whatyousaygoes' Top Five Last.Fm Tracks
01 Andrew Bird - "Tables and Chairs"
I would marry this song because I love it so much. Maybe I’m just looking into it too much, but this song captures emotional bliss perfectly, just with Andrew Bird singing “There will be snacks.” I could say a mouthful of words about this song, but the message is just awesome. Bird has supposedly said that “Tables and Chairs” is about the apocalypse, but generally speaking, if there is destruction, then we’ll just have a great time in the end, because of how awesome it is to be able to start over again.
02 Modest Mouse - "3rd Planet"
Isaac Brock is a genius. “3rd Planet” is so surreal and purely amazing, that it’s a tad bit difficult to describe what a person can go through when they hear this brilliant track off The Moon and Antarctica. I consider this one of the greatest rock songs ever created.
03 Andrew Bird - "Skin, Is My"
Ah, Andrew Bird: you never fail at impressing me with your charm and wit. “Skin, Is My” showcases delight and happiness, so therefore, how can someone not be able to appreciate this lovely tune? This is my definition of “cute.”
04 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
I just love Bloc Party; I make that clear for everybody. A few months ago, I was scrolling around on my iPod for this song so that I could play it for somebody, and the person had commented, “Oh wow, that’s like, everything [by Bloc Party].” He seemed to enjoy “The Prayer,” and I don’t see why not seeing that this was definitely one of the best songs of 2007.
05 Broken Social Scene - "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl"
“Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” is just wow. It’s the key track for when you’re dealing with coming-of-age. The progression never fails to impress me whenever I listen to Emily Haines sing this song. The song kind of acts as a demonstration of being a teenager who goes through different phases and changes. “Now you’re all gone/Got your makeup on/And you’re not coming back,” is a tad bit devastating because it works with everyone: some day, we all grow up leaving our adolescence and care-free childhood behind and we take on harder, more stress-inducing tasks. And when Haines adds “Can’t you come back?” you can’t help but feel a bit heartbroken. As we grow older, we tend to find a desire for childhood, where being happy isn’t as hard to be than it is when we’re twenty, for example.