Touched Mix

Senses working overtime

touchedmix — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:39:50 +0000

Eyes see and watch, ears hear and listen, mouths talk (and I suppose taste), and noses smell. So, on our head trip, let’s engage our senses in Any Major Dude With Half A Heart’s second mix.

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1. David Bowie – Can You Hear Me (1975)
2. Tim Buckley – I Can’t See You (1966)
3. Herman Düne – I Wish That I Could See You Soon (2006)
4. Devics – If We Cannot See (2006)
5. Richard Hawley – Can You Hear The Rain, Love (2001)
6. Scott Walker – You’re Gonna Hear From Me (1967)
7. The Righteous Brothers – See That Girl (1965)
8. Chris Montez – The More I See You (1966)
9. Cass Elliot – I’ll Be Seeing You (1973
10. Blind Boy Fuller – What’s That Smells Like Fish (1938)
11. Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knocking (1955)
12. The Supremes – I Hear A Symphony (1965)
13. Jim Messina – Seeing You (For The First Time) (1979)
14. Baby Huey – Listen To Me (1971)
15. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Taste Of Cindy (1985)
16. K’s Choice – A Sound That Only You Can Hear (1995)
17. Mull Historical Society – Watching Xanadu (2001)
18. Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr – Listen (2005)
19. Rosanne Cash – I Was Watching You (2006)
20. The Magic Numbers – I See You, You See Me (2005)
21. Paul Anka – Smells Like Teen Spirit (2005)DOWNLOAD

Over my head

touchedmix — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:22:27 +0000

This is the first of two mixes prepared by Any Major Dude With Half A Heart, whose music blog lives HERE, concentrating on the physiognomy of the head theme.

1. Aztec Camera – Head Is Happy (Heart’s Insane)
2. Crowded House – Pineapple Head (live)
3. Johnny Cash – Mean Eyed Cat
4. The Dillards – I’ve Just Seen A Face
5. The Holmes Brothers – Smiling Face Hiding A Weeping Heart
6. Paul Anka – Eyes Without A Face
7. The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes
8. Justine Washington – I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face
9. The Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You
10. Mississippi Sheikhs – I’ve Got Blood in My Eyes For You
11. Robert Mitchum – Mama Looka Boo Boo (Shut Your Mouth-Go Away)
12. Emile Ford & the Checkmates – Them There Eyes
13. Lewis Taylor – Blue Eyes
14. Andrew Bird – A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left
15. Nada Surf – The Way You Wear Your Head
16. The Sweet – The Lies In Your Eyes
17. Ben Folds – Doctor My Eyes
18. Josh Ritter – One More Mouth
19. Kaki King – Saving Days In A Frozen Head
20. The Lilac Time – The Darkness Of Her Eyes
21. Thomas Dybdahl – Pale Green Eyes
22. Ryan Adams – Halloweenhead
23. The Cardigans – Give Me Your Eyes

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Justine Washington is better known as Baby Washington; this is the original version of the song covered to good effect by Dusty Springfield.

Another lot of songs on the theme of heads (and other bodyparts) is on the So Much Beauty Out There blog, including songs by Etta James, Florence Ballard, Françoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg, Sparklehorse, Herman Düne, Lou Reed & John Cale, Palace Brothers, and much more.

Look at this face

touchedmix — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:56:09 +0000

The head mix by matej:

1 Handsome Boy Modeling School – Look At This Face
2 Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye
3 Manu Dibango – Blowin’ Western Mind
4 The Equals – Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys
5 William Onyeabor – Better Change Your Mind
6 Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee – Trouble in Mind
7 Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie – Brown Eyes
8 Willie Nelson – Smells Like Teen Spirit
9 Ella Fitzgerald – Angel Eyes
10 Pale Young Gentlemen – Goldenface, Morninglight
11 El Vez – Just Want to See His Face
12 The Sir Finks – Heads Up
13 Beck – Devils Haircut
14 N.E.R.D. – Everyone Nose

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asb’s On me head son mix

touchedmix — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:02:28 +0000

Continuing with our theme of heads, their features and their senses, here’s asb.

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band – Big Eyed Beans From Venus
AlbertosY Trios Los Paranoias – Heads Down, No Nonsense, Mindless Boogie
Paul Roland and The Hellfire Club – Gary Gilmores Eyes
The Cinematics – Lips Taste Like Tears
The Clean – Sad Eyed Lady
Beak – Ears Have Ears
Mount Eerie – The Mouth Of The Sky
Matt McGinn – Screwtops Are Falling On My Head
Patty Austin – Big Mouth
Prince Far I – Shine Eye Gal

Part 1
Part 2

EvilC’s ‘Head: Eyes vs. The Rest’

touchedmix — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:49:26 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen. May I present, for your delectation, my contribution Head: Eyes vs. The Rest - being a musical interpretation of the eternal war between our physiognomy’s dominant feature, the eyes, and their subjugated poorer neighbours, the rest of the head.

It isn’t really – that’s bollocks! I just ended up with lots of tracks about eyes and not many about the rest of the head, but couldn’t whittle them down into just one CDs worth. Thus, I decided to keep the two broad groups separate, put them on two CDs and come up with some excuse or theme for doing so. …And that was it!

(edit: It is weird, though, how many of the ‘eyes’ tracks were either ‘mainstream’ or were tuneful electropop, while most of the ‘rest of the head’ tracks were slightly more unusual. Thus, these two CDs have very different ‘vibes’ to them.)

Still – on with the show.

As per usual, 320kbps MP3s, bundled together into .rar files. The first one is uploaded to Megaupload and the second one is Rapidshare.
‘Head: Eyes vs. The Rest’

Download Vol.1: Eyes

01. Friday Bridge – ‘Eyes Without A Face’
02. Makina Girgir – ‘White Eyes’
03. Divider – ‘Cold Eyes’
04. Severed Heads – ‘Dead Eyes Opened’
05. Alden Tyrell – ‘What Your Eyes Can Do’
06. Solvent – ‘Googly Eyes’
07. Alpha Aesar – ‘Red Eyed Love’
08. AS1 – ‘Eyes Are Closed’
09. Little Computer People – ‘Eyes’
10. The Clarke & Ware Experiment – ‘Open Our Eyes’

Download Vol.2: The Rest

01. Third Eye Foundation – ‘Shot in the Head’
02. C – ‘In 1 Ear’ (K. Moon E. & Flipper mix)
03. Momus – ‘The Hairstyle Of The Devil’
04. Datafreq – ‘Claudia Brucken’s Lips’
05. Wire – ‘Cheeking Tongues’
06. Charles Manier – ‘Out Like A Tooth’
07. Telefon Tel Aviv – ‘Your Mouth’
08. Seefeel – ‘When Face Was Face’
09. Rome – ‘Beware Soul Snatchers’ [Black Nosed Buddha Mix]
10. Tiga – ‘Good As Gold / Flexible Skulls’

Something for everyone!

Fake Movie Soundtrack Mix Strikes Back: The Sequel

touchedmix — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:57:36 +0000

Touchedmix contributer Clive has decided to play the game, and since it was his original (er… stolen) idea that we do this, he’s happily made his tracklist and compilation available now:

1. Opening Credits: OMD – ‘Sealand’

2. Waking Up Scene: Isan – ‘Birds Over Barges’

3. Car Driving Scene: Maurizio – ‘M6′ (version)

4. High School Flashback Scene: Our Daughter’s Wedding – ‘Lawnchairs’ (mix)

5. Nostalgic Scene: Paul Quinn and the Independent Group – ‘Misty Blue’

6. Bitter, Angry Scene: Front 242 – ‘Crushed’

7. Break-up Scene: McAlmont – ‘You’ll Lose A Good Thing’

8. Regret Scene: This Mortal Coil – ‘A Single Wish’

9. Nightclub/Bar Scene: This Mortal Coil – ‘Drugs’

10. Fight/Action Scene: Alec Empire – ‘When You’ve Reached Your Peak’

11. Lawn Mowing Scene: Pilote – ‘Mahanama’

12. Sad, breakdown scene: The Cure – ‘Splintered In Her Head’

13. Death Scene: Sol Seppy – ‘Enter One’

14. Funeral Scene: In The Nursery – ‘Poema’

15. Mellow/Pot-smoking Scene: Mazzy Star – ‘Give You My Lovin’

16. Dreaming About Someone Scene: Breathless – ‘All That Matters Now’

17. Contemplation Scene: Isan – ‘Meet Next Life’

18. Bad Timing Scene: Scorn – ‘Beat 4′

19. Chase Scene: Front 242 – ‘Tragedy For You’ (Punish Your Machine mix 12″)

20. Happy Love Scene: Chris & Cosey – ‘October (Love Song)’ (’86 remix)

21. Happy Friend Scene: James Figurine – ‘Apologies’

22. Closing Credits: In The Nursery – ‘Allegory’

Available here: http://rapidshare.com/files/179566353/The_Soundtrack.rar.html

Fake Movie Soundtrack Mix

touchedmix — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:12:07 +0000

Like all loyal users of the fantastic thing known as the interweb, we like to steal ideas from other places. This one, I’m not even sure where it came from, but I liked it, so here it goes, the soundtrack to a movie that doesn’t exist, and won’t ever exist:

1. Opening Credits:
“Pinta Da Lanca Africano” – Jorge Ben

2. Waking Up Scene:
“Ice Cold Daydream” – Shuggie Otis

3. Car Driving Scene:
“Movin’ Right Along” – Kermit & Fozzy

4. High School Flashback Scene:
“Satisfaction” – Devo

5. Nostalgic Scene:
“Take Me Home Country Roads” – Toots and the Maytalls

6. Bitter, Angry Scene:
“Fallen” – Franz Ferdinand

7. Break-up Scene:
“St. Louis Blues” – Sam Ku West Harmony Boys

8. Regret Scene:
“One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” – Ella Fitzgerald

9. Nightclub/Bar Scene:
“Good Girls (quarterbar remix)” – Wale

10. Fight/Action Scene:
“Lyrics of Fury” – Eric B. & Rakim

11. Lawn Mowing Scene:
“Hard Times” Run D.M.C.

12. Sad, breakdown scene:
“Niilou” – Baaba Maal

13. Death Scene:
“Boyrei” – Ali Farka Toure

14. Funeral Scene:
“Que Sera Sera” – Sly and the Family Stone

15. Mellow/Pot-smoking Scene:
“Acid Raindrops” – People Under the Stairs

16. Dreaming About Someone Scene:
“Ain’t No Sunshine” – Armada Pereza

17. That Scene You Can’t Remember, But That Had a Good Song
“Hello Its Me” – Todd Rundgren

18. Contemplation Scene:
“Trouble in Mind” – Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

19. Chase Scene:
“Naked Eye” – Luscious Jackson

20. Happy Love Scene:
“Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool for You Baby)” – Aretha Franklin

21. Happy Friend Scene:
“We’re a Winner” – The Impressions

22. Closing Credits:
“Feel the Heartbeat” – Treacherous Three

||||| – matej

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Songs The Fall covered

touchedmix — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:07:53 +0000

The great music writer Taylor Parkes has allowed Touched Mix to post a great compilation of original songs covered by the Fall. “Obvious classics, top-notch rarities, effed-up novelty tracks, and every one (it has to be said, really) vastly superior to the Fall version,” Taylor writes by way of introduction. “Look out for tracks by The Monks / The Groundhogs / Tommy Blake which sound uncannily like Fall records already, plus a few that really, really don’t. Fall-haters dig in too. Some amazing stuff here.” Taylor thoughtfully uploaded the comp to two servers, Megaupload and Rapidshare.

Track listing:

1. THE KINKS – Victoria
(Fall version: single, 1987)
2. GENE VINCENT – Rollin’ Danny
(Fall version – retitled “Rollin’ Dany” – single, 1985)
3. THE MOVE – I Can Hear The Grass Grow
(Fall version on “Fall Heads Roll”, 2005)
4. THE MONKS – I Hate You
(Fall version – retitled “Black Monk Theme Part I” – on “Extricate”, 1990)
5. R. DEAN TAYLOR – There’s A Ghost In My House
(Fall version: single, 1987)
6. BOB McFADDEN & DOR – The Mummy
(Fall version – retitled “I’m A Mummy” – on “Levitate”, 1997)
7. SIR GIBBS – People Grudgeful
(Fall version – retitled “Why Are People Grudgeful?” – 1993 single)
8. THE BIG BOPPER – White Lightning
(Fall version: single, 1990)
9. THE SEARCHERS – Popcorn Double Feature
(Fall version on “Extricate”, 1990)
10. LONNIE IRVING – Pinball Machine
(Fall version on “Seminal Live”, 1989)
11. THE SONICS – Strychnine
(Fall version: Peel session, 1993)
12. DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH – The Legend Of Xanadu
(Fall version recorded for NME “Ruby Trax” compilation, 1992)
13. THE GROUNDHOGS – Strange Town
(Fall version on “Imperial Wax Solvent”, 2008)
14. STEVE BENT – I’m Going To Spain
(Fall version on “The Infotainment Scan”, 1993)
15. HANK MIZELL – Jungle Rock
(Fall version on “Levitate”, 1997)
16. THE BYRDS – I Come And Stand At Every Door
(Fall version – retitled “I Come And Stand At Your Door” – on “Levitate”, 1997)
17. THE SAINTS – This Perfect Day
(Fall version on “The Marshall Suite”, 1999)
18. LEADBELLY – The Bourgeois Blues
(Fall version – retitled “Bourgeois Town” – on “Are You Are Missing Winner”, 2001)
19. DEAN MARTIN – Houston
(Fall version – retitled “Loop41 ‘Houston” – on “The Real New Fall LP”, 2003)
20. LEE PERRY – Kimble (The Nimble)
(Fall version: Peel session, 1992)
21. IGGY POP – African Man
(Fall version – retitled “Ibis-Afro Man” – on “Are You Are Missing Winner”, 2001)
22. TOMMY BLAKE – $F-oldin’ Money
(Fall version: single, 1999)
23. SISTER SLEDGE – Lost In Music
(Fall version on “The Infotainment Scan”, 1993)
24. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART – Beatle Bones ‘n’ Smokin’ Stones
(Fall version: Peel session, 1996)
25. THE OTHER HALF – Mr. Pharmacist
(Fall version: 1986 single)

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A short mix for Friday

touchedmix — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:30:58 +0000

Hi all, my name’s Evan and here’s my first mix for the blog–thanks to the Major Dude for letting me take part. I’ve got some soul, funk, and Latin–and three Willies!–for your weekend enjoyment.

Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe – El Dia De Mi Suerte
Willy Wall Trio – Cha Cha 89
Herman Hitson – I Got That Will
Willie Hutch – I Choose You
Honey & the Bees – Together Forever
The Professionals – Theme from The Godfather
Lito Barrientos y Su Orquesta – Cumbia En Do Menor
The Darlettes – Lost
Orlando Julius – My Girl
Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
Betty Harris – Mean Man

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’80s and Indie

touchedmix — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:48:52 +0000

Our contributor Furtho has banged together an ’80s indie(-ish) pop mix, with a tiny stray over into the ’90s. “So as to provide space for a few examples of lesser-known bands of the period and genre, I’ve deliberately not included any Sarah Records tracks here, although the spirit of the label looms large over much of this (to clarify, I do genuinely love absolutely all of these tracks – yes, even now, in 2008).”

1. Brian – You Don’t Want A Boyfriend
2. Frazier Chorus – Typical
3. Friends – You’ll Never See That Summertime Again
4. Rodney Allen – Cupid’s Bow
5. Strawberry Switchblade – Trees And Flowers
6. Talulah Gosh – Beatnik Boy
7. The Apple Moths – Miserable Town
8. The Bardots – Sad Anne
9. The Bats – Chicken Bird Run
10. The Farmer’s Boys – More Than A Dream (David Jensen session version)
11. The Hit Parade – You Didn’t Love Me Then
12. The Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You (12″)
13. The Rainyard – Beneath The Skin
14. They Go Boom!! – Missing Person
15. This Poison! – The Great Divide

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