This weekend’s new practice mix. Every song in this mix is somewhere between 115 and 125 BPM. And as always, this was mixed “live” and has no post-processing or editing work, so while it may not be perfect, it’s all me!
Depeche Mode
Just Can’t Get Flexible in 1999
Now that I’ve run through all the long-form mixes I had laying around, here’s the first of two mashups I’ve put together.
Depeche Mode’s ‘Flexible’ and ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ plus Prince’s ‘1999’ equals DJ Wüdi – Just Can’t Get Flexible in 1999 (7.8Mb MP3).
Download Just Can’t Get Flexible in 1999 (7.8Mb MP3)
This was my first attempt at creating a mashup rather than just listening to ’em. Probably not likely to make it to the top of the charts, but I don’t think it’s too terribly bad for a first try.
Difficult Listening Hour 01
The first of a few old mix sessions I’m re-posting. I hope to have something new to post in the not-terribly-distant future, but for now, this will get things started.
Top Artists according to last.fm
From Adriaan:
last.fm has nice charting tools, mapping out your listening trends. From data collected over the past year, this list appears to show my top artists.
Here’s my top eleven (rather than ten, simply because these are also all the artists with more than 50 plays):
The only slight surprise is that Pink Floyd is that high in the list. Not that I’m not a fan, but I’m not a huge fan…I do, however, have a lot of PF in my collection (thanks to picking up a box set some time ago), so their songs percolate through the random playlists fairly regularly.
My Depeche Mode collection
For Rebecca, for comparison purposes, and for Jonas, because he made fun of me for dancing to Strangelove at the Vogue a few months ago. ;)
My final Depeche Mode song count:
- 217 songs
- 42 albums (this includes compilations where DM has only one track)
- 19.3 hours
- 1.03 Gb
And here’s the full list, in .pdf format, printed straight out of iTunes:
- Sorted by album (88k .pdf)
- Sorted by song (88k .pdf)
iTunes: “Judas” by Depeche Mode from the album Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993, 5:14).
As long as it’s depressing
One of Depeche Mode’s greatest strengths is also their greatest weakness. The band comes up with some of pop music’s most inventive lyrics, and at the same time, they always give the impression that they’ll arbitrarily sing about anything, as long as it’s depressing.
— Beth Massa, reviewing Depeche Mode’s ‘Exciter’ album for Amazon