[Untitled] Gray Mix Tape Maxell XL II 90

made by: DJ Go!

date: ca. 1999

physical description: gray Maxell XL II 90 minute cassette tape

Side A:
1. “Fake Plastic Trees” — Radiohead
2. “Saints” — The Breeders
3. “My Old Addiction” — kd lang
4. “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” — The Smiths
5. “In Your Eyes” — Peter Gabriel
6. “Storms in Africa — Enya
7. “Good Enough” — Sarah McLachlan
8. “Ice Cream — Sarah McLachlan
9. “Fight” — The Cure
10. “The Bends — Radiohead
11. “I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday” — Morrissey

Side B:
1. “Now My Heart Is Full” — Morrissey
2. “Joan” — Erasure
3. “A Letter to Elise” — The Cure
4. “Kite” — Nick Heyward
5. “How Soon Is Now?” — The Smiths
6. “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” — U2
7. “I Want It That Way” — Backstreet Boys
8. “Just Like Heaven” — The Cure
9. “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” — PM Dawn
10. “Half a World Away” — REM

notes:
no label, no cassette case
found in drawer in North Oakland duplex
rarely played

DJ Go! comments:

“I made this mix when I was in my late teens. I was pretty depressed at the time, and I think it shows. I would’ve called it ‘Grey Tape’ if I’d labeled it back then. I was staying with friends in the dorms of a school I had left for what was ostensibly a year-long break. I recognize the Sarah McLachlan as someone else’s tape. The Backstreet Boys were mine, though. Even though I wasn’t happy in general, I loved to get lost in the music. I think ‘Joan’ was the perfect song for this time in my life, even though I did not understand it at all. Now, ten years later, six years of recovery later, I can have compassion for my younger self while seeing how I’d styled myself a martyr. I really appreciate how much better my life is now and how much happier I am.

“Despite my hard-earned happiness, I still enjoy the Smiths.”

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