From the peanut gallery-
It would have been cool if there were more voting categories/questions – like, which album had the best song you’d never heard? or which album had the best song you had forgotten about? or which album had the worst song that was embarrassingly stuck in your head? Also, i’d have liked to have seen some statistical breakdown of repeat artists/songs on various albums, maybe with a colorful graph. lastly, I also wish that it had been a requirement that people include title and names of the songs on their CDs, you know…for those of us that would want to hear more.
So how about it? Here are a few of my thoughts.
- I had never heard Polite Dance Song from The Bird and The Bee from Mixtape Masters but really liked that.
- The cheesiest song I enjoyed the most was that Elvish/Yiddish/Esperanto version of Blackbird at ~19 minutes into DJ Spam Master.
- I’m embarrassed to say that the song I should have known but didn’t was San Tropez by Pink Floyd off of Workin’ It.
- The best/worst band name I think goes to Tijuana Strip Club off Up Up, Way Down.
- The worst song in the whole project was that Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss crap from Kitshickers.
- The most frequent artist across discs was Ani DiFranco who made it onto three mixes. Jenny Lewis was on two (not including ACL – though she was there too).
If you missed our original poll (and the user submitted poll critiquing the original poll) they’re over here. Please feel free to share your opinions (anonymously or otherwise) in the comments.
If Richard Marx were still alive, he’d rock the hell out to some Head Set.
Hallelujah the Hills plays The Office theme song.
Better late than never I always say! Here’s my breakdown:
favorite song I’d never heard – Compromise by Edie Carey off Be An Optimist Instead
CD with the most of my “favorite song by this artist” songs on it – Greetings From NH (NH=New Hampshire), with Good Boy by BNL, Raspberry Beret by Prince, Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes, Walk On by U2, and Days Like This by Van Morrison
best song that I hadn’t heard in forever that reminds me of a happier time (TIE) – 59th Street Bridge Song by Simon & Garfunkel off Be An Optimist Instead and Take Me Home, Country Road by John Denver off Workin’ It.
best original song/cover pairing – Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd and Wyclef Jean off Workin’ It.
best Kickball team in the history of the world – KitShickers!
I feel like I have more to say, but I think I’d just be listing songs I liked – Little Plastic Castle by Ani off Danger – Do Not Approach, Handle With Care by Jenny Lewis off Julie & Vihann’s, Baby Love by Kate Nash off B-A-B-Y spells Baby, and more….
and lastly, I guess my vote for best CD is “Be An Optimist Instead”, in fact just yesterday I dug around looking for it because I wanted to listen to it in my car.
Thanks for organizing this NH, and thanks to everyone for participating, this was awesome-fun!