"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 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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

Looking for songs about math! My girlfriend's sister just got into a Ph.D. program for mathematics and we're making her a mix CD to help celebrate. Poppy indie rock especially good. [more inside]
posted by hydrophonic on Feb 23, 2006 - 68 answers

If you had $200-500 you could use in obtaining an entirely new stereo system, solely for the purpose of making mixtapes, what'd you do with it? [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Aug 14, 2005 - 10 answers

What wedding-day songs would you recommend? [more inside]
posted by mds35 on May 20, 2005 - 48 answers

Any ideas for songs to put on the quintessential Music to Fuck To Mix?
(John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Barry White need not apply.)
posted by Lisa S on Dec 9, 2004 - 44 answers

Can you name these tunes?
1. This one sounds like movie music, but I haven't been able to track it down.

2. I think this is the bonus track on Spell's "Mississippi" album. Can anyone verify?

3. This was recorded off a college radio station in Lowell MA in the early 90s. It's a mix of a song, and a woman speaking about pleasuring herself (the "I am satisfied" parts..... Can anyone find the source of either?
4. And another one from the same mix tape...
posted by quibx on Jul 15, 2004 - 12 answers