no preface, i'm too tired to type much. just know, nothing's ever really all-time for me, everything changes.plus, i don't think i've even been exposed to my top five all time favorite songs yet. i know two for sure, the other three i'm just into.
Sierra by Cursive
i heart this entire album, it's epic. but sierra stands out because it's such a melancholy scenario. i particularly like when everything builds up and breaks around 2:16. i can just feel it. listen to the whole album, it's amazing. this song won't ever come off of my top-5 songs.
Waste of Paint by Bright Eyes
this is the other song that won't come ever fall from my top-5. i like his story telling style (particularly for the first half), some parts are happy and some are sad, and his lyrics just work for me. i can't be in a crowded place and not think, "the way they spin and turn and jockey for positions."
Some Kind of Wonderful by Joss Stone (editors note: sorry for the shotty youtube video. Heather's version was from iTunes so I couldn't play it or post it here. Let me know if this is the wrong song or something.)
i like female artists, and rather than include some lifelong favorites like shirley manson, brodie dalle, gwen stefani, karen o, etc., i went with joss stone. i'm not sure, i'm not familiar with her work (nor do i even know who originally wrote this song). but i like songs from this era/genre, whatever it is.
Dramamine by Modest Mouse
maybe not the most exciting song, but something about it puts me into a special place. the sort of song i put on repeat and fall/cry asleep to. i like it, but i could see it falling from grace at some point.
Labeling Keys by Taylor Mali
okay, not a song, but spoken word definitely has rhythmic elements. taylor mali is fantastic and his whole cd is really good. basically, after i listened to each one i wanted to add it to the list. some are sad, some are funny. i also like that he doesn't incorporate music into his poetry, which a lot of spoken artists will do, and i'm not crazy about that.
bonus track: my summer jam: Laugh Love Fuck by The Coup. You'll have to click on that song, the first song isn't it.
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yeeaaaaah. this just gets me into a mood. a real good mood.
that's all folks.
5 comments:
I'm not familiar with a lot of your picks, but I am a fan of Modest Mouse. I prefer The Lonesome Crowded West album myself, but am unfamiliar with any of their stuff prior to that.
All in all, pretty modern picks on this list, ms. vdm.
i'm pretty modern... or just young. also i think coming from "up north" makes a difference. i had never heard people mention tom waits til i came down here.
There's a lot of Bright Eyes that I love and a lot that goes too far with the dramatic schtick. Waste of Paint falls mostly in the first category though and it does have some great lines.
Dramamine is great too.
Wasn't familiar with the spoken word piece but I liked it a lot.
Never really gotten into Cursive though and while I like Some Kind of Wonderful I don't much care for the Joss Stone version.
There's my 2 cents!!!!
i can't believe i have to retype this. stupid blogspot.
very modern picks, indeed. i have never really checked it out myself either, but a lot of people mention this cursive album as being a really great one in it's entirety. this might warrent some further investigation.
i think dramamine is great song pick. the album (their first) is pretty weak except for this, which is the first song. it all goes downhill from there. i agree with jEsKa that lonesome crowded west in the best overall album. gravity rides everything was in contention for a favorite song of mine, which is from yet another album. good good good.
this wasn't so bad, right?
lol neat. glad i didn't go down in flames. chris do you know who did the original version (or even a better version) of some kind of wonderful.
don't think i have heard lonesome crowded west... but will check it out.
and again, i love cursive's ugly organ, it's amazing.
and if it helps with the spoken word piece--yale is the name of a key brand/company. when he says his dad was a yale man. get it, keys, get it?
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