The Theme Mix CD Challenge Thread

Mix 4: Look Good In Leather

01 Young Jeezy - Air Forces
02 Crime Mob - Stilettos (Pumps)
03 Dem Franchize Boyz - White Tee
04 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Casiotone For the Painfully Alone In A Yellow T-Shirt
05 Randy Newman - Red Bandana
06 The Hold Steady - Charlemagne In Sweatpants
07 Weezer - Undone - The Sweater Song
08 The Promise Ring - Red & Blue Jeans
09 All Girl Summer Fun Band - Grass Skirt
10 The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
11 Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
12 Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve
Mix 5: Don’t Drive Your Truck When You’re All Jacked Up

01 Fountains Of Wayne - Mexican Wine
02 Fall Out Boy - Of All The Gin Joints In The World
03 Death Cab For Cutie - Champagne In A Paper Cup
04 Busta Rhymes - Pass The Courvoisier
05 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin and Juice
06 The Streets - Too Much Brandy
07 Last Days Of April - Aspirins And Alcohol
08 The Get Up Kids - Beer For Breakfast
09 The Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
10 Blitzen Trapper - Whiskey Kisser (Kittenz Remix)
11 Cam’ron - Sippin’ Sizzurp*
12 Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine

*Although Sizzurp usually refers to codeine-laced cough syrup, since Cam’ron sells an alcoholic drink called Sizzurp, I believe this counts.
Mix 6: The Red Thing’s Connected To My Wristwatch

01 Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
02 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
03 The Vaselines - Molly’s Lips
04 Interpol - Slow Hands
05 Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart
06 Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes
07 Basement Jaxx - Where’s Your Head At?
08 Kano - Brown Eyes
09 The Clipse - Pussy
10 Destiny’s Child - Bootylicious
11 The White Stripes - I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart
12 Blur - Battery In Your Leg
Mix 7: Like Pets? Me Too; Mines Are Dead

01 Big and Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
02 The Testicicles - Boa vs Python
03 Foo Fighters - For All The Cows
04 Pearl Jam - Rats
05 The Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros
06 Sage Francis - Sea Lion
07 Big Star - Kangaroo
08 Wilco - Muzzle Of Bees
09 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
10 Animal Collective - Who Could Win A Rabbit
11 The Walkmen - The Rat
12 R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower

Not bad, not bad.

What about

MIX 8: Devise a mix CD of songs with numbers in the title, EXCEPT for 1 or 2. So U2’s “One” is no good. “Just the Two of Us” is also out. But “In The Year 2525” is in.

MIX 9: A very challenging one: cite 10-12 songs with fabrics in the title. Not articles of clothing; types of fabric, either artificial or natural.

#8:

“Ten Years Gone” by Led Zeppelin
“2000 Light Years From Home” by the Rolling Stones
“Funk 49” by the James Gang
“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” by Bob Dylan
#9 Dream” by John Lennon
“Gimme 3 Steps” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
“I Got the 6” by ZZTop
“Star 69” by REM
“Hey 19” by Steely Dan
“25 or 6 to 4” by Chicago

#9

Black Velvet by Alannah Myles
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Chantilly Lace by the Big Bopper
Cotton Jenny by Gordon Lightfoot
Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley

J-Live - 3 Out Of 7
Neutral Milk Hotel - Three Peaches
Old 97’s - Four Leaf Clover
Ted Leo - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
Less Than Jake - Ask The Magic 8 Ball
Ryan Adams - Shakedown on 9th Street
The Black Keys - 10 AM Automatic
Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl
Sonic Youth - 100%
Dr. Octagon - 3000

Oh How I Want To Be In That Number
[ol]
[li]“Three Times a Lady” - The Commodores[/li][li]“Five Years” - David Bowie[/li][li]“Seven Year Ache” - Roseanne Cash[/li][li]“Eight Days a Week” - The Beatles[/li][li]“Sixteen Tons” - Tennessee Ernie Ford[/li][li]“25 O’Clock” - The Dukes of Stratosphear[/li][li]“40” - U2[/li][li]“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” - Paul Simon[/li][li]“99 Luftballons” - Nena[/li][li]“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” - The Proclaimers[/li][li]“22,000 Days” - The Moody Blues[/li][li]“If I Had $1,000,000” - Barenaked Ladies[/li][/ol]

Mix 8: Counting Off The Days

01 Brand New - Seventy Times Seven
02 Jay-Z - 99 Problems
03 Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
04 You Am I - Fifteen
05 The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
06 Architecture In Helsinki - It’5!
07 The Ataris - Song #13
08 M.I.A. - 10 Dollar
09 Murs - 3:16
10 Dashboard Confessional - Age 6 Racer
11 Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl
12 Jimmy Eat World - 12.23.95

Mix 9: Like Egyptian Cotton

01 Pearl Jam - Corduroy
02 Nirvana - White Lace and Strange
03 Modest Mouse - Satin In A Coffin
04 Morrissey - Suedehead
05 Liz Phair - Polyester Bride
06 Cody ChestnuTT - Look Good In Leather
07 Regurgitator - Polyester Girl
08 Red Hot Chili Peppers - This Velvet Glove
09 Prince - Pink Cashmere
10 Outkast - Red Velvet

I’ll do my usual thing and quote some obscure folky ones - What can I say? I’m a geek.

The Wounded Whale - Fairport Convention
Mr Fox - Mr Fox
Poor Old Horse - The Albion Band
The Lark in the Morning - Steeleye Span
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
The Angels Have Taken my Racehorse Away - Richard Thompson
The Wurm - Jack the Lad
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
The Spotted Cow - Steeleye Span
Rabbit in the Headlights - Bluehorses
Faster Than the Hound - Horslips

In Numeric Order - By Title
[list=a]
[li]Dink - 3 Big Bags[/li][li]Aphrodite’s Child - The 4 Horsemen[/li][li]Buddy Guy - 5 Long Years[/li][li]ZZ Top - I Got The 6[/li][li]White Stripes - 7 Nation Army[/li][li]REM - Driver 8[/li][li]Dr. Lonnie Smith - Track 9[/li][li]Cop Shoot Cop - $10 Bill[/li][li]Was (Not Was) - 11 MPH (Abe Zapp Ruder Version)[/li][li]NRBQ - 12 Bar Blues[/li][li]Big Star - 13[/li]Cranes - 14[/list]