Monthly playlists

[XYlophonetreeZ]

So for the last 6 months I've been doing this new thing. Each month, I've made a new playlist and CD based on the stuff I've been into around that time. I thought it might be fun to see how long I keep up with this and to look back on all my past playlists. Other people should feel free to copy my idea, because it's a lot of fun. If you want to start up making monthly playlists, post them in this thread, bitch. I'm going to share all of mine up til now. w00t.

November 2005
1. Ratatat- Seventeen Years
2. The Caesars- Jerk it Out
3. The Blood Brothers- Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck
4. Cypress Hill- What's Your Number
5. Carbon Leaf- Paloma
6. REM- Man On the Moon
7. Little T and One Track Mike- Shaniqua
8. Minus the Bear- The Fix
9. Stroke 9- Tail of the Sun
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Aeroplane
11. Flogging Molly- Queen Anne's Revenge
12. Little T and One Track Mike- Fome is Dape
13. The Dead 60s- Riot Radio
14. Stroke 9- Little Black Backpack
15. Swollen Members and Nelly Furtado- Breath
16. Collective Soul- Run
17. Minus the Bear- El Torrente
18. Soul Asylum- Runaway Train
19. The Beatles- Helter Skelter

December 2005
1. Eve 6- Rescue
2. Sponge- Leave This World
3. Belle and Sebastian- Judy and the Dream of Horses
4. The Beatles- Happiness is a Warm Gun
5. The Cooper Temple Clause- Did You Miss Me?
6. Midnight Oil- Dreamworld
7. Tantric- Astounded
8. The Offspring- Out On Patrol
9. Sponge- Unlucky
10. Belle and Sebastian- Dirty Dream Number Two
11. Minus the Bear- Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse
12. The Cooper Temple Clause- Blind Pilots
13. The Offspring- Next to You
14. The Rolling Stones- Paint it Black
15. Bob Marley- Could You Be Loved
16. The Offspring- Amazed
17. Tantric- Mourning
18. Sponge- Unpopular Girl
19. Minus the Bear- Pachuca Sunrise

January 2006
1. Snoop Dogg- Gin and Juice
2. Foo Fighters- Walking a Line
3. The Offspring- Living in Chaos
4. Goo Goo Dolls- Name
5. Social Distortion- Tainted Love
6. Mew- Special (thanks, wheelchairman!)
7. Sponge- Radio Prayer Line
8. The Clientele- My Own Face Inside in the Trees
9. Avenged Sevenfold- Bat Country
10. Nas- Rewind
11. Sonata Arctica- Full Moon
12. Belle and Sebastian- She's Losing It
13. Faith No More- Epic
14. Blink-182- Another Girl, Another Planet
15. Social Distortion- Under My Thumb
16. The Blood Brothers- Crimes
17. The Offspring- Special Delivery
18. The White Stripes- My Doorbell
19. Foo Fighters- The Sign
20. Sponge- Lucky

February 2006
1. Spacehog- In the Meantime
2. Phoenix- Everything is Everything
3. Belle and Sebastian- Piazza, New York Catcher
4. Eminem- FACK
5. Def Leppard- Photograph
6. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
7. Goo Goo Dolls- Long Way Down
8. Phoenix- Run Run Run
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Easily
10. Kid Rock- Lonely Road of Faith
11. Clair de Lune- Life On Remote
12. The Police- Walking On the Moon
13. The Gecko Club- What if I Drifted Away?
14. Goo Goo Dolls- All Eyes On Me
15. Queensryche- Silent Lucidity
16. Stone Sour- Bother
17. Tom Waits- Tom Traubert's Blues

March 2006
1. Dil Se- Chaiyya Chaiyya
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Get On Top
3. Groove Armada- Hands of Time
4. The Dismemberment Plan- The Other Side
5. Zed- Don't Worry Baby
6. Lucky Boys Confusion- Evidence
7. Sponge- Isolation
8. The Cooper Temple Clause- Film Maker
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers- By the Way
10. Audioslave- Shadow On the Sun
11. The Killers- Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
12. Foo Fighters- On the Mend
13. The Dead Milkmen- Stuart
14. Linkin Park- Breaking the Habit
15. Nuuk Posse- Inpiluaqqat
16. Zed- Renegade Fighter
17. Lucky Boys Confusion- Le Chanson de Soldat
18. Green Day- Macy's Day Parade
19. P.O.D. and Eek-a-Mouse- Ridiculous

April 2006
1. Tom Waits- Hold On
2. Depeche Mode- John the Revelator (thanks, JohnnyNemesis!)
3. Simon & Garfunkel- The Boxer
4. Live- Selling the Drama
5. Death Cab for Cutie- We Looked Like Giants
6. The Wallflowers- I've Been Delivered
7. Belle and Sebastian- Me and the Major
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers- This Velvet Glove
9. Minus the Bear- You're Some Kind of Big, Fat, Smart Bug, Aren't You?
10. The Dead Milkmen- Bitchin' Camaro
11. REM- Driver 8
12. Pearl Jam- Black
13. Yo La Tengo- Fog Over Frisco
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Midnight
15. Pink Floyd- The Great Gig in the Sky
16. The Cooper Temple Clause- Talking to a Brick Wall
17. Sponge- Lucifer in Las Vegas

'Azzit. Some are longer than others cuz I just had to fit as much as I could on CDs, which I've made out of each playlist. Discuss/make your own/let this thread die and get bumped in a year by some 'tard.

[Betty]

That's a neat system. I don't think I'd be able to keep up with it that well though.

And your lists seem a bit... fabricated... in that different songs by the same artists appear from month to month. Like, if I were to do it, I would include songs I had been introduced to recently and loved, songs from new CDs I had heard, or old songs I had "rediscovered." But I would probably not so much include a song that I've known and loved for years. If that makes sense.

I do end up making mixed CDs sometimes based on stuff I was into at the time. Usually I try and categorize songs (indie, new rock, old rock, mellow, etc.) and then once I accumulate enough songs I want to put on a mix, I'll finally make a CD. I've got a bunch in the works right now that I should probably finalize. One I made a couple of years ago for myself that was definitely pretty random. In fact, this was the second in my "Random Mix" series, aptly entitled "More Random Mix."

1. Big Star - September Gurls
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Bring It On
3. The Von Bondies - Going Down
4. Radio Birdman - Thrill of It All
5. Read Yellow - Fashion Fatale
6. Adam and the Ants - Beat My Guest
7. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
8. New Model Army - Bittersweet
9. The Diodes - Tired of Waking up Tired
10. 999 - Emergency
11. Squeeze - Another Nail in My Heart
12. Idlewild - You Held the World in Your Arms
13. Big Star - Thirteen
14. Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
15. Television - Glory
16. The Von Bondies - Lack of Communication
17. Radio Birdman - New Race
18. The Libertines - Boys in the Band
19. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Road to Rock 'n' Roll

Oh, and as a total side note, I've been listening to Yo La Tengo stuff and really like it.

[XYlophonetreeZ]

I don't think I discover enough new music per month that I really enjoy to really put on the same playlist, so yeah, I recycle things that I happen to have been listening to a lot at the time. There will always be some new ones, but I'll throw in some that I know I'll always enjoy to fill 'em up. Already some of these mixes I'd have trouble listening to start to finish because of all the songs I found on a whim with no repeat listenability.

Right now, I'd say my favorite one that I've made so far is either February or April. Since April hasn't had enough time to wear off so far, I'll probably end up going with February.

Some of Yo La Tengo's stuff sounds really good, but I just can't get into most of it. Plus, they just have so much music out that I wouldn't know where to start, like if I wanted to buy an album.

[Tizzalicious]

Mne are usually a lot longer...I get bored of them otherwise. And like Michelle, they usually have new music I got introduced to. Or what usually happens, I listen to just the new music for a while, and then I add it to an existing list with my favourites.

[Betty]

I don't think I discover enough new music per month that I really enjoy to really put on the same playlist.

Yeah, exactly, that's why I couldn't keep up the monthly thing. I would probably only be able to make a really good mix every few months or so. It depends though, sometimes I discover more music than at other times.

I randomly downloaded... umm... "Prisoners of Love" by the band, I guess it's 3 CDs, and I've been listening to 'em and pretty much enjoying everything. I've downloaded tons of albums recently and they particularly stand out for whatever reason.