Hey guys!
Thanks to my six [plus an extra Mark] followers! I'm really excited that people have actually been reading this! It's great to know that I'm not just talking to myself. [That happens enough without me blogging to myself.] Anyway, today is Day 12: A Song from a Band You Hate. I had a lot of trouble with this post actually. I had a hard time coming up with a band that I dislike strongly enough to qualify them as a "band I hate." [Or narrowing it down to one...] But I settled on...
"We Are The One" by Anti-Flag. I have some serious issues with unfounded, unoriginal political statements especially by punk bands who don't know up from down. These are the lyrics, oh so original and not in any way poorly written:
"It's time to make a move,
Change the times or they'll change you.
False promises of more.
Check that shit at the door.
We're the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the one...United under none.
We are the one...The one to carry on.
Warfare is everywhere.
Poisoned land, water, air.
This routine is long old.
It's time to break that mold.
We'll break it up, then we'll break out.
Withstand the change.
Tear it down rebuild again.
Evolve with vision.
This year's eve, we will breathe fury.
I will scale the city walls."
Bands that go for the I'm-entirely-original-and-don't-at-all-mold-to-the-standards-of-society-but-coincidentally-mold-to-the-standards-of-the-I-refuse-to-stand-for-anything-that-anyone-else-does-because-that-would-be-pathetic band stereotype really piss me off. Especially when that stereotypical band sounds like everyone else and has a singer who can't sing. But I'm not bitter.
Here's to extensively-hyphenated-phrases, ranting about bands that try too hard to be different, and followers. [ :) ]
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Day 11: A Song from Your Favorite Band
Aloha, [I am clearly running out of creative greetings.]
For some reason I am so excited about writing right now. I just want to write. So here I am, writing [to you [on Day 11 [of the 30 Day Song Challenge [I apologize. [I had coffee.]]]]] Today's theme is a song from my favorite band, which is incredibly tricky because I've used so many of them already. But I have narrowed it down to...
"Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons. Before you go accusing me of being a hipster/poser/ignorant by picking Mumford & Songs, but choosing their biggest hit to date, I have two points to make: 1) I own the entire Mumford & Sons album, I love every song, they all have over twenty plays on my iTunes. I chose "Little Lion Man" because it kicks ass. That's it. 2) Never in my life have I claimed to be indie and edgy or even remotely tasteful musically. I'm just not. I listen to music that I like, whether it has 3,000,000,000 downloads on iTunes or 4. I appreciate well crafted, well performed, soul-shattering, award-winning music. I also own the entire Teenage Dream album, simply because it's fun. [Long, run-on sentence tangent over.]
I adore Mumford & Sons because they are so raw. You can here the scratching of the acoustic guitar and the growl in his throat. They sound untouched, untarnished by the pop music trends of today. It's amazing, Mumford & Sons manages to be both an undiscovered treasure and a national sensation, and their only album came out just over a year ago. And banjo is fantastic.
It's fairly obvious that high caffeine levels were involved in the making of this blog. I'm going to be done now. Here's to coffee at 10:00 at night, banjos and hipsters. Night.
For some reason I am so excited about writing right now. I just want to write. So here I am, writing [to you [on Day 11 [of the 30 Day Song Challenge [I apologize. [I had coffee.]]]]] Today's theme is a song from my favorite band, which is incredibly tricky because I've used so many of them already. But I have narrowed it down to...
"Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons. Before you go accusing me of being a hipster/poser/ignorant by picking Mumford & Songs, but choosing their biggest hit to date, I have two points to make: 1) I own the entire Mumford & Sons album, I love every song, they all have over twenty plays on my iTunes. I chose "Little Lion Man" because it kicks ass. That's it. 2) Never in my life have I claimed to be indie and edgy or even remotely tasteful musically. I'm just not. I listen to music that I like, whether it has 3,000,000,000 downloads on iTunes or 4. I appreciate well crafted, well performed, soul-shattering, award-winning music. I also own the entire Teenage Dream album, simply because it's fun. [Long, run-on sentence tangent over.]
I adore Mumford & Sons because they are so raw. You can here the scratching of the acoustic guitar and the growl in his throat. They sound untouched, untarnished by the pop music trends of today. It's amazing, Mumford & Sons manages to be both an undiscovered treasure and a national sensation, and their only album came out just over a year ago. And banjo is fantastic.
It's fairly obvious that high caffeine levels were involved in the making of this blog. I'm going to be done now. Here's to coffee at 10:00 at night, banjos and hipsters. Night.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Day 10: A Song that Makes You Fall Asleep
Salutations,
I have officially made it 1/3 of the way through the 30 Day Song Challenge! [We are ignoring the fact that It has taken me well over 30 days to reach Day 10. This is a negativity free zone.] Today's song is pretty easy because I have the grand talent of being able to fall asleep anywhere to any song. I've slept in cars, planes, buses, an airport, on the couch, in a chair, in a tree [that was one of the more uncomfortable and dangerous sleeping locations, I don't recommend it]. But I love to fall asleep to music. My favorite song to drift off to is...
"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by the big, the fabulous, and the notoriously douche-y John Mayer. [Don't believe me? http://theskrilla.com/2010/09/24/the-lineup-john-mayer-jerk-jabber-21-quotes/] Don't get me wrong. He's a guitar god, he's fantastic, but I have a whole lot of problems with his 'tude. Looking past his planet-sized ego, "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" is gorgeous and spectacular to snooze to [I have also found that it is an excellent song to rise to]. It's one of those songs that makes you stop in your tracks. It's music to listen to. And what better place to listen to music than lying on your back in the dark with the song echoing against the walls? Makes me want to snuggle up right now.
I hate that I have to look past Mr. John Mayer's swollen head to appreciate his music, but I guess that comes with celebrity. I will never be able to say that I love John Mayer, because, honestly, I think I'd despise him; however, I do love his music. Here's to the rehabilitation of douche bags, cold nights tucked between warm blankets and music to listen to. TTFN.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day 09: A Song that You Can Dance To
Heydie, heydie, hey friends,
I am all out of creative ways to say that I suck at this challenge. But I will trudge on, and eventually I will get to Day 30. This is going to have to be a quick post, I have class in forty minutes. But I was reading the blogging chapter in my journalism textbook and I [being the extraordinary procrastinator that I am] wanted to blog. I know that you missed me.
Welcome to Day 09 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, today's song is one that I can dance to [Side Note: I can't dance. So, technically I have no real answer to this question. But if we lived in Hypotheticaland, I would be able to dance and would have a song that I can dance to. So for the purpose of completing the 30 Day Song Challenge, today, I live in Hypotheticaland.] As a temporary Hypotheticalian, the song that I can dance to is...
"You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates. There is no denying the inexplicable charm of this song. I could listen to it on repeat fifty times in a row, and would not be able to resist the urge to awkwardly wiggle-dance around my room. [But I suppose today, it would be a less than awkward wiggle-dance.] If in public when this song comes on, I can usually restrain the wiggle-dancing. But I have caught myself strutting around TJ Maxx to the beat and dancing in the shadow of the shoe aisles. This song is clearly not helping me maintain my social acceptability, but I love it anyway. You have not experienced this song in its full glory until you have seen the post-sex-morning scene in "500 Days of Summer." That scene may play a large part in my love for Hall & Oates.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJoIaXZ0rw
TIme to go. Journalism on the Screen awaits. Here's to wiggle-dancing, temporary citizenship in the land of the hypothetical, and strange urges to blog. Ta-ta.
I am all out of creative ways to say that I suck at this challenge. But I will trudge on, and eventually I will get to Day 30. This is going to have to be a quick post, I have class in forty minutes. But I was reading the blogging chapter in my journalism textbook and I [being the extraordinary procrastinator that I am] wanted to blog. I know that you missed me.
Welcome to Day 09 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, today's song is one that I can dance to [Side Note: I can't dance. So, technically I have no real answer to this question. But if we lived in Hypotheticaland, I would be able to dance and would have a song that I can dance to. So for the purpose of completing the 30 Day Song Challenge, today, I live in Hypotheticaland.] As a temporary Hypotheticalian, the song that I can dance to is...
"You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates. There is no denying the inexplicable charm of this song. I could listen to it on repeat fifty times in a row, and would not be able to resist the urge to awkwardly wiggle-dance around my room. [But I suppose today, it would be a less than awkward wiggle-dance.] If in public when this song comes on, I can usually restrain the wiggle-dancing. But I have caught myself strutting around TJ Maxx to the beat and dancing in the shadow of the shoe aisles. This song is clearly not helping me maintain my social acceptability, but I love it anyway. You have not experienced this song in its full glory until you have seen the post-sex-morning scene in "500 Days of Summer." That scene may play a large part in my love for Hall & Oates.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tJoIaXZ0rw
TIme to go. Journalism on the Screen awaits. Here's to wiggle-dancing, temporary citizenship in the land of the hypothetical, and strange urges to blog. Ta-ta.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Day 08: A Song that You Know All the Words To
Greetings,
It's been a while. Don't hurt me. [However, I highly that you are so attached to this blog that you have developed violent tendencies towards me because I haven't written in a week or two. If you have, you may want to consider a psychiatric consultation. That's not healthy.] We resume our journey along the 30 Day Song Challenge on Day 08 [Note: My 30 Day Song Challenge will take much longer than 30 days. In fact, it may have already reached 30 days and I'm only on Day 08.]. Today's subject is a song that you know all the words to.
I've hit the country genre pretty hard in the past 7 posts, but I'm going to throw one more in there for good measure. Day 08's song that I know all the words to is "Cowboy, Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks. My Dixie Chick lyric knowledge is fairly frightening [also Faith Hill and Shania Twain]. I used to listen to them in the car with my mom all the time. I have four Dixie Chick albums on my iPod. Excessive? Probably. But I know all of the words to every song. I chose this song in particular because I used to sing this song in the shower, beginning to end without any music. [I also sing Disney and Glee songs while showering, and Christmas songs during the holiday season.]
But this song has been a fantasy of mine since I was little. I've always wanted to live in the country. [I wanna look at the horizon, and not see a building standing tall, I want to be the only one, for miles and miles, except for maybe you and your simple smile.] Someday I will stand in an open field on a beautiful day and sing this song, [just because I like little cheesy moments like that] and my world will be at peace.
Obviously, I like my country music. I will never deny that. There are some great country musicians [Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss], yes, like any genre there are some crappy ones as well. But don't mouth off about an entire [and very broad] genre because you don't like the way Brad Paisley says "y'all." I let you have your techno and I appreciate the talent that it requires to create it, lay off of country. Gee, thanks.
Here's to singing-in-the-shower songs, singing-in-the-barnyard songs and all the songs in between. Good night.
It's been a while. Don't hurt me. [However, I highly that you are so attached to this blog that you have developed violent tendencies towards me because I haven't written in a week or two. If you have, you may want to consider a psychiatric consultation. That's not healthy.] We resume our journey along the 30 Day Song Challenge on Day 08 [Note: My 30 Day Song Challenge will take much longer than 30 days. In fact, it may have already reached 30 days and I'm only on Day 08.]. Today's subject is a song that you know all the words to.
I've hit the country genre pretty hard in the past 7 posts, but I'm going to throw one more in there for good measure. Day 08's song that I know all the words to is "Cowboy, Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks. My Dixie Chick lyric knowledge is fairly frightening [also Faith Hill and Shania Twain]. I used to listen to them in the car with my mom all the time. I have four Dixie Chick albums on my iPod. Excessive? Probably. But I know all of the words to every song. I chose this song in particular because I used to sing this song in the shower, beginning to end without any music. [I also sing Disney and Glee songs while showering, and Christmas songs during the holiday season.]
But this song has been a fantasy of mine since I was little. I've always wanted to live in the country. [I wanna look at the horizon, and not see a building standing tall, I want to be the only one, for miles and miles, except for maybe you and your simple smile.] Someday I will stand in an open field on a beautiful day and sing this song, [just because I like little cheesy moments like that] and my world will be at peace.
Obviously, I like my country music. I will never deny that. There are some great country musicians [Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss], yes, like any genre there are some crappy ones as well. But don't mouth off about an entire [and very broad] genre because you don't like the way Brad Paisley says "y'all." I let you have your techno and I appreciate the talent that it requires to create it, lay off of country. Gee, thanks.
Here's to singing-in-the-shower songs, singing-in-the-barnyard songs and all the songs in between. Good night.
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