Warning: Long Post Ahead:
ONLY 10 TRACKS?? I'm sorry, but I have this need to fill up an entire 80 minute CD and have very little (if any) left over space. I have a collection of 15 compilation CDs (so far) that I've made for myself. It was originally going to be individual songs taken from a performer's CD when I didn't want to buy the entire CD...but it became filled with much more than just those kinds of songs. Things taped from TV, videos and DVDs; stuff downloaded from the Internet; songs from CDs that I owned that I wanted to put with other similar songs; etc., etc., etc. (a
King and I reference). I just finished my 15th CD and I've started collecting songs for #16! Isn't that exciting? Isn't that just too too? (a BK reference!) Anyway, just to get an idea of what I like (and in this case, it's what I had been collecting about two years ago), here's the track listing of my very first compilation CD (all 21 of them...don't ask me to cut it down to 10--and don't worry, I won't post all 15 CD track listings):
1.
If We Never Meet Again* – Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley
2.
Disneyland* – Michelle Nicastro (hidden track on Michelle's "On My Own" CD)
3.
Dream World – ABBA (a song never released until their 4-CD set "Thank You for the Music." Part of this song, musically, became part of "Does Your Mother Know?")
4.
Dublin Lady – Bernadette Peters with John Whelan (the only song she sings on his CD)
5.
That’s All – Sam Harris and Laurie Beechman
6.
The Codependency Duet* – Randy Graff
7.
What Fools These Lovers Be – Matt Slinger (this and song #8 are from
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night that was written and performed here in Olympia. It's VERY good!)
8.
Halleboogaloodaday! – Karen Naughton
9.
Trashing the Camp – Rosie O’Donnell and Cast (from Disney's "Tarzan" soundtrack)
10.
Love Is All Around – Joan Jett and the Black Hearts
11.
Sufferin’ Till Suffrage – Essra Mohawk and Chorus (yes, the song from "School House Rock!")
12.
One of Us – Go West (from the ABBA 25th Anniversary CD)
13.
Someday/God Help the Outcasts* – Debbie Shapiro Gravitte (met her on Saturday!!)
14.
If We Only Have Love* – Laurie and Claudia Beechman
15.
Now That I’ve Seen Her – Claire Moore (I bought the original
Miss Saigon release with the song "It's Her or Me." A friend bought the recording later and it had this song on it instead.
16.
April Fools – Rufus Wainwright
17.
Dancing Queen – The Real Group with Frida (this song a cappella and also from the ABBA 25th Anniversary CD)
18.
We Close Our Eyes – Go West
19.
The Day After That – Liza Minnelli (this was from a CD single)
20.
Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey* – Debbie Shapiro Gravitte
21.
Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner* (this was the hidden track on their first duet album--it's my own bonus track)
*=BK Produced (unless I remembered incorrectly)
I know that this doesn't specifically "express [my] tastes in all things musical" but it's a small sample of the kinds of things that I like. Also, I
still like all of these songs. I know some people (a Sondheim reference) that will like a song for a little while, get sick of it and never listen to it again. I'm not like that. Usually, once I like a song, I always like that song. I may not listen to it every day, but I do pull things off of my shelves and listen to them every once in a while.
