FAWM: "Mix tape"

Mix tape

2 weeks ago by @gordon

Skirmish: Mixtape (@lyricslinger)

Mix tape

gordon

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Liner Notes

#skirmish #nostalgia
Liked the prompt for this, coming from an age when we used to do this sort of thing...

Lyrics

We used to record the top of the pops
Only the good ones never the flops
Hoping that the dj would eventually stop
Waiting for the end of the song

And we'd record music, from old forty fives
Think of the order, nothing was random
What should go next, what follows on
What makes a statement for our lives?

It used to take a whole afternoon
And another one to fine-tune
I hope you will be happy with this mix
Hope you don’t want to eighty six me
It took a lot of time
If listen to this maybe you’ll be mine

(C) words and music G Todd 2025

Comments

@eamarant 2w

I like the texture in the production and I also like your voice, the affect you’re taking with it. Fun stuff!

@andygriff 2w

Super stuff. Had me from that opening couplet. Great fun arrangement and a very fine lyric to boot. This subject is certainly landing with a few people! 😊

@lyricslinger 2w

I love this song. Really good reflection on those days when people spent so much time picking out and refining just the right songs in the right order!

And apt that FAWM's image when the song plays is of a cassette tape ...