Cortez the killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
31 Mar 2014
Cortez the killer - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
30 Mar 2014
#sundayrevival Season change - Anastacia
Season change - Anastacia |
Labels:
2004,
anastacia,
anniversary,
pop,
rock,
spring,
sundayrevival,
US
29 Mar 2014
Trouble's lament - Tori Amos
Trouble's lament - Tori Amos |
Labels:
2014,
alternative,
amos,
newrelease,
pop,
tori,
US
28 Mar 2014
Summertime sadness - Lana del Rey
Summertime sadness - Lana del Rey |
I have been waiting for this moment quite a while: the time has come when I was listening to the same song that was being played in the office in the meanwhile. I was actually quite confident it would've happened before, but I had to wait until today. The song I'm talking about is of course this one, and the fact that I still hadn't posted it makes me think that my feeling of universal alignment, of being on the right way when these thinks happen, is not so wrong! Anyway, I'm gonna end quickly this stupid and confused post, just enjoy the song! Cheers!
Bird song (with Intro) - Florence + the Machine
Bird song - Florence + the Machine |
27 Mar 2014
Goodness gracious - Ellie Goulding
Goodness gracious - Ellie Goulding |
I think that another future purchase is coming closer and close and I already have no idea how I will take home all the CDs I have bought here so far! I kind of start getting the perks of digital music, but come on, it's not the same...!
26 Mar 2014
Still can't... - The Cranberries
Still can't... - The Cranberries |
25 Mar 2014
Empathy - Alanis Morissette
Empathy - Alanis Morissette |
24 Mar 2014
Just can't get enough - Nouvelle Vague
Just can't get enough - Nouvelle Vague |
Just to give a little background to those of you who don't know them, Nouvelle Vague are a French band covering old rock songs in Bossa Nova style (or New Wave). Just can't get enough is a cover of Depeche Mode.
Inhaler - Foals
I know, I know, the greatest shame should be on me for leaving the blog to itself for the whole weekend, my sincerest apologies! It has been a very intense weekend, with a very nice trip to Stonehenge! We left with the train saturday at about lunchtime after trying in vain to rent a car. After
the bad start, the whole trip got a good vibe and we really enjoyed (yes, even the mini hail storm we got while walking around the circle of stones will remain stuck in my mind for ages to come)! I have not been listening to much music during the weekend, also I am late for the sundayrevival. Yet there is one song that came to my mind for no reason I can explain, and I thought about posting it sooner already. I remember flooding the blog with Foals songs just after I started it when I went to their concert and then, as promised, I stopped posting songs of theirs. Maybe I stopped for too long...! This is the one that came to my mind today in the train, so I'll share it with you and hope you will enjoy it! Have a good start of the week!
Inhaler - Foals |
21 Mar 2014
Stupid little things - Anastacia
Another new song released today! Anastacia just posted the video of her new single in anticipation of
Stupid little things - Anastacia |
her new album that is coming out next May. The new song, Stupid little things, is not so far from her previous works and has a quite danceable beat. The new album is purposefully called Resurrection and it will be released this year after the American singer beat breast cancer for the second time last year. I have always liked Anastacia, since her debut with I'm outta love, then I bought her self-titled album in 2004 and it's been one of the few albums I have really consumed during my teenage years! I was thinking about posting another song of her, but it occured to me that I haven't posted much recent stuff lately, so why not taking the chance and posting her new song? I've already talked about it and presented it, so I don't see any reason why not! I'll keep my favourites for the next time!
20 Mar 2014
Teenage hustling - Tori Amos
Teenage hustling - Tori Amos |
You better know, you better know, you better kno-oh-ow
I'm at your door, I'm at your door, I'm at your do-oh-or.
19 Mar 2014
Get some - Lykke Li
Get some - Lykke Li |
18 Mar 2014
Reunion - The XX
Reunion - The XX |
Back to the XX. Today I'm posting (for the first time!) a song by their second album, Coexist. It's funny, 'cause I have started listening to them when both of their current albums were already out, so it wasn't really supposed to make a difference for me between them: similar style, similar genre, similar quality level of the music (?)... And instead it did (and does) make a difference. I don't know when it happened, but I drew a line between them and I have always had a kind of preference towards the first one, still, even if one could not tell at a "glance" if a song belongs to XX or to Coexist. Anyway, even with all my psychoses about the whole matter, I love Coexist too. And this is one of the little creatures I love the most. Maybe its own title might be the key to re-unite the two albums, who knows?
17 Mar 2014
Blood flood - Alt-J
One of the things that surprised me the most of the past 2 months I spent in England (today is 2 months exactly since I'm here!) is... that I still didn't get sick. But I've been calling for it many times and now it has finally come. Be it playing barefoot in the sand, be it the wind, be it the cold we felt while getting back to the train, be it the harsh temperature leap, be it a virus or whatever else... fact is, I can feel it. I've had that sore throat that cannot announce anything but a cold/flu. My nose is starting to feel it already too, so I'm braced already and ready to be in bed. I've not been very clear headed today already and this didn't help me in writing this post. As of now, I still don't know what song I'm gonna post. Well, maybe time has come to think about it...
Blood flood - Alt-J |
Breathe in...
Exhale...
16 Mar 2014
#sundayrevival See the sun - Dido
See the sun - Dido |
15 Mar 2014
Get lucky - San Cisco (Daft Punk cover)
Get lucky - San Cisco |
This is how I got to know San Cisco: Matthew Mitcham (the Australian diver) posted on Facebook this cover they made of Daft Punk's success Get Lucky and I was kind of (a lot) into the song at the time. I immediately clicked on this and voilà, the magic world of San Cisco opened up to me! My love for them has only risen since then, I bought their CD on Amazon a few weeks ago but I've been listening to them since last summer, they are awesome and if you still didn't get to love them, listen to this and follow my path! Enjoy San Cisco, enjoy your saturday night and get lucky!
14 Mar 2014
Into the groove - Madonna
Into the groove - Madonna |
13 Mar 2014
Gale song - The Lumineers
Gale song - The Lumineers |
for love, for love, for love.
But I let you go, oh,
I let you go."
You might have noticed an abundance of Catching Fire soundtrack posts on the blog lately. You might say "Well, I've had enough!" (please doon't!). Be happy, 'cause it's (almost?) over. Well, I've practically posted almost all of them! You might as well say "Give me more! I love it!" (I'd love it!). Well, again, I'm sorry but I almost posted the whole album and I don't have many songs left. But don't worry! In the meanwhile you can enjoy this great one (and maybe one or two more will come, who knows?).
The Lumineers... weird relationship (again) between me and some music. Their genre is one I've been getting really close to, especially in the last couple of years, but the (super successful) song that got them famous, Ho hey (or whatever)... I've never come to like it. Or, at least, I've liked it, just liked it, some rare times I've listened to it, but I didn't really come to peace with it. And that's (probably) a pity, 'cos this brought me not to listen to their debut album (yet), making it a potential great loss of good music for me. But here comes Catching Fire and the fact that in it I ended up loving (much) more the songs I didn't expect to (and less the ones I was expecting). And this little thing here is no exception! It took me a little while to appreciate it fully, but I really do love the lyrics and the whole song too. You can't really get the sense of it without knowing the Hunger Games plot: Gale is the "best friend" of the protagonist, Katniss, and there is a friend/lover relationship going on between them (SPOILER I'm halfway through the third and last book and I still don't know how it's gonna end!). Gale stayed home while Katniss went to the Hunger Games and developed a friend/lover relationship with another guy, thus messing up the whole thing, like it only happens in books and movies (or maybe not). Anyway I think the lyrics and Gale's story are very touching, so don't miss this one out!
12 Mar 2014
Breezeblocks - Alt-J
Breezeblocks - Alt-J |
Just to add to the state of confusion: Please don't go, please don't go, I love you so, I love you so
Please don't go, please don't go, I love you so, I love you so
Please break my heart - ah ha
11 Mar 2014
Desecration smile - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Desecration smile - Red Hot Chili Peppers |
10 Mar 2014
Born to die - Lana del Rey
Born to die - Lana del Rey |
Well, I must say I am actually frustrated with this post, as I am really, really in love with this song, but (let's say because I'm tired) nothing smart or funny to write about it comes to my mind for as much as I'm making an effort. Probably it's just a sign that I have to shut up and let you enjoy the song!
L'alleanza - Carmen Consoli
Again, this is not something I usually do. No, I don't mean the posting in the middle of the night, that
happens often! I mean posting Italian music. But, you know... even if generally I am not (at all) a fan of Italian music, there are these few artists that I dare say are really worth it. One of them is Carmen: many people don't like her because her songs are oftentimes quite sad, depressing, intense... they picture the bad things of life, all the fake imaginary that we picture in our heads, the things that don't work about society, mental problems, obsessions, life problems... Well ok, I know now you will not have any willingness to listen to her whatsoever, but her vivid picturing of all-things-life are also the reason why her fans love her and can relate so deeply to her songs. And some songs are also connoted with more serene themes such as remembrance and love. Anyway, this is not one of her most famous songs, nor one of my absolute favourites; yet it is one that I really like and stumbling upon it a short time ago made me want to post about it! L'alleanza means The alliance and the song talks about a love/hate relationship and lays down the need for us to survive every relationship, keeping our mental sanity. Nice one, isn't it?
L'alleanza - Carmen Consoli |
9 Mar 2014
#sundayrevival Maria - Blondie
Maria - Blondie |
So, I wish you a happy sunday!
*Funny fact is that I'm pretty sure that I thought the singer was a male and the name Blondie unsettled me a little, especially when I then found out Call me and was sure that it was a woman singing that one. It is all sorted now, sorry Debbie!
8 Mar 2014
Boulevard of broken dreams - Green Day
British countryside |
7 Mar 2014
The wind - PJ Harvey
The wind - PJ Harvey |
All the roses - Natalie Imbruglia
All the roses - Natalie Imbruglia |
5 Mar 2014
Mirror - Ellie Goulding
Mirror - Ellie Goulding |
Anyway, this current obsession of mine aside, the films are quite good and so are the books. And so is the soundtrack of Catching Fire (the second chapter of the trilogy). I was a bit disappointed by the fact that most of the songs are not featured in the movie nor in the ending titles, but this doesn't diminish the value of the music. This is the last song I've been obsessed with that still hasn't found its place on the blog (it's finding it now!), so it's kind of a closure for me, even if I'm still almost one book (and one movie obviously) away from the end of the series. I'll keep you updated...!
4 Mar 2014
Winter winds - Mumford & Sons
And my head told my heart 'Let love grow'
But my heart told my head 'This time no, this time no...'
Today I finally gave a turn to the music I've been listening to (and the music in the office has changed too finally). I was actually struck by the ease with which I passed from Mumford & Sons to Muse, from other recent pop stuff to These boots are made for walking to finally Natalie Imbruglia (that's what I'm listening to now), all of this without losing even for a second the great pleasure I've been feeling throughout this late morning of music.
Still, I'm sticking to this song for my post of today, first because I really love it, second because it means a lot to me, third because I decided I would post it while listening to it, I don't know why but I feel it is particularly good for today (even if it's not my absolute favourite of the Mumfords, nor the most meaningful and nor even the one giving me the strongest feelings while listening to it today). But, you see... life is seldom about the best, the most, the first, etc. Oftentimes happiness lays in the ability to get satisfied with what is good enough. Isn't it?
But my heart told my head 'This time no, this time no...'
Winter winds - Mumford & Sons |
Still, I'm sticking to this song for my post of today, first because I really love it, second because it means a lot to me, third because I decided I would post it while listening to it, I don't know why but I feel it is particularly good for today (even if it's not my absolute favourite of the Mumfords, nor the most meaningful and nor even the one giving me the strongest feelings while listening to it today). But, you see... life is seldom about the best, the most, the first, etc. Oftentimes happiness lays in the ability to get satisfied with what is good enough. Isn't it?
3 Mar 2014
Orange crush - R.E.M.
Orange crush - R.E.M. |
2 Mar 2014
#sundayrevival May it be - Enya
May it be - Enya |
1 Mar 2014
Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons
Ups and downs (did I start another post like this? well, whatever...). Ups and downs. Life is full of them, but who-knows-why the downs are the ones we always (or at least often) pay much more attention to. Or at least I do. Maybe I still didn't find a way to recognise the ups, to notice when they're happening, to enjoy them at the fullest. Or maybe they just didn't happen (yet). Not with the same strength as the downs. Well, I don't wanna say that I wanna throw my life in the toilet, not at all. It's just... sometimes I'd like to feel a little happy too. One positive thing I must say is that being a little bit depressed is super fit with the British atmosphere and environment! I'll just picture these moments in my mind and I'll smile when I'll be looking back at them in the merry future that is awaiting me. If it just stopped being future and started being present...
I must confess that I had many ideas for the song of today, this one was not one of them, but events brought me to change my plans (as usual). I was also thinking of a new-format post, but I decided it's not the right time for it (yet). For the time being just enjoy the time you have in this life in the best way possible.
Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons |
Your time will come
If you wait for it
If you wait for it
It's hard, believe me
I've tried
But I keep coming up short
...
...
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