"The Best Song Ever"

(A Chronological History)

February 2008
Themed Round: Nostalgia
for: Mike Eternity

1. Material Girl - Madonna
2. Oh l’Amour - Erasure
3. Stand - R.E.M.
4. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
5. She’s an Angel - They Might Be Giants
6. Trouble - Cat Stevens
7. Help Me Mary - Liz Phair
8. Gigantic - The Pixies
9. Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
10. Overcome - Tricky
11. Disco 2000 - Pulp
12. Little Babies . Sleater Kinney
13. Sweetest Decline - Beth Orton
14. These Days - Nico
15. You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) -The White Stripes
16. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
18. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
19. Lived in Bars - Cat Power
20. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
21. 23 Minutes in Brussels - Luna

Comments on the mix: I'm approaching the Nostalgia theme very literally here, by tracing my favorite songs from when I first became aware of pop music to the present day. The interesting thing about putting this together was how, early on in life, I have such distinct associations of song and moments, but more recently, everything blurs together. I also realized that I have had a lot of favorite songs that are quite long (!) and had to be excluded from this mix for that reason alone.

Comments on the cover: No cover! That's new. I decided to write liner notes for the first time, and I babbled on at such length that there was no room for a cover. However, I don't think I said anything worthy of repeating here.