{"id":2778,"date":"2012-11-19T04:24:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T10:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2012-11-18T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T17:13:53","slug":"mixtape-monday-may-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/mixtape-monday-may-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Tape Monday – May 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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

This\u00a0CD was burned in May of 2001 and features new music from Weezer, The Go-Go’s, and American Hi-Fi, along with older songs that interested me at the time for one reason or another.<\/p>\n

The Five Blobs – Beware Of The Blob<\/p>\n

This old 50s tune was re-popularized by the new midday show on WCKG hosted by Buzz Kilman and Wendy Snyder.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 5\/11\/2012<\/p>\n

The Ramones – Spider-Man Theme<\/p>\n

The seminal punk band covered the theme from the 60s Spider-Man cartoon for a mid-90s compilation.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 7\/30\/2012<\/p>\n

American Hi-Fi – Flavor Of The Week<\/p>\n

The one hit from the band that has seemingly become the touring band for Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 6\/13\/2012<\/p>\n

Smoking Popes – I Need You Around<\/p>\n

The local alt band had a hit with this tune from the Clueless<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a06 plays, most recently on 8\/9\/2011<\/p>\n

Len – Steal My Sunshine<\/p>\n

Another one hit wonder, this tune was originally included on the Go<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 8\/19\/2011<\/p>\n

Jodeci – Lately<\/p>\n

The unplugged version of the old Stevie Wonder hit from technically the first band I ever saw perform live.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a012 plays, most recently on 9\/21\/2012<\/p>\n

Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft<\/p>\n

The song was back in vogue in 2001 thanks to the Shaft<\/em> remake the previous year and Hayes increased profile thanks to his role as Chef on South Park<\/em>.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a010 plays, most recently on 7\/16\/2012<\/p>\n

Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer<\/p>\n

I’ve always been fond of this early 90s dance hit.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 7\/16\/2012<\/p>\n

Mallrats Clip<\/p>\n

Funny stuff from the mind of Kevin Smith which I have never imported into iTunes.<\/p>\n

Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag<\/p>\n

The minor hit from the Loser<\/em> soundtrack was a massive hit in Australia, becoming the #2 selling single of 2000.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 12\/1\/2010<\/p>\n

Weezer – Hash Pipe<\/p>\n

The first single from Weezer’s first album in nearly 5 years.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a025 plays, most recently on 11\/9\/2012<\/p>\n

The Ides Of March – Vehicle<\/p>\n

The 70s smash hit from the\u00a0Berwyn group led by Jim Peterik.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 3\/21\/2012<\/p>\n

T. Rex – Get It On<\/p>\n

The glam rock anthem was T. Rex’s\u00a0only US\u00a0hit, reaching #10 in January 1972.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 6\/4\/2012<\/p>\n

AC\/DC – If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)<\/p>\n

The old AC\/DC album track was featured in the movie (but not the soundtrack of)\u00a0Empire Records<\/em>, which featured early appearances by Liv Tyler, Robin Tunney, and Renee Zellweger.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a011 plays, most recently on 4\/9\/2012<\/p>\n

Tesla – Signs<\/p>\n

Back in college, I bought this CD strickly for this song, taped it to cassette, and then traded it in for LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out<\/em> CD.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 5\/4\/2011<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run<\/p>\n

The breakout tune for the Boss from 1975.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a06 plays, most recently on 2\/16\/2011<\/p>\n

The Go-Go’s – Unforgiven<\/p>\n

The 80s girl group returned in 2001 with their first album of all new material since 1984, which produced this minor hit.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a08 plays, most recently on 9\/27\/2012<\/p>\n

Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows<\/p>\n

A group of session performers had an unexpected hit with this song in 1970.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 1\/13\/2011<\/p>\n

Poe – Hey Pretty<\/p>\n

The first single from Poe’s sophomore effort.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play,\u00a0on 5\/28\/2009<\/p>\n

Mallrats Clip<\/p>\n

Another clip from the film, this time featuring Jay & Silent Bob.\u00a0 Well, Jay.\u00a0 Silent Bob was there, but, you know, silent.<\/p>\n

Barry Manilow – Mandy<\/p>\n

The schmaltzy hit from Barry Manilow hit it big in 1974.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 4\/23\/2010<\/p>\n

Hayseed Dixie – Money Talks<\/p>\n

For some reason, it was a thing in the early part of the 21st century for otherwise unheard of country acts to get some publicity by covering rock and\/or rap hits.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: Never played<\/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. This\u00a0CD was burned in May of 2001 and features new music from Weezer, […]<\/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":[565,421,2280,937,2693,959,2686,2677,1016,1637,2689,2696,1067,2692,1087,363,1117,2343,1124,2691,2515,2688,2073,1184,516,2695,2694,380,442,1228,2674,520,2690,1328,1263,1282,283,1858,2685,205,2687,481],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-acdc","tag-american-hi-fi","tag-australia","tag-barry-manilow","tag-berwyn","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-buzz-kilman","tag-clueless","tag-edison-lighthouse","tag-empire-records","tag-go","tag-hayseed-dixie","tag-isaac-hayes","tag-jim-peterik","tag-jodeci","tag-kevin-smith","tag-len","tag-liv-tyler","tag-ll-cool-j","tag-loser","tag-mallrats","tag-miley-cyrus","tag-mix-tape","tag-poe","tag-ramones","tag-renee-zellweger","tag-robin-tunney","tag-shaft","tag-smoking-popes","tag-snap","tag-south-park","tag-spider-man","tag-stevie-wonder","tag-t-rex","tag-tesla","tag-the-five-blobs","tag-the-go-gos","tag-the-ides-of-march","tag-wckg","tag-weezer","tag-wendy-snyder","tag-wheatus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","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=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2794"}],"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=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}