A great soundtrack can make the movie. Who didn't want to see Pineapple Express with MIA's Paperplanes in the advertisement? Or, who didn't feel like their life had changed when Frou Frou's Let Go came on in Garden State? Some directors make music the heart of their movies like Cameron Crowe. Others don't recognize the importance of a well-placed, well-chosen song.
Don't Judge Me!!!!!
I have never been the biggest fan of this indie sister duo. Excluding this song, which is currently number 14 on my most played songs on my ipod. I listen to it every couple days, and when you have 5000 songs to cycle through, you have to make the effort to hear a certain song that many times.
Ok, so this guy make me feel dumb. I may have mentioned this. My co-blogger listed this gentlemans album on her top of the decade, and I had never heard of him. So, of course, I went out and picked up two of his records, and I have been blow away.
I am moodless this afternoon. I am just reorganizing my music collection with football on mute in the background.
Todays song of the day has no bearing on my mood. Just one of my favorite bands of '09. Tiny Masters of Today are a Brooklyn born brother and sister group thats average age is 13 when this was recorded. They play all their own instruments, write all their own songs, and even produced the majority of this record in their living room. Frightenly good. However, not for everyone. This bratty punk rock has only been appreciated by about half the friends I introduce it too.
Still to this day, one of the most underrated bands and albums of all time. Both Throwing copper and Mental Jewelary were in my top albums of all time.
I want to write this story.
"Lightning Crashes" by Live
You get two for one againg today.
The first song is one that my friend Auttie posted as her song of the morning. My first thought was "Fuck you, bitch. I want that song!" completely out of love and jealousy. (hi auttie) It fits my mood so perfectly today, and it a very very underratted song and one of my all time favorite videos.
"Mad World" by Gary Jules
The second song here is one of that just changed my mood on my drive home from work. If yo are familiar with this band, this performance may entertain you. It is stripped down, acoustic and only at 4/7ths strength. With 3 memebers MIA.
If you are not familiar, you will get a small taste of this loud, snarky, chaos ensuing band. One of my favorite albums of the latter half of the decade. Easy.
"Death to Los Campesinos!" by Los Campesinos!
I think I want to find someone to make this song about. One of my favorite songs of the last couple years.
Live and Acoustic.
"She's Mine" by Brett Dennen
This has been a hell of a year. I listened to a lot of music. I read a few really good books. But that was par for the course for me. What really made this year stand out, is the amount of movies I was able to take in. Out of all the films released in 2009, I have watched 67 of them. Of those 67 movies, 40 of those were watched in the theater. Yes, that is where all my money goes. But, seriously, my favorite time in the whole world is walking into a theater and picking out the best seat in the house, and sitting there, waiting to be surprised. The movie may be the best ever, or it may be Year One. But in that time, you don't know, and you don't need too. You are at the movies.
This just fits my mood at this exact time.
Live and acoustic, the best combination in the world.
"Poke" by Frightened Rabbit
So, I am going to move my song of the day post from Facebook to here. I think it would be more approprate on this forum anyway. And it seems like a good way to keep this blog active between those major lists that Stevie and I tend to do.
Ok, so here are my Song of the Day "Rules."
Not everyday will get a song, because not everyday will deserve a song. Some days will get more than one song, cause days change. I will try to update as much as possible.
So, for the inaugural Song of the Day:
"Take a Minute" by K'naan
So this was a project. It might be said that there were some arguments, some giving up and turning off the computer before I threw it, and also some good times listening to some songs I haven't listened to in a while. Overall, an emotional time and I hope that while you read through this list you also are reminded of good times and memories over the last decade.
As Addi did in his blog, here is my suggested list of videos to watch: Santigold (L.E.S. Artistes), The Killers (Mr. Brightside), Iron and Wine (Trapeze Swinger- Live!), Ben Harper (When She Believes- Live version, also my wedding song), Mike Doughty (Grey Ghost), and The Pierces (Secret)
