tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44892439945111094352024-03-05T12:12:48.236-08:00Lyrically AmusedAna Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-54340486270495288632010-05-16T14:09:00.000-07:002010-05-16T15:11:13.487-07:00Time Is Fleeting and MeaninglessIf there were only five seconds left for you to say every word you had left unspoken for the last ten years, what would you say? Which words would you pick to say? Not many, of course, because you only have five seconds, and some are wasted getting the guts to speak and taking a deep breath in, letting air in your body as if your mouth were a coin slot and air heading towards your lungs were the coins, guaranteeing that you would actually utter the words and not change your mind. What would you say? Or would you much rather play a song or a short melody that would leave words unspoken but one that would give away your deepest and darkest thoughts?<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21178190&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21178190&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br />"I don't know why nobody told you,<br />how to unfold you love."<br /><br />"I don't know how you were inverted,<br />no one alerted you."Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-35575997372487440272010-05-06T09:00:00.000-07:002010-05-09T18:02:44.326-07:00How To Disappear CompletelyA girl, about five years old, is sitting on a swing, aimlessly moving back and forth staring at the sand below her feet hoping the time when she’ll be able to reach it with her toes and sweep it into the air will come soon. The little grains of sand would make the air kind of dusty, would fly against the same winds that also made the palm trees stir, and disappear into the seemingly empty space. But one of these little specks that remained in the air would finally land on one of her bright pupils, creating an uncomfortable itch. If this girl were already nine years old, no longer forced to wear infantile sundresses and allowed to ride her bike to the park alone, she probably would not have done what she did if such thing had happened. She would have screamed as loudly as she could, the echo of her voice resounding against the trees and going back into her mouth where her uvula could be seen quiver slightly at the force of her cry. It was like a plea to be heard, how much she needed to be needed, all this time she’d been quiet, and how she longed to speak. But she couldn’t reach the sand with her toes yet, so the sand did not flick into the air and into the trees and back into her eye. So she was still on her swing imagining what it would feel like to yell <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> loudly. She could even feel the actual speck of dust in her eye, eventually producing a single teardrop rolling down her cheek and into the sand.<br /><br />An adult way past his time of youthfulness would get scared and worried at the sight of a child not acting like a child should. <span style="font-style: italic;">That time goes by so fast and innocence gets lost so quickly.</span> A child should play and laugh and do cartwheels on play mats and sing in choirs and be happy. A child that would much rather sit at the grown-ups table discussing the importance of literacy in third world countries and watching the news every night instead of playing in the pool with the rest of the kids at age nine, is not normal. But this particular child did not care, she’d long ago ditched her sundress and last week she had taken her first bike ride alone to the park. Not that she went to the park to <span style="font-style: italic;">play</span>, of course that would be absolutely preposterous. She simply brought along her journal where she would jot down her observations on the landscape and every tiny little thing she saw. Mostly doodles and words she’d seen before but didn’t exactly understand. It fascinated her to the point of no return. How could she ever have time to <span style="font-style: italic;">play </span>when there were so many things to <span style="font-style: italic;">watch</span>? She could watch birds flying across the skies, the sun shining upon freshly mown grass, leaves falling unexpectedly to the ground in autumn, and staring back at her mother’s angry face. <span style="font-style: italic;">The rest of the kids are over there</span>. Her perfectly manicured nail was pointing at the other side of the park. <span style="font-style: italic;">I don’t care for the rest of the kids.</span> Not that she was a bitter child harboring spite against her mother and the rest of the kids. She was perfectly content. She would have time to be a child later, when she finished watching and listening to every single thing Earth had, she would play. When that happened, her mother would be so very happy and she’d be so very happy also.Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-23009784847664029422010-04-27T18:57:00.000-07:002010-04-27T19:39:49.150-07:00"Well, I put so much thought into getting ready. Now I know that was the best part. It's so easy to get caught up in what I'm regretting."Musical Bipolarity<br />(Also Known As: The Songs Put On Repeat This Week)<br /><br />I've decided that since I basically change my mind on every single song each week and can't bear to post about a song that I used to love, but don't quite as love anymore today, I will post my weekly likings instead of picking random songs I've liked in the past. People get annoyed at my inability to leave my ipod on shuffle since I keep changing the song. Then, I wonder why I still have this song in my ipod since I don't really like to listen to it as much anymore. The answer is that perhaps this week I loathe it, and next week it'll be my favorite. I like to call it Musical Bipolarity.<br />This week, on Musical Bipolarity...<br /><br /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/The_earth_is_not_a_cold_dead_place.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Rihanna_Rated_R.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="width: 302px; height: 302px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Mmalbumcoverad2.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="width: 298px; height: 298px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Ludovico_Divenire.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Fire Bomb - Rihanna<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935555&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935555&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The lovers need to clear the road</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Cause this thing is ready to blow</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I just wanna set you on fire</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> So I wont have to burn alone</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Then you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Then you'll know where</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I'm coming from</span><br /><br /><br />As I probably mentioned before, I always try to find one song that might make a pop artist worth listening to. Firebomb is Rihanna's. The lyrics aren't very powerful but you can still see it. I really like the backing instruments and the feel to the song.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> Gardenia - Mandy Moore<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935558&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935558&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, I hear my own voice</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Sounds so silly</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Keep on telling my story all around</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Everything I lost seems so different</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Well, this is how everybody gets found </span></span><br /><br />I always thought Mandy Moore had this cute but soulful voice. But I intensely disliked all of her albums. They were all some kind of overdone pop musical number. So that you can understand my suffering please care to listen to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4e-eXWbbs">this</a>. I would understand if your ears start bleeding and your eyes go blind. I think the music video sucks even more than the song. But anyway, Mandy Moore married <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_adams">Ryan Adams</a>!!!!!!! If you do not know who he is, please find out now and look up <span style="font-style: italic;">any </span>of his songs on youtube. He is epic. Mandy Moore started making good music as soon as she married this guy. And so she released "Wild Hope" and "Amanda Leigh" which are so good, it must be painful for her to remember the kind of music she made before.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> Fly - Ludovico Einaudi<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935565&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935565&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />An instrumental. Just to sleep or read or relax. Breathtaking. The picture I get in my head when listening to this is a balloon going high up into the sky. Very, very good.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. </span>Your Hand In Mine - Explosions in the Sky<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935569&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935569&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br />Another instrumental. Except it's a little more alternative and heavier than "Fly". I think they all tell a story even though they don't have any lyrics.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5.</span> The Story - Brandi Carlile<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935575&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935575&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">All of these lines across my face</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tell you the story of who I am</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So many stories of where I've been</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And how I got to where I am</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But these stories don't mean anything</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When you've got no one to tell them to</span><br /><br />Definitely my favorite this week. Sung with all the rage and all of her passion.Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-48061141408504574352010-04-27T18:28:00.000-07:002010-04-27T19:42:38.133-07:00Power to the Women!We have been mistreated, violated, used, defied, degraded, and *insert similar offensive verb* by the world. So now, we have the right to write deranged feminist songs about our suffering. I present to you, the girl power. Women were not the hunter-gatherers in prehistoric times, but tell me, who gave birth to the children and cooked for the men? Women did. Revenge was coming. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft">Mary Wollstonecraft</a>, then; Kate Nash, Regina Spektor, Taylor Swift (<a href="http://theswiftfollower.blogspot.com/">yes</a>), Alanis Morisette, Joan Jett, now. I thought of my favorite woman power songs with my favorite lyrics and put them on here. :)<br /><br />1. Merry Happy - Kate Nash<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20934937&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20934937&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Dancing at discos</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Eating cheese on toast</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Yeah you make me merry make me very very happy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> But you obviously, you didn't want to stick around</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I can be alone, yeah</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> I can watch a sunset on my own</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> I can be alone, yeah</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> I can watch a sunset on my own</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> I can be alone</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> I can watch a sunset on my own</span><br /><br /><br />Kate Nash was a recent discovery. So amazing. This could be the hymn to independence in my opinion.<br /><br />2. Fifteen - Taylor Swift<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20934994&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20934994&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When all you wanted was to be wanted</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">But I realized some bigger dreams of mine</span></span><br /><br />I try to ignore most of the song because it really is overly cliche and the idea is completely unoriginal. But there are just a few lines that I think every teenage girl should hear.<br />It's not like you are going to marry him.<br /><br />3. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935016&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935016&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br />Do I even need to write a description for this? <span style="font-style: italic;">You're living in the past, it's a new generation.</span> It's Joan Jett.<br /><br />4. If I Were A Boy - Beyonce<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935089&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935089&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If I were a boy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Even just for a day</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I’d roll outta bed in the morning</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And throw on what I wanted then go</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Drink beer with the guys</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And chase after girls</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I’d kick it with who I wanted</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And I’d never get confronted for it.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Cause they’d stick up for me.</span><br /><br /><br />5. What It Feels Like For A Girl - Madonna<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935073&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935073&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Girls can wear jeans</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And cut their hair short</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wear shirts and boots</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'Cause it's OK to be a boy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">'Cause you think that being a girl is degrading</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But secretly you'd love to know what it's like</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wouldn't you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What it feels like for a girl</span><br /><br />Glee recently covered this one. It kind of sucked. It could have been good, but only guys were singing it, so it was... weird.<br /><br />6. You Oughta Know - Alanis Morisette<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935162&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20935162&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And I'm here to remind you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Of the mess you left when you went away</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> It's not fair to deny me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Of the cross I bear that you gave to me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> You, you, you oughta know</span><br /><br />I love Alanis Morisette. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagged_Little_Pill">Jagged Little Pill</a> is <span style="font-style: italic;">the </span>best example of power to the women. I would write the rest of the awesome lyrics but they're a little R-rated. I also love the wail she does when she says "Here!" in the chorus. She rocks.Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-36887132943288944502010-04-07T18:43:00.000-07:002010-04-07T19:09:21.797-07:00"I wanna hurry home to you put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up."Do you know that feeling?<br />When you listen to a song and you feel goosebumps because you get what it's telling you so clearly that you want to laugh and cry all at the same time?<br />When that song might not make sense the first time, but all the other times it is simply breathtaking?<br />When you wait for those few seconds into the song, just so you can pay closer attention to those words you'd been waiting to hear?<br /><br />It's here.<br /><br /><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20731573&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20731573&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Standing at the punch table swallowing punch</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">a little more stupid, a little more scared</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> every minute more unprepared</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I made a mistake in my life today</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> everything I love gets lost in drawers</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I want to start over, I want to be winning</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> way out of sync from the beginning</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">You know I dreamed about you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> for twenty-nine years before I saw you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> You know I dreamed about you</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> I missed you for</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> for twenty-nine years </span><br /><br /><br />It's not because I can relate this song to my life or anything. It was just right there waiting to be played at the exact right time and place. My latest obsession, I feel like I am insulting this song by calling it <span style="font-style: italic;">my latest</span>, as if I'll have a new one next week. I probably will, but right now I am living in this one. I'm afraid to look up other songs by The National, they'll probably be disappointing next to this one.Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-34679576320962341792010-03-20T09:03:00.000-07:002010-03-20T09:38:39.954-07:00Working Out: The MusicRecently, I've been getting into really, really <span style="font-style: italic;">bad</span> music. Well, bad according to my standards. I have been listening to mexican pop and recent top 100 hits. This is not me. It's just that you just caught up in it. The music industry knows what the public likes and that's how they know how to make a song popular. Something catchy and upbeat that you want to listen to again and again. So here is I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas (I cannot believe I lowered myself to this), When I Grow Up by The Pussycat Dolls, and Lovegame by Lady GaGa. Why, you ask? Because I have recently discovered that my resistance on the treadmill augments by 15 minutes when I listen to Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry rather than Blood Bank by Bon Iver.<br /><br />So I have come to the conclusion that I can divide my musical taste into two categories: The Working Out/Having Fun Playlist and The Good Music Playlist.<br /><br />The Workout Playlist<br /><object height="400" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/widget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20515577&style=metal&bbg=ffffff&bfg=D6D6D6&bt=2b0047&bth=ffffff&pbg=2b0047&pbgh=D6D6D6&pfg=ffffff&pfgh=2b0047&si=2b0047&lbg=2b0047&lbgh=5e5e57&lfg=ffffff&lfgh=2b0047&sb=2b0047&sbh=D6D6D6&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/widget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20515577&style=metal&bbg=ffffff&bfg=D6D6D6&bt=2b0047&bth=ffffff&pbg=2b0047&pbgh=D6D6D6&pfg=ffffff&pfgh=2b0047&si=2b0047&lbg=2b0047&lbgh=5e5e57&lfg=ffffff&lfgh=2b0047&sb=2b0047&sbh=D6D6D6&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="400" width="250"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I won't even bother analyzing the lyrics. They're all pretty generic.Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-58862237057098100862010-03-11T18:43:00.000-08:002010-05-04T19:24:53.676-07:00Why Music is the Best Distraction and Helps With Anger Management.<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teenagers are often called 'rebellious', 'angsty', 'overly-dramatic', 'insufferable', etc... In fact, they are often mocked for using music as an escape, immediately being stereotyped as the typical spoiled and emotional teenager. The one who listens to 'emo' crap, writes poetry, and dreams of someday not being a loner and be admired by his fellow peers.</div><div>Example:</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://img5.epochtimes.com/i6/612250239061878.jpg" /></div><div><i>Dwayne in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/">Little Miss Sunshine</a></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>I actually think that this stereotype is completely overrated and exaggerated. My point is: emo music. Is it actually emo? What is emo anyway? Is there <i>actually</i> good so-called emo music out there? Next, I will answer these questions.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Emo, according to <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Emo&defid=150125">UrbanDictionary</a> (Also Known As the most hilarious definitions ever):</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;" >Genre of <b>softcore punk music</b> that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:11px;" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Emo, according to general knowledge: short for <i>emotional</i>. To me emo music, is simply <i>emotional</i> music. In other words, music that has emotion (feeling). </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" >Here, I bring you some of my favorites from what I consider is music with feeling and what is labeled as emo.<br /><br />23 - Jimmy Eat World<br />The Poison - The All American Rejects<br />Me and the Moon - Something Corporate<br />Lost and Found - Senses Fail<br />Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus<br />The Unwinding Cable Car - Anberlin<br />Lust A Prima Vista - The Spill Canvas<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;" ><object height="400" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/widget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20425770&style=metal&bbg=ffffff&bfg=D6D6D6&bt=2b0047&bth=ffffff&pbg=2b0047&pbgh=D6D6D6&pfg=ffffff&pfgh=2b0047&si=2b0047&lbg=2b0047&lbgh=5e5e57&lfg=ffffff&lfgh=2b0047&sb=2b0047&sbh=D6D6D6&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/widget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20425770&style=metal&bbg=ffffff&bfg=D6D6D6&bt=2b0047&bth=ffffff&pbg=2b0047&pbgh=D6D6D6&pfg=ffffff&pfgh=2b0047&si=2b0047&lbg=2b0047&lbgh=5e5e57&lfg=ffffff&lfgh=2b0047&sb=2b0047&sbh=D6D6D6&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="400" width="250"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;" ><br /></span></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-64878163611922590052010-03-09T18:43:00.000-08:002010-03-09T19:07:12.987-08:00"Die and succeed, I say it out loud but you just don't care."<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">RECENT DISCOVERIES</span></span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Girlfriend - Phoenix</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="250" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402440&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402440&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Critically acclaimed band, Grammy award for best rock album. Enough said. Plus, not the usual and awesome lyrics.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I Can Barely Breathe - Manchester Orchestra</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><object width="250" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402478&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402478&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and then I saw your face<br />you're turning skin into a dirty secret<br />I watched the beauties, watched the fire<br />and the fire burn the beauty in their eyes</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I always like songs that have a loud sound and the lyrics are like a little baby crying. Like the artist is just yelling to make himself bigger, but really, he's just small.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b>3.</b> The Greatest - Cat Power</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><object width="250" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402515&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402515&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window"></embed></object></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Once I wanted to be the greatest</span></i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No wind or waterfall could stall me</span></i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And then came the rush of the flood</span></i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The stars at night turned deep to dust</span></i></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div>Please watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765120/">this film</a>, I discovered this song while watching it. I was mesmerized. The storyline, the colors, the MUSIC, the words... It is just... wow.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. </b>Kiss With a Fist - Florence + the Machine</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><object width="250" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402580&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20402580&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>you hit me once<br />I hit you back<br />you gave a kick<br />I gave a slap<br />you smashed a plate<br />over my head<br />then I set fire to our bed</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>...</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>a kiss with a fist is better than none</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:medium;">This was on the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131734/">Jennifer's Body</a> trailer. Very cool song, crappy movie. Which was too bad, since I practically idolized <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1959505/">Diablo Cody</a> since <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/">Juno</a>. Anyway, if I ever felt like killing someone I hated, this song would inspire me to do so.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-20461603009896407442010-03-04T18:27:00.000-08:002010-04-28T05:12:21.458-07:00A part of me has just died. *cue theatrical music*Today, March 4th 2010, I missed the Coldplay concert (Viva La Vida Tour). I have died. Why? My father does not approve of rock music concerts. Coldplay is not even rock. It's like alternative. And kind of pop. Why? Because he thinks the only people interested in Coldplay are junkies (he LOVES Coldplay by the way), and those junkies are the ones attending the concert. And his daughter cannot possibly be around that kind of people (He said something along the lines of "They will spill something on your drink! Remember what I told you about the date rape drug? We can watch <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_%28film%29">Taken</a> again!!.. <i>I</i> never went to a concert until I was 40! You are not even 15, young lady." So I will not be attending any concerts (unless you count High School Musical On Ice a concert) unless I sneak out or until I am legal and I can do whatever I want. <div><br /></div><div>Of course, I did not give up, I came up with all kinds of arguments, including: my birthday being a week away from the concert, at least four of my closest friends were attending the concert, research on Coldplay showing their music was healthy and good for you..etc. All to no avail. I was not going to the concert. It became final when the tickets were sold out not long after. </div><div><br /></div><div>So today, March 4th 2010, I begged my friends to call me when they played Strawberry Swing (AKA my favorite song out of Viva La Vida). But I didn't really think they'd do it. </div><div>But they did.</div><div>This <a href="http://sototallymedb.blogspot.com/">awesome person</a> called me in the middle of the concert just when they were playing Strawberry Swing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got to hear my favorite part of the whole song! I screamed and ran around all over my house just as I heard these majestic words come out of Chris Martin's mouth:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:11px;" >People moving all the time<br />Inside a perfectly straight line<br />Don't you wanna just curve away?<br />When it's such…<br />It's such a perfect day<br />It's such a perfect day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;" ><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20344664&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=20344664&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed></object></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:130%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;">So this definitely made up for the fact that there's school tomorrow and I didn't go to the <i>actual</i> concert.</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-88572342355309613032010-03-02T10:45:00.000-08:002010-03-02T11:20:10.771-08:00"What's normal now, anyway?"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree.porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. porcupine tree. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Man, porcupine tree.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love porcupine tree. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>I won't shiver in the cold.<br />I won't let the shadows take their toll.<br />I won't cover my head in the dark.<br />And I won't forget you when we part.</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Collapse the light into earth.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Isn't this enough to make you die and go to heaven!? Well, not yet. You haven't listened to it.</span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97" width="234px" height="60px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="60px" width="234px"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F80d6b35e-a3b2-42d0-a172-e8d4f4b23e97&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript><br /><br /><div>No words to describe it? No words.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine_tree">Porcupine Tree</a> is the kind of band that explores all genres, all crazy stuff, doesn't care for the commercial part of the music business, and might just make depress you after listening too long (in a good way). So I save Porcupine Tree for the once-in-a-while listens. It is too amazing to waste listening too much. You just can't let it burn out. In fact, according to wikipedia Porcupine Tree is:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">progressive rock</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> band formed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wilson" title="Steven Wilson" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Steven Wilson</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in 1987 in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemel_Hempstead" title="Hemel Hempstead" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hemel Hempstead</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire" title="Hertfordshire" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hertfordshire</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">England</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Their music is difficult to categorize</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, being associated with both </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">psychedelic rock</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">progressive rock</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, yet having been influenced by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music" title="Trance music" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">trance</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krautrock" title="Krautrock" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">krautrock</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ambient</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> due to Steven Wilson and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barbieri" title="Richard Barbieri" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard Barbieri</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'s liking for the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmische_Musik" title="Kosmische Musik" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kosmische Musik</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> scene of the early '70s, led by bands such as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_Dream" title="Tangerine Dream" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tangerine Dream</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neu!" title="Neu!" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Neu!</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)" title="Can (band)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Can</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.wikipedia.org">wikipedia</a>. Nobody could have said it better.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;">Please, please, listen to them. I'm even putting up the really easy and pretty looking Amazon widgets now.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_c2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a" width="250px" height="250px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fc2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fc2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_c2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_c2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="250px" width="250px"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fc2a42458-e4e6-4349-82d8-9e0d942eaa0a&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-53054690238206197952010-03-02T10:00:00.000-08:002010-03-02T10:44:48.861-08:00The only thing that makes it a part of your life is that you keep thinking about it.<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;font-size:11px;"><i><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">BITTER BREAK-UP SONGS. :)</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Just for fun.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I</span></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yeah, you still kiss me sometimes, but it's just on the cheek</span></span></i></span><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You pull away so easily</span></span></i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And I still call you, but I get your machine</span></span></i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And we go to dinner, but you won't hold my hand</span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We sit at the same table, we don't play with our feet</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yeah we still go to dinner sometimes, but we don't sneak a kiss</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When the waitress turns around</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I'm only there so that you're not alone<br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yeah, I'm pouring myself some whiskey, I'm going to get really f***ing drunk.</span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I'm pouring some whiskey right now, I'm going to get so, so drunk</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">That I pass out, forget your face, by the time I wake up.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">IT'S COOL WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS - BRIGHT EYES</span></span></div></div></div><div><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/moKv_y-kYKk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/moKv_y-kYKk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66CCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">II</span></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Tell me what you wanted to hear.<br />Let me do the right thing,<br />Let me do the wrong thing.<br />If it's ever this clear.<br />I will only say it once.<br /><br />Just let me turn the amps way up,<br />So you can't hear a thing.<br />And if I die tonight,<br />Then I guess I die tonight.<br />Let me go on.<br /><br />Just say what you wanted to say.<br />I cannot stand these talks, dear,<br />They only get us nowhere.<br />It's never resolved.<br />We only run around.<br /><br />You always tell me anyone,<br />Could be just like me,<br />If it's different time and a different place to be.<br />You would go on.</span></span></i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">FALLING OUT OF LOVE AT THIS VOLUME - BRIGHT EYES</span></span></div><div><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_df7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044" width="234px" height="60px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fdf7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fdf7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_df7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_df7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="60px" width="234px"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2Fdf7c1ca6-be3a-4669-a3d7-565540054044&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; 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"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IV</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>And the resentment rides high<br />but emotions won't grow<br />And we're changing our ways,<br />taking different roads<br />Then love, love will tear us apart again</i></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">LOVE WILL TEAR US APART - JOY DIVISION<br /></span></span><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" id="Player_7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783" width="234px" height="60px"> <param name="movie" value="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783&Operation=GetDisplayTemplate" id="Player_7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="Player_7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="60px" width="234px"></embed></object> <noscript><a href="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8014%2F7388964f-5734-4317-ae1c-ed65e78a5783&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</a></noscript>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-31844459907108389622010-02-21T18:07:00.000-08:002010-02-22T10:31:03.564-08:00"I need the smell of summer I need its noises in my ears!"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:webdings;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">TOP </span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">THREE</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> (AKA the ones I will insistently force people to listen to against their will):</span></span></b> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">1.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light - Brand New</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rL06c_mCG0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rL06c_mCG0I&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My secrets for a buck. </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Watch me as I cut myself wide open </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">on this stage. </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yes, I am paid </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">to spill my guts. </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I won't see home till spring. </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic, </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">but I am paid to make girls panic </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">while I sing. </span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">..</span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We are quiet and losing control.</span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></i></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">More Rock than Pop. And deep, not vain. Like most oh-i-am-a-super-rockstar-that-tours-across-the-country-and-have-groupies-on-the-backseat-of-my-van songs. And by the best band, ever. Seriously, like ever. My favorite band for as long as I've cared about music. The reason why I even care: </span></span><a href="http://fightoffyourdemons.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Brand New</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">. I'll remember to write only about them in one of these posts sometime.</span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 11px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Warmest Part of the Winter - Voxtrot</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CkzulICxL8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CkzulICxL8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Come inside you are hungry for sleep<br />You are the warmest part of the winter<br />When I was young I made a plan<br />That I would never break myself<br />Lift the shade and let some light in the room<br />We don't see the sun anymore<br />I've been told I gave my soul to live the days for someone else</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The first thing I found amazing about this song without even listening to it, was the title. How can winter be warm? If it's the warmest part of the winter then it's like the writer of this song sees this other person as somebody he can be </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">warm</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> with even if it's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">winter</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">. So, I thought that was cool. But then I listened to it, and to me, it isn't a love song. It's a song about a person living like someone else, but during winter, he can look for this person and just be him. It's amazing.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">3.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Blue Lips - Regina Spektor</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqQXJ16mzrk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oqQXJ16mzrk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">He stumbled into faith and thought<br />"God, there is all there is"<br />The pictures in his mind arose<br />And began to breathe<br />And all the gods and all the worlds<br />Began colliding on a backdrop of blue<br /><br />Blue lips, blue veins<br /><br />He took a step but then felt tired<br />He said I'll rest a little while<br />But when he tried to walk again<br />He wasn't a child<br />And all the people hurried fast, real fast<br />And no one ever smiled</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I just think it is a really pretty song. By pretty I mean the piano is very good and it tells a story or a fairytale like most of </span></span><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Regina%20Spektor&defid=2452495"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Regina Spektor</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">'s songs. Her songs are mostly very bizarre because you do not know what the heck she's talking about. But when you listen to it real hard, and you go beyond, it is so sad. The man in this tale was a child and he became old and not only he couldn't walk even though he tried, but people wouldn't smile at him, so he went blue. In other words, he kicked the bucket. See? Bizarre. But the really soft melody makes up for it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND OVERRATED, BUT INEVITABLY ADDICTIVE:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">1.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond Cover) - Glee Cast </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgK7pHRawfQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgK7pHRawfQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This song is not ridiculous and overrated, but </span></span><a href="http://www.fox.com/glee/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Glee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> is. It is my guilty pleasure. Glee is pure win.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A White Demon Love Song - The Killers</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fkiEraG6340&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fkiEraG6340&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Let us be in love</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Let's do old and gray</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I won't make you cry</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I will never stray</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">White demon, widen your heart's scope</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">White demon, who let your friends go?</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This isn't ridiculous and overrated, but </span></span><a href="http://www.twilightthemovie.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">New Moon</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> is (I'll get to that later). New Moon's soundtrack is so, so UNDERrated. Just because people judge crazy fangirls who fight over who will marry </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210124/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">the guy who plays Jacob</span></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> once he's of age (even crazy 40 year-olds who plan on leaving their husbands). But this is not my point. My point is, New Moon's soundtrack is beyond amazing. It is beyond the books and beyond the box-office. New Moon's soundtrack beats seeing Taylor Lautner's abs for almost two hours. I would have gladly only </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">listened</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> to parts of this movie, because the songs were just breath-taking and most likely underrated because of their "weirdness" and because most of the artists on this soundtrack weren't very famous at all. This song isn't my favorite on the soundtrack, but I think it is the first one you should listen to if you want to give the whole album a chance.</span></span></span></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i50.tinypic.com/15ceu86.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><img style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 112px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://i50.tinypic.com/15ceu86.jpg" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">* CD Mixes</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">* Brand New</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">* Discoveries</span></span></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-42397949397871874892010-02-15T17:35:00.000-08:002010-02-15T18:04:42.218-08:00Throwing pebbles at windows, dancing in the rain in her best dress, it's 2 am, his beautiful eyes, a prince and a princess, etc..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZDpHiplPGmXjR6ayoZQ5_GymTCsV_vFxkfZm1qTw3RSZRFyrd_ZGhkUqhpA9sJ9RpJy08XG_-R-HL_yUWoLXwgd6j74nSAMnV4ac1Iig_d3AeygwnYSVJpfaYvsBRRfbqUIUGWlcmPua/s1600-h/taylor_swift.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZDpHiplPGmXjR6ayoZQ5_GymTCsV_vFxkfZm1qTw3RSZRFyrd_ZGhkUqhpA9sJ9RpJy08XG_-R-HL_yUWoLXwgd6j74nSAMnV4ac1Iig_d3AeygwnYSVJpfaYvsBRRfbqUIUGWlcmPua/s200/taylor_swift.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438656147105985346" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; ">This is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_swift"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3702ee;">Taylor Swift</span></a> post. To start, I'd like to state that I have Taylor Swift on my ipod. In fact, I'm pretty sure one of her songs is on my Top 25 Most Played. No, I do not dislike her. But I do have strong opinions on her music and how it is all the-<i>freaking</i>-same. It is all about boys, high school crushes, Romeo, her multiple boyfriends, etc.. Taylor Swift is a role-model to girls aged 10-16 approximately. And she is telling these girls that her whole teenage years revolved around boys and how to get them and stalking them and avenging them. It's ridiculous how the only thoughts she had during her teenage years (Taylor Swift is now <i>twenty</i> years old) weren't otherwise occupied by things other than boys she could've written songs about. How about her dreams of becoming a country-star? Or what inspired her to follow this dream? Or how one day she wanted to find the cure to cancer? But, no. Taylor Swift is <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/taylorswift/heystephen.html">tossing rocks at Stephen's door and waiting out there in the cold</a> until he comes outside, kisses her senseless, realizes she is the girl of his dreams and *insert random chick-flick moment*. Not that it isn't awesome or normal to have crushes. It would be abnormal not to. It's ok when it's 1, 2, maybe 3 songs about the same thing, with the same lyrics, and the same sound. What's not cool, is a whole album that is the same. But, still, you can't not love Taylor Swift's cheesy and predictable songs, they are what made her Taylor Swift in her teens. But Taylor Swift is <i>twenty</i>.</span></p>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-7065689419124245482010-02-10T17:59:00.000-08:002010-02-15T07:08:25.400-08:00"Where others float, you and I crash land."<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">OCEANSIZE</span></b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDCigLBZVKm8Hay9HdM5A_GAkxr1SQlcF5VCUkSR-Y4pJ1eBNgAiYe6e_Jqf-HtVkO-PHEavOZEwGGPEAsdHtZLjG60UaHR8-tUCwtgT1g-dVZY1bDsXNuIlZFu8y5JXuMNjKrAEZwyvw/s1600-h/Oceansize.jpg"><br /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDCigLBZVKm8Hay9HdM5A_GAkxr1SQlcF5VCUkSR-Y4pJ1eBNgAiYe6e_Jqf-HtVkO-PHEavOZEwGGPEAsdHtZLjG60UaHR8-tUCwtgT1g-dVZY1bDsXNuIlZFu8y5JXuMNjKrAEZwyvw/s200/Oceansize.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436800996002864578" />I discovered <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Oceansize">Oceansize</a> through my brother, who recommends to me all the time what he calls "good" music and whose taste ranges from <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pink+Floyd">Pink Floyd</a> to <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead">Radiohead</a>. In other words, my brother is not a big fan of <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Miley%2520Cyrus?ac=Miley%20Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a>, or her alter ego for that matter. My twelve year-old self found all the music her brother recommended to her, to be depressing and weird. And after months of forcing myself to listen to Thom Yorke's voice telling me he was a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eHus6M7Gpk">creep</a> and some of their other wacky songs, I finally had it. I would not give in to my brother's musical taste, even if it meant "I had no culture" in his words. So I happily recommenced my obsession with happy and cheery pop songs. Not long after I turned thirteen, my brother sent one of his "DUDE! Check out this band! Now." emails. I had been steadily ignoring them for the past few months, but because of fate or reasons unknown , this one I did check out. And then, Oceansize entered my life. Recently I'd been evolving from pop, to pop-rock, to alternative rock, so maybe I was a bit more open to different sounds. But I still hadn't forgotten Thom Yorke's wailing voice, so I can't say I wasn't hesitant. But <i>Savant</i> changed it all.<div><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XAc5JCKfgZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XAc5JCKfgZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what it was but I just immediately liked this song. I just thought, "Wouldn't it be great if there were other songs just like this, like this kind of music? They must exist!" So I downloaded more Oceansize and I was fascinated and I couldn't stop.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Frame</div><div><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z0pE9bql_8E&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z0pE9bql_8E&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Music For A Nurse</div><div><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BWfBUMipul8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BWfBUMipul8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was then when I deleted Britney and Hilary from my ipod shamefully, realizing there was actually <i>good</i> music out there. Oceansize was my first experience out of my pop bubble and even though it was only one of the first, it's still one of the best. Eventually I listened to Radiohead again with no fear. They are now one of my favorite bands. And I love Thom's voice, I have no idea what my twelve year old self was talking about. Maybe things change when you are no longer twelve or maybe I needed hearing aid or something. Now I worship these weird, creepy bands my brother forced upon me, that I will probably write about later on this blog.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489243994511109435.post-55322786744875867042010-02-08T16:17:00.000-08:002010-02-08T17:27:03.877-08:00"Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole, just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Death_Cab_For_Cutie_-_Plans.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Death_Cab_For_Cutie_-_Plans.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Plans is <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Death+Cab+for+Cutie">Death Cab for Cutie</a>'s fifth studio album, sounding different compared to their previous album, <span>Transatlanticism. Transatlanticism was Death Cab's first moderately successful record, and it marked the band's growing fanbase. To me, Transatlanticism was impossible to dethrone: the album was just the perfect compilation of beautiful verses complemented with the right sound, but when I finally listened to Plans, I realized I liked them both as much. I picked the songs that I liked the most and that I consider my personal favorites out of the album.</span><div><br /></div><div><b>Marching Bands Of Manhattan</b></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" width="180" height="23" bgcolor="#ECECEC" id="radioblog_player_-1" flashvars="id=-1&filepath=http://www.radioblogclub.com/listen2?u=2wLzRmb192cvc2bsJmLvlGZhJ3L0VmbuwWZ0V2ZlNmLvNnclBnLphGdhBXLlRWY/Death%2520Cab%2520For%2520Cutie%2520-%2520Marching%2520Bands%2520of%2520Manhattan.mp3.rbs&colors=body:#ECECEC;border:#BBBBBB;button:#999999;player_text:#999999;playlist_text:#999999;"></embed><div><br /></div><i>I wish we could open our eyes<br />To see in all directions at the same time<br />Oh what a beautiful view<br />If you were never aware of what was around you<br />And it is true what you said<br />That I live like a hermit in my own head<br />But when the sun shines again<br />I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in.</i><div><br /></div><div>Like getting a letter on how to be.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Brothers On A Hotel Bed</b></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" width="180" height="23" bgcolor="#ECECEC" id="radioblog_player_-1" flashvars="id=-1&filepath=http://www.radioblogclub.com/listen2?u=0vMHZuV3bz9yZvxmQvlGZhJ1Lu92cyF2Rug1LyZmLldmbhJ3bu82cyVGc/Death%2520Cab%2520For%2520Cutie%2520-%2520Brothers%2520On%2520A%2520Hotel%2520Bed.mp3.rbs&colors=body:#ECECEC;border:#BBBBBB;button:#999999;player_text:#999999;playlist_text:#999999;"></embed><div><br /></div><div><i>You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I'm not who I used to be</i></div><i>No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise...<br />But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize<br />When he catches his reflection on accident.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">A nostalgic story telling us what happens when you get old and it was too late to change who you became.</span><br /></i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b>What Sarah Said</b></span></i></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stat.radioblogclub.com/radio.blog/skins/mini/player.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" width="180" height="23" bgcolor="#ECECEC" id="radioblog_player_-1" flashvars="id=-1&filepath=http://www.radioblogclub.com/listen2?u=18yck5WdvN3Ln9Gbi5ybpRWYy9icm5SZlJnZuQXYoNWeyJXZphGd/Death%2520Cab%2520For%2520Cutie%2520-%2520What%2520Sarah%2520Said.rbs&colors=body:#ECECEC;border:#BBBBBB;button:#999999;player_text:#999999;playlist_text:#999999;"></embed><div><br /><div><i>And it came to me then </i></div><i>that every plan<br />is a tiny prayer to father time.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>What Sarah Said is my absolute favorite song out of this album and probably one of my favorite songs, ever. What it's saying is that for every plan you make, you are praying for more time to be able to live it. It's as if the listener were being told not to waste time planning when you could be living it, right now.</div></div>Ana Carolina McCauslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516396744485131258noreply@blogger.com0