WILDER SHORES OF LOVE

Zoe (http://la-chauve-souris.tumblr.com/) asked me to make a playlist about unrequited love/crying. As these are, in basically every way conceivable, my specialty areas, I promise this will be suitable. 

I don’t post playlists on here very often anymore, but I assure you, this one particularly is of an appropriate level of melodrama to suite both the personality and aesthetic of my person/blog. The rest of them are here, if you want them- http://boyhood.tumblr.com/tagged/mixes

Link’s in the image. 

1. Roy Orbison- Crying

2. Ben E. King- Young Boy Blues

3. Patsy Cline- Why Can’t He Be You

4. Brenda Lee- I Want to Be Wanted 

5. Barbara Kay- someone Has to Cry (Why Must I?)

6. Ivory Joe Hunter- From the First Time We Met

7. Etta James- All I Could Do Is Cry

8. Ral Donner- Love Isn’t Like That

9. Del shannon- Cry Myself to sleep

10. Reperata and the Delrons- Loneliest Girl in Town

11. The Angels- Cry Baby Cry

12. Elvis Presley- Blue Moon

13. The Ink spots- Prisoner of Love

14. Patience and Prudence- Tonight You Belong to Me

15. solomon Burke- Just Out of Reach (Of My Empty Arms)

16. James Carr- You’ve Got My Mind Messed Up

17. Ellie Greenwich- You Don’t Know

18. The Teddy Bears- Oh Why

19. The Crystals- Heartbreaker

20. Dani sheridan- Guess I’m Dumb

21. Dee Clark- Blues, Get Off of My shoulder

22. Diane Coleman- He’s The Only Boy for Me

As per recent request. Do you like things that are nice? You will like this. 

1. The Mogambos- Bi-Aza-Ku-sasa

2. Grupo De La Alagria- El Tambor de la Alegria

3. Unknown- (Blind Thai street Musician)

4. Reverend Lonnie Farris- Peace in the Valley

5. Teddy Darby- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

6. Red Nichols- Delirium

7. Thiruvazhimilalai Subramanian Bros. & Needamangalam Meenakshisundaram Pillai- Manasa Sri Ramachandra

8. Patsy Cline- Back in Baby’s Arms

9. Gowan’s Rhapsody Makers- I’ll Fly to Hawaii

10. Cleoma Falcon- Blues Negres

11. Willard Artis ‘Blind Pete’ Burrell- Do Remember Me

12. Blind Boy Fuller- step it Up and Go

13. Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers- sweet sixteen

14. Weaver & Beasley- soft steel piston

15. Nazarene Congregational Church- Who’ll Join This Union

Look, I can basically assure you that I’ve completely outdone myself with this one. Jesus? And Carmen Miranda? And ukeleles? And YODELLING? What more could a girl ever want?

There’s something kind of Disneyland about it all.

1. C.W. Stoneking- Jungle Blues

2. Josephine Baker- La Conga Blicoti

3. Waymon Henry- Jomo Man Blues

4. Lottie Kimbrough- Wayward Girl Blues

5. Straight Street Holiness Group- Come On

6. Frankie Frank and His Louisianans- Somebody Stole My Gal

7. Charlie Kunz- Life Begins When You’re in Love

8. Jeannie Thomas- Say Something Sweet to Me

9. The Versatones- Bila

10. Louis Jordan- Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man

11. Kane’s Hawaiians- Mokihana

12. Carmen Miranda and The Andrews Sisters- Sing a Tropical Song

13. Noble Sissle and His Orchestra- The Basement Blues

14. Edmundo Ross- The Coffee Song

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On the continuing theme of surrealist 4AM roadside diners:

1. Antony and the Johnsons- Crazy in Love (Beyonce cover)

2. Helen Forrest- What’s the Use of Wond’rin

3. The Flamingos- Only Have Eyes for You

4. Bessie Banks- Go Now

5. The Jive Five- My True Story

6. Nate Evans- Pardon My Innocent Heart

7. Nina Simone- To Love Somebody

8. The Cryin Shames- Please Stay

9. Deek Watson & The Brown Dots- At Our Fireplace

10. The Aquatones- You

11. Jeff Barry- Our Love Can Still Be Saved

12. The Raindrops- Isn’t That Love

13. The Hayden Sisters- Silent Tears

14. Roddie Joy- Come Back Baby

15. Roy Orbison- Today’s Teardrops

16. Lou Reed- This Magic Moment

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I’m pretty sure that, at the very best, this is just the soundtrack to the most godforsaken, surreal roadside diner in the universe at about four in the morning. 

But, uh, you asked for it. 

1. The Walker Brothers- The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More

2. The Langley Schools Music Project- God Only Knows

3. Ketty Lester- Love Letter

4. Patsy Cline- Sweet Dreams

5. Cat’s Eyes- Love You Anyway

6. The Angels- ‘Til

7. Rowland S Howard- Lonesome Town

8. Candi Stanton- Sure As Sin

9. Billy Childish- I Hate My Little Baby

10. The Blenders- Don’t Fuck Around With Love

11. The Chantels- He’s Gone

12. The Emeralds- Dancing Alone

13. Arcade Fire- Brazil

14. Al Bowlly- Close Your Eyes

15. The Lennon Sisters- Tonight You Belong to Me

16. Irma Thomas- Time Is On My Side

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To celebrate the fact that I think my shoegaze phase is over, I’ve made a shoegaze playlist for you, tumblr. I tried to include all the tracks that I especially desperately loved, not ones that are particularly seminal. There’s no My Bloody Valentine on it. I don’t actually have a reason for this, so, uh, deal with it. 

1. Spiritualized- If I Were With Her Now

2. The House of Love- Shine On

3. Aerial Love Feed- My Clock is Always Five Minutes Weirder

4. The Telescopes- The Perfect Needle

5. Asobi Seksu- Thursday

6. Blue Jungle- Oh Suicide

7. Bleach- Friends

8. Adorable- Homeboy

9. The Breeders- Roi

10. Jesus & Mary Chain- Teenage Lust

11. Kitchens of Distinction- The Third Time We Opened the Capsule

12. Mazzy Star- Bells Ring

13. Opal- Happy Nightmare Baby

14. Skywave- Baby It’s Just You

15. Shop Assistants- Safety Net

16. Pale Saints- Sight of You

17. Tamaryn- Love Fade

18. Ride- Here and Now

19. Slowdive- When the Sun Hits

If you are like me and enjoying a rare week of London sunshine, I would download this immediately. Link’s in the image and all my other mixes are here: http://boyhood.tumblr.com/tagged/mixes

I feel like this is probably my best playlist to date, for the record. And although it’s probably as weird as it appears, I tried really hard to make it really listenable- but please be sure to listen to it in the order I’ve set up, or I think it might get a little mental patient-y. Maybe it is already. 

1. John Henry and Blossom- My Wireless Set

2. The Counts- Enchanted Sea

3. Sister Irene O’Connor- Fire

4. Ennio Morricone- Cano Della Campana Stonata

5. Auvidis Unesco- Quanti Martiri Ha Potuto Passare

6. Waiphot Phetsuphan Band- Where is My Voice

7. Selda Bagcan- Meydan Sinzidir

8. Christopher Komeda- Dance of the Vampires

9. Langley Schools Music Project- God Only Knows

10. David Lynch/Nina Simone- Sinnerman

11. Auvidis Unesco- La Sesta Spada

12. Scott Walker- Tilt

13. PJ Harvey- To Talk to You

14. The Pop Group- Savage Sea

15. Alexander Zhikharev- Call

16. Cat’s Eyes- I Knew it Was Over (Live at the Vatican)

17. Marie Applebee- Down By the Sea

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For my other mixes go to boyhood.tumblr.com/tagged/mixes

This is a mix I’ve made for my friend Eleanor, but I think you’ll probably like it. 

1. John Cage- Radio Music (Edit)

2. Mathematiques Modernes- Disco Rough (Ivan Smagghe Edit)

3. Liaisons Dangereuses- Los Ninos Del Parque

4. Malaria!- Thrash Me!

5. Red Transistor- Not Bite

6. Les Visiteurs Du Soir- Je T’ecris D’un Pays

7. Arthur Russell- Get Around to It

8. Ruth- Roman Photo

9. Dominatrix- The City That Never Sleeps

10. Moreno- Suicide Commando

11. Kas Product- Man of Time

12. Units- Cannibals

13. Der Plan- Arbeit, Liebe, Brot, Einfachheit, Tod

14. S.C.U.M- Smile

15. Pink Military- Degenerated Man

16. White Noise- Love Without Sound

17. John Cooper Clarke- Beasley Street

18. Shock Headed Peters- Heartbreak Hotel

19. Anne Clarke- Sleeper in Metropolis

20. Rod Freeman & The Blue Men- I Hear a New World

First, it is 100% possible I have already put a mix up with almost all of these tracks up before, because they’re all tracks I really like. Second, if you think it’s fun (and you probably will- because it is) my other mixes, which are in no way like this (but equal on the fun scale), live here: http://boyhood.tumblr.com/tagged/mixes

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 Download this, play it loud, irritate everyone you live with. 

1. Public Image Ltd- This is Not a Love Song (Remixed)

2. Gramme- Like You

3. 23 Skidoo- Last Words

4. The Pop Group- She is Beyond Good and Evil

5. Lemon Kittens- Nudies

6. New Age Steppers- Private Armies

7. Medium Medium- Hungry, So Angry

8. James Chance & The Contortions- I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Live)

9. Rip Rig & Panic- Those Eskimo Women Speak Frankly

10. Blurt- Get

11. Glaxo Babies- Burning

12. The Fall- My New House

13. Liquid Liquid- Bellhead

14. A Certain Ratio- Gum

15. Gang of Four- Ether

16. Delta 5- Mind Your Own Business

17. Magazine- Recoil

18. The Au Pairs- Come Again

19. Pigbag- As it Will Be

The link is in the image. I should probably clarify that this may be sort of a challenging mix for some of you, and I used to play it just to make everyone leave the studio. It was generally effective.

Having said that, it’s extremely good. 

(For the rest of my mixes check: http://boyhood.tumblr.com/tagged/mixes )

1. Unknown- Slow This Year for the Danger Signal

2. Reverend Rubin Lacy- Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus

3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- From Her to Eternity

4. Mary Pinckney- Been in the Storm So Long

5. Nikki Sudden & Rowland Howard- Hello Wolf (Little Baby)

6. Fred & Annie Mae McDowell- Get Right, Church

7. Effi Briest- The Newlywed Song

8. Eureka Brass Band- West Lawn Dirge

9. Devotchka- Venus in Furs (live)

10. Janie Hunter- You Got to Move

11. Ephram Carter- Sorrow Come Pass Me Around

12. Sala Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band- Ramadan in Space Time

13. Charlie Johnson & His Paradise Band- The Boy in the Boat

14. Hezekiah Jenkins- Shout you Cats

15. Billie Holiday- They Can’t Take That Away From Me

16. Tim Rose- Long Time Man

17. Nina Simone- My Man’s Gone Now

18. Elder Burch & Congregation- My Heart Keeps Singing

I strongly suggest you listen to this in the order I’ve put it. Get it here.