{"id":2782,"date":"2012-12-10T04:34:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T10:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2012-12-09T16:23:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T22:23:33","slug":"mixtape-monday-march-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/mixtape-monday-march-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Tape Monday – March 2002"},"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

March of 2002 brought about new albums from Weezer and Alanis Morissette and new singles from Britney Spears, Pink, and No Doubt.<\/p>\n

Cheap Trick – That 70s Song<\/p>\n

The theme song from That 70s Show<\/em> shows up halfway through the show’s run.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 10\/12\/2011<\/p>\n

Possum Dixon – Watch That Girl Destroy Me<\/p>\n

The first of two straight appearances for this song, which is certainly a good time but not necessarily good enough for such a continuous play.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 11\/1\/2010<\/p>\n

Frank Black – Headache<\/p>\n

The ex-Pixies singer had his one solo hit with this tune.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 4\/4\/2012<\/p>\n

Garbage – Breaking Up The Girl<\/p>\n

The latest somewhat hit for the band based in Madison, WI.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 12 plays, most recently on 10\/19\/2012<\/p>\n

No Doubt – Hella Good<\/p>\n

The Orange County rockers return with their second hit off of Rock Steady.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a08 plays, most recently on 8\/21\/2012<\/p>\n

Zaeger & Evans – In The Year 2525<\/p>\n

This 60s hit was an ode to futuristic science gone mad.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 11\/6\/2012<\/p>\n

Weezer – Dope Nose<\/p>\n

Weezer returns with their second album in as many years.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 7\/16\/2012<\/p>\n

The Calling – Wherever You Will Go<\/p>\n

The only hit from The Calling was featured on Smallville<\/em> and Cold Case<\/em> and in the film Coyote Ugly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 8\/12\/2011<\/p>\n

Sonic Youth – Bull In The Heather<\/p>\n

This song was named after the winner of the 1993 Florida Derby.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 5\/19\/2012<\/p>\n

James – Laid<\/p>\n

The early 90s hit got a second life in the late 90s and early 2000s thanks to the American Pie <\/em>films.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 15 plays, most recently on 5\/17\/2011<\/p>\n

Alice In Chains – Rooster<\/p>\n

One month after I burned this CD, Layne Staley was found dead of a drug overdose.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 8\/22\/2012<\/p>\n

Better Than Ezra – Good<\/p>\n

The one hit from the mid-90s one hit wonder.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 6\/4\/2012<\/p>\n

Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood<\/p>\n

An animated band consisting of the lead singer of Blur and the creator of Tank Girl.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 5\/11\/2012<\/p>\n

Oasis – Live Forever<\/p>\n

The first US hit for Oasis that came out before they became one of the biggest bands in the world.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 10 plays, most recently on 7\/30\/2012<\/p>\n

Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean<\/p>\n

This song is\u00a0reportedly about an affair\u00a0Alanis had with a man when she was 14.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 8\/15\/2011<\/p>\n

Heather Nova – We Can Work It Out<\/p>\n

This Beatles cover was from the film I Am Sam<\/em>.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: Never played<\/p>\n

Freelance Hellraiser – A Stroke Of Genie-us<\/p>\n

A mashup of Hard To Explain<\/em> by The Strokes and Genie In A\u00a0Bottle<\/em> by Christina Aguilera.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 6\/23\/2009<\/p>\n

Shakira – Whatever, Whenever<\/p>\n

The first US hit for the Colombian songstress.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 7\/30\/2012<\/p>\n

Pink – Don’t Let Me Get Me<\/p>\n

The second hit from Pink’s second album and her attempt to break free from the marketing pigeon hole she was placed in.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 2\/7\/2011<\/p>\n

Britney Spears – I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman<\/p>\n

Britney’s ode to growing up, prior to her mental breakdown.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 7\/12\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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