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Keepers of the Name - a Will Grayson, Will Grayson Mix

Hey everyone!

willgrayson.willgrayson.tumblr.com is proud to bring you our Will Grayson, Will Grayson mix tape!

That’s “tape” in quotation marks, people.

In preparing this mix, I worked with two goals in mind.  First, it needed to be true to the spirit of the book, and it needed to accurately represent the characters.  Secondly, I wanted it to reflect songs that I think Will, will, Jane, and Tiny would actually listen to.  I wanted it to come from their world, basically.  There’s some oddball punk for Jane, lots of Neutral Milk Hotel for Will, a couple of musical songs for Tiny, and some quieter, moodier pieces for will.  Each song was selected very carefully and for a specific reason.

In helping me prepare this mix, I have a few thank yous to give out!  First thanks to Claude (www.fateflictonics.tumblr.com) who made our beautiful album art!  Next, I’d like to thank awesome nerdfighter Paul for helping me find bands that were actually mentioned in the book and for helping me figure out what to do with David’s will.  The Rise Against! track would not have made it on without his help.  Big thanks to Lindsey for giving me the Weezer track!  You guys are awesome. :)

Without further ado, the track listing:

1. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
2. The Shake - The Elms
3. Inches and Falling - The Format
4. The Bitch of Living - Spring Awakening Original Broadway Cast
5. Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone - Neutral Milk Hotel
6. For Real - Okkervil River
7. The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
8. Kilojoules - Freelance Whales
9. Sentimental - Porcupine Tree
10. Hate - Cat Power
11. Perfect Situation - Weezer
12. Over the Rainbow - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
13. If You Love Someone, Set Them on Fire - Dead Milkmen
14. The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
15. Song for Lonely Giants - The Mountain Goats
16. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
17. Teen Love - Peter Bjorn and John
18. Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19. Swing Life Away - Rise Against
20. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
21. If You Need a Friend - James Murphy
22. Soul Brother - Queen
23. Not Alone - A Very Potter Musical Cast

It full fits onto one CD as is, so if you want to burn it to a disc it’s ready. :)  I kind of view the mix stopping at the James Murphy song, with last two tracks being goofy b-sides.  :P

Feel free to reblog this and spread it around!  Also, I would love to hear feedback!  If you have any questions about the songs or anything else to say, please reblog with responses or email me at heatheremurray@gmail.com.  I had a ton of fun doing this, and if I get lots of good feedback I may do them for the rest of John’s books.  If you all are game, I am.

Finally, the download link.  Enjoy and DFTBA! :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymngzjgjook

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