FRIDAY NIGHT ROCK07F Staff Mixtape

DISC ONEShout Out Louds - NormandieJulien Almonte ‘07

they're swedish, the song is oh so lovely,and it just makes me happy!

Cloud Cult - Take Your MedicineCaroline Brandt ‘09

This song makes me think of your smile.You can take it in stride or you can take itright between the eyes.

Animal Collective - The Purple BottleEmily Broas ‘11

i spend way too much time thinking aboutthe metaphorical implications of the title. butits a wonderfully catchy and entertainingtune and i hope you enjoy it!

Black Kids - I’m Not Going to Teach YourBoyfriend How to Dance With YouPhil Alford GR

im gonna teach him how to dance with me

Cartel - WastedTimothy Chingos ‘08

I didn't think Cat Stevens and pop-punkhad a median, though I think this is it.Play it loud and sing along, it's fun.

Love - A House is Not a MotelMichael Magner ‘09

I had a really hard time picking whichsong from this album (ForeverChanges) to go with, since at least halfthe album is absoultely incredible.Some things about this song I reallylike: the main guitar riff (which you hearat the beginning of the song by itself,and reappears throughout) manages tosound so quietly threatening at first.Coupled with Lee's dark lyrics itsimmers with this amazing tension untilfinally busting out with this great drumline followed by one of the coolestguitar freakouts I've ever heard. Greatseller, A+ would buy from again.

Dragonette - I Get Around (MidnightJuggernaut Remix)Pam Cortland ‘06

I lived with Brendon for a year, and all Ihave to show for it is an affinity fordanceable girl pop.

DISC TWOBobby Womack - Across 110th StAndrew Argeski TH

American Gangster reminded me of thisBobby Womack song I hadn't listened to ina while. It's a great song about the plights ofliving in Harlem in the late 60's and early70's. Some people might remember thesong from the movie Jackie Brown as well.

Devendra Banhart - At the HopAndrew Quigley ‘08

When he sings he sometimes sounds like agoat. That makes it easy to sing his songswithout ruining them for everyone else.

Phil Collins - In the Air TonightDevin McManus ‘09

what the hell else would you listen to whenyou're drinking alone at 3 in the morning!?

Scoobie Do - Funk-a-lismo!Matt Knight ‘11

Cuz one chord never sounded sofunky fresh.

Rilo Kiley - Silver LiningAimee Pritchard ‘08

I have no idea why I'm in love withthis song. I'm not a huge Rilo Kileyfan and generally I have to be wonover by women singers, but forwhatever reason this song hasbecome my top track. Maybe it's thehandclaps.

Van Morrison - Ring WormAndrew Berry ‘08

I choose Van Morrison "Ringworm"just because. And I dedicate it toLindsey Wolf, Hayley Kennedy andAlex Howe.

MC Lyte - RuffneckKristin Vallacher ‘08

MC Lyte's "Ruffneck" is a punchy,poppy little rap song with fierceundertones. In it, Lyte glorifieshypermasculinity on behalf of themale significant other she isdescribing, and also manifest in theidea of disrupting the monogamousparadigm so prevalent in Westernsociety. The song will leave youthinking, "Gotta get a ruffneck."

DISC THREESonic Youth - Teen Age RiotMatt Cohn ‘08

It's an oldy but a goody.

I just really like this song. I don't know.Nothing more significant than that. SonicYouth rocks.

XBXRX - In VeinsCarmen Kilpatrick ‘09

Captures the true spirit of Christmas betterthan any Christmas song ever could.

Wonderland Avenue - White Horse (OriginalMix)Steve Shin ‘09

It's about unicorns.

Kid Harpoon - First We Take ManhattanMackenzie Howell ‘10

Kid Harpoon opened for We Are Scientistshere in Edinburgh a few weeks ago and I'vebeen listening to this song pretty much onrepeat ever since. I also have a massivecrush on the bassist.

Billy Joel - And So It GoesCynthia Akagbosu ‘11

This song reminds me of The Cordsshows and how I turn into a giant ballof mush whenever I hear it. Oh thosesneaky singers... And oh that sneakyBilly Joel with his amazing lyrics.

Miranda Lambert - Famous in a SmallTownBrendon Bouzard ‘06

Check the date and time. Mark itdown. Now press play. You'll want tobe able to tell your grandchildrenabout the first time you heard aMiranda Lambert song.

Sodastream - Brass LinesSydney Kim ‘06

The beginning of fall was marked bymy readmittance into the world of realcorrespondence. You know, lettersand stuff. This band wasrecommended to me by someonewhose handwriting I've since becomefamiliar with. I listened to this song alot when walking home during earlyafternoons in the month of September.So now, it reminds me of leaves,which remind me of paper, whichreminds me of letters.

DISC FOURwill.i.am - One More ChanceAnna Nearburg ‘10

I love this song cuz it's fun to just chill out to.whoopeee. I bet you didn't even know I wason this list, cuz I neever come to meetingslike I have intended to since last year, but Iwill send it a song for the cd. Enjoy groovingout to this song. Send it to a lover you wantback, real bad.

Spank Rock & Benny Blanco - Pu$$ySam Gilroy ‘09

Ah Pu$$y. What is there NOT to like in thissong? Even the title is beyond supperamazing. It couldn't be more hip-hop if it pulledup in front of you in an Escalade (with spinningrims of course) offered to sell you some coke,but after seeing your girlfriend, just shoots youand takes her to some really exclusive cluband sleeps with for like a week and then nevercalls her again. No really just look at the titleagain! It's like Benny Blanco finished mixingthe song and thought to himself "Shit this trackis money! How do I make sure people knowhow money it is even before they listen to it?" Ithink we all know how he figured out how to dothat. Not only is a song about Spank's Love of -well - Pu$$y, but he manages to get allconceptual about it, because it doesn't matter

Okkervil River - Our Life is Just aMovie or MaybeSam Welch ‘10

did you know: will sheff and sethwarren went to high school inmeriden, NH (a twenty minute driveaway) and seth was once arrested fordrawing a stick-figure-robbery in alocal mascoma savings bank. he wasreleased when he agreed to takelessons from the police sketch artist.

what age a straight man is, they allwant it! First verse is the olderworking stiff who works a bum job.What does he want when he ends hisshift? If you thought to yourselfpu$$y, you are in fact right. Secondverse, is the college level maybe latehigh school aged dude. He broke upwith is girlfriend. But he's not sadbecause he misses her (she isapparently saying not nice thingsabout him), he's sad because hemisses getting that pu$$y. And thenfinally we come to the young middleschool kid who's sexuality is justawakening. And man does he wantto get himself some...I think you getit. Bonus points for the female MCwho is totally fine with whateverybody is saying and gives somehelpful advice about how to make awoman climax. Just AMAZING!

Bill Holt - Program Eleven, Part IJoanne Cheung ‘09

Hi from Paris! The last.fm tags of thissong include "i see stars" and "pixiespalace basement". Bill Holt recordedit in his basement in 1973. Thealbum consists of two long trackstitled Program Ten and ProgramEleven, a reference to the Beatles'Revolution #9. This is the first sub-track of Program Eleven.

MGMT - Time to PretendNiral Shah ‘08

Its on this list of songs I have,including (obviously) The National'sMistaken For Strangers, and alsosome shitty Jonathan Rice song"We're All Stuck Out in the Desert,"the common thread being some kindof shitting on or flippant commenttowards those who sell out, get jobs,grow up, etc. It sort of placates thatpart of my brain/conscience/identitythat would otherwise be giving meholy hell for becoming a sellout. Plusit sounds nice.

Diane Cluck - Monte CarloMichelle Reyf ‘10

This song is epic.

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