May 21, 2025

 

May 21, 2025

Will definitely check em out, I don’t mind stuff like that in smaller bands cause a lot of the time they end up evolving greatly. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

May 21, 2025

My only complaint is that it can be vocally a bit samey but really dig the lyrics and instrumentation. Been following them for a bit and it's always nice to see smaller people you like put out solid work

 

May 21, 2025

On it chief

 

May 21, 2025

Thank you for listening and for keeping an open mind!

 

May 16, 2025

Ok boss, I will do my best.

 

May 16, 2025

Ill give.you until tomorrow night to post it then I'll Tally!!

 

May 14, 2025

@AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau

Section 70-80-90

This was a good mix of stuff I'm familiar with and things that are new to me, I had a lot of fun with this!

Ridin The Storm out was a fun opener I've always liked REO

Following that I also enjoyed Looking For The Next Best Thing, Werewolves of London is a personal favorite of mine but I haven't really listened to Warren Zevon outside of that so this was fun

I'm also not too familiar with Kim Wilde but I liked Cambodia, the instrumental was oddly horror movie adjacent at points I really liked it lol

Lynryd Skynyrd is not my personal go to of the bands of this Era but they're super talented and Simple Man is a great song

Red Hot Chili Peppers has some of my favorite songs of all time so I'm happy to see them get some love, out of the big hits I don't go to Otherside as often as I should but it's a great song.

I need to listen to more Styx cause I always loved Renegade, definitely one of my favorites of the tape if you're including songs I've heard before.

Express Yourself is awesome, there's something about sampling in this way during this Era that feels so much more authentic than when people do it now. Loved it.

Beautiful Loser probably isn't something I'd go back to a ton but I still quite enjoyed it and it's a good spot to put it in the playlist

House Of The Rising Sun is cheating, if you don't like this song you should go the way of Kurt Cobain. 10/10

I have a soft spot for all the Nena songs I've heard I don't speak a f---in lick of German but I always liked the sound and this is no different

I think You Can't Always Get What You Want is a good song objectively and I have it on my liked songs cause it gets stuck in my head a lot but the Stones were never really my thing. They don't move me much but I appreciate them and their impact.

Kinda similar thing for Jay, outside of a few songs he never clicked with me. I did like D'evils he always raps well and I really liked the beat here

The Gambler is another cheat code, always loved this song. Not much more to say, good s---.

Hip Hop Hooray is a classic that I wouldn't go back to much, I still really like it and am always happy to hear it but I never really go out of my way to listen.

Torn speaks to my soul, that you for slapping some white girl music on here I've always really liked this one.

You Shook Me All Night Long is nowhere near a personal favorite of mine when it comes to AC/DC but it's definitely a classic and a good closer

Good s--- man! We haven't had even close to a bad mixtape yet and this is no exception!

Favorite Songs: Otherside, Renegade, Express Yourself, House Of The Rising Sun, the Nena song (not spelling that), The Gambler, Torn

RATING
8.5/10

 

May 13, 2025

Thanks for the great review and an incredible score man! Really happy that you dug it so much. I am also hyped to hear that you liked how the whole thing flowed, means that all the time I spent rearranging the tracklist wasn’t for nothing.

Built To Spill is a really cool project by Dough Martsch, the guy is an absolute animal with the guitar. I’d recommend checking out his album Perfect From Now On when you have the time. It is such a cool collection of songs that all have a pretty similar sound to this one; I’m sure you’d enjoy it. The album itself is pretty existential and heavy thematically but is a real treat when you’re in the mood for stuff like that.

And yeah, definitely! Different Class is such an amazing project, has a track or two that I skip nowadays but the moments on it like Bar Italia and others are such strong tracks that they completely make up for it.

And to be honest, Vincent Craine is a song that I added as a mood setter (seemed like the right place to start the thing off), while Dirty Old Town made an appearance cause of my unhealthy obsession with that band. In hindsight both are pretty niche and not that great to include in a mix like this.

Once again, many thanks for listening!

 

May 10, 2025

 

May 10, 2025

Agreed was thinking of just doing two and two

Keeps it fresh and not boring

 

May 10, 2025

I say we either do one or two rotations of albums then go to one or two rotations of tapes back and forth from now on. Gives time to decide more themes for the mixtape rotations.

 

May 10, 2025

Also 9 more days until the 1st birthday of @AOTWClub

 

May 8, 2025

Played my mixtape for my creative adviser Omar and he was not thrilled.

 

May 8, 2025

Erections for everyone would be a good thing I agree

 

May 7, 2025

Michael Myers - Section 70-80-90

Favorites: Cambodia, Renegade, Express Yourself, D'evils, Hip Hop Hooray, Torn

RIPPER ROO’S RATING: 7/10

I like the mixture of rap, rock, and pop on this tape. It’s always interesting to see the approaches to these tapes and whether they’re all the same genre or have more genre variety. Covering all 3 decades in this tape is impressive as well. In a way, you can really flex your knowledge with this.

I’ll get the negatives out of the way: there are certain songs that just do nothing for me. Looking for the Next Best Thing, Beautiful Loser, Nur geträumt, and The Gambler fit into this category. It’s not that they’re bad songs, in fact they are “good” songs. It’s just that they don’t excite me, don’t move me, don’t resonate with me, and I have no desire to ever listen to these songs again. In a world with so much music out there, this is an important factor to keep in mind. Sometimes it’s not enough to just be “good”.

One thing these tapes have showed me is I’ve heard A LOT more music from this era than I thought I did, I just didn’t necessarily have the ability to name the songs or artists off of the top of my head. I’ve heard a vast majority of these songs. However, Cambodia was the nice surprise and biggest highlight for me on this mixtape. It’s one of the few songs on here that I’ve never heard, and I really enjoyed it. It was so great it got me a tiny bit emotional even though I’m feeling very cold-hearted today. That second verse really got me there.

Most of these other songs are great I just don’t have a whole lot to say about them tbh. One song I do wanna mention though is Torn. I love this song and am so glad it was on the tape. It’s one of those songs I heard a long time ago and completely forgot about but in the dark, almost inaccessible corners of my mind it still slightly existed. It’s like I unlocked a new section of my brain again. I know I’m not overwhelmingly positive about this tape so that’s why it’s not 10/10, but 7/10 is still a good score. There are a bunch of songs I don’t care about but it’s still a good tape nonetheless. @AOTWClub