By Jake Parker
I heard this song on a local indy radio station broadcasting out of Brooklyn and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since.
My Girls by Animal Collective on the album Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Lyrics:
Is it much that I feel I need
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house
I don't care for fancy things
Or to take part in a precious race
And children cry for the one who has
A real big heart and a father's grace
I don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Song Share: Maria
By Alex Madrigal
okay, so i'm sorry that this song is in spanish. But i think it's worth it. It's by a band called Cafe Tacuba. The band is very very very eclectic and plays many different styles even though they are usually just described as spanish rock. The band plays everything from ska (rarotonga), alternative rock(eres), and; as seen in this song, more traditional mexican styles. (they even dress the part in this video)
Best of all... one of the member of the band regularly plays the melodica... what's not to like?
I love the simplicity of this song... it could be played using only the guitar (and melodion of course) and it will be just as beautiful.
This song is a ballad about a woman who was beautiful but stuck up... now... i believe that in the song... she's dead, i've had discussions with others who believe that she's not really dead, but it's just "as if" she were dead. I translated the lyrics the best i could.
If you like this song you might like Avientame (the video is crazy... and translated on youtube) it was the theme song for a pretty big indie film (amores perros) from mexico that (i believe) was all about people being the cruelest to the people that love them the most... and that is defenitly conveyed in the video. [i don't mean to double dip.. but there you go] (warning... it has pretty graphic kissing scenes.)
Back to Maria, hope it's not boring... hope you dig it.
Lyrics:
Maria
Maria goes out at night (sale sola de noche maria)
suffering(haunting) through the city (pena por la ciudad)
walking the streets where she once (recorriendo las calles que un dia)
denied kisses in the dark (nego besos en la oscuridad.)
Her eyesight gets blurry; (Y se nubla la vista Maria)
because it hurts to remember (porque duele recordar)
that the kisses once denied, maria, (que los besos negados Maria)
will never more return (nunca mas regresaran)
at night through that route/street/road (En las noches por ese camino)
something strange is apt to happen (algo extrano suele pasar)
in feeling on the lips a chill, (al sentir en los labios el frio)
from other lips that cannot be seen (de otros labios que no regresaran)
it's maria who's haunting the streets (es Maria quien pena las calles)
and under a street light (y debajo de un farol)
she steals kisses and life from the people (roba besos y vida a la gente)
while she lies in a coffin (mientras yace en un cajon)
pretty maria (Maria bonita)
maria withers (Maria marchita)
okay, so i'm sorry that this song is in spanish. But i think it's worth it. It's by a band called Cafe Tacuba. The band is very very very eclectic and plays many different styles even though they are usually just described as spanish rock. The band plays everything from ska (rarotonga), alternative rock(eres), and; as seen in this song, more traditional mexican styles. (they even dress the part in this video)
Best of all... one of the member of the band regularly plays the melodica... what's not to like?
I love the simplicity of this song... it could be played using only the guitar (and melodion of course) and it will be just as beautiful.
This song is a ballad about a woman who was beautiful but stuck up... now... i believe that in the song... she's dead, i've had discussions with others who believe that she's not really dead, but it's just "as if" she were dead. I translated the lyrics the best i could.
If you like this song you might like Avientame (the video is crazy... and translated on youtube) it was the theme song for a pretty big indie film (amores perros) from mexico that (i believe) was all about people being the cruelest to the people that love them the most... and that is defenitly conveyed in the video. [i don't mean to double dip.. but there you go] (warning... it has pretty graphic kissing scenes.)
Back to Maria, hope it's not boring... hope you dig it.
Lyrics:
Maria
Maria goes out at night (sale sola de noche maria)
suffering(haunting) through the city (pena por la ciudad)
walking the streets where she once (recorriendo las calles que un dia)
denied kisses in the dark (nego besos en la oscuridad.)
Her eyesight gets blurry; (Y se nubla la vista Maria)
because it hurts to remember (porque duele recordar)
that the kisses once denied, maria, (que los besos negados Maria)
will never more return (nunca mas regresaran)
at night through that route/street/road (En las noches por ese camino)
something strange is apt to happen (algo extrano suele pasar)
in feeling on the lips a chill, (al sentir en los labios el frio)
from other lips that cannot be seen (de otros labios que no regresaran)
it's maria who's haunting the streets (es Maria quien pena las calles)
and under a street light (y debajo de un farol)
she steals kisses and life from the people (roba besos y vida a la gente)
while she lies in a coffin (mientras yace en un cajon)
pretty maria (Maria bonita)
maria withers (Maria marchita)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Song Share: Hero/Heroine
By Sarah Scoville
Kohl: "Did you want to say anything about why you liked the song or something like that?"
Sarah: "No, I just think it's cool!"
Hero/Heroine by Boys Like Girls
Lyrics:
It's too late baby, there's no turning around
I've got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
This is how I do
When I think about you
I never thought that you could break me apart
I keep a sinister smile and a hold of my heart
You want to get inside
Then you can get in line
But not this time
Cause you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
I won't try to philosophize
I'll just take a deep breath and I'll look in your eyes
This is how I feel
And it's so surreal
I got a closet filled up to the brim
With the ghosts of my past and the skeletons
And I don't know why
You'd even try
But I won't lie
You caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
And you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
http://www.boyslikegirls.com/
Kohl: "Did you want to say anything about why you liked the song or something like that?"
Sarah: "No, I just think it's cool!"
Hero/Heroine by Boys Like Girls
Lyrics:
It's too late baby, there's no turning around
I've got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
This is how I do
When I think about you
I never thought that you could break me apart
I keep a sinister smile and a hold of my heart
You want to get inside
Then you can get in line
But not this time
Cause you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
I won't try to philosophize
I'll just take a deep breath and I'll look in your eyes
This is how I feel
And it's so surreal
I got a closet filled up to the brim
With the ghosts of my past and the skeletons
And I don't know why
You'd even try
But I won't lie
You caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
And you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming
I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
http://www.boyslikegirls.com/
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Song Share: Heroes and Villains
By Ryan Arvay
The Beach Boys are, to most, an oldies band - long consigned to oldies radio and greatest hits cd's full of songs about surfing, cars, the beach, and girls.
Heroes and Villains had nothing to do with any of these things. It marks for The Beach Boys, and especially group leader and genius Brian Wilson, the creative peak for the band. The song was conceived as part of the ambitious SMiLE album, one of the rock era's first and only true "concept albums," and often referred to as "the greatest album never made". The full story is too lengthy and involved to recount here, but some history is essential.
By the mid sixties Brian Wilson had long since grown tired of "the formula", cranking out hits, which he was capable of without much effort. By 1965 he had also stopped touring with the band after suffering a nervous breakdown on board an airplane bound for a live show.
While the band continued to tour without him, Brian was in the studio creating music. Pet Sounds was the first full album of music in this new direction. This album is consistently in the top five on most "100 greatest albums of all time" lists. A beautiful and heartbreaking meditation on a relationship - the album goes from the first rush of excitement to the final painful soul searching question:
Where did your long hair go? Where is the girl I used to know? You said you'd never change but that's not true. Oh Caroline, you - break my heart, I just want to go and cry It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die. Oh Caroline, why?
Though not a commercial success Pet Sounds was hailed by critics and Brian continued to push the musical limits with the band's next single, Good Vibrations.
Today, Good Vibrations is just another overplayed radio staple, but in 1966 it was groundbreaking stuff. Originally begun during Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations was recorded in segments over six months. Brian compiled the final mix from hours of studio sessions, leaving several musical and vocal sections unused. Upon its release it was called a "pocket symphony."
It was now Brian's ambition to record an entire album with this new "modular approach". With the Beach Boys touring over seas in Great Britain, Brian formed a collaboration with a young lyricist and session musician, Van Dyke Parks.
In the late 1960's, "hip" was anything anti-establishment. The counter culture decried the traditions of their parents, resisted the mainstream, and resented the government. However, for Brian and Van Dyke, if being patriotic was particularly unpopular, then it was - by definition - the hippest thing of all. It was at this time the two decided they would make a decidedly American album. In an era fraut with protest and teenage angst, the tentative SMiLE was a stiff breeze of hope and optimism.
SMiLE was to be a travelogue of sorts, taking the listener from the eastern most United States to the most western, from the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock to the Sandwich Isles (or Hawaii) all from the point of view of a European settler (or "bicycle rider.")
Heroes and Villains is a song about the good guys and bad guys of the wild west. There were also songs about life on a farm, and the building of the transcontinental railroad. It was not a white-wash of history either, revealing warts and all by acknowledging the plight of Native Americans and the Chinese laborers' contributions to the railroad.
Many of the musical statements in Heroes and Villains can be found through out the whole of SMiLE.
There were two other movements on the album, one about childhood and loss of innocence, and the other - a suite inspired by the four ancient elements: earth, wind, fire, and water. Both movements, like the first, were close to completion when, in May of 1967, Brian shelved the project and walked away.
The reasons why he did this are as varied as why The Beatles broke up.
Upon returning from their tour the other Beach Boys were shocked to hear Brian's new sounds. No one was as vocally critical as band mate Mike Love, who took serious issue with Van Dyke Parks elliptical, oblique, poetic lyrics. Love's blunt challenging of the lyrics served to sour Van Dyke's experience and resulted in his leaving the project. Without his biggest supporter and creative collaborator, Brian - emotionally beaten up - lost his confidence. He became overwhelmed with the task of sequencing his musical segments, which changed everyday. Mounting pressure form Capitol Records to finish the album was stressful. Brian also suffered from mental problems which were amplified and agitated by his drug use.
During the recording for the fire portion of the "Elements suite" Brian had all the musicians wear toy fire hats. He brought a big drum of burning wood into the studio. The violins screeched like fire engine sirens and the drums crashed like a falling wall. That day a building near the studio burned down, and Brian feared his music had caused it. He grew increasingly paranoid that people were bugging his home.
SMiLE was heavily anticipated during its eight months of production. Album cover art was produced and 400,000 album sleeves were printed awaiting vinyl, print ads appeared in magazines, countless magazine articles were written, and Brian appeared on a CBS special: Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution; hosted by Leonard Bernstien. Despite all this, he scrapped it, and the project remained untouched and unavailable for decades, except for bootlegs.
With the shelving of SMiLE the Beatles were crowned winners of the production race by default with the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in June of 67.
Eventually the band released Smiley Smile, a re-recorded, trimmed down, sparse, truncated version of the album which featured some interesting vocal exercises, but minus SMiLE's most outstanding tracks, like the fire tapes. It was a flop and a disappointment. Band member Carl Wilson called it a "bunt instead of a home run." As a result The Beach Boys pulled out as head liners at the famous Monterey Pop Festival, their glow was dulled almost over night, and their reign at the top of the charts ended.
In 1993 a five disc box set of the Beach Boys music was released called Thirty Years of Good Vibrations. It contained some 30 minutes of unreleased material from the SMiLE sessions. In 2004 Brian Wilson - minus the Beach Boys, but plus a really good backing group - faithfully re-recorded and re-created the music of SMiLE for a live tour and subsequent studio album. After being joined by Van Dyke Parks, who wrote some new lyrics for the unfinished portion of the album, Wilson sequenced the songs (something he had always struggled with) and SMiLE was finished. An album nearly forty years in the making. The new release does not have the same quality of sound or aura the original does, but like a book and the movie inspired by it, they should each be taken on their own merit. In that regard, the 2004 release is a fine, brilliant album.
If you've made it through this "brief history"...thanks for reading.
Song: Heroes And Villains (from original 1966 sessions)
Music and Lyrics: Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks
Year: 1966
Album: SMiLE
Artist: The Beach Boys
Lyrics:
I've been in this town so long
that back in the city,
I've been taken for a lost and gone
and unknown for a long, long time.
Fell in love, years ago
with an innocent girl
from the Spanish and Indian home-
home of the heroes and villains.
Once at night,
catillion squared the fight
and she was right in the rain of the bullets
that eventually brought her down
But she's still danicng
in the night, unafraid
of what a dude'll do
in a town full of heroes and villains
Heroes and villains
just see what you've done.
(Repeat 2x)
Stand or fall
I know there shall be peace in the valley
and it's all an affair of my life
with the heroes and villains.
Doo doo do doo...
In the cantina
Margarittas keep the spirits high
there I watched her
she spun around and walked in the warmth
her body fanned the flame of the dance
Margaritta, don't you know that I love you-
Woooo, wooooo, wooooo, woooooooooo
You're under arrest!
My children were raised.
You know they suddenly rise.
They started slow, long ago,
head to toe - healthy, wealthy and wise.
I've been in this town so long,
so long to the city.
I'm fit with the stuff,
to ride in the rough,
and sunny down snuff -
I'm alright by the...
Heroes and villains
just see what you've done.
(Repeat 2x)
Here are some other cuts from the '66 sessions, compiled and "polished up" by the YouTube source:
Mr's O' Leary's Cow (Fire)
Roll Plymouth Rock (originally titled Do You Like Worms)
Cabin Essence
Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys are, to most, an oldies band - long consigned to oldies radio and greatest hits cd's full of songs about surfing, cars, the beach, and girls.
Heroes and Villains had nothing to do with any of these things. It marks for The Beach Boys, and especially group leader and genius Brian Wilson, the creative peak for the band. The song was conceived as part of the ambitious SMiLE album, one of the rock era's first and only true "concept albums," and often referred to as "the greatest album never made". The full story is too lengthy and involved to recount here, but some history is essential.
By the mid sixties Brian Wilson had long since grown tired of "the formula", cranking out hits, which he was capable of without much effort. By 1965 he had also stopped touring with the band after suffering a nervous breakdown on board an airplane bound for a live show.
While the band continued to tour without him, Brian was in the studio creating music. Pet Sounds was the first full album of music in this new direction. This album is consistently in the top five on most "100 greatest albums of all time" lists. A beautiful and heartbreaking meditation on a relationship - the album goes from the first rush of excitement to the final painful soul searching question:
Where did your long hair go? Where is the girl I used to know? You said you'd never change but that's not true. Oh Caroline, you - break my heart, I just want to go and cry It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die. Oh Caroline, why?
Though not a commercial success Pet Sounds was hailed by critics and Brian continued to push the musical limits with the band's next single, Good Vibrations.
Today, Good Vibrations is just another overplayed radio staple, but in 1966 it was groundbreaking stuff. Originally begun during Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations was recorded in segments over six months. Brian compiled the final mix from hours of studio sessions, leaving several musical and vocal sections unused. Upon its release it was called a "pocket symphony."
It was now Brian's ambition to record an entire album with this new "modular approach". With the Beach Boys touring over seas in Great Britain, Brian formed a collaboration with a young lyricist and session musician, Van Dyke Parks.
In the late 1960's, "hip" was anything anti-establishment. The counter culture decried the traditions of their parents, resisted the mainstream, and resented the government. However, for Brian and Van Dyke, if being patriotic was particularly unpopular, then it was - by definition - the hippest thing of all. It was at this time the two decided they would make a decidedly American album. In an era fraut with protest and teenage angst, the tentative SMiLE was a stiff breeze of hope and optimism.
SMiLE was to be a travelogue of sorts, taking the listener from the eastern most United States to the most western, from the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock to the Sandwich Isles (or Hawaii) all from the point of view of a European settler (or "bicycle rider.")
Heroes and Villains is a song about the good guys and bad guys of the wild west. There were also songs about life on a farm, and the building of the transcontinental railroad. It was not a white-wash of history either, revealing warts and all by acknowledging the plight of Native Americans and the Chinese laborers' contributions to the railroad.
Many of the musical statements in Heroes and Villains can be found through out the whole of SMiLE.
There were two other movements on the album, one about childhood and loss of innocence, and the other - a suite inspired by the four ancient elements: earth, wind, fire, and water. Both movements, like the first, were close to completion when, in May of 1967, Brian shelved the project and walked away.
The reasons why he did this are as varied as why The Beatles broke up.
Upon returning from their tour the other Beach Boys were shocked to hear Brian's new sounds. No one was as vocally critical as band mate Mike Love, who took serious issue with Van Dyke Parks elliptical, oblique, poetic lyrics. Love's blunt challenging of the lyrics served to sour Van Dyke's experience and resulted in his leaving the project. Without his biggest supporter and creative collaborator, Brian - emotionally beaten up - lost his confidence. He became overwhelmed with the task of sequencing his musical segments, which changed everyday. Mounting pressure form Capitol Records to finish the album was stressful. Brian also suffered from mental problems which were amplified and agitated by his drug use.
During the recording for the fire portion of the "Elements suite" Brian had all the musicians wear toy fire hats. He brought a big drum of burning wood into the studio. The violins screeched like fire engine sirens and the drums crashed like a falling wall. That day a building near the studio burned down, and Brian feared his music had caused it. He grew increasingly paranoid that people were bugging his home.SMiLE was heavily anticipated during its eight months of production. Album cover art was produced and 400,000 album sleeves were printed awaiting vinyl, print ads appeared in magazines, countless magazine articles were written, and Brian appeared on a CBS special: Inside Pop - The Rock Revolution; hosted by Leonard Bernstien. Despite all this, he scrapped it, and the project remained untouched and unavailable for decades, except for bootlegs.
With the shelving of SMiLE the Beatles were crowned winners of the production race by default with the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in June of 67.
Eventually the band released Smiley Smile, a re-recorded, trimmed down, sparse, truncated version of the album which featured some interesting vocal exercises, but minus SMiLE's most outstanding tracks, like the fire tapes. It was a flop and a disappointment. Band member Carl Wilson called it a "bunt instead of a home run." As a result The Beach Boys pulled out as head liners at the famous Monterey Pop Festival, their glow was dulled almost over night, and their reign at the top of the charts ended.
In 1993 a five disc box set of the Beach Boys music was released called Thirty Years of Good Vibrations. It contained some 30 minutes of unreleased material from the SMiLE sessions. In 2004 Brian Wilson - minus the Beach Boys, but plus a really good backing group - faithfully re-recorded and re-created the music of SMiLE for a live tour and subsequent studio album. After being joined by Van Dyke Parks, who wrote some new lyrics for the unfinished portion of the album, Wilson sequenced the songs (something he had always struggled with) and SMiLE was finished. An album nearly forty years in the making. The new release does not have the same quality of sound or aura the original does, but like a book and the movie inspired by it, they should each be taken on their own merit. In that regard, the 2004 release is a fine, brilliant album.
If you've made it through this "brief history"...thanks for reading.
Song: Heroes And Villains (from original 1966 sessions)
Music and Lyrics: Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks
Year: 1966
Album: SMiLE
Artist: The Beach Boys
Lyrics:
I've been in this town so long
that back in the city,
I've been taken for a lost and gone
and unknown for a long, long time.
Fell in love, years ago
with an innocent girl
from the Spanish and Indian home-
home of the heroes and villains.
Once at night,
catillion squared the fight
and she was right in the rain of the bullets
that eventually brought her down
But she's still danicng
in the night, unafraid
of what a dude'll do
in a town full of heroes and villains
Heroes and villains
just see what you've done.
(Repeat 2x)
Stand or fall
I know there shall be peace in the valley
and it's all an affair of my life
with the heroes and villains.
Doo doo do doo...
In the cantina
Margarittas keep the spirits high
there I watched her
she spun around and walked in the warmth
her body fanned the flame of the dance
Margaritta, don't you know that I love you-
Woooo, wooooo, wooooo, woooooooooo
You're under arrest!
My children were raised.
You know they suddenly rise.
They started slow, long ago,
head to toe - healthy, wealthy and wise.
I've been in this town so long,
so long to the city.
I'm fit with the stuff,
to ride in the rough,
and sunny down snuff -
I'm alright by the...
Heroes and villains
just see what you've done.
(Repeat 2x)
Here are some other cuts from the '66 sessions, compiled and "polished up" by the YouTube source:
Mr's O' Leary's Cow (Fire)
Roll Plymouth Rock (originally titled Do You Like Worms)
Cabin Essence
Good Vibrations
Monday, February 16, 2009
Song Share: Wicked Wedding
By Martin Gonzalez
So this is a mashup of Billy Idol's White Wedding and Chris Issak's Wicked Game.
The video isn't that good so I'd suggest just clicking and maybe go emo for 5 minutes and start shoe-gazing, but the song is just too cool.
Beyond just liking the two songs combined the skill that was involved to mesh these two songs together left me a bit awestruck.
DJ Schmolli appears to have slowed White Wedding down to match Wicked Game without changing Billy Idols vocals (or at least to my ear).
Anyway I didn't even notice that the first ten times I listened to it, it took Steve wondering about the speed before I noticed.
To me that is the mark of a true artist when effort to produce a work is not even noticeable (course I could just suck).
So I hope you all enjoy,
Wicked Wedding by DJ Schmolli
Lyrics:
Hey little sister what have you done
Hey little sister whos the only one
Hey little sister whos your superman
Hey little sister whos the one you want
Hey little sister shot gun!
Its a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Its a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
Hey little sister who is it you're with?
Hey little sister what's your vice and wish?
Hey little sister shot gun (oh yeah)
Hey little sister who's your superman?
Hey little sister shot gun!
It's a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
There is nothin fair in this world, girl
There is nothin safe in this world
And theres nothin sure in this world
And theres nothin pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
It's a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Its a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Nobody loves no one
So this is a mashup of Billy Idol's White Wedding and Chris Issak's Wicked Game.
The video isn't that good so I'd suggest just clicking and maybe go emo for 5 minutes and start shoe-gazing, but the song is just too cool.
Beyond just liking the two songs combined the skill that was involved to mesh these two songs together left me a bit awestruck.
DJ Schmolli appears to have slowed White Wedding down to match Wicked Game without changing Billy Idols vocals (or at least to my ear).
Anyway I didn't even notice that the first ten times I listened to it, it took Steve wondering about the speed before I noticed.
To me that is the mark of a true artist when effort to produce a work is not even noticeable (course I could just suck).
So I hope you all enjoy,
Wicked Wedding by DJ Schmolli
Lyrics:
Hey little sister what have you done
Hey little sister whos the only one
Hey little sister whos your superman
Hey little sister whos the one you want
Hey little sister shot gun!
Its a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Its a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
Hey little sister who is it you're with?
Hey little sister what's your vice and wish?
Hey little sister shot gun (oh yeah)
Hey little sister who's your superman?
Hey little sister shot gun!
It's a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
There is nothin fair in this world, girl
There is nothin safe in this world
And theres nothin sure in this world
And theres nothin pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
It's a nice day to start again
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
It's a nice day to start again.
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Its a nice day for a white wedding
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
Nobody loves no one
Friday, February 13, 2009
Music Night: February 2009
Josh Boyle - Kids by MGMT
Sarah Scoville - Tire Swing by Kimya Dawson
Jordan Glass - Title & Registration by Death Cab For Cutie
Christine Fujino - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) by Mika
Adam Brown - Me And Aurthor by a guy Adam served with
Sarah Scoville - Tire Swing by Kimya Dawson
Jordan Glass - Title & Registration by Death Cab For Cutie
Christine Fujino - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) by Mika
Adam Brown - Me And Aurthor by a guy Adam served with
Monday, February 2, 2009
Song Share: Paraan
By Kohl Glass
Once upon a time there was a guy named Matt Harding who had a deep love of travel and an odd little way of dancing. While in Vietnam one of Matt's travel companions suggested that they video Matt doing his little dance in front of a famous land mark. It was a success and Matt started recording his dance at all the landmarks he visited, then uploading the videos to the Internet. These videos grew in popularity and in 2008 Matt was sponsored by Stride Gum to dance in 42 countries over 14 months, with a cast of thousands . . . the end product being Where the Hell is Matt? (2008).
For the production Matt had Garry Schyman compose the song Paraan, which in my opinion totally makes the video. Dancing is harmony. Seeing Matt dance with people all over the globe to this beautiful slowly building exotic song stirs up joyous feelings of a literal brotherhood of Man . . . at least in me any way. I rushed out and purchased Paraan from iTunes shortly after seeing this video. I love this song so much. It lifts me every time I hear it. Keep dancing, Matt, keep dancing.
Paraan by Garry Schyman
Once upon a time there was a guy named Matt Harding who had a deep love of travel and an odd little way of dancing. While in Vietnam one of Matt's travel companions suggested that they video Matt doing his little dance in front of a famous land mark. It was a success and Matt started recording his dance at all the landmarks he visited, then uploading the videos to the Internet. These videos grew in popularity and in 2008 Matt was sponsored by Stride Gum to dance in 42 countries over 14 months, with a cast of thousands . . . the end product being Where the Hell is Matt? (2008).
For the production Matt had Garry Schyman compose the song Paraan, which in my opinion totally makes the video. Dancing is harmony. Seeing Matt dance with people all over the globe to this beautiful slowly building exotic song stirs up joyous feelings of a literal brotherhood of Man . . . at least in me any way. I rushed out and purchased Paraan from iTunes shortly after seeing this video. I love this song so much. It lifts me every time I hear it. Keep dancing, Matt, keep dancing.
Paraan by Garry Schyman
Monday, January 19, 2009
Song Share: Alone Again
By Angus McKay
I was first introduced to this song in my songwriting class my first term at LIPA. Our project for that term was to write a "break up" song, and this was one of the examples of an approach we could take.
For a little history: Gilbert O'Sullivan is an amazing songwriter who missed out on a lot of money and glory because he was duped into a contract in which his manager paid him £10 a week and let him live in a little shack on the manager's property while Gilbert wrote songs that the manager would then record and sell for millions. Eventually he got wise and walked out to start his own career. He's done much better since then.
I really dig this song because it's about incredibly painful events, yet it takes a rather playful approach, lyrically and musically, to conveying the stories. I also really like how he is able to lay his lyrics over the meter he's set . For example, note how he places the word "whoever" in the first verse: it's one of those situations where most songwriters would try to find another word to fit, rather than stretch the same word over two different melodic phrases, but Gilbert maintains the lyric and it flows nicely.
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Lyrics:
In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower,
And climbing to the top,
Will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like when your shattered
Left standing in the lurch, at a church
Where people 're saying,
"My God that's tough, she stood him up!
No point in us remaining.
May as well go home."
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay,
Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down,
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch,
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt,
All about God and His mercy
For if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need?
I truly am indeed,
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts
Broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?
Now looking back over the years,
And what ever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to have cried the tears
And at sixty-five years old,
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn't understand, why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart
So badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally
I was first introduced to this song in my songwriting class my first term at LIPA. Our project for that term was to write a "break up" song, and this was one of the examples of an approach we could take.
For a little history: Gilbert O'Sullivan is an amazing songwriter who missed out on a lot of money and glory because he was duped into a contract in which his manager paid him £10 a week and let him live in a little shack on the manager's property while Gilbert wrote songs that the manager would then record and sell for millions. Eventually he got wise and walked out to start his own career. He's done much better since then.
I really dig this song because it's about incredibly painful events, yet it takes a rather playful approach, lyrically and musically, to conveying the stories. I also really like how he is able to lay his lyrics over the meter he's set . For example, note how he places the word "whoever" in the first verse: it's one of those situations where most songwriters would try to find another word to fit, rather than stretch the same word over two different melodic phrases, but Gilbert maintains the lyric and it flows nicely.
Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Lyrics:
In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower,
And climbing to the top,
Will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it's like when your shattered
Left standing in the lurch, at a church
Where people 're saying,
"My God that's tough, she stood him up!
No point in us remaining.
May as well go home."
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay,
Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do,
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down,
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch,
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt,
All about God and His mercy
For if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need?
I truly am indeed,
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts
Broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?
Now looking back over the years,
And what ever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to have cried the tears
And at sixty-five years old,
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn't understand, why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart
So badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally
Monday, January 5, 2009
Song Share: Vaka
By Alex Madrigal
It was very hard for me to choose a song from this band, but i finally settled on this song, vaka. This album "( )" originally had no song names, so the other name for this song is "untitled 1" The singer sings in no real language--his voice is usually used simply as an instrument. [it's funny, but sometimes i think i hear him sing real words... and they usually go with what the song is meaning to me at the time] This is a great Sigur Ros song, like many other songs of theirs-- there's a build-up, there's a climax, and finally a great explosion/resolution/falling apart at the end... and the pure emotion manifested in their music is really what grabs me. Sometimes their songs can sound happy, or sad, or hopeful, or proud, or that feeling of letting go and losing hope... sometimes it's the same song. I find that my own state of mind usually dictates what the song is to me at the time. I hope everyone likes it, i encourage everyone of watch the sigur ros videos (the untitled tracks are the my personal favorites) on youtube... also, they give away mp3s of their songs on their web page (media tab)
It was very hard for me to choose a song from this band, but i finally settled on this song, vaka. This album "( )" originally had no song names, so the other name for this song is "untitled 1" The singer sings in no real language--his voice is usually used simply as an instrument. [it's funny, but sometimes i think i hear him sing real words... and they usually go with what the song is meaning to me at the time] This is a great Sigur Ros song, like many other songs of theirs-- there's a build-up, there's a climax, and finally a great explosion/resolution/
i hope i didn't ramble too much.
peace.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
An Open Song Share Invitation
Until now Song Share has been done by random invitation, but now I'd like to open it up to everyone. If you would like to do a Song Share (or if you want to do another Song Share, or if you want to do many and multiple Song Shares) write it (them) up and send it to me at: kohlglass@gmail.com
Where's what I will need from you for a Song Share.
1. A write up on the song
2. A link or some place we can hear the complete song online, traditionally this has been Youtube.
3. The lyrics to the song, if the song has lyrics.
4. The band's website and/or any other pertinent links you might want to include.
5. Anything else you can think of.
I'll take as many Song Shares as you want to do. This way we can build up a store that I will gradually post every (or every other) Monday. So please start sending them in!
Where's what I will need from you for a Song Share.
1. A write up on the song
2. A link or some place we can hear the complete song online, traditionally this has been Youtube.
3. The lyrics to the song, if the song has lyrics.
4. The band's website and/or any other pertinent links you might want to include.
5. Anything else you can think of.
I'll take as many Song Shares as you want to do. This way we can build up a store that I will gradually post every (or every other) Monday. So please start sending them in!
Concert: Devotchka and Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers will be warming up your winter months by supporting friends Devotchka on the road, including a Crooked Fingers headline show in LA.
01/27 Aspen CO @ Belly Up Aspen w/ Devotchka tix
01/28 Salt Lake City UT @ In the Venue w/ Devotchka tix
01/29 Reno NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Grand Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
01/30 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
01/31 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
02/03 Los Angeles CA @ Bordello (901 E. 1st St.)
02/04 Solana Beach CA @ Belly Up w/ Devotchka tix
02/05 Tempe AZ @ The Clubhouse w/ Devotchka tix
02/06 Tucson AZ @ Rialto Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
02/08 Austin TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ Devotchka tix
02/09 Housotn TX @ Warehouse Live - Studio w/ Devotchka tix
02/10 Dallas TX @ House of Blues - Pontiac Garage w/ Devotchka tix
Check out the Daytrotter Session that Crooked Fingers recently recorded. Songs are up and available for download.
If anyone has concert announcements, or any other Music Night pertinent news, please send it to me and I'll put it up.
01/27 Aspen CO @ Belly Up Aspen w/ Devotchka tix
01/28 Salt Lake City UT @ In the Venue w/ Devotchka tix
01/29 Reno NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Grand Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
01/30 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
01/31 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
02/03 Los Angeles CA @ Bordello (901 E. 1st St.)
02/04 Solana Beach CA @ Belly Up w/ Devotchka tix
02/05 Tempe AZ @ The Clubhouse w/ Devotchka tix
02/06 Tucson AZ @ Rialto Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
02/08 Austin TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ Devotchka tix
02/09 Housotn TX @ Warehouse Live - Studio w/ Devotchka tix
02/10 Dallas TX @ House of Blues - Pontiac Garage w/ Devotchka tix
Check out the Daytrotter Session that Crooked Fingers recently recorded. Songs are up and available for download.
If anyone has concert announcements, or any other Music Night pertinent news, please send it to me and I'll put it up.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Song Share: Year Of The Rat
By Amy McKay
i have to admit that i probably may not have latched onto this song if i hadn't seen the video accompanying it. but, i did see it and i liked it. i think i just liked the idea of being able to hug away the world's and people's problems, as well as the idea that, when one and one come together, we're not two, but a stronger one (i.e., unified).
informational tidbits, per wikipedia:
Lyrics:
(One, one, one, one, one, one. One, one, one, one, one, one)
June is on the run for so long
Pushed and pulled then shunned
It was so wrong
These fours walls crashing in won't stop me now
Cause I'm alive, I'm out tonight, all night
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
Streets with flags unfurled like treasure
Thank me for my words, it's a pleasure
Just don't ask me to stay 'cause I'll be gone
But it's alright I'm OK - always
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
"One plus one plus one plus one is four"
"One"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Four"
i have to admit that i probably may not have latched onto this song if i hadn't seen the video accompanying it. but, i did see it and i liked it. i think i just liked the idea of being able to hug away the world's and people's problems, as well as the idea that, when one and one come together, we're not two, but a stronger one (i.e., unified).
informational tidbits, per wikipedia:
Damon Gough chose his stage name from the title character in the TV show Sam and his Magic Ball. In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way" on account of Gough's tendency to talk and tell stories for extended periods rather than playing songs. The album One Plus One Is One (which contains "Year of the Rat") was a portrait of his personal life. Documenting a death of a close friend and the loss of a grandfather. Released in 2004, it was not a great commercial success, and Gough decided to leave his contract with XL Recordings after only one single was released.As best as i can understand, the rat in the chinese zodiac is associated with protection and material prosperity, whatever that adds to it for you.
Lyrics:
(One, one, one, one, one, one. One, one, one, one, one, one)
June is on the run for so long
Pushed and pulled then shunned
It was so wrong
These fours walls crashing in won't stop me now
Cause I'm alive, I'm out tonight, all night
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
Streets with flags unfurled like treasure
Thank me for my words, it's a pleasure
Just don't ask me to stay 'cause I'll be gone
But it's alright I'm OK - always
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy
"One plus one plus one plus one is four"
"One"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Four"
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Song Share: AM180
By Scott Stinocher
This is a band that i really love. Sadly, they are no longer making music, but this is still one of my favorite songs all time. I don't really have a ton to say, so you will just have to enjoy it.
A.M. 180 by Grandaddy
Lyrics:
Don’t change your name
Keep it the same
For fear I may lose you again
I know you won't
It's just that I
Am unorganized
And I want to find you
When something good happens
If you come down
We'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
But I’d be fine
Wasting our time
Not doing anything here
Just doing nothing
We’ll sit for days
And talk about things
Important to us like whatever
We'll defuse bombs
And walk marathons
And take on whatever, together
This is a band that i really love. Sadly, they are no longer making music, but this is still one of my favorite songs all time. I don't really have a ton to say, so you will just have to enjoy it.
A.M. 180 by Grandaddy
Lyrics:
Don’t change your name
Keep it the same
For fear I may lose you again
I know you won't
It's just that I
Am unorganized
And I want to find you
When something good happens
If you come down
We'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
But I’d be fine
Wasting our time
Not doing anything here
Just doing nothing
We’ll sit for days
And talk about things
Important to us like whatever
We'll defuse bombs
And walk marathons
And take on whatever, together
Monday, December 8, 2008
Song Share: As Tall As Cliffs
By J.C. Glass
Richard Edwards formed the band named Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s in 2004. He named the band after Gwyneth Paltrow’s character Margot Tenenbaum from Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. After recording 25 songs for their second albam with Epic Records in October 2007, the band disagreed with Epic over which songs to include on the album. Consequently, two versions of the album were released: “Animal”only on vinyl, the band's preferred version, and “Not Animal”, a traditional CD release chosen by the label. This song appears on both versions. I hope you enjoy it!
As Tall As Cliffs by Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Lyrics:
I tell tales tall as cliffs
You've got a lisp
Kid, those things are hard to miss
When you're drunk you just make love, honey please
Like you've got somewhere to be
But I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night
And I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night
You came well-equipped
With a gun on your hip
And some poison on your lips
But when we wake up in our makeup
We'll be clean 'cause we ain't got nowhere to be
And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth
And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth
Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving tonight
Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving
Baby I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving alright
Richard Edwards formed the band named Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s in 2004. He named the band after Gwyneth Paltrow’s character Margot Tenenbaum from Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. After recording 25 songs for their second albam with Epic Records in October 2007, the band disagreed with Epic over which songs to include on the album. Consequently, two versions of the album were released: “Animal”only on vinyl, the band's preferred version, and “Not Animal”, a traditional CD release chosen by the label. This song appears on both versions. I hope you enjoy it!
As Tall As Cliffs by Margot and the Nuclear So and So's
Lyrics:
I tell tales tall as cliffs
You've got a lisp
Kid, those things are hard to miss
When you're drunk you just make love, honey please
Like you've got somewhere to be
But I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night
And I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night
You came well-equipped
With a gun on your hip
And some poison on your lips
But when we wake up in our makeup
We'll be clean 'cause we ain't got nowhere to be
And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth
And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth
Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving tonight
Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving
Baby I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving alright
Monday, December 1, 2008
Song Share: The Girl
by Francisco Manzo-Flores
Alright, so this is my first attempt at Song Share, so I am starting out by tipping the toes into the water so to speak and going in with an easy-to-like entry from City and Colour. Those of you that know me are aware that my taste in music is pretty broad, and in time I expect to be able to bring into this forum a variety of music, but I felt it might be wise to start out with something that will serve as a good foundation for the rest. No need for me to wreck my reputation before I get started :D.
This particular song was one of those accidental finds during one of many downloading sessions where a name catches your eye and you download it simply out of curiosity. As it turns out City and Colour has a lot of pretty good stuff, most of it on the acoustic rock vein, of which this is a pretty good sample. Though not overly complex in formula, I think it is the simplicity of this song, the paired guitars and straight froward lyrics that make it so approachable. Anybody that has ever been in a relationship (I think that is all of us), knows how easy it can be to lose perspective, become selfish and take a partner for granted when they have been next to you for so long, or here and there one might hit that bump on the road that wakes you up to the treasure you may be holding to. Without being overly preachy or beating the subject on the head with a mallet, this song expresses the spirit of gratitude in a folkishly charming way. I do hope you guys like it.
The Girl by City and Colour
Lyrics:
I wish I could do better by you,
Cos that's what you deserve.
You sacrifice so much of your life,
In order for this to work.
While I'm off chasing my own dreams,
Sailing around the world,
Please know that I'm yours to keep,
My beautiful girl.
And when you cry a piece of my heart dies,
Knowing that I may have been the cause,
If you were to leave, fulfill someone elses dreams,
I think I might totally be lost.
But you don't ask for no diamond rings,
No delicate string of pearls,
That's why I wrote this song to sing,
My beautiful girl
Alright, so this is my first attempt at Song Share, so I am starting out by tipping the toes into the water so to speak and going in with an easy-to-like entry from City and Colour. Those of you that know me are aware that my taste in music is pretty broad, and in time I expect to be able to bring into this forum a variety of music, but I felt it might be wise to start out with something that will serve as a good foundation for the rest. No need for me to wreck my reputation before I get started :D.
This particular song was one of those accidental finds during one of many downloading sessions where a name catches your eye and you download it simply out of curiosity. As it turns out City and Colour has a lot of pretty good stuff, most of it on the acoustic rock vein, of which this is a pretty good sample. Though not overly complex in formula, I think it is the simplicity of this song, the paired guitars and straight froward lyrics that make it so approachable. Anybody that has ever been in a relationship (I think that is all of us), knows how easy it can be to lose perspective, become selfish and take a partner for granted when they have been next to you for so long, or here and there one might hit that bump on the road that wakes you up to the treasure you may be holding to. Without being overly preachy or beating the subject on the head with a mallet, this song expresses the spirit of gratitude in a folkishly charming way. I do hope you guys like it.
The Girl by City and Colour
Lyrics:
I wish I could do better by you,
Cos that's what you deserve.
You sacrifice so much of your life,
In order for this to work.
While I'm off chasing my own dreams,
Sailing around the world,
Please know that I'm yours to keep,
My beautiful girl.
And when you cry a piece of my heart dies,
Knowing that I may have been the cause,
If you were to leave, fulfill someone elses dreams,
I think I might totally be lost.
But you don't ask for no diamond rings,
No delicate string of pearls,
That's why I wrote this song to sing,
My beautiful girl
Monday, November 24, 2008
Song Share: Sally's Song
by Todd Hamilton
I chose a cover of a song this week. The song is "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas, performed by Amy Lee, found on the album Nightmare Revisited. I felt this song fit this season, the time between Halloween and Christmas and I feel Amy's interpretation gives this song a little more depth than the film version. Plus, as socially inept girls are to the Twilight series, I am to Amy Lee's voice.
Lyrics:
I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
no, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one
I chose a cover of a song this week. The song is "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas, performed by Amy Lee, found on the album Nightmare Revisited. I felt this song fit this season, the time between Halloween and Christmas and I feel Amy's interpretation gives this song a little more depth than the film version. Plus, as socially inept girls are to the Twilight series, I am to Amy Lee's voice.
Lyrics:
I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
no, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Song Share: Lightning Crashes
by Angus McKay
A few months back, I was singing to myself at work. I do this mostly to get the annoying songs that they play at work out of my head. Anyway, on this particular day I decided to dig a little deeper in my song memory bank for something I hadn't heard in a while. I found a place that had been locked and hidden away for many years. It was the music of my high school years. As I played through these long-forgotten songs in my mind, I found that I still loved them like I did before. Pearl Jam, Spin Doctors, Collective Soul, Tonic, Nirvana, and others all came flooding back to me. It was great.
One song in particular stood out to me. I kind of consider it the anthem of my high school class (whether the others of the class of 97 will agree may be questionable). Anyway, for those of you who know it: I hope it brings back good feelings the same way it did for me. For those who are hearing it for the first time: welcome to my world.
This is Live: Lightning Crashes.
Lyrics:
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door
lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now, to the baby down the hall
oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
forces pullin' from the center of the earth again
I can feel it.
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
this moment she's been waiting for
the angel opens her eyes
pale blue colored eyes,
presents the circle
and puts the glory out to hide, hide
A few months back, I was singing to myself at work. I do this mostly to get the annoying songs that they play at work out of my head. Anyway, on this particular day I decided to dig a little deeper in my song memory bank for something I hadn't heard in a while. I found a place that had been locked and hidden away for many years. It was the music of my high school years. As I played through these long-forgotten songs in my mind, I found that I still loved them like I did before. Pearl Jam, Spin Doctors, Collective Soul, Tonic, Nirvana, and others all came flooding back to me. It was great.
One song in particular stood out to me. I kind of consider it the anthem of my high school class (whether the others of the class of 97 will agree may be questionable). Anyway, for those of you who know it: I hope it brings back good feelings the same way it did for me. For those who are hearing it for the first time: welcome to my world.
This is Live: Lightning Crashes.
Lyrics:
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door
lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now, to the baby down the hall
oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
forces pullin' from the center of the earth again
I can feel it.
lightning crashes, a new mother cries
this moment she's been waiting for
the angel opens her eyes
pale blue colored eyes,
presents the circle
and puts the glory out to hide, hide
Monday, November 10, 2008
Song Share: One Beat
By Martin Gonzalez
One Beat by Sleater-Kinney. Girls Rock, game over!
Yeah sometimes I really enjoy just rocking out and these fine ladies can throw down some serious rock love.
With this track in particular I have many a fond memory of turning around to find I have an audience. A laughing audience.
Oh and for you science freaks this song is about fusion! The power of the future!
Lyrics:
I'm a bubble in a sound wave
A sonic push for energy
Exploding like the sun
A flash of clean light hope
All you scientists can hold your breath
Shall I decide to show myself? Oh oh
If you think like Thomas Edison
Could you invent a world for me
Now all that's on the surface
Are bloody arms and oil fields
Could I turn this place upside down
And shake you and your fossils out? Oh oh
Should I come outside and run your cars
Should I run your rockets to the stars
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony
If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go Oh oh
Your word for me is fusion
But is real change an illusion
Could I turn this place all upside down
And shake you and your fossils out
If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony Oh oh
One Beat by Sleater-Kinney. Girls Rock, game over!
Yeah sometimes I really enjoy just rocking out and these fine ladies can throw down some serious rock love.
With this track in particular I have many a fond memory of turning around to find I have an audience. A laughing audience.
Oh and for you science freaks this song is about fusion! The power of the future!
Lyrics:
I'm a bubble in a sound wave
A sonic push for energy
Exploding like the sun
A flash of clean light hope
All you scientists can hold your breath
Shall I decide to show myself? Oh oh
If you think like Thomas Edison
Could you invent a world for me
Now all that's on the surface
Are bloody arms and oil fields
Could I turn this place upside down
And shake you and your fossils out? Oh oh
Should I come outside and run your cars
Should I run your rockets to the stars
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony
If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go Oh oh
Your word for me is fusion
But is real change an illusion
Could I turn this place all upside down
And shake you and your fossils out
If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony Oh oh
Friday, November 7, 2008
Concert: Crooked Fingers
I've never shared a Cooked Fingers song at Music Night before, and neither has any of my siblings, despite us all being huge fans . . . but I'm sure it's bound to happen eventually. Regardless, Crooked Fingers is coming in concert to Tucson AZ Friday, Nov 14, 2008 9:30 PM MST (9:00 PM Doors) at Plush. A bunch of us are planning on going down, and I wanted to invite any and all who are interested to come with us. All you have to do is let me know via email, blog comments, or phone call. Crooked Fingers is some of the best concerts I've ever been too. If you are lukewarm on their music, concert attendance will change all that.
So come! You won't regret it.
So come! You won't regret it.
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