Some time ago—I don’t remember how long precisely—I started working on a mixtape. I got as far as writing down a bunch of songs in categories, and then I lost interest, and the list has been cluttering up my desk ever since. The category tags no longer make a great deal of sense and I’m not even sure who sings some of these songs anymore, but if I put it into the computer then I can get rid of the paper cluttering up my desk, and maybe the magic of the internets will do something with it.
Song links go to Youtube.
the man
- Working Undercover for the Man (They Might Be Giants)
- Clampdown (The Clash)
- Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen)
- For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
- The Dogs of War (Pink Floyd)
- Operation: Mindcrime (Queensrÿche) (the song, not the whole album)
- Republican Party Reptile (Big Country)
- I Should Be Allowed to Think (TMBG)
- Mothers of the Disappeared (U2)
stalker
- Where Your Eyes Don’t Go (TMBG)
- Debbie (Throwing Toasters)
- Deadline (Blue Öyster Cult)
- Too Young for the Blues (Ella Fitzgerald)
- Barrel Of A Gun (Guster)
- DWDTG (?)
- Hall of Heads (TMBG) (best recording I could find, sorry)
solipsist
- Center of Attention (Guster)
- World Leader Pretend (REM)
- Don’t Worry About the Government (Talking Heads)
game
- Mistakes Were Made (Stefan “Twoflower” Gagne)
- Wear My Face (Cats Laughing)
- Policy of Truth (Depeche Mode)
- Chains (Brother)
- Welcome to the Machine (Pink Floyd)
- Black Knight’s Work (Cats Laughing)
- Knight Moves (Suzanne Vega)
fight back
- How the Mighty Fall (The Alarm)
- Power Underneath Despair (Blue Öyster Cult)
- Gimme Some Truth (Pearl Jam)
- Land of Confusion (Genesis)
- Masters of War (Bob Dylan)
- Won’t Get Fooled Again (The Who)
- Fly Away (Brother)
misc
- All That She Wants (Ace of Base)
- Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head (TMBG)
- Debt Collector (?)
- Get Together (HST intro) (?)
- Master of Puppets (instrumental) (probably Apocalyptica)
- Little Too Clean (Soul Asylum)
My current tastes say there should be less pop and more goth. And some electronica. And probably also some Cake.
Could “DWDTG” be The Devil Went Down to Georgia?
It was the first thing I thought of and filled the top pages when I googled “DWDTG song”, though I’m not sure how the devil seeking out a renowned fiddle player would make him a stalker…
Your guess is as good as mine; but like you, I think it doesn’t really seem to go under “stalker”.
I might suggest this cover of “All That She Wants” instead of the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUc261Qj0N4