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: Nine Black Alps Song: Intermission Album: Everything Is Year: 2005
"Some of you are happy, some of you are poor, some of you would kill yourselves just to be reborn, I hope you're happy, I hope your prayers are answered, I hope you feed your family when my ashes scatter..."
"Maybe come with me to the coast and watch the way the rain comes down, out of the shadows she's more passionate, we'll watch her role in from the south..."
Artist: Sailor & I Song: Tough Love Album: Tough Love Year: 2013
"It's not getting better; It's not getting any easier, I never thought I'd become so cold inside..."
"Day after day, we're wishing our lives would change, as long as you say it's alright, it's alright with me, if we promise too much; more than enough, I never thought it'd be easy; not hard like this..."
*A QUICK ONE: This song has been circulating on my Facebook, through several groups I'm in and it doesn't disappoint.
"Off in the future maybe there ain't no heaven, it's just you and me and maybe it's just as well, 'cause if there ain't no heaven maybe there ain't no hell? Who knows? Maybe there isn't a vein of stars calling out my name... Who knows?"
*JUST SOME WORDS: I've always been concerned about the Universe, space, planets, etc, but lately it is all that occupies my mind. I've been watching videos about it, I've been looking at some photographs by the 'Hubble' telescope and I've let my mind wander. I can't help feeling so small, so insignificant, so humbled, yet so helpless, I can't even assess the entire scope of the universe.
For example, I find utterly frustrating the fact that, and assuming it is true, the photos that we see from 'Hubble' are the image of something that happened like billions years ago and that by the time we are looking at it, things are already different. I would like to imagine a spaceship that's super fast that would allows to discover, but that is just an utopia, just mere speculation, and it bugs me that I won't be able to see what is out there, my life span won't allow me. That's the only reason why I wish there was some thing after death.
Anyhow, I try to imagine how life in in other parts of the Universe, because I'm certain there is, it would be dumb and somehow self-centered to believe we are alone. In this trip I find myself imagining that some galaxies are already connected through their inhabitants, and that there are communities dealing with imminent destruction of their planets or nearby stars due to wars or by natural causes. They travel to one galaxy to another using fast spaceships, meaning they use a far better technology than ours, but not quite yet perfect or supreme to impede that from happening. Maybe I'm influenced by Lilandra's character and that story-line of galaxy travelling.
But pay no mind to my word spilling here, as I was writing it I couldn't find the right words to express it, so it may be kind of lame and incomplete.
Artist: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Song: Higher Than the Stars Album: Higher Than the Stars EP Year: 2009
"Shitfaced, fumbling in a dark place, drinking in the last days, this street looks just like the next street, bumblefuck on repeat, this time you should have stopped but where's the fun? The outcome, the only friend you ever had is setting off with a rich son..."
*A QUESTION: The Cure much? Doesn't matter, it's cool. It transmits the angst. By the way, like the gringos would say, you know, 'cincou de Mayou'... Japi ford of yulai...
"In my fantasy you look good entwined in my hair and skin and spit and sweat and spilled red wine, you're my deep secret, I'm your pantomime, I'll just move my hands, I promise you'll see what I mean..."
*A COMMENT: I first got this song when 'Alive at Red Rocks' was purchased, it came with a bonus CD. Then it came 'M&M' and a slightly different version. What version do I like more? 'Alive at Red Rocks'.
"Beauty lies inside the eye of another youthful dream that doesn't sell it's soul for self-esteem, that's not plasticine..."
"The only thing you can rely on is that you can't rely on anything, don't go and sell your soul for self-esteem, don't be plasticine..."
*A THOUGHT: Think of all the moments you knew you pretending to be something you were not or going against your flow, just because the situation/people made you feel "forced". Those moments when you feel you betrayed yourself even if it was just for a moment and how shitty it felt. Are you there yet? Well, if you learned out of those situations, kudos. If you didn't, you must feel shitty pretty often.
Artist: Portugal. The Man Song: Purple Yellow Red & Blue Album: Evil Friends Year. 2013
"When I grow up I wanna be, a movie star or on TV, cuz workin' just don't work for me, but I can't focus feeling hopeless, so I'll just sit back, try to relieve..."
*NO COMMENT COMMENT: These days I've been struggling with the lack of new music to post. Or at least not that repeated.
Artist: Remy Zero Song: Chloroform Days Album: Remy Zero Year: 1996
"On terrible wings, no change in the weather, no stopping the weary sun... On chloroform days, I'll drive them together, I'll fly nearly on..."
*A BRIEF NOTE: I found this CD in Mexico, which I found extra weird. The price? 35 pesos, which is more or less like 2.50 US dollar. An awesome bargain, a no-brainer call.
Artist: The Tallest Man On Earth Song: Wind and Walls Album: There's No Leaving Now Year: 2012
"Well, ‘All is well in order’ is what you thought you heard them say and so you drifted off to see what’s not in yourself, light is turning slowly will it lay out on the plains? No more nights of what you wrote back then, no relief of no rain..."
"...This is not the future but I sense it’s right up there, oh, just another hour, another pass, another day anywhere..."
"Make your move now and try to win the game, but in the end it always stays the same, don't shy away behind those lost in lines, I read between them almost everytime..."
*JUST A LITTLE NOTE: This has got to be one of the most expensive CD's I have ever bought, I even hesitated to buy it.
*A QUICK ONE: This is a day when the end of an era might have arrived. A bad day? Perhaps, everyone has had one of those, what makes it more impressive is the fact that for almost 10 years he didn't had one. I hope I'm wrong, but we kind of saw it coming, it's a natural thing. I think 17 is going to be Roger's final number. Again, I hope I'm wrong because I would like to see the 18th.
"I can give a hundred million reasons to build a barricade, I blame it on the changing of the seasons, the thoughts that I've conveyed..."
"Look around at all the plastic people who live without a care, try to sit with me around my table but never bring a chair..."
*NO ACTUAL COMMENT: If you don't follow this blog, and even if you do, the odds are you don't know how I feel about this album, so I'm going to leave this LINK, just in case.
"El Dorado won the lotto, all that cash and not a clue, but now you know what I've been through..."
*SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME ANSWERS: What's a power song? It's a song that motivates you and gives you that extra push. But what makes a a power song a power song? Well, that depends. Sure, I have several tunes that always cheer me up when running. The most common perception, and in most cases, is that it has to be lively, upbeat and "fast". But power songs come in different forms and shapes. I take into account two things that go hand in hand. Firstly, I don't even have the option to bring the power song when I need it. That's why my running playlist is always on shuffle. Secondly, I am made of moments. Sometimes, instead of liveliness, I need something to go long and steady and when that happens I need a "mellow" one to give me momentum, one that could make me soar. Peaks, highs and lows, on a song are important to me as well, but I will leave that topic for some other time.
Ultimately, it all comes down to tastes and preferences the good thing is that there is always a "skip song" button.
"Be my, be my DNA, don't wanna fade away, rewind, there's no yesterday, it's our discovery... Dream time, it's a special place, let's keep each other awake, our hearts, now they beat the same..."
*A QUICKIE: This is just out of the oven. One listen in and I could tell it doesn't have the kind of catchy songs as the last CD, yet it delivers.
Artist: Wheatus Song: Love is a Mutt From Hell Album: Wheatus Year: 2000
"This is a story about a friend of mine, he is abnormally intelligent, he could bust a phatty rhyme, even when he got up in the blunt, but that all changed when the girl who he lives with came to town, he let her take him away from me so I had to ask him how, that's when he said, "She takes advantage of me! She takes advantage of me! She takes advantage of me! She takes advantage of me! She even knows when I pee! I think eventually she'll make a meal out of me."
"I couldn't find quiet, I went out in the rain, I was just soakin' my head to unrattle my brain, somebody said you disappeared in a crowd, I didn't understand then, I don't understand now..."
*A QUICK REMARK: Cool piano part here. Cool booklet for the CD.
Artist: Nine Black Alps
