''Ideas for Songs'' is a cassette by

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, released in 1997. The tape was a result of Dan Bejar being asked to contribute a song under the Destroyer moniker for a various artists compilation being curated at the time. As a response he submitted a cassette with 20 songs for them to choose from. The original 20 songs was pared down to 16 and then pressed as "Ideas For Songs" by Granted Passage Cassettes. The cover art features the 1977 painting ''Imperial Nude: Paul Rosano'' by the artist

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. ''Ideas for Songs'' was reissued by Triple Crown Recordings of Canada (formerly known as Granted Passage Cassettes) on vinyl on April 5, 2011. It was also made available digitally on iTunes Store.

Track listing

Side A

#"A Month in the Country – 2:06 #"Song about Disappointment - 1:56 #"Spring Cleaning - 2:20 #"No One Needs to Know - 3:14 #"Death to the Northern Man - 2:03 #"Child of Styx - 2:28 #"Marrying the Hammer - 1:36 #"Nothing Against You (Bored Spectre) - 3:42

Side B

#"Song about a Girl up to a Point" – 1:31 #"The Terror Serves a Purpose" – 2:42 #"Leaving London" – 1:38 #"Untitled" – 2:50 #"Forget America" – 1:06 #"Stuffed and Sick" – 1:29 #"The Leg We Stand On" – 2:33 #"Why Banacek Doesn't Love" – 5:24

Unused tracks

#"You Can't Go Home Again" #"It Is Me Who Will Rate You" #"These Times"

Personnel

* Dan Bejar -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

References

1997 albums Destroyer (band) albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub