Okay, so I will admit that this song reminds me a bit of Ricki Martin, however, I like it anyway. It is upbeat, great to belt along with, and perfect for my melodramatic weekend that was filled with highs and lows (and more than a little coffee house bitching).
So Perez, shake your bon bon for all I care, just don’t complain when my less than melodious voice chimes in.
Okay, no song of the day, just my own simple ode to amazon.
Today I discovered FREE MUSIC on amazon. Now maybe I’m a little late to learn this fantastic news but I am ecstatic. Free good music! It’s glorious and it just turned my day from hell around.
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I’m feeling as though my life is getting more and more picturesque…
At least for the moment.
Very catchy, very poppy, very lovely.
Going dancing, what can I say? I cannot help but move to this beat.
Last summer I found myself struggling to balance my desire for the fast paced city with my need of green grassy hills dotted with wild flowers and trickling streams. With my job in question and a potential move an arm’s length away, I find myself debating where to next. To leave or to stay? Thinking like this reminds me of all the back of forth thoughts that have fun through my head over the past year. This song ultimately reminds me of where I was last July/August. I hated the hot, smelly city and wanted nothing more than to flee to the west coast. But now, faced with the option of returning home jobless, I don’t know if I’m ready to leave yet. Will I always want what I can’t have or is it just that I enjoy a tussle and never want to take the easy route?
Without an answer to any of my questions, I find Ottesen’s tune has lyrical value though the notes are not always pitch perfect, which is a bit distracting. However, sometimes it is the meaning that is the most important part of a song. Sometimes, not always. Today, meaning is enough for me.
Well the truth of the matter is, I cannot change the economy. But that doesn’t mean things don’t happen for a reason and we should waste away in our misery. Life pushes you in the direction you are meant to go, so grin and bear it, ‘cause it ain’t about to change.
With folksy acoustic rock like Newton Faulkner, it is hard not to quirk your lips in appreciation. Happy and bright, People Should Smile More makes people smile more. Well done, Mr. Faulkner, well done.
Scattered and frantic, the realization swept over me. Three of seven. THREE of seven. Not one, not two, but all three gone. And with that, nearly half of my job was wiped out. So where do I stand? Do I have a job? Will I have job? What will I do? Where will I go?
Unfortunately, lately I’ve been happy. I’ve been satisfied and actually happy at the idea of remaining in NYC. One of the things that draws me to NYC is the level of activity. I don’t mean when it comes to drinking or clubbing. I mean people are active and driven. There’s no time to laze because the city will leave your ass behind. This can be good and bad. Part of me misses the laid back lifestyle of home but part of me knows I’m looking for people who are motivated.
Motivation - It’s what I’m seeking as I start the job hunt once more. Prime Motivator offers a bit of rage, a bit of chaos, and some great lyrics to my soundtrack.
On a day like today, there is nothing to do but submit to the sound, let it take over and rampage through me. No room for thought, no room for worries, no room for doubts.
Checking out Chris and Thomas, The Western States Motel, and Brett Dennen before work on Pandora…oh how I love thee, Pandora!
Just when I decide to stay in NYC, it seems NYC might kick me out. We’ll see but heads are sure to roll shortly.
I chose this song months ago on my Blogger blog, but since I’ve changed sites and cannot upload more than one song per day, I feel completely as ease reselecting this song for my soundtrack.
Because today was another amazingly lazy morning. Sneaking through the curtains, the sunlight dappled the sheets as my eyes fluttered opened.
Except this time it wasn’t raining on the weekend. Today was glorious and 70 degrees, a far cry from Monday’s snow storm.
BOAT
The Owls
Tullycraft
The Bats
Voxtrot
JC & Co
School Police
The Cari & Jason band
Belaire
The Carrots
Queens of Noize
Florence and the Machine
Le Switch
Lux Land
I’m not quite sure what made me choose this song. Perhaps it’s the overwhelming need to listen to someone who actually knows how to play more than 5 chords on a guitar. Perhaps because it is the last thing on earth a melodramatic, angst-ridden teen would want to hear. Perhaps I just have to get as far away from the disastrous concert last night as possible Whatever the reason, bring on the guitar, bring on the folk, bring on the chill, relaxing, soothing melody of Calexico.
Thinking back to the tears I shed spring 2006 over the loss of my ENTIRE MUSIC COLLECTION, I now admit that it was a blessing in disguise. To save me from myself, my flatmate created a must have cd of 100 songs, including Alone Again Or. Of course, unable to handle all 100 songs at once, I broke her mix down to a smaller mix, which also included Alone Again Or. Actually, it was the first song on my mix. Also on the mix was First Day of My Life and You Will. You?Will. You?Will. You?Will. by Bright Eyes, The Sky Is The Key by Green Like July, I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab, Crabbuckit by K-Os, Born on a Train by the Magnetic Fields, I Wouldn’t Miss It For the World by Johnathan Rice, and Move Your Feet by Junior Senior. My memory fails me now, so the remaining songs will go unlisted.
Ironically, although I chose this song randomly, these lyrics are very applicable to my current situation. Waiting, doing whatever one wants, alone. Strange how random tends to work.
Diving into the pool once more, I find it like coming home to a warm embrace. That being said, I am out of shape. I feel like the underdog prepping for the big race.
Contemplating training for a triathlon, I find myself debating whether or not I am willing to come in last place, if just participating is enough to feel good about myself.
I would described Spoon but what is there to say besides, simply amazing. Spoon is a band that covers a variety of moods and a variety of times.
“Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you’d gone
and let the world spin madly on”
Much more dramatic than my day, this song evokes a surrealism that dawned with my Monday. Perhaps it was the flurry of snow that swept past my window, but if ever there was a day that spun, today was it.
This morning my bed swallowed me.
“I will never love you more than my boyfriend when I was 14”
Contemplating a submission I am writing for a book on worst relationships, I am thinking about first love and how it is so intense because it is so pure and still untainted by the pain of past failed loves; which makes me wonder, does every love get progressively weaker and weaker?
Sweet vocals, cute lyrics (though a large draw back is sometimes she tries to put too much in one line, causing the words to be rushed, jumbled, and indecipherable), and a basic guitar riff make this song endearing and sickeningly sweet.
I feel like something light, breezy that has the aire of spring and promise of summer.
Despite the rain today, it feels as though the season is turning. Perhaps it is due to the rise in temperature from chilling 30s to downright balmy 50s, but whatever the reason, spring seems nearly within reach. So today needs something to reflect this.
But what to choose…
“Soon enough, work and love will make a man out of you
Through and through”
Work controlled my life today. And I had several phone chats with people I love. So work and love, will that make me a man?
Mostly, I just adore this song for the lyrics and vocals. Just hitting play, allows me to nestle into bed, relaxing as the smooth tune washes over me. After a hard day of work, this is what I want to come home to. Who needs dinner waiting on the table? Give me music.
“Meet me in the middle
Well come on let’s make up a dance
And we’ll agree to call it the compromise”
All I wanted was a compromise. Well, that is a blatant lie. All I wanted was my way. Spoiled brat that I am, I thought I deserved it. Instead, I learned to compromise. Or rather, I learned to give in every once in a while.
But before this, I was overwrought with the melodrama that stems from extremely low blood sugar.
Peppy and upbeat, this song is slightly Beatle-esque (gasp! yes, I made the comparison. WHAT?!?!?!)
“Oh well I’ll look at you and say it’s the happiest that I’ve ever been
I’ll say I no longer feel I have to be James Dean
And she’ll say, yeah well I feel oh pretty happy too
And I’m always pretty happy when I’m just kicking back with you”
In preparation for Noah and the Whale’s concert last weekend, I browsed their myspace page and found myself drawn to this chipper tune. The message is fantastically amazing: you don’t know about the future but there will be love. It’s this thought that I grab and hold tight on my grumpy days. Work may be difficult, my life might be stressful, but no matter what, I have love and I will continue to have love. So breathe, step back, and embrace life!
Oh, optimistic folk pop, how you inspire me!
“You don’t think that I try for you
I went into the skies for you”
It’s strange how you can go through such different phases in life. I have never really loved AC Newman. Perhaps it’s because when I saw The New Pornographer, Carl Newman tried to steal the show (even his myspace band description reads: Carl Newman and others). Maybe it’s something else but I’m guessing I’m rubbed wrong by his aires.
That being said, I heard this song for the first time today and fell in love. I saw I heard this song for the first time, but I’m sure I’ve heard it before. Today I heard it heard it though. Something resonated, something clicked, something was perfect. So, as I continue to evolve and explore my life soundtrack, I add AC Newman, to my utmost surprise.
I wonder if what draws me in is my underlying desire that the lyrics of this song fit my life.
