MacGuyver

I've come to you, Titled Music, when I need you most! You've been reliable before, so I know you won't let me down. Well, with Valentine's Day lurking over the horizon, I am embarking on a 'mix tape' type of playlist. However, this isn't your usual crappy love song fest. I'm making this CD for my ex-girlfriend, and the average love song isn't going to cut it. Long story short, I screwed up pretty big. So what I need is songs that are more of 'apologies' if you catch my drift. Also important to note that she didn't leave me, I left her, so anything like "Baby Come Back!" isn't going to work. Which is why I'm finding myself in a predicament.

I've been trying to get different, this isn't a conventional Valentine's CD, I've been treating it as more applicable to non-valentines so it won't have that ham 'n cheese effect. I think a good example of a song I already have in here is "Trouble" by Coldplay or "Work it Out" by Jurassic 5.

I am hopeful to see what you guys can come up with, and I'll be ever grateful!

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Derwood

so do you want songs that are apologetic? or do you want songs that are simply NOT "baby come back" types?

SSJTWIZTA

johnny thunders and the Heartbreakers- I Love You

the bouncing souls- say anything

bent outta shape- solitary now, stick around

baby shambles-fuck forever

hex dispensers- my love is a bat

if stuff doesnt work out...send her "dont ask why" by the replacements.

i'll think of more after i sleep well. ive been awake quite awhile and my brains working at about 5%

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Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
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Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
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MacGuyver

I'll take any ideas at this point, the more apologetic the better.

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---Aristotle

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Willravel

What are a few of her favorite songs? Obviously you'll want to tailor this to her particular tastes.

dippin

Well, John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" is a classic.

thespian86

Let's Begin (In no order)

Song - Artist[Album]

1) Beautiful - Me'Shell Ndegeocello [Bitter]
2) Make A Plan To Love Me - Bright Eyes [Cassadaga]
3) Pink Bullets - The Shins[Chutes Too Narrow]
4) The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us! - Sufjan Stevens [Illinois(e)]
5) (For The Cheese Factor) Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer[Continuum]
6) Don't Give Up On Me - Solomon Burke [Don't Give Up On Me] (it'll bring down the house)
7) Two - Ryan Adams [Easy Tiger]
8) Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes [Fleet Foxes]
9) The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room) - Flight Of The Conchords [S/T]
10) Skinny Love - Bon Iver [For Emma, Forever Ago]
11) Tell Her Tonight - Franz Ferdinand [S/T]
12) Napoleon Says - The Phoenix [It's Never Been Like That]
13) The Next Time Around - Little Joy [S/T]
14) I'm Making Eyes At You - Black Kids [Partie Traumatic]
15) (Cliche but) I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie [Plans]
16) Fever Dream - Iron and Wine [Our Endless Numbered Days]
17) Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths [Pretty In Pink OST]
18) Winter 05' - Ra Ra Riot [The Rhumb Line]
19) If It Were Up To Me - Rooney [S/T]
20) Nonpareil of Favor - Of Montreal [Skeletal Lamping]
21) Who Let You Go? - The Killers [Sawdust]
22) (hahahaha) Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears [Tears Roll Down]
23) The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers [Twin Cinema]
24) Campus - Vampire Weekend [S/T]
25) Beside You - Van Morrison [Van Morrison Greatest Hits]
26) Fernando Pando - The Virgins [S/T]
27) I Was Made For You - She & Him [Volume One]
28) Bright Young Thing - Albert Hammond Jr. [Yours To Keep]

Done. Enjoy.

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MacGuyver

Well, she loves Bowie. I put "Let Me Lay Beside You" as my Bowie track for her, I don't think she's heard it. Also she had some group that did a cover of "Lay Lady, Lay" by Dylan, so I put the original on there. Her favorite band is Mates of State. Honestly as far as genres go, I wouldn't put much of a limit. I've tried to get her into more good hip hop, as I like some hip hop that gives out a smoother ambient beats (ie. A Tribe Called Quest, etc.) The vibe of the CD should be pretty easy going. I definitely have some rock on there, I'm just avoiding some stuff that may be too strong of a sound. I'm going to check out some of the tracks you guys have put down right now and I'll give you some more updates! Thanks a ton for contributing to my depressing make up attempts. I appreciate this more than you guys know. I'm sure I'll find some nuggets in what you're putting out there that there's no way I wouldn't have known about at all [thats why I love you all].
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Actually, I found an acoustic version on youtube slowed down when I searched for this, and it's GREAT! It was a live studio acoustic thing, so hopefully I can find an mp3 of it slowed down like it is on the video. Maybe if worse comes to worse I can record it off the video but it will probably sound bad that way.
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This is excellent
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This is a great list! I picked a bunch from out of here. I'm so glad I asked here, because you picked a lot stuff that I hadn't thought of, but have definitely heard. John Mayer is big in my book and I'm probably going to throw in "Comfortable"

1) Was on youtube with a soap clip, and I'm sorry to admit this but that was like swallowing a friggin brick, it hit a little too close to home. (Actually thats false, I was listening/watching Bitter the song not the album, though I assume its from the same album.)


Also, I'm loving this automerge thing. It's AWESOME.

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---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

Scorps

I say scrap the CD idea and go talk to her.

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MacGuyver

I do talk to her. I talk to her on a regular basis. I'm trying to do something nice here, so that'd be why I'm making her some music to listen to. No need to take it to a personal level, since that is not the intention of this thread. Unless you have some tracks to contribute? Thanks.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

Glory's Sun

Led Zeppelin- Fool In The Rain
Dave Matthews-Break Free
Something Corporate- Konstantine

..and pretty much anything by journey..

Scorps

I misread that then sorry

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telekinetic

Deceptive title, thread lacks paperclip and cleaning supply IEDs. Would not read again.









Good luck, though! I have nothing to contribute other than Sorry by Buckcherry, which may be overly literal.


incidental asside: I always chuckle at this song, since I picture it being written to his girlfriend to apologize for Crazy Bitch.

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MacGuyver

Sorry guys. I figured that by posting in Tilted Music the focus would go to the Music aspect of the problem. To make it clear, I'm not looking for relationship help, otherwise this would be in general discussion or somewhere else. This thread is about me finding tracks for a disc.

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---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

Redlemon

"Title of the Song" by Da Vinci's Notebook. It's very meta, and yet appropriate to your situtation. The refrain:

"Title of the song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
And rectify my wrongs...
Repetition of the title of the song"

Static image video:

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telekinetic

Why is that reply after mine? I suggested an appropriate track and provided lyrics in case you were unfamiliar, but said with a caveat that it may be too literal?

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ironpham

We Can Work It Out - the Beatles?

I'm not sure how well this applies to your situation, but I think it sounds like an apologetic song.

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MacGuyver

Sorry, I wasn't poking at you at all. There are just some who may think this was about my relationship when it is not. End of story. Though I did think it was funny that you found the Buckcherry song an apology for 'Crazy Bitch' !
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Wow, that is a really interesting format to write the song in! Almost makes the situation seem really stereotypical.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

Seanland

Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus


is the vid link..

I dont know how main stream it is now.. I thought it was pretty good.

creepysusie

Your Ex-Lover is Dead - Stars
Take me to the riot - Stars
California - Sarah Slean
Get Home - Sarah Slean
Your wish is my wish - Sarah Slean
Star Witness - Neko Case
Please Call me baby - Tom Waits
Nothing Better - The Postal Service
Give it a night (we'll work it out) - Bella

Anyone Else, but you - The Moldy Peaches (this would be a really nice song to end on. It is not too desperate but has a light note on the end)

Good Luck

Plan9

Oh, I don't know... the Florida-based 38 Special band made a lot of "baby come back" hits.

That and it's MacGyver. How many times have we seen the exploding intro screen?

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MacGuyver

That was taken at the time. Pretty sure the real spelling account has been deleted since though. Wonder if I can change it?

EDIT: I am incorrect, it hasn't been deleted but they were in there since 4/03, before I was here.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

Plan9

I'm just funnin' ya. I'm silly because I'm the only Crompsin in the universe.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

MacGuyver

Actually, in second look, this song is great. Well, I wouldn't call it a great song, because I've heard it before and I don't really like Buckcherry at all, but the lyrics are on point as far as pertaining to the subject.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher

thespian86

agreed! I wanted to suggest all of "Set Yourself On Fire" itself. amazing album.

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simonrex22

How about All Apologies from Nirvana

MacGuyver

Okay here we go. Thanks to all you who gave me songs, ideas, and everything else. A lot of the suggestions were good but I didn't have the songs and couldn't readily find an MP3. Here's the list for those of you who are interested, it's surprisingly long:

Disc 1:
- The Flaming Lips "Do You Realize??"
- Air "Cherry Blossom Girl"
- Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Posses Your Heart"
- Jimi Hendrix Experience "One Rainy Wish"
- David Bowie "Let Me Sleep Beside You"
- De La Soul "Eye Know"
- Bob Dylan "Lay Lady, Lay"
- Lauryn Hill "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
- Tom Petty "You Wreck Me"
- The Who "Go To The Mirror!"
- The Osmonds "Hold Her Tight"
- Mos Def "Love"
- Frou Frou "Hear Me Out"
- Incubus "Dig"
- 311 "Love Song"
- Al Green "Look What You Done For Me"
- John Mayer "Back to You"
- The Feeling "Never Be Lonely"
- Tom Petty "Listen to Her Heart"
- Jurassic 5 "Work it Out"

Disc 2
- The Who "Love Reign O'er Me"
- The Beatles "Yesterday"
- John Mayer "Dreaming With A Broken Heart"
- Kanye West "Coldest Winter"
- Coldplay "Trouble"
- The Shins "Pink Bullets"
- John Mayer "Comfortable"
- Ray LaMontagne "Let it Be Me"
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer "From the Beginning"
- Tom Petty "Angel Dream (No. 2)"
- Death Cab for Cutie "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
- Gary Allan "Learning How To Bend"
- John Lennon "Jealous Guy"
- Norah Jones "Thinking About You"
- Rocco Deluca and The Burden "Mystified"
- Jason Mraz "I'm Yours"
- Paul McCartney "Maybe I'm Amazed"
- The Velvet Underground "Sunday Morning"
- Jackson 5 "I Want You Back"
- The Moldy Peaches "Anyone Else But You"

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
---Aristotle

Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me.
---John Fletcher