While riding in the car the other day, I had this idea to make a mix tape revolving around the word “star” and, on the back of a business card, jotted down a few songs that came to mind. One song was “Cripple and the Starfish” by Antony and the Johnsons, which later lead me to think I should try to incoporate as many songs with the word “starfish” in them as I could manage. However, all I could come up with was a song called “Starfish and Coffee” by Prince (a song that was apparently written for his appearance on The Muppet Show) and one called “Starfish Print” (a song submitted to the very first Remix Fight). A suggestion from moboid to check out the Austin band Starfish yielded nothing usable (party because the mix had already morphed by the time I got hold of the mp3s).
Yes, a morphing mix. Starfish led me to the sea and Star led me to the sky. So, this mix is more or less a journey from celestial songs to underwater ones. It turns out, within music I am familiar with anyway, that there are a lot more songs about the sky than there are about the sea. I hope to remedy this situation sometime in the future. Meanwhile, enjoy the mix.
- Air - New Star in the Sky (Chanson Pour Solal)
- Freezepop vs. Hideki Tobeta - Plastic Katamari Stars
- Stars - Counting Stars on the Ceiling
- Man … or Astroman? - As Estrelas Agora Elas Estão Mortas
- Beck - Sunday Sun
- Radiohead - Sail to the Moon
- Tom Waits - Fish & Bird
- Art of Noise - Island (Remixed by Youth)
- Nassau Ringers - The Water Is Wide
- Belle & Sebastian - Ease Your Feet in the Sea
- Antony and the Johnsons - Cripple and the Starfish
- Björk - Oceania
- Future Bible Heroes - She-Devils of the Deep
- Debussy - La Cathedrale Engloutie