Hey Buddur (& other music officials)

“I'm trying to pick out 20 songs to burn on a CD for a friend. She joined the Peace Corps. and is leaving for Cameroon, Africa in about 3 wks. She's going to be the only American, and most likely the only white person (I'm just trying to illustrate her isolation, not making a snide remark), in her village. She's going to be working on a tree planting agriculture project for 2 yrs. They told her to bring music and books from home. What kind of recommendations do you have. I want some light hearted, kinda' unique, but still definitely good 'ol USA stuff.”

“She's a hippie chick sort and very, very intelligent.”

“American Woman by Guess Who
Born In The U.S.A by Bruce Springsteen
that kind of stuff?”

“"I'm leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again . . . .? :-)”

“Written and originally recorded by John Denver
Also performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and now currently performed by Chantal Kreviazuk
All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' this early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Alreaday I'm so lonesome I could cry

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now they don't mean a thing
Every place I go I think of you
Every song I sing I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes, I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the time when I don't have to say...

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane”

“American Woman and that jet plane ones are good suggestions. I think she would like both, but Springsteen is probably not a good one. I don't want it to be tooooo USA. I don't want her to feel like I made her a CD that's like "Your best friend can not believe you left the United States to plant trees in a country plagued by AIDS." I don't think that way, I'm very proud of her and I think it will be a great experience. I just want some little pick me ups.”

“Sonia Dada!!

I think the may have downloads on their website.”

“Monty Python's Lumberjack song? Oh, American. Never Mind!”

“Slim Whitman
Boxcar Willie
Rage Against The Machine
Agnostic Front

Seriously though, whatever you record, try to add in TV jingles, cartoon exerpts, TV and Radio commercials, etc. to make it more like whe's listening to a syndicated program. And make it eclectic, and not all the same type of music.”

“Mott The Hoople

Leon Russell

Stevie Ray Vaughn”

“Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
Muskrat love - Captain & Tenille
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
It's Raining Men - the Weather Girls
MORE THAN A WOMAN- Bee Gees
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Rosanna - Toto
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
Turning Japanese –The Vapors
I'm Gonna Catch That Horse If I Can - Byrds
Hero - Mariah Carey
I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
Lawyers In Love - Jackson Browne
Mmmbop - Hanson
Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
We Are The World - USA For Africa
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Anything by The New Kids On The Block”

“Couldn't Stand The Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - The 5th Dimension
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
Love Roller Coaster - Ohio Players
Can't Hide Love - Earth, Wind, and Fire
Hitch a Ride - Boston
Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
Aja - Steely Dan
Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles”

“She will not even know who most of those old singers are if she's Newgirls age.
Get a little more timely.


Dave Matthews Band - Where Are You Going
John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland
Default - Wasting My Time
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Jack Johnson - Flake
311 Amber Jive
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale
Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean
Coldplay - In My Place
Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Duncan Sheik - On A High
Chad Kroeger f/ Josey... Hero
Dave Matthews Band - Everyday
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
Goo Goo Dolls - Big Machine
Beck - Lost Cause
John Mayer - No Such Thing
Michelle Branch - Goodbye To You”

“Mr. Bojangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan)
Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)
Joanne (Michael Nesmith)
Maggie Mae (Rod Stewart)”

“Hey stovestomper, that looks like the KBAC, Radio Free Santa Fe, play list.”

“I can cut and paste with the best of them!”

“Tired old fart, that's me....lol.....”

“hay violin, I think you died and went to the 80's”

“Hay no. But those songs will make her want to forget all about home in no time.”

“I think it's kind of silly for a bunch of 30, 40, 50 year olds to be picking songs for a 20 something year old we don't even know anything about.
To me, music is very personal and to important for someone else to tell me what is "good".
The late 60's & 70's were my period.
The 80's were more often than not bad.
The 90's has some good stuff.
Some of today's stuff is OK.”

“Last CD I bought was Leon Russell... "Carney"

Talk about yer Old Farts, LOL”

“If it helps . . .
"She's a hippie chick sort and very, very intelligent."
newgirl
02:28:31 PM
08/30/02

So when was hippie music the rage? The 90s? The 80s? I think not!”

“Hard rock all the way

ac-dc
black sabbath/ozzie
led zeppelin
nirvana

system of a down
pod
drowning pool
puddle of mudd”

“StoveStomper, I'm not (and neither is she) your typical 23 yr. old. I know who all of that music and love most of it. Some of your picks are really great suggestions too though, don't get me wrong. Everyone's suggestions are super good. I was having a really hard time coming up w/ a good list. Now, I'll be able to pick and choose and put together an awesome CD.”

“You obviously didn't read mine.”

“Have fun with it. Hope she likes it, whatever ends up on it.

Oh, and don't forget,

In the summertime (Mungo Jerry's one and only hit, summer of 1970)”

“im going to see SuperTramp next Thursday so ill tell if you should includ there music.”

“Actually, Violin, I think she would really laugh hard at some of those songs you picked. She get a big kick out of it. Buddur, I like your idea about the ads, jingles, cartoons, etc. That is a super cool idea.”

“then don't forget the Adams Family

snap snap”

“Go to VH1's 100 Greatest Rocks Songs and download the top twenty.

If it was me, I'd burn the entire 100. It's only 5-6 CD's”

“From reading your past posts it is very clear you aren't the "typical" 23 year old and have already been through more hard times than most.
You even made it through the "corn" slip up!
"My" selections are the playlist of a station most of the young adults around me listen to.
I DO know who these artists are and have heard most of the music and like most of it.
I have a niece your age and we both liked a lot of the same music untill she started on the boy bands.”

“Geezr, really good suggestion!

Stove, the boy bands is where I'd have to draw the line too. LOL!”

“What makes you think she made it through the 'corn' slip up? Based upon past Trail Talk performance, that one has at least 5-6 months of mileage left.”

“"Billy, don't be a hero???" LMMFBO!!!! (thats Laughing my mother farking brains out)
Hows about the "Ballad of the Green Berets" while your at it?!?

Seriously though...
Mozart Piano concertos # 20,21,22,23”

“"hay violin, I think you died and went to the 80's"
Maple Leaf
02:56:52 PM
08/30/02

I think violin found a list of Most Annoying Songs Ever Made and cut and pasted.”

“Close. I searched for "worst songs" and chose my personal favorites from several lists. Turning Japanese was my own. I still remember tossing the 45 (that's a small vinyl record for you young 'uns) out of my dorm window like a frisbee.”

“The Angry American - Toby Keith”

“You've gotta check out Sonia Dada. Also, another way to check out new music is to register at Amazon.com . Three are a fair number of downloads. Start making a wish list, and it constantly refines itself based on what you have chosen, offering you recommendations. Download stuff along the way.”

“Man, thanks you guys. I think I came up w/ some really good lists. Now I just have to choose the best one. This helped soooo much.”

“I have a question. If I chose some songs that I might want to include, but want to hear first, can one of you guys create a link for me where I can hear them? (I don't know anything about this music over the internet stuff, mp3, etc.).”

“Anyone? Anyone? Anybody know how to do this stuff?”

“I know it used to be pretty easy, I had a buddy who used to download MP3's from all over. But since the record companies started sending out cease-and-desist letters, it's a lot harder now. There's a website called mp3.com that has some stuff, but it's mostly bands you never heard of. Lots of chaff in the wheat there. Most of the stuff you're wanting to get, I bet isn't on the web for free anymore.”

“That is sorta' what I was thinking Bit. Thanks.”