http://8tracks.com/zombie...reign-girl

At the age of 7 I moved with my family (who are from Sweden) from Switzerland to a small country town in Australia. It was difficult. I clung onto this music, it was a link to my identity, my origins, my family. It's a purely sentimental selection of songs I loved from my parents very small music collection. Not cool or by any means fashionable, just home and comfort to me.

Amapola – Spotnicks (1963)
From my parents cassette "20 Golden Greats"
http://rateyourmusic.com/...en_greats/ (a German compilation of songs that were hits in Europe during my early childhood)
My mum said she heard the Spotnicks playing this song live from across a lake once when she and her girlfriends took a trip south to Germany.

Norwegian Wood – Beatles (1965)
We had the Rubber Soul album. The rainbow printed around the record's label used to mesmorise me as it went around and around and around. At the age of 5 I fancied Paul.

Education Sentimentale – Maxime LeForestier (1971)
My parents had this song on a CD, so it was a bit later that I heard this, when I was in my teens. My mum was learning french and her teacher introduced her to LeForestier.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack (1972)
This song was on the B-side of our Killing Me Soflty single.

Radar Love – Golden Earring (1973)
also from "20 Golden Greats" I used to think this song was soo COOOOOL
Now I find out every rock cover band around did this one, and to think they were a Dutch band

Porque Te Vas – Jeanette (1974)
We had this on a 7" - my mum had been to see this film
Cría cuervos (English: Raise Ravens) 1976 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegoric drama about an eight year old girl dealing with loss
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Da_Cuervos this was my FAVOURITE song as a kid.

Honey Honey (Swedish Version) – ABBA (1974)
We had the WaterLoo cassette, with the English version of this song on it. ABBA were like the most popular band in Australia ever, but we missed the mania by a couple of years, having arrived here in 1978. My friends had ABBA socks and wanted to know if I had met them

I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You – The Alan Parsons Project (1977)
We had the Best of Alan Parsons cassette and I played it over and over, I used to like to think this song reminded me of Prince

Toccata – Sky (1980)
Me and my sister and the 3 kids from next door used to race around the lounge room jumping on top of furniture to this one until we were flushed and sweaty

Ella, elle l'a – France Gall (1987)
This song was a homage to Ella Fitzgerald.
My mum used to wear a white shirt with the collar popped, white pants and a chain for a belt. Le Fashion! She used to think she was Joan Armatrading - I think of this when I listen to this song.

* I played this selection to my folks over the weekend, and they pointed out my glaring omission of Roger Whittaker's version of Moon Shadow. I have looked and looked and not been able to find that version anywhere, it must be too obscure

i never would've expected that moving at such an early age would have so much impact on you

personally i can hardly recall anything from when i was that young


i'll check out these songs

Dewrede said:

moving to a place where you don't speak the language and starting school without understanding a damn thing was terrifying. I'm traumatised for life you can see it in the way I'm hopeless at making friends

ZombieKitten said:

that had to be horrible. and that is a super cute pic of you when you were young



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U dont belong in this realm



*org artist community is that way
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here is proof that I am Björn and Agnetha's kid by the way

^^^^^^^^^^

ZombieKitten said:

ZombieKitten said:

every little girl back then had that hairdon't

Dewrede said:

but I had the same little eskimo eyes!!!

minneapolisFunq said:

http://prince.org/msg/8/329108

ZombieKitten said:

is that Kevin Bacon

drgnfly said:

ZombieKitten said:

ZombieKitten said:

hehehe
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/...18428c.jpg
or
http://chocolatecoveredba...-bacon.jpg

I for one are impressed

IAintTheOne said:

omg someone is actually listening to it?!?

drgnfly said:

OK, that is UNCANNY

ZombieKitten said:

yes I am

IAintTheOne said:

sextonseven didn't like the last song, too 80s compared to the rest of the mix

ZombieKitten said:

ahhh pfft lol you set it up on a feeling. that's the important thing

IAintTheOne said:

yes, I get the right feeling from it that's for sure

This is awesome Zombie!

I'm listening to it right now, and I want to thank you for the brief insight into your psyche. Like you, I moved around alot when I was a child, and like you, I can identify certain times in my life by the music that accompanies those memories.

...this was great, thanks again for sharing!

You are my hero, Charlotte! And I love the track list! Can't wait to listen.
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PurpleJedi said:

I'd moved house 8 times by the time I was 8, TWICE to new countries with different languages, and changed schools 3 times by then

Lammastide said:

no worries! I can be your back-up plan anytime

Listening now.

Quite an interesting mix here I must say.
Some of the songs there kind of fit if I were looking at old family photos from the 70s. Of course I wasn't born then but the images seem to fit the sounds, at least in my head. That song "Toccata" actually takes ME back, one of those songs that I must have heard when I was a little kid and I get a certain "dèja vu" feeling when I hear them many many years later.

I would very much like to make my own mix-tape with those "dèja vu" songs when the next round arrives.

I was surprised to know the last song on the list... but I only knew the Euro-dance version by Kate Ryan that was popular over here a year ago. I didn't like that one much but the original is a bit more enjoyable IMO...
The Euro-dance version for comparison:

ZombieKitten said:

It reminded me of bad 80s. I felt the same way when listening to Dusty Springfield's "Something In Your Eyes" on her Ultimate Collection comp. All her cool 60s and 70s tracks and then at the end is this Whitney Houston-ish thing.

The rest of your mix is ace though.

Listening.

Why is I can only upload eight tracks onto 8tracks (doh) but you have ten?