Creator of the Mix: Rev. Syung Myung Me
Initial Notes About The Mix: It's been a long time since I've done another official mix, mainly because I've been working on this one for a really long time. This one, the theme/gimmick is songs with really long titles. I had the idea because of two of my favorite Pet Shop Boys songs from Nightlife (and two of the three singles from that record) have really, really long titles -- actually, before that, I got the idea from conflating the theme of The Opposite Of Smoke Is Egg Whites with Long Title by The Monkees. Anyway, I had trouble figuring which Pet Shop Boys song to go with, so I decided to use both. There wasn't any mathematical limit to this one -- I just set my iTunes title field divider at a place that looked good and only used titles that were reduced to needing an ellipsis. I also tried my best to not do anything with a parenthetical title, but there's a couple who sneaked by, just basically on whim and/or being an awesome song. So, there you go. The thing is, a lot of long-title songs seem to be shoved in the middle of a record, so it was really hard to find ones for disc starters. I think I did OK, but after frustration of having these folders sitting in my Playlist Windows for so long, I figured I'd just get it done and not worry too awfully much about the order -- but I still think the order's pretty good anyway, so I think it sorta lucked out. So here it is!
Tracklisting: Disc 1
- Reckless Penguins - Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals
- Pogues - Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
- The Mr. T Experience - I Love You, But You're Standing On My Foot
- eels - I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
- Nine Inch Nails - I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally
- The Television Personalities - I've Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
- The Mountain Goats - Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of
- The Bran Flakes - A Susie Moppet Singtime Sing-A-Long Song
- The Cramps - The Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon
- Mr. Partridge - The Day They Pulled The North Pole Down
- The Magnetic Fields - The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing
- Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
- Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players - Why Did We Decide To Take This Decision To You
- Barcelona - Why Do You Have So Much Fun Without Me?
- John Linnell - Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May
- Pet Shop Boys - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
- Blotto - My Baby's The Star Of A Driver's Ed Movie
- Ween - If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)
- Buffalo Daughter - Robot Sings (As If He Were Frank Sinatra With A Half Boiled Egg & The Salt Shaker On A Breakfast Table)
- Eric Kassel - How Much About Last Night Do You Remember?
- bis - Everybody Thinks That They're Going To Get Theirs
- Snakefinger - The Picture Makers Vs. Children Of The Sea
Disc 2:
- Mr. Zipp - She Left Me For A Destitute Quadropeligic Because Of The Good Sex
- Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In
- Belle & Sebastian - The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner
- The Ramones - You Should Never Have Opened That Door
- The Freshies - I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk
- Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games
- The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
- Shonen Knife - Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme
- The Young Fresh Fellows - Don't Look At My Face You Might See What I Mean
- Sparks - Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold.
- The Monkees - Long Title - Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
- Pet Shop Boys - I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
- They Might Be Giants - I Am 40: Memories Of West St. And Lepke
- The Statler Brothers - The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell
- Warren Zevon - Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
- Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
- Yoko Ono - I Felt Like Smashing My Face In A Clear Glass Window
- Buck Owens - You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More
- Bonzo Dog Band - I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight
- The Beau Hunks Sextette - Dedicatory Piece To The Crew And Passengers Of The First Experimental Rocket Express To The Moon
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars
- The Flaming Lips - Psychiatric Explorations Of The Fetus With Needles
- Crispin Hellion Glover - The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze
- Negativland - OJ And His Personal Trainer Kill Ron And Nicole
- The Powerpuff Girls - Love, Love, Love Makes The World Go 'Round