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Sunday Morning, Cleaning Up - By: Joseph - 02/18/08



Sunday Morning, Cleaning Up

DATE: 02/18/08
SUBMITTED BY: Joseph
EMAIL: murrayjf3@gmail.com
LOCALE: Buffalo, NY
MIX TAPE CATEGORY: Music To Clean To
MIX TAPE TITLE: Sunday Morning, Cleaning Up
OVERALL COMMENTS: 
Sometimes Sundays just scream "clean up your life!" This is an upbeat mix to clean by... I've included a couple more slower tracks perfect for those intermitant smoke breaks, or whatever it is you do to stop and admire the fruits of your labor.
 
SONG TITLE  -  ARTIST
Track 1: I woke up with this song in my head this morning Bright Eyes - Lua - EP - I Woke Up With This Song In My Head This Morning
- Bright Eyes
COMMENTS:

Wake up and clean - this song seems to get me going. A new day, a new perspective, a clean house.

"I woke and put your record on this morning
So when the oven's hot, I'm going to melt the plastic
Into an ashtray or candy basket
I woke up and put your record on this morning
With no singing
There's no swinging too
There's no dancing
There's no missing you"

TRACK 2: Nineteen - Tegan & Sara Tegan and Sara - The Con - Nineteen
COMMENTS:

From "The Con" - I've been addicted to this dancably infectious album . There's an an effect in this track that sounds like the ding you get when you leave a car door ajar - for some reason I love that...

TRACK 3: Letter to Memphis - The Pixies Pixies - Trompe le Monde - Letter to Memphis
COMMENTS:

Trompe Le Monde! A great record to clean to.

TRACK 4: Love Comes In Spurts - Richard Hell Richard Hell - Spurts - The Richard Hell Story - Love Comes In Spurts
COMMENTS:

If you're not dancing and singing along by now, you will be!

TRACK 5: Loose Lips - Kimya Dawson Kimya Dawson - Juno (Music from the Motion Picture) - Loose Lips
COMMENTS: A fun track (Juno Soundtrack), not as guitar driven as the previous 4, but a nice bouncy number to maybe take a breather, listen up.
TRACK 6: That Day Is Today - Rock*A*Teens The Rock*A*Teens - Sweet Bird of Youth - That Day Is Today
COMMENTS: This will get you back into the swing of things. Kicks off a 3-track run that sure to get you amped.
TRACK 7: Today Is The Day - Yo La Tengo Yo La Tengo - Today Is the Day! - EP - Today Is the Day (Rock Version)
COMMENTS: Title track from the EP. Great rock number. Today is the day you do all that cleaning you've put off for too long.
TRACK 8: No Cars Go - The Arcade Fire Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - No Cars Go
COMMENTS: Let's Go!
TRACK 9: The Loop (live) - Morrissey Morrissey - World of Morrissey - The Loop
COMMENTS: A hypnotic number you can snap your fingers and tap your toes too...
TRACK 10: Between Us & Them - Moving Units Moving Units - Dangerous Dreams - Between Us & Them
COMMENTS:

When you inevitably say "I can finish this later..." - this is a fun dancable diddy.

"It's so clear now, I'm understanding
and the furniture matches the ceiling
if it was different than you had expected
will you pardon me, i wasn't selected
I know it's difficult so I will be patient"

TRACK 11: Starlight - Muse Muse - Black Holes and Revelations - Starlight
COMMENTS: It builds and builds!
TRACK 12: Breakfast of Champions - Rainer Maria Rainer Maria - Look Now Look Again - Breakfast of Champions
COMMENTS:

See above:

"easier to drive,
leave the oven on,
burn the house down."

TRACK 13: House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture The Rapture - Echoes - House of Jealous Lovers
COMMENTS: "SHAKEDOWN!"
TRACK 14: Watermark - The Weakerthans The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving - Watermark
COMMENTS:

"Hold on to the corners of today,
and we'll fold it up to save until it's needed.
Stand still.
Let me scrub that brackish line that you got when something rose and then receded."

TRACK 15: 14th Steet - Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright - Want One - 14th Street
COMMENTS: Just a good track, with a big sound - good for any Sunday, perfect to sit back, smoke a cigarette and smile at your new clean house!