Everyday there is a song that goes with us wherever we go, or a song that would fit perfectly in any given situation of our life, or a song that you just haven't heard yet, but you are eager to discover...
Whatever the case may be, this will be a space dedicated to show anyone who runs into this blog, the song that was stuck in my head any given day, the song I would listen to if..., or just to give a simple recommendation of what I think is a worth-listening song...
"There’s three ways off a burning bridge, you pray for rain or you learn how to swim... There’s three ways off of every burning bridge but if you can’t find strength and you quit, then you can just burn up and sink then you’ll drift away, real slow, down into the ground..."
*A 'CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT': Decisions, always present in our lives, whether you are choosing what to wear in the morning or quitting your job. I think this song is about that, and although there could be so many ways to go when deciding, here they just offer three, the basic ones, but the third always being quitting... And there is this hint I get of definiteness in this song, I don't quite know how to explain it, but when I hear this song I imagine this scenario with a heart broken, disappointed, lonely and sad guy, one who's facing his one last choice and he will have to live with the consequences of his decision, weird right? but that's just me and my imagination. Awesome song though, I like it a lot, so much truth is told in its lyrics...
"Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio..."
"This is what you get, this is what you get, this is what you get when you mess with us..."
*A LITTLE STORY: So, yesterday happened one of those scenarios you think would only happen in your head, the ones you wish to do some time but they seem unlikely and crazy and to some degree "dangerous"... So here I was, getting off work, I got into my car and I began my way back home... I was going fast, yes, but not that much, for a change, the street was kind of empty, suddenly, in my rear view, a police officer in his motorcycle, many things went through my mind but the main thought was "think fast, act awesome", that was what my mind kept telling me to do and so I did, I knew I had to act like if I was the most experienced actor, well at least make it look believable... Here is the dialogue:
-Roger: Good afternoon officer, is there a problem? (While making a very troubled face)
-Officer: You were going 90 KPH in a 40 KPH street and even after you passed that bump you were going 70 KPH.
-R: I know officer and I'm sorry but I really have to go to the restroom.
-O: Where are you coming from? (Unbelieving face)
-R: I just got off work (Still making a troubled face and looking desperate)
-O: Why didn't you go while still there?
-R: I did go, but... (Here I looked like if I was a bit ashamed, hesitant and reluctant to say it) the thing is officer, oh boy... I have diarrhea and I might not make it... (By this point I was grabbing my pants desperately, I wanted to make it seem like an urgency)
-O: How far are you from your home? (I noticed he noticed I grabbed my pants zealously)
-R: Very far actually, but I was thinking I could stop at the convenience store right ahead, in the corner, and ask for the bathroom...
-O: (After some thinking) Ok sir, you can go.
-R: Thank you officer, I really appreciate it...
After that, there was SO MUCH WIN in my whole being, I could not believe it actually worked, I could not believe I have had the balls to go through the whole charade... And still to make it believable, and in case he followed me, I stopped at the convenience store, get out of the car, and actually went into the restroom and there I cracked with laughter, I was, I'm fact I still am, amazed it worked... And I hope karma does not knock me out soon, I mean I'm a good fellow, I do no harm, on the contrary, I do good and I think everyone is allowed to have a little fun... SO MUCH WIN... LIKE A BOSS!
Artist: Nine Black Alps Song: Cosmopolitan Album: Everything Is Year: 2005
"You're not pretty enough, you're not skinny enough, you're not healthy enough, you're not shaking at our touch..."
"You spend the night, I'll take my life, we'll close our eyes, we're so uptight..."
*A COMMENT: I think this is about insecurities, that are somehow created by an external factor, for example the media telling something is "good" and then that is translated into becoming a well-accepted feature socially speaking, and before you know it, it is a tacit "rule". And even if it wasn't by the media, our own words could signify a shock to someone, and that is the reach of our words and acts, so use them wisely...
"You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness, like resignation to the end, always the end..."
"But you didn't have to cut me off, make out like it never happened and that we were nothing, and I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough..."
*A COMMENT: It is incredible how successful a song about indifference, disgust and broken hearts can be, and I'm not saying I have anything against those songs, but my point here is that I think that that success is due to the high level of relation people have with them and why is that? Are we bound to have a daunting love situation? I think we are, disregarding the reason, we will always find a let down when it comes to sentimental stuff, either it is of low relevance or not, we will have one, or maybe more... And of course the level of "success" is not only based on the indifferent lyrics, the music has also got to be awesome...
"I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone, don’t go thinking you gotta be tough, complete like a stone, could be there’s nothing else in our lives so critical as this little hope!"
"Well this will be a simple song to say what you’ve done, I told you about all those years and away they did run, you sure must be strong..."
*A SIMPLE COMMENT: The Shins, ladies and gentlemen, The Shins are back! This should be out on March and I'll be back on track... So I made it rhyme, I hope you don't mind... HAVE A NICE FRIDAY!
Song: Those Thieving Birds (Part 1) / Strange Behaviour/ Those Thieving Birds (Part 2)
Album: Young Modern
Year: 2007
"When I'm paranoid I see walls behind walls behind walls, when I’m over joyed I see falls over falls over falls..."
"Change whatever karma means for the only things that end never truly begin..."
"Lonely in life, dead or alive, if the truth had incursions, no more goodbyes, no more big lies, if the truth had versions as long as you and I are together..."
*A COMMENT: This song is an awesome blend of mellowness and liveliness, I mean, it is simply a masterpiece, its arrangements put it on another level. I remember the exact moment when I first heard it, I was in bed (it had a very thick green comforter) looking stuff on YouTube when I came across this and I was like Holy Mother of God! (insert meme here) and five days later, taking advantage of a trip my family took to USA, I had the CD. Fun song to play in my guitar too. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Too bad Silverchair is in an indefinite hiatus, I really liked the direction they were taking with their music...
"Listen, I may have given you the wrong impression, this is something that I really ought to mention... Well I should tell youI've been spoken for..."
"As far as these things go I should never speak, I know, I know, I should really feed this thing, wait and see..."
*A QUICKIE: I'm a bit sick, there is a hell of a party inside my stomach which translates in me being weak and a bit listless... I have no desire to be at work (by the way it sucks), but yet here I am, I should hang on and be a man... Here's a mellow song, with a twist... ENJOY!
"Booooom, blast and ruin girl, causes distractions, you're rooted in hell... I can't surprise you girl, truth is in motion, you cover it well, but you're praying for some action so you won't realise, you used to be wrong, I used to be right..."
*A COMMENT: Notice the number of O's in the word 'boom', not four, not six, just five, I guess that's the amount of O's it takes to make your point clear and convincing, fewer would make it weak, more would make it aggressive and rude... This CD is so good, I like running to it. I like trains as well... xD
Artist: Pete Yorn Song: Long Time Nothing New Album: Back & Fourth Year: 2009
"Same old town, loose sense surrounds me, always drags you down, don't let it get you down... Same four walls, don't mean anything to anyone, it's all you talk about is to see yourself break out..."
"I've seen you this way before, a life strained but true, what are we waiting for? It's been a long time nothing new... For a while we were living, but it's the pace that will kill you, kill you..."
*A COMMENT: I really like this song, the whole CD, but this song truly touches me, I can say I can relate to it. What I think it is about is wanting something, it could be anything, but you're stuck, somehow trapped, there are some limitations, narrow circumstances that prevent you from taking that big leap, that big step, fear being among those factors...
Artist: New Order Song: 60 MPH Album: Get Ready Year: 2001
"I don't know if I told you, but I'm seeking sanctuary, you'll never guess the things that I do, I'll have the devil round for tea..."
"I'll be there for you when you want me to, I'll stand by your side like I always do, in the dead of night it'll be alright, 'cos I'll be there for you when you want me to..."
*A COMMENT: I love this song! I love the video! I love the memories this brings... 2001, it seems so far away, awesome times, when everything was still relatively unimportant... I see myself, on a Saturday morning, in my room, in my previous house, fooling around with guitar in front of the computer, TV on, this song playing, the sunlight through my window, nothing seemed important at that moment... Let's liven this Friday up! ENJOY!
Artist: Jukebox the Ghost Song: Hold It In Album: Let Live And Let Ghosts Year: 2008
"Baby I'm in love and maybe it's not to tell, only thing that I can do is hold it in, hold it in... I was told that I'm a man now and I'm not allowed to cry, the only thing that I can do is hold it in, hold it in..."
"Life is: "Oh my God, if I tell him, he'll tell her, and then she will know I like her!" Good grief! I don't think that I can take this heartbreak any longer, I will not hold it in..."
*A QUICK ONE: This was actually the song that introduced me to this band, I heard it on 'The 61" site... Enjoy!
Artist: Portugal. The Man Song: Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now) Album: In the Mountain in the Cloud Year. 2011
"I want a world like my teacher taught me everything, I wanna love like my parents told me it would be..."
"Got it all, you got it all, you got it all till the revolution comes..."
*A QUICK ONE: I got to know this band through some article I was reading, I don't remember where, I was actually looking for some 'Young the Giant' info. The thing here is that I dug out a bit more about them only to find out that in the span of 5 years they had released 7 albums... O.o
Artist: Of Monsters and Men
Song: Little Talks
Album: My Head Is An Animal
Year: 2011
"I don't like walking around this old and empty house, so hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear..."
"There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back, well tell her that I miss our little talks..."
"Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I am right, your mind is playing tricks on you my dear..."
*A QUICKIE: This Icelandic band, with this song, somehow reminds me of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros... Cool song, but I guess I'll have to get this CD from Amazon as I don't think I'll be finding it in a local record store...
"Why are we so alone, even with company? If not the moon will us guide, will then the street light?"
*A QUICKIE: These were awesome times, I don't know why cold and cloudy days remind me of this album, about my old room, about the fourth floor of my high school, about more cold and cloudy days... Good times, good times :)
"And I never took anymore steps towards her and I never told anyone about her again..."
"Suddenly I lost my voice, a new second when I had that chance, I saw my eyes they were filling up with regret... And suddenly a paradise sees me running from my last goodbye, I saw my eyes telling you a story again..."
Artist: Audiovent Song: One Small Choice Album: Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris Year: 2002
"Sometimes I wonder how it all would be if only one thing happened differently, and time will tell what will become of us, one small choice, just one small choice..."
"And what if I had never decided this? Would I be here? Or be gone? And all I've ever wanted was just to see how it would be one small choice..."
*A COMMENT: This is a song I used to listen a lot while I was in high school, I remember listening to it on the car, while my dad drove me to school, very early in the morning, no sun in the sky yet, I remember the exact point on the street were I usually was when this song was played, waiting on that semaphore... Anyway, I really like the theme of the song, it always makes me wonder, it makes my mind go thousand miles away, I travel through time, not only to the past but also to the future, usually when important events occur, when some important decisions are meant to be taken, decisions that maybe, and just maybe could be changing your direction... Today is one of those days.
Anyhow, here are more first-year statistics, most viewed posts:
I could not find the studio version and I cannot upload the CD version as I'm not in my computer and don't have the file with me righ now, so I'm going to leave you with the least crappy live version I could find and when I get home I'll post the studio version. :S UPDATE: Here is the studio version too...
UPDATE 2: And apparently WMG are a bunch of fascist pricks too... Sorry about that, let me see what I can do about it
"Is fate up for debate? And does my love only count if it's proved?" "Forget forgiveness, forget all the rules,just please don't do it here, bring on the fire 'cause business is cruel and Sophie's got somewhere to be..."
*A QUICKIE: Two days ago I posted a song from these guys, and I don't think I have posted something from the same artist almost back to back, but I got this song stuck in my head...
And as promised yesterday, here are some statistics, now that this blog is 1 year old... Tomorrow I'll post more...
TOTAL VIEWS (As of February 7th, 2012): 5937 By month:
Since February 7th: 333
March: 437
April: 506
May: 351
June: 400
July: 342
August: 457
September: 482
October: 952 (Here I had a massive spam attack so, the real number was 469)
November: 577
December 424
January: 500
Until February 7th: 174
And 2 views from July, 2010, when the blog was "created", but still just an idea.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to give you Datarock, Electric word Datarock, it means information and rock and roll, but we're here to tell you there's something else, the world wide web, a world of never-ending happiness, you can always see the sun, day or night..." *A COMMENT: Today is "The Blog's 1st Birthday". A year ago I was still figuring out some stuff about it, whether or not to start a blog, but once decided I began working on the first post, which at that moment I was really hooked with that song, and that is what this is all about, letting you know songs, that in my opinion, are awesome, sharing good music was the main idea.
One of the things I mulled over the most was if I was going to have the will and the pace to post everyday, and suddenly it came to my mind the comparation to'exercising', as it all comes down to discipline, as in exercising, there are some days that you just don't feel like it and want to throw it all away, but you have got to overcome that mental laziness and keep you mind on the goal and once you're in it you begin to remember why you liked it in the first place, and when you see the results you are glad you kept on doing it.
That being said, I would like to THANK EVERYONE who has followed, enjoyed, ignored, talked about, recommended, etc., this blog!! It may seem as no big deal and it may not be the greatest blog, but I love the idea of sharing music I like, some songs you may already know, but some other songs you have "discovered" through here and to me that is awesome...
So, tomorrow I'll be sharing with you some statistics, in the meantime ENJOY!
"You lost your focus but I got a plan for it with a secret ingredient and you are infinitely invite..."
"There's a system of symbols that no one will vouch for, everyone uses and no one believes, there's a dog in the yard with a manner that's ruff yet there's something about you that he understands, the girl at the window covered in ashes, smiles grotesquely in the light of day, singing in German the cold summer warning but I can't remember what I meant to say..."
*A COMMENT: I just got this yesterday and from the single time I have heard the CD, I can tell it is going to be good. I still have got to listen to it more thoroughly... Anyhow, HAVE A GREAT START TO THE WEEK!
