"Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles, "Here Comes Your Man" by the Pixies, "Here Comes My Baby" by Cat Stevens. Besides the name, these songs have some similar musical qualities. Any other songs fit (even if the name doesn't)? [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on Oct 24, 2009 - 33 answers

I'm looking for songs in which the singer specifically references listening to another musician, song or album. Please help? [more inside]
posted by Brody's chum on Sep 11, 2009 - 141 answers

I'm making a CD for a party whose theme is "Around the World" and I need ideas. I'm looking for popular songs that would go over well at a party of 20-somethings and are about specific geographical places, preferably outside of the U.S. I know I'm missing some obvious ones. [more inside]
posted by natabat on Aug 22, 2009 - 60 answers

Anyone got any recommendations similar to The Hood Internet Mix Tape volume 3? [more inside]
posted by aTrumpetandaDream on Aug 21, 2009 - 10 answers

Are mix tapes (Mix CDs, online playlists et al) still relevant? [more inside]
posted by animerion on Aug 17, 2009 - 15 answers

Please help me put a mixCD together for a friend who was recently dumped by her boyfriend. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Aug 7, 2009 - 42 answers

Help me identify a song that was on a tape in an Italian restaurant. [more inside]
posted by Xurando on Aug 1, 2009 - 4 answers

Mixtape filter! Help me put together the best mix tape for my nieces, 11 & 8. [more inside]
posted by arha on Jul 17, 2009 - 42 answers

Is there a website that lets you search for songs by emotion? i.e. I want to find songs in [genre] that relate to [emotion]. [more inside]
posted by rachaelfaith on May 9, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm assembling a playlist to tell a boy that I have a crush on him. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 2, 2009 - 58 answers

Help me make a mixtape of female fronted queer punk? I'm making a mixtape of female fronted queer punk and I need some suggestions of bands or songs. [more inside]
posted by crustix on Apr 17, 2009 - 27 answers

Your favourite 'Back' and 'Return' songs. Music fans - hit me! [more inside]
posted by Cantdosleepy on Feb 19, 2009 - 49 answers

The old muxtape is dead. But the interface it had to share a mixtape was unbelievably nice. Is there something like muxtape, maybe private, maybe open source that allows easy upload/creation of mixtape(s) for friends?
posted by plexi on Feb 17, 2009 - 5 answers

What are some good songs for an Italian / cowboy playlist? [more inside]
posted by ajarbaday on Feb 17, 2009 - 6 answers

Dancing about Architecture: Songs about art/artists? I've got to create a mix about visual artists, art, and ect and I have no idea where to start. I've got "Andy Warhol" by David Bowie that's it. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Jan 4, 2009 - 58 answers

Here we go again on cross-faded CDs... Is there any software for Windows, currently available, and cheaper than, say, CD-Architect (:-), which will let me make up a playlist for a CD, and then individually adjust the amount of overlap between each pair of source tracks, and do all the mixing and cue-sheet work necessary to give me a CD with one big long track, but the proper Q subcode to make the display and individual track selection work properly? [more inside]
posted by baylink on Dec 3, 2008 - 10 answers

Looking for hip-hop/rap love songs along the lines of the International Players' Anthem by Outkast (cute, sweet, but still funny and an actual rap song) to put on a mixtape for my significant other. [more inside]
posted by pumpkin11 on Oct 7, 2008 - 14 answers

Mefi Mixtape Help! I'm currently in love with "The Swimming Song" by Loudon Wainwright III. Does anyone have suggestions for songs that are equally fun, carefree and generally badass? I tried the iTunes Genius playlist but it failed. Thanks in advance.
posted by beta male on Sep 29, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm looking for some pretty songs about Ohio, or finding a home. [more inside]
posted by zoomorphic on Sep 19, 2008 - 21 answers

What songs should I put on a long distance relationship themed mixed cd? [more inside]
posted by PhoBWanKenobi on Sep 1, 2008 - 52 answers

Vasectomy mixtape! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 25, 2008 - 32 answers

Any Neue Deutsche Welle experts around? I recently came across an old cassette (probably from '82 or '83) with a bunch of Neue Deutsche Welle songs on it. It could be a homemade mix-tape, or it could be a copy of an officially released compilation. I've been able to tentatively identify about half of the songs, but haven't had any luck with the others. Anyone want to take a crack at them? The first side of the tape is posted here, and the second side (with mostly unidentified songs) is posted here. Thanks! [more inside]
posted by nixxon on Aug 17, 2008 - 3 answers

Help me make a play list of music that has to be listened to while watching fireworks. [more inside]
posted by Del Far on Jul 4, 2008 - 17 answers

I'm looking for songs that reference television in the lyrics or the title that are relatively new (no music before 1980) for a mix. Blur's Coffee and TV and Arcade Fire's (Antichrist Television Blues) are on the list already. I'd like to get the hive mind's suggestions for others.
posted by psergio on Jul 3, 2008 - 53 answers

Please help me compile a set of music for my dad to use in his video projects. [more inside]
posted by justonegirl on Jun 23, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm driving cross country and am looking to make a mix CD for the road using songs about America. Ask Metafilter has previously tackled similar questions dealing with songs about Los Angeles, California, New York, New Jersey and even Europe, but what are some of the best songs about America?
posted by DoorFrame on May 15, 2008 - 41 answers

"Your mother is a whore" mixtape suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur on Apr 2, 2008 - 33 answers

What are some songs where the narrator's occupation is the focus of the song? For instance, "Customer" by Raheem DeVaughn, where the lovin' comes with fries, or "Garbage Man" by Ike Turner (thanks Miss Lynnster), where the lovin' is expressed through gifts of garbage. [more inside]
posted by stupidsexyFlanders on Mar 6, 2008 - 52 answers

Help me make a They Might Be Giants mixtape. [more inside]
posted by sisquoc15 on Mar 3, 2008 - 25 answers

What are some songs about flying, preferably in a plane of some kind? My friend is a pilot and I want to make a mixtape for him with some songs about flying. So far, all I've come up with is the following: AF607105 - Charlotte Gainsbourg (even if it does involve a crash, it's lovely) Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra Anyone have any ideas? Thank you in advance!
posted by Locative on Feb 2, 2008 - 71 answers

Help me identify this mystery track from my friends' mix CD, that he can't recall either. No sample available, yet! It's more than likely a movie score track. Cross between 1941, Elfman, Zimmer, Willow, and involves kazoos in places. [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Nov 26, 2007 - 12 answers

In this era of mp3s and mp3 players, what's the equivalent of a mix tape? [more inside]
posted by tangelo on Oct 19, 2007 - 20 answers

Help me find this song which features a great number of answering machine messages over pretty guitars. Please? [more inside]
posted by wemayfreeze on Oct 18, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm making a compilation CD for my little girls (ages six and three) and I'm looking for happy stuff with female vocalists that has the same sort of vibe as Manu Chao's bongo bong, and/or Sublime's happier stuff, but that is appropriate for, you know, little kids. [more inside]
posted by craniac on Oct 16, 2007 - 30 answers

Help me put together a ghoulishly good Halloween mix cd! [more inside]
posted by Roman Graves on Sep 16, 2007 - 43 answers

I'm looking for some lesbian friendly indie songs for a mixtape, as well as just regular old indie love songs. [more inside]
posted by Suparnova on Jul 8, 2007 - 32 answers

Songs about a relationship which starts off enthusiastically, but where someone gets cold feet early on? The song quoted in the post title would be a good example/starting point.
posted by pantone292 on May 27, 2007 - 15 answers

I have to do a mix tape at work and the subject that I got lumbered with was songs about communal living. Assitance in this matter would be greatly appreciated! [more inside]
posted by bollockovnikov on May 16, 2007 - 27 answers

What are some songs about countries or cities in Europe?
posted by catburger on Apr 8, 2007 - 46 answers

Nuke related songs of the 80s and 90s. [more inside]
posted by pompomtom on Apr 3, 2007 - 66 answers

Is the mixtape episode of This American Life available anywhere online? I think it was done by Sarah Vowell, I remember hearing it sometime before 2003, and probably much before. But it doesn't appear on the show's archives. Am I going crazy? Maybe it wasn't TAL but I'm almost positive... Please help! [more inside]
posted by maniabug on Dec 5, 2006 - 15 answers

Suggestions for indie/alt (ish) rock type love songs? [more inside]
posted by heavenstobetsy on Sep 29, 2006 - 40 answers

Yet another mixtape thread: Looking for songs with the theme "You are valuable." [more inside]
posted by fuzzbean on Sep 8, 2006 - 38 answers

Songs about the end times: tell me about songs whose lyrics give a sense, either overt or oblique, of the world ending, civilization collapsing, etc. [more inside]
posted by nelleish on Aug 11, 2006 - 100 answers

What makes a good mix CD, in general terms? [more inside]
posted by scrump on Aug 8, 2006 - 27 answers

What songs should I put on a CD for someone turning fifty? [more inside]
posted by Addlepated on Aug 1, 2006 - 22 answers

Mixtape filter: I need songs that reference any of the states of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah. [more inside]
posted by sarahnade on Jun 28, 2006 - 70 answers

Mixtape suggestions of ridiculous 1950s pop music. [more inside]
posted by salvia on May 28, 2006 - 30 answers

ObscureHipHopFilter: identify this sample. [more inside]
posted by dead_ on May 12, 2006 - 5 answers

Song ideas for a mix tape themed around writers and/or literature, please. [more inside]
posted by ifjuly on Apr 30, 2006 - 63 answers