Have you ever put together a mix tape for that special someone only to have the intended message(s) be taken the wrong way or otherwise flop miserably? I have. Maybe 3 months into the dating period with my wife, by which time things were getting serious, I was off from work one day and I thought it would be a good time to put together a killer mix tape that would help her know just how I felt! When we got together that night I slyly inserted said tape and pushed PLAY. Within 2 or 3 songs Lou Reed’s “My House” came on and, taking no prisoners, my wife made a face reserved for a plate of liver or a fart cut in a small space and said, “What the fuck is this?!?!” It was the beginning of the end of my attempts at wooing my future wife through mix tapes is what it was. She was also a Lou Reed fan, but she would be no fan of The Blue Mask. Good thing I was able to muster up a personal reserve of love vibrations to seal the deal with a proposal and an engagement ring a few months later. Lou and whatever other artists I put on that tape would be of no help.
Please feel free to share your own mix tapes gone wrong.
