There is no excuse for this

[cosmic_celery]

Per request, my Six/Rani fanmix:

Violin, occasionally cheesy lyrics, and more than one song with clapping. Six/Rani, but there's a bit of the Master in there if you look for him.  Also, I have no idea how both the Barenakedladies and John Mayer made it on there, so you are forewarned. Anyhow, download if it strikes your fancy, and tell me whacha think =)

Zipped File Here
(hxxp://www.sendspace.com/file/hs0lw4)

1. And So... - Andrew Bird
(instrumental)

2. Nosy Neighbor - The Ditty Bops
Sticking your ears
Into affairs of others has a price
The stakes are higher than you think
It's time to roll the dice
Won't be so lucky this time around
You'll disappear not a trace to be found

3. She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
She's pretty
A fittie
She's got a boyfriend though and that's a pity
She's flirty, turned thirty
Ain't that the age a girl gets really dirty?

4. A Heady Tale - The Fratellis
Pour yourself a drink or three
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
You may be an embarrassment but
I love the way your clothes are never in style

5. Butterfly in Reverse - Counting Crows
I had a lot of girlfriends
I should have known them
click you heels and count back from three
do you want to go back
you should have known that
the butterfly in reverse here is me

6. Wishing For Contentment - Andrew Bird
Awaiting resolution
And dreams of restitution
But finding retribution's
just another thing to do

7. Rise Up in the Dirt - Voxtrot
But if I were a good man, would it really happen?
Would you walk me home, then, everyday from work
But maybe I'm a good man, wait and let it happen
I believe in love, I'm married to my work

8. Big Guns - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
First I'll build a sword
Get some words to explain
It's a plan, brother, at least
And I'll pretend that everybody here wants peace
Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me
Cause we're tired and lonely and we're bloody

9. What a Good Boy - Barenakedladies
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same,
When temptation calls, we just look away.

10. Wait - Andrew Bird
Wait, don't go too early
You're tired but everyone's tired
But no one is tired enough
Only wait a little and listen
Music of hair, Music of pain
Music of looms weaving all our loves again
Be there to hear it
It's your only chance

11. Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenakedladies
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open our eyes
One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next youre dazzled by the beauty of it all

12. Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer
I'll make the most of all the sadness.
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You'll try to hit me just to hurt me,
So you leave me feeling dirty cause you can't understand.

13. Respiration - Andrew Bird
(instrumental)

Comments

[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

I will totally snag this next week and tell you what I think. From the lyric samples, it sounds delightful.

[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. Anyways, the mix is as good as I thought it would be. There's a lovely musical cohesion to it, not just thematically.

I think I should look into more Andrew Bird and BarenakedLadies, because everything I've heard of theirs is from fanmixes but I like their sound.

[cosmic-celery.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comments!

I really love Andrew Bird, and have a bunch of his music. He's a classically trained violinist and amazing whistler that has a penchant for interesting and poetic lyrics. The stuff on this mix from him was all from the same CD (Oh! The Grandeur)...it has a slightly different sound from some of his regular stuff. I found out about him through Ani Difranco (because he's on her label.) If you like his music, you'd probably like hers as well...though she tends to get a bit political.

As for Barenakedladies...they're a bit of a holdover from the kind of music I liked in middle school. Ha. But still nice.