100 Mixtapes

Get it? It’s a covers mix! I’m sure nobody’s ever used that joke before, ever.

Anyway, this one is for Natalie, who along with Naomi and I made up the three drivers in our little carpool, which we called “Team 20” because that was the number of the parking space that was designated ours for most of the year. After a rousing iChat session with her last night about covers, I decided to make this mix.

Also, I think I can confirm that Naomi’s mix never got to her, which means that I guess I’m just going to have to make these all available for free download online for anybody who wants them. Ho hum. I’ll tag ones that I’ve gotten around to posting online with “downloadable” so that you can find them all easily.

Track list:

01: Lily Allen - “Straight to Hell” (originally by The Clash)
02: CSS - “Knife” (originally by Grizzly Bear)
03: Of Montreal - “Purple Rain” (originally by Prince)
04: Grizzly Bear - “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (originally by Yes)
05: Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel - “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (originally by Vampire Weekend)
06: Rufus Wainwright - “Smile” (originally by Brian Wilson)
07: John Cale - “All My Friends” (originally by LCD Soundsystem)
08: Johnny Cash - “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (originally by Simon and Garfunkel)

This mix contains a few inside references, I guess. The original “Owner of a Lonely Heart” was sort of a theme song for the carpool (after we spent several rides trying to perfect that one scene from The Break-Up), and Natalie actually gave me the “Bridge Over Troubled Water” cover.

Download it here!

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