Posted by bzedan on Apr 27, 2024
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A show came out for a game I've thought about 3-7 times every week for the past nine years and I've been completely normal about it. In my birthday month too! It influenced the playlist cover more than the contents, which are all indulgent as should be for a birthday month playlist. A lot of Carly Rae Jepsen this month, thanks to using her song titles as prompts for Storytelling Collective's April Daily Poem challenge (see results here: https://bzedan.tumblr.com/tagged/aprildailypoem). Two hours and 33 minutes but despite how I love playing with the length I shan't drop a one of these tracks to get to my birthday-day. Close enough, I say!
Related media to some of the songs:
- 'Two of Hearts' was in my mind thanks to a random video I'd encountered about the "I-I-I-I-I" sample in 'Groove Is in the Heart' by Deee-Lite, summarised over at Laughing Squid.
- 'Harder' was Medusa's I think birthday month track and had been out on Bandcamp for a bit but finally wended its way to Spotify, allowing me to drop it into a playlist. Their music is always a mood. They also have an At-Cost collection of merch specifically to make things available to more folks, with the option to pay it forward as well.
- The way things go I think songs from a playlist I picked up from a Fallout: New Vegas fan artist are in May but heck there's a Nancy Sinatra on here so why not share now, 'Atomic Cocktail' is a very long, vibes-based playlist that is great to have going in the background.
Anyway here's a link to April's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below.
- 'Time to Pretend' - MGMT
- 'How Does it Feel' - Dizzee Rascal
- 'Free Animal' - Foreign Air
- 'Girl Inform Me - 2021 Remaster' - The Shins
- 'Complex' - Tristen
- 'Fun But Not Forever' - girlish figure
- 'Sociopathic Dance Queen' - Amaarae
- 'Jackie' - Scott Walker
- 'I Could Be Happy' - Altered Images
- 'GO! (feat. Karen O)' - Santigold
- 'Black Sheep' - Kailee Morgue
- 'Good Luck, Babe!' - Chappell Roan
- 'Me And My Shadow' - Peggy Lee
- 'Only A Fool Would Say That' - Steely Dan
- 'Seabird' - Alessi Brothers
- 'Thank You (Not So Bad)' - Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
- 'Feels Right' - Carly Rae Jepsen
- 'Two of Hearts' - Stacey Q
- 'Hey Sorry' - Boy Jr.
- 'Houdini' - Dua Lipa
- 'Hard (er)' - Medusa
- 'i like the way you kiss me' - Artemas
- 'Really Big Deal' - Jake Shears
- 'Eye On The Bat' - Palehound
- 'Sunshine Superman' - Donovan
- 'Sunset Superman' - Dio
- 'Godzilla' - Blue Öyster Cult
- 'Shadow' - Carly Rae Jepsen
- 'Cute & Cruel (feat. First Aid Kit)' - Tove Lo
- 'Evil Eyes' - Dio
- 'Do Right' - Jimmie's Chicken Shack
- 'Dancehall Queen' - Robyn
- 'I'm Like A Bird' - Nelly Furtado
- 'Chemical' - Post Malone
- 'Juke Box Hero - 2008 Remaster' - Foreigner
- 'The King of Rock 'N' Roll' - Prefab Sprout
- 'Call Me Maybe' - Carly Rae Jepsen
- 'Bury Me With It - Jacknife Lee Remix' - Modest Mouse
- 'That Life' - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- 'Oh to Be in Love - 2018 Remaster' - Kate Bush
- 'Sideshow' - Nick Lutsko
- 'Primadonna' - MARINA
- 'When I Needed You' - Carly Rae Jepsen
- 'This Hell (feat. CHANMINA - Gyarupi Remix - Spotify Singles)' - Rina Sawayama
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