Muxtape

[vayerism]

thank you the EMF members introduce a good website we can share good music

1. God Is An Astronaut - Frozen Twilight
2. Jaga Jazzist - Swedenborgske Rom
3. Mogwai - Team Handed
4. Univers Zero - Partch's X-Ray
5. The Low Frequency In Stereo - Hilversum
6. Radiohead - Knives Out
7. Mogwai - Tokyo Night
8. The Cure - The Last Day Of Summer
9. Porcupine Tree - What Happens Now?

9 songs, 56:47 minutes
http://vayerism.muxtape.com

[cjhobbies00]

Originally Posted by ShinjiPG

So, here's a Shiina Ringo / Tokyo Jihen Muxtape. My intention was to have some kind of playlist for new-listeners. I'm still trying to adjust it, by listening a few times to the flow of the songs. I picked the most representative Ringo and TJ songs and put them in a chronological order.
What do you think?
http://ringojihen.muxtape.com/

12 songs, 56:18 minutes
1 - Koufukuron
2 - Marunouchi Sadistic
3 - Kyogenshou
4 - Tsumi to Batsu
5 - Mellow
6 - Gips (Electric Mole)
7 - Meisai (Electric Mole)
8 - Kuki (Electric Mole)
9 - Odaiji ni (Electric Mole)
10 - Jusui Negai
11 - Superstar
12 - Yume no Ato (HF Version)

It's mostly spot on in terms of song choice, there's just a couple of songs that I would've swapped for something more conventional (mellow, Kyogenshou, superstar, Kuki).
I feel those songs are the ones that fans really dig only after getting in to the Shiina sound. They're songs that should be discovered, not introduced to.

[cjhobbies00]

Originally Posted by ShinjiPG

Hm, I understand your point, altough I think they need to have those songs somewhere during the playlist just for the "shock", lol. They need to know what Ringo's all about =P
However, do you have any sugestion for other tracks I should put? It's really hard to reduce her to 12 songs, lol.
I thought about putting Kabukichou no Joou at the beginning, but then thought Koufukuron and Marunouchi already represented the Moratorium-era very well.

I know all about the shock...tried introducing shiina before, and I feel that it's just better to have them discover the more..."personal" songs for themselves.

I really feel that Kabukichou should be in any Ringo introduction playlist, Kofukuron should go, it's a great little song, but it shouldn't come at the expense of omitting Kabukichou no Joou.

Superstar is a rather weird choice, not written by Ringo, a rather by-the-numbers ballad. With Yume no ato closing your playlist you might want something a bit lighter to come before. Shuraba perhaps.

[justriiingo]

There is one whole thread about creating a SR/TJ best of playlist.

Ah, thank you Shinji for not including any of that "phase 3" nonsense, though of course you can include it for maximum shock factor.
And WHY is Honnou not on that list?! You have no excuse... put Honnou back in there!

[TeslaGuy]

Whew. Finally finished.
TeslaGuy's muxtape

12 songs 52:55

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Help Me Somebody
Yello - To The Sea
Bill Nelson - Empire of the Senses
The Stranglers - Nuclear Device
XTC - Easter Theatre
Logic System - シムーン(Simoon)
The Residents - Moisture
PUFFY - Jet Keisatsu (Ice Prince Mix)
Steely Dan - FM
Sketch Show - Turn Down Day
The B-52's - Follow Your Bliss
Cornelius - THE BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN

[cjhobbies00]

I will hunt you down and SHIV you dammit!

Honnou kicks ass! There can be no discussion on this issue. This is the one and only truth in the universe.


I'm semi-kidding. I don't actually own a shiv.

[Maou]

Originally Posted by ShinjiPG

Anyway, Honnou is overrated, imo. There's a reason of it not being on Electric Mole. Besides, there's better songs to intruduce new-listeners to Ringo.
Bite me =P

And that reason is space limitations of DVD. She couldn't include everything from the show since she needed to pack in those lame animated sequences and backstage stuff. She brilliantly cut three of the best songs from the show (Honnou, Izonshou, and Kabukichou), sliced a decent song in half (Koufukuron), but left three bores (Minatomachi, Shiroi Hana no Saku Koko, Mr. Wonderful) on the disc. It's that kinda crap that keeps us talking about something.

Honnou is the definitive Ringo song. There's a reason it's her most popular song (and it's not because she licks a girl in the PV).

[Tokyo Jihad]

I disagree with Maou on saying those 3 songs should have been cut. Minatomachi is great. Shiroi Hana is cool cuz its the only acoustic track. And ..well I just like Mr. Wonderful =p Coulda cut Poltergeist or Odaji ni for Honnou.

And yes, Honnou is the track Shiina Ringo will be in the history books for. And theres no better track to introduce fans to Shiina than Honnou, it introduced more than any other song.

And Phase 3 is the truth Justin, dont try to deny!
juuuuust hatin...

[Maou]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Jihad

Shiroi Hana is cool cuz its the only acoustic track.

You thinking of the right track? Shiroi Hana is a capella. Kuroi Orufe is the song with acoustic guitar.

[Tokyo Jihad]

ahh damn.
Well then I dont remember that track, so yeah cut it =p