driving_andflying

driving_andflying t1_jco9m9g wrote

I try to separate my politics and my music, as well as the artist from the music. If I didn't, my music library would be incredibly small.

To put is simply, people are complex. One person's angelic saint is another's horrible monster--and I'm pretty sure every musician has done something wrong to someone, somehow, to some degree. So, I buy the music that I like and stay largely ignorant of an artist's history or political views--and even then, there are some people whose music I refuse to buy.

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driving_andflying t1_ja9v5vj wrote

Upbeat 80's love songs?

"When I Think Of You" by Janet Jackson

"Just Like Heaven" by The Cure

"True" by Spandau Ballet

"Oh Sherrie" by Steve Perry

. . .

As was mentioned in other comments, it's not what you think they would want to hear, so much as that the songs you like, that make you think of them. That will make more of an impact.

Good luck, and please let us know how they receive the mixtape.

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driving_andflying t1_j9r9tau wrote

The Dead Kennedys: California Uber Alles

Finsterforst: Im Auge Des Sturms

Carl Orff: O Fortuna

KISS: Detroit Rock City

Gary Numan: Cars

Tangerine Dream: Crystal Voice

The Sisters of Mercy: Dominion/Mother Russia

Olivia Rodrigo: Brutal

Joji: Run

Ed Harcourt: Furnaces

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