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#64

2007-08-03T15:29:00.000-04:00

"Unpack Your Suitcase"
Let's French
Victory

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 3

It's funny this song came up in the randomness because the only reason it's in my iTunes library is because I was listening to songs last weekend for possible inclusion in a 4-7 minute film my friends and I made for the 48 Hour Film Project. This is a band that a fellow group member had seen and contacted to get their CD.

More so with their other songs I can totally name other bands that seem to have influenced them. With this one, though, I am drawing a blank. It reminds me of someone, but I can't place my finger on who. I think it's a good song. The beginning didn't catch me as well as I would have liked, but later on the song makes up for it. They have good guitar lines going on and unlike many bands, it doesn't fall apart and sound empty at parts. No lyrics for this one...let me know if you have them and I will post them.

I am admittedly unsure of how established Let's French is so I don't want to make some statement about them being new or old.

#63

2007-07-03T10:57:00.000-04:00

"Where Is Everybody?"
Nine Inch Nails
Things Falling Apart

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I love this song. It's weird and different and I can't really figure it out, but I still like it a lot. It starts off almost boring and then that crazy, slow beat comes in that is as loud, if not louder than his voice. And the lyrics are good because they aren't just nonsense, but they are still a bit cryptic and vague.

Oh sorry, I forgot to review the song because I keep listening to it. Man does it go cray cray at the end!

did you happen to catch
or did it happen so fast
what you thought would always last
has passed you by
is everything speeding up
or am I slowing down
just spinning around
and I don't know why
all the pieces don't fit
thought I really didn't give a shit
I never wanted to be like you
but for all I aspire
I am really a liar
and I'm running out of things I can do

I'd like to stay
but every day
everything pushes me further away
if you could show
help me to know
how it's supposed to be
where did it go?

pleading and
needing and
bleeding and
breeding and
feeding
exceeding
where is everybody?
trying and
lying
defying
denying
crying and
dying
where is everybody?

well okay, enough
you've had your fun
but come on there has got to be someone
that hasn't yet become
so numb
and succumb
and
god damn I am so tired of pretending
of wishing I was ending
when all I'm really doing is trying to hide
and keep it inside
and fill it with lies
open my eyes?
maybe I wish I could try

pleading and
needing and
bleeding and
breeding and
feeding
exceeding
where is everybody?
trying and
lying
defying
denying
crying and
dying
where is everybody?

#62

2007-06-27T15:24:00.000-04:00

"English Country Garden"
The Darkness
One Way Ticket To Hell

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

I was so excited when I first heard The Darkness. I think I was in Richmond at the time and my friend and I loved to sing along with the falsetto. Now my opinion on them is just "eh." Take 'em or leave 'em.

This song has some good melodies within, but I think I keep likening them to Scissor Sisters with an edge and I can't stand SS at the moment. This would be a good song for a road trip when you're speeding down a back road.

It was a cigarette break and I was desp...erate
I saw her pushing a wheelbarrow
She said have you got a match? and I said yes
My cock and Farmer Giles' prizewinning marrow

Frolicking in the summer fields were we
I fell for you, and you grew to like me

I carved "U4 me” in the bark of a tree in an English Country Garden
We rolled around, Kissing on the ground, in an English Country Garden
You succumbed to my charms, fell asleep in my arms in an English Country Garden
Beneath the stars above I fell in love in a English Country Garden

Jardin Jardin Jardin Jardin

They did a quiz at the village fete, we came last
Everybody laughed at the two of us
Never seen a bale of hay, move so fast
She was a bonefide forking genius

Frolicking in the autumn fields were we
I cherished you, and you tolerated me

We mucked about when we were mucking out, in an English Country Garden
Took me under your wing when we had our fling, in an English Country Garden
You gave my heart a boost, You ruled the roost, in an English Country Garden
Just as I got broody, you got moody, in an English Country Garden

English Country Garden
English Country Garden

Pulling all the stops, harvesting the crops in an English Country Garden
The uield was meagre, you were far less eager, in an English Country Garden
Seeds we scattered, never really mattered, in a English Country Garden
I saw you leave the farm on another guys arm in a English Country Garden.

Jardin Jardin Jardin Jardin Whooo !

#61

2007-06-27T15:15:00.000-04:00

"Only Ones Who Know"
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I love the Arctic Monkeys. I liked them after their first album, but after getting Favourtie Worst Nightmare I have had a renewed love for them. I like Alex Turner's voice a lot and also think that their songs are catchy in the best way.

This is one of their slow songs and it's quite simple with basic chords being strummed to accompany what sounds like a far away voice. I'm not sure I would change anything about the track. Sometimes when I listen to it, I keep expecting it to pick up at some point and it doesn't. It's not a bad thing,but I guess I'm so used to hearing more upbeat Arctic Monkeys that an entire slow song can sometimes throw me.

In a foreign place
The saving grace was the feeling
That it was her heart that he was stealing
He was ready to impress
And the fierce excitement
The eyes are bright
He couldn't wait to get away
And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake
Make no mistake, no

And even if somehow he could have shown you
The place you wanted
Well I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own
And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch
But all the little promises that don't mean much
When there's memories to be made
And I hope you're holding hands by New Year's Eve
They made it far too easy to believe
That true romance can't be achieved these days

And even if somehow they could have shown you the place you wanted
Well I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own
You are the only ones who know

#60

2007-06-26T21:05:00.000-04:00

"Wind Up"
Foo Fighters
The Colour And The Shape

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 3

My Foo Fighters obsession used to be out of control. Should the FBI ever need to investigate me and get ahold of my computer from undergrad they would find so many Dave Grohl/Foo Fighters pictures saved on there that I think they would worry I was insane. I still love Foo Fighters, but I have it a little more under control:)

I like this song, but it is not one of my favorites. I give it a higher number of stars because it is so much fun to sing along with. The beat is catchy and Dave Grohl's energy (like in all of his songs) elevates what would be a simple song to a new level.

I have a choice between the bat or the belt
Each time I hear about the hand you've been dealt
Spare me confession it's confession you sell
Maybe I'll fall behind but I don't mind because I'll catch up
I want a song that's indelible Like manimal
I hope you never see me wind up
Will I be happy on the back of the shelf
Will you be happy when we're sharing a cell
Spare me your questions since you know me so well
Someday you'll realize that I get shy and I choke up
I want a song that's indelible Like manimal
I hope you never see me wind up
What is wrong with this animalI'm terrible
I hope you never see me wind up
Farewell my sweet paramania
Farewell my sweet paramania
My only promise is that I'll never tell
Keep you at a distance from the things that I felt
I'll bite the bullet take the beating until
I take it all back anyway what was I supposed to say?
I want a song that's indelible Like manimal
I hope you never see me wind up
What is wrong with this animal
I'm terrible
I hope you never see me wind up

#59

2007-05-01T13:31:00.000-04:00

"Wound (If I Wait)"
The Smashing Pumpkins
Machina Acoustic Demos

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 4

My awesome friend Anna gave me this CD of their Machina demos for my birthday one year and it was such a great gift. Sometimes you just can't beat acoustic songs and they are perfection. AND he says "pop tart" in it and I am obsessed with those yum yums.

Not much musicall to comment on as it's just a basic song that is made better by Billy Corgan's voice, which really, could be said about much of his stuff. I think his distinctive voice is really what makes a lot of their songs.

Wound opens reveal a broken man
Soon notions, blood on his hands
Stop, stop, pop tart
Taste of your demands

If you wait, I will wait
If you taste, I will taste
If you run, I will run
If you love, I will love
To my last prayer

Tomb opens reveal a stack of gold
Cool poison, the taste of growing old
Sit down, downtown
In your tower of steel

If you wait, I will wait
Taste, I will taste
If you run, I will run
Love, I will love
To my last prayer
My last prayer
To my last prayer

Wound opens reveal a broken man
Soon notions, blood on his hands

If you wait, I will wait
Taste, I will taste
If you run, I will run
Love, I will love
To my last prayer

If you wait, if you wait
If you wait, if you wait

#58

2007-05-01T13:20:00.000-04:00

"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
The Postal Service
Give Up

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I *heart* The Postal Service. (I also *heart* the USPS.) I don't think this is their best song, but I tend to give it a higher review than I normally would because of it's title. Because, not only do I *heart* The Postal Service, but I *heart* DC.

The best part of the song is 3 minutes in when it picks up in tempo and Ben Gibbard starts singing about the 'gaudy apartment complex", otherwise, it can be a tad slow. I love it, I do, but it's not their best work. And I have to admit, I always thought he sang, "bloody apartment complex"! Dammit, I always sing the wrong words.

Ben Gibbard's lyrics beat all.

Smeared black ink
Your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening
To last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath where I am

I'll wear my badge
A vinyl sticker with big block letters
Adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends
I am a visitor here: I am not permanent
And the only thing keeping me dry is where I am

You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key
Explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving

D.C. sleeps alone tonight

You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key
Explaining that I am just visiting
And I finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving

The district sleeps alone tonight
After the bars turn out their lights
And send the autos swerving
Into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving

#57

2007-05-01T13:15:00.000-04:00

"Scotland The Brave, Highland Laddie"
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Tartan Top 20 Pipes And Drums

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I love me some bagpipes! I'm not exactly sure how to review a song that is all bagpipes, but basically, when looking for a good bagpipes song, I would recommend one that isn't too long. This one, clocking in at about 2 minutes is perfect. Bagpipes tend to sound the same after awhile so it's best to just get the melody in, play it, play the 'chorus' and get out of there. And now, after having seen live bagpipes and drum groups, I can picture them all marching around. FUN!

#56

2007-05-01T13:11:00.000-04:00

"The Friend Catcher
The Birthday Party
Hits

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

I bought this CD only because of their song "Mr. Clarinet Man" and really haven't listened to it much otherwise.

I like the lines using "chinny chin chin." What fun! I wouldn't exactly put this song on a party mix, but it's interesting and with about a minute left it picks up some and he sings his "chinny chin chin" lines:) The end is a bunch of feedback from the guitars and then it just stops. Eh, not the best.

I, cigarette fingers
puff and poke
puff and poking the smoke
touches the ground

You, your lungs and your wrists
they throb like trains
choo choo choo
it's a prison of sound

of sound

She, by my chinny chin chin [buying chilly chin-chin?]
Eee-oh Eee-oh
Like a zippo smokes the way
hope, around

You, your lungs and your wrists
they throb like trains
choo choo choo
It's a prison of sound

a prison of sound

She, by the hair of my chinny chin chin
Eee-oh Eee-oh Eee-oh Eee-oh
Like a zippo smokes the way
hope, around

You, your lungs and your wrists
they throb like trains
choo choo choo
it's a prison of sound

I poke around...

#55

2007-05-01T12:56:00.000-04:00

"Round The Bend"
Beck
Sea Change

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

My sister is a bigger Beck fan than I am and I got this album from her. I was all about him in middle school when "Loser" came out and we all tried to figure out what exactly he was saying. Then, in college I was all about the song "Debra" and played it on my radio show each week.

This is a very slow song and not of his typical style. I'm not too into it and, in fact, keep forgetting I'm reviewing this song. It's all right, I guess, but it's too damn slow. I can't get into it.

We don't have to worry
Life goes where it does
Faster than any bullet
From an empty gun
Turn yourself over
Loose change we could spend
Grinding down diamonds
Round, round, round the bend
Round, round, round the bend

People pushing harder
Up against themselves
Making their daggers sharper
Then their faces tan
Babe, it's your time now
Loose change we could spend
When we're going
Round, round, round the bend
Round, round, round the bend

#54

2007-02-02T18:19:00.000-05:00

"Before Three"
The Cure
The Cure

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I love this song. It makes me happy. I'm sitting here in the Barnes & Noble Cafe and seriously, it's hard not keep from smiling and singing along. I am holding it together by just tapping my foot. Whenever I love a song by The Cure I wonder if I would enjoy it so much if not sung by Robert Smith because his voice is so distinct and full of something. I don't want to say emotion because I'm not sure if that's true, but it is a voice one can pick out any time and besides the gloominess of The Cure, it's what sets them apart.

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah...

The happiest day I ever knew
In a sea of gold down next to you
So blurred and tired under summer sun
You whispered dreams of a world to come...
We were so in love
In this sea of gold - so young and tired
Under summer sun hard by your side
Whispering dreams down next to you...
We were so in love - The happiest day
Yeah the happiest day I knew
But summer sun sea of gold
This perfect day oh so long ago
Whispering dreams so blurred and tired
We have to keep this day alive
Whispered dreams so young and tired
It's hard to hold this day inside

And the happiest night I ever had
Up next to you in silver sand
So scared and high under winter moon
You whispered dreams that would all come true...
We were so in love
Up next to you so fucked and high
Under winter moon it made me cry
Whispering dreams on silver sand...
We were so in love - The happiest night

Yeah the happiest night I had
But winter moon and silver sand
This perfect night in another land
Whispering dreams so scared and high
We have to keep this night alive
Whispered dreams so fucked and high
It's hard to hold this night inside

Yeah and every summer's sun I want again
And every winter's moon I want the same
My happiest day and my happiest night
Always next to you... And held deep inside...
Keeps me alive

#53

2006-12-06T15:53:00.000-05:00

"Talking"
Descendents
Cool To Be You

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

Um, I LOVE The Descendents. I've never seen them live, but I did see ALL twice and they're 3/4 Decendents so that's something, right? I think any music fan, not just a punk fan, needs to know and appreciate The Descendents. I don't listen to a lot of the punk stuff I used to like, but The Descendents will always be in my musical rotations.

I think this band gets some good harmonies in there which I like. It's not just yelling and screaming words, there is actual music in there. I love it and I hope you do, too.

Talking about our life, no matter how much I don’t like
Talk is never cheap between you and me
Look at how far we’ve come, and still we always come undone
Maybe that’s how it always has to be

I'm out here alone, talking on the phone
Tensions are rising, it’s never surprising
This is the way it goes
Maybe we’ll fall in love when I get home

Talking about our life, seems like we never get it right
But we always get an A for effort
We sweat to find what to say, communication’s the only way
If we ever hope to stay together – Communicate!

I'm out here alone, talking on the phone
Tensions are rising, it’s never surprising
This is the way it goes
Maybe we’ll fall in love when I get home

Tell me the problem, I wanna know
If there’s a solution, I'll fix it now
And if there isn’t, I'll just be there
If I don’t say something, don’t say I don’t care

Well, I go yaddaddayaddaya, and you go yaddaddayaddaya
Yaddaddayaddayadda is what we gotta do

I'm out here alone, talking on the phone
Tensions are rising, it’s never surprising
This is the way it goes
Maybe we’ll fall in love when I get home

#52

2006-12-06T15:31:00.000-05:00

"Pathetic"
Blink-182
Dude Ranch

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

This song begs to be sung live with both Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus (sp?) taking turns at the microphone. And with Travis Barker keeping up that constant, quick bass drum. Loves it. I actually do really like this song. That beat that sounds like it gets off beat because it's so fast. I'm guessing this song is about when Tom dropped out of high school as a lot of the songs on this album are about that. I would also like to take this time to say how incredibly hott I think Tom Delonge is.

Oh, and when I get my new iPod for Christmas (80GB), I might have to change the header on here.

I know I'm pathetic, I knew when she said it
A loser, a bum's what she called me when I drove her home
There's no more waiting and sure no more wasting
I've done all I can but she still wants to be left alone

You got, you got, you got to help me out
And I'll try not to argue
No one, no one, no one likes a drop-out
Mistakes are hard to undo

Don't pull me down, this is where I belong
I think I'm different, but I'm the same and I'm wrong
Don't pull me down, this is where I belong
I think I'm different, this is where I belong

I think it's disgusting, believing and trusting
If I gave a fuck there would be nothing for me to prove
Although it's amusing, it's slightly confusing
I've done all I can but her ego is still hard to move

You got, you got, you got to help me out
And I'll try not to argue
No one, no one, no one likes a drop-out
Mistakes are hard to undo

Don't pull me down, this is where I belong
I think I'm different, but I'm the same and I'm wrong
Don't pull me down, this is where I belong
I think I'm different, this is where I belong

Don't pull me down, this is where I belong
I think I'm different, this is where I belong

#51

2006-11-05T18:57:00.000-05:00

"Concerto For Orchestra, Sz. 116"
Bela Bartok
Best Of Bartok, Vol. 2

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

I wanted to cheat and not review a classical one right now, but then my "random" promise would be such a lie. So here we go.

Bartok is not for everyone. Sure, a lot of stuff sounds normal and pleasant to the ear, but much of it is going to test the ear. This piece starts of very serene and classic-like. About half way through you get the known Bartok sounds from various instruments where at times it just sounds chaotic and weird. This one is actually annoying me because the dynamics are making it difficult to get a good feel for the entire piece. Ha, I just laughed since this is generally considered "good" since it is on the Best Of Bartok album:)

No lyrics. Instrumental.

#50

2006-10-14T22:22:00.000-04:00

"One Night Stand"
JC Chasez
Schizophrenic

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

Mr. JT isn't the only ex-Nsyncer out there with a good solor CD. This is a fun album and you really see a different side of JC. He's all about the s-e-x.

This isn't one of the strongest tracks on the album, unfortunately. What I don't like about this song are the cheesy-sounding synthesizer sounds and the backup JC vocals. It would have been much better with a stronger DANCE beat and if his voice was more inside the accompaniment and not as much on top of it. The lyrics are pretty funny, though.

Say sweet thang
(Uh-huh)
You know I couldn't help but notice you looking all good over here
(Yea)
I was wondering, do you wanna...

It makes me weak baby
Just to hear you speak baby
Girl you got me all dizzy and light
Like I got my cap on too tight

[skee-bopping]
Girl just for you I'd jump through hoops All I wanna do is please ya girl
Take you for a trip all around the world, say

Ooh I feel love, I feel love
A-that's right
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Atleast for tonight
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Don't you wanna spend the night with me, girl
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Oh, I just wanna be with you, yea-yea

(Baby)
I'm gonna take you on a ride
Make you wanna jump and kiss the sky
I'm gonna take you forty thousand high
Just cause you're my girl tonight
(Baby)
Just relax baby don't be shy
Cause it's a feeling that you can't deny
I'm gonna keep you steady satisfied
Just cause you're my girl tonight

So I'm thinking, it's kinda crowded.
You wanna get out of here?
Psh. Yea, cause you're so smooth.
Yeah, I know.

We'll be doing this baby
Uh!
And you'll be lovin' this baby
Oh!
Crusin' along till we hit the backseat
Cause that's where the music sounds so sweet

Weehaw!
I love it when we're crusin' together
Just me and you, girl

Ooh I feel love, I feel love
A-that's right
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Atleast for tonight
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Don't you wanna spend the night with me, girl
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
Oh, I just wanna be with you, yea-yea

(Baby)
I'm gonna take you on a ride
Make you wanna jump and kiss the sky
I'm gonna take you forty thousand high
Just cause you're my girl tonight
(Baby)
Just relax baby don't be shy
Cause it's a feeling that you can't deny
I'm gonna keep you steady satisfied
Just cause you're my girl tonight

Now you know it's just for tonight right
What?
Aw come on baby it's cool

Uh, uh, uh, uh
Oh, uh, uh
That's right-ight

(Baby)
I'm gonna take you on a ride
(My ride)
Make you wanna jump and kiss the sky
(If you wanna get inside)
I'm gonna take you forty thousand high
Just cause you're my girl tonight
(Baby)
Just relax baby don't be shy
(Don't be shy)
Cause it's a feeling that you can't deny
(Baby I'll be your guide)
I'm gonna keep you steady satisfied
Just cause you're my girl tonight

(Baby)
I'm gonna take you on a ride
(My ride, my ride)
Make you wanna jump and kiss the sky
I'm gonna take you forty thousand high
(Forty thousand high)
Just cause you're my girl tonight
(Oh-ho-oh)(Baby)
Just relax baby don't be shy
(Oh-ho-oh)
Cause it's a feeling that you can't deny
(You can't deny)
I'm gonna keep you steady satisfied
Just cause you're my girl tonight
Baby

#49

2006-10-14T22:11:00.000-04:00

"Blue Skies Bring Tears (Pt. 1)"
Smashing Pumpkins
Machina Acoustic Demos

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 3

My awesome friend Anna gave me a copy of the Machina acoustic demos for my birthday a few years back. She has this amazing ability to get her hands on anything and everything music related and I can't even ask her how much Smashing Pumpkins stuff she has because I know I'll be jealous.

Anyway, I am still completely in love with Billy Corgan's voice. This song is just guitar and voice and it's a little flat for much of it, but I have no bad words for it. You just have to imagine him recording this in a room. Just him and the guitar and the microphone. It probably wasn't like that, but it's a good image, eh?

I'm not sure if Part 1 goes along with what is on the studio Machina album or not. I'm not giving much of a listen to the two right now, but I guess they're similar, but not the same??

In the eyes beholding
aspects of arcane pleasure
shaking in our magnet measures
to repair, learn to try

i am your bone shattered
i am your breath seeking
i am your senses creaking
the chandeliers of light

it's about time
it's about fear
blue skies bring tears

flat pools of warm surrender
cruel summer of ancient truth
the search was never-ending
until i lay my claim on you

think not of virgin terrors
think not of your family
rub out the burdened concepts
are you ready to believe

in me this time
it's about fear
blue skies bring tears

ease to the blackened hallway
ascend to the highest height
call to the half-life lovers
drowning in their wells of time

ease down the darkened stairway
to a place that isn't fair
unease the sure-fire captain
drinking you to hell

#48

2006-07-15T19:22:00.000-04:00

"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Karazee"
!!!
Louden Up Now

Nmber of listens: ||| (But only because I kept not paying attention to it)
Stars (out of 5): 3

This starts off sounding like something I would hear in my brother's techno store. Kind of crazy, all over the place beats that aren't really dance but aren't really chill, either. I mean, not that his store plays that sort of stuff primarily, but it has a techno-y feel. Ok, anyway...this track doesn't stand out as anything special and it's not one I'd choose to represent the group. It's kind of just there.

*Can't find lyrics right now. The one sight with them is blocked from the wireless network I'm on. LAME!*

#47

2006-07-08T10:47:00.000-04:00

"Treefingers"
Radiohead
Kid A

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 1

I loved Kid A when it came out. My college roommate was a huge Radiohead fan and partly because I was often forced* to listen to them a lot, I secretly loved and purchased this album when it came out. I remember "coming clean" to her about buying it and that conversation still remains vivid in my mind because it was so funny. It was like I was admitting to doing cocaine again** or something.

While I, of course, loved the hits (Creep, Karma Police, etc.), I had never really gotten into an entire album of there's until this one. The whole thing felt new and fresh and I was obsessed with it for awhile. There isn't much to this instrumental track, though. I'm giving it only one star merely for the fact that it does not stand out on it's own. Hearing it out of sequence would not immediately make me think it's Radiohead's nor would I put it on by itself.

Instrumental

*Forced is a strong word since she didn't hold a knife to my throat or anything and really, is it so bad to have to listen to Radiohead? It was more the principle of dormroom living and listening to something I didn't put on.
**I've NEVER done cocaine. Just to clarify.

#46

2006-07-08T10:36:00.000-04:00

"Time Consumer"
Coheed & Cambria
Second Stage Turbine Blade

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 4

I remember buying my first Coheed & Cambria CD back when a friend of mine said they were better than Trail of Dead. Thinking how that woud be impossible, but being curious for what genius music that would be, I picked up their CD. I wasn't disappointed but I also told my friend he was insane and they were NOT better than TOD. He then said I had to see them live to get the full effect. So I saw them live and still told him he was insane. C&C is good, yes, but in no way are they on Trail of Dead's levels both on stage or in the studio.

That being said, this is a good song. I love the beginning which is at least a minute of straight guitar work that emphasizes different beats at the right time. It creates a nice melody. I think C&C's distinctness (his voice) is what can turn a person away from their music. I, at times, can't stand it and at other times, fully embrace it's uniqueness.

The young stale memories of play the role to your part
Librarian find me the pole, the one that kicks your head in
With my own time role your own innocence by
Grab on to my sleeve the one that grabs at your ankle
Debate to understand that we all have a flaw
Then fail to represent your life as you know it
God grant you one wish to turn back the time
Correct and create, making sense of . . .

Me and my star, Matthew good night
You know by law when you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew goodnight
You know my lord when you'll be forgiven

So they pulled your confidence down with those verbal discrepancies
Now and then you'll gain what they've lost through a challenge of unpronounced
Pain is only a pulse if you just stop feeling it
You might be able to use the very thing that makes us up

Me and my star, Matthew good night
You know by law when you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew goodnight
You know my lord when you'll be forgiven

Wait, now, here when will you believe?
Me, I'm merely asking you to help me, when did I say to murder?
Wait now, here, please hear me out
Time consumer, time consuming, consume me
Down and out, now

Me and my star, Matthew good night
You know by law when you'll be forgiven
Maria my star, Matthew goodnight
You know my lord when you'll be forgiven

#45

2006-05-26T19:57:00.000-04:00

"Show Box"
Barenaked Ladies
Friends-Music From The TV Show

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 1

Ugh...this song is wretchedly bad. I only own it because it is on the Friends sountrack. I'm not a big Barenaked Ladies fan and this one is just so bouncy and annoying. And the lyrics? HORRIBLE. I don't even want to listen to this.

A key in the door, a step on the floor,
A note on the table, and a meal in the micro
Note says "I'm in bed, please make sure you're fed
If you're taking a shower, you can borrow my bathrobe
And when I'm asleep I dream you move in next week"
I crumple the note and save it to put inside

Chorus:
My shoe box
Shoe box of lies
Shoe box
Shoe box of lies

It's under my bed, it's never been read
It's in with my school stuff and my mom never cleans there
From the first little fib, when I still wore a bib
To my latest attempt at pretending at someone
Who's not seventeen and doesn't know what you mean
When talk turns to single malts, or stilton, or

Did somebody tell you
This is how it's supposed to be?
Or did you just find it
And you don't want any more from me?

Was it something I said, or was it something you read
That's making me think that I should never have come here
I can offer you lies, I can tell you good-bye,
I can tell you I'm sorry, but I can't tell the truth, dear
And if I could - would it do any good?
You'll still never get to see the contents of

You're so nineteen-ninety
And it's nineteen-ninety-four
Leave this world behind me
'Cause you don't want me anymore

#44

2006-05-22T20:12:00.000-04:00

"Take You On A Cruise"
Interpol
Antics

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 4

I don't understand not loving Interpol. I think a lot of it is the singer's voice because it is so unique yet not in an annoying way and also not in a way that will ever get annoying or old. I can listen to Interpol endlessly and never tire of it.

They often use simple guitar chords strummed in time I've noticed. Then they layer upon it to create great energy in the song.I think Interpol uses their instruments in a very smart way, if that makes any sense. Careful thought goes into the beat and the chords and what is playing when. All of that really adds to a songs level of greatness.

I'm timeless like a broken watch
I make money like Fred Astaire
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
The pretense is not what restricts me
It's the circles inside

The anatomy of kisses and a teacher who tries
Who knows how we'll disappear?
Would you like to be my Misses and in future with child?
You know we can't get back from here
But we can get away

Baby don't you try to find me
Baby don't you try to fight
Baby don't you try to find me
Lady it will be alright

Along the way
Tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
We sail today
Tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life

I am the scavenger between the sheets of union
Lately I can't tell for sure whether machines turn anyone
(The anatomy of kisses and a teacher who tries...would you like to be my Misses and in future with child...)

Baby don't you try to find me
Lady there is no need to fight
Lady don't you try to find me
Baby it will be alright

We sail today
Tears will drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
Along the way
The sea will crowd us with lovers at night
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life

I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time

White goddess, red goddess, black temptress of the sea
You treat me right
Black goddess, red goddess, white temptress of the sea
You treat me right
White goddess, black goddess, red temptress of the sea
You treat me right
(Oh my love, we are sailing to Norway

#43

2006-05-22T19:55:00.000-04:00

"One"
Sunny Day Real Estate
Rising Tide

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 4

Sunny Day Real Estate (SDRE) has such a unique sound: layered instruments, well placed drums, unmistakable vocals. It all comes together to create mini epic songs. I have no idea what he is singing most of the time but still, the songs are powerful and lush.

This song is one of SDRE's best songs. I love how dramatic it is. I can't find the words to describe it otherwise though. It's just one of those that is just good because it is.

And it's strange
How we're wasting our lives
Novacaine
When the pain helps us rise
Here we stay

Though it's only a clever game
Running from our lives
And we linger on
But if we try
To lift up our eyes
Replacing the lies
We own this moment

Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied
Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied

And it's strange
How we're selling our time
And we wait

We are lost in a clever game
Running from our lives
And they lead us on
But if we try
To lift up our eyes
Replacing the lies
We own this moment

Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied
Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied

Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied
Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied

Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied
Everything and everyone and in the end we all are one
The truth will not be denied

#42

2006-05-22T19:05:00.000-04:00

"Kristinar"
Howie Day
Australia

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

Howie Day cannot have experienced the things he writes/sings about. If so, he has led the most romantic yet tragic young life ever. That said, this song just goes in his long line of sweet and heartbreaking songs that I love.

It is very simple, just guitar and voice. No big melody or hook that jumps out, I think it is more about his voice in this one. I know that this song is a favorite of many Howie Day fans and I can totally see why. If a song could be described as "naked" then I would use it now. I'm only giving it 3 stars though because I think it is a "live" song that would really come alive then. Ironically, I don't think he often plays this live. Go figure!

On the phone to saturday
where did you go?
’cause the tequila from your kiss is still around
and you’re down
to remind me
i know that you’re away
but you’re not gone

reeling inside
she wants to call
she can spin my motivation
like a record off the wall
don’t you try
for anyone but yourself?
you do for me - don’t you

i can feel it in your mind
kristina falls down to the floor
she is fine and it’s alright
she said you’re broken drowned and drunk
no one had ever felt like she did before
before you

did you know
that if you go
down to planeside
i will be there waiting for you
at the top of the stairs
and you will be so beautiful

kristina said
let’s have your party december
i don’t know why she trys to be so real
kristina said
let’s have your baby in september
i don’t know why you try to be so real

#41

2006-05-20T23:38:00.000-04:00

"From Now To Never"
Sparta
Porcelain

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

I'll be honest with you: I didn't listen to this CD much when I got it. I bought it because I was a wicked loyal Sparta fan for so long that I felt like it HAD to be a part of my collection. I still like the idea of Sparta and I have a ton of good memories from seeing them live and listening to them constantly but I don't find myself anyone wanting to put their albums on.

This song is over eight minutes long. It is very political-just check out the lyrics. I don't remember their other songs having messages like this but then again, I admit to not learning the correct lyrics until after many, many listens. The last five or so minutes lost the melody from the beginning and turn into mostly just piano and voice. Personally, I get bored. I can't do the long jam-like, songs often. I start wondering when it's going to end.

So don't forget
In these times try to remember
The time will come
To use your voice and push your views
So don't forget
Sometime between now and never
The time will come
You bite your tongue, they'll bury you
And it seems far enough away

It's a calling card, your expiration date
When that day comes
Be ready
To remember what happened
And have the pride to back down
Let's not repeat and everyone can move on
But don't forget
Get ready
To remember what happened
And have the pride to back down

Scars are for a reason
Remind us of what happened
Stay away from harm
Be ready
We're tired of fiction
And occupied stations
Your motives look like
A portrait wealthy, Burning Wells
Get ready
We're tired of fiction
And occupied stations

So don't forget
The time will come

And I'm not sure
What you'll be like

What will eyes say when I see them
Wonder what you'll grow up to see

If we have torn the map to pieces, you'll find your way home
Cause home is where you believe

#40

2006-05-20T23:30:00.000-04:00

"No Other Way"
Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 4

Part of me really hates Jack Johnson. It's that singer-songwriter aspect of him that makes me want to not like him. He just seems so cliche, like saying Daves Matthews Band is your favorite. It's liking what is safe and easy.

But sometimes safe and easy is still really good. That is how I feel about Jack Johnson and this song. It starts off with the frat-boy band guitar that reminds me of Hawaiian luau parties I went to in college. But his voice comes in just shy of a minute in and it's so unique. It's clear and rough and full all at the same time. He makes the song feel "easy" and sometimes, it's so fitting. Just read the lyrics and wonder how any song about so many feelings, so many sleep isn't possible, could come across as easy.

when your mind is a mess
so is mine
i can't sleep
cause it hurts when i think
my thoughts aren't at peace
with the plans that we make
chances we take
they're not yours and not mine
there's waves that can break
all the words that we said
and the words that we mean
words can fall short
can't see the unseen
cause the world is awake
for somebody's sake now
please close your eyes woman
please get some sleep

and know that if i knew
all of the answers i would
not hold them from you
know all the things that i'd know
cause we told each other
there is no other way

well too much silence can be misleading
you're drifting, i can hear it
in the way that your breathing
we don't really need to find reason
cause out the same door
that it came, well it's leaving
leaving like a day that's done
and part of a season
resolve is just a concept
that's as dead as the leaves
but at least we can sleep
its all that we need
when we wake we will find
our minds will be free to go to sleep

#39

2006-05-20T23:20:00.000-04:00

"Long Distance Drunk"
Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

Someone gave me this CD. I took it because back then (circa 2001), Modest Mouse was the cool band to be into. I never really liked and still don't. Sure, I find some of their stuff catchy and different in an okay, inventive way but I have yet to ever think, "Gee, I really want to hear some Modest Mouse right now!"

This song is all about the constant beat in the background and the repeating lyrics at almost equal volume with everything else. The beat is very soothing so I have this song a 3 out of 5 rating. It kind of captures that depressed feeling that comes sometimes after drinking. The song soothes and drones at the same time.

Hang it up now or never
Hang it up again
(Hang it up now or never)
Hang it up now or never
Hang it up again
Hang it up now or never
Hang it up again
Doesn't seem like anything you're saying or doing or doing
Is making any sense
Long distance drunk
Long distance drunk
Long distance drunk
Oh yeah oh yeah
(8 AM and someone calls you on the telephone)
Long distance drunk
(You want to be by yourself and all alone)
Long distance drunk

#38

2006-05-19T23:48:00.000-04:00

"#1"
Garbage
Romeo + Juliet soundtrack

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 4

This song, every time I hear it, takes me back to 9th grade when I saw Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Dances in the theatre. I was immediately obsessed with that movie and still love it so much. I must have watched the VHS copy my brother gave me until it wore out and now I own the special edition on DVD. But this isn't a movie review site so, the music:

I think this song works because it sounds like there is obsessive passion being held back but is just about to break free. It does break free about a third of the way through the song and you can hear it in Shirley Manson's voice. She get's that slight tone of desparation and emotive wailing and it takes what was, at first, an almost pledge of allegiance, and turns into complete passion and desparation.

It's totally hott. (And so is Leonardo Dicaprio!)

I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine

I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear

I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you

See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time I am talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored

I will burn for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart
I'll tear it apart

I will lie for you
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me

Violate all my love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored

I would die for you
I would kill for you
I will steal for you
I'd do time for you
I would wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be a part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you

#37

2006-05-19T22:45:00.000-04:00

"Carbon Scoring"
Jimmy Eat World
Singles

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 3

Okay, based on the first moment of this song there is no way it can be Jimmy Eat World. This is the fastest I have ever head a JEW song, very punk-like. I haven't listened to any punk in awhile so of course I can't think of the band this is reminding me of. Actually, it sounds like it could have come form the Descendents! If Jim Ward took over for Milo!

Now that I have realized the sound similarities, I am really liking this song. If you are looking for something like "The Middle" then this song is so not for you.

Here we go.
(My only cold I fought.)
Here I am, frozen in time I find a way from you, pave the way.
And cause I can't stand still they'll leave you down and out.
And when your face gets here I'll stab you in the back.
Tell me now, I need to know how long.
Clear the way.
Don't make me wait all day.
With you, from you, pave my way.
And cause I can't stand still, they'll leave you down and out.
And when your face gets here I'll stab you in the back.
It's a long way home.
Can't you find your way?
I'm a trampoline.
Lift me up over farenheit.
I'm a trampoline.
I...

#36

2006-05-15T19:15:00.000-04:00

"Clumsy"
Our Lady Peace
I Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

I remember the first time I ever heard Our Lady Peace. Jon Ballard on DC101 introduced them as "Canada's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins" and I, being a huge SP fan, ran right out and bought their album. I don't think I agree with Ballard's comparison but I like OLP regardless.

This isn't my favorite of theirs but it's a good single has definitely stuck around since they released it. It's kind of long but it changes tempos and dynamics often so it's not boring at all.

Throw away the radio
Suitcase...Keeps you awake
Hide the telephone, the telephone
Telephone in case...You realize that
Sometimes your just not OK
You level out, level out, level out
It's not alright now...You need to understand
There's nothing strange out this
You need to know your friends...You need to know that

I'll be waving my hand
Watching you drown, watching you scream, quiet or loud
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need...A friend
As clumsy as you've been there's no one laughing
You will be safe in here, you will be safe in here

Throw away this very old...shoe lace
Tripped you again
Try to shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off
Sow the skin now
You need to understand...there's nothing fake about this
You need to let me in...watching you and

I'll be waving my hand
Watching you drown, watching you scream, no one's around
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need...A friend
As clumsy has you've been, there's no one laughing
You will be safe in here, you will be safe in...

I'll be wavin my hand...Watching you drown...
Watching you scream...Quiet or loud...
And maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need...A friend
As clumsy as you've been, there's no one laughing
You will be safe in here, you will be safe in here...Yeah
You will be safe in here...in here...Yeah
in here...Yeah...in here...Yeah...in here...Yeah
in here...Yeah....in here...Yeah

#35

2006-05-15T19:06:00.000-04:00

"Crackity Jones"
Pixies
Doolittle

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

I have no idea what this song is about. Hmm, I just googled it and saw something that said Frank Black wrote this song about a scary roommate he had in Puerto Rico. This song has never really "hit" me as one of my favorite but it definitely has energy and that can always make up for other things lacking. This is one of those songs where only a Pixies fan will be really excited to hear it, I think. I can imagine them singing it live or something just the different feel to it would be cool.

Fast (!) guitars, kind of choppy, yelping singing....It's neat though, I guess. I start liking it a lot more as it goes on.

jose jones
told me alone
his story
he got friends
like paco picopiedra
la muneca
he receives on his set
crack crack crackity jones

please forgive me
jose jones
you need these walls
for your own
i'm moving out of this hopedaje
i'm afraid you'll cut me boy

thirty miles by
hundred miles by
stinking island
por goofiar
en crushing automovil
chasing voices
he receives in his head
crack crack crackity jones

#34

2006-05-14T21:11:00.000-04:00

"Ballad Of A Paralysed Citizen"
The Faint
Danse Macabre

Nmber of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 2

OOoooh, creepy, depressing start. A cello, I think. Very eery way to begin this song but I guess for the subject matter it is fitting. His voice comes in and is very restrained, as well. I like the effect but seem to quickly just want the song to get going and it just doesn't.

Halfway through and it's still not doing anything for me. I'm just not feeling this one...

I'm paralysed and things could change for you as well
you're not so bad off now, you can move anything you need.
I'm not this way because of an emergency I caused
at seventeen a guard perched above the chlorine floor
when I saw a hand raise up from just beneath the air,
a frantic move for help, I made an instant judgment call.
dive- I arced my feet to dive, I broke the elemental line
to save a child. dive- into the shallow floor
the bottom scraped my palms and compressed my spine.
now i'm paralysed while they just hope to make amends
the family and the kid who faked the drowning incident,
i've felt the hand of god and that's the last thing that I felt
at all below my back, i've lost the faith I thought I had.

#33

2006-05-14T20:58:00.000-04:00

"Life's A Long Song"
Jethro Tull
Original Masters

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I don't know...This song doesn't do much for me. Well, now that I say that, the song is moving along and getting much more interesting. The beginning reminds me of horrible singer songwriters playing guitar in a desolate bar. But then those added instruments come in and of course, the flute. Jethro Tull always reminds me of my dad and not because he plays the flute while on one leg but because he gave me the CD.

When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new
day,

and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to
say,

well, don't you fret, don't you fear,

I will give you good cheer.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

If you wait then your plate I will fill.

As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day,

and the twelve o'clock gloom spins the room,

you struggle on your way.

Well, don't you sigh, don't you cry,

lick the dust from your eye.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

We will meet in the sweet light of dawn.

As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new
dress,

and the symphony sounds underground put you under duress,

well don't you squeal as the heel grinds you under the
wheel.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

Life's a long song.

But the tune ends too soon for us all.

#32

2006-04-14T09:39:00.000-04:00

"Black Star"
Radiohead
The Bends

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 5

I think this, other than the radio singles, was the first Radiohead song I totally fell in love with. My roommate in college freshman year was slightly obsessed with the band so I was inundated with it all right away. Before then I had just enjoyed their songs on the radio but wasn't that big into buying new things. And honestly, I got annoyed with them because I heard them so much that year. I think it is because it wasn't MY choice to have them on. Anyway...the next year I had a radio show and started putting on some Radiohead tracks and would ask my roommate for suggestions. She suggested this one a lot and for good reason. It's an awesome song!

Starts off quietly and quickly builds up into the introduction of Thom Yorke's voice. This is such a great song, both friendly to a new listener but also complex and solid for the old fan. I never tire of this one. It's also intense, it's "killing" him and you can totally feel that in the song.

I get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown
Well what am I to do?
I know all the things around your head and what they do to you
What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?

Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home

The troubled words of a troubled mind I try to understand what is eating you
I try to stay awake but its 58 hours since that I last slept with you
What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?

Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home

I get on the train and I just stand about now that I don't think of you
I keep falling over I keep passing out when I see a face like you
What am I coming to?
I just don´t know anymore

Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home
This is killing me
This is killing me

#31

2006-03-11T16:54:00.000-05:00

"Flood Of Red"
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Madonna

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

I like the singing style on this a lot and mixed with the drum beat in the background, it's a good song. I believe it's Jason singing (Anna, correct me if I'm wrong) and he seems to have the "different" songs. About two minutes in gives the instrumental breakdown part which honestly, is where I lose a little interest. Good thing the singing comes back in! I think this song is excellent as a part of the whole (album) but on its own it can't always keep my attention. Plus, I hate it when songs take forever to end and this one has like ten seconds of noise before it goes on.

Follow you into this suicide
Place a foot into this city of refuge
Carelessly mock those around us who
Laugh and cry
Carefully lock those fears... surround them with lies
From what I know
Can it do harm?
From one deadly...
A burn to my skin
Blaze the underbelly with no remorse
Kiss the placid face of this frozen lake
Taken by the screaming rhetoric
Follow you into this suicide
From what I know
Can it do harm?
From one deadly sin...
A burn to my skin
A flood of red
Bound by lust
From what I know
Bound by lust
Bound by trust

#30

2006-03-11T16:53:00.000-05:00

"Say Yes"
Elliott Smith
Either/Or

Nmber of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 5

I, at one time, listened to this album so much that I had to make myself stop because it was making me depressed. I was fortunate enough to see Elliott Smith live and it was kind of on a whim since I only listened to him when my roommate in college, Cara, had him on. I remember that night so well because it started off with my getting the last ticket to a secret Foo Fighters show at the Black Cat and ended with me totally in love with Elliott Smith and his talents. Grandaddy opened for him and I enjoyed his set a lot, but I was also distracted by Elliott Smith sitting upstairs watching the show and smoking.

But this song...wow. This song is one of my absolute favorite songs in the world and not only for the tender lyrics but also for the harmonies created. You just know this song came straight from his heart and interviews with him have revealed that he would often go to a bar and if he couldn't remember the lyrics he thought of, he figured they weren't important enough to be part of a song. I'm so glad this one made it through! The first line gets me everytime: "I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl"...it's not just about being in love, it's about having a new outlook as a result of it. Loves it!

I’m in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who’s still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn’t know
I’d be around the morning after
It’s always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I’m standing up the morning after
Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin can’t come to rest
I’m damaged bad at best
She’ll decide what she wants
I’ll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don’t
Say yes
I’m in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who’s still around the morning after

#29

2006-02-28T23:28:00.000-05:00

"Beetlebum"
Blur
Blur

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 4

This song feels much longer than it's three and a half minutes and maybe it's because of it's soft-loud-soft-loud structure which can sometimes give a song multiple lives. There's nothing too exciting going on anywhere in the song, but when put together it totally works and it's a great one. I think most everyone alive in the early '00s would recognize the hook of this song and it occurs multiple times.

Blur cracks me up because their thick accents come out in the songs and often it's difficult to realize the real lyrics. So you sing along for years and then one day you see the lyrics written out and realize you've had them wrong all that time.

Beetlebum
What you done
She’s a gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
Get nothing done
You beetlebum
Just get numb
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on all my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away and I am gone
Nothing is wrong, she turns me on

Beetlebum
Because you’re young
She’s a gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
She’ll suck your thumb
She’ll make you come
Coz, she’s your gun
Now what you’ve done
Beetlebum
He’s on, he’s on, he’s on it

#28

2006-02-28T23:19:00.000-05:00

"Medicine Ball"
Rogue Wave
Descended Like Vultures

Nmber of listens: ||||
Stars (out of 5): 3

This song is Rogue Wave's "Bob Dylan"-esque song. It has that feeling of lyrics being squished into too short of a period of time. It does NOT have the nasally sound that Bob Dylan has made famous but there is not doubt of the influence here. I love the sound of this song as it conflicts with itself, going between a folky sound and a strict drum beat kind of feel.

No lyrics, I'll have to type them up myself

#27

2006-02-26T20:23:00.000-05:00

"Nanny Nanny Boo Boo"
Le Tigre
This Island

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I LOVE Le Tigre because they are totally crazy and original. This song sounds a little juvenile but it's still a lot of fun. It's not your typical song with guitar, bass, and drums...it's built on sounds. Lots and lots of sounds. And then fun vocals mixed in. I like it a lot and it makes me want to dance. The beat is strict and not too fast which makes it sound like it's going to break out and speed up but it never does. I think that's where the energy comes from: never really going crazy. The closest thing is the little breakdown of instruments about 2 minutes in.

nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
if you ask us how we want it we'll say man to man
when you go to kiss our cheeks we're gonna put out our hands because
all night we've been talking to liars
and it's all right, just not in the style of tigers
and if you ask us what we're doin we'll
"it doesn't matter to you"
all you need to know is we love to see the crowd move
so turn it up
it really isn't loud enough
when we say when we know you think it's too much
so what?
nanny nany, nanny nanny boo boo
so what?
it's just a joke man, just an interview
so what?
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
so what?
you'll never get it, i guess this shit is too new
now lets synchronize our movements till they're super sick
we got high hats and loud claps in every mix
we're like boys, just ask her, dicks done by C.P. Caster
hey look out you're still in slip mode!
thanks but now i'm in batch capture
and if you ask us why we're laughing we'll say
"it doesn't matter to you"
all you need to know is we love to see the crowd move
so turn it up
it really sn't loud enough
when we say when we know you think too much
so what?
nanny nanny..
heaphones and velcro and pictures of mars
new mics and dirt bikes and candy bars
bowties and snkeaers while making beats
hard drives and handbooks and hotel sheets
so what?
it doesn't matter to you...
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
so what?
I do it every night
she does it in her man suit
so what?
nanny nanny, nanny nanny boo boo
so what?
we never said it but you know we alwaus wanted to
so what?

#26

2006-02-24T22:05:00.000-05:00

"White Wedding"
Billy Idol
The Wedding Singer Soundtrack

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I used to play this song every week for my Dedication Radio show in college for my brother. Just because he was engaged and it mentioned, "little sister". I LOVE this song because it has so much energy but at the same time it's reserved. About two minutes in it really gets fun with some growl from Idol and the guitar solo. And I just love the little, "yeow!" he gives every once and awhile. Oh man, this song is just so hott because of all of the energy just under the surface.

Hey little sister what have you done
Hey little sister who's the only one
Hey little sister who's your superman
Hey little sister who's the one you want
Hey little sister shot gun!

It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again.

Hey little sister what have you done
Hey little sister who's the only one
I've been away for so long (so long)
I've been away for so long (so long)
I let you go for so long

It's a nice day to start again (come on)
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again.

(Pick it up)

Take me back home
There is nothin' fair in this world
There is nothin' safe in this world
And there's nothin' sure in this world
And there's nothin' pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
Start again
Come on

It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again.
It's a nice day for a white wedding
It's a nice day to start again

#25

2006-02-24T21:43:00.000-05:00

"Mr. Farmer"
The Seeds
Almost Famous Soundtrack

Nmber of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I don't think I've ever heard this song before. Sometimes I buy soundtracks just because I liked the movie and then rarely listen to it. This song isn't too bad thoug-like sound going on. Simple, repetitive lyrics. It works.

The song isn't driving forward but it has that feeling anyway from the constant beat. "Mr. Farmer" is from the '60s but it sounds like current stuff, too.

See the farmer on the other side of town
He's always working hard 'til the sun goes down
He's up every morning right on five, a wanting green seeds just to come alive,
But he don't wear a no farm clothes, he's always using a rake and hoe,
But his seeds are starting to grow, like a big stalk up through the sky

He used to live in an apartment in a big old city
With thick and priestly windows built right in it
But he decided to move to a little tiny town
He wanted to be a farmer all year round
And on a country road where you can't see a thing
He's got five acres filled little green things, he said
He's working so hard all night and day

Mr. Farmer let me watch your crops
Mr. Farmer let me water your crops
Mr. Farmer let me harvest your crops
I want to have a dream come true
I said a farmer, farmer, farmer
I want to be just like you

See the farmer a walking down town, always draws a crowd when he's around
He's always wearing seedy clothes, he's shows them off whereever he goes
You can spot him anywhere, got a bright pink thumb but he don't care,
I said, he looks like something from a very bad dream

Mr. Farmer let me watch your crops
Mr. Farmer let me water your crops
Mr. Farmer let me harvest your crops
Mr. Farmer let me save your crops

I said, a farmer, farmer, farmer...

#24

2006-02-09T22:56:00.000-05:00

"Wonderful Violin"
Sandor Lakatos
Music From Hungary

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

My sister, Ali, plays the violin so I have a fond appreciation for it. Luckily, she buys a lot of classical CDs, too, and lets me put them on my iPod. This is one of those CDs. I am practically obsessed with Eastern European music and have been very pleased with this collection of pieces.

Ok, so Sandor Lakatos is a Hungarian gypsy violinist. Cool!

This is a very easy-going piece, only a couple of minutes long with nothing too crazy going on. It ends with a flourish and, for me anyway, makes me listen to it again just for that ending.

No lyrics

#23

2006-02-09T22:50:00.000-05:00

"Girl In The Mirror"
Britney Spears
Your #1 Requests...And More

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 1

I don't care if you make fun of me for having Britney Spears' CDs. She's a great entertainer and has some awesome dance music. Okayyyy, so this isn't a great dance song but it's really not terrible. It is one of those songs that I'll keep on because it's enjoyable to sing along with. I could have a category full of songs like that. I'm a horrible singer but I can't not sing when I hear music so I really appreciate those songs that are fun to sing along with.

Musically, this is your typical pop song. There really isn't much to say.

There's a girl in the mirror
I wonder who she is
Sometimes I think I know her
Sometimes I really wish I did
There's a story in her eyes
Lullabies and goodbyes
When she's looking back at me
I can tell her heart is broken easily

'Cause the girl in my mirror
Is crying out tonight
And there's nothing I can tell her
To make her feel alright
Oh the girl in my mirror
Is crying 'cause of you
And I wish there was something
Something I could do

If I could
I would tell her
Not to be afraid
The pain that she's feeling
The sense of loneliness will fade
So dry your tears and rest assured
Love will find you like before
When she's looking back at me
I know nothing really works that easily

'Cause the girl in my mirror
Is crying out tonight
And there's nothing I can tell her
Oh the girl in my mirror
Is crying 'cause of you
And I wish there was something
I wish there was something
Oh I wish there was something
I could do

I can't believe it's what I see
That the girl in the mirror
The girl in the mirror
Is me

I can't believe what I see (no....)
(The girl in my mirror)
The girl in my mirror is me
Ohh...is me

'Cause the girl in my mirror
Is crying out tonight
And there's nothing I can tell her
To make her feel alright
Oh the girl in my mirror
Is crying 'cause of you
I wish there was something
I wish there was something
Oh I wish there was something
I could do

#22

2006-02-09T22:43:00.000-05:00

"Somewhere Only We Know"
Keane
Hopes And Fears

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

This song had to grow on me. I couldn't stand his voice at first, it was way too high and weird. But thanks to Barnes and Noble and their lack of in-store plays, I got to listen to this song at least twice a day for a good month. Two things helped me to enjoy this song more: seeing them perform it live (on TV) and actually listening to the lyrics.

It was a big deal when Keane first hit it big for them not having a guitar player and it's cool because as you listen to this song especially, you would swear there's a guitar in there if you didn't know better. It drives forward, never letting you get bored enough to turn it off or to skip to the next track. I can't help but imagine him singing this heartfelt poem to his (almost?) lost love and trying to salvage what may be left. This could be a twenty-something's anthem.

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

[break]

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

#21

2006-02-09T22:38:00.000-05:00

"Blue In Green"
Miles Davis
RS 500

Number of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 1

See, I told you I would do these reviews completely random. Do you think an instrumental jazz piece would be my 21st pick? I'm not a big jazz fan, I'll admit it. I appreciate it and even understand a lot of it but it just doesn't hook me like other music does. And let me make the distinction right now between structured jazz and the kind that gets improvisational and even "jam"-like. I do NOT like the latter. I remember being in one of those cliche, smoky jazz bars in New York just wishing for the song to end. I like structure, so sue me.

But back to the song...I either need to be wearing a black cocktail dress and sipping brandy or it be 3am and I'm the last one in the bar. Obviously Miles Davis is a good musician but I'm just not jumping out of my seat for this piece.

No lyrics

#20

2006-02-09T22:31:00.000-05:00

"I'm A Terrible Person"
Rooney
Rooney

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I bought this CD for like $3 and because I saw them on The O.C. It's very pop punkish. Well, maybe not so much punk but it's not straight up pop. OK, I'm babbling. So is this song.

It starts off nicely with solo guitar and voice. Adds in drums, etc. It definitely hooks you at first but then once it starts I just lose all interest. It reminds me of Piebald actually. Piebald in high school or something. Yes, that's it. This song is aimed towards someone much younger.

I'm a terrible person
I'm a terrible person
I'm a terrible person
Cause I've made up my mind
I'm a terrible person
Cause I've led her on
And I'm the only one who knows what I've done to her
I'm much smarter now
I won't tell her friends before her
I'm afraid

It's gonna be a bad day come Sunday [x4]

I'm a horrible person
I read her diary
I'm not to be trusted
I told all of her secrets to all the guys in town
They all laugh and slap me five
Luckily she doesn't have dirt on me
Cause I'm the cleanest guy
I'm afraid

It's gonna be a bad day come Sunday [x4]

[x2]
I don't think I'll ever be sorry
No I'm not sorry for a thing I've done
And I don't think I'll ever wake up lonely
Cause having her around wasn't all that special

It's gonna be a bad day come Sunday [x4]

#19

2006-01-13T11:48:00.000-05:00

"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)"
Arcade Fire
Funeral

Number of listens: |
Stars (out of 5): 5 (I actually gave it a 4 until I read through the lyrics)

When I first bought this album it was sort of on a whim because I needed something new and had read about them in a music magazine. I was pleasantly surprised and immediately liked the "messiness" of their music. I think this is my favorite song on the album because it is so upbeat and almost rushes towards the end. It starts off with a (literal bang) which definitely draws the listener in with interest. I have a habit of singing along with a song the first time I hear it so I end up not really hearing the lyrics until many listens later. For this song, I am just now understand what he's singing about and it's not just crap...it's good, I like it.

I woke up with the power out,
not really something to shout about.
Ice has covered up my parents hands
don't have any dreams don't have any plans.

I went out into the night,
I went out to find some light.
Kids are swingin' from the power lines,
nobody's home, so nobody minds.

I woke up on the darkest night,
neighbors all were shoutin' that they found the light.
(We found the light)
Shadows jumpin' all over the walls
some of them big, some of them small.

I went out into the night.
I went out to pick a fight with anyone.
Light a candle for the kids,
Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!

Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo!

Ice has covered up my parents hands
don't have any dreams, don't have any plans.
Growin' up in some strange storm,
nobody's cold, nobody's warm.

I went out into the night,
I went out to find some light.
Kids are dyin' out in the snow,
look at them go, look at them go!

Woohoo!(3x) WOO! Woohoo!(3x)

And the power's out in the heart of man,
take it from your heart put in your hand.(hand)

What's the plan? What's the plan?

Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide.
Just light a candle for the kids,
Jesus Christ don't keep it hid!

Cause nothin's hid, from us kids!
You ain't foolin' nobody with the lights out!

Woohoo!(2x)

And the power's out in the heart of man,
take it from your heart put in your hand.
And there's something wrong in the heart of man,
Take it from your heart and put it in your hand!
(hand!)(the lights out!)(hand!)(right now!)(hand!)

#18

2006-01-13T11:33:00.000-05:00

"We Looked Like Giants"
Death Cab For Cutie
Transatlanticism

Number of listens: ||||
Stars (out of 5): 5

The first time I heard this song it took me an hour drive home to even get through it. I kept going back to the beginning to hear it over and over and over. Ben Gibbard is a god to music and not even getting into the beauty of the words he writes, it's the WAY he sings them that so often gets me. "Gray subcompact" on it's own is nothing but coming from his mouth it means something so much more. You know he's been in love and you know he's hurt from it, too. His songs are an open invitation to his heart and memories and it's a delicate trip that I get lost in every time.

Music wise, my favorite part of the song is the swelling of sound and instruments that occurs about 2 minutes in. It is here when his singing gets just a tiny bit off with the beat of the music and I am so in love with it. "And I held you closer. than anyone would ever get"-holy crap.

God bless the daylight,
The sugary smell of springtime,
Remembering when you were mine,
In a still suburban town.
When every Thursday,
I'd brave those mountain passes,
And you'd skip your early classes,
And we'd learn how our bodies worked.

Goddamn the black night,
With all its foul temptations,
I've become what I always hated,
When I was with you there.
We looked like giants
In the back of my grey sub-compact,
Fumbling to make contact,
As the others slept inside.

And together there,
In the shroud of frost,
The mountain air began to pass
Through every pane of weathered glass,
And I held you closer
than anyone would ever get.

Do you remember the JAMC?
And reading aloud from magazines?
I don't know about you,
But I'd swear on my name,
They could smell it on me.
And I've never been too good with secrets,
(No...)

All together there,
In a shroud of frost,
The mountain air began to pass
Through every pane of weathered glass,
And I held you closer...

#17

2005-12-29T11:25:00.000-05:00

"Emotion Sickness"
Silverchair
Neon Ballroom

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 5

This is an all-time favorite Silverchair song and an all-time favorite song, period! It is a monster of a song in length and emotion and I never tire of it. At six minutes long it's an epic by pop rock standards but with the added strings and piano it works and does not feel too long.

David Helfgott, the inspiration for the movie "Shine," plays the piano part adding to the complexity and beauty of the song along with the string accompaniment. Helfgott, if you didn't know and haven't seen the movie, is a bit eccentric so I find it quite interesting and fitting that he plays on this song.

I'm not sure what else to say about this song except that it's beautiful, and complex, and full of emotion. I love it!

Erupt again ignore the pill
And I won’t let it show
Sacrifice the tortures
Orchestral tear cash-flow

Increase delete escape defeat
It’s all that matters to you
Cotton case for an iron pill
Distorted eyes
When everything is clearly dying

Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and
E-motion sickness
Addict with no heroine
E-motion sickness
Distorted eyes
When everything is clearly dying

Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
Burn my knees and
Burn my knees and pray
[all my friends say]
Get up get up get up get up
Get up get up get up
Won’t you stop my pain

E-motion sickness
[to idle with an idol]
Addict with no heroine
Good things will pass
It helps with excess access
Lessons learnt

E-motion sickness
[lost no friendship]
[corrosive head pollution]
Lessons learnt

#16

2005-12-28T22:16:00.000-05:00

"Consequence"
Incubus
Make Yourself

Number of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3

Brandon Boyd has a great voice.

I never want to like this song when it first comes on. The unorthodox start doesn't do it for me but once the song gets going I remember how much I like it. The background beat and guitar is fitting in the beginning and causes the listener to pay a bit more attention and then they are thrown into it at "son becomes a man."

I saw Incubus a few years ago, before "Drive" came out and everyone went insane. They were so good live and I'd really like to see them again. Personally, I think they are a great band who manages to capture their energy in their recorded music.

Blink and you miss a beat.
Keep one of your eyes open at all times.
Think that you're on the brink?
The shit hasn't even began to hit the fan.
Consequence you'll see will be stranger than a gang of drunken mimes.
Situation has a stink.
Better clear the air before your son becomes a man.
Blink.
Everything's been augmented, you've been left so far behind.
Think, for sure, next time you should wear a pair of eyes in the back of your head.
Consequence you've seen has been stranger than sci-fi of any kind.
Situation baffles me.
I guess it's true you too are one of the walking dead.
You better think fast!
Cause' you never know what's comin' around the bend.
You better not blink!
For Consequence is a bigger word than you think.
It's bigger than you or me.

#15

2005-12-28T22:15:00.000-05:00

"Long Distance"
ALL
ALL Best

Number of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 4

ALL was my favorite band for a good portion of my junior year of college. My friend introduced me to them and from the first time I saw them live I was hooked. They have a gazillion albums, numerous lead singers and 3/4 of them are also The Descendents, a Top 5 punk band on anyone's list.

I'm pretty sure it's Chad Price (their 3rd singer?) on this song, written by Bill Stevenson, the drummer. I love this song because it flows well and the lyrics are heartfelt and the combination of a driving beat and the words is great.

It's not groundbreaking and it doesn't change lives but this song makes me happy. I like when it pops up on while my iPod is in *shuffle* mode.

Long distance, last good-bye
Can't give it one last try
It's all over, we didn't even cry

All I know is that the world came between us
And the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

Did you burn my pictures yet?
Anything to try to forget
It's all over, it's all I can do to stay on the line

All I know is that the world came between us
And the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

We both know how hard it is for both of us to try
We both know how hot it is in Texas in July
So what am I supposed to say?
How's the weather anyway?
This time I called to say good-bye

Who'd have thought it would end like this?
Without even a good-bye kiss
No one can say we didn't try

The years flew past, we tried to make it last
But the love got left behind
No news flash, funeral, half-mast flags
On the day that our love died
I'd tell you face to face
If I could look you in the eye
So I just called to say good-bye

I just called to say
There's nothing really left to say, so…
I just called to say good-bye

#14

2005-12-28T22:14:00.000-05:00

"Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors"
Radiohead
Amnesiac

Number of listens: |
Stars (out of 5):

Definitely one of Radiohead's "weirder" songs. Starts off with some weird sounds that I can't even find the words to describe. They are airy...and electronic..and there is a beat. I'm telling you, it's difficult to explain. It's basically Thom Yorke (I think) with some weird effect on his voice and he's not singing, just saying the lines. I like the drumming pattern in the background and seem to focus on that more than anything. With a minute to go it changes into what I would describe as soaring electronic sounds and it almost sounds like someone experimenting at the keyboard. Someone who can't really play the piano but is pushing keys and finding things that sound neat. I think Amnesiac is my least favorite Radiohead album.

there are bomb doors
and there are revolving doors
doors on the rudders of big ships and there are revolving doors
there are doors that open by themselves
there are sliding doors and there are secret doors
there are doors that lock and doors that don't
there are doors that let you in and out but never open but
there are trap doors that you can't come back from

#13

2005-12-28T22:13:00.000-05:00

"Fever Sleeves"
Q And Not U
No Kill No Beep Beep

Number of Listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

First of all, Q And Not U have a great band name and it totally fits who they are. Many of their songs are characterized by changing rhthyms and meters along with random inflections of the lyrics. I remember seeing them live and they seemed all over the place. It was hard to focus on much more than the vocals that night but listening to their album brings out the many layers that make up their sound. Q And Not U just recently played their last show (or are about to?) and I kind of regret not seeing them more. Their bass player left the band and I wasn't sure how I would like them then.

it's the fashion self informed versus mr.
navy-blue-and-black.
it's the fashion we contract.
avocado in the neckline of the swimsuit matched just right
with the vitamins in the pocket of the swimming trunks.
cold laundry, show me out.
roll me out cold.
"meow" is not the message.
kill me in my favorite clothes.
or dress me in your favorite clothes,
kill me with your favorite comb and then just show me out.
touch me with your fingers on your lips when the alarm goes off.
bloody shot: show me out.
sleeves collapse like this all the time.
kill me and my favorite clothes.
kill me with that favorite comb.
bloody clot sleeves collapse like this all the time.

#12

2005-12-28T22:12:00.000-05:00

"Our Town"
NoMeansNo
One

Number of Listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

I'm not really into NoMeansNo anymore but they are definitely an interesting bunch. Just read the lyrics and then imagine a scary man with a shaved head yelling them in your face. NoMeansNo has good, steady bass lines which keep their long songs driving forward. I think, without those bass lines, the songs would feel endlessly long. It's 8 minutes long but in NoMeansNo standards that is normal. And you know, as I listen to this again I remember why I liked them so much a few years ago. They have incredible intensity and they get it all from loud and constant bass and drums, guitar lines that are softer and the singing. This isn't their best song but it's not bad either.

In our town, murders, happen everyday
When the temperature, rises they open the hydrants, and let the children play
In our town, friday, is payroll day
The taverns open, the sun goes down, the neon signs make a grand display
In our town, murders, happen everyday
There are whores walking the streets
They ain't pretty and they ain't cheap
We've got cops walking the beat
Stopping all the strangers they meet
Tn our town, martyrs, hang from the gallows pole
Newsboys cry on every corner, some high and mighty, has been brought low
In our town, friends, gather on the boulevard
The merchants are fat and happy, the beggar's life is hard
In our town, martyrs, hang in the gallows yard

There are guns, guns - banging on the door of flesh
There are guns, guns - the fire and smoke scratch my breath
There are guns, guns - and empty eyes staring up in death
There are guns, guns - banging on the door of flesh in our town

Muezzins, call form the minarets
Monks bow before their beggar bowls
While christians smoke their cigarettes
In our town, prophets, warn of a judgement day
Young girls hang out of window sills, a flowery frame for their charms' display
In our town, the river, smells of oil and shit
A hundred cranes stand in the harbour, loading a hundred ships
In our town a thousand tongues speak from a thousand lips
We've got whores walking the streets
Stopping all the strangers they meet
We've got cops walking the beat
They ain't pretty and they ain't cheap
In our town, the skyline, is like a mountain range
The streets are wind swept canyons, the central park is a grassy plain
In our town, the saints, smile down on festival days
In tropical plumage, the black girls dance for the king of the big parade
In our town, the bosses, curse the working man
Husbands curse their wives, and then they raise their hands

(Refrains)

In our town the sirens answer to 911
Another soul is flying free from another mother's son
In our town, the bodies, are cremated by the riverside
Up to the morning sun they rise
The flames, the smoke, the widow's cries
A stain of ashes, soot and sparks upon the dawning, rosy light
In our town, the skyline, looks down upon the riverside

#11

2005-12-28T22:11:00.000-05:00

"Pillars"
Sunny Day Real Estate
How It Feels To Be Something On

# of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 5

This song starts out slowly and usually that turns me off of a song but this is one of the exceptions because once it gets started it is very worth it. And honestly, pasting the lyrics here is the first time I've ever known what he is singing about. See, that's how I listen to music: I barely pay attention to the lyrics for a long time because it's the melody and use of intruments and things like that that I enjoy. Later, as I am more familiar with the (non-singing) musical parts I can then move onto the lyrics and hopefully it can make the song even better.
Sunny Day Real Estate is one of those bands that does not use the formulaic song writing approach with their songs. A vocal line is not necessarily the beginning and end of a measure or a 4/8 bar span or any specific piece of the music. It doesn't always "fit" and what would be a sentence, or a line in poetry, does not correspond with a line in music. It's a tricky songwriting "technique" because very easily it can come off sounding like crap. I think SDRE is successful despite this because his voice is very smooth and the guitars/bass/drum are fairly loud in comparison.
I enjoy this song and I think it has a lot of energy that is always on the verge of boiling over but never makes it. I would have loved to have heard it performed live.

But you were always one to stay the same girl
I know you want to be the rain
And I know that we would fall in there
For a time and then unfall again
For awhile I take you burying old bones
Dawns grey the sign in the winter light
And I know that you can feel the pain
Your eyes speak one hundred million knives

Don’t tell me you’ve gone astray
I walk in circles
I’ve seen a million things that tell me so

But I was always one to play the fool girl
Though the rules were somewhat dark to me
And I know that we could fall in there
For a time and then unfall again
For a while I give you darium bound stones
Growing through the roots of your mind to set apart
And I know that you can feel the pain
Your eyes speak one hundred million lies

Total anxiety pay for variety
We’ll wait for time to turn around your faith
Wait for time to turn

The world we sold there was a choir there

Don’t tell me you’ve gone astray
I talk in circles
Everlasting chains that bind my purpose
Only I’ve seen the million things that tell me so

Total anxiety pay for variety
Wait for time to turn around your faith
Choked on society laced with cyanide
Wait for time to turn around your faith
Wait for time to turn

#10

2005-12-28T22:10:00.000-05:00

"The Einstein Crew"
Millencolin
Same Old Tunes

# of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 2

Millencolin is a great band for running. Every song is upbeat and really can pump you up to keep going. I used to listen to "Life On A Plate" once a day because it was the perfect length and tempo for running at MWC. I love the singer's voice and their songs definitely make me nostalgic for college but I don't find myself wanting to listen to them much anymore. Good bass lines. I love bass.

Do you know about the Einstein crew?
And do you know what they just want to do?
They're always drinking, never thinking
just looking for someone they can take and beat down
they say they hate that guy, but when I ask howcome they don't know why
they're so damn full of hate, but do you think they're
smart enough to hate themselves too?
So now you got your crew behind and behind you even left your mind
come on and step to me.

Kick me, and I'll kiss you back.
Kick me, after three six-packs.
kick me, hope it feels allright.
kick me, before I get chance to ask you why.
(you're so messed up....)

Do you know about the Einstein crew?
I hope you do cause they hate you too, next they'll be kicking you
just because you're smarter then the whole crew
some of them where bugging me when I asked them about their history
do you really believe these guys they're stereotypes so stereotype.
But who am I to say, who am I to judge
who would ever listen to a guy called Fudge.

The Einstein crew, I could be your role model.
The Einstein crew, one or to got their own pro-model.
The Einstein crew, we feel sorry for you.
The Einstein crew, You're one big problem
and some day you'll be sorry too....

#9

2005-12-28T22:09:00.000-05:00

"Mass Nerder"
Descendents
Cool To Be You

# of listens: |||
Stars (out of 5): 3

I love the Descendents although I must admit I do not listen to them as much as I used to. They're songs are fun, in my opinion with catchy rhthyms and lyrics. Starts off with a fun bass line, then drums, then everyone's in and it sounds like their other songs but is that really so bad? It's a song about not being "cool" enough but still being able to totally kick ass because you're not a poser. I love that this is a song about being nerdy! Points off only because the end gets a little long.

Don't got no goatee
Don't got no tattoo
Don't got no nose ring
Don't wanna be like you

Check out these glasses
So I'll never be cool
Always get my assed kick
When I get to school

Don't worry about image
Don't got no attitude
I know I won't get laid
If I wont be like you!

Don't got no biceps
Don't got no pecks
But I'll read you under the table
With my thick specks

See I got these glasses
So they kick my ass
But I'll kick their asses
When I get to class

I got these glasses
So I can't wear shades
I'll kick their asses
I'll get good grades

Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna get good grades!

I can't get rid of the times
Can't stop the party line
Don't know what the scenes about
Don't tell me to mellow out!

Don't got no goatee
No fucking safety pin
No I ain't no junkee
Don't got no heroin

Don't got no styling lotion
Don't wanna live by the ocean
Just wanna be myself
All you poseurs go to hell!

Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna kick their asses in class
Gonna get good grades!

Asses in class
Asses in class
Asses in class

Asses in class
Asses in class
Asses in class

Asses in class
Asses in class
Asses in class

We must read
We must read
We must read
We must read
RRRREEEEAAAADDDD!

Somebody get me a book!

#8

2005-12-28T22:08:00.000-05:00

"Faultine"
Silverchair
Frogstomp

# of listens: ||
Stars (out of 5): 3 (3 being average from now on)

I remember buying this album because the DC101 DJ said they were like Pearl Jam and I was trying to be in on the up and coming bands. Of course "Tomorrow" and "Suicidal Dream" were my favorites and it wasn't until years later when I was reminded of Silverchair by my freshman year roommate and then again by my younger sister that I really listened to more of their stuff. Say what you will but I really like Silverchair. The fact they they were teenagers when they broke through seemed so cool to me back then when we were the same age.
Musically, this song isn't a big stray from the "Silverchair Sound". Sometimes when songs start out slowly like this one does, I lose interest quickly. But Daniel Johns has an engaging voice and I can't explain why, and it's probably just me, but it makes me want to keep listening. I can't turn it off.
I like the parts where he has the high notes but I also like when the entire line doesn't stray far from a single note. A third of the way through there is a tempo change and eventually progresses to a slightly abrupt ending.

Unexpecting brother,
Doesn't know what to do,
When everything just falls to the ground, ohh,
He runs to find some cover,
He doesn't have a clue,
That his friend will never be found,
When he's informed, that he,
Will never see the boy,
Will never see the boy,
You'll never see him open his eyes,
We'll never see the boy,
Never see the boy,
You'll only hear his heavenly cries,
Ohh, yeah, ohhhh, ohhhhh, ohhhh,

Thinking of the past,
It's all over now,
Mother nature's striked once again,
It happened oh so fast,
Now the question's how,
How could they let that building descend,
Ohh, yeah, ohhhh,
You will never see the boy,
You will never see the boy,
You will never see him open his eyes,
You will never see the boy,
Never see the boy,
You'll only hear his heavenly cries,
Ohh, yeah, ohhhh, ohhhhh, ohhhh,
Yeah, no no never, no ohhh,

After your life, I leave, I'm dead,
Leading me off through the night,
If he's born again, I need you to find,
Need you to find, where he is.

#7

2005-12-28T22:07:00.000-05:00

"Gone"
N*SYNC
Celebrity

# of listens: |
Stars: 3 (out of 5)

I love N*SYNC, I do. They are fun and retrospectively Justin Timberlake is hott. And if you just listen to his voice and forget that he once had that ridiculous curly hair, he's awesome. This is basically a prelude to his solo album anyway, as he takes control and the other guys are there to add harmonies here and there. Justin Timberlake has the gift of getting that pop angst sound in his voice without it being totally cheesy (and yes, I know many disagree).
Musically, this song could have been released on Justified and assumed to be about Britney. At risk of an oxymoron to some, this is a more mature N*SYNC song that I refuse to believe has no feeling behind it.
Throughout, Justin Timberlake displays his smooth voice and almost 4 minutes in gives the patented N*SYNC vocal solo that brings the song to it's climax and soon after, it's end.

(Note: Written by Justin Timberlake and Wade Robson)

There's a thousand words that I could say
To make you come home (yeah)
Seems so long ago you walked away
And left me alone
And I remember what you said to me
You were acting so strange (mmm)
And maybe I was too blind to see
That you needed a change

Was it something I said
To make you turn away
To make you walk out and leave me cold (ooh)
If I could just find a way to make it so
That you were right here, right now

I've been sitting here
Can't get you off my mind
I'm tryin' my best to be a man and be strong
I drove myself insane
Wishing I could touch your face
But the truth remains, you're gone
You're gone, baby, you're gone
Girl, you're gone, baby girl, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone

Now I don't wanna make excuses, baby
Won't change the fact that you're gone (no, no)
But if there's something that I could do
Won't you please let me know
The time is passing so slowly now
Guess that's my life without you
(Guess that's my life without you)
And maybe I could change my everyday
But baby I don't want to

So I'll just hang around
And find some things to do
To take my mind off missing you
(My mind off missing you)
And I know in my heart
You can't say that you don't love me too
Please say you do (yeah)

I've been sitting here
Can't get you off my mind
I'm tryin' my best to be a man and be strong
I drove myself insane
Wishing I could touch your face
But the truth remains, you're gone
You're gone, baby, you're gone
Girl, you're gone, baby girl, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone

What will I do if I can't be with you
Tell me where will I turn to, baby who will I be
Now that we are apart, am I still in your heart?
Baby why can't you see
That I need you here with me?

I've been sitting here
Can't get you off my mind
I'm tryin' my best to be a man and be strong
I drove myself insane
Wishing I could touch your face
But the truth remains, you're gone
You're gone, baby, you're gone
Girl, you're gone, baby girl, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone

I've been sitting here
Can't get you off my mind
I'm tryin' my best to be a man and be strong
I drove myself insane
Wishing I could touch your face
But the truth remains, you're gone
You're gone, baby, you're gone
Girl, you're gone, baby girl, you're gone
You're gone, you're gone

#6

2005-12-28T22:06:00.000-05:00

"Hard To Explain"
The Strokes
Is This It?

Number of times I listened before I knew what to write: |
Stars (out of 5): 3

This song has a "constant" feeling created by the beat which starts immediately and only is lifted about a minute into the song which also happens to be my favorite part. I really like The Strokes and I love Julian Casablancas' voice. I've seen them live and he sounds exactly the same as on the albums which is good. It's not just "produced." This song makes me want to move, to dance. Two minutes in gives the fake out...Is it over? IS THIS IT? Oh no..there is more rocking to be had!

I do love how this song ends when it fades out but that last line gets in: "Hard To Explain"

Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
Oh I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says we're all the same
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Tryin' to remind her
When we go back

I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try, but you see
It's hard to explain
I said the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watched the TV
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're right, it's true

He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Everythings just great
Oh I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina (she says)
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back

I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watched the TV
Forget what I'm told
I am too young
And they are too old
I'll make it you see
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try, but you see
It's hard to explain

#5

2005-12-28T22:05:00.000-05:00

"Invalid Litter Department"
At The Drive-In
Relationship Of Command

Times I listened before I knew what to write: |
Stars: 2 (out of 5)

At The Drive-In (ATDI) is weird. They just are so if you're not ready for that, you're not going to like many of their songs.
This one however, starts off in a sneaky way with melodic choices that causes the listener to do a "double-listen" (you know, like a double take!). So you're intrigued and keep the song on until you hear the speaking part. But even then you have to wonder what's next. I don't even pay attention to what he's saying because I'm distracted waiting for the next singing part.

Only 2 stars because it never takes off like it really could, I think. And I tend to get bored during it. Also, later on the notes seem to not be a part of any sort of key but just chosen at random. This only occurs for a moment but it's enough to distract me.

intravenously polite it was the walkie-talkies
that had knocked the pins down
as their shoes gripped the dirt floor
in the silhouette of dying
dancing on corpses' ashes

yeah, they had plans for him
they has spun the last of the pimps
corduroy, satin nailed jewelry lips
while the guillotine just laughed again
dancing on the corpses' ashes

paramedics fell into the wound
like a rehired scab at a barehanded plant
an anesthetic penance beneath
the hail of contraband

they had been defected and excommunicated
and all the pulses were subverted
and they made sure the obituaries
showed pictures of smoke stacks

a vivid dissection that mocked
the strut of vivisection
semi-automatic colonies
and a silencing that still walks the streets

in the company of wolves
was a stretcher made of
cobblestone curfews
the federales performed
their custodial customs quite well

callous heels
numbed in travel
endless maps made
by their scalpels

on my way
nails broke and fell
into the
wishing well

#4

2005-12-28T22:04:00.000-05:00

"Go On Drone"
Hey Mercedes
Loses Control

Number of listens before I knew what to write: .5
Stars: 5 (out of 5)

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! I've seen Hey Mercedes (now broken up, *moment of silence* please) over 10 times so I know their songs pretty well. Well, in anticipation of their 2nd full length album I was ecstatic when they toured with the new songs. I remember emailing Bob Nanna the second I got home to tell him how much I loved them, especially the one that said, "Stop the press." This song.
Bob Nanna is a master of lyrics, in my opinion. He uses all of those fancy things like alliteration and other big words I can't think of right now. He creates memorable songs because you know he really believes what he's singing about. The things he comes up with can not be made up, he has to draw from real life inspirations and that is why I love Hey Mercedes so much.
Musically this song is very pleasant yet exciting at the same time. It starts off with just the guitar "droning" if you will. Bob sets the stage (or bar) with Damon's drumming instantly creating a rythm that requires moving from it's listener. Bob Nanna sings the word "sexy," I swoon and from there it quickly takes off. Enter Mike with my favorite Hey Mercedes trick-2 voices. It's nothing special, or new, but it works so well. Especially in this song with the two different lines overlapping.

Sarah slides up to the bar and orders me
the strongest thing this side of armor street
she's got the saddest eyes i've ever seen
when she says
oh baby were you ever meant to be
well maybe
now sexy don't get so excited
besides
you're so much cuter when you try to fight it
your're filling up the room with that terrible gloom
and the mere thought of a turnaround is bring the whole place down
stop the press
who is that mess
go on drone
we've never been so impressed
go on drone
stay home
afraid of the phone and famously alone
go on drone
true love might be fun for some
but we know that it's just too tough
is there the proper power left to hold us in
so we'd stay golden
so i'm always working on new grand ways to avoid
doing any work on everything
that could amount to anything
the poor poor cat
don't lie like that
in regret's bed
in beads of sweat
blurry head
ruby red
not yet deceased
undead instead
hardly home de chez rainbow
je ne sais quai
je taime cell phone
we know you know how
don't you drone
we know you know
stop the press
who is that mess
go on drone
we've never been so impressed
go on drone
stay home
afraid of the phone and famously alone
go on drone
we are all done now

#3

2005-12-28T22:03:00.000-05:00

"Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over)"
Radiohead
Hail To The Thief

Times I listened before I knew what to write: |
Stars (out of 5): 3

I think this entire album is amazing. This song does not let me down, the beat is interesting and catchy and Thom Yorke's melody complements it well. Whenever I hear any of their Kid A and on songs I picture their SNL performane of "Idioteque" I believe when the audience was in shock by what was happening and the band was all over the place. Most people knew "Creep" and "Karma Police" and this is no Karma Police/Creep.

The only thing I'm taking points off for is the end which drags a little and it's not as memorable as some of their other songs.

We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell we've got nothing more to lose
One burst and we will probably crumble
We’re backdrifting
This far but no further
I'm hanging off a branch
I'm teetering on a breaker
Honey sweets so fall asleep
I'm backsliding

You fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
All evidence has been buried
Our tapes are bittering
But your footsteps give you a way
So you're backtracking

Uh uh uh, you fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
You fell into our
You fell into a

We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell we've got nothing more to lose
One burst and we will probably crumble
We're backdrifters

#2

2005-12-28T22:02:00.000-05:00

"Nice To Know You"
Incubus
Morning View

Number of listens before I knew what to write: ||
Stars: 2

I really like this song because it is fun to sing along with. However, I often get bored in the first 20 seconds or so waiting for it to start. This is a good radio song, it's pleasant and takes just enough risks musically but not too much to make it difficult to listen to. And all radio songs should be fun to sing along with, right?
I'm only giving it 2 stars out of 5 though because it feels like a formulaic song-one that fills in what is necessary for a "hit". Incubus can do better.

Better than watching Geller bending silver spoons
Better than witnessing new born nebulas in bloom.
She who sees from 'up high' smiles and surely sings.
Perspective pries her once weighty eyes and it
Gives you wings.

I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify.
I'm beginning to notice how much this feels
Like a waking limb...pins and needles,
Nice to know you, good-bye x 4
Nice to know you... to know you

Deeper than the deepest Cousteau would ever go.
Higher than the heights of what we often think we know.
Blessed she who clearly sees the wood for the trees.
To obtain a 'birds eye' is to turn a blizzard to a breeze.

I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify.
I'm beginning to notice how much this
Feels like a waking limb... pins and needles,
Nice to know you, Good-bye
Nice to Know You,
To know... You

So could it be that it had been there all along?

I haven't felt the way I feel today
In so long it's hard for me to specify.
I'm beginning to notice how much this
Feels like a waking limb... pins and needles,
Nice to know you, Good-bye,
Nice to Know You
To know..You

#1

2005-12-28T22:01:00.000-05:00

"Escape"
Muse
Showbiz

Number of listens before I knew what to write about: |||||
Stars- 5 (I think all Muse songs will get 5 stars)

I love Muse because many of their songs use the soft-loud-soft style that I love so much. That format instantly creates energy and combined with his voice, a powerful song is created. This song makes me want to drive down the highway, song blasting, while singing my heart out! It almost makes me want to be scorned so I can feel what he's saying...almost.

You would say anything
You would try anything
To escape your meaningless
And your insignificance
You’re uncontrolable
And we are unloveable

And I don’t want you to think that I care
I never would
I never could
Again

Why can’t you just love her?
Why be such a monster?
You bully from a distance
Your brain needs some assistance

But I’ll still take all the blame
’cause you and me are both one and the same
And it’s driving me mad
And it’s driving me mad
I’ll take back all the things that I said
I didn’t realise I was always talking to the living dead

And I don’t want you to think that I care
I never would
I never could
Again

You would say anything
You would try anything
To escape your meaningless
And your insignificance

ipodupod

2005-12-28T21:57:00.000-05:00

This journal will be complete when I have reviewed 40GB of songs or, the maximum number my iPod can hold. It might not be every day and it might not be consistant in format but it will be long and I will finish.

Ready. Set. Go.

(This project was started 10 February 2005 on LiveJournal. As of today it will be cross documented.)