Now, while I’ve spent most of my life denying that I actually liked Valentine’s Day. I can not deny it anymore. I like it. I want to be a part of it. The music, the colors, the sentiment… I want it all!
Here is a song that’s just lovely.
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Favorite Lyrics:
You’re just my good for nothin’ .My sweet hunk o’ trash
Oh, no… With all your chicks… You try to make a flash
Now when you stay out very late, It sure makes me mad to wait how come, baby?
Cus, you come home too tired To raise just one eyelash
You know it’s going to be an emotionally trying day when you wake up with a emotionally-trying song already implanted in your head.
That song is “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” by Belle and Sebastian off of the album If You Are Feeling Sinister.
I had to listen to it. I found it on Grooveshark and played it on repeat for the entire 20 minutes I set aside for getting ready for the day.
It could be that I’m suffering from the sniffles and a cold, extremely tired from enjoying 25 cent wings and $2 beers last night, or it’s a combo of those and waking up early.
What ever it is, the song of the day is that. Emo? Crazy? Cranky? Call me what you will, but sometimes a cliche song is just what the doctor ordered (that and probably some vitamin C).
Photo source: JustABigGeek’s Flickr
I love Ratatat and I like Yacht remixes. So it is really no surprise when a short remix (loveeee short remixes) of these two powers came up that I dug it? (And dug it good).
In true fashion, I put the song on repeat for roughly two hours. Now, maybe that’s not your style, but at least check it out. The addition of lyrics also really adds to the song to make it something new but still very Ratatat like.
Link here: Mirando (Yacht Remix) – Ratatat
(Off of the Mirando 12″, XL Records)
This comes from a dear friend and co-writer of http://buyordontbuy.com. This is from a very happy-go-lucky sounding band by the name of Let’s Wrestle. The song is “I Won’t Lie To You”.
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The video, as you can see above, is fun, quirky and youthful. I miss the days of when I could go to basement shows and church shows get up to the mic and sing with the band with about a dozen other people.
Anytime I don’t know what to listen to and my iPod is running out batteries, I go to old favorites. On YouTube.
One of those go to favorites is: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound’s “Baltimore Is the New Brooklyn”
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Personally, I love the dancers. Be prepared for more video finds. I think I’ll be taking another hiatus from review writing.
