Rules:
- The title of each song must begin with the letter “S”
- The title of each song may contain only one word.
- The length of the mixtape must not exceed 90 minutes
- Only one song per artist
- I must like the song
- Each mixtape must, if at all possible, conclude with a great quote
“S” My Life
- Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
- Synchronicity I – The Police
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
- Satellite – Dave Matthews Band
- Situation – Yaz
- Superstar – Carpenters
- Shelter – Lone Justice
- Shackles – Mary Mary
- Shine – Newsboys
- SOS – Rihanna
- Shaft – Isaac Hayes
- Sara – Fleetwood Mac
- Stay – Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
- Shout – The Isley Brothers
- Shrubbery As Sacrifice – from Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Selected Commentary:
Satisfaction – When I was a senior in high school, my very generous parents gave me a brand new, slate blue, Honda Prelude si. I LOVED that car, and I cried when I drove through the rain to sell it after accumulating a decade of memories in it. This song was the last one I ever played in it…which helped me smile through the tears.
Synchronicity I – During my college years, my friend Renee and I would road trip home together in the above-mentioned Prelude, with the sunroof open and the tunes blasting. Whenever we played this song (which was often) we would sing/shout alternating lines of the chorus to each other.
Superstition – Stevie’s Wonder.
Situation – Alison Moyet = Best Female Vocalist of the New Wave era. (In case you were wondering, Best Male Vocalist of the New Wave era = Sting.)
Superstar – I don’t care what you say…Carpenters rock!
Shelter – As a film student at TCU, I dreamed of making a promotional video for Habitat for Humanity featuring this song. *sigh*
Shackles and Shine – I know I previously said I rarely include CCM songs in my mixtapes, and really, I don’t! But these two are classics and, I believe (no pun intended), stack up against mainstream pop songs. So for those of you who aren’t really into it, that’s cool…feel free to skip on down to #11. The rest of us are going to get our hands up and praise Jesus for a bit.
Shaft – My dad loved this soundtrack. I used to sit as close as possible to our old stereo console and play this song (song one on side one) over and over. Many times I would only make it through the almost-three-minute intro before I picked up the needle (ever so gently so I wouldn’t scratch the record) to start the magic all over again. I was three years old.
One final note: In real life, I have also included Phil Collins’ song Sussudio on this mixtape. However, since I have so recently subjected you to it, and I know there’s only so much Phil most of you can take, I have omitted it from the list above.
Did I miss any great “S” titles? Wanna share your favorite songs that begin with the first letter of your name?
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