A Good MixTape Will Never Go Out of Style (my first Spotify playlist)

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President Obama just got us all singing this weekend when he released his first (and second) Spotify playlist. I, of course, rejoiced that even the leader of the free world gets just how fun it is assembling your must have songs in pitch perfect order, making sure you don't tip your hand to too many guilty pleasures, and agonizing over which might actually have to be cut.

It is an American pastime for the ages. It used to be mixtapes, actual cassette tapes cobbled together from staticy second hand recordings, radio requests, and if you were bougie you could record directly from another tape. Then it became the cd, which we all had to name, date, and doodle on because this was OUR HISTORY, man!

it was the best of times, it was the worst of times


Now, we get the Spotify playlist. My first playlist was birthed August of 2011, and completed sometime around October of 2011. Clocking it at over 3 hours of play, and including 56 songs, I obviously did not give a damn about edits. But, KimmayJs Recent Randoms is what started the Spotify playlist love affair (I have posted a few here in the past, too, if you are new) and got me away from the sharpies and blank discs. No matter what form, the mixtape will never die. There is nothing more fun than digging out that "September 2006" cd, or "summer 2013" playlist and all the memories, for better or worse, from that time come flooding back. Plus, how else can actually express just how you feel about that summer crush?




Mott the Hoople- All the Young Dudes
Bright Eyes- Lover I Don't Have to Love
Elvis Costello- She
Violent Femmes- Add it Up
The Pogues- Fairytale of New York
The Clash- Spanish Bombs
JAY Z/Kanye West- Otis
Foo Fighters- Walk
Muse- Resistance
Muse- Uprising
MGMT-Time to Pretend
The Dead Milkmen- Instant Club Hit
Talking Heads- Psycho Killer
R.E.M.- Nightswimming
R.E,M.- Losing my Religion
Tori Amos- Silent All These Years
Tori Amos- I'm Not in Love
Tori Amos- Time
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie- Golden Years
David Bowie- Space Oddity
James- Laid
Letters to Cleo- Cruel to be Kind
Weezer- Say It Ain't So
Weezer- Perfect Situation
The Strokes- Someday
Radiohead- Karma Police
Weezer/Hailey Williams- Rainbow Connection
Queen- Killer Queen
Death Cab for Cutie- I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Bjork- Army of Me
Nirvana- All Apologies
Nirvana- Come as You Are
Flogging Molly- Float
Bright Eyes- Take it Easy (Love Nothing)
The Gaslight Anthem- Bring it On
The Bouncing Souls- Kate is Great
The Clash- London's Burning
The Clash- Rock the Casbah
The Rolling Stones- Paint it Black
Flogging Molly- If I Ever Leave This World Alive
The Killers- Spaceman
The Pretenders- I'll Stand By You
Foo Fighters- Everlong (acoustic version)
Violent Femmes- Blister in the Sun
Violent Femmes- American Music
Violent Femmes- Kiss Off
The Gaslight Anthem- The '59 Sound
Bob Dylan- You're a Big Girl Now
Radiohead- Creep
Nada Surf- Popular
Ryan Adams- Wonderwall
Gary Jules- Falling Awake
Tamia- Stranger in my House
The Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil (Neptunes Remix)

What is your favorite mixtape memory?


KimmayJ is all about that car dancing life. Music is the constant companion that makes it all just a bit easier. You can also follow her on facebook, instagram, tumblr, pinterest, and twitter!



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