Arms Around Me (Live)
By Jens Lekman
Also known as the Avocado song.
Jens Lekman is an unbelievable lyricist. There are so many clever lines in this song... so much so that I'm willing to forgive that the only instrument is a ukulele and it's in terrible quality (I can't help it.. its a super hard song to find). He has released a proper album version of this one, but he's made ridiculous changes to the lyrics, cutting so much good stuff and filling it is with pop psychology nonsense, that its almost a crime. Also, the album version sounds like a gay rainbow.
I can't remember the exact circumstances that led to me remembering this song and then writing it down. I might have been looking at avocados...
My Heart Is On Fire
By The Dirty Secrets
Also known as the band I mistook for Franz Ferdinand.
Unlike Franz though, these guys are from Perth. I know I'd heard these guys on the radio a bunch but just generally forgot to keep an ear out for the band name. I think I was at some housewarming party and it came on in the background, so I quickly jotted down the chorus (it's pretty easy to remember) and the rest is history.
Coincidentally, while checking that these guys were actually from Perth, I found out I just missed a show by them and another cool Sydney band called Sparkadia (more on them later, probably), as they played at the troubadour on Tuesday night. I really have to pay more attention to these things.
Go For Blue
By Pepe Deluxe
The scene: some Chinese restaurant in the valley.
The time: dinner before Drew's band played one time.
The reason: I've no idea. I just got the "All the colours all the colours all the colours..." bit stuck in my head. I didn't mind though, its a cool little song. Also, blue is my favourite colour, so naturally I'd go for it. So it's come full circle, the colour wheel is complete.
I kinda wish it didn't have the evangelist breakdown section in the centre though... It's like a musical blitzkrieg for all of it, except the part where it stops to take a breath and issue life advice.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
A moment of clarity and 200 solemn faces...
Silver Street
By Ben Folds
Or in this case, the moment of clarity.
I remember dling the original demo tape Ben Folds recorded before starting Ben Folds Five and this song blowing me away. I could never understand why this song never made it to an album. Sure, it eventually made it to the 'Ben Folds Live' album, but it totally doesn't count.
Anyway, up front it's a song about someone who is stuck in the same place. trying to justify his existence by securing his position year after year, accepting his short coming because 'thats just how it is'. But to me, this is a song about being too cocky... thinking you have everything under control but in reality, everything is just falling further and further into fantasy land. It's hard to maintain objectivity when you only have one point of view...
Deadwood
By Dirty Pretty Things
Ok.... So my 200 solemn faces are just songs I've been listening to alot lately, but I'm sure I can assess some meaning out of them. I mean... what is psychological assessment if you can't bust out a little pop-psychology every now and again.
So... according to my 'back-of-the-cereal-box-psychology-degree' assessment, this song is about my inability to let go of the past and focus on the more important aspects of my life. What they are at the moment, I have no idea. I'm no psychologist...
Razorblade
By The Strokes
Yeah... I dunno what this has to do with anything....
If anything, it's an indication of me putting too much importance in other peoples feelings, but at this time of night, it's too late and too cold to put any faith in my cognitive abilities.
The long and short of it is that all of these songs are good songs, and indeed, are all from extremely good albumst I'll have to share with you sometime. But for now, this is the best I can manage. Not that I mean this in a bad way, but I hope these songs get stuck in your head as much as they have been stuck in mine the past few weeks.
By Ben Folds
Or in this case, the moment of clarity.
I remember dling the original demo tape Ben Folds recorded before starting Ben Folds Five and this song blowing me away. I could never understand why this song never made it to an album. Sure, it eventually made it to the 'Ben Folds Live' album, but it totally doesn't count.
Anyway, up front it's a song about someone who is stuck in the same place. trying to justify his existence by securing his position year after year, accepting his short coming because 'thats just how it is'. But to me, this is a song about being too cocky... thinking you have everything under control but in reality, everything is just falling further and further into fantasy land. It's hard to maintain objectivity when you only have one point of view...
Deadwood
By Dirty Pretty Things
Ok.... So my 200 solemn faces are just songs I've been listening to alot lately, but I'm sure I can assess some meaning out of them. I mean... what is psychological assessment if you can't bust out a little pop-psychology every now and again.
So... according to my 'back-of-the-cereal-box-psychology-degree' assessment, this song is about my inability to let go of the past and focus on the more important aspects of my life. What they are at the moment, I have no idea. I'm no psychologist...
Razorblade
By The Strokes
Yeah... I dunno what this has to do with anything....
If anything, it's an indication of me putting too much importance in other peoples feelings, but at this time of night, it's too late and too cold to put any faith in my cognitive abilities.
The long and short of it is that all of these songs are good songs, and indeed, are all from extremely good albumst I'll have to share with you sometime. But for now, this is the best I can manage. Not that I mean this in a bad way, but I hope these songs get stuck in your head as much as they have been stuck in mine the past few weeks.
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