I mentioned last year about the mixtapes my brother used to make. Well, just the other week, my mom mentioned that she still had a bunch of her tapes and that my brother’s mixtapes might be in amongst them and sure enough, I found the very tape that I remember most. Named aptly, A Whole Bunch of Good Songs Vol 2.

I wasn’t entirely sure when my brother put together this tape but given that no song seems to have been made after 1982, I’d say I have my answer. I would’ve listened to this tape probably throughout the ‘80s and it’s interesting to be reminded of songs that I had long forgotten like Snowman (XTC) and Homosapien (Pete Shelley). The lyrics came back to me rather quickly.

I made an Apple playlist and have documented the list of songs here for historical purposes.

Song	Artist
Hear That Guitar Ring	The Powder Blues Band
Doin It Right	The Powder Blues Band
Armageddon	Prism
Tainted Love	Soft Cell
I Got You	Split Enz
Another Nail In My Heart	Squeeze
Behind Blue Eyes	The Who
A Matter of Pride	The Tubes
Power Tools	The Tubes
Life Begins at the Hop	XTC
Love at First Sight	XTC
Respectable Street	XTC
Senses Working Overtime	XTC
Snowman	XTC
Roundabout	Yes
Vacation	The Go-Go’s
Should I Stay or Should I Go	The Clash
Sean Flynn	The Clash
Homosapien	Pete Shelley
Yesterday’s Not Here	Pete Shelley
Can’t Stand Losing You	The Police
Message In a Bottle	The Police

Alas, I didn't find any other mixtapes that my brother had put together.

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