Jinks the Hijinksed

Regina Spektor – Samson



So the first time I heard this song, I was 20. My most-recent-ex-at-the-time had made me a mix CD because while we were still dating I’d heard Tori Amos’s version of Smells Like Teen Spirit (which if you’d never heard I’d suggest you listen to, like, instantly) over at hers and been like OMG, and a couple of weeks after we broke up she realised she hadn’t given me a copy like she promised and put it on a mix CD for me (because we stayed friends after we broke up. This is something I do).

But anyway, about a few months later she made me another one, and Samson was on it. Not this version; this version is on the 2006 album Begin to Hope; the version I have (well, I have Begin to Hope as well but you know what I mean) is from the 2002 Songs. I personally think the first version is better, but that’s very much a matter of personal taste.

SOTD: Panic! at the Disco - New Perspective




So this was the first song that Panic(!) released after the split, and it made me grin so wide I thought my face was going to split. As always, Brendon Urie's voice makes me smile, and the song itself (featuring lyrics such as 'can we fast forward to go down on me?' and 'you come along because I love your face') is utterly joyful.

SOTD: @johncmayer – Waiting On the World to Change



After the clusterfuck that was the vote in NJ yesterday (and after DC and NH I’d started to hope again – silly me) I’ve been listening to inspirational songs all day. This one I can’t help but like, because it does help.


“It’s not that we don’t care – we just know that the fight ain’t fair, so we keep waiting, waiting on the world to change”

SOTD: Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down



A little blast from the past today – think I might go a bit retro for the rest of the week….

SOTD @adamlambert - Sleepwalker



This song, from Adam Lambert’s debut album For Your Entertainment (the title track from which being the song that he performed at the AMAs which caused all the controversy) was co-written by Ryan Tedder (of OneRepublic, co-writer of songs like ‘Apologize’ and ‘Bleeding Love’, written for Leona Lewis (which was also co-written by Jesse McCartney, but the less said about him the better)) and, like many Ryan Tedder songs, breaks your heart in the best possible way. If this song had been around for me immediately post-breakup, you KNOW it would have gone on the playlist.

(Yes, I did make a breakup playlist. You KNOW none of you are surprised. I make playlists for EVERYTHING.)

I’ve been listening to this album pretty much non-stop since Christmas Day. I must have listened to it somewhere in the region of 30-40 times and I’m so very much not bored of it yet. I figure I’ve got another couple of months.