Mix: Better Things for Viv

Posted over 3 years ago

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The Kinks
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Come Dancing, The Best Of: 1977-1986
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Better Things

Inspired by EmergencyTrap's "post on love songs,":http://mog.com/EmergencyTrap/blog_post/7222 it's time for another mix list!My friend Viv introduced me to the Kinks' song "Better Things" when my ex and I split up. It's all about the good things on the horizon. Better things bound to happen. When she found love a while back it was time for a little nod to those better things. Love songs are the hardest to get right. It's easy for them to be too sappy or too serious. This is a collection of love songs that I think get it right. Whether it's the blatant "Let me Put my Love Into You" the boozy comparison of "Tennesey Whiskey" And again, sometimes alphabetical by song name just works.Better Things for VivAbsolutely Cuckoo - Magnetic FieldsAcuff-Rose - Uncle TupeloAll Around You - The Lonesome BrothersAll of Me - Willie NelsonBeautiful Day - U2Because We Can - Fatboy SlimBlue Eyes - Uncle TupeloBreathe - TelepopmusicComes Love - Toni Price Dreams of You - Howard Fishman QuartetEvery Kinda Everything - Bottle RocketsFalling is Like This - Ani diFrancoFeel Like A Natural Woman - Carole KingFeeling Good - Nina SimoneGet Your Biscuits In The Oven (And Your Buns in the Bed) - Tompall GlaserGreen Thumb - Ware River ClubHands on the Wheel - Willie NelsonHow About You? - Judy GarlandI'm In - Radney FosterI Get a Kick Out of You - Frank SinatraI Walk the Line - Johnny CashIdeal Woman - William ShatnerLa La Love You - The PixiesLay Me Down - Drunk StuntmenLet Me Put My Love Into You - AC/DCMidnight - Ware River ClubOh! You Pretty Things - David BowieShe's A Rebel - Green DayStickshifts And Safetybelts - CakeTennessee Whiskey - George JonesThis Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Shawn ColvinTry Using Science - Choo Choo La RougeTwo Kinds of People - Magnetic FieldsWastin' Time - Ron Sexsmith Waterloo Sunset - The KinksWhere Are My Panties? - OutkastYou're the Cream in My Coffee - Marlene DietrichYou Should Be Dancing - Bee GeesYour Best Friend - Treefort

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Grievous Angel says Learning How to Love You- John Hiatt

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Putty says i've got a soft spot in my heart for stick shifts and safety belts. and i'm not even much of a cake fan.

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rock or death says My fave on your list is You Should Be Dancing (Yeah!), but i should check out some of those that I do not know... Getting Better, Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

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Anonymous says Me neither, Putty. But I dig that song. I had it stuck in my head for like a month back in 1996. "I NEED! you here with meeee. Not way over in a bucket seat!"

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EmergencyTrap says Sweet! Good call on the Magnetic Fields songs. Somehow I completely overlooked them when making my list. Some of their stuff goes a little over the top (Love Is Lighter Than Air, I Shatter, etc.) but those two are great.

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Anonymous says I love the rhyme pattern of "Two Kinds of People".... There are two kinds of people: a) my love and I b) others. Two kinds of people: 1. the grey and 2. me and my lover.

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ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says Let Me Put My Love Into You – AC/DC lol *LOVE SONG*

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