7 songs redux
Oh wow, I haven't done a 7 songs meme post in a while, for almost a year! Time to remedy that...
1. The Flood - Take That
My favourite kind of overdramatic boyband ballad with strings and a music video that is practically porn if you're me. I mean, a well-preserved, reunited Take That as British public schoolboys rowing for four minutes down the Thames and hanging around moodily in deserted boatsheds? NOM.
2. Pale Black Eye - Manchester Orchestra
My favourite track off the new album, which isn't as all out amazing as METN, but when it's good it's REALLY good. Moody and quiet, building until it bursts into the frustrated, angry, beautiful angst that Andy Hull does so well.
3. Between the Concrete and Clouds - Kevin Devine
When he posted the lyrics to this late last year, I was really looking forward to hearing it as a song, and it doesn't disappoint. Just Kevin and a guitar but it's the simplicity that really works for me, the quiet, bitter feeling behind the words loud and clear.
4. Do You Remember the First Time - Pulp
We have tickets for the show next month and my fifteen-year-old-self is so so so excited. :) I've been listening to my back catalog of Pulp songs in preparation. CANNOT WAIT.
5. Who Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
This song is insanely catchy. And then I watched the video and it's glossy and little puzzling and depressing and I hear started a whole new round of feminist argument. So if you're like me and you're solution is to turn to Professor Google for what other feminists are saying, here's an interesting round-up of some videos/posts:
Behind every strong man, there is an even stronger Beyonce at feministing
Run the World (Lies) at NineteenPercent
Sound-Off: Is Beyonce Sending the Wrong Message? at Essence
Is Beyonce the face of contemporary feminism at Clutch
Run the World Girl: In Defense of Beyoncé at Bitch
As an aside, I do like Beyonce's Move Your Body video for the Let's Move childhood obesity campaign. :)
6. For the One - WATERS
New project for ex Port O'Brien member that rejects sunny, folky indie pop for raucous fuzzy guitar'd Americana. I've been trying to track down more of this...
7. Machu Picchu - The Strokes
I don't even know why I'm obsessed with this song, but it's like a heavy handed metaphor wrapped in 3 and a half minutes of melodic rock goodness that has me dancing every time.
**
I'm making today the best kind of day. I spend a week just pushing myself too hard and last night I came home late, looked at my pale, wan face in the mirror, thought urrrrrrgh. So I had a delicious sleep in this morning, until just before noon, and now have spent three hours drinking coffee, eating Nutella on biscuits, catching up on the internet and listening to music. :D Feeling slightly more alive already.
1. The Flood - Take That
My favourite kind of overdramatic boyband ballad with strings and a music video that is practically porn if you're me. I mean, a well-preserved, reunited Take That as British public schoolboys rowing for four minutes down the Thames and hanging around moodily in deserted boatsheds? NOM.
2. Pale Black Eye - Manchester Orchestra
My favourite track off the new album, which isn't as all out amazing as METN, but when it's good it's REALLY good. Moody and quiet, building until it bursts into the frustrated, angry, beautiful angst that Andy Hull does so well.
3. Between the Concrete and Clouds - Kevin Devine
When he posted the lyrics to this late last year, I was really looking forward to hearing it as a song, and it doesn't disappoint. Just Kevin and a guitar but it's the simplicity that really works for me, the quiet, bitter feeling behind the words loud and clear.
4. Do You Remember the First Time - Pulp
We have tickets for the show next month and my fifteen-year-old-self is so so so excited. :) I've been listening to my back catalog of Pulp songs in preparation. CANNOT WAIT.
5. Who Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
This song is insanely catchy. And then I watched the video and it's glossy and little puzzling and depressing and I hear started a whole new round of feminist argument. So if you're like me and you're solution is to turn to Professor Google for what other feminists are saying, here's an interesting round-up of some videos/posts:
Behind every strong man, there is an even stronger Beyonce at feministing
Run the World (Lies) at NineteenPercent
Sound-Off: Is Beyonce Sending the Wrong Message? at Essence
Is Beyonce the face of contemporary feminism at Clutch
Run the World Girl: In Defense of Beyoncé at Bitch
As an aside, I do like Beyonce's Move Your Body video for the Let's Move childhood obesity campaign. :)
6. For the One - WATERS
New project for ex Port O'Brien member that rejects sunny, folky indie pop for raucous fuzzy guitar'd Americana. I've been trying to track down more of this...
7. Machu Picchu - The Strokes
I don't even know why I'm obsessed with this song, but it's like a heavy handed metaphor wrapped in 3 and a half minutes of melodic rock goodness that has me dancing every time.
**
I'm making today the best kind of day. I spend a week just pushing myself too hard and last night I came home late, looked at my pale, wan face in the mirror, thought urrrrrrgh. So I had a delicious sleep in this morning, until just before noon, and now have spent three hours drinking coffee, eating Nutella on biscuits, catching up on the internet and listening to music. :D Feeling slightly more alive already.