SOTD 16/03/10
Mar. 16th, 2010 12:56 pmRegina 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.
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 15/03/10 #musicmonday
Mar. 15th, 2010 01:12 pmSOTD: Third Eye Blind ( @3eb ) - Jumper
I love this entire (eponymous) album. If you’ve never listened, I suggest you do so ASAP. (It contains the song Semi-Charmed Life, which you will recognise from the radio in the late ‘90s, although there will be some lyrics that you don’t recognise because apparently it wasn’t considered ‘done’ to play songs about how awesome crystal meth is on radio.)
This song in particular is just kind of perfect. I can't justify that exactly, but if you listen you'll know what I mean.
I love this entire (eponymous) album. If you’ve never listened, I suggest you do so ASAP. (It contains the song Semi-Charmed Life, which you will recognise from the radio in the late ‘90s, although there will be some lyrics that you don’t recognise because apparently it wasn’t considered ‘done’ to play songs about how awesome crystal meth is on radio.)
This song in particular is just kind of perfect. I can't justify that exactly, but if you listen you'll know what I mean.
SOTD 12/01/10
Jan. 12th, 2010 02:04 pmSOTD: 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.
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 11/01/10
Jan. 11th, 2010 01:35 pmSOTD: Gym Class Heroes - Peace Sign/Index Down
In September 2008, I saw GCH live for the first time. I got robbed and punched in the face by 12 year olds with knives while waiting in line (gotta love London), made some amazing friends, got one of Matt McGinley's drum sticks (because the security guard felt sorry for me because of the whole getting punched thing), met the band, and it remains one of the most amazing gig experiences of my life. Half the gig I couldn't even sing along, I was smiling so hard.
From the first moment I heard this song on the album, I knew the atmosphere when it was played live would be amazing. And it was; the entire venue had a buzz to it that can't be put into words.
This whole album is amazing, I could - and did - listen to it ten times in a row. You should too.
In September 2008, I saw GCH live for the first time. I got robbed and punched in the face by 12 year olds with knives while waiting in line (gotta love London), made some amazing friends, got one of Matt McGinley's drum sticks (because the security guard felt sorry for me because of the whole getting punched thing), met the band, and it remains one of the most amazing gig experiences of my life. Half the gig I couldn't even sing along, I was smiling so hard.
From the first moment I heard this song on the album, I knew the atmosphere when it was played live would be amazing. And it was; the entire venue had a buzz to it that can't be put into words.
This whole album is amazing, I could - and did - listen to it ten times in a row. You should too.
SOTD 08/01/10
Jan. 11th, 2010 01:31 pmSOTD: @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”
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 07/01/10
Jan. 11th, 2010 01:24 pmSOTD: Drake Bell – Up Periscope
This is one of the best songs ever, okay? It just IS.
I don’t know if any of you ever watched Drake and Josh on the Nickelodeon channel? Drake Bell is that Drake. It's awesome.
Lyrics are here.
(I recommended to my 11 year old niece that she listen to this song, which I think makes me the worst Godmother ever, but she was singing the GaGa song with the Disco Stick lyric in it! I panicked!)
This is one of the best songs ever, okay? It just IS.
I don’t know if any of you ever watched Drake and Josh on the Nickelodeon channel? Drake Bell is that Drake. It's awesome.
Lyrics are here.
(I recommended to my 11 year old niece that she listen to this song, which I think makes me the worst Godmother ever, but she was singing the GaGa song with the Disco Stick lyric in it! I panicked!)
SOTD 04/01/10
Jan. 11th, 2010 01:07 pmSOTD @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.
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.