The Unlistenable Challenge!
So, after Don worked so hard to put together a great mix CD for our broomball games (since one can only tolerate "Ice Ice Baby" so many times), Amy and Hippie decided that it was "unlistenable", and won't play it! The punch line, of course, is that it was perfectly listenable... if you know a thing or two about music and you're not a snooty 20-something Brooklyn hipster.
So, Don figured, since they don't know what "unlistenable" is, we'll damn well SHOW them unlistenable!
I don't know if we'll actually do it. But, it gave me an idea. Don and I laughed ourselves all the way home in the car coming up with the poorest choices one could put on a mix CD. I thought I'd put the question out to you, "the listeners". What's *your* idea of a totally "unlistenable" mix for backing a sporting event?
Rules and guidelines:
* Leave a comment (either on LJ or Facebook) with your unlistenable mix, in the most unlistenable running order.
* The songs don't have to be bad in and of themselves (although that helps), they can just be poor choices for music to run around and be athletic to.
* Feel free to jump between any genres. It's open season. Bonus points for exceptionally unlistenable transitions between tracks.
* The running time for the mix ought to be around 50 minutes, although you can feel free to go a bit under or over.
* Bonus points if you start the mix with a horrible rendition of, or awful mashup including, "Paradise City" by Guns 'N Roses. It's not expressly required, though.
* Don and I will judge the best submission. The winner will receive... some item of fairly negligible value to be named later. :)
* Feel free to pass the challenge on to your friends, if you think that they'll have a good time with it.
I'll let this percolate for a while, until we have enough submissions to make it interesting. (Spring floor ball starts in April sometime.)
ETA: The format of the challenge is intended to be a track list, not general suggestions.
a) Please list the specific songs individually.
b) Please include track times.
c) Please note that the running order of the tracks matters.
So, Don figured, since they don't know what "unlistenable" is, we'll damn well SHOW them unlistenable!
I don't know if we'll actually do it. But, it gave me an idea. Don and I laughed ourselves all the way home in the car coming up with the poorest choices one could put on a mix CD. I thought I'd put the question out to you, "the listeners". What's *your* idea of a totally "unlistenable" mix for backing a sporting event?
Rules and guidelines:
* Leave a comment (either on LJ or Facebook) with your unlistenable mix, in the most unlistenable running order.
* The songs don't have to be bad in and of themselves (although that helps), they can just be poor choices for music to run around and be athletic to.
* Feel free to jump between any genres. It's open season. Bonus points for exceptionally unlistenable transitions between tracks.
* The running time for the mix ought to be around 50 minutes, although you can feel free to go a bit under or over.
* Bonus points if you start the mix with a horrible rendition of, or awful mashup including, "Paradise City" by Guns 'N Roses. It's not expressly required, though.
* Don and I will judge the best submission. The winner will receive... some item of fairly negligible value to be named later. :)
* Feel free to pass the challenge on to your friends, if you think that they'll have a good time with it.
I'll let this percolate for a while, until we have enough submissions to make it interesting. (Spring floor ball starts in April sometime.)
ETA: The format of the challenge is intended to be a track list, not general suggestions.
a) Please list the specific songs individually.
b) Please include track times.
c) Please note that the running order of the tracks matters.