# Yet another mixtape thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521 "2011-09-07T17:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/1 "2011-09-07T17:53:30Z")
So I have a few friends that have moved off into this great wide world and I’ve decided to send along a small care package every now and then (at least until the USPS closes up shop). Included is a “Mystery Mix CD” and I’ve put a different theme on each. After hearing four songs in a row on pop radio that featured whistling, I made a whistling mix. Then there was the masturbation themed songs. And two others were songs titled with increasing lengths of time (In the Midnight Hour to Afternoon Delight, etc kinda thing), and a Rick Roll cd where the first words of the song titles were the chorus in order. Anyway, I feel the creativity waning now and am curious what other ideas Dopers can throw out there before I resort to well-known songs covered in other languages or 80s duets. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/2 "2011-09-07T18:58:53Z")
Golden Hour of Drum Solos. Oh wait… you like these people? ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/3 "2011-09-07T19:17:39Z")
Songs in which the songwriter mentions writing the song, for example: Gabe Dixon – All Will Be Well Indigo Girls – Language or the Kiss ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/4 "2011-09-07T19:30:17Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > Songs in which the songwriter mentions writing the song, for example: > > Gabe Dixon – All Will Be Well > Indigo Girls – Language or the Kiss How about: Carly Simon – You are so vain ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/5 "2011-09-07T19:37:37Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > Songs in which the songwriter mentions writing the song, for example: > > Gabe Dixon – All Will Be Well > Indigo Girls – Language or the Kiss Also Steely Dan - Deacon Blues How about songs with a gambling-related theme? Wilco - Casino Queen Morphine - Have A Lucky Day and of course that Kenny Rogers song… ---
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/6 "2011-09-07T19:59:39Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > Songs in which the songwriter mentions writing the song, for example: > > Gabe Dixon – All Will Be Well > Indigo Girls – Language or the Kiss And obviously, Elton John- Your Song Also, Aly & AJ- Potential Breakup Song > [@Shoeless](#): > > Also Steely Dan - Deacon Blues > How about songs with a gambling-related theme? > Wilco - Casino Queen > Morphine - Have A Lucky Day > and of course that Kenny Rogers song… I was thinking about a money themed one before and even put together a decent mix, but it seemed a little blunt and just didn’t pan out. An elemental mix came to mind, but other than some basic elements and uranium, there’s a dearth of songs. I just wanted to do it so I could end with Tom Lehrer. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/7 "2011-09-07T22:19:46Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Also Steely Dan - Deacon Blues > How about songs with a gambling-related theme? > Wilco - Casino Queen > Morphine - Have A Lucky Day > and of course that Kenny Rogers song… Sting - Shape of my heart ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/8 "2011-09-09T13:55:41Z")
I’ve often been tempted to make a mixtape of songs (by mainstream artists) that happen to have the word “f\*ck” in them - starting with the subtle, such as The Who’s “Who Are You?”, continuing to John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero” and concluding, perhaps, with Harry Nilsson’s “You’re Breaking My Heart”. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mixtape-thread/595521/9 "2011-09-11T02:03:47Z")
My friend, you’re talking to the _king_ of weird mixtape themes. I’ve made (often with [the help of the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=7049279), I don’t forget!) mixes for “Flying in a Helicopter Gunship” (the first two tracks are “Fortunate Son” and “For what It’s Worth,” naturally. The gold standards in Hollywood soundtracks when you cut to a scene in a Huey flying over 'Nam); Cyberpunk; Psychological Warfare (if you’re ever laying siege to a compound, and you need scary, irritating, or demoralizing music…hey, _semper paratus_); Old West; Steampunk; Flight (normal flight and “combat mission” varieties); Armageddon; Robot War; “Emergency Stay Awake” (lots of loud, bombastic, frightening, and obnoxious music); Revolution (good for angry rallies!); All-purpose celebration music; Hymn or Dirge-like vocal pieces (most secular); Mad Science; Gibbering Insanity—lots of Dr. Demento-fodder, here…not to be confused with the “Stressed Out” mix…you name it. I might suggest “songs for/about superheroes,” “songs for/about villains,” and “not-Bond themes”—the last is [covers of](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKg5WNpe_Hg), [rejected versions of](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3rqS98seNA), or [songs that sound like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt4jfL-BNRY), James Bond themes.