SONG 19: THE FIRST SONG ALPHABETICALLY IN YOUR IPOD
A - CartelSuch an underrated band. I would suggest not starting with the second half of Q&A though, maybe the album Chroma, with Say Anything (Else), pop punk at it's finest. Warning, this track goes on forever so I would recommend searing for other mp3's or on spotify & listening to something else by them! It is pretty beautiful though...
SONG 20: THE LAST SONG ALPHABETICALLY IN YOUR IPOD @!#?@! - Motion City Soundtrack
I love this band & their new album has grown on me in the same way all the other ones. They basically chart the downfalls of lead singer Justin Pierre's life as he's battled with drug addiction, with an album coinciding with every rehab & recovery. There back catalog has helped me through a few of my own break downs & funnily enough even though my iPod contains a range from The Mouldy Peaches to Melt Banana, the two that came up in this are both sort of pop punk/band I loved when I was 15.
SONG 21: YOUR FAVORITE SONG
Breathe Easy - SugababesSo this probably isn't really my favorite song, but it's the only one I've ever given this label. I think when it comes to music I'm afraid of commitment like that because what I listen to is so dictated by my feeling/mood at the time. But it is a beautiful song & don't let the fact it's by the Sugababes put you off, it was the original lineup & once when I was younger I sung it to myself whilst walking up a hill to calm myself down because I was scared of heights.
SONG 22: A SONG THAT SOMEONE HAS SUNG TO YOU
Pretty Vacant - Sex PistolsSo I was thinking of doing another song but it's so very personal to me & that person that I didn't want to hash out the whole thing on the internet really. So this is what a co-worker sang at me at work the other weekend when I was stood with nothing to do. Pretty much sums up how I move through most of life.
SONG 23: A SONG THAT YOU CANNOT STAND TO LISTEN TO
Magician's Assistant - Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius PipIt would've been too easy to pick a shitty radio pop song & tell you all the reasons I don't think that's music. But instead here's something I find extremely hard to listen to. It's about suicide & seeing Scroobius Pip preform this live put goosebumps all over my body, it's one of those songs that will make be quiet & contemplative even if I just hear it in the background somewhere. It doesn't take me to a great place, head space or past life wise & so I try not to listen to it that much.
SONG 24: A SONG THAT YOU HAVE DANCED TO WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND
Too Much Too Young - The Specials
Monster - Kanye WestThere hasn't been that much of a range on this list so here are two songs genuinely me & Jesus have danced our asses off too. I fucking love The Specials & I adore that this song goes on for hours simply making shit up. & monster is an epic song. I've written about Kanye West on the blog before, but there's something here about all the verses, especially Nicki Minaj's that puts all those men to shame.
SONG 25: A SONG YOU COULD LISTEN TO ALL DAY WITHOUT GETTING TIRED OF
Rio - Goldfinger
A - CartelSuch an underrated band. I would suggest not starting with the second half of Q&A though, maybe the album Chroma, with Say Anything (Else), pop punk at it's finest. Warning, this track goes on forever so I would recommend searing for other mp3's or on spotify & listening to something else by them! It is pretty beautiful though...
SONG 20: THE LAST SONG ALPHABETICALLY IN YOUR IPOD @!#?@! - Motion City Soundtrack
I love this band & their new album has grown on me in the same way all the other ones. They basically chart the downfalls of lead singer Justin Pierre's life as he's battled with drug addiction, with an album coinciding with every rehab & recovery. There back catalog has helped me through a few of my own break downs & funnily enough even though my iPod contains a range from The Mouldy Peaches to Melt Banana, the two that came up in this are both sort of pop punk/band I loved when I was 15.
SONG 21: YOUR FAVORITE SONG
Breathe Easy - SugababesSo this probably isn't really my favorite song, but it's the only one I've ever given this label. I think when it comes to music I'm afraid of commitment like that because what I listen to is so dictated by my feeling/mood at the time. But it is a beautiful song & don't let the fact it's by the Sugababes put you off, it was the original lineup & once when I was younger I sung it to myself whilst walking up a hill to calm myself down because I was scared of heights.
SONG 22: A SONG THAT SOMEONE HAS SUNG TO YOU
Pretty Vacant - Sex PistolsSo I was thinking of doing another song but it's so very personal to me & that person that I didn't want to hash out the whole thing on the internet really. So this is what a co-worker sang at me at work the other weekend when I was stood with nothing to do. Pretty much sums up how I move through most of life.
SONG 23: A SONG THAT YOU CANNOT STAND TO LISTEN TO
Magician's Assistant - Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius PipIt would've been too easy to pick a shitty radio pop song & tell you all the reasons I don't think that's music. But instead here's something I find extremely hard to listen to. It's about suicide & seeing Scroobius Pip preform this live put goosebumps all over my body, it's one of those songs that will make be quiet & contemplative even if I just hear it in the background somewhere. It doesn't take me to a great place, head space or past life wise & so I try not to listen to it that much.
SONG 24: A SONG THAT YOU HAVE DANCED TO WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND
Too Much Too Young - The Specials
Monster - Kanye WestThere hasn't been that much of a range on this list so here are two songs genuinely me & Jesus have danced our asses off too. I fucking love The Specials & I adore that this song goes on for hours simply making shit up. & monster is an epic song. I've written about Kanye West on the blog before, but there's something here about all the verses, especially Nicki Minaj's that puts all those men to shame.
SONG 25: A SONG YOU COULD LISTEN TO ALL DAY WITHOUT GETTING TIRED OF
Rio - Goldfinger
I can't say I'm the hugest fan of Duran Duran but no one does a cover like Goldfinger (their 99 Red Balloons & Just Like Heaven are my absolute favorite versions) but this song pretty much has everything, it's danceable, it has a hard rock mosh pit breakdown along the way & has mostly the lyrics "do do do-do do-do"
READ SONG 1-6 HERE. SONG 7-12 HERE. & SONG 13-18 HERE.
All images from weheartit.
I actually really enjoyed doing that. It was very cathartic in that way that music so often is, but to get it all out & write it all down was good. Self indulgent I admit, but I hope you liked it or at least found one song you haven't listened to in a while or newly love. It showed me how much having long term boyfriends when you're young can really fuck up the memories you have attached to music. Especially because most of the music I really love in a heart strangling type way was from when I was 14/15 with the person I was with for those 2 years, so obviously a lot of the memories & the music are connected. It's part of the reason I didn't let myself listen to the Smiths for so long, because someone I hated introduced them to me. But then if I got rid of all the music I have memories of attached to ex boyfriends or friends, like the jewelry I have from those people, I'd be left with no memories, no music & bare fingers.
Music's my imaginary friend
All images from weheartit.
I actually really enjoyed doing that. It was very cathartic in that way that music so often is, but to get it all out & write it all down was good. Self indulgent I admit, but I hope you liked it or at least found one song you haven't listened to in a while or newly love. It showed me how much having long term boyfriends when you're young can really fuck up the memories you have attached to music. Especially because most of the music I really love in a heart strangling type way was from when I was 14/15 with the person I was with for those 2 years, so obviously a lot of the memories & the music are connected. It's part of the reason I didn't let myself listen to the Smiths for so long, because someone I hated introduced them to me. But then if I got rid of all the music I have memories of attached to ex boyfriends or friends, like the jewelry I have from those people, I'd be left with no memories, no music & bare fingers.
Music's my imaginary friend
good insight this week
ReplyDeleteque preciosa entrada! voy a seguir cotilleando, pero antes de despedirme quería invitarte a mi baúl,por si quieres compartir algún sueño con todos los amigos de Coquette.
ReplyDeletete espero!
hasta pronto =)