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[Donkeymog]

Sweet, I've been waiting for Toyz to do a compilation. I'll download it when I'm back at home.

[Monkeydog]

Can you download things off 8tracks? I don't think you can.

[toysintheattic]

Our lists are so similar.

I LIKE IT THOUGH BUT I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY MY LIST TOO EXCEPT SHORTER.

Well, half of the albums on my list are by artists you've told me to listen to, so that'll happen.

And no, I don't think you can download things off of 8tracks. I can upload the tracks in a zip file somewhere else if anyone hates that.

[toysintheattic]

Double post.

If you haven't listened to it, here's the special edition director's cut wrapped in a zip file for your convenience.

http://www.mediafire...76zv6v1xsdqxoai

Comes with a bonus track exclusive to Monkey Pro!

Glorylight and Christie - Cotton Jones
Some Kind of Nature - Gorillaz
Written in Reverse - Spoon
Crash Years - The New Pornographers
I Want the World to Stop - Belle and Sebastian
I Want to Be Well - Sufjan Stevens
On a Good Day - Joanna Newsom
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire
TAOS - Menomena
Sex Karma - of Montreal
Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Owen Pallett

(edit: there's no difference between this and my 8track playlist, save for the extra Cotton Jones song)

[Donkeymog]

I'll definitely check these out once uni has stopped being so damned busy.

Also I hope you guys are compiling your end of the year compilations. I know I am!

[kspr]

stupid slow internet took over an hour to upload this. I don't know about these being hidden 'gems' but here goes:

Looking At My Back Door- Children Of Bodom
Kill The King- Rainbow
Rip It!- Electric Six
Senzafine- Lacuna Coil
One More Magic Potion- Ensiferum
High On The Crime- Turbonegro
If I could fly- Helloween
Pet Semetary- Backyard Babies
A Place To Belong- Little Dragon
I Don't Mind The Sun Sometimes- Butthole Surfers
Simple Things Pt. 2- Dirty Vegas
Full Moon- Sonata Arctica

Dowload Link

[Donkeymog]

/>Double post.

If you haven't listened to it, here's the special edition director's cut wrapped in a zip file for your convenience.

http://www.mediafire...76zv6v1xsdqxoai

Comes with a bonus track exclusive to Monkey Pro!

Glorylight and Christie - Cotton Jones
Some Kind of Nature - Gorillaz
Written in Reverse - Spoon
Crash Years - The New Pornographers
I Want the World to Stop - Belle and Sebastian
I Want to Be Well - Sufjan Stevens
On a Good Day - Joanna Newsom
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire
TAOS - Menomena
Sex Karma - of Montreal
Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Owen Pallett

(edit: there's no difference between this and my 8track playlist, save for the extra Cotton Jones song)

I liked this! But it seemed to lack an overall flow, songs started to blur together for me. Good selections though.

/>stupid slow internet took over an hour to upload this. I don't know about these being hidden 'gems' but here goes:

Looking At My Back Door- Children Of Bodom
Kill The King- Rainbow
Rip It!- Electric Six
Senzafine- Lacuna Coil
One More Magic Potion- Ensiferum
High On The Crime- Turbonegro
If I could fly- Helloween
Pet Semetary- Backyard Babies
A Place To Belong- Little Dragon
I Don't Mind The Sun Sometimes- Butthole Surfers
Simple Things Pt. 2- Dirty Vegas
Full Moon- Sonata Arctica

Dowload Link

I liked Little Dragon! Hadn't heard of her/them before. Other than that, it was a little restless for my tastes.

Here is my (short) new DJ_Beardsquirt compilation: Think Locally Fuck Globally

It's all about RAWK. and the histories of RAWK and how RAWK has been interpreted by different peoples in different places. Even strong language is used! And there are monkeys!

01. Modest Mouse - King Rat
02. Arab Strap - Fucking Little Bastards
03. Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover)
04. Iron & Wine - Evening on the Ground (Lilith's Song)
05. Gogol Bordello - Think Locally Fuck Globally
06. Gillian Welch - One Monkey
07. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La-La Band - Hang on to Each Other
08. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

[Monkeydog]

How have you never heard of Little Dragon yet still listen to Plastic Beach?

[Donkeymog]

/>How have you never heard of Little Dragon yet still listen to Plastic Beach?

I've only listened to that record a couple of times. It wasn't really my thing. I did like that one song with the Rhinestone Eyes though. Like factories far away...

[Monkeydog]

Yeah well Little Dragon is pretty heavily on that album. :P

[Donkeymog]

/>Yeah well Little Dragon is pretty heavily on that album. :P

So's your mum!

BURN.

[Donkeymog]

So since my computer's been dead I haven't had my music collection so I've just been using Grooveshark. Got me in the mood for another playlist so here it is:



Think it might need one more track. Not sure.

[Donkeymog]

I'm sad that this thread fizzled so I propose we bring it back. How about we all try put together compilations to a set theme and compare what we've come up with?

For the first theme I propose a 10 track playlist that captures the sound of the 00s. In other words the 10 songs that you think will be associated with the 00s most in the future. Or if nobody likes that idea feel free to suggest a better one.

[Monkeydog]

I know it's more than 10 songs but oh well. It was going to be 11 but that wasn't an even number so I made it one.
http://monkeypro.net...Compilation.rar



1. Gnarls Barkley - Go-Go Gadget Gospel (2:19)
2. Outkast - B.O.B. (5:04)
3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3:51)
4. Radiohead - Idioteque (5:09)
5. M.I.A. - Jimmy (3:29)
6. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (5:43)
7. Kanye West - Gold Digger (3:28)
8. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (5:43)
9. Daft Punk - Digital Love (4:58)
10. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (3:44)
11. The Shins - New Slang (3:51)
12. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (4:26)

It was kind of hard because the way you said it made it sound like more what history will see it as and less what I will remember it has (thus, no Decemberists or of Montreal, which is what I would remember), or what was particularly popular during the time and will be forgotten later.
So when I think about what the 00s will mostly represent in the future, I think it'll be about the rise of electronica and "indie" music., as well as more experimental hip hop. So I tried my best to represent that without getting personal taste mixed into it too much. Things like B.O.B. or Gold Digger or even Seven Nation Army, I may have not chosen if it was based on my personal taste (Especially since I think all three artists all have way better songs), but they're also songs I remember hearing way too much of during the 00s and I find to be synonymous with the era. I chose them not just because they were popular, but I think all three of them are songs that have already proven that they are still popular years past their release, as well as the artists that produced them.
My taste kind of spills over in the other songs. Particularly Go Go Gadget Gospel, Jimmy, Digital Love, and Idioteque, probably not what either band will be remembered for, but I just love them too much not to put them there. But I know that the artists will be remembered.

[Donkeymog]

/>I know it's more than 10 songs but oh well. It was going to be 11 but that wasn't an even number so I made it one.
http://monkeypro.net...Compilation.rar



1. Gnarls Barkley - Go-Go Gadget Gospel (2:19)
2. Outkast - B.O.B. (5:04)
3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3:51)
4. Radiohead - Idioteque (5:09)
5. M.I.A. - Jimmy (3:29)
6. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (5:43)
7. Kanye West - Gold Digger (3:28)
8. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (5:43)
9. Daft Punk - Digital Love (4:58)
10. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (3:44)
11. The Shins - New Slang (3:51)
12. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (4:26)

It was kind of hard because the way you said it made it sound like more what history will see it as and less what I will remember it has (thus, no Decemberists or of Montreal, which is what I would remember), or what was particularly popular during the time and will be forgotten later.
So when I think about what the 00s will mostly represent in the future, I think it'll be about the rise of electronica and "indie" music., as well as more experimental hip hop. So I tried my best to represent that without getting personal taste mixed into it too much. Things like B.O.B. or Gold Digger or even Seven Nation Army, I may have not chosen if it was based on my personal taste (Especially since I think all three artists all have way better songs), but they're also songs I remember hearing way too much of during the 00s and I find to be synonymous with the era. I chose them not just because they were popular, but I think all three of them are songs that have already proven that they are still popular years past their release, as well as the artists that produced them.
My taste kind of spills over in the other songs. Particularly Go Go Gadget Gospel, Jimmy, Digital Love, and Idioteque, probably not what either band will be remembered for, but I just love them too much not to put them there. But I know that the artists will be remembered.

This is great you've gotten the idea of what I was trying to suggest perfectly despite my poor phrasing of it. I have slow interwebs here so I'm downloading it now and will listen later.

I have a list of eleven songs I'm playing with at the moment. I want to try and sequence them to be a cohesive whole.

[Donkeymog]

I think I have my 10 songs selected but I'm gonna listen to Monkeydogs compilation before settling on the sequencing. I'm struggling with making it sound cohesive as songs seem to have gotten louder over the decade.

It's interesting that unconsciously I have selected many of the same artists as Monkeydog but haven't actually picked any of the same songs. I was struggling for a 10th track and so I looked at his list and realized I'd forgotten that Daft Punk was the 00s. The other artists we share are Outkast, Gnarls Barkley and Gorillaz. For a long time I also had Paper Planes by M.I.A but in the end I decided that it didn't really sound like your "typical" pop track from the 00s and I didn't like it that much anyways.

More people should be in on this!

[Donkeymog]

/>1. Gnarls Barkley - Go-Go Gadget Gospel (2:19)
2. Outkast - B.O.B. (5:04)
3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3:51)
4. Radiohead - Idioteque (5:09)
5. M.I.A. - Jimmy (3:29)
6. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (5:43)
7. Kanye West - Gold Digger (3:28)
8. Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (5:43)
9. Daft Punk - Digital Love (4:58)
10. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (3:44)
11. The Shins - New Slang (3:51)
12. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (4:26)

Listened to this the other week and again today. I really like the overall flow and feel of it. It's something I haven't been able to do quite so well. Even things like Seven Nation Army into Idioteque which I thought would be terrible from reading it actually worked quite well. It's frustrating how differently tracks are mastered through the 00s though, some songs are always going to be louder than others it seems.

[Monkeydog]

Why thank you. Do you use crossfades?

Oh god I know it's horrible, why do people think louder == better?

[Donkeymog]

/>Why thank you. Do you use crossfades?

Oh god I know it's horrible, why do people think louder == better?

No, crossfades are for girls. I like to keep it raw.

Obviously there are cases (such as the superb ambient dissonance at the end of Idioteque that cuts off) where it would be beneficial - but generally I like the respite between tracks. Also a lot of the albums I listen to have been mixed to already have crossfades or whatever and I don't want to disrupt that.

[Monkeydog]

We need a new compilation thing.

I am going to suggest one:

Songs You Love That Don't Say a Word

aka songs that mean something to you without any "lyrics".