{"id":2681,"date":"2012-10-29T10:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2012-10-28T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T22:09:55","slug":"mix-tape-monday-tape-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/mix-tape-monday-tape-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Tape Monday – Tape #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Earlier this year, we looked at the 20 volumes of mix tapes that I had made between 1989 and 1995, containing my favorite songs that I had gathered either from the radio, a cassette tape, or (eventually) CD.\u00a0 In addition to those, I had 2 tapes that consisted of songs that I liked, but, for differing reasons, did not make it to the main set.\u00a0 I thought it would be fun to take another look back at those two cassettes, how much I listen to those songs now, and why they did not qualify for the main set of mix tapes.<\/p>\n

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Side A<\/h3>\n

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze<\/p>\n

This song was from the Coneheads<\/em> soundtrack, released in 1993.\u00a0 I’m not sure what held the song back, as it ranks high today in my list of favorite Chili Pepper songs.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 8\/29\/2011<\/p>\n

Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion<\/p>\n

At some point, I stopped putting old songs on the main series of mix tapes and shunted them off to this collection.\u00a0 This Aerosmith hit, originally released in the 70s, was re-released as the single from the Pandora’s Box<\/em> boxset.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 6\/17\/2012<\/p>\n

EMF – Unforgettable<\/p>\n

The one hit from EMF certainly should have made it to the main series of tapes.\u00a0 Maybe I just\u00a0never got it recorded until it was too late?<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a06 plays, most recently on 9\/1\/2011<\/p>\n

REM – Drive (Live)<\/p>\n

This live version of the debut single from Automatic For The People was recorded for Greenpeace.<\/p>\n

Stone Temple Pilots – Plush<\/p>\n

One thing I did notice was that for bands I ended up reallly liking, like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and STP, their first breakthrough hit did not make it on to my favorites tapes.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 10\/13\/2010<\/p>\n

Motley Crue – Kickstart My Heart<\/p>\n

Again, not sure why this wouldn’t have made it to the main tapes, unless it came out before those tapes started.\u00a0 The timing would have been close.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a09 plays, most recently on 6\/17\/2012<\/p>\n

REM – Stand<\/p>\n

The title song from the Chris Elliot show Get A Life<\/em> would have pre-dated the other collection of favorite songs.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a010 plays, most recently on 7\/13\/2012<\/p>\n

Guns N’ Roses – Patience<\/p>\n

With the overwhelming success of Appetite For Destruction<\/em>, a quickie EP was released with previously released material and this song, which would have come out right around the time the other series of tapes was starting off.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 8\/15\/2011<\/p>\n

Van Halen – Jump<\/p>\n

Since this song came out in 1984, it was relegated to this backup tape as opposed to the main stream.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 17 plays, most recently on 10\/2\/2012<\/p>\n

Def Leppard – Bringin’ On The Heartbreak<\/p>\n

This Def Leppard song easily pre-dates my collection of favorite songs, as it came out in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 5\/25\/2012<\/p>\n

Side B<\/h3>\n

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REM – Losing My Religion<\/p>\n

The first hit from Out Of Time<\/em> certainly fits in the timeframe of the original series of cassettes, but somehow did not make the cut.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 9\/7\/2011<\/p>\n

Bell Biv Devoe – Do Me!<\/p>\n

The follow up to Poison certainly should have made it to the main series.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a015 plays, most recently on 6\/27\/2012<\/p>\n

Green Jelly – 3 Little Pigs<\/p>\n

I could have sworn that this song was on the other collection, but apparently not.\u00a0 Maybe the novelty hit qualities it possessed made me think twice about including it.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a014 plays, most recently on 10\/19\/2012<\/p>\n

Vince Neil – You’re Invited (But Your Friends Can’t Come)<\/p>\n

The brief breakup between Vince and the rest of Motley Crue didn’t really do any favors for either side, which is likely why they quickly got back together.\u00a0 I think this song, in addition to being the lead track from Neil’s solo album, was also featured in Encino Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 10\/5\/2011<\/p>\n

Belly – Feed The Tree<\/p>\n

Another example of a debut hit that I ended up really liking but didn’t make the cut of the main series.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a011 plays, most recently on 9\/7\/2011<\/p>\n

Skid Row – Wasted Time<\/p>\n

Skid Row’s follow-up to their self titled debut never really went anywhere, which may explain why this ended up where it did.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 1 play, on 1\/7\/2009<\/p>\n

Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence<\/p>\n

If you gave me a million dollars to guess which songs were on this tape before I had relistened to it, I definitely would have lost thanks to this entry right here.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 12\/16\/2010<\/p>\n

Danzig – Mother<\/p>\n

The only song I know by the supposed tough guy of rock.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats: 6 plays, most recently on 4\/23\/2012<\/p>\n

AC\/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long<\/p>\n

I want to say that I taped this off of my junior year\u00a0roommate’s cassette.\u00a0 I remember the song better than I remember him, or at least his name.\u00a0 He was from New Jersey and somehow ended up and Purdue instead of Rutgers, where all of his friends and his girlfriend were.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a08 plays, most recently on 7\/28\/2011<\/p>\n

Candlebox – Far Behind<\/p>\n

This song probably ended up where it did because I never really did like it all that much.\u00a0 Which explains why I never listen to it today.<\/p>\n

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

Nine Inch Nails –\u00a0Closer<\/p>\n

This definitley should have made the cut to appear on the\u00a0main tapes of favorite songs.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 7\/9\/2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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