Tag: music

currently spinning: tonic – sugar

past currently spinnings: moulin rouge soundtrack, new travis cd (the invisible band)

do you ever get fried? for a little while, I think I was relying on music to drown out what I was doing.. using music as an escape, maybe? so for a little while, I got a got a little fried on.. music. and it scares me, because it’s always been a big part of my life. I grew up singing (albeit not very well!), listening to pop music, playing around with composing on my own… I’ve always longed to play the guitar or the piano well.. I have so many melodies in my head that can’t come out because of my poor coordination! I can’t get my hands to play together on the piano — and one week of piano lessons unfortunately never took me very far. =( I’ve put in half-hearted efforts at the guitar and the bass since coming to college, but I have no instrument of my own to really fool with, nor would I really have time to do it even if I did. and my old flute? heh. actually, I think it might be slightly broken. I should get it fixed.

so the music stays in my head, plinking notes reserved for my own pleasure or torment. and maybe all I can do is lose myself in other people’s music for consolation? I’m really not sure…

so anyway! a few mini-reviews for you. :)

travis – the invisible band
each of the songs on their new cd is good, but they form a less cohesive album than The Man Who, which I still think is their best album. TMW holds a good balance between the somber, introspective ballads and more rocking fare. TIB fails in this respect; every track is moody and slow, and there are moments when one thinks that if it weren’t fran healy singing, you were listening to flower-child tambourine folk rock. Which, for the record, isn’t bad! but it’s not what I really wanted from Travis. this CD has some cheesy moments, but Healy’s voice lends an earnestness to the songs that makes them credible.

so the bottom line? great CD of singles, although it forms less of a cohesive “album” than TMW. current favorites are sing, flowers in the window, follow the light. last train is good too.

tonic – sugar
Penny Lane remains my weakness! I really need to get that frequent buyer card, or at least wear that t-shirt I bought years ago. This is a CD I’ve been meaning to pick up for a quite a while, and I’m glad steven made me succumb to the temptation. With 13 tracks that are more consistently good and “edgy” than the corresponding Goo Goo Dolls’ effort Dizzy Up the Girl, Sugar really is as sweet as its name, but continues to rock enough to not be saccharine. standout tracks: future says run, you wanted more, sugar, queen.

The Doves – The Man Who Told Everything

get out of bed,
pick up the phone,
time to tell the press
say to myself,
i can’t do no one else,
theres a whole world outside

i’m gonna tell it all,
i’m gonna sell it all,
i’m gonna sell

get out of bed,
come out and sing,
blue skies ahead,
the man who told everything

and i fell,
like i’m losing my head,
i didn’t mean to stay
lives have been wrecked
and i’ve picked up my cheque,
catch a plane out of here

i’m i’m gonna get out of here,
i’m gonna get out of here,
i’m gonna sell

song of the hour: Dave Matthews Band – #41
.. a little ditty off the Crash CD, #41 had slipped my mind until early tuesday morning, when my friend convinced me to add a couple more dmb songs to my collection. I’ve never been a big fan of DMB.. sure I appreciated their talents, but Crash never really did it for me.. nor did many of their other hits, except for Stay and Ants Marching. But this song! it’s beautiful. =)

THE BRONZE MEDAL

It felt cold inside, so we threw the radio onto the fire
It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing

You said you felt weak
I hope its got nothing to do
With the things you told me

Nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third

You were always going to be like this
If it’s somewhere that’s as cold as this
You were always meant to be like this
In the cold

It felt warm inside, so we threw the television on the fire
It wasn’t frustration, because I had nothing to throw away

When there’s nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
When there’s nothing but determination
To come in third

You were always going to be like this
When you’re somewhere that’s as cold as this
It was always meant to be like this

In the cold

You’ve got nothing but your eyes
Looking down on the third place
You’ve got nothing but determination
To come in third

You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that I’m always meant to be like this
You know that you always meant to be like this
You know that you’re always meant to be

song of the hour: stabbing westward – so far away

more lyrics for you…. :)
Coldplay – Shiver

so i look in your direction
but you pay me no attention, do you
i know you don’t listen to me
cause you say you see straight through me, don’t you

but on and on
from the moment i wake
to the moment i sleep
i’ll be there by your side
just you try and stop me
i’ll be waiting in line
just to see if you care

oh, did you want me to change
well i change for good
and i want you to know
that you’ll always get your way
i wanted to say

don’t you shiver, shiver, shiver
i’ll always be waiting for you

so you know how much i need you
but you never even see me, do you
and is this my final chance of getting you

but on and on
from the moment i wake
to the moment i sleep
i’ll be there by your side
just you try and stop me
i’ll be waiting in line
just to see if you care

oh, did you want me to change
well i change for good
and i want you to know
that you’ll always get your way
i wanted to say

don’t you shiver, don’t you shiver, shiver
i’ll always be waiting for you

yeah i’ll always be waiting for you
yeah i’ll always be waiting for you
yeah i’ll always be waiting for you
for you i will always be waiting

and it’s you i see, but you don’t see me
and it’s you i hear, so loud and so clear
i sing it loud and clear
and i’ll always be waiting for you

so i look in your direction
but you pay me no attention
and you know how much i need you
but you never even seen me

past songs of the hour:
Travis – Driftwood. Painfully beautiful.
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Energy Flow.
Shivaree – Goodnight Moon.

You can find all these songs on the KCRW Sounds Eclectic CD. I picked it up Tuesday the 24th while wandering through Westwood. Also picked up the new Janet Jackson and Stereophonics. Thank you Anthony, Vincent, Sumir, Ravi, and Russel fer the gift certificates to let me get CDs~!! yay~!! :D

song of the hour: sterephonics – Have a Nice Day

song of the hour: U2 – Elevation

Believe it or not, this song is going to be on the Tomb Raider soundtrack! The video for the song will feature a good U2 and an evil U2 duking it out. :) sounds cool, don’t it?

4 more days till Elevation 2001~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

ok, enough depressing stuff. that dmb song makes me all wistful and bummed.
eminem – drug ballad