In a previous thread we held a Mix CD challenge; put together a CD of 10 to 12 tracks, no more or less, along a specified theme. To make it cool, name your CD.
For instance,a a previosu theme was “Create a CD with songs with animals in the title,” so you could make this CD:
“Menagerie”
Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
Animal, Def Leppard
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, whomever that was
Long Snake Moan, P.J. Harvey
…So on and so forth.
You may not put together any one CD with more than one song by any given artist, though related artists are OK (e.g. a song by the Beatles and a song by Paul McCartney as a solo artist is fine.)
That thread started out okay and then sort of stopped because we had too many themes, so if it’s okay with you, let’s stick with the CD themes I cite, see how far it goes, and I’ll start another.
Here are your CD challenges:
Challenge 1: Put together a CD for me of songs with titles that contain a geographic place name - the name of a city, province, state, region, country, whatever - that is not located in the United States. Non-geographic places (“the kitchen”) or metaphorical places (“my heart”) are not permissible, nor are nationalist or geographic possessives (“Russian.”)
Challenge 2: Put together a CD of songs performed by artists who are not from countries where the majority first language is English. (Celine Dion is out, party because Canada is mostly English even if Quebec is not, and mostly just because I don’t like Celine Dion)
Challenge 3: Put together a CD of songs with titles at least six words long. For bonus points, do this without including any song put out by an emo band in the last three years.
Big in Japan - Alphaville The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon Anderson/Vangelis Kokomo - The Beach Boys China Girl - David Bowie London Calling - The Clash Jerusalem - Emerson, Lake & Palmer One Night in Bangkok - Murry Head The Flood at Lyons - Renaissance Mother Russia - Renaissance Blame Canada - South Park Africa - Toto Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
I’m Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight - Atlanta Rhythm Section Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Eurythmics Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffet Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Joe Cocker (Actually by Elton John but I like the Joe Cocker version better) The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson The Ghost Woman and the Hunter - Lacuna Coil I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) - Meat Loaf I’m Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band - The Moody Blues Touching Once (Is so Hard to Keep) - Renaissance Don’t Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict - Pink Floyd
Challenge 3: Lucky Six
Weird Al Yankovic - Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White (Was “(This Song’s Just) Six Words Long” until I saw it on preview. curses!)
Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth - 3 (was Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot until preview)
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
REM - It’s The End of The World as We Know It (and I feel fine)
William Shatner (or the Beatles, but I prefer Shatner) - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
They Might Be Giants - Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be
Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Dublin - Thin Lizzy
Hiroshima - Gary Moore
Spain is Different - Obus
Erin Shore - The Corrs
Going to Brazil - Motorhead
Jamaica Rum - Philip Lynott
Jerusalem - Bruce Dickinson
Mother Russia - Iron Maiden
London - Anthrax
London Leatherboys - Accept
Radar Love - Golden Earring (Dutch)
Wind of Change - Scorpions (German)
Balls to the Wall - Accept (German)
Soldier of Fortune - Loudness (Japan)
Clipe - Rei Sud Est (Romanian)
Incomunicacion - Baron Rojo (Spain)
The Final Countdown - Europe (Sweden?)
Bullet Ride - In Flames (Scandinavian)
Nightwolf - Krokus (Switzerland)
Stargazers - Nightwish (Scandinavian)
Rompelo - Obus (Spain)
I think I’ll call it Almost Euro Metal
Always with me, Always With You - Joe Satriani
As Soon as the Good Times Roll - Scorpions
Bad News to Fall in Love (With a Mean Motherfucker) - Golden Earring
Between the Hammer and the Anvil - Judas Priest
C11 H17 N2 O2 S Na - Anthrax
Can I sit Next to you Girl - AC/DC
Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild, Wild Women - jim Croce
Don’t Go Stealing My Soul Away - Accept
Falling off the Edge of the World - Black Sabbath
I was having a great time and stayed longer then I should have, so when I got to the Railway Station, the last train had gone! - Blitzkrieg
You could just use almost the entire Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 album. Except that tecnnically this entry doesn’t count, as
And they barely are disqualified, having put this out in 2003 and being referred to as Emo in many musical categorizations. Now, IMO the KSoSE-3 album isn’t emo, even if Second Stage Turbine Blade is, but eh, whatcha gonna do.
CD Title-My Favorite Band and Three of its Members Went to Brighton,Barcelona,China and Constantinople and All I Got Was This Lousy CD.
Brighton Rock -Queen Barcelona -Freddie Mercury China Belle -Brian May Interlude In Constantinople -Roger Taylor Downpour in Cairo -Bad Company Chelsea Monday -Marillion A Passage to Bangkok -Rush Radio Free Moscow -Jethro Tull Stonehenge -Spinal Tap Southampton Dock -Pink Floyd
Does the song HAVE to be in their own language? For instance, if I have a song by a group from Norway (from there and currently living there), but they’re singing the song in English, is that disqualified?
If I actually MAKE it (not a CD, but rather, put together the songs as a sort of podcast), would you actually listen to it/them?
