Song Share: Cough Syrup

By Alex Madrigal

I first heard this band when I went to go see a different band called fun. They put on a great show and had really good songs. Back then they were called The Jakes, but they have recently (after going over to roadrunner records) changed their name to Young the Giant. Naming themselves after the Brothers Grimm fairytale, which you can read here.

They have a few tracks for free download at Purevolume.com and I believe you can buy the album there as well (if you are so inclined). Also, if you download the free tracks ... place your cursor right below the playlist, it scrolls down to other songs of theirs (it might be slow, but it took me a bit to catch on to this). Let me know what you think of Cough Syrup, its the most downloaded on Purevolume.com so I figure it has the best chances.

Cough Syrup by Young the Giant


Lyrics:
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control
These fishes in the sea they’re staring at me oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
A wet world longs for a beat of a drum
Oh
If I could find a way to see this straight
I’d run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
Uhh ch ch ch ch
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m coming up now coming up now out of the blue
These zombies in the park they’re looking for my heart
Oh oh oh oh
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh
If I could find a way to see this straight
I’d run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
And so I run to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
Waiting for this cough syrup to come down
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing it all
If I could find a way to see this straight
I’d run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
So I run to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
Waiting for this cough syrup to come down
One more spoon of cough syrup now
One more spoon of cough syrup now

Song Share: Aphex Twin / Bright Eyes Mashup

By Martin Gonzalez

So the first time i heard this i was like oh man i must steal it! and then i found out if was free... I still stole it =).
It's two songs from bands I really like and it got a cool video to boot. Jack Conte the guy behind this basically made up some rules for the video that make it kinda fun.
They are as follows:

1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

I think i watched it a few time just to find all the sounds.
So make sure you watch the video and don't just turn it on and go read something else!

Aphex Twin / Bright Eyes Mashup by Jack Conte



Lyrics ("First Day of my Life" by Bright Eyes):
This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don't know where I am
I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I'd let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said "this is the first day of my life
I'm glad I didn't die before I met you
But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you
And I'd probably be happy"

So if you want to be with me
With these things there's no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me