1997-2001 Archives
Welcome to the page featuring the playlists that were created (by me) during the period between 1997 and August 2001, also affectionately referred to as “The High School Years”!
Table Of Contents
- Favorite Songs, 2001 (1 Cassette)
- High School Mix: Pink, 2000 (1 CD)
- High School Mix: Red, 2000 (1 CD)
- Joan’s First Mix, 1999 (1 CD)
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Title: Favorite Songs; Year: 2001; Format: Cassette Tape
Brief Description: My last high school mixtape (but, needless to say, not my last mixtape), this compilation was created by moi to be played at my graduation party in August 2001. It took me a day to make, and is truly all of my most favorite songs at this exact moment. Diverse, no? It performed to rave reviews, and certainly stands the test of time.
Playlist:
Side A –
- Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
- John Denver – Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
- John Mellencamp – Wild Nights
- Audrey Hepburn – Moon River (from the Breakfast At Tiffany’s OST)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
- James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind
- Doobie Brothers – Black Water
- John Denver – Thank God I’m A Country Boy
- Wyclef Jean – Mona Lisa
- Barenaked Ladies – Shoebox
- Paul Westerberg – Sunshine
- Grant Lee Buffalo – In My Room
- Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
- Boyz II Men – Yesterday
- Sammy Hagar – Sittin’ On The Dock Of A Bay
- The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
Side B -
- Joan Osborne – One Of Us
- Commodores – Three Times A Lady
- Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady
- Temptations – How I Wish It Would Rain
- from Porgy & Bess – Summertime
- Ocean – Put Your Hand In The Hand
- Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
- Steve Winwood – While You See A Chance
- from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Dream
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio
- Bad Company – Feel Like Makin’ Love
- Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia
- Van Morrison – Moondance
- The Drifters – On Broadway
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
- Third Eye Blind – How’s It Gonna Be
- Paul McCartney & The Wings – Band On The Run
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Brief Description: With only a few hundred MP3’s, a brand new external CD burner, and some brightly colored blank CDs, the summer of 2000 was the mother of several major playlists. This one shows my true high school punk colors. I innocently break the cardinal mix rule of too many tracks by the same artist on one playlist.
Playlist:
- Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – Every Thing I Do (I Do It For You)
- Mandy Moore – Not Too Young
- O-Town – All Or Nothing
- The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman
- The Vandals – Euro-Barge
- Jimi Hendrix – The Star-Spangled Banner
- Me First and The Gimme Gimmes – My Boyfriend’s Back
- Me First and The Gimme Gimmes – Neverending Story Theme
- LeAnn Rimes – Please Remember
- Eagle Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
- Pat McGee Band – Rebecca
- Peaches And Herb – Reunited
- Me First and The Gimme Gimmes – Cheers Theme
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Other Side
- Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting
- Goo Goo Dolls – Black Balloon
- Vertical Horizon – Grey Sky Morning
- Indigo Girls – Romeo and Juliet
- Hall & Oates – Sara Smile
- Flickerstick – Execution By Christmas Lights
- George Michael – Faith
- The Vogues – Five O’Clock World
- Mickey & Sylvia – Love Is Strange
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Brief Description: With only a few hundred MP3’s, a brand new external CD burner, and some brightly colored blank CDs, the summer of 2000 was the mother of several major playlists. This time, I’m certainly eclectic, with naivety shining brightly into my hindsight.
Playlist:
- 02 – Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining Star
- 03 – Marc Cohn – Silver Thunderbird
- 06 – Me First and The Gimme Gimmes – So Happy Together
- 09 – L.E.N. – Steal My Sunshine
- 12 – K Ci & JoJo – Stuttering
- 13 – Joe – Stutter
- 16 – Our Lady Peace – Superman’s Dead
- 20 – Me First and The Gimme Gimmes – That Thing You Do
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Brief Description: I think this mix is hilarious, insightful, impressive, and… indicative of my father’s taste (after all, I wasn’t the one with a computer). Also of note: this was the golden age of napster, before everything became illegal.
Playlist:
- 01 – ZZ Top – La Grange
- 04 – Five For Fighting – Easy Tonight
- 08 – Cat Stevens – Wild World
- 09 – Frank Sinatra – The Girl From Ipanema
- 12 – War (feat. Eric Burdon) – Spill The Wine
- 14 – Free – All Right Now
- 15 – Gerry Rafferty – Right Down The Line
- 17 – Orleans – Dance With Me
- 18 – Paul McCartney – Silly Love Songs
