So I finally heard that James Blunt song everyone's going crazy about. Really, up until now, whenever anyone mentioned it what I actually heard in my head would be this line from a Saves the Day song that goes, "you're beautiful, just not on the inside."

I actually thought it was a christian rock song when I came across it on the radio. I don't really go out of my way to listen to christian rock, but a certain number of my presets end up being christian rock because the stations change their format to that and I am too lazy to switch them to something else. So anyway, I was like, "This christian rock song sounds decent, I guess I'll listen to it." but as it went along I realized it was the James Blunt song. There's something about his voice, though. It's very christian rock-y.

Otherwise: meh, don't hate it don't love it. DO dislike the woman who told me what it was all about in mind numbing detail at the store the other day.
posted by DJ Jazzy Phoe @ 11:07 PM  | 

 
The new Saves The Day is out April 11. WOO HOO.

Also: vitaminrecords.com = a website full of string tributes such as the one I mentioned for Coheed & Cambria, plus various other types of tributes. Very awesome--if I could get any of the song samples to load in a decent time. I hate dial up. But love the concept of that site.

Fact: Matisyahu is the best Hasidic rapper/reggae star I have ever heard.
posted by DJ Jazzy Phoe @ 11:02 PM  | 

 
So, I've been blogging about music a certain amount at my other blog, and I want to copy it over here. So if you read my other blog, you might not want to bother reading this, but if you don't, GO NUTS. LIVE IT UP, MY FRIEND!

So may 9 is when the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album comes out. I am soooo looking forward to it, except I looked at it on wikipedia, and unfortunately it sounds like it will hearken back to their earlier work, which I was never a fan of.

I did have to laugh at this description though:

Kiedis later spoke to MTV News about the album, saying that it has "retardedly painful funk" and some songs that are just "straightout dirty funk"

So there you have it. Retardedly painful funk. *facepalm*

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Lately I've been loving the string quartet tribute to Coheed & Cambria album. I love it in general, but also for the very specific reason that I can really picture it as the soundtrack to a chase scene in a period film. I think that the firsth half of this thought started the other day when I had it in for after close at work and Jersey was like, "I love this! I feel like I'm in the 19th century." And then when I was driving with it on I was like, "This would make good car chase music!" so yeah, I can't escape that thought when I listen to it. Though of course it would be a horse chase or it would happen on foot or something thanks to the shortage of car chases in the 19th century.

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So... I'm a huge music whore. I got so much today. But... I've barely scraped the surface of my giftcard funds. I should probably do this on Karaoke, but I don't really feel like it. So.. yeah. Maybe a more in detail post there later.

So I got Cake's Fashion Nugget (finally! I can toss the tape I recorded of my sister's copy now) and Gorillaz's Demon Days with the gift card I got at Best Buy today for the Coheed & Cambria DVD. I kind of took a flyer on Gorillaz even though I suspect it's not my normal type of music because it was cheap, I had a gift card, and I like Feel Good Inc.

Then at the store, I got String Quartet Tribute to Coheed & Cambria. It is AWESOME, man. I normally don't go in for classical. There's no hook to grab me, really, so I'm defeated before I can begin. But since I already am into all these songs, I can totally enjoy them this way, and it's really cool. Plus, I'm thinking it might be "bring into work"-able as people's main objection to Co & Ca is usually the high pitched voice and crazy-ass lyrics which obviously this album is not hampered by.

I got Kevin's CD. Everyone keeps asking me why I want to pay, since Kevin apparently gives them out like candy. But it's only 7.99 at the store, and with my bitchin' discount, it's 5 bucks. I am not so cheap that I won't spend five bucks (gift card money, even) to support a local artist whose music I really do like enough to regularly listen to.

Lastly I got Better Than Ezra's Friction, Baby, which I'd never bought for the same reasons I never got the Cake CD. I had to order it in because they never sell it anywhere anymore, but it was only 10.00. In my opinion: albums they have had since then may be more mature and artistic, but this one is still the best. I love every single song on that CD (okay, all but one. still life with cooley is just not very good) which is something I can not say for most cds I have.

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I got the proper Franz Ferdinand, but got a gift card in lieu of the proper Coheed & Cambria DVD. First off, we couldn't find the Co & Ca DVD, but secondly: after watching Ben Folds & WASO live in perth yesterday, I am now re-invigorated in my belief that I do not like concert DVD's.

Also: I've decided Fall Out Boy is just what I needed, no matter how crappy it is. I was explaining it to people last night, how to me a crappy emo CD is like, junk food or a stupid movie. I realize it's not Creme Brulee or Citizen Kane, but sometimes my brain needs to rest. Which, I think mine does. I think with music I've been having the same problem I have had with not wanting to read lately, because I've been listening to all this great complex stuff that takes me forever to fully get into, and it's a lot of work. Whereas Fall Out Boy: it's pretty much all there right up front, and sure you get tired of it quickly, but it's something fun to cleanse your palate with. So I suspect I will be writing Fall Out Boy a fan letter that goes something like, "Thank you for sucking so much. If you weren't so homogenous, you would be of no use to me. Keep up the crappy work!"
posted by DJ Jazzy Phoe @ 10:15 PM  |