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...
Artist: The White Birch Song: Breathe Album: Star Is Just a Sun Year: 2002
"Wish I was small in sunny days, a summer light breeze could lead me further, someone would call from beyond the maze, of winter freeze and draw me to her..."
*ÜBER LATE POST: Yes, it is late. Yes, I was tired. And yes, this won't be seen by many because of that.
"Silver and gold, silver and gold, everyone wishes for it, how do you measure its worth? Just by the pleasure it gives here on Earth..."
"Oh, I'm getting old, oh, I'm getting old, everyone wishes for youth, how have I wasted my life? Trusting the pleasure it gives here on Earth..."
*TWO THINGS: First of all, damn it Google, now I can't search images by an 'exact size', or I haven't found how, it is really annoying. Secondly, I find this song so soothing, yet a bit mortifying at the same time, as it touches mundanity and triviality. But I've chosen to stay with the soothing part.
Artist: Tame Impala Song: Solitude is Bliss Album: Innerspeaker
Year: 2010
"Cracks in the pavement underneath my shoe, I care less and less about and less about you, no one else around to look at me so I can look at my shadow as much as I please, all the kicks that I can't compare to making friends like you're all supposed to..."
"Company's okay, solitude is bliss, there's a party in my head and no one is invited..."
*A COMMENT: That's the thing, most people don't know how to be alone, can't cope with it, can't stand it. That's sad and they should feel sad... For them it is preferable building fake bonds than being on their own, basically they can't find themselves.
I consider myself lucky because from a young age I learned how to deal with being alone, how to enjoy my own company, enjoy that constant 'me-time' and not going nuts about it... Sure it overwhelms me every now and then but it is something I've mastered now.
Not that I want to be alone forever, but I can cope...
"In a haze, a stormy haze, I'll be round, I'll be loving you always, always... Here I am and I take my time, here I am and I'll wait in line always, always..."
*A LATE QUICK POST: Yes, despite everything, ALWAYS...
Artist: The Beta Band Song: B+A Album: Champion Versions Year:1997
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*A COMMENT: I'll leave you with this phrase I have been mulling over for some time now. I even put it to practice, but then I got my dose of softness again and I forgot about it. I saw it a while ago on a video featuring Michael C. Hall, and it says something I know I need to start doing again, and not for the thrill of it, because I'm not like that, but sometimes to reach, somehow, a better version of yourself"You just need to let go of your fear of being an asshole".
Artist: White Sea Song: Overdrawn Album: This Frontier Year: 2010
"I know the surface, it can seem so far away, but you don't need to hold your breath anymore, it's crystal, it's so so clear, those winning speeches look so great to all of your imaginary friends..."
*A QUICK ONE: This just surrounds your ears and that's it, you are enjoying it.
Artist: The Music Song: The Left Side Album: Strength in Numbers Year: 2008
"I'm not, I'm not gonna just sit here and let this go to waste, watching the clock tick on my life, oh no... This time, this time's gonna be different cos I know what I want, listing the people I'm taking down, this is what I'm fighting for..."
*A REALLY QUICK ONE: It seems the message has not gotten through yet... Well, you'd better open your eyes soon, lest you are getting the wrong impression or statement...
Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel Song: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Album: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Year: 1998
"What a beautiful face I have found in this place that is circling all round the sun..."
"And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young, let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see..."
*A QUICKIE: This feels older than its date, still great...
Artist: The Helio Sequence Song: Hall of Mirrors Album: Negotiations Year: 2012
"Fill your dreams with desire, fill your dreams with the riches, what more do you know? Shape your time, shed your illusions..."
*A NO COMMENT COMMENT: My keyboard is sucking ass big time, so it's a drag writing anything... So depending on the level of the stress it causes or whether I accomplish to get it repaired or not, my comments are going to be limited, if any.
Artist: The Tallest Man On Earth Song: The Dreamer Album: Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird EP Year: 2010
"I'm just a dreamer but I'm hanging on, though I am nothing big to offer I watch the birds, how they dive in then gone, it's like nothing in this world's ever still..."
*A QUICKIE: I just found about this guy and this is an awesome song. Don't you just love it when you discover new stuff to listen to?
Artist: Cat Power Song: The Greatest Album: The Greatest Year: 2006
"Once I wanted to be the greatest, no wind or waterfall could stall me and then came the rush of the flood, stars of night turned deep to dust..."
"Lower me down, pin me in, secure the grounds, for the lead and the dregs of my bed I've been sleeping, for the later parade..."
*A COMMENT: So... I was reading about Chan cancelling her tour due to illness and being broke. It got me thinking. Then read about 'Grizzly Bear' and how they finances, they survive, but there is this sense of not knowing when it all could end. It got me a bit scared.
And I think the stability of you and your act depends on several things, like the music and effort themselves, the kind marketing that is behind you, but also your background and ways. However it is no mystery that the media has been feeding us with this idea of 'wellness' and it is not always the case. And like it is expressed in the ARTICLE, "As with any indie band, they know that they’re not supposed to be in it for the money." The least thing one could expect, in a moderate scenario, is to be able to keep doing what you like, comfortably. It is a complex topic and opinions will vary...
Regarding the song, it may seem to be about giving up on the hopes, goals and dreams you once set out reach, due to the obstacles in life that have been, little by little, undermining your will to go.
" 'Cos I'm fed up with this train of events, wondering what I'll do next, yeah, I'm fed up with this train of events, nothing is making sense, well, I know I'll lose, I lose every time..."
"You go your way, I'll go my way and someday we may meet... You go your way, I'll go my way and someday, we may meet... Maybe someday..."
"One more point of contention, I need some intervention, approached with vague intentions, betray my short attention span, the distance, bridge the border, beg forgiveness, round the corner..."
"Everytime I look for you the sun goes down and I stumble when this whole thing runs aground, I left another message, you are never around, but everytime I look for you the sun goes down once more, will the last one out, please shut the door?"
*LATE POST: I know, I know, I've been a lazy person lately and I should feel bad. On the other hand I owe you a story, so I will make it up to you. Remember about my sudden moment of clarity I told you about in HERE? Well, in that precise moment I decided that I don't have to answer that e-mail, I know I said I would, but I just really don't have to, don't feel like it anymore, because after all, I don't owe that courtesy.
When I reread the e-mail, my clarity moment made perfect sense, your actions made perfect sense as well. I understand them, but at the same time I don't and it troubles me. I would have preferred a straight and harsh statement than the distance and all the evasive actions, at the end the results were the same but I was left a bit bitter.
Over the last years I've been nothing but nice, and blindly, maybe a bit too much, that I ended up, foolishly, shooting myself in the foot, with your (maybe involuntary) small share, of course. Perhaps I cared too much and was never stopped in my tracks or maybe I was but didn't see the signs. Who knows, it's passed.
I guess I kind of answered it here, so for the sake of completeness, let me say the following: I'm glad you could vent with what you wrote, I'm also glad you cared enough to do it. I also like the fact that you are reaching out and looking for the ones you care because I always had this impression that everybody else was the one who had to reach out and look for you... Regarding myself, I'm fine, you could say, but not how I wish to be. I'm in the same geographical place. I miss things too and I also lost a shoulder to lean on. I'm not sorry about the things I did and how I did them, they were honest. The only thing I regret is having said 'sorry' when I didn't have to.
Although I care and I'm here for you, it is probably the sense of wanting more that does not allow me to say and offer something right now. So, it is undefined.
Artist: Lifehouse Song: Better Luck Next Time Album: Lifehouse Year: 2005
"Sometimes we fall, ain't nothing new to me, don't get me wrong, I must say you gave up for this time now..."
"Stop tell me where you going maybe the one you love isn't there, you're going under but you're over it all so you don't care about all that I had to see, I'd watch you wait until you come around, around..."
*A HASTY ONE: Last night, when I was about to sleep, I had this sudden moment of clarity about this specific topic I've shared with you, an e-mail. But since I'm running out of time to post today, I'll let you know tomorrow... Meanwhile, let's give another meaning to this song. Enjoy.
Artist: The Bird and the Bee Song: Again & Again Album: The Bird and the Bee Year: 2007
"It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a perfect shame, creep under my door and we do it again, oh oh..."
"You're so stupid and perfect and stupid and perfect, I hate you, I want you..."
*A COMMENT: I don't quite grasp it, but the tune of the chorus and its vibe and her voice remind me of a certain cultural/academic TV show that I'm sure was broadcast on an educational channel, like a PBS or Once TV... And now it's killing me because I can't pinpoint it, but I know it is there, somewhere in my memory, and when I hear this it tries to come out, but it fails...
Artist: This World Fair Song: Don't Make Me Wait Album: Disturbia Soundtrack Year: 2007
"Angel eyes, why do you look back and all this time how did you know that? I'd be here, I'd be here, I'd be here in this world all alone..."
"So don't make me wait, honey, don't make me say it out loud, don't hesitate honey or it will all fall down..."
*A COMMENT: This tune was lost in my iTunes, it had been awhile since I last listened to it... According to 'Wikipedia' there's a version of their eponymous CD which contains a bonus CD with this song in it, I'm going to try and find it, but I couldn't even find the normal one on 'Amazon'...
Artist: The Used Song: The Bird and The Worm Album: Lies for Liars Year: 2007
"He wears his heart safety-pinned to his backpack, his backpack is all that he knows, shot down by strangers whose glances can cripple the heart and devour the soul..."
*A QUICK ONE: Wish I had something a bit more thrilling to post, but for a change I'm posting late, so...
"We put this festival on you bastards, with a lotta love. We worked one year for you pigs and you want to break our walls down? And you want to destroy us? Well you go to hell!"
*A QUICK ONE: I've seen this album taking a lot of flak, and really I don't understand why, I think it is a great one... I already knew that Oasis existed, but you know, 'Wonderwall' and probably some other known song, but this, being the first Oasis album I ever bought (and third CD ever bought), was the one that really introduced them to me. And as stated, I think it is just great, my very virginal musical mind loved it then and it still loves it now, though its status has now changed...
Artist: The White Birch
