2018 Playlist ft. the Black Keys and A Perfect Circle

2018 playlist with multiple genres - #56 "Spring's Onslaught" with the Black Keys, A Perfect Circle, Ella Fitzgerald, and More!

Mixtape 56: Spring's Onslaught (2018)

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#	Year	Song	Artist	Album
1	1973	Us & Them	Pink Floyd	The Dark Side of the Moon
2	1969	The Court of the Crimson King	King Crimson	In The Court of the Crimson King
3	1983	Golden Brown	The Stranglers	La Folie
4	1996	Professional Widow	Tori Amos	Boys for Pele
5	1996	In the Springtime of His Voodoo	Tori Amos	Boys for Pele
6	2011	Little Black Submarines	The Black Keys	El Camino
7	2018	So Long, & Thanks For All the Fish	A Perfect Circle	Eat The Elephant
8	1968	House Burning Down	Jimi Hendrix	Electric Ladyland
9	1991	Under the Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik
10	2006	Just Leave Me Alone Today	Dan Reeder	Sweetheart
11	1991	Come As You Are	Nirvana	Nevermind
12	2012	Tightrope	10 Years	Minus the Machine
13	1994	Glycerine	Bush	Sixteen Stone
14	1961	It Might As Well Be Spring	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella in Hollywood
15	1971	Mr. Big Stuff	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff
16	2000	Code Check	People Under the Stairs	Question in the Form of an Answer
17	2006	Tuxedo Rap	People Under the Stairs	Stepfather
18	2009	Set It Off	People Under the Stairs	Carried Away
19	2011	Ascension To Nowhere	People Under the Stairs	Highlighter
20	2004	Three Chords	Dan Reeder	Dan Reeder
21	2011	Gold On The Ceiling	The Black Keys	El Camino
22	1997	Semi-Charmed Life	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind

In the spring of 2018, when the world around me was thawing out and stretching back toward the light, I felt myself slipping in the opposite direction: quiet, dim, and strangely out of phase with everything else. That tension is what shaped this playlist, opening with “Us and Them” by Pink Floyd, a slow‑motion meditation on distance and disconnection. It set the emotional temperature for the mix: warm on the surface, cold underneath, a reminder that even as life blooms, some seasons inside you refuse to change on schedule.

From there, the energy shifts with ”Little Black Submarines” by The Black Keys, a song that starts as a whisper and erupts into something raw and electric. It mirrors that internal jolt you get when you realize you’re falling behind while everyone else is speeding up. The mix leans further into that tension with A Perfect Circle’s “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, a heavier, more sardonic take on the chaos of trying to keep pace with a world that feels increasingly surreal.

The emotional center of the playlist hits with “Glycerine” by Bush, a track that always feels like a confession said too late. That leads directly into Ella Fitzgerald’s “It Might as Well Be Spring,” a heart‑wrenching contrast as her voice floating through a song about longing, restlessness, and the ache of unrequited love. It’s the moment in the mix where resignation settles in, where hope and melancholy blur together.

But the playlist doesn’t stay submerged. A run of tracks by People Under the Stairs, who made one of the best albums ever, brings in a grounded, optimistic bounce, providing beats that remind you to keep your head up even when you’re not quite aligned with the season around you. And finally, “Semi‑Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind closes everything out, a bright‑sounding anthem with darker edges, perfectly capturing the contradiction of smiling through the static.

This mix is for anyone searching for playlists featuring Pink Floyd, The Black Keys, A Perfect Circle, Bush, Ella Fitzgerald, People Under the Stairs, or Third Eye Blind.. but more than that, it’s for anyone who’s ever watched spring arrive and wondered why their own light hadn’t come back yet.