[Heccubus]

Since the Mixed CD project fell through due to lack of interest, let's play a game on here instead. I'll get the ball rolling with a theme of my choice, and then list at least 12 songs to make a mixed CD around that theme. Then I'll end by coming up with a new theme, and the next person has to do the same. Just make a list of at least 12 songs that fit the theme. The theme of the mixes has to be sensible, and not too specific. They DO have to be possible and all. However, the theme can be anything. Just an entire mix from a certain band, a certain genre, lyrical content. Whatever. So here goes nothing:

Theme: Synth Pop

01) Depeche Mode - "Just Can't Get Enough"
02) Freezepop - "Science Genius Girl"
03) New Order - "1963"
04) Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me With Science"
05) A Flock Of Seagulls - "Space Age Love Song"
06) Ladytron - "This Is Our Sound"
07) Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls"
08) Devo - "Working In A Gold Mine"
09) Tears For Fears - "Shout"
10) Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
11) Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
12) Gary Numan - "Cars"

I'm sure I could do more, but I chose a trickier theme than I thought I did.
Okay, for the next one, I want to see "90s Metal". Go!

[Reader]

A monkey with a book on the 90's stuck up his ass could make a better list than this. but hey... whatev.

Alice in Chains - Junkhead
Tool - Stinkfist
Megadeth - Holy Wars... the Punishment Due
Soundgarden - Drawing Flies
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Dream Theatre - 6:00
Slayer - Expendable Youth
Melvins - Sweet Willy Rollbar
Melt-banana - (any song will do)
Napalm Death - Twist the Knife (slowly)
Cannibal Corpse - Meat Hook Sodomy
the offspring - Nitro (i hope this is metal-y enough)

Ok... "Pure Aural Mutilation (read:noise)"

[Heccubus]

Melt-Banana and The Offspring? Interesting....

Noise!
01) Lightning Bolt - "Forcefield"
02) Melt Banana - "Chain Shot To Have Some Fun"
03) The Locust - "Brand New Set Of Teeth"
04) Sonic Youth - "Mildred Pierce"
05) Aphex Twin - "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball"
06) Panicsville - "Strange Connection"
07) Death From Above 1979 - "Dead Womb" (bit of a stretch, I'll admit)
08) My Bloody Valentine - "Loomer"
09) Nirvana - "Endless Nameless"
10) Liars - "There's Always Room On the Broom"
11) Butthole Surfers - "Sweat Loaf"
12) Kid 606 - "Juvenile Hall Rollcall"

EDIT: Forgot new theme.
How about....Essential New Wave? (basically just new wave artists who had some influence on those who followed them)

[Reader]

Blondie - Atomic
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief
XTC - Life begins at the Hop
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (the heat goes on)
Tears for Fears - Shout
Billy idol - Dancing with Myself
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - She's Leaving
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Devo - Whip It
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
a-ha - Take on Me

"Psychedelic/Acid rock (made before 1972)"

This post has been edited by Reader: 18 February 2005 - 06:27 AM

[Heccubus]

Christ, this is a toughie...

01) Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"
02) Strawberry Alarm Clock - "Incense And Peppermints"
03) The Chocolate Watch Band - "Psychedelic Trip"
04) Quicksilver Messenger Service - "The Fool"
05) The Count Five - "Psychotic Reaction"
06) The Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)"
07) The Magicians - "An Invitation To Cry"
08) The Magic Mushrooms - "It's A-Happening"
09) The Human Exp​ression - "Optical Sound"
10) The Doors - "Light My Fire" (might be off, but I think it counts)
11) The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
12) The Move - "I Can Hear The Grass Grow"
13) Van Morrison - "I Can Only Give You Everything"
14) The Troggs - "Lost Girl"
15) Spinal Tap - "Listen To What The Flower People Say" (I know, technically post-1972, but according to the movie they made it in the 60s, so I want it on here)

Whew! That was a fun one!
Alright....Indie Rock Pioneers. Have fun!

[Reader]

01)My Bloody Valentine - Come in Alone
02)Pavement - Here
03)Pixies - Debaser
04)Sonic Youth - Expressway to Yr. Skull
05)Rhys Chatham - Guitar Trio (influenced the likes SY so he qualifies)
06)Meat Puppets - Lost
07)Velvet underground - White Light White Heat (i'll defend their place in this list to the death)
08)Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (yes it was released last year, but just you wait, it's place here will be justified in due time)
09)Spacemen 3 - Walkin' with Jesus
10)Guided by Voices - Gold Star for Robot Boy
11)Gastr Del Sol - A Puff of Dew
12)Yo La Tengo - We're an American Band
13)Beat Happening - Let's Kiss

"Unbeatable collection of Sonic Youth songs"

This post has been edited by Reader: 18 February 2005 - 07:57 AM

[Heccubus]

Oh God. There's no way I'm leaving this for someone else.

01) "Dirty Boots" (Goo)
02) "Teenage Riot" (Daydream Nation)
03) "100%" (Dirty)
04) "Bull In The Heather" (Experimental Jet Set, Trash, & No Star)
05) "Little Trouble Girl" (Washing Machine)
06) "Dripping Dream" (Sonic Nurse)
07) "The Ineffable Me" (A Thousand Leaves)
08) "Sugar Kane" (Dirty)
09) "I Love You Mary Jane" feat. Cypress Hill (Devil's Night soundtrack)
10) "Winner's Blues" (Experimental Jet Set, Trash, & No Star)
11) "Sunday" (A Thousand Leaves)
12) "Tunic (Song For Karen)" (Goo)

I tried to keep from going overboard, so I'm stopping myself now.
The new theme is all-acoustic rock songs.

[Reader]

Victoly!!

01)America - Ventura Highway
02)Hayden - Ice Skates
03)Neil Young - Sugar Mountain
04)Nick Drake - Hazey Jane I
05)Nirvana w/Meat Pups - Oh, Me
06)Sonic Youth - Winner's Blues
07)The Who - Love Ain't for Keepin'
08) Radiohead - There There (Acoustic version performed on Much[i think])
09)Joni Mitchell w/The Band - Coyote (electric guitar is featured, but it can't be helped)
10)Tenacious D - The Road
11)Frank Zappa - Project X (no doubt controversial, but who's gonna know?)
12)The Beatles - In My Life

"Crotch-kickingest percussion work in the universe"

[Reader]

I can't believe i overlooked Green Jelly AND Gwar on my 90's metal list. That's just wrong.
So: Melt Banana = Green Jelly - Cranage Rules; Offspring = Gwar - Sexecutioner

[Heccubus]

All of my choices for "Crotch-kickingest percussion work in the universe" were chosen based on what I feel to be great drumming. There may be something like ONE fill in the entire song that I feel warrants its presence on this list.

01) Dillinger Escape Plan - "43% Burnt"
02) The Hives - "Die, Alright!"
03) The (International) Noise Conspiracy - "Bigger Cages, Longer Chains"
04) Nirvana - "Scentless Apprentice"
05) Tool - "Intolerance"
06) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Date With The Night"
07) System Of A Down - "Know"
08) Led Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song"
09) Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
10) Sloan - "She Says What She Means"
11) The Who - "I Can't Explain"
12) Lamb Of God - "Laid To Rest"

I'm sure I can do more, but I'm stopping now.
New theme: "Covers that don't suck".

[Chyld]

Time for somebody neither called Heccubus or Reader to step in. I'll add another two when I get back to my CD collection, I swear!

1.) Sepultura (Max Cav. era): Smoke on the Water (orig: Deep Purple)
2.) Arch Enemy: Scream of Anger (orig: Europe)
3.) Nirvana: The Man Who Sold the World (orig: David Bowie? Sorry as hell if I'm wrong)
4.) Electric Six: Radio Ga Ga (orig: Queen)
5.) Sepultura (present era): Bullet the Blue Sky (orig: Unknown, possibly U2)
6.) Murderdolls: White Wedding (orig: Billy Idol)
7.) The Eighties Matchbox...: Twentieth Century Boy (orig: T-Rex)
8.) The White Stripes: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (orig: Kick me, I don't know)
9.) Papa Roach: Gouge Away (orig: The Pixies)
10.) Satyricon: Orgasmatron (orig: Motorhead)
11.) tba
12.) tba

New theme: Death/black metal

[Heccubus]

01) Cradle Of Filth - "Gilded Cunt"
02) Dimmu Borgir - "Puritania"
03) Dark Funeral - "Hail Murder"
04) Emperor - "Curse All You Men!"
05) Gorgoroth - "Ritual"
06) Mayhem - "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas"
07) Napalm Death - "Necessary Evil"
08) Satyricon - "Fuel For Hatred"
09) Black Dahlia Murder - "Funeral Thirst"
10) Cephalic Carnage - "Observer To The Obliteration Of Planet Earth"
11) Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "Organ Donor"
12) Origin - "Disease Called Man"

The new theme is Goth.

[Reader]

I know nothing of this genre, but i don't want to wait for someone to resuscitate this thread. Sorry.

Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi' Dead"
The Cure - "Killing and Arab"
Gene Loves jezebel - "Desire (come and get it)"
Tones on tail - "Performance"
Flesh for Lulu - "I go Crazy"
Alien Sex Fiend - "Now I'm feeling Zombified"
Sisters of Mercy - "This corrosion"
Christian Death - "This is heresy"
The Mission UK - "Wasteland"
All About Eve - "Never Promise (Anyone Forever)"
Fields of Nephilim - "Moonchild"
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear us Apart" (not exactly goth, but it heavily influenced, so baby makes 12)

Next topic: "Songs you wish you could hear for the first time again"

[Chyld]

Ooh, ambiguous!

Arch Enemy "Burning Angel"
Eighties Matchbox... "Giant Bones"
Pantera "Cowboys From Hell"
Sepultura "Roots Bloody Roots"
Drowning Pool - Well, just about any song off of the most recent album, actually.
Soulfly "Prophecy"
Skindred "World Domination"
Killswitch Engage "My Last Serenade"
Murderdolls "Twist My Sister"
Ill Nino "What Comes Around"
The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up"
Electric Six "Dance Commander"

Nextski: "Joke" bands (ones you're not supposed to actually take seriously, like Electric Six, Man O War, Insane Clown Posse <but not as bad>)

[Heccubus]

01) Green Jelly - "Cereal Killer"
02) GWAR - "Meat Sandwich"
03) Liam Lynch - "Rapbot"
04) The Electric Six - "Danger, Danger! High Voltage"
05) The Darkness - "Black Shuck"
06) Gnar Kill - "The Golden Egg"
07) Grave Robbers From Space! - "The Terror Of Mechagodzilla" (Yay plug)
08) Spinal Tap - "Stonehenge"
09) The Cramps - "Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?"
10) Ben Folds Five - "The Battle Of Who Could Care Less"
11) Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
12) The Rutles - "Major Happy's Up and Coming Once upon a Good Time Band"

I ended up running short of ideas, so I took songs that weren't meant to be taken seriously by bands that were/are.
New theme: Two-piece bands.