{"id":2774,"date":"2012-11-26T04:31:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T10:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2012-11-24T16:15:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T22:15:13","slug":"mixtape-monday-august-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/mixtape-monday-august-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix Tape Monday – August 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

I obviously didn’t know it at the time, but this CD would be the last I would make before the world changed on that early September morning. \u00a0This edition featured new music from Nelly Furtado, Weezer, Smash Mouth, and Eve.<\/p>\n

Nelly Furtado – I’m Like A Bird<\/p>\n

Prior to her current incarnation as a pop music princess, Furtado hit it big with this soulful hit that relied more on her voice than\u00a0a producer’s computer.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a02 plays, most recently on 7\/30\/2012<\/p>\n

Mazzy Star – Hallah<\/p>\n

After Fade Into You<\/em> went huge, radio programmers looked to their previous album and found this gem.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a08 plays, most recently on 2\/7\/2011<\/p>\n

Bif Naked – Lucky<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of the Buffy soundtrack that led to me buying her debut CD.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 8\/10\/2011<\/p>\n

Joey Scarbury – Believe It Or Not<\/p>\n

The theme song from The Greatest American Hero<\/em> became far more successful than the show from which it was spawned.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 5\/1\/2012<\/p>\n

John Sebastian – Welcome Back<\/p>\n

Another theme song, this one from Welcome Back, Kotter<\/em>.\u00a0 This MP3 was ripped from the album, which you can tell from a little skip towards the end.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a09 plays, most recently on 11\/19\/2012<\/p>\n

Liz Phair & Material Issue –\u00a0The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)<\/p>\n

Yet another television theme song, covered for a compilation of cartoon hits.\u00a0 I apparently never imported this CD into iTunes, a mistake I have now rectified.<\/p>\n

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

Material Issue – Kim The Waitress<\/p>\n

The one big hit for the local band that seemed to be going places before singer Jim Ellison committed suicide in 1996.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a07 plays, most recently on 9\/19\/2012<\/p>\n

Weezer – Islands In The Sun<\/p>\n

The latest single from Weezer’s comeback album.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play,\u00a0on 3\/28\/2012<\/p>\n

Foo Fighters – Learning To Fly<\/p>\n

One of my least favorite Foo Fighter songs.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play, on 12\/1\/2010<\/p>\n

Blink-182 – What’s My Age Again?<\/p>\n

Somehow I would up with this CD, despite not really being a fan of the band or their songs.<\/p>\n

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

Refreshments – Banditos<\/p>\n

Any song that references Jean-Luc Picard and the United Federation of Planets is OK in my book.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a08 plays, most recently on 10\/9\/2011<\/p>\n

Smash Mouth – I’m A Believer<\/p>\n

A bad cover of the Monkees classic that was recorded for the Shrek<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

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

Butthole Surfers – Pepper<\/p>\n

A weird alternative hit for the inappropriately named band from Texas.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a01 play,\u00a0on 3\/16\/2012<\/p>\n

Dido – Hunter<\/p>\n

A song that I have completely blocked out of my mind and have not imported into iTunes.<\/p>\n

Liz Phair – Johnny Feelgood<\/p>\n

One of my favorite album tracks from Liz Phair’s third album.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a04 plays, most recently on 9\/29\/2009<\/p>\n

DNA with Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner<\/p>\n

The remix of the Suzanne Vega ballad became a surprise hit in 1990, 9 years after it was originally written.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 6\/1\/2012<\/p>\n

No Doubt – Ex-Girlfriend<\/p>\n

The first release from No Doubt’s follow up to Tragic Kingdom<\/em>.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a03 plays, most recently on 6\/11\/2011<\/p>\n

Moby w\/ Gwen Stefani – South Side<\/p>\n

The No Doubt singer branches out and teams up with the techno DJ.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a05 plays, most recently on 8\/29\/2011<\/p>\n

Eve w\/ Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind<\/p>\n

The No Doubt singer branches out and teams up with the reigning queen of rap.<\/p>\n

iTunes stats:\u00a010 plays, most recently on 9\/21\/2012<\/p>\n

Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mya & Lil’ Kim – Lady Marmalade<\/p>\n

The remake of the Labelle hit was the smash hit from the Moulin Rouge<\/em> soundtrack.<\/p>\n

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

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