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Imaginary Cities | Don’t Cry
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Here Comes Another Empty Night
This is the first mixed CD I’ve posted in a really really long time, and it also happens to be my favourite mix that I’ve ever made. It’s very much intended to be a mix that you listen to at 3 AM with all of the lights turned out while hiding under some blankets. I originally made it for a good friend who liked the last late night mix I made her, but I changed up her version to suit her taste more. Here is the original version of it. I tried to divide it up into 5 distinct chapters, but I won’t elaborate here. I wrote a pretentious letter to go with it and I’ll leave it up to you to interpret what it means. Tracklisting is included on the back cover with the letter.
Also, if there’s a theme you want me to work with for another mixed CD, let me know. It’s way more fun to make these for people with specific requests.
(via airportlife)
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Yumeji’s Theme - Shigeru Umebayashi
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“Perfidia” — Xavier Cugat
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Edith Piaf - “La Foule”
La Foule has got to be one of my top three favorite songs of all time. The beautiful but frenzied Peruvian waltz coupled with Piaf’s impassioned singing is just perfect. Meaning “The Crowd” in French, La Foule tells the story of two lovers that lock eyes in the midst of a bustling street and instantly fall in love. Sadly, the push and pull of the crowd separates the pair, and they never find each other again. Uplifting, right? But even though the lyrics tell a heartbreaking story, the music will make you want to jump up and dance with next person you see. Definitely one of Edith Piaf’s greatest songs of all time.
See you next Wednesday!
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Femme Fatale
“It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never even had the courtesy to thank her for it.” - W.C. Fields
I’ve been told all of my life that it’s easier for women to express themselves. Is this an absurd generalization? Perhaps.
To help test this theory, I’ve assembled 20 songs from my favorite female vocalists from the 1960s, arguably one of the most important decades for women empowerment. If there was ever a level playing field for expression, it was the stage.
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A mixtape, sort of.
I made this mix originally for someone. And now I’m sharing it with others, too. Because I really like these songs and want you to hear them. And because I’ve been away a lot and feel I have to make up to it. And because it seems that I joined Tumblr exactly a year ago. So here you go. The track list looks like this:
- Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade Of Winter
- Shimmering Stars - I’m Gonna Try
- St. Vincent - Surgeon
- Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
- The Velvet Underground - I’ll Be Your Mirror
- Devendra Banhart - I Remember
- Fever Ray - Seven
- Beach House - Norway
- Bob Dylan - I Want You
- Alex Turner - Piledriver Waltz
- The National - Conversation 16
- The Raveonettes - Evil Seeds
- Sparks - Here In Heaven
- Imaginary Cities - Hummingbird
- The Zolas - You Better Watch Out
- Neko Case & Nick Cave - She’s Not There
- PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan
- TV On The Radio - A Wolf Like Me
- Moloko - The Time Is Now
- David Bowie - Rock’n’Roll Suicide
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Sealion - Feist
First of all, I cannot believe this is first time I’ve posted Feist. If there was any musician I could be, it would be her; she can take the most simple melody and make it soar with that delicate and achingly honest voice of hers. This is one of her more upbeat songs and it’s fantastic in the way that there’s not much going on with the instrumentation, it’s mainly vocals and it makes you shake and shimmy.
The lyrics may not make any sense unless you know about the old Scottish and Irish selkie tales, about women who are sea lions whilst at sea but remove their skins to become humans on land. If you’re interested in ancient folklore then I really recommend researching this; there are some wonderful stories.
- Rosie
