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MEMORY TAPES: 9TH JULY 2010
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|09:00 UK time, Friday, 9 July 2010
A mixtape of sibling love for Memory Tapes this week. Brothers and sisters can often be a huge musical influence, and today's mix gave Stacey Davies a few musical introductions for the better.
"This tape was made for me by my brother in 2004 after hearing that my boyfriend and I had split up. My brother and I didn't always see eye to eye when growing up, in fact I think he found me incredibly annoying for most of the time. I didn't have much of an opportunity to get into alternative / indie music amongst my peers at school - the Top 40 reigned supreme and woe betide anyone that dared to like a bit of Muse or Radiohead in lieu of Steps of Boyzone.
"Anyway, during my time at university i suddenly became aware of the huuuuuge range of truly excellent music that is out there, just waiting to be discovered and danced to and talked about and cried to, and my brother and I began to discover that we were actually a lot more like each other than previously imagined. He took it upon himself to educate my musical taste, and many many other mix tapes were made during the course of my time at uni from 2001-2004. This tape is the last one from that period, and my first introduction to bands including Phoenix, and The Afghan Whigs / Twilight Singers.
"The artwork for the tape includes pictures of Gabriel Byrne and Denicio del Torro (never have figured out why) and phrases taken from magazines, including: "women cry, men get angry" and "He kind of broke through the lens and went straight into the heart of me". It also came with a little note describing the tape as 'music that's both maudlin and uplifting' and promising to introduce me to his new girlfriend, who is now, I am happy to say, about 2 weeks away from giving birth to their second child, awww."
The artwork looks a bit like this:
And the tracks are:Side A
The Twilight Singers - Feeling of Gaze
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
The Stills - Ready for it
The Finn Brothers - Anything can Happen
Rufus Wainwright - Vicious World
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
Kirsty MacColl - You Just Haven't Earned it yet Baby
Grand Drive - Maybe I'm a Winner
The Afghan Whigs - My Curse
Phoenix - If I ever Feel Better
Adem - Ringing in my Ear
Side B
Sophia - Oh my Love
The Twilight Singers - Real Love
Mogwai - Cody
Jeff Buckley - Just Like a woman
Ken Stringfellow - Find Yourself Alone
The Cardigans - Please Sister
Phoenix - Too Young
Ryan Adams - Burning Photographs
The Twilight Singers - Decatur St
The Finn Brothers - Gentle Hum
If that's given you inspiration, drop Lauren an email and put your own Memory Tape up for consideration.
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