So I've decided to share my favourite Arcade Fire tracks. I've loved them since I was at school and a recent appreciation has made me rekindle that and I've listened to them a lot over the past few days.
So we'll start with Rebellion. My first glimpse into them, it must have played 1,000,000 times in a row from 12am - 3am. Accompanying my five hour stint on MSN chatting to young men I've never met. Couldn't get enough of that shit. A lad named Dave from Newcastle sent me that as well as the Kings of Leon's debut album. Really showed me some good music.
Afterlife. The introduction of the synth record. 1,000,000 times playing this driving to and from work which was a 10 minute drive. The beginnings of late January nights and introducing yourself to everyone. Reminds me of a boy from my old work, didn't have much impact on my life at all. He was very pretty but there was no attraction. Great song though.
Sprawl 2. Oh my godddd...accompanies me on my way to work now, a half mile run at it's shortest. Would keep on skipping it right back to the beginning. A boy at my last work told me this song reminded him of me when I was getting told off at work for twerking in the cash office. Oh right. Well we ended up being really good friends and one time out of work we put this on when under the influence and it blew my mind. I got the album, which admittedly was long overdue, and now my housemate listens to nothing more than that. He actually came down once and said "not this again". So hypnotic.
Neighbourhood Number 1. Nothing specific to this one, oh thank god I hear you say. Just a good song that filled quietness perfectly. It's the song I always end up hearing when it's getting really close to the end of a night at my house. Friends are drunk and talking over the table whilst a song I secretly adore manages to stumble it's way onto my 3000 song playlist, and no one is going to ask me to skip it. We all have a good time.
Wake Up. So late to this party. I thought I had the entire Funeral album, that Dave must have let me down. I heard this after I heard Sprawl 2. Anyway, it's amazing. The most powerful dance moves, really can't retain the movement when listening to it in public. Having it playing whilst driving is a really great moment for me.
Power Out. An more upbeat version of Neighbourhood Number 1. So right in all places.
Keep The Car Running. It may be considered one of the most generic, but you cannot fight off that feel good vibe for long. The song that took me from Funeral to Neon Bible. I think this may have even featured in another playlist of mine. Such a great sounding combination and with that voice on top. It's nice to sing along.
No Cars Go. Ok so the love for this started a long time ago. I remember telling a boy I really fancied at college that I had heard it when I discovered Funeral, actually accused me of being a liar. Yeah, that's what I would lie about. So it was rediscovered when I brought a guy home and we listened to music. All I ever fucking do. And he was looking through my phone as he had had enough of Katy Perry, and he puts this on. Even shouted "Women and children. Let's go". With that I was sold, I delivered the line "this could be the start of something special", meant it, and then he became my boyfriend. But that all started because of dancing all over the bed being really weird. Really good song.
And finally, my most recent, a sweet little Talking Heads' cover; This Must Be The Place. Memories of the crazy weekend before with your oldest friends, doing exactly what you want to, and to music you can whip out a mega cool dance routine to. I had a really nice Christmas this year. And then I come home and discover this version, there is always a hint of excitement when you come across a combination of two of your favourite artists. This doesn't fail.
So there we go. Great. Just listen to them on headphones.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Saturday, October 03, 2015
Oh oh oh honey I need you round, I know, I know
Top ten songs about love. Not about the happiness of being smitten, or finding the perfect mate. But what happens afterwards; the ongoing arguments with yourself you have to deal with about making the wrong decision, when there was no way you could change his mind, and when they found love with someone else.
1. With or Without You - U2
The simple problem of ending up hating someone from being in a relationship with them, yet not being able to visualise a life without them. Just deal with it, will you Bono? It'll be fine once you forget the routines.
2. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I can imagine just singing (screaming) this to a boy as he's walking out the door. Proper psycho/heartbreakingly sad style. Apparently poor Karen O would cry as she sang it on stage, years after writing it. "Wait; they don't love you like I love you"
3. Dancing On My Own - Robyn
Ah yes. Split up with him but now not wanting to face the fact he is over you. This also featured in one of the most emotional 'Lip Syncs' from RuPaul's Drag Race (Raven vs Jujubee), another reason to find it so sad. I like to cry to the Radio One's Live Lounge version.
4. Fuck the Pain Away - Peaches
A little bit more fun, definitely easier to dance to. The best way to get over someone is to get under someone else, and that's that.
5. The Scientist - Coldplay
A song about things coming to an end, and desperately trying to change them back to the way things were. I am certainly one who looks back endearingly, but once that water has gone under that bridge, it is flowing only one way.
6. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
I've tried to holdback on listing Fleetwood Mac a lot. I could do a top ten of heartbreaking songs from them alone (definitely a post for another time) but I've decided to put Silver Springs into this one. "You'll never get away from the sound of a woman that loves you". Haunting, yet also true.
7. Do What You Do - Noah and the Whale
Leaving someone, sometimes, is really not what you want to do, but is what is needed. A really sad break up. Just because it didn't work out with someone you really thought it would, doesn't mean it won't happen again. It will be all worth it, one day.
"When loves comes a-calling, don't forget the tune, and when love comes a-calling, don't forget the tune
And just do what you do"
8. Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Had to feature a little disco. Perhaps looking back on a fun relationship? Cheating on them? Wishing that you hadn't? The love and fun was right there. I don't relate to this one at all, just love it a lot. "And the music don't feel like it did when I felt it with you. Nothing that I do or feel ever feels like I felt it with you"
9. Magic - Coldplay
Coldplay strikes again. Oh God. Definitely the saddest. Listening to the album in it's entirity really made my drive nothing less than depressing. All of Magic though, is a perfect construction of lyrics about a life with someone ending, and one of the pair really not wanting it to, but still holding that unrequited hope that, one day, it might just come together again.
"And if you were to ask me, after all that we've been through, do I still believe in magic? Yes I do. Yes I do. Yes I do.
Of course I do"
10. Tender - Blur
And finally, the inspiration for this entire post. 'Tender' initially starting as a metaphor for the perfect aspects of the relationship, then verse after verse its meaning deteoriates, like the relationship, and ends up representing the pain. Heartbreaking injections of the chorus, pleading with both himself and his now estranged counterpart, makes it a song relatable to all; just wanting the pain to end.
This is the song that finally got me over the hurdle of my last heartbreak, I thought, if Albarn can get through it, so can Jess Sturt.
"I'm waiting for that feeling, I'm waiting for that feeling. Waiting for that feeling to come"
So er...enjoy your day.
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