"and every song, every single song on that tape, said exactly the same thing"

...why don't our parents worry about us?
...why don't our parents worry about us?

This is THE mixtape. The mixtape I received when I was 11 from a colleague of my dads I mentioned I liked Nirvana to, and a few weeks later she presented me with this tape, which has arguably formed my entire music taste from then to the present day. Not entirely conciously - I discovered this while we were going through the neglected dusty tape boxes today, having not listened to it for about 5 years, but the key elements are there: Nick Cave, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division are all artists I enjoy now, whereas back then it was Muse and The Pixies that struck me the most.

It was like finding an old friend hiding in the cupboard...