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laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:52 pm

I now have the capability to burn CDs...and 'imagine' that I wanted to get one of my mates into EC, what kind of things do you think I should put on the CD?
I've seen his record collection, and he's into new rock and indie bands (Radiohead is his fave), so I wanna keep it relatively guitar-based, so no PFM/Juliet/North...I don't want it to be a 'commercial best of', but I'd like suggestions so it doesn't become 'my personal favourites'....

so far, I'm thinking about...

UNCOMPLICATED
BEYOND BELIEF
LIPSTICK VOGUE
BIG BOYS
ALISON
I WANT YOU

I'm thinking of getting 16 tracks, then working on their order.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:52 pm

To name but a few:

Tokyo Storm Warning
Pump It Up
15 Petals
Daddy Can I Turn This
Starting to Come to Me
Hurry Down Doomsday
So Like Candy

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:20 am

How about

13 Steps Lead Down
Man Out of Time
Daddy Can I Turn This? and
Jack of All Parades (I think I read in Q magazine that this is Thom Yorke's favourite song)

HolyCoatAndHat · Post by **HolyCoatAndHat** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:45 am

Think about putting You Bowed Down on that CD. That song has some sweet guitar work in it

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:02 pm

Don't forget...

Watching the Detectives
Radio Radio
Welcome to the Working Week
All the Rage
Riot Act

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:32 pm

Many a good shout best beloveds..but this Rhino still has it's skin, keep em coming! I'm mulling this over very carefully, and will also utilise the top 50 when it is completed.

kimmy · Post by **kimmy** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:33 pm

LC, I hope this one isn't too commercial, but "Oliver's Army might ne a good one. It's always been one of my favorites, and when I've introduced others to it, they've liked it too.

kimmy · Post by **kimmy** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:34 pm

sorry about the typos, by the way...

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:39 am

Tahts arlight Kimmy...I don't really wanna put that on there, because it is the bog-standard compilation inclusion song...but that is cos it's a great song. Hmm...decisions decisions.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:46 am

*Ahem*

A little bit more from King of America, maybe Brilliant Mistake or I'll Wear it Proudly.

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:36 pm

Brilliant Mistake is a brilliant (that word's in my mind now) song.

wolfcat · Post by **wolfcat** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:34 pm

I also like Radiohead and EC.

Radiohead fan might like:

DUST
RADIO SILENCE
THE BRIDGE I BURNED
HEATHEN TOWN
BEYOND BELIEF
LOVE FIELD
IT'S TIME
SHIPBUILDING
ALIBI
MY DARK LIFE
HOME TRUTH

double dutchess · Post by **double dutchess** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:50 pm

Do you have room on your list for Goon Squad? It has that great intro.

Ooooh! What about Motel Matches? It sounds kind of different.

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:04 pm

i´d go with....riot act, night rally, my dark life, tart, black sails in the sunset, deep sark truthful mirror........

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:37 pm

girl out of time wrote:i´d go with....riot act, night rally, my dark life, tart, black sails in the sunset, deep sark truthful mirror........

Is GooT an "Alias" fan...?

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 5:12 pm

I've got a preliminary 16, which Im not wholly happy with...now adding some of the contributions since I last posted...I have a program that allows me to set up the playlist, and I'm trying to get the continuity right...

e.g Less than Zero doesn't lead well into I want you

What do you think should end the set? I think it has to be a 'leave em wanting more thing' but not something too maddening like Pumo it up. At the mo it's Night Rally...but Im not sure that's right.

Anyway, here's the first draft....please feel free to deconstruct as it's not the final draft.

UNCOMPLICATED
LIPSTICK VOGUE
BEYOND BELIEF
JACK OF ALL PARADES
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
*LESS THAN ZERO
I WANT YOU
SULKY GIRL
...THIS TOWN...
PUMP IT UP
*WATCH YOUR STEP
WHEN I WAS CRUEL 2
RIOT ACT
MAN OUT OF TIME
TOKYO STORM WARNING
*NIGHT RALLY

* = not sure about this track

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 8:07 am

no thoughts then?

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 3:10 pm

I like the set up.....but wouldn't it be easier to tie them to a chair and lock them in a room and make them listen to all the albums?

I don't know enough about Radiohead to offer anything....(Misha in a cave emoticon here)

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:21 am

If he's into guitar bands then plenty of noisey Attractions and Imposters: Chelsea, doll Revolution, Straight or Blind, Happy Now, etc. I remember Thom Yorke in an interview saying his favourite Elvis track was I'll Wear it Proudly. I'd recomend giving your mate a lyric sheet - you can cut and paste them from EC Home Page. Good luck.

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