I loved all of the historical figure mixes, but this one, for its combination of a strong narrative thread and a really spot-on song selection, is maybe my favorite.

"No One Mourns the Wicked" - Wicked
As in the original musical, I see this as introducing a flashback. Whether it's being sung after Alcibiades' exile, or after his actual death, we see ( Read more... )

I'll listen to this mix when I: work with my hands

If I could add one song it would be: Well it would really kind of have to be Neil Gaiman's song about the man himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvc6zsUbNvI
 

Part of the reason it took me such a long time to get the other mix reviews posted (which I'm going to do before posting my new color one, sorry faithful mixers!) is that my little mp3 player for reasons best known to itself mixed up these songs in such a way that it produced quite a different impression that the mix in its correct order. The main ( Read more... )

 Flutter of Fire (An Oda Nobunaga Mix) by imifumei

So I listened to this without the benefit of looking up the lyrics of the Japanese songs - and to my surprise I didn't feel the slightest lack. They meshed so perfectly in tone that when I came and looked them up I found myself saying "Oh, of course that's what they're saying."

1. The Times They Are A- ( Read more... )

I make no promises as to having the will and attention to post these for all of them - but I just finished listening to the mix that Neverendingjim made on the subject of Abe no Seimei

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This is my entry in our Mix Exchange. I drew George Gordon, Lord Byron, the Trope Namer for a whole type of character. Given that my ambition is to have a literary device named after myself (bonus points if I manage to die a martyr to someone else's cause!) it's fair to say that Byron is an inspiration.

TVTropes describes the Byronic Hero....

While ( Read more... )