AWESOME MIX 2014: MY FAVORITE SONGS OF THE YEAR Every year my brothers and I make a mix for each other of our favorite songs of the year. We are obsessive about it, listening to and compiling hundreds of songs we break down to fifteen or twenty highlights (through these mixes, and others I made throughout the years, I suppose I was unconsciously honing skills Id use putting together Awesome Mixes for Guardians of the Galaxy.) One of the things Ive heard the most this year is, Oh, man, I wish they still made songs as good as the ones used in Guardians. Its important to note the songs we used in the movie were considered silly trifles at the time they were released. I believe the songs coming out today are just as good but, like then, we take what we have in the moment for granted. Anyway, this is the mix I put together for my brothers this year. The songs are not listed from best to worst but, instead, put together in a way they best play as a mix. Action Cat - Gerard Way Not This Time - The 2 Bears Drunk Dial (feat. Murs & Grieves) - CunninLynguists Tin Foiled - Andrew Bird Take Me to the Church - Hozier Stronger Than That - Bahamas Another Lonely Night - K-Rino How Can You Really - Foxygen Kwam Jing... Khae Nai Muea Wan - LOOKPONG - ลูกโป่ง AF4 (ภคมน บุณยะภูติ) Our Time - Lily Allen Do You - Spoon Lost Stars - Adam Levine Himlen Som Du Drömmer Om - Anders Wendin Bens My Friend - Sun Kil Moon No Good Way to Die - Chantal Claret In the Clear - Foo Fighters Say Yes - Afternoons Idiot - Atmosphere Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) - Mark Ronson Zombie - Jamie T NOTES 1. As usual, this is a list of my FAVORITES, not the BEST. Therefore, arguments about songs that belong on this list arent really applicable, as its my list. 2. In fairness, the quality of the mix itself is taken into account when I make these lists. I like the Swans album, but adding one of their songs to the mix would be strange. Sometimes I strike songs that are too popular, too subtle, or too depressing from the list as well. I guess Im just a populist at heart. 3. I also wont use more than one song by an artist. If so, Gerard Way, Lily Allen, Jamie T, and Begin Again soundtrack cuts might have more than one song here. 4. That said, here are some other songs from this year I liked a lot - Turn on the Light - Jamie T, Rabbit Hole - Jamie T, Cold - Nick Hakim, A Step You Cant Take Back - Keira Knightley, Like a Fool - Keira Knightly, Pictures on My Wall - People Under The Stairs, Luna - Bombay Bicycle club, Brother - Gerard Way, Sheezus - Lily Allen, Im Not the Only One - SAM SMITH, Stay With Me - Sam Smith, Crown (feat. Diane Coffee) - Run The Jewels, Longer Than Youve Been Alive - Old 97s, Most Messed Up - Old 97s, Vonnegut Busy - Sage Francis, All The Roads - Pigeon John, They Want My Soul - Spoon, Lost You (feat. Twin Shadow & DAngelo Lacy) - ZEDS DEAD, When Mi Party - Popcaan, All We Got - Dem Atlas, Watabout - Dem Atlas, Blank Space - Taylor Swift, A Little God in My Hands - Swans, Chambers - Cymbals Eat Guitars, All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor, This City Aint Just a Skyline - Astronautalis, Really Love - DAngelo and The Vanguard, When She Comes - EMA, Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran, Turtles All the Way Down - Sturgill Simpson, Perspective - Blueprint, Outside Looking In - Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef, Hot 97 Summer Jam - Chumped. 5. Feel free to post your own lists below and share your thoughts - just remember that kindness and respect are imperative (including to your fellow posters and the artists).
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:52:29 +0000