My Yearly Request for Romantic Mixtape Suggestions

[FourLegsGood]

You guys helped me to make a great mix last year. Same girl (though I'm trying to woo her back). Likes the Animal Collective, Olivia Tremor Control, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Islaja, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Microphones, Sparklehorse, Deerhoof, Quasimoto, etc. I know this is a very rote question but what songs would you guys recommend? Last year I started things off with Jennifer Gentle's "I Do Dream You" and I can't seem to find an aggressive opener.

Sweet songs with a tetch of experimentalism.

[Edited on 1-31-2006 by FourLegsGood]

[FourLegsGood]

Considerations:
The Coughs - Come Back to Me
Tall Dwarfs - For All the Walters in the World
Architecture in Helsinki - The Owls Go
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Untitled
Akron/Family - I'll Be on the Water
Capitol K - Pillow
Animal Collective - Grass
Tir Na Nog - Daisy Lady
Ariel Pink - In Dreams
Ghost Club - Punch (Your Brother)

[birdman]

what type of theme do you want, do you want like songs involving love, songs that make you happy, etc.

if that theme,

OF MONTREAL- BLACK FIRE WORKS
MAGNETIC FIELDS- WHEN MY BOY WALKS DOWN THE STREET
DUNGEN- DET DE LUNG (3 min. piano thing)
My bloody valentine- lose my breath

[birdman]

also, my advice, try to get it between 40 and 50 mins.

[FourLegsGood]

Originally posted by birdman
what type of theme do you want, do you want like songs involving love, songs that make you happy, etc.

if that theme,

OF MONTREAL- BLACK FIRE WORKS
MAGNETIC FIELDS- WHEN MY BOY WALKS DOWN THE STREET
DUNGEN- DET DE LUNG (3 min. piano thing)
My bloody valentine- lose my breath

She's an art student that loves rainbows, so there's gotta be a good blend of ecstatic psych/experimental pop with some sweet, introspective weirdness.

Last Year's Tracklist:
Lightning Bolt - Hello Morning
Jennifer Gentle - I Do Dream You
Unit 4+2 - Concrete and Clay
Richard Beggs - Intro/Tokyo
The Blow - The Sky Opened Up
The Beach Boys - Wonderful (Original SMiLE Session)
Hrvatski - Untitled Fields 1994
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Underwater Heartbeat
M83 - Birds
Disco Inferno - Footprints in the Snow
Fog - The Smell of Failure
Summer Hymns - ...mazeway/memorie
Castanets - You Are the Blood
Tim Hecker - Boreal Kiss
Fennesz - A Year in a Minute
Iran - Four Armed Star
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Poodle Rockin'
Manitoba - Every Time She Turns Around It's Her Birthday
Langley Schools Music Project - God Only Knows
TV on the Radio - Ambulance
CocoRosie - By Your Side
Syd Barrett - Love You
Black Dice - Smile Friends
Stars - What the Snowman Learned About Love
Of Montreal - Let's Do Everything for the First Time
John Lennon - I'm in Love (demo)
Avey Tare and Panda Bear - Spirit They've Vanished
The Zombies - I Want Her, She Wants Me
The Books - P.S.

Total Runtime: 67 Minutes

Don't know if I can top that. She listens to it pretty often and says it's the best mix she's ever gotten. I use CD Architect to edit, segue the songs pretty intensively.

[Edited on 1-31-2006 by FourLegsGood]

[call me hi]

snowglobe-beautiful
the instruments-sea chantey
karl blau-karl blau
calvin, don't jump-two water moccasins
little wings-boom
guided by voices-gold heart mountain top queen directory
robert pollard-the ash grey proclamation
greg ashley-mona rider
the gris gris-raygun

the gris gris song absolutely has to be your opener. starts out slow but goes off in some ass kicking directions.

[typewriters]

the wipers - window shop for love

[kaleidoscopeeyes]

rainbow ffolly - she's alright

[Crowquill]

hawksley workman - your naked body on the beach. sexiest loveliest song ever.

[Edited on 1-31-2006 by Crowquill]

[Harnk]

The Benefits of Lying Wih Your Friends by The Apples is a pretty one with lovey sentiments

[jaimi]

The Go-Betweens - Cattle and cane
PAS/CAL - I'd bet my life you'd bet your life
The Cannanes and Steward - Hey leopard
The Cannanes - Love only takes a minute
Jacques Dutronc - Je suis content
Nice - Head in the hay (pretty, jangly pop group from New Zealand...not to be confused with The Nice, the 1970s prog rock trio)
Marine Girls - Lazy ways
Chocolate USA - Two dogs

[BigBlackSmoke]

YOUR USER NAME IS AN ANIMAL FARM REFERENCE

[typewriters]

the exploding hearts - im a pretender
youll get laid instantly

[Beyond_Good_and_Evil]

"Flowers of Romance" - Public Image Ltd.

[ladylamentingonalawnchair]

"Vivid Confusion" by Girlfriendo is about rainbows.

[mattdq99]

!!!- Take Ecstacy With Me