[Dave Marino-Nachison]

Had to bring this thread back because I've gotten some great song recommendations from your posts. Here are two mixes I recently made for my sister representing the "Then & Now" of my CD collection.

I am especially proud of the "Then" mix, though there were some pretty difficult cuts to make...

Then:
1. Shout -- Tears For Fears
2. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti
3. Living In Oblivion -- Anything Box
4. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes
5. People Are People -- Depeche Mode
6. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order
7. What Is Love? -- Howard Jones
8. Just Like Heaven -- The Cure
9. Oh Sheila -- Ready For The World
10. Take On Me -- a-ha
11. Oh L'amour -- Erasure
12. If You Leave -- OMD
13. Always On My Mind -- Pet Shop Boys
14. You Spin Me Round -- Dead or Alive
15. Don't You Forget About Me -- Simple Minds
16. Relax -- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
17. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo
18. Forever Young -- Alphaville

Now:
1. No Ordinary Morning -- Chicane
2. Baby Love Child -- Pizzicato Five
3. Break It Down Again -- Tears for Fears
4. Here In My Heart -- Erasure
5. Lover Plays The Bass -- Saint Etienne
6. Sing It Back -- Moloko
7. The Air I Breathe -- Badmarsh & Shri
8. Beautiful -- Mandalay
9. Gamemaster -- Lost Tribe
10. Sinequanon -- Hybrid
11. In My Memory -- DJ Tiesto
12. Kathy's Song -- Apoptygma Berzerk
13. Adios Ayer -- Jose Padilla
14. A Cold Day -- Anything Box
15. Fly -- Lamb

[Footix]

Any disk with both P5 and St Etienne on it is aces with me.

[Ted Cikowski]

Dave - search for the import of "Universal" by OMD, it came out in '98 and it was the best stuff he/they did since like 1983, before they became a pop band. Or try Karl Bartos's project called Electric Music, his second Electric Music album will be more to your liking. You would also probably enjoy The Other Two's "SuperHighways" which was 100 times better than thier debut album but again it's only on import. Try downloading the song "This is the Day" by Nueroctive and tell me what you think. Coming out soon is Computergirl, which is a girl and a synthesizer but she's awesome, you'll like her quite a bit. Going back a ways...do you own "Soul Mining" by The The?

[Dave Marino-Nachison]

Ted,

I've heard "Universal." To be honest, I didn't really like it all that much -- thought "Walking on the Milky Way" and the title track were OK but other than that it didn't do much for me.

There's a great CD single out there that is almost impossible to find -- "Pandora's Box" by OMD. It has two versions of "Pandora's Box," as well as "Sugar Tax" and "All She Wants Is Everything." A small but beautiful and perfect collection.

Most of the other stuff you mentioned here is new to me but I will check it out.

Incidentally if you go to AnythingBox.com you can both 1) download a remastered album for free and 2) if you click on "interact" and then the letter "c" under "Vent Contact" you can get a free remix of "Conscious" which is pretty good.

[dcsiouxfan]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dave Marino-Nachison
[B]I am especially proud of the "Then" mix, though there were some pretty difficult cuts to make...

Then:
1. Shout -- Tears For Fears
2. Perfect Way -- Scritti Politti
3. Living In Oblivion -- Anything Box
4. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes
5. People Are People -- Depeche Mode
6. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order
7. What Is Love? -- Howard Jones
8. Just Like Heaven -- The Cure
9. Oh Sheila -- Ready For The World
10. Take On Me -- a-ha
11. Oh L'amour -- Erasure
12. If You Leave -- OMD
13. Always On My Mind -- Pet Shop Boys
14. You Spin Me Round -- Dead or Alive
15. Don't You Forget About Me -- Simple Minds
16. Relax -- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
17. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo
18. Forever Young -- Alphaville

This is frightening as a mix I just made included

Shout
Always Something There to Remind Me
You Spin Me Right Round
Dont You Forget About Me
Relax
Too Shy
Forever Young

along with

Be Good Johnny - Men at Work
Love My Way - Psychadelic Furs
We Got the Beat - Go-Gos
Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe
Love is the Law - the Suburbs
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
One Night in Bangkock - Murrey Head
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Der Kommisar - After the Fire

and another with

Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Video Killed the Radio Star - the Buggles
Fish Heads - something and something
Never Say Never - Romeo Void
Pop Music - M
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
Fascination - Human League
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
The One Thing - INXS
Rock and Roll Party in the Street - Axe

And a punkish one

On the Bus - the Replacements
Buck Hill - the Replacements
Not Now Ted - Janes Addiction
Diane - Husker Du
Flip Your Wig - Husker Du
Pull My Strings - Dead Kennedys
Six Pack - Black Flag
Charles Nelson Reilly - Dead Milkmen
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns and Roses
Master of Puppets - Metallica

[Ted Cikowski]

Dave, how could you not like some of Universal? "Very CLose to Far Away" was one of the 5 best OMD songs of all time.

I have the Pandora's box single, I used to think the song Sugar Tax was better than anything on the album. Of course, "Was it something I said" is a synth pop classic.

I am not too sure how I feel about Anything Box these days. I liked them a lot in highschool.

[Dave Marino-Nachison]

Well, I only heard "Universal" once and it was many years ago... It didn't make much of an impression, what can I say.

Anything Box is one of those bands I would have expected not to like after their first album. I thought "Hope" was pretty uneven. But I was really impressed with "Elektrodelica" and "The Universe is Expanding" -- they kept their "thing" but managed to do some pretty original and distinctive stuff.

We need to start the dance/trance thread up again.

[Ted Cikowski]

Dave, some albums, like Universal need more than a few listens before it hits you.

I thought OMD's guitar tracks were better than thier synth stuff.

how about an OMD mix:

1) 88 seconds in greensboro
2) native daughters of the golden west
3) of all the things we made
4) the new stone age
5) was it something i said?
6) very close to far away
7) almost
8) christine
9) never turn away

[snowsuit]

bUmP

chec out my RAD MIX guyz!!!

1. Eminem - Cleaning Out My Closet
2. Avril Lavirignieere - Complicated
3. Mario - Just A Friend 2002
4. Big Tymers - Still Fly
5. Truth Hurts - Addictive
6. Eve and Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin
7. Janet Jackson - Feel It Boy
8. Ludacris - Move
9. Fat Joe - What's Luv
10. Nappy Roots - Po' Folks
11. Big Tymers - Oh Yeah
12. b2k - Uh Huh
13. Fabolous - Trade It All
14. Ja Rule - Down 4 U
15. b2k - Why I Love You

TIGHT