Most people have a love/hate relationship with this Hallmark holiday. I am no exception. Here's a slightly (read: heavily) bipolar mix for the valentine-could-have-beens in my life this year. It's a mixture of pop meets electro house, in the form of a bunch of weird covers and remixes, meets (as described by King Fantastic himself) westcoastsynthesizerbeachbumgangstermusic meets new wave meets hip hop, then runs off with a bunch of girls and their untuned acoustic guitars... just how I like it :)
So, play this in your car or on your ipod, cry, laugh, punch a wall if you must. And let me know in the comments, if you had to pick one song to describe your Valentine's day this year, what would it be?
Download the mix:
PART 1 //
PART 2
1. Better off Dead - The Sounds
why don't you kill me with your love?
I'm better off dead
2. Dancing in the Dark - Tegan and Sara (Bruce Sprinsteen Cover)
you can't start a fire sitting around crying over a broken heart...
you can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
this gun is for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark
3. Lovesick - TLC
saw myself on Ricki Lake,
overweight and full of hate
cause some asshole left me in distress
I used to look down on all that mess
4. Lovefool (Mr Gaspar Remix) - The Cardigans
I cried, I prayed and I begged,
love me, love me, pretend that you love me
fool me, fool me, just go on and fool me
5. Whatever You Like - Anya Marina (TI Cover)
I want your body, need your body
as long as you've got me, you won't need nobody
baby you can have whatever you like
6. Make Me Wanna Die - The Pretty Reckless
I can see in your eyes,
you make me wanna die,
I'll never be good enough,
you make me wanna die
7. Hang With Me - Robyn (Avicii Radio Edit/ Tonic Remix)
will you tell me once again,
how we're gonna be just friends?
if you're for real and not pretend,
then I guess you can hang with me
8. Dickhead - Kate Nash
think you know everything,
you really don't know anything,
I wish that you were more intelligent
so you could see that what you're doing is so shitty to me
why you being a dickhead for?
you're just fucking up situations.
9. Another Heart Calls - The All-American Rejects
what can I do?
say it's true
or everything that matters breaks in two
say it's true
i'll never ask for anyone but you
10. Animal - Neon Trees
here we go again
I kinda wanna be more than friends
so take it easy on me
I'm afraid you're never satisfied
11. Brutal Hearts - Bedouin Soundclash ft. Coeur de Pirate
are you the brutal heart that I've been looking for?
cause if you're looking for love, you can look for that door
12. Monster (Camo & Krooked Remix) - Professor Green
I'll give you everything you'll ever need
and I'll find a way to turn you into a monster
me and you, we could rule the world
cause no one's gonna mess with me, I'm a monster
13. Pick up the Phone - Dragonette
oh cherry, cherry,
I'll read your fortune
it says here you're too serious and such
but I learned one thing Cherry you should understand
that nothing really matters very much...
congratulations, I'm having visions of us
breaking everything on our way outta town
we're going places you've never dreamed of
14. Hurry Up & Choose - Mozella
we keep playing this game where you
catch my eye, and then I look away...
so could you hurry up and choose?
15. Good to you - Marianas Trench
I want you to know I think you'd be good to me,
and I'd be so good to you
16. Stop Fucking Playing - King Fantastic
yeah we can be friends,
but the way you coming off it's like we fking in the end
so if we fking in the end,
then we fking wasting time,
let the fking begin,
that might be harsh, but if you wanna play games
you're gonna play your part
17. Ayo Technology - Katherine
damn I like the way you move
you got me thinking about
all the things I'd do to you
18. Fucking Boyfriend - The Bird and The Bee
are you unsatisfied? you can't make up your mind
when you can take me by the hand and I will close my eyes
19. The Other Side - Bruno Mars ft. Cee-Lo & B.O.B.
you know I've been waiting on the other side
and you, all you've gotta do is cross the line
I could wait a whole life time but you just gotta decide,
20. Behave - Robyn Dell'Unto
cause it's harder to smile,
harder to stay,
it's harder to lie and look the other way,
it's so hard to just behave,
and wake up in the morning with my head on straight
it's so hard to refrain, cause you're bad for me
21. I Want You - Kelly Clarkson
hot temper with the shortest fuse,
you're such a mess with an attitude
22. In 4 the Kill Pon de Skream - Major Lazer & La Roux
I hang my hopes out on the line,
will they be ready for you in time
if you leave them out too long
they'll be withered by the sun
23. You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine
time after time I think "oh lord, what's the use?"
time after time I think it's just no good
sooner or later in life, the things you love you lose
but you've got the love I need to see me through
BONUS!
Nasty Girl - The Notorious B.I.G.
(cause there's a lot of love in this song! how else would you spend v-day?)
