A few months ago I participated in a CD swap on Facebook. 10 strangers (relative to me, with the exception of one old high school friend....friend? Acquaintance? Were we really friends? I don't know that we were. We knew of each other. We never hung out. We never did anything outside of school - that I can recall - however now we chat often. Strange how life does that.)

Anyways, I digress. It was to make a mix CD to distribute to other people who you didn't know to basically show off your music tastes. The only real rule was to stay away from mainstream popular music. Which was relatively easy for me. The latest challenge is to make a Deserted Island Mix CD. A CD that you would want to listen to over and over again.

I got to work today on it. But then thought a little bit. If I were on a Deserted Island what kind of music would I want. Would I just want my favorite songs of all time to listen too? Would I want comfort music? Would I want upbeat music to keep my spirits up? I started with current favorite songs. But then thought about how often my music changes. Not my musical tastes, but what parts of my collection I listen too. A year ago, ten years ago, totally different music would be on this CD.

And the music I put on there so far, the current favorites (which does contain some old school songs) are not the happiest songs. They're reflective, I suppose, of my mood currently. Not depressed, but not the happiest most jubilant point of my life either. And its probably not the music I'd want to be stuck on a deserted island with. Although if I am completely honest I wouldn't be happy on a deserted island. Although it probably depends on my duration there. I am a lonesome creature. Or can be for a long while. But everyone needs some sort of contact to make them happy. So yeah.....maybe a not depressing but not happy uplifting feel good music is a good deserted island mix.

Or maybe I'm putting too much thought into a mix CD?

And because I've gotten multiple inquiries..... Out of the 69 songs played or mentioned in High Fidelity, these are the ones I'm still searching for:
Song / Band

Little Did I Know / Brother JT3
I'm Wrong About Everything / John Wesley Harding
On Hold / Edith Frost
Hyena 1 / Goldie
Soaring and Boring / Plush
Leave for Home / Chemical Brothers
Four to the Floor / John Etkin-Bell
Loopfest / Toby Bircheno and Jan Cryka
Get It Together / Grand Funk Railroad
This India / Harbhajhn Singh and Navinder Pal Signh
Good and Strong / Sy Smith
Chapel of Rest / Dick Walter
Homespun Rerun (Cornelius Remix) / High Llamas
Hit the Street / Rupert Gregson-Williams
Little Latin Lupe Lu / Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels / The Righteous Brothers

I know I can buy some of them off iTunes if I have too. But I'm looking to acquire them through other means first. So if you have them or come across them please send me the song to help me along. Anyone that helps can have a copy of the collection.