{"id":2776,"date":"2012-11-12T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2012-11-11T14:41:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T20:41:07","slug":"mixtape-monday-january-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/mixtape-monday-january-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Tape Monday – January 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After my tape deck crapped out in 1997, I was stuck listening to either the radio or full albums in whatever order the artist intended. \u00a0That all changed in 2001, when the new-fangled MP3 technology got combined with my new CD burner.<\/p>\n

The first CD I burned, in January of 2001, had multiple versions, and this is the one I kept for myself. \u00a0It contains a mix of current and old hits, along with some radio bits. \u00a0Of course, my song selection was limited at the time to the CDs and few MP3s I had on hand.<\/p>\n

Offspring – Original Prankster<\/p>\n

The latest hit from the Offspring kicked things off for this disc.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 4\/25\/2011<\/p>\n

Soul Coughing – Super Bon Bon<\/p>\n

A minor hit from 1996 for the band from New York.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 9\/24\/2012<\/p>\n

Mexican Cheerleader – Our Party<\/p>\n

This tune was included to introduce my friend Scott to some local punk music. \u00a0I don’t think it did much for him.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a013 plays, most recently on 9\/17\/2011<\/p>\n

Howard Stern Show Parody – Dancing In Their Sheets<\/p>\n

There was a song parody contest on the Howard Stern Show in 2000 and this ode to racism was one of the finalists.<\/p>\n

Crew Cuts – Sh-Boom<\/p>\n

Seeing as how I just bought this song from the iTunes store last week, I have no idea where I had gotten it from nearly 12 years ago.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play,\u00a0on 11\/5\/2012<\/p>\n

Faith Hill – Breathe<\/p>\n

Country’s cross-over into pop was big early in the century, and this was one of the bigger hits.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 5\/26\/2012<\/p>\n

The Corrs – Breathless<\/p>\n

The lasses from Ireland had their first big American pop hit at the time.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a06 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2012<\/p>\n

Ohio Express – Yummy Yummy Yummy<\/p>\n

The late 60s hit was the highest charting single from the house band of Super K Productions.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a06 plays, most recently on 10\/5\/2011<\/p>\n

The Muffs – Courtney Love Message<\/p>\n

The Muffs 2000 compilation album included this voice mail from Courtney Love regarding the origins of the baby doll dress style worn by the ladies of grunge.<\/p>\n

The Muffs –\u00a0Kids In America<\/p>\n

That compilation album also included this cover of the Kim Wilde hit that was originally featured on the Clueless<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a011 plays, most recently on 6\/4\/2012<\/p>\n

Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar<\/p>\n

Cypress Hill had a big hit with two versions of this song in 2000, one for rock stations and one for rap stations.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 10\/20\/2012<\/p>\n

Monkees – All Of Your Toys<\/p>\n

A song that I do not have on MP3 today.<\/p>\n

Eric Cartman\u00a0– Come Sail Away<\/p>\n

The first South Park<\/em> album contained this unique cover of the Styx classic.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 6\/9\/2012<\/p>\n

DMX – Party Up<\/p>\n

The party anthem from DMX reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a010 plays, most recently on 9\/19\/2011<\/p>\n

DJ Gauffie – Oops! Slim Shady Did It Again<\/p>\n

A mash-up of the latest singles from Britney Spears and Eminem.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play,\u00a0on 3\/22\/2012<\/p>\n

Alice In Chains – Man In The Box<\/p>\n

This 1991 hit from the Seattle rockers got a second life when the group turned grunge.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 7\/13\/2012<\/p>\n

The Black Crowes – Hard To Handle<\/p>\n

The band hit it big in 1990 with this cover of an old Otis Redding hit.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 7\/23\/2011<\/p>\n

Prank Call – Chinese Chicken<\/p>\n

A prank call that makes fun of workers at Chinese restaurants.<\/p>\n

Love Spit Love – How Soon Is Now<\/p>\n

This song served as the Wiccan song of the late 90s and early 2000s, appearing in The Craft<\/em> and as the theme song for Charmed<\/em>, which was in its 3rd season at the time.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a011 plays, most recently on 8\/25\/2012<\/p>\n

Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You<\/p>\n

The 1973 song peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts and made a comeback in 1992 thanks to its inclusion on the Reservoir Dogs<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 8\/18\/2011<\/p>\n

The Buggles – Radio Killed The Video Star<\/p>\n

Famous for being the first video shown on MTV.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 8\/25\/2012<\/p>\n

Santo & Johnny – Sleepwalk<\/p>\n

A favorite for ending mix tapes, thanks to it being the ending song of the Wendy & Bill radio show.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 7\u00a0 plays, most recently on 7\/14\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After my tape deck crapped out in 1997, I was stuck listening to either the radio or full albums in whatever order the artist intended. \u00a0That all changed in 2001, when the new-fangled MP3 technology got combined with my new CD burner. The first CD I burned, in January of 2001, had multiple versions, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[925,746,948,957,2671,2677,2344,2679,986,2673,196,90,1028,684,849,2676,522,94,2073,2675,1764,531,1167,2672,2668,291,661,1233,2674,1240,1244,2678,1270,1277,2670,202,1297,2667,2669],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-alice-in-chains","tag-billboard","tag-black-crowes","tag-britney-spears","tag-charmed","tag-clueless","tag-courtney-love","tag-crew-cuts","tag-cypress-hill","tag-dj-gauffie","tag-dmx","tag-eminem","tag-faith-hill","tag-grunge","tag-howard-stern","tag-kim-wilde","tag-love-spit-love","tag-mexican-cheerleader","tag-mix-tape","tag-mp3","tag-mtv","tag-offspring","tag-ohio-express","tag-otis-redding","tag-reservoir-dogs","tag-santo-johnny","tag-scott","tag-soul-coughing","tag-south-park","tag-stealers-wheel","tag-styx","tag-super-k-productions","tag-the-buggles","tag-the-corrs","tag-the-craft","tag-the-monkees","tag-the-muffs","tag-wendy-and-bill","tag-wicca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions\/2803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}