public transportation

this is a mix tape about riding public transportation...

MTA - Kingston Trio
Metro - Berlin
Waiting for the Bus - Violent Femmes

yeah, and there's a bunch more that I don't remember just now... where's that notepad?

grocery stores

Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash
Safeway Cart - Neil Young
Market Place - Etta James
Common People - Pulp
The Ordinary Boys - Morrissey
Suddenly Everything Has Changed - Flaming Lips
Innocence - Kirsty MacColl
Safeway is Love - Will Roby
I am a Grocery Bag - They Might Be Giants
Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
I Wanted Everything - The Ramones
Shoplifters of the World Unite - The Smiths
Civil War - Guns n' Roses
Apples & Oranges - Pink Floyd
Round the Bend - The Beta Band

incorporeal lovers

this mix is about love with non physical beings...

so far:

Dream Lover - Mariah Carey
Anorexic Girlfriend - Pulp ("girlfriend of my nightmares...")
Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man - Concrete Blonde
Impossible Love - UB40
Necrophilia Isn't a Crime - Will Roby
I'm Not Sorry - Morrissey
Haunted - Type O Negative

more, but I can't remember right now...

okay, and then i found THE NOTEPAD...

Just My Imagination - the Temptations/Rolling Stones
Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole & others
Plastic Fantastic Lover - ????
???? - Back Street Boys (what the heck? who takes these notes)
???? - Bjork

(oooh and I haven't assessed the relevance of the comments, so the post has not been updated to include them. And I think that Roby's song "Necrophilia is not a Crime" does count. i would argue that he is actually in love with her ghost, but making a joke about having sex with her corpse. Or maybe that's just what I want to believe...Roby?)

Days of the Week Underpants

*Five+ days mentioned.

Monday - Wilco
Last Dance - Neil Young
Monday, Monday - The Mamas & the Papas
Blue Monday - New Order/Orgy
Manic Monday - The Bangles
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Tuesday Moon - Neutral Milk Hotel
Wellington's Wednesday - The Weakerthans
Waiting for Wednesday - Lisa Loeb
Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday - Hey Mercedes
Thursday's Child - David Bowie
Thursday - Jim Croce
Friday on My Mind - David Bowie*
Friday - Sunny Day Real Estate
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure*
Friday - J. J. Cale*
Friday Night, Saturday Morning - The Specials
The Heart of a Saturday Night - Tom Waits
Saturday as Usual - Bright Eyes
Saturday Morning - The Eels
Every Day is Like Sunday - Morrissey
Sunday Morning - Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash/Crooked Fingers
Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday
Disco 2000 - Pulp
This Time - Los Lobos*
Police on My Back - The Clash*
I Wanna Be Your Friend Again - Concrete Blonde*
DJ Shadow song ??????

Ain't Nothin' But a Number....

*Thanks to a checker at Berkeley Bowl for this mix idea.
**WTF! Why are there almost no songs with any ages between 30-64?!

Ironic - Alanis Morissette (98)
Southern Pacific - Neil Young (65)
When I'm 64 - The Beatles (64)
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan (51)
When I Was a Fool - Concrete Blonde (45)
Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother - Ray Wylie Hubbard/Cracker (34)
You Can Never Leave - Crooked Fingers (30)
End of the Century - Blur (30)
17 - Sex Pistols (29)
29 - Gin Blossoms (29)
What's Going On - 4 Non Blondes (25)
As Wicked - Rancid (25)
Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths (25)
Old Man - Neil Young (24)
Pardon Me - Incubus (23)
Powderfinger - Neil Young (22)
Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits (21)
Time Bomb - Rancid (21)
Hot Thing - Prince (21)
Never Had No One Ever - The Smiths (20)
Two Little Girls - Ani DiFranco (19)
Last Dance with Mary Jane - Tom Petty (18)
Come Out and Play - Offspring (under 18)
The River - Bruce Springsteen/Crooked Fingers (17, 19)
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles (17)
I Love Rock n' Roll - Joan Jett (17)
Legend in My Living Room - Annie Lennox (17)
Dancing Queen - ABBA (17)
Seventeen - Winger (17)
Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty (over 17)
It Was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra (17)
It Was a Very Good Beer - Homer Simpson (17)
16 going on 17 - from Sound of Music (16, 17)
Only 16 - Sam Cooke (16)
Take Me to the River - Al Green/Talking Heads/The Commitments (16)
Half a Person - The Smiths (16)
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones (16)
Blue Green Olga - Blues Explosion (16)
Sixteen Candles - Roy Orbison (16)
Sick Again - Led Zeppelin (16)
Sixteen Candles Down the Drain - Sponge (16)
Alive - Pearl Jam (13)
Travellin' Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin (13)
Growing Up with G n' R - Aqueduct (12)
Fuck and Run - Liz Phair (12, 17)
Wrong Way - Sublime (12)
Joe Bean - Johnny Cash (10, 20)
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (9)
Thrasher - Neil Young (8, 9)
Stan - Eminem (6)
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters (5, 21)
Birthday - Sugarcubes (5)
Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction (5)
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin (3)
Full Grown - Blues Explosion (mentions several ages)

Cadillacs (a somewhat countryish/bluesy slant)

Brand New Cadillac – The Clash
Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
The Same Old You – Tom Petty
Black Cadillacs – Modest Mouse
Fast Shadow – Wu Tang Clan
Dr. Bernice – Cracker
Real Man – Bonnie Raitt
Carl Perkin’s Cadillac – Drive-By Truckers
Alabama – Neil Young
Black Cadilac – Catfish Hodge Band
Willie the Wimp – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rainbow’s Cadillac – Bruce Hornsby
Timebomb – Rancid
Swingin’ – Tom Petty
Guitars, Cadillacs – Dwight Yoakam
Record Executive Blues – Catfish Hodge Band
Maybellene – Chuck Berry
Night in My Veins – Pretenders
Whose Cadillac is That? – War
Alcohol and Pills – Todd Snider
Nymphomaniac – Jason Boland

Cities (obviously needs some narrowing down)

Cities - Talking Heads
The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel
London Calling - The Clash
The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
I Left My Wallet in El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest
San Fran - Kitty Craft
Erotic City - Prince
Paradise City - Guns 'n' Roses
Santa Monica - Everclear
LA - Elliott Smith
Last Train to Clarkesville - The Monkees
True Dreams of Wichita - Soul Coughing
Chicago - Frank Sinatra/Django Reinhart/Tony Bennett
Chicago, My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
Hollywood Swingin - Kool and the Gang
Heartbeat City - The Cars
Shanty Town - Desmond Dekker
Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
April in Paris - Thelonius Monk
Ghost Town - The Specials
Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson
Sparkle City - Shuggie Otis
Trenchtown Rock - Bob Marley
Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley
Detroit - Rancid
At the Chime of a City Clock - Nick Drake
Score from Augusta - Beulah
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Motown Philly - Boyz II Men
Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert
Nuestra Ultima Citta - Ibrahim Ferrer
Area Codes - Ludicris
Rio - Duran Duran
Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997 - Beck