# Mix CD Challenge #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786 "2006-09-07T14:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/1 "2006-09-07T14:49:59Z")
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” 1. Eye of the Tiger, Survivor 2. Animal, Def Leppard 3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, whomever that was 4. 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. … Go! ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/2 "2006-09-07T15:53:00Z")
Challenge 1 (Difficulty: Only songs on my iPod) _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 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/3 "2006-09-07T15:55:47Z")
Challenge 1: 1. The Beatles - Back in the USSR 2. The Clash - Spanish Bombs 3. R.E.M. - The Flowers of Guatemala 4. Billy Bragg - A New England 5. Bob Mould - Panama City Motel 6. The Feelies - Moscow Nights 7. The Jam - English Rose 8. The Pogues - Summer in Siam 9. They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 10. Ramones - Havanna Affair I just got a lot of work dumped on me, but I’ll come back with stuff for the other two challenges when I get a break. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/4 "2006-09-07T15:59:21Z")
And if the Clash and Jam songs don’t count because they’re adjectives rather than actual place names, I’ll substitute: The Clash - London’s Burning The Police - Tea in the Sahara ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/5 "2006-09-07T16:07:01Z")
Challenge #1: Lieder von der Erde 1. “Rio” by Duran Duran 😃 2. “Night Boat to Cairo” by Madness 3. “Living in China” by Men Without Hats 4. “Inner London Violence” by Bad Manners 5. “Australia” by The Kinks 6. “Machine Gun Ibiza” by Prefab Sprout 7. “Going Down to Liverpool” by The Bangles (or by Katrina and the Waves) 8. “Africa” by Toto 9. “Mull of Kintyre” by Paul McCartney & Wings 10. “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” by They Might Be Giants ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/6 "2006-09-07T16:07:14Z")
Challenge 3 (Difficulty: Only songs on my iPod) _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 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/7 "2006-09-07T16:08:09Z")
Oh, Jesus Christ. And “Panama City Motel” is by **Sugar** , not Bob Mould. To my credit, Sugar was Bob Mould’s band, so I’m not a complete retard. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/8 "2006-09-07T16:10:50Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] 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. … Go! [/QUOTE] C1 1. Back in the USSR - Beatles 2. Kokomo - Beach Boys 3. Blame Canada - South Park sdtk 4. China Girl - David Bowie 5. Genius in France - Weird Al Yankovic 6. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head 7. London Calling - The Clash 8. Lady of Spain - check the Slap Shot sdtk if there is one 9. Istanbul (Not Constantinopal) - They Might Be Giants 10. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls (what?) C3 1. This Song’s Just Six Words Long - Weird Al Yankovic 2. I Would Do Anything For Love - Meatloaf 3. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive 4. Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown 5. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall 6. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth - Dandy Warhols 7. The First Cut is the Deepest - Sheryl Crow 8. Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth (Cause I’m Kissin’ You Goodbye) - Ray Stevens 9. Stuck In A Moment You Can`t Get Out Of - U2 10. I Can`t Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/9 "2006-09-07T16:11:18Z")
Oops, just noticed that I duplicated an artist on my Challenge 1 list. Ah well, ditch one or the other; it still comes in at 11 songs. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/10 "2006-09-07T16:12:03Z")
Hmm I don’t have complete albums, so I guess they’re EP’s. Challenge 1: Africa - Toto Katmandu - Bob Segar Solisbury Hill - Peter Gabriel One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head Challenge 2: Human Behavior - Bjork Some Devil - Dave Matthews Samba Pa Ti - Sanatana Whenever - Shakira MtM ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/11 "2006-09-07T16:19:35Z")
Challenge #3 Six Six Six? 1. “This Song Is Just Six Words Long” by Weird Al Yankovic 2. “I Believe In a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness 3. “Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite” by The Beatles 4. “One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor” by Paul Simon 5. “I’m Supposed To Have Sex With You” by Tonio K 6. “A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission)” by Simon & Garfunkel 7. “Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts” by Bob Dylan 8. “I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)” by The Moody Blues 9. “Battle of Who Could Care Less” by Ben Folds Five 10. “I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA (And Now I’m Gonna Show You My Feminine Side)” by The Swirling Eddies 11. “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me” by Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/12 "2006-09-07T16:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Challenge #3 Six Six Six? 1. “This Song Is Just Six Words Long” by Weird Al Yankovic [/QUOTE] [nitpick]“This **Song’s** Just Six Words Long”…other wise it’s a lie[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/13 "2006-09-07T16:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Max Carnage] [nitpick]“This **Song’s** Just Six Words Long”…other wise it’s a lie[/nitpick] [/QUOTE] Yes, of course. Never have I more regretted my inability to edit my posts on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/14 "2006-09-07T17:38:05Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/15 "2006-09-07T17:44:06Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] 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) [/QUOTE] Are the songs in English or in the artist’s native language? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/16 "2006-09-07T17:44:35Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] 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.”) [/quote] 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 > [@](#): > > 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) 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 > [@](#): > > 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. 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 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/17 "2006-09-07T20:05:00Z")
[QUOTE=gonzoron] Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth - 3 [/QUOTE] You could just use almost the entire Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 album. Except that tecnnically this entry doesn’t count, as > [@](#): > > do this without including any song put out by an emo band in the last three years. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/18 "2006-09-07T21:12:55Z")
Upon rereading, you’ll only lose the bonus points. But you could always argue they [del]don’t put sugar on their porridge[/del] aren’t real emo. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786/19 "2006-09-07T21:14:36Z")
Challenge One 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 ---
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[QUOTE=RickJay] 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. … Go! [/QUOTE] 2 questions. 1. 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? 2. 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? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mix-cd-challenge-2/371786.md?page=2)