The ‘Happy Place in Extreme Environments or Situations’ Mix
This mix was inspired by a friend of mine, Adam, who is part of the Dirty Avocado’s, which is not your mother’s Guacamole. Instead they are a Adventure Racing Team, braving the environmental factors such as the weather, terrain, and their equipment.
Per his request in asking for a nice mix of songs to play while battling the extremities, I came up with a “Relatively Small” list of songs (50 to be exact) that would hopefully put him in his “Happy Place”.
I will hopefully post a “Podcast” or three of these songs for your listening pleasure later on but I thought I would offer this as an eccletic mix of Happy Songs.
In coming up with these songs, I tried to loosely base it off a “Psychaedelic” theme. However, even in dealing with that theme, we do cross over into other genres of music from time to time. You can read, critique, and lambast here and then later on I will let you sit back and relax and enjoy the ride.
Song Title - Band
Why wont you talk about it - The Radio Dept.
Calvary Scars Ll / Aux. Out - Deerhunter
Zebra - Beach House
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
No Surprises - Radiohead
Already Yours - Curve
Sunbathing - Lush
Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear
The Crystal Cat - Dan Deacon
Silence - Portishead
Three Days - Jane’s Addiction
So You’ll Aim Toward The Sky - Grandaddy
Sometimes - My Bloody Valentine
Skunks - Caribou
Deeper into Movies - Yo La Tengo
The Way You Dream - 1 Giant Leap
No. 6 Von Karman Street - A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Bright Tomorrow - Fuck Buttons
Infinity - The XX
Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In) - Radiohead
I Have Been Floated - Olivia Tremor Control
You Are The Blood - Sufjan Stevens
…And the World Laughs With You (feat. Thom Yorke) - Flying Lotus
The Trees - Max Richter
Don’t Let Your Youth Go to Waste - Galaxie 500
Wait in a Line - Now It’s Overhead
Red - Mission of Burma
The Rat - The Walkmen
Wholehearted Mess - Bear In Heaven
Dead Souls - Joy Division
The Murder Mystery - The Velvet Underground
Hearing Damage - Thom Yorke
Texico Bitches - Broken Social Scene
We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafling - Of Montreal
Get Innocuous! - LCD Soundsystem
In the Flowers - Animal Collective
Inertia Creeps - Massive Attack
Indoor Swimming At The Space Station - Eluvium
Roscoe - Midlake
Starla - Smashing Pumpkins
je t’aime… moi non plus (en duo avec Jane Birkin) - Serge Gainsbourg
Hard World - Overflower
A Rush and Push and the Land Is Ours - The Smiths
Sun - Caribou
Whatever Happened - Glenn Mercer
Archangel - Burial
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Your Blood in Mine - Serena Maneesh
Everythings Alright When You’re Down - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Instrumental - Galaxie 500
