The Rakes - Binary Love

Artist: The Rakes

Song: Binary Love

Album: Capture/Release

Year: 2005

"Can't you just pretend that we are more than friends? Despite the metal and wires I still have human desires..."

"Over and over she burns my circuits, I feel fire rushing through my wires, I can feel all the things that we can't share..."

"The satellites connecting us, protecting us, our makers have neglected us, it's not their fault, it's just the way..."

*A COMMENT: This song is quite 'geeky' so to speak... The interpretation of falling in love with a robot is a bit creepy to me, so the interpretation I give to this song is that it is about a long distance relationship that is carried out by computer and all its implications like not feeling the other person, the impersonal touch in it... You still get excited when you hear and see the other person through the computer, but in plain and hard terms you still "feel" the coldness of it as your desire of being there grows and burns.

http://www.myspace.com/therakes

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The Strokes - Taken for a Fool

Artist: The Strokes

Song: Taken for a Fool

Album: Angles

Year: 2011

"You've got something and it's so good to see, something wonderful that I could not be, everybody hanging on for their lives, but you can't help them 'cos you don't have the time..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY... HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

http://www.thestrokes.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strokes

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Bloc Party - Talons

Artist: Bloc Party

Song: Talons

Album: Intimacy

Year: 2008

"Awaken from dreams of drunken car crashes, you saddened my friends and claimed all my lovers..."

"When did you become such a slut?"

"And when it comes it will feel like a kiss, silent about it, and when it comes it will feel like a kiss and I cannot say that I was not warned or was misled, and when it comes it will feel like a kiss..."

"And I didn't think I'd catch fire when I held my hand to the flame, and I didn't think it would catch up as fast as I could have run, fate came a knocking when I was looking the other way, a new disease came in the post for me today..."

*A QUICK COMMENT: This song, from what I've read and heard, is about AIDS, and it sure makes sense, has a fitting context, that's why I put big chunks of the lyrics in the quotes... Also the music is so energetic and active... Good lyrics and good music... ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY!

http://www.blocparty.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_Party

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - The Death of You and Me

Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bids
Song: The Death of You and Me
Album: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Year: 2011

"High tide, life is getting faster, no one has the answer, I’m trying to face the day in a new way, the botton of a bottle is every man’s apostle, let’s run away together you and me..."

*A BELATED POST: Last night I fell asleep, and I did have in mind the post but as sleep was taking over me, I began to care less about it and so it happened... I said "to hell with it, I'll do it in the morning". So here it is Noel Gallagher's new stuff... It is hard not to compare it with 'Oasis', because when you have a great thing going and then you are onto the next one, you already have a benchmark... But enough said, let's just enjoy it...





http://www.noelgallagher.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gallagher

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Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks/Houdini

Artist: Foster the People

Song: Pumped Up Kicks

Album: Torches

Year: 2011

"Robert's got a quick hand, he'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan..."

"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun... All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet..."

Artist: Foster the People

Song: Houdini

Album: Torches

Year: 2011

"Got shackles on my wings on tight, beggin' making compromise, fast enough it's hard to hide, sometimes I want to disappear..."

"When I feel good I play under warm distress, pass it up on a better day, well you got whatcha want you never knew, perfect gift from me to you..."

*A QUICKIE: Don't you love it when you discover a new band? I sure do, it is one of my favorite things in life, I'm getting this CD for sure... :)

http://www.fosterthepeople.com/us/home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_the_People

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Feeder - Just the Way I'm Feeling

Artist: Feeder

Song: Just the Way I'm Feeling

Album: Comfort In Sound

Year: 2002

"Love in, love out, find the feeling, scream in, scream out, time for healing, you feel the moments gone too soon, you're watching clouds come over you..."

"I feel we're going down ten feet below the ground, it's just the way I'm feeling..."

"Two different views as words confuse and break, I can't get out, there's no way out of here, I can't get clear..."

*A QUICKIE: Let's say 'this': THIS... xD

http://www.feederweb.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeder

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Kings of Leon - Talihina Sky

Artist: Kings of Leon

Song: Talihina Sky

Album: Youth & Young Manhood

Year: 2003

"But everybody says this place is beautiful and you'd be so crazy to say goodbye, but everything's the same, this town is pitiful and I'll be getting out as soon as I can fly..."

*A QUICKIE: The chorus says more than enough... Ha! HAVE A GREAT START TO THE WEEKEND...

2 Versions of it, both great...

https://www.kingsofleon.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_leon

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The Verve - Appalachian Springs

Artist: The Verve

Song: Appalachian Springs

Album: Forth

Year: 2008

"Does anybody know where we're really gonna go? I was wondering if we've got that real soul, you know the thing we cannot trade or ever own..."

"Solitude, my sacred mood, Appalachian Springs, all my things... Took a step to the left, took a step to the right and I saw myself and it wasn't quite right..."

*A QUESTION: Have you ever gotten this weird feeling on Sundays? And I'm not talking about the feeling of knowing that Monday comes after... I'm referring to the one you get when you start to wonder about stuff, like why are we here, where are we going, what's our purpose, you know some questions about life, questions that mankind has been trying to answer since the beginning of times... I don't know, it happens to me on a frequent basis, and it used to happen a lot more often when I was in school... The weird thing here is that when I start to wonder that kind of stuff, I get a bit anxious and feel a bit empty, nothing to worry about, I guess it is just because I don't get that far getting answers, even though in my thoughts I'm a thousand miles away...

http://www.theverve.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verve

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Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon

Artist: Urge Overkill

Song: Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon

Album: Stull EP

Year: 1992

"Girl, you'll be a woman soon, please, come take my hand... Girl, you'll be a woman soon, soon, you'll need a man..."

*A BRIEF ONE: I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' for the 100th time and decided I would post this one... HAVE A HUGE WEEKEND!

http://urgeoverkill.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urge_Overkill

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Mackintosh Braun - Wake Up

Artist: Mackintosh Braun

Song: Wake Up

Album: The Sound

Year: 2008

"Too much I had to make up, too bad I break what I touch... That's why it's alright, I knew that you'd find out, that's why it's alright, you know it's alright..."

*A QUICKIE: It's been awhile since I last posted something I had heard on 'Chuck'... Whenever I hear this song (and some others from this CD) I immediately go back in time and have this remembrance of me sitting in my living room, doing a college project where I was supposed to "apply" for some internship at some organization like the UN or a bank. But what do you care... So here it is... Enjoy your Friday! Enjoy your weekend!

http://www.mackintoshbraun.com/

http://www.myspace.com/mackintoshbraun

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Silversun Pickups - Substitution

Artist: Silversun Pickups

Song: Substitution

Album: Swoon

Year: 2009

"I know you've heard it before, but then it wasn't enough, you don't want to be held back from the substitution, I know you've seen this before and now enough is too much, you don't want to be set back when the substitution comes... I'm sorry..."

*A QUICKIE: It should come as no surprise, and as a matter of fact it did not, it was just as expected... 'I know I've seen this before, and now enough is too much, you don't want to be set back when the substitution comes, I'm sorry' I should be saying... At least something good came out of it...

By the way... Muffler Bummer :S

http://www.silversunpickups.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silversun_Pickups

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Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home?

Artist: Our Lady Peace

Song: Is Anybody Home?

Album: Happiness... Is Not a Fish You Can Catch

Year: 1999

"Tonight, your faith has come down to money & a TV, psychics who've never been to Mars and Nazis breast feeding..."

"Hey, is anybody home? Has anybody wasted tears on the loneliness that everyone becomes? Is anybody lone? Has anybody painted fear on the bedroom walls that save us from the day? Is anybody home? Has anybody wasted tears on the loneliness that everyone becomes when they're not alright?"

*A COMMENT: I think this song basically talks about finding a true meaning to it all, to life... I think it is saying that we live in a convulsed world where there are "gurus" that claim to know THE right way of living a life, a world that has become so materialistic where it seems that the items you own define you, make you who you are... And to some that becomes a goal, having more stuff, living the "cool" way, but maybe they do so to compensate the lack of meaning, to compensate some kind of emptiness, the loneliness, the fear of the unknown, of what is beyond...

http://www.ourladypeace.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_lady_peace

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Limblifter - Jumbo Jet Headache

Artist: Limblifter
Song: Jumbo Jet Headache
Album: I/O
Year: 2004

"Sacrifice your pilot and navigate yourself, hijack fleeting moments, we hit the fear note... Bring on the headache, bring on the headache, bring on the headache, yeah..."

"We need to complicate things that wind us up, drooling on what blooms up in a garbage dump, now ring the dinner bell and chew bad beats, a virus eats at the music and in the movies..."

*A QUIKCIE: 1396.47 days have passed since my last headache... I need to get some sleep soon... I'd be bullshitting you if I told you how many hours or days it takes you to recover from your sleep debt, all I know is I want to pay it now... If you know the answer let me know...





http://www.limblifter.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limblifter

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Spoon - I Summon You

Artist: Spoon

Song: I Summon You

Album: Gimme Fiction

Year: 2005

"But oh no where are you tonight? And how'd we get here? It's too late to break it off, I need a release, the signal's a cough, but that don't get me off, I summon you to appear, my love..."

"Remember the weight of the world, it's a sound that we used to buy, and all that you can, all that you can give is a cold goodbye..."

*AN 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT': I don't really know what to write about this time... If didn't know me and I was a follower of this blog I would say 'that is one bored motherfucker' but since I know me... I actually did some stuff this weekend but maybe not stuff that you'd find relevant or super interesting, just the normal stuff... And to be fair I do write when I'm bored as hell... Could it have been a more exciting weekend? Perhaps it could have, but I was content with the way it wound up... HAVE A NICE START TO THE WEEK!

http://www.spoontheband.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_(band)

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Starsailor - Good Souls

Artist: Starsailor

Song: Good Souls

Album: Love Is Here

Year: 2001

"As I turn to you and I say:Thank goodness for the good souls, that make life better... As I turn to you and I say: If it wasn't for the good souls life would not matter..."

"One good day of the week and I'll be up again, one good day of the week I'll be higher than the government..."

"As I turn to you and I say if you're messing with a good heart you've got to take what's due..."

*AGAIN, NO COMMENT TODAY... NOT SO CHATTY... BUT YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT SONG TO LISTEN TO...

http://www.starsailor.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsailor_(band)

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Moby - Extreme Ways

Artist: Moby

Song: Extreme Ways

Album: 18

Year: 2002

"Extreme songs that told me they helped me down every night, I didn't have much to say I didn't get above the light, I closed my eyes and closed myself and closed my world and never opened up to anything that could get me along..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY... ENJOY THIS AWESOME SONG AND HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

http://www.moby.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby

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The Cribs - I'm a Realist

Artist: The Cribs

Song: I'm a Realist

Album: Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

Year: 2007

"I'm a realist, I'm a romantic, I'm an indecisive piece of shit..."

"I know that it's only a matter of time before you know it, I'll be leaving town, see it in my eyes, no one will do, no one will ever do..."

*NO COMMENT TODAY!! ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY!!

http://www.thecribs.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cribs

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Hard-Fi - Can't Get Along (Without You)

Artist: Hard-Fi

Song: Can't Get Along (Without You)

Album: Once Upon a Time In The West

Year: 2007

"Well I walked out, cos I had some plans, yeah I walked out, destiny in my own hands, I thought I'd get by without you oh, I thought I'd survive without you..."

"I can't get along without you, no something is wrong, I can't get along without you..."

*AN ANECDOTE: All began 2 days ago, I went over a bump (which are abundant in my city) and the CD that was running (Pala from Friendly Fires) began to skip some parts and my stereo began to make this weird noise like if it was ejecting the CD but it wasn't, even weirder the music kept on playing and if I pressed the 'eject' button nothing happened... Finally after pressing buttons like crazy I managed to cause an error and the CD was ejected... Yesterday morning I decided I would insert the CD again as I cannot live without music and I was dumbly hoping everything had worked itself out, it played, then I tried to eject it and the same thing happened, no ejection and the weird noise began again, I did not mind, at least the music was on... As I was driving I hit another motherfucking bump and the music stopped and the CD was suddenly ejected and the stereo was dead not even the radio worked... in that moment I almost pooped my pants! I freaked out! To me, having no stereo in my car is like a soccer player without his ball, a sick man without his medicine... The first thing I did when I arrived to my workplace was google what the hell had happened and I did find some useful stuff, it turned out that my stereo somehow got deprogrammed and turned to "SAFE" mode... Thanks to Yahoo Answers and to a couple of forums that brought back my stereo, saved me some money but most importantly gave me back the tremendous joy of listening to music while driving...

http://www.hard-fi.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard-fi

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Under the Influence of Giants - In The Clouds/Mama's Room

Artist: Under the Influence Of Giants

Songs: In the Clouds

Album: Under the Influence Of Giants

Year: 2006

"I like the bullet in the water yeah, I like the morning after pill, hello, breath in, lose control... I wanna fuck ya in fire yeah, I wanna hold ya till you breath no more, can't hide oh..."

"Meet me in the clouds, let me work it out, don't you take it personal, personal, don't you like the control..."

*TWO WORDS: Unprotected sex...

Artist: Under the Influence Of Giants

Songs: Mama's Room

Album: Under the Influence Of Giants

Year: 2006

"Here I go again, react without a plan, oh but there's something missing, there's something missing here..."

"Makin' love in mama's room, takin' all I can from you and when you go, go, go, oh, oh, oh, go, go, go, oh, oh, oh..."

*MORE THAN TWO WORDS: Sexy groovy song... Perhaps talking about the thrill one gets from doing "prohibited" stuff...

http://www.myspace.com/thegiants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Influence_of_Giants

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Incubus - If Not Now, When?

Artist: Incubus

Song: If Not Now, When?

Album: If Not Now, When?

Year: 2011

"I've waited all my life, if not now, when will I? Stand up and face the bright light, don't hide your eyes, it's time..."

*I'M SO EXCITED AND I JUST CAN'T HIDE IT!: Okay just ignore that! :D But it is truth, you can bet your skinny/fat/tight/flabby or whatever adjective that fits ass I am! Today's the day when my favorite band is releasing, after five years, their new album and even though I will have to wait until it arrives to my house probably 2 or 3 days more, I'm like a child being taken to have an ice cream, to the amusement park or to the arcade... Now I would like to take some lines to talk about Hillel's quote that inspired the name of this album, let's break it down...

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And, if not now, when?"

1.- If I am not for myself, who will be for me?: On paper the premise it is very simple, but it is also so very often forgotten or ignored, the most important person is yourself... Why is it ignored? Due to the fact there is always some external pressures, we are often worried about what other people might think of us, of our actions and that transforms us into something we are not, it stops us from being ourselves. "THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IS YOURSELF", it may sound selfish, but hey! there comes a time to be selfish, to scratch your own back, there are points in life when nobody else is going to come and help you solve your problems, you cannot go through life entirely depending on others. You have got to know when to say yes, when to say no and when to screw those who are not reciprocal in any relationship or situation in your life with no or almost no remorse of doing it... The 'me time' is very important.

2.- If I am only for myself, what am I?: This continues the chain, and it is about 'choosing' what we become... If in the previous chunk of quote I said you have got to be selfish, then am I a selfish son of a bitch? This is a tricky one and I hope I make myself clear on this... It is OK to be selfish, to think/worry/care about what WE want, but there is a thin line separating being selfish to pursue our goals and being a total prick, putting yourself first doesn't not mean trample on others, if you do that then you are a selfish son of a bitch...

3.- And, if not now, when?: This is basically living the moment, not leaving for tomorrow what you can do today

, as you don't know if there will be another chance to do what you intended to do...

Well, there you have it, my brief interpretation... Now let's sleep for 2 or 3 days, or let's get busy as hell, so time will go faster...

http://www.enjoyincubus.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(band)

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Athlete - Second Hand Stores

Artist: Athlete

Song: Second Hand Stores

Album: Beyond the Neighbourhood

Year: 2007

"Let's fall in love again, tap the windows and rescue our friends, how long 'til this makes sense?"

"It's calling out and it's taking over, we give it our all so we don't know why we can't slow it down, it's way too fast..."

"We're going on a search in some second hand stores, gotta get back what we all threw away, we're going on a search in the middle of nowhere, we don't know what we're doing but we gotta just give it a go..."

*A COMMENT: So this weekend was rather odd, it was not bad, sure it had its moments of alienation, feeling like a tourist in you own environment, but it was definitely not bad... For now there's a busy week ahead of me in terms of doctor appointments and knee therapy, which have helped me but I still cannot run and I still have some discomfort at times but I'm optimistic about the issue, I cannot wait to get this over with, first to avoid surgery and second to start running again... HAVE AN EXCELLENT START TO THE WEEK! :)

http://www.athlete.mu/home

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlete_(band)

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The Bravery - Bad Sun

Artist: The Bravery

Song: Bad Sun

Album: The Sun and The Moon

Year: 2007

"Someday back when we were young I guess something just went wrong, the two of us are hung from the same twisted rope..."

"And I don't know where we belong, I think we grew under a bad sun, I know we're not like everyone, you and me we grew under a bad sun..."

*A QUICKIE: Today I saw people I did not expect to see, and did not see the one I expected to. I also felt like a tourist for the most part of the night, weird feeling. Anyway, I think I'll fool around for a little while and do something that will make me feel "familiar" again... I'll play some guitar...

http://www.thebravery.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bravery

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Razorlight - Stumble and Fall/Stinger

Artist: Razorlight

Song: Stumble and Fall

Album: Up All Night

Year: 2004

"And I never asked you to understand how I keep myself to myself in the crush of the crowd, but all you can say is 'who cares? It's part of the deal'..."

Artist: Razorlight

Song: Stinger

Album: Slipway Fires

Year: 2008

"I don't want to get to know you, get too close to you though you may want me to, I've been watching you, they've been deceiving you, it gives you an excuse to take some abuse..."

"I don't love you, don't respect you, don't expect too much from me or you, I don't know you, I never did, I dig who you were and that's it..."

*A BELATED POST: I intended to post this last night, in fact I was doing it, but I was so sleepy, I got distracted and the next thing I knew I was lying on the couch, the lap ran out of battery... But here it is... HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND...

http://www.razorlight.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razorlight

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