Frankenmix #3

[labellementeuse]

Frankenmix #3: The Sky That We Lie Under.







1. A song for quitting your job.

John Butler Trio – Mist

Instrumental guitar and a little percussion, it’s quite short and a little bit country, but what it really has is impetus. And that’s what I’d need to quit my job.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EIZW4MG7

2. A song for committing a crime.

The Mountain Goats - Dilaudid

Put on your gloves and black pumps
Let's pretend the fog has lifted
Now you see me, now you don't
Now you say you love me
Pretty soon you won't

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1N18H3CG

3. A song for grooving on the subway.

Safri Duo – Played a Life

Another instrumental, this one’s dance/electronica, which is really unusual for me. Anyway, I don’t travel on a subway but I bus a lot, and anything I listen to has to be instrumental or I, uh, start singing. And this one’s bouncy enough to keep me in a good mood.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=91E5YHFP

4. A song for being a hero.

Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman

Bring tea for the tillerman, steak for the sun,
Wine for the woman who made the rain come
Seagulls sing your hearts away
Cause while sinners sin, the children play.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U2FQHFV0

5. A song for taking an unexpected road trip.

Bic Runga – Election Night

Drive me miles away,
Escape the sky that we lie under
Of all the dreams we cannot shake
We’re always shaking in our slumber in the car.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CX15A2PZ

6. A song for cooking a five-course meal.

Ry Cooder - El Cuarto de Tula

This one does have lyrics but, uh, I don’t know them. It’s relaxing and I can dance to it, which is what I do when I cook. It’s from the Buena Vista Social Club album, which I often cook to, because it makes me feel good in my skin.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HGJ0AMPG

7. A song for making the world a stage.

Fatboy Slim – Because We Can

Because we can can can can can.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KBD8MN8A

8. A song for drinking the last glass of wine.

Israel Kamikawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

This is a really sweet and soothing version of these two songs, and desperately intimate, which is what drinking the last glass of wine feels like to me.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7EDP4COW

9. A song for grand and/or ridiculous romantic gestures.

Stellar* - Violent

Pretty violent
Runners up in a casualty
Lost all common sense,
Both parties call victory.
One delusional, then there’s me.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1ALGCO6O

10. A song for seducing your favourite celebrity.

K’s Choice – Virgin State of Mind

This is from the Buffy episode Doppelgangland, the one with two Willows. I don’t know that it’s all that seductive but it sounds pretty fucking hot, especially with the attendant visuals.

Like, do you think I’m sexy,
Do you think I really care?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4XRZ7004

11. A song for confessing your unrequited love.

Frankie Valli – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You

Can’t take my eyes off of you,
You’d be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6F5E138L

12. A song for dancing the night away.

Sam Prebble & The Bond Street Bridge Band- The Crow on Your Back

But when we walk with my hand in my hand through the wind,
I feel like we could conquer the heavens;
And when we dance I can fly without moving my wings,
I’m giving no thought to leaving.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZI71AKXA




And a minor personal note: I'm not around much at the moment. If I owe you a drabble or a conversation or a comment, I'll hope to get around to it as soon as possible and I'm sorry for the delays.

Comments

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

God, I love Cat Stevens.

Just reading those few lines made me teary eyed.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I like his stuff, but I really love that one. I don't know why, it's uplifting or something. :)

[megaffe.livejournal.com]

You put Sam's stuff up! :)
The christchurch gig is on the 23th (of June) at the zinc bar at the civic.
It should be great, do try to go :)
oh, and if you're interested, they're playing in wellington on the 22nd, at bodega, and dunedin on the 24th, at circadian rhythm

!

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Because I love it!!

Ooh, I'm actually? really excited. 23rd June at the civic, got it, I will try!

Pee ess, remember how there was a show you wanted me to find direct downloads for? I forgot what show you wanted >.> so, um, let me know and I'll have a look around, ta.

Re: !

[megaffe.livejournal.com]

yah!
the downloads were for bones, cos I've missed a few. And anything else you think I ought to be watching :)

[calikali.livejournal.com]

Downloading the Fatboy Slim track. Thanks!