# Your Ultimate Mix Tape **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808 "2001-10-16T20:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/1 "2001-10-16T20:51:20Z")
If you had to make a mix tape to represent who you are, a soundtrack for your soul if you will, what would be on it? We should probably limit to 12 songs. So here’s mine: Morrissey- “Sing Your Life” REM- “You Are Everything” The Pogues- “Sunny Side of the Street” Billy Joel- “Captain Jack” Jimmy Buffett- “A Pirate Looks at Forty” Concrete Blonde- “Joey” Counting Crows- “Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby” Marah- “Formula” Dada- “Here Today, Gone Tommorrow” The Cure- “Letter to Elise” Depeche Mode- “Stripped” Mazzy Star- “Fade Into You” So that’s me. How about you? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/2 "2001-10-16T21:02:57Z")
This is easy. I just have to read the indices from some of my “Lisa’s Favorites” c.d’s., compliments of Napster (MGRIS). Elvis - In the Ghetto Dru Hill/Mariah Carey - The Beautiful Ones REM - (This One Goes Out To) The One I Love Berlin - Take my Breath Away Melissa Etheridge - I’m the Only One Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (live) Trisha Yearwood - Sleep While I Drive Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight Sting - Come Down in Time Luther Vandross - All the Woman I Need Eric Clapton - You Look Wonderful Tonight (live) Andrea Bocelli - Sogno ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/3 "2001-10-17T00:24:06Z")
Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley I Don’t Need a Hero – Concrete Blonde A Place Called Home – PJ Harvey The Cedar Room – The Doves Talk Tonight – Oasis Just – Radiohead No Aphrodisiac – The Whitlams Hand in My Pocket – Alanis Morisette Cigarettes Will Kill You – Ben Lee Tender – Blur Distant Sun – Crowded House Hazy Shade of Winter – The Bangles The Ship Song – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds **frock75** , that’s a great collection - I especially love “Joey” and “Fade Into You”. You must have a good soul. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Red\_Menace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@The\_Red\_Menace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Red_Menace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/4 "2001-10-17T01:23:33Z")
“Pretty Good Year” - Tori Amos “Fields of Gold” - Sting “Little Wing” - Jimi Hendrix “Off He Goes” - Pearl Jam “Heart of Gold” - Neil Young “Don’t Dream It’s Over” - Crowded House “Mayonnaise” - The Smashing Pumpkins “3 Libras” - A Perfect Circle “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” - Nirvana “Fade Into You” - Mazzy Star **Nicko** , it’s nice to see another Crowded House fan out there (assuming that you like more than just that one song). An aside here, one time I made a mix tape with a “Happy” and “Depressing” side. On the happy side I’d included “White, Discussion” by Live and “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” by REM. That’s right, two songs that allude to the end of the world on the “happy” side. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/5 "2001-10-17T01:45:50Z")
Led Zeppelin, Kashmir Sir Adrian Boult doing Vaughn-Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Alan Parsons Project, In the Real World Beth Nielsen Chapman, Sand and Water George Winston, Variations on the Canon Pink Floyd, Chapter 24 Queen, The Prophet’s Song Stokowski’s take on Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, 4th mvmt Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy Meat Loaf, Two out of Three Ain’t Bad Eugene Ormandy conducting Richard Wagner, Tannhaüser Overture Kansas, Carry On Wayward Son ---
**Author:** ![edbenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@edbenson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edbenson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/6 "2001-10-17T01:46:04Z")
I’ve started a list, but this could take a while. Let me get back to you… ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/7 "2001-10-17T02:02:06Z")
REM, “Country Feedback” The Offspring, “Staring at the Sun” Green Day, “Prosthetic Head” Mercury Rev, “Tonite it Shows” Nirvana, “Lithium” Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the UK” Idlewild, “Little Discourage” Teenage Fanclub, “The Concept” Melissa Etheridge, “I’m the only one” Bad Religion, “Struck a Nerve” Alanis Morisette, “Forgiven” REM, “Bang and Blame” Yeah, I know, two REM songs. Sue me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ultimate-mix-tape/87808/8 "2001-10-17T04:42:33Z")
“Walking Contradiction” -Green Day “Dammit” -blink-182 “Where is My Mind?” -The Pixies “Everlong” -Foo Fighters “Muzzle” -the Smashing Pumpkins “The World Has Turned and Left Me Here” -Weezer “Something I Can Never Have” -Nine Inch Nails “You Get What You Give” -New Radicals “For the Movies” -Buckcherry “Both Hands” -Ani DiFranco “The Wind” -Cat Stevens “Last Goodbye” -Jeff Buckley