Love
The Johnsons
11. Sophie Solomon Lazarus
12. Neil Diamond What's It Gonna Be?
13. Stephen Duffy The Deal
14. Eagle Eye Cherry Desireless
I made it for a friend's housewarming which never happened[1].
That's OK since the compilation never really took off.
The idea that I started off with was to use only tracks that were originally released as the opening tracks to the albums they were on.
See? Opening Doors -> new house -> first tracks.
Yup, the idea is kind of lame.
In the end the only track that conforms to this kind of thing is, ironically, the last track (Eagle Eye Cherry) which, even more ironically, is the _last_ track on it's album[2].
Of the line-up the only songs that I really, really think are great(from a compilation point of view) is Jenny Lewis[3] and the terminally underrated The Mutton Birds.
The rest are all good songs, but somehow they don't really contribute much to a compilation desperately in need of contributions.
Correction; there is one other absolutely killer song on it - Neil Diamond, if only for the lyrics:
Move a little closerfuck yeah.
Try a little harder
Dancing with a partner
Helps you find the beat
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Anita's HH Mix
01 Max Normal Stay At Home
02 A Tribe Called Quest Can I Kick It
03 Busta Rhymes Turn it Up
04 House of Pain Jump Around
05 Cypress Hill I aint goin out like that
06 KRS One Sound of Da Police
07 Kanye West Diamonds From Sierra Leone
08 Jurassic 5 Freedom
09 Blackalicious A-G
10 Eminem My Name is
11 Beastie Boys The Negotiation Limerick File
12 Cashless Society Hottentothop Bantu 1-2
13 Roots Manuva Ticka Tock
14 The Herbaliser The Blend
feat. WhatWhat
The story behind it is that Anita's new office[4] is staffed by a bunch of young comic book artists.
Naturally they have _great_ taste in music and Anita felt that she had to do something to retain her street cred in such a competitive environment.
It's a straight forward hip hop collection but it works well.
Apparently the office was suitably impressed and now suspect her of being a bit of a gangsta.
I didn't know what the name of the Roots Manuva track was, so just named it Ticka Tock - the name is actually Clockwork.
[1] the housewarming - not the compilation
[2] also entitled Desireless
[3] a cover of the Roy Orbison classic
[4] the Beat Comics studio is in flight and Mshanna is in production
// posted by werner @ 1:42:00 pm 
