Initial Conditions

Dunno if this will turn into a series but hey.

Recently, I’ve been listening to this song a lot. It’s called “Play Crack the Sky” and it’s by Brand New. I’m not terribly familiar with much of their work, but if it’s is good as this, then maybe I should invest in an album. Here’s the song:

The lyrics are really moving and it’s quite hard work to listen to in its entirety. I always feel drained after I listen to it, but it seems to sum up some things that are happening around me just now.

Anyway listen to it, and let me know if you like it. Thanks to Will for introducing me to it!

I had made a CD compilation with a view to introducing it at the flat party we had last month, but alas, the weather did not really match the bright, cheery nature of most of the songs.. Maybe I’ll roll it out next year…

Anyway, here it is, comments/criticisms/cheques for large amounts of money welcome.

1. Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols

2. A Boy Named Sue (live)- Jonny Cash

3. Do the Bartman- The Simpsons

4. Last Night- the Strokes

5. All My Life- Foo Fighters

6. Let Forever Be- Chemical Brothers

7. First Date- blink-182

8. Dance Wiv Me- Dizzee Rascal (cos it’s hilarious)

9. Slight Return- The Bluetones

10. Hate to Say I Told You So – The Hives

11. Boys of Summer -DJ Sammy

12. Sunburn – Muse

13. All Sparks – Editors

14. Slide – Goo Goo Dolls

15. Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World

16. Honey – Moby

17. Last Summer – Lostprophets

18. Walking Barefoot – Ash (the CD version is better than the live one)

Maybe I should have made a CD of this..

I turned 24 yesterday (that’s just for you, identity theft fans), and I just want to say thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday!

To say thanks, here is an awful song made worse by translation into english (I might say more, but I am aware there is a 100th post narcissistic extravaganza coming up, so I’ll refrain from talking about myself for a bit).

I re-furbished my blog a wee bit, what do you think? Anyway, to the point..

This is largely for the benefit of Dougie, but here is the track listing for my new compliatory smash (?) Andy CD4 (which I know is a tad ironic after I just railed against the whole compilation CD industry…). This time you can view all the songs on youtube. Enjoy!

1. Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein

2. When I argue I See Shapes by Idlewild

3. Starlight by Muse

4. Mr Rock and Roll by Amy MacDonald

5. Face to Face by Daft Punk (no video- it was an album track)

6. Don’t Stop the Music by Rihanna

7. We Come 1 by Faithless

8. Letterbomb by Green Day (parental advisory- this is another album track so no official video)

9. Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

10. World Leader Pretend by REM (confession- I didn’t mean to leave this on the playlist, but it’s still good. Another album track)

11. I can’t decide by Scissor Sisters (parental advisory)

12. Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers

13. Me in Honey by REM feat Kate Pearson (another accident, still good though. An album track.)

14. The Bomb! by the Bucketheads

15. Signal Fire by Snow Patrol

16. Love Shack by the B52’s

17. New Year’s Day by U2

18. Stand by REM

19. Local Boy in the Photograph by Stereophonics

Comments are welcome.

The other week, I heard a song on the radio. It was from the year 2000, I think, but I remembered that I had enjoyed it at the time, so I downloaded it on iTunes.

All fine, but on listening to the song again, I discovered that it was not as innocent as I had remembered it to be. The lyrics clearly describe a man trying to tempt a woman into an affair (possibly extramarital, but all we know is that she is wearing a ring), a theme thats clearly doesn’t fit in with the music itself.

So it seems that the music we listen to sometimes isn’t as innocent as it may seem. Does anyone else have any pieces of music that they discovered are less innocent than they first thought?

Incidentally, the song was “Follow Me” by Uncle Cracker (possibly spelt wrong)

So here it is, then. Ireland finished last in last years EuroVision, and it seems they aren’t done yet with turkeys.

Except this time, it is not a metaphorical turkey. It’s Dustin, an irritating puppet (think Otis the Aardvark with an annoying Dublin accent) from kid’s TV and you can watch it here:

Please don’t have nightmares.