the nice guy battles the music snob - snippets of a war inside my head

Caleb called me a late last night and bestowed upon me the unfortunate task of putting together a couple of mix CDs for the bachelor party this weekend.

oh god.

don't get me wrong here - those who know me well know i love making mix CDs - except when i know that the people who will be hearing them have vastly different musicals tastes than i do. my record collection contains almost no rap albums, very little commercial pop and absolutely no trance or top 40 country. the guys that will be attending this party are not interested in rocking out to Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Death From Above 1979, The Raveonettes or Fugazi. and i sure as hell don't have enough time to change their musical tastes before the end of the night.

the CD that i am currently making will undoubtedly be a huge failure. this isn't because these songs are bad - because they aren't. they just won't be well received. being the somewhat nice guy that i am i am still trying to add some stuff they might possibly be familiar with that i have in my collection.

oh fucking well.

track listing so far:

David Bowie - Queen Bitch
The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
Further Seems Forever - The Bradley
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Guns N Roses - Mr. Brownstone
The Roots - Rock You
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
Modest Mouse - Float On
The Ramones - We're a Happy Family
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Tripping Daisy - I Got a Girl
Weezer - The Good Life
The Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Ben Folds - Rock This Bitch
Foo Fighters - Everlong