Music post!!!!
So I can't do my 'best of' like some of my friends can with years because 1) I'm not that on top of things and 2) I'm pretty bad at discovering things. I also have no concept of things whatsoever and don't really know what is popular or cool or anything. I just like stuff. SO, instead of posting THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2009 AS ACCORDING TO ART I'm just going to post what I've probably listened to the most, haha. The criteria for these is I still 1)listen to each of these all the time SO MANY TIMES THAT CANDICE GETS SICK OF SEEING THEM PLAYED ON MY LASTFM ACCOUNT I CAN BE ASSURED, 2) never actually gotten sick of them yet, 3)Don't skip any of the tracks!!!(this is a big deal for me!) and 4)put me in specific moods or feelings. Sort of like they remind me of a certain very specific point in my life or something and I feel how I did then, it's kind of hard to describe. I will do my best to describe them and also when I usually listen to them!
So here they are so you can download them!:
Lost in the Trees - Alone in an Empty House
I think I might have played this enough times over the summer that I'm surprised my computer didn't explode. Man, I listened to this so much while I lived at my mom's house. It was usually at a weird hour of the night of obscenely early. I would be depressed, reminiscing on things I couldn't fix or had to let go, and working on art. It would make me want to stay up all night until the sun rose. The lyrics are things I can identify with and the interesting mix of them with the orchestra instruments are something I really love. Even the instrumental tracks.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL SO INTENSE! Another thing I listened to a whole lot living at my moms house. I would always be emotional. Usually I'd be sad or something like it and I'd put it on and I'm like 'yeah! yeah! ahhhhhhhh boohooo argh!' flopped over the edge of my futon staring at the floor or the corner of the bookshelf with crazy thoughts going through my head. (also maybe I would be working on an art project.) I was sent a NMH song a bunch of years ago and I was like 'whoa this is kind of really weird' and then I listened to it more and more and ended up really liking it and getting A BUNCH OF THEM. I connected it really closely with that time period but I tried really hard to disconnect it so I could enjoy it more once it made me sad instead of happy.
Passion Pit - Manners
THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE DRIVING MUSIC. Kind of techno-y but not, I guess that means electronic. This is always in my car. I have to drive to something upbeat, usually. Also, this was played in the printmaking studio often when I'd be working. It was fast and upbeat enough that it was never depressing, even when suddenly I would hear something in it and be like 'yeah...' about something I connected to in my life that I felt out of control of. It was good in a way that it allowed me to address the problems with myself (and the ones I thought about in people close to me) without it being depressing or feeling too impossible. And SOMETIMES, I didn't really decide to make sense of the words and I'd just be like MAKE LIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! DOO DDDOOOOOO DOO DOOOT!
Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade
OH MY GOD. MUSCLLLLEESS. This is when I am ridiculous/retarded/cooking/YEEEEEAAAHH. Probably everybody gets sick of hearing me say things like "DRIVE. A. ONE. INCH. BADGE. PIN. THROUGH. MY. HEEAAARRTTT!!!!" and "HEY MUSCLES! I LOVE YOU! I WANNA HAVE YOUR BABIES! JUST COME HERE. I'LL KISS YOU. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LABELS!!" But I cannot help it. It just makes me want to dance with kitchen appliances and jump on the furniture. I like yelling the lyrics more than I do connect with them. Probably because they don't make much sense. It inspires great things, such as this here link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=594661067691&id=40003331 probably no one can see that.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Ok well probably everyone and their mom likes this but WHO CARES that's because it's so awesome! I always want to find Sufjan Stevens and be magical friends or something. I listen to this a lot when I need something quiet and calming and when I want to know that there is a possibility of meeting people that interest me in the world. It makes me feel at ease and connected with people I've never met but hope to, maybe. Sometimes I am reading or drinking tea or making crafts. Quiet stuff usually. Sometimes I also get inspired to give away all my possessions and buy plane tickets to random countries, haha.
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
if you ever feel bad about yourself or other people, this is for you.
Ok, so I'm sort of describing these together because I always listen to them together. So I only just got this recently but I KNEWWWW when I heard them 'oh yeah!'
This is for when I need that thing to make me feel ok about the feelings I have about people in general and society. It's when I just want to be like 'yeah, I feel this stuff, SORRY if you want me to pretend I'm not all those bad things you say I am BUT IT'S EXACTLY HOW I AM AND I'M FINE BEING ME. It reminds me that I'm ok even when people pick me apart and tell me I'm bad. Especially when I feel alienated and maybe even hostile and lonely in my brain. When I can't explain how I think or feel or why I put this on and he does it for me. YEAH! It's so positive, even when it's not. I'm pretty sure that Andrew Jackson Jihad and I are the same person.
I made this 'new years' mix that I am still too lazy to post but maybe I will, it has a lot of AJJ on it.
It's really weird, I that it's pretty easy to tell what I was doing or feeling from my lastfm account. Ha.
Alright, well that's it for now, because these are what come to mind right away. There's a few other things that I play pretty often like Nolan Natasha, Jeff Hanson, Electric President and Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us.
<3
So here they are so you can download them!:
Lost in the Trees - Alone in an Empty House
I think I might have played this enough times over the summer that I'm surprised my computer didn't explode. Man, I listened to this so much while I lived at my mom's house. It was usually at a weird hour of the night of obscenely early. I would be depressed, reminiscing on things I couldn't fix or had to let go, and working on art. It would make me want to stay up all night until the sun rose. The lyrics are things I can identify with and the interesting mix of them with the orchestra instruments are something I really love. Even the instrumental tracks.
Neutral Milk Hotel - In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL SO INTENSE! Another thing I listened to a whole lot living at my moms house. I would always be emotional. Usually I'd be sad or something like it and I'd put it on and I'm like 'yeah! yeah! ahhhhhhhh boohooo argh!' flopped over the edge of my futon staring at the floor or the corner of the bookshelf with crazy thoughts going through my head. (also maybe I would be working on an art project.) I was sent a NMH song a bunch of years ago and I was like 'whoa this is kind of really weird' and then I listened to it more and more and ended up really liking it and getting A BUNCH OF THEM. I connected it really closely with that time period but I tried really hard to disconnect it so I could enjoy it more once it made me sad instead of happy.
Passion Pit - Manners
THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE DRIVING MUSIC. Kind of techno-y but not, I guess that means electronic. This is always in my car. I have to drive to something upbeat, usually. Also, this was played in the printmaking studio often when I'd be working. It was fast and upbeat enough that it was never depressing, even when suddenly I would hear something in it and be like 'yeah...' about something I connected to in my life that I felt out of control of. It was good in a way that it allowed me to address the problems with myself (and the ones I thought about in people close to me) without it being depressing or feeling too impossible. And SOMETIMES, I didn't really decide to make sense of the words and I'd just be like MAKE LIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! DOO DDDOOOOOO DOO DOOOT!
Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade
OH MY GOD. MUSCLLLLEESS. This is when I am ridiculous/retarded/cooking/YEEEEEAAAHH. Probably everybody gets sick of hearing me say things like "DRIVE. A. ONE. INCH. BADGE. PIN. THROUGH. MY. HEEAAARRTTT!!!!" and "HEY MUSCLES! I LOVE YOU! I WANNA HAVE YOUR BABIES! JUST COME HERE. I'LL KISS YOU. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LABELS!!" But I cannot help it. It just makes me want to dance with kitchen appliances and jump on the furniture. I like yelling the lyrics more than I do connect with them. Probably because they don't make much sense. It inspires great things, such as this here link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=594661067691&id=40003331 probably no one can see that.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Ok well probably everyone and their mom likes this but WHO CARES that's because it's so awesome! I always want to find Sufjan Stevens and be magical friends or something. I listen to this a lot when I need something quiet and calming and when I want to know that there is a possibility of meeting people that interest me in the world. It makes me feel at ease and connected with people I've never met but hope to, maybe. Sometimes I am reading or drinking tea or making crafts. Quiet stuff usually. Sometimes I also get inspired to give away all my possessions and buy plane tickets to random countries, haha.
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Can't Maintain
Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
if you ever feel bad about yourself or other people, this is for you.
Ok, so I'm sort of describing these together because I always listen to them together. So I only just got this recently but I KNEWWWW when I heard them 'oh yeah!'
This is for when I need that thing to make me feel ok about the feelings I have about people in general and society. It's when I just want to be like 'yeah, I feel this stuff, SORRY if you want me to pretend I'm not all those bad things you say I am BUT IT'S EXACTLY HOW I AM AND I'M FINE BEING ME. It reminds me that I'm ok even when people pick me apart and tell me I'm bad. Especially when I feel alienated and maybe even hostile and lonely in my brain. When I can't explain how I think or feel or why I put this on and he does it for me. YEAH! It's so positive, even when it's not. I'm pretty sure that Andrew Jackson Jihad and I are the same person.
I made this 'new years' mix that I am still too lazy to post but maybe I will, it has a lot of AJJ on it.
It's really weird, I that it's pretty easy to tell what I was doing or feeling from my lastfm account. Ha.
Alright, well that's it for now, because these are what come to mind right away. There's a few other things that I play pretty often like Nolan Natasha, Jeff Hanson, Electric President and Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us.
<3