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Thanks to Will (the other one<\/a>) I got clued in to Ryan Zeinert’s mix-tape madness<\/a>, so I thought I’d jump in on the action. Couple quick notes: What I created was not actually a tape. But then I don’t think anyone expected that. I’ve made more than my share of actual tapes, but I finally ditched my Aiwa dual cassette deck a couple years ago because after more than a decade of solid use, it was giving up the proverbial ghost.<\/p>\n Also, though I’m happy with the initial effort, if I did it again in a week, it would no doubt be something completely different. Moods change, ideas evolve, that sort of thing.<\/p>\n Anyway, that’s that. Here are the tracks, annotated in a fit of exhaustion, after the jump:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1) Quiet Village – “Victoria’s Secret”<\/em><\/strong> : Oh, man, I’m cheating already. Not so much a cover, but a re-appopriation of an old Chi-Lites tune. But it’s short, and serves a current obsession with the band and it works as a nice, lush intro to the collection.<\/p>\n 2) Kraak & Smaak – “Man Of Constant Sorrow”<\/em> <\/strong>: Still possibly running roughshod over the rules, here I’m wandering dangerously close to “remix” territory, it’s nonetheless a new casting of the old tune into something with a Middle-Eastern flavor.<\/p>\n 3) Petra Haden & Bill Frisell – “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”<\/em> :<\/strong> One of my favorite covers. Haden turns the Ramones\/Waits rant into a drifting lullaby.<\/p>\n 4) Smashing Pumpkins – “Landslide”<\/em> <\/strong>: A bit obvious, isn’t it? I suppose if I’d had more time, I could have come up with lots that was more interesting. I got lazy.<\/p>\n 5) Luna – “Bonnie & Clyde” <\/em><\/strong>: I was torn on this one. I love this version of the Serge Gainsbourg tune, but Mick Harvey also puts out a fine version as well. I went for the one in French.<\/p>\n 6) Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Dear Prudence”<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>: I actually overheard some girl comment on the Beatles’ original version of this tune and wonder why they bothered to remake the Siouxsie tune. Why, indeed?<\/p>\n 7) Talking Heads – “Take Me To The River”<\/em> <\/strong>: Was an Al Green tune. Yes, it was. But the Heads made it completely their own.<\/p>\n 8) Kristin Hersh – “Trouble”<\/em> <\/strong>: One of my all time fave covers. I love the original Cat Stevens, especially in the context of Harold & Maude<\/em>, but this re-working of it blows me the hell away.<\/p>\n 9) & 10) The Bangles – “Hazy Shade Of Winter” <\/em><\/strong>: Surprisingly decent remake of the Simon & Garfunkel tune by the Bangles, brought in on a bit of Thomas Newman’s score for Less Than Zero<\/em>. Natch.<\/p>\n 11) Paul Anka – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”<\/em> <\/strong>: I like this version because I can understand what he’s saying. Other than that, I can’t tell the difference. This is the obligatory ironic cover tune.<\/p>\n 12) Placebo – “Running Up That Hill”<\/em><\/strong> : Another example of what makes a good cover. Molko and company preserve the haunting qualities of the Kate Bush original and show us something completely new.<\/p>\n 13) Nouvelle Vague – “Melt With You”<\/em> <\/strong>: This might qualify as ironic, too, if these cats weren’t so damned sincere. But in truth, the reason this is a good song is because the original was so great.<\/p>\n 14) Nine Inch Nails – “(Let’s Get) Physical”<\/em> <\/strong>: This quintessential Reznor, just the way I like him. I don’t recall a tune of his that has a more massive, towering sound. Perhaps it’s saying something that he’s covering Adam Ant this time around. I dunno. But I love it.<\/p>\n 15) St. Vincent – “These Days”<\/em><\/strong> : Written by Jackson Browne for Nico, then recorded by Greg Allman (my favorite version) and then by Browne himself, here it gets Nico-esque treatment from my favorite artist of last year, Miss Annie Clark, and finishes off the collection with a dulcet flourish.<\/p>\n There you have it. It’s short, sweet and sequenced rather well. If you ask nicely and if I can get my CD burner working, I might send you a copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to Will (the other one) I got clued in to Ryan Zeinert’s mix-tape madness, so I thought I’d jump in on the action. Couple quick notes: What I created was not actually a tape. But then I don’t think anyone expected that. 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