Well, lookie there. Valentine's Day is tomorrow! Seems like the perfect opportunity to do a little more work on the project we started, oh... almost two (!!) years ago. Wow. This thing's like the "Chinese Democracy" of playlists.
You may remember the discussion of "Crazy Monkey Love" vs. "Tender, Sarah McLachlan Love" which resulted in the "Soft & Slow" playlist. Well, if you've been anxiously awaiting music with which to get your freak on, today's your lucky day.
While I originally started putting this playlist together at the same time as "Soft & Slow", it has changed a fair amount since. New songs came up that knocked others off. The theme got a little more dialed in. It got (ahem) play-tested a bit. You know. The usual.
As always, some artistic choices were made. "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate? Cute, but not really so sexy. It went early. And would everyone appreciate "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails on their playlist? Maybe just me, so it was a late cut (consider "I Like It Rough" your consolation prize). "Voodoo" has remained the lead-off track from day one. Three songs came from Veronica Mars (all from Season 1), but not the song "Veronica Fever". And so it goes.
The process of splitting these two playlists has actually spawned a third. And it even has me thinking of a fourth. Something for you to look forward to in, oh, 2011. Until then, Happy Valentine's Day!
Links go to iTunes when possible, then Amazon.
- Voodoo — Godsmack
- Oil On My Head — Janah
- Saturday Night — Ozomatli
- Elevation [Influx Remix] — U2
- Veronica Fever — The Raveonettes
- Sleep Together — Garbage
- I Like It Rough — Lady GaGa
- Strict Machine — Goldfrapp
- Incense And Candles — Prince
- Lick — Joi
- Scream [dubs Edit] — Timbaland
- Feel Like Makin’ Love — Kid Rock
- Oye Mamacita — Los Lonely Boys
- Take Me To The Backseat — The Donnas
- No Sleep Tonight — The Faders
- Darling Nikki — Foo Fighters (free here)
- Sex On Fire — Kings of Leon
- I Turn My Camera On — Spoon
- Butterfly — Jason Mraz
- Nasty Naughty Boy — Christina Aguilera
Cover art (JPG) — The pic above.
Liner card (PDF) — For a jewel case. Print it out, crease it along the center guides, then trim it using the crop marks. If you've got some spray adhesive or glue stick, slap some of it on the back, and it'll stick together!
Songs (110MB) — This link will work with unlimited downloads for about 24 hours, like before. After that, it will work for 10 downloads or until 90 days of inactivity, whichever comes first. After that, you're on your own.
My "SMcL" playlist has one song: Dave Grohl's "Everlong," the acoustic version he did for the Howard Stern Show.
My "HML" playlist has one song: Foo Fighter's "Everlong." Oh, and "Breathe" by SmartBomb. And NiN "Closer."
Heck yeah! Whoo! Mmmmmm. Oh Moooonstro.....
Posted by: Motormouth | Feb 13, 2009 at 08:24 PM