Mixtape: The First
The first mixtape I ever got was in sixth grade from a guy whose nickname was "Rat." I knew nothing of boys, was sort of freaked out by them, so I didn't realize that he gave me the tape because he liked me--not because he wanted to talk music with me. (I think he also gave me the tab from a soda can, but I didn't know what that meant, either.)
It was a Maxell tape with pink and green paint splashes on it. The songs were as follows:
"She Drives Me Crazy" -- Fine Young Cannibals
"Shot Down in Flames" -- AC/DC
"D'Yer Ma'ker" -- Led Zeppelin
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak" -- Def Leppard
The second side of the tape was blank; I ended up using it to record the Cure's "Just Like Heaven," every. single. time. it came on the radio.
What was on yours?
It was a Maxell tape with pink and green paint splashes on it. The songs were as follows:
"She Drives Me Crazy" -- Fine Young Cannibals
"Shot Down in Flames" -- AC/DC
"D'Yer Ma'ker" -- Led Zeppelin
"Bringin' on the Heartbreak" -- Def Leppard
The second side of the tape was blank; I ended up using it to record the Cure's "Just Like Heaven," every. single. time. it came on the radio.
What was on yours?
posted by Iseult at 3:11 PM
5 Comments:
i actually just found one of my first mix tapes that i got from a boy, although i was 18. he was my camp boyfriend and a total wannabe hippie. but he personalized the cover with pictures and entitled it 'jam tape for julie'
tracklist:
shortin' bread - koerner, ray, glover
china cat snowflower/i konw you rider - grateful dead
daughter - pearl jam
funky bitch - phish
i like dirt - chili peppers
the lark - kalman balough
no one else - weezer (our song)
don't cry no tears - matthew sweet
sabrosa - beastie boys
isabella - jimi hendrix
you make me feel like dancin - gomer
octopus garden - beatles
when sailors die - mc 900ft jesus
hot wax - beck
i miss mixed tapes. cds aren't the same.
I've got no idea what I put on my first mix tape, but going with "the radio broadcast of a Kasey Kasem show" is probably not a bad answer. Well ok, "bad," sure, but possibly true.
BUT. Here's a story:
Two punks were screwing around on a rug on the floor of a bedroom. The male punk's nickname was Rat. He was going for it, if you know what I mean, and eventually got himself into a nice rhythm "banging away" at your one. When he was done, he was all, *wipes brow* "That was Awesome." And the lady punk waited a beat and then said "Rat, you just fucked a rug."
(For clarity: He was wedged himself between her ass and the rug instead of what he was shooting for.)
This story is 100% true and I had 0% to do with it.
omg, Atomic, lately I have no idea what you're talking about, and although that could PARTLY be me, it's not ENTIRELY me. Who? What? Ass? Rug?
I've been in three bands that covered Just Like Heaven: once in normal mode, once in country-western lounge mode, nad once in ukulele-with-bongos mode. the last one was totally the best.
And Max, you're the last girl I made a CD for, ya fucker. You better start liking CDs.
Really? "Rat, you just fucked a rug" makes no sense? He thought he was "going all the way," Miles, but he "missed the target" and was "fucking the rug" instead. He was between the rug and her ass.
You know what Miles? George W. is your homeboy.
whatever, you mumbling incoherent. I got he was shagging the shag, but when you said "banging away at your one" I thought you were saying you had dirt on comething from Iseult's past, adn I would have had to kick your ass. Besides, don't knock fucking ass/carpet. Fucking ass/carpet is awesome. Cubby is totally a fallback option.
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