Love was in the air last week as stores displayed their most romantic, erotic, or red-coloured merchandise in honour of Valentine’s Day sales. Skip the monetary exchange and make something for your loved one, like, say, a mixtape. Here’s an example to get your creative juices flowing.
SIDE A: (Honeymoon phase)
1. “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor” – Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – 2006
2. “Fancy Footwork (D.I.M. remix) – Chromeo – Fancy Footwork EP – 2007
3. “Heartbeats” – The Knife – Deep Cuts – 2003
4. “I Wanna Make It Wit Chu (acoustic)” – Queens of the Stone Age – Desert Sessions Volume 9: I See You Hearin’ Me – 2003
5. “Always Where I Need To Be” – The Kooks – Konk – 2008
6. “Just Like Heaven” – The Cure – Galore – 1987–1996
7. “Engine Heart” – Mirah – You Think It’s Like This But Really It’s Like This – 2000
8. “Is This Love?” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – 2005
9. “La Ritournelle (Metronomy Mix)” – Sébastien Tellier – Politics – 2004
10. “Yours to Keep (Ft. Neneh Cherry)” – Teddy Bears – Soft Machine – 2006
SIDE B: (It’s for real)
11. “Love You Madly” – CAKE – Comfort Eagle – 2001
12. “Fell in Love With a Girl” – The White Stripes – White Blood Cells – 2001
13. “Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players cover)” – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 1996
14. “Let it Be Love” – Plants and Animals – La La Land – 2010
15. “Bold As Love” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love – 1967
16. “This is Everything” – Tegan & Sara – Under Feet Like Ours – 2001
17. “Love, Love, Love (Love Love)” – As Tall As Lions – As Tall As Lions – 2006
18. “Fuck it, I Love You” – A Brighter Beat – Malcolm Middleton – 2007
19. “You Are The Best Thing” – Ray LaMontagne – Gossip In The Grain – 2008
20. “Deputy of Love” – Don Armando’s Second Ave Rhumba Band – Don Armando’s Second Ave Rhumba Band – 1979
