Tagged by Yimou
Posted on 2007.06.08 at 11:00And how should I presume?:
Human Voices: Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.
Ok, I'll bite the bullet and get the guilty pleasure out of the way first...
1. Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc.
Ok, I totally missed the Gorillaz boat the first time around - probably because everyone else was on it, and they have a 'z' at the end of their name, and I'll admit it, I'm totally a snob. But anyway, the Logs covered it for their spring concert andI totally have a crush on the kid who did the chorus solos it was really good, so I am now totally into this song. Also, Gorillaz does amazing music videos (one of the perks of being a band which is entirely animated) and this is no exception.
2. The Decemberists, The Perfect Crime #1
Why is this song not on The Crane Wife? I mean, the Perfect Crime #2 is ok - it's really good live - but Colin Meloy totally rocks out on this song, there's a kickass drum line, a sweet brass section at the end, and the lyrics are just fun. It's also amazingly tricky to find online, so if anyone wants it, I will totally email it to you. Even though the version I have is an annoying double version saddled with an unnecessary 10 minutes of what sounds like lounge jazz but is ostensibly called The Day I Knew You Would Never Come Back.
3. The Fratellis, Flathead
Everyone knows this song, they just don't know they know it. It's the song from the latest round minus one of the iPod commercials, featuring the lyrics *coughs, sings*Everyone knows you're the one to call/ when the boys get ugly on the back of the wall[my singing is amazing on the internet]. That said, the entire song is just plain ol' rocking fun, and I very much enjoy it - even the chorus line that sounds like a McDonald's ad. The Fratellis bear a checking out, if you're so inclined (which you should be).
4. Tilly and The Wall, Sing Songs Along
Every time I listen to this song, I get angrier and angrier that I missed them at the Middle East... This song is very percussive, which normally isn't my thing, but it's done creatively, and mixed with such lovely vocalization from the male and female singers. The percussion actually sounds like nothing so much as a gym full of people doing a complex hand clapping, knee slapping, chair drumming routine, which sounds bizarre, but totally works.
5. Belle and Sebastian, Dress Up In You
This song is so soft, and very sweet, yet at the same time, full of bitterness - Javi mentioned that of all songs on the Life Pursuit, this one contains the single most uses of the word "fuck," yet it sounds almost like a lullaby. Anyway, I love the narrative quality of Belle and Sebastian's work, and this is no exception - it's not as much fun, maybe, as White Collar Boy (which contains some of the best-crafted lyrics in any song, ever, IMO) but it's compulsively listenable.
6. GUILTY PLEASURE #2 WARNING Lustra, Scotty Doesn't Know
This is not a particular good song. It has absolutely no redeeming musical or creative features. The drums are average, as it the guitar and base; it could be the music to any lyrics, ever. But the lyrics are the funniest thing ever - the essential premise of the song is that the lead singer is banging this girl, Fiona, and her boyfriend, Scotty - wait for it - doesn't know. Basically, every time the freshmen on my floor got drunk together this year, it inevitably ended with someone turning on this song and us all yelling "SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW! SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW!" over and over again. So I have fond memories of this song. And how can you not love a song that rhymes trusting with thrusting; and contains the lyric, "Fiona's got him on the phone/ and she's trying not to moan/ it's a three-way call and he knows nothing;"
and the bridge of the song is "I did her on his birthday." Basically, I love the fuck out of this song.
7. Archictecture In Helsinki, The Owls Go
I could talk about the song here, which is absolutely wonderful, and creative, just like all of their songs (and features a trombone!), and has a wonderful childish feel to it. But I'd rather talk about the concert last night, which was AWESOME. Both opening bands were great, and AIH just ate the place up. Everyone was dancing, in as much as one does at an indie show, and there was just great energy and musicality. Which actually brings me to my one peeve - the girl who was jamming right in front of me. Yet it was so much more than jamming - it was the Indie Full-Body Jerk(tm) except that she was also doing the punk rock moshpit twostep at the same time. Basically, her dancing was taking up a lot of area, and she kept stepping on me/banging into me, and blocking what I could see of the band. I realize that I sound like a whiny indie bitch here, but the reason that no one moves their feet at indie concerts is because if one person starts moving around, then everyone has to move, and some of us just have too many feelings for that kind of thing. (I also was in a bad mood because I had two big x-es on my hand, taunting me, stopping me from drinking, and feeling less socially awkward - and an indie concert is the worst place in the world to make friends.)
Ok, I'll bite the bullet and get the guilty pleasure out of the way first...
1. Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc.
Ok, I totally missed the Gorillaz boat the first time around - probably because everyone else was on it, and they have a 'z' at the end of their name, and I'll admit it, I'm totally a snob. But anyway, the Logs covered it for their spring concert and
2. The Decemberists, The Perfect Crime #1
Why is this song not on The Crane Wife? I mean, the Perfect Crime #2 is ok - it's really good live - but Colin Meloy totally rocks out on this song, there's a kickass drum line, a sweet brass section at the end, and the lyrics are just fun. It's also amazingly tricky to find online, so if anyone wants it, I will totally email it to you. Even though the version I have is an annoying double version saddled with an unnecessary 10 minutes of what sounds like lounge jazz but is ostensibly called The Day I Knew You Would Never Come Back.
3. The Fratellis, Flathead
Everyone knows this song, they just don't know they know it. It's the song from the latest round minus one of the iPod commercials, featuring the lyrics *coughs, sings*Everyone knows you're the one to call/ when the boys get ugly on the back of the wall[my singing is amazing on the internet]. That said, the entire song is just plain ol' rocking fun, and I very much enjoy it - even the chorus line that sounds like a McDonald's ad. The Fratellis bear a checking out, if you're so inclined (which you should be).
4. Tilly and The Wall, Sing Songs Along
Every time I listen to this song, I get angrier and angrier that I missed them at the Middle East... This song is very percussive, which normally isn't my thing, but it's done creatively, and mixed with such lovely vocalization from the male and female singers. The percussion actually sounds like nothing so much as a gym full of people doing a complex hand clapping, knee slapping, chair drumming routine, which sounds bizarre, but totally works.
5. Belle and Sebastian, Dress Up In You
This song is so soft, and very sweet, yet at the same time, full of bitterness - Javi mentioned that of all songs on the Life Pursuit, this one contains the single most uses of the word "fuck," yet it sounds almost like a lullaby. Anyway, I love the narrative quality of Belle and Sebastian's work, and this is no exception - it's not as much fun, maybe, as White Collar Boy (which contains some of the best-crafted lyrics in any song, ever, IMO) but it's compulsively listenable.
6. GUILTY PLEASURE #2 WARNING Lustra, Scotty Doesn't Know
This is not a particular good song. It has absolutely no redeeming musical or creative features. The drums are average, as it the guitar and base; it could be the music to any lyrics, ever. But the lyrics are the funniest thing ever - the essential premise of the song is that the lead singer is banging this girl, Fiona, and her boyfriend, Scotty - wait for it - doesn't know. Basically, every time the freshmen on my floor got drunk together this year, it inevitably ended with someone turning on this song and us all yelling "SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW! SCOTTY DOESN'T KNOW!" over and over again. So I have fond memories of this song. And how can you not love a song that rhymes trusting with thrusting; and contains the lyric, "Fiona's got him on the phone/ and she's trying not to moan/ it's a three-way call and he knows nothing;"
and the bridge of the song is "I did her on his birthday." Basically, I love the fuck out of this song.
7. Archictecture In Helsinki, The Owls Go
I could talk about the song here, which is absolutely wonderful, and creative, just like all of their songs (and features a trombone!), and has a wonderful childish feel to it. But I'd rather talk about the concert last night, which was AWESOME. Both opening bands were great, and AIH just ate the place up. Everyone was dancing, in as much as one does at an indie show, and there was just great energy and musicality. Which actually brings me to my one peeve - the girl who was jamming right in front of me. Yet it was so much more than jamming - it was the Indie Full-Body Jerk(tm) except that she was also doing the punk rock moshpit twostep at the same time. Basically, her dancing was taking up a lot of area, and she kept stepping on me/banging into me, and blocking what I could see of the band. I realize that I sound like a whiny indie bitch here, but the reason that no one moves their feet at indie concerts is because if one person starts moving around, then everyone has to move, and some of us just have too many feelings for that kind of thing. (I also was in a bad mood because I had two big x-es on my hand, taunting me, stopping me from drinking, and feeling less socially awkward - and an indie concert is the worst place in the world to make friends.)





