good mixtapes 4 people with no taste
 

I have to go on a long car ride with my friend and I want to make a mixtape or 2 that I take along the journey so I don't have to listen to her cd's. She listens to crappy mainstream indie, some rnb, pop and some pop punk. What music would you reconmend that I could put on some mixtapes that we would both like and that someone who likes pop would not be offended by because it's to weird or something. I still want to listen to music that I enjoy, but perhaps the swans may not be appropiate. Any sonic youth songs that would be good? Bands?

Any answers welcome. Unless they're stupid.

Well, sounds like your friend likes Hi-fi, pop sensible music, with pop-sensible lyrics and vocal tones.

merzbow, masonna, gerogerigegege, smegma, hijokaiden. I think your friend would like a mix tape of this stuff.

you could always pretend to be tired, slip on some headphones and listen to your own music in the back on a walkman.

seems to me if youre making this tape to avoid hearing music she doesnt like, maybe you could ask your friend to show the same consideration and sensitivity towards the music she brings on the tirp too, i mean instead of just playing the music she would like make an effort to go half like you are doing,

other than that

nirvana?
rem?
white stripes?
weezer?

general mainstream rock stuff i guess

I made this CD up as a present for friends. I thought it worked pretty well.

1.) New York City,
They Might Be Giants, Factory Showroom (1996)
2.) Breaking Glass,
David Bowie, Low (1997)
3.) The Boys Wanna Fight,
Garbage, Bleed Like Me (2005)
4.) Give Me Novacaine,
Green Day, American Idiot (2005)
5.) Mountain Song,
Jane’s Addiction, Nothing Shocking (1988)
6.) Regiment,
Brian Eno & David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)
7.) Blast Off,
Frank Black & the Catholics, Dog in the Sand (2001)
8.) Black Sheets of Rain,
Bob Mould, Black Sheets of Rain (1990)
9.) Medicine Show,
Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
10.) Sky Fits Heaven,
Madonna, Ray of Light (1998)
11.) When I Think Of You,
Janet Jackson, Control (1986)
12.) Disappearer,
Sonic Youth, Goo (1990)
13.) Forbidden Love,
Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)
14.) Bring on the Night,
The Police, Regatta De Blanc (1979)
15.) Happy Home,
Garbage, Bleed Like Me (2005)

Listen to Xiu Xiu, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, and the Postal Service. Not terribly noisey or hard to get into.

Yes. Do this.

and try Neutral Milk Hotel.

I can't believe I forgot the NMH. Also, Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power, and Weezer's Pinkerton.

Weezer is standable and extremely pop. Jimmy Eat World, but I like them so that might be biased. Postal Service, White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys.

What about the Pixes?

I'd say Breeders are more easy on mainstream ears.

yeah.. Elastica are good too, and the juliana hatfield theory...

Belle And Sebastian,

R.E.M,

Nirvana,

Is flaming lips mainstream?

WIRE
GANG OF FOUR
INTERPOL
RAPTURE

EASE HER IN GENTLY THEN
WOLF EYES
smegma
lightning boly
lordi!!!!

Defintely R.E.M, Nirvana, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Interpol, maybe even The Clash?.

You should just share the radio. She puts in a CD, you put in a CD. It's only fair.

i'd go with Arcade Fire, easy listening, you dont wanna get her all tense cuz when ye take a wrong turn and NIN hits the stereo god knows what sort of shit could go down then.

PS i loved the way you called this thread "good mixtapes 4 people with no taste "


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I'm with HaydenAsche and The Dom. They're not too difficult, and plus if she really likes the Postal service, she can get into Jimmy Tamballero's solo project, Dntel, which I find is amazing.

If she likes the Rnb / Dance type stuff, I guess going with some Debbie Deb or Madonna might be good as well, but then you might not like it.

You can also blow her away with some Gang Gang Dance but it really depends if it's going to cost you the CD player or not, although I'd say it's worth it