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[spankerella]

Hello all. culpaepatria has eaten my brain.

But that's not what this post is about. not really.

If you were going to make a mix tape for someone who'd never been exposed to "muggle" music before. Like say... Draco. What would you put on it? NOTHING RELEASED AFTER 1999 PLEASE I'm so dead serious. I want lists. Anyone who's been keeping up with culpaepatria knows why.

Comments

[empressvesica.livejournal.com]

I have nothing useful to add...except to point and laugh. Except it's eaten my brain too...shit.

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

*suggests Billy Idol and the Sex Pistols for obvious reason*

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine Draco's response to New Kids on the Block?
"Poncy buggers... Jordan's a poof. It's obvious, Potter."

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

Hey this is Elle (Katie)! culpaepatria is eating my brain as well *g*

I agree that the Sex Pistols and Billy Idol are great choices, specifically and also...

*Rebel Yell, White Wedding & Mony Mony - Billy Idol
*Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols
*I Wann Be Sedated - The Ramones
*Won't Ge Fooled Again, Behind Blue Eyes & My Generation - The Who
*White Riot - The Clash
*Sympathy for the Devil, Wild Horses, Satisfaction & Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
*Born to be Wild & Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
*Rock and Roll, Hoochi Koo - Rick Derringer
*Young Lust & Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
*Dazed and Confused & Dire Maker - Led Zeppelin
*Rock On (James Dean) - David Essex
*Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Hope this helps a little bit! I'm kinda a music (of all genrations and genres) freak, if you hadn't noticed. If you're looking for something specific, a mood, let me know and I can probably you point you in a direction to start.

♥

[geminilove-ca.livejournal.com]

All of the above, plus:

"Renegade" - Styx
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Don't Fear The Reaper" - BOC
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Metallica

[txteva.livejournal.com]

Spice Girls-Wannabe
Take That-Never Forget

[carrie-leigh.livejournal.com]

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

That's the first one that pops into my head.

[kira-snugz.livejournal.com]

weezer, buddy holly
the day the music died
ring of fire
fight for your right to party
run dmc vs jason nevins- its like that
sting and the police - eevry breath you take
some areosmith
queen- fat bottomed girls
sweet home alabama

[jandjsalmon.livejournal.com]

Hannah will make him a mix tape! How awesomely middle-schooly! ;)

I like the hard rock idea -- but I think he'd be more into punk stuff, and the British stuff really started poppin in the early-mid 1990's

Bands like Ash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_%28band%29) had some great pre-1999 music - they're not mainstream, but he might like them. Also - Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_%28band%29)is totally pre-99 ("Glycerine" - best make-out song EVER!)

Chumbawumba was HUGE in Britain in 1998/99 (Jay lived in Scotland from 97-99 and he said you couldn't walk down the street basically without hearing Tubthumping).

My hubby wanted me to mention that U2 just released a new album in 1997. Also - The Beatie Boys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys) came out with an album in 1998. (*cringe* I hate the BB!) He wanted me to point out that in Britain there were still 'Spice Girls' fanatics and Robbie Williams fans etc. -- Please don't do that to Draco.)

"Dammit" by Blink-182 (1997) GREAT song. (Enema of the State came out in June 1999 - so in a few weeks it would be appropriate for her to mention it possibly - 'What's my Age Again' woul certainly be a favourite of Draco ;))

And of course the ever present 'Green Day' -- Their album 'nimrod' came out in 1997 - 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' is one of their classic songs now... despite their MOST classic album being the one realeased in 1994 (Dookie). But then again -- Draco would love 'Brain stew' and that was on their 'Insomniac' album from 1995.

'No Doubt' was getting mainstream success around that time.

I really think he would grow to love Linkin Park - alas - Hybrid Theory came out in September 2000 (we can wait until next year to introduce him to them, I guess! ;))

If you're going for super old punk like 'The Sex Pistols' etc. yo umust include the Buzzcocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzcocks) ('Ever Fall in love' is a BRILLIANT song... as is 'everybody's happy nowadays')

If you're going softer, 'The Cranberries' were brilliant (who am I kidding - they still are!)

I dunno -- this is probalby WAY more info that you wanted... and since my VERY least favourite band on the planet (and subsequently my husband's most favourite) is a classic rock thing, I wanted to go in a different direction. (For the record - ACDC is the worst band ever! ;))

Although 80's alternative would be cool too -- like Morissey or Modern English or David Bowie (MY FAVE!) or Modern English. ;)

*ducks head... hiding from being such a nerd! You can tell I'm excited about watching the game... I'm a nerd. ;)*

[camperx.livejournal.com]

Is this supposed to be a primer on muggle music in general, or is there supposed to be a theme in either style or content?

[jo_anne_storm]

Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody

Everything elle_blessingway and geminilove_ca suggested.

[nopoweroverme.livejournal.com]

well, Queen obviously (lover boy, killer queen all that fun stuff) or David Bowie possibly. While sticking in the '80s era-esque I feel they would TOTALLY love Quiet Riot (Mental Health "Bang Your Head").
For some reason I feel he'd dig "Wonderwall" by Oasis, ya know to play as he got a good shag or something? Or 'The Presidents of the United States of America', they were cool back when (like "Froggie"!).
~nopoweroverme

[the-ped.livejournal.com]

I could give a list of favorite 90s and 80s songs... but that'd be silly. If we're going a muggle appreciation kick, I'd have the mix tape include a variety of stuff. Including bubblegum pop, Britney was around then.

But, I'd also include a lot of Jazz, R&B, Swing. Draco would be the type to take to Nina Simone or New Orleans Jazz... not the Dixieland bands, the stuff played in nightclubs on well-tuned pianos.

Maybe even some 1950s and 1960s music... The Freshman, Frank Sinatra, The Supremes, The Who... especially the Who.

That's all I can think of. I think just to be ironic, he'd get "Under Pressure" on the tape.

[abstract-fiend.livejournal.com]

Hmm...

Creep - Radiohead
Burn - The Cure
Closer - Nine inch Nails

I think he might get a kick out of those three for sure.