Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Challenge #1 - Into The Mist (Jeff's Entry)

I feel exposed by this project, but I guess that's the point. Each of the songs is an anchor to an event or episode in my past, which makes this collection exceptionally personal, yet in all likelihood difficult to relate to without ad nauseum liner notes. It was interesting to search the recesses of my past in search of these - and even more surprising how listening to them brought back feelings I thought had faded away....

I hope you enjoy, and I seriously can't wait to listen to yours. Oh yeah, special thanx to Colin for motivating me with this challenge, and for hosting my mix so that I could post it to the blog.

Jeff

A Thousand Years -- Sting
Julia -- The Beatles
Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun") -- Berlin
We Belong -- Pat Benatar
Human -- The Pretenders
Time and Tide -- Basia
At Last -- Etta James
I Know The Truth (Aida Act 2 Original Cast) -- Sherie René Scott
The Wings -- Gustavo Santaolalla
Big Log -- Robert Plant
Streets of Philadelphia (From "Philadelphia") -- Bruce Springsteen
How Soon Is Now? -- The Smiths
Rough Boy -- ZZ Top
Surround Me With Your Love (Mental Overdrive Remix) -- 3-11 Porter
Blue -- LeAnn Rimes
Come What May -- Nicole Kidman & Ewin McGregor
Witness -- Sarah McLachlan

















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5 comments:

  1. JeffApril 22, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    Oops:
    http://roughgroove.com/mixtape/IntoTheMist.zip

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  2. m000seApril 23, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    hi jeff,
    Marc here. I have to admit there were a few tracks that I knew all too well or didn't love the artist (sting), but once i hit play, didn't skip a one. Really liked the Sting track actually. Standouts: Surround Me With Your Love made me want weak, Big Log, The Wings (excellent choice), the Aida track, and as always How Soon is Now. Some caught me off guard like Rough Boy (had that cassette!)and a few like At Last and Come What May that evoked a joyous tear, not sorrow for me. So good call on playing with my emotions.
    Thanks!!

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  3. JefferyApril 27, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Hey Marc -- I didn't start listening to cool and obscure music until I was in my 40's, hence many of my emotional tags are tied to songs everyone knows too well. That was part of why I felt overexposed, and unhip. Thanx for being kind in your comments. I need to get to work on listenign to everone's submissions. JAK

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  4. ColinApril 29, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    I think your submission was a much more personal album than mine was - I tried to pick songs that were more "generic" in their heartache-ry, and I do get the feeling that your selections are totally, 100% personal. This is the soundtrack to breakups, betrayals, or other lost longings.

    The songs that really resonated for me are:
    Julia - has a very subdued melancholic nature... In a good way, I see a high school boy writing this for the girl he loves.
    Human - I haven't associated this with ache until, since it has an uptempo beat. As I mentioned, I like that duality - things that appear one way on the surface but have something underneath
    At Last - Oh god, they just don't make voices like that any more (despite what they say about Amy Winehouse)
    The Wings - talk about movie scores... Very nice selection. The music does a good job of capturing the essence of that movie
    Streets of Philadelphia - we clearly tapped into the same moment in time. I picked mine because I can very clearly remember that home movie footage. While I think this is a better song, I am a sucker for the plaintive voice.

    How Soon is Now - love love love the song. Don't really think of it as achy though.
    Come What May - another good selection. A good, star-crossed lover song.
    Witness - Love her voice. Very emotional and moving.

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  5. JefferyMay 3, 2009 at 7:09 PM

    Thanx, Colin. You got it - head on.

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