happy? sad? you be the judge

you know how songs gather memories?
a song you love becomes inextricably linked with an event - the break up of a relationship or the buying of a fantastic pair of socks.

and sometimes these songs don't in themselves evoke a particular mood.
or the mood they evoke is the opposite of the effect they have on you.

with that said, here's xPQwRtz compilation #5.
like buses there are two at once this time.

#5.1 is songs that, whenever i hear them, make me feel sad or uncomfortable.
#5.2 is songs that always make me feel happy or make my heart race.

i'm not going to go into the reasons all these songs have their effect on me - it would take forever, i can't be bothered, and i'm sure you don't really care.
i'm also pretty sure you'll know a lot of these songs and you'll think, "why on earth does THAT make him sad/happy?"

so, here they are for your pleasure - two very personal groups of songs:


tracklisting:

felt - declaration
cannanes - woe
beloved - this means war
jazz butcher - susie
strawberry switchblade - trees & flowers
june brides - this town
chills - the great escape
kilgore trout - basilisk
marc riley & the creepers - shadow figure
microdisney - pink skinned man
pastels - surprise me
band of holy joy - mad dot
weather prophets - naked as the day you were born
sea urchins - please rain fall
biff bang pow! - if i die
stump - our fathers
television personalities - arthur the gardener
momus - murderers, the hope of women
these immortal souls - marry me (lie! lie!)
young marble giants - final day

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tracklisting:

pastels - heaven's above
prefab sprout - don't sing
robert lloyd - the part of the anchor
stitched back foot airman - wouldn't you like to know
bIG fLAME - man of few syllables
pleasureheads - something you're above
television personalities - and don't the kids just love it
wolfhounds - disgusted, e7
soup dragons - whole wide world
great leap forward - let's jive while we're still alive
that petrol emotion - it's a good thing
scritti politti - jacques derrida
haircut one hundred - favourite shirts (boy meets girl)
bogshed - tried & tested public speaker
hit parade - stop
fire engines - candyskin
tynal tywyll - '73 heb flares
teardrop explodes - ha ha i'm drowning
woodentops - good thing

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note: as usual the vast majority of these are taken from my scratchy old records and so the quality is a bit poor in places.

ENJOY!