Would you please clap your hands?

[urgencytobleed]

I liked using a mixtape method so much last time that I think I'm going to continue using it for each of my future themed posts. It forces me to be choosy in my selection and seems more thoughtful and cohesive than simply a random group of songs. With my last one, I actually struggled to fill up an entire 80 minutes but it was the opposite with this mix. Because of the broad theme - songs featuring handclaps - there was a much larger selection of songs to choose from which meant I had to make quite a few painful cuts, especially in the final stages, when I would suddenly find a new song to fit in and had to trade another one for it or when I had to take out or replace some songs for the greater good of the overall sound. I tried to focus more on making all of the songs fit together musically than just choosing a bunch of my favorites, so for many of the artists included, the song I picked isn't necessarily my very favorite of their handclap-featuring songs but works better with all of the others. I specifically wanted to make this mix more upbeat and fun so there are only a few slower songs. Also, this compilation has a shocking amount of male vocals for my usual tastes - okay, it's still not a lot by normal standards, but it's a lot considering that I almost exclusively listen to females. Anyway, here are 22 lovely songs that will hopefully put a smile on your face and make you want to get up and dance. Same as last time, you can either download single tracks below the cut or download the whole mix, whichever works better for you.

• Agent Ribbons - Le Noche

What a gas is that the jury's convictions conclude where the guilt is none 'cause I'm lonely and I cannot help myself.

• Feist - Mushaboom

I got a man to stick it out and make a home from a rented house and we'll collect the moments one by one; I guess that's how the future's done.

• St. Vincent - Paris Is Burning

Sticks and stones have made me smarter; it's words that cut me under my armor. They say, "I'm on your side when nobody is 'cause nobody is. Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear."

• Elizabeth & the Catapult - Momma's Boy

If you want a girl to be your mother, go find another, go find another one. You only call me when your life's going under. I'm not just a cover, I'm not just a cover-up.

• Eisley - Trolley Wood

We found a wood, we unfound a wood and then we cried, oh no. Please tell me, will we ever find it again?

• Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling

My brain's repeating, "If you've got an impulse let it out," but they never make it past my mouth.

• Georgie James - Need Your Needs

What you say doesn't mean a thing to me anymore. What you do doesn't mean a thing to me anymore.

• The Brunettes - Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth

B-A-B-Y, I love to call you baby. My sugar, my honey, don't care if it sounds cliche.

• Tilly and the Wall - Bad Education

You broke your fingers in the climb, scuffed up all your pretty shine. You got your air so thin I think you blew it. Did I blow it?! You fell into it.

• Mates of State - Fraud in the 80's

You will surely find this news pleasing to your ears.

• The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song

Pardon me, the music is moving, moving from left to right. Apologies for losing my cooling, losing the day to night.

• Lily Allen - Everything's Just Wonderful

Oh Jesus Christ almighty, do I feel alright? No, not slightly.

• The Good Life - Lovers Need Lawyers

All that I'm screaming’s being held against me. Well, you're judge and jury, so hang me or take me for all I am worth - better or worse.

• The Eames Era - Could Be Anything

I certainly hope that you are happy with your new change of company, surrounded by your enemies.

• Bishop Allen - The News From Your Bed

There's a mouse in the cupboard that nibbles your crumbs and you talk to him every night. You say, "Hey, Mr. Whiskers, I'm bored and I'm numb. You can stay if you just treat me right."

• 1997 - Garden of Evil

I fell into a wishing well so that's where I've been drinking. Turns out it drove me into the ground, so much for wishful thinking.

• The Grates - Science Is Golden

Sleeping orders won't get you through the door - you want more. Watch them go by. Slippery lips ain't done sinking ships in the meantime. You dream of lines. Watch them go by.

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts

Sometimes I think that I'm bigger than the sound.

• Rilo Kiley - Smoke Detector

My eyes burn, everybody smokes. I smoke too but not as much as you. I do the smoke detector.

• Eux Autres - Other Girls

I sing your praises like a bird. My faith is unshakable.

• Regina Spektor - Prisoners

All of the prisoners serving life sentences wait for the earth to suddenly shake, for the walls to somehow suddenly come crumbling, tumbling and for the bars to somehow magically break.

• Stars - He Lied About Death

What gives you the right to fuck with our lives? A devil born in paradise, a liar loves to lie. Keep watching your back - killers always have killers on their track.


Download entire mix (70 MB)

P.S. Does anyone know any good songs with any kind of group vocals in them? I did a post with some awhile ago but I want to revisit and expand on the theme and I'm running a bit short on songs. If you can think of any (and not ones that totally don't match with my music taste at all), let me know!

Comments

[xsophieee.livejournal.com]

The Sounds - Song With A Mission, maybe?

[aliceroseralph.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! My friend put Elizabeth & The Catapult on a mix-CD for me but didn't provide a tracklisting so I've been trying to hunt it down for months. I googled the lyrics and this page was literally the only one that popped up, thank-you!!

thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

Like the person in the last comment, I heard this song a few days ago and have been trying to google the lyrics to no avail. I finally found this page - its apparently the only one with lyrics to Momma's Boy. Big Thanks!