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.