whatyousaygoes' Ten Favorite Bands
I'm really bored. I mean, this is my second post in the last two hours. I guess posting about my ten favorite artists will occupy me for a bit. I'll start from a ranking of 10 - 1.
10 The Killers
Favorite Song: "Change Your Mind" (Hot Fuss / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: It's like a cigarette in the mouth / Or a handhake in the doorway / I look at you / And smile because I'm fine. ("On Top")
Comment: I was considering putting Broken Social Scene as number 10, considering that I listen to them more than the Killers, currently speaking, but I have to say, in total, I've probably listened to the Killers more than any other band despite what my Last.Fm charts might say.
09 New Buffalo
Favorite Song: "I've Got You and You've Got Me (Song of Contentment)" (The Last Beautiful Day / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: And I'll be in your car and driving / Straight through a red light / While you're running through my mind / Arrest me and say yes. ("Yes")
Comment: This woman will just serene your day, turning a tense moment into a light, summer day.
08 Beck
Favorite Song: "New Round" (The Infomation / 2006) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: When I wake up someone will sweep up my lazy bones / And we will rise in the cool of the evening / I remember the way that you smiled / When the gravity shackles were wild / And something is vacant when I think it's all beginning. ("Jack-ass")
Comment: How do you just not like Beck?
07 The Vines
Favorite Song: "Mary Jane" (Highly Evolved / 2002)
Favorite Lyrics: But it really doesn't matter / Couldn't change it if I tried / Though it really doesn't matter / I'll do it till I get it right. ("Homesick") [download]
Comment: Again, The Vines aren't exactly on heavy rotation anymore, but they come up with some really spiffy tunes.
06 The Strokes
Favorite Song: "Barely Legal" (Is This It / 2001) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Everybody at the party / Shouldn't worry if I'm there / Everybody at the party / Shouldn't worry what they wear / Cause today they'll talk about us / And tomorrow they won't care. ("15 Minutes")
Comment: It took me a while to get into the Strokes. I realized that I liked them on a nighttime drive to New Jersey, while listening to "The Modern Age" and "Barely Legal" -two excellent driving tracks.
05 Feist
Favorite Song: "Inside and Out" (Let It Die / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: And I don't need to know your favorite artist's name / And I don't need to know what woman felt the same / And I don't need to see you every single day / But I'd like to. ("The Mast")
Comment: Like the Strokes, it took me a while to really get into Feist. But the charm that she is able to add into her songs is certainly winning.
04 The Most Serene Republic
Favorite Song: "Anhoi Polloi" (Phages EP / 2006) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Stay up for me and we'll compose and make a song that no one knows / To keep up spinning with the world / We can't sleep now, so much to do with all this dizziness in truth. ("Stay Ups")
Comment: This band is just brilliant. They can turn the craziness a person experiences in their minds into these beautiful, delicate pieces of art that simply cannot be touched.
03 Andrew Bird
Favorite Song: "Tables and Chairs" (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs / 2005) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: My skin is / Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor / Run back to bed and slam the door / Oh what a lovely sound / Oh how is shakes the ground / Oh what a lovely ("Skin, Is My")
Comment: Andrew Bird is the kind of person I'd dream about.
02 Stars
Favorite Song: "Elevator Love Letter" (Heart / 2003) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Run to the window and call out my name / We'll meet where the sun goes to hide from the rain / From the rain / From the rain. ("The Aspidistra Files")
Comment: Torquil Campbell + Amy Millan = Wonderfully captured emotions.
01 Bloc Party
Favorite Song: "So Here We Are" (Silent Alarm / 2005) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: So I just sigh / And I just sulk / And pretend there's nothing wrong / The teeth of this world tear me in half / And everyday I must ask myself / Where? / Where is it? / Where is home? ("Where Is Home?")
Comment: No comment. I'd just be speechless if I ever got to meet Bloc Party.
10 The Killers
Favorite Song: "Change Your Mind" (Hot Fuss / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: It's like a cigarette in the mouth / Or a handhake in the doorway / I look at you / And smile because I'm fine. ("On Top")
Comment: I was considering putting Broken Social Scene as number 10, considering that I listen to them more than the Killers, currently speaking, but I have to say, in total, I've probably listened to the Killers more than any other band despite what my Last.Fm charts might say.
09 New Buffalo
Favorite Song: "I've Got You and You've Got Me (Song of Contentment)" (The Last Beautiful Day / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: And I'll be in your car and driving / Straight through a red light / While you're running through my mind / Arrest me and say yes. ("Yes")
Comment: This woman will just serene your day, turning a tense moment into a light, summer day.
08 Beck
Favorite Song: "New Round" (The Infomation / 2006) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: When I wake up someone will sweep up my lazy bones / And we will rise in the cool of the evening / I remember the way that you smiled / When the gravity shackles were wild / And something is vacant when I think it's all beginning. ("Jack-ass")
Comment: How do you just not like Beck?
07 The Vines
Favorite Song: "Mary Jane" (Highly Evolved / 2002)
Favorite Lyrics: But it really doesn't matter / Couldn't change it if I tried / Though it really doesn't matter / I'll do it till I get it right. ("Homesick") [download]
Comment: Again, The Vines aren't exactly on heavy rotation anymore, but they come up with some really spiffy tunes.
06 The Strokes
Favorite Song: "Barely Legal" (Is This It / 2001) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Everybody at the party / Shouldn't worry if I'm there / Everybody at the party / Shouldn't worry what they wear / Cause today they'll talk about us / And tomorrow they won't care. ("15 Minutes")
Comment: It took me a while to get into the Strokes. I realized that I liked them on a nighttime drive to New Jersey, while listening to "The Modern Age" and "Barely Legal" -two excellent driving tracks.
05 Feist
Favorite Song: "Inside and Out" (Let It Die / 2004) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: And I don't need to know your favorite artist's name / And I don't need to know what woman felt the same / And I don't need to see you every single day / But I'd like to. ("The Mast")
Comment: Like the Strokes, it took me a while to really get into Feist. But the charm that she is able to add into her songs is certainly winning.
04 The Most Serene Republic
Favorite Song: "Anhoi Polloi" (Phages EP / 2006) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Stay up for me and we'll compose and make a song that no one knows / To keep up spinning with the world / We can't sleep now, so much to do with all this dizziness in truth. ("Stay Ups")
Comment: This band is just brilliant. They can turn the craziness a person experiences in their minds into these beautiful, delicate pieces of art that simply cannot be touched.
03 Andrew Bird
Favorite Song: "Tables and Chairs" (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs / 2005) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: My skin is / Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor / Run back to bed and slam the door / Oh what a lovely sound / Oh how is shakes the ground / Oh what a lovely ("Skin, Is My")
Comment: Andrew Bird is the kind of person I'd dream about.
02 Stars
Favorite Song: "Elevator Love Letter" (Heart / 2003) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: Run to the window and call out my name / We'll meet where the sun goes to hide from the rain / From the rain / From the rain. ("The Aspidistra Files")
Comment: Torquil Campbell + Amy Millan = Wonderfully captured emotions.
01 Bloc Party
Favorite Song: "So Here We Are" (Silent Alarm / 2005) [download]
Favorite Lyrics: So I just sigh / And I just sulk / And pretend there's nothing wrong / The teeth of this world tear me in half / And everyday I must ask myself / Where? / Where is it? / Where is home? ("Where Is Home?")
Comment: No comment. I'd just be speechless if I ever got to meet Bloc Party.