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Bringing the love.
Apr. 21st, 2005 11:32 amThere seems to be a bad spate of bad shit going around, so I'd like to offer one big hug to my flist and the people who read this LJ. I hope things start looking up for you guys soon. If I had a zillion dollars, you'd all be hooked up, but since I don't, the best I can offer is five songs that I'm currently loving that I hope you might like too.
1. Blue October - Breakfast After 10 --![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zeplum introduced me to these boys late last year, and while they're a bit harder than I normally like, there's something about this song -- an ode to the fact that men get hurt during breakups too -- that makes me smile.
2. Har Mar Superstar - DUI -- there are really no words to describe Har Mar unless you use 'classic' and 'cracked out' in the same sentence. He's hysterically tongue-in-cheek and pretty much the epitome of taking the piss, but in a brilliant, gaudy, dressed-up-in-gold-lame-with-hottie-back-up dancers way.
3. Kanye West - Spaceship and Talib Kweli 'Get By'-- I know there are a lot of people out there who don't like rap and hip-hop because they think it's all ganstas and bitches and talking about your bling and how you got shot while you were cashing your welfare check. Newsflash -- it's not. Yes, there are people who rap about that, but long before that The Sugar Hill Gang was rapping about Superman being a fairy and Grandmaster Flash was giving people the Message to stay off drugs. Run DMC were talking about their Adidas and A Tribe Called Quest felt it was all about the electric relaxation.
Rap and hip-hop aren't about the material things, or not just about the material things, and there are some incredibly talented MCs out there who don't go by the name Jay-Z or Nas. Kanye West likes to say he raps for the middle-class -- you know, the people that go to college, work a crappy ass job and spend their weekends stoned or hanging out. Sound familiar? As for Talib, well, how many people do you know who can name-check Attack of the Clones, Norman Mailer and Paul McCartney in the same song? Exactly. Saying all rappers are the same and talk about the same stuff is like saying fandom only has one writer and one story to tell.
4. Oasis -- Supersonic -- Everybody knows the Noel and Liam story: A long time ago in a island right off the coast of Europe, two boys with big unibrows and even bigger egos decided they wanted to be famous so they started telling the Evening Standard stories about putting cocaine on their cornflakes (true story!). They've made a few LPs, but none have measured up to the first two. For those who don't know, 'Supersonic' is a song about dogs sniffing cocaine in the recording studio ('Elsa') and believing in yourself.
5. Jamie Cullum -- All at Sea & Frontin' -- He sings, he plays the piano, he's English and was totally influenced by Jeff Buckley. He also covers Pharrell (Frontin'!). So far he's done no wrong. Carry on!
Bonus: Coldplay 'Talk' -- a track off the new LP 'X&Y' which will be released June 6th. Apparently the file isn't working, sorry!
1. Blue October - Breakfast After 10 --
zeplum introduced me to these boys late last year, and while they're a bit harder than I normally like, there's something about this song -- an ode to the fact that men get hurt during breakups too -- that makes me smile. 2. Har Mar Superstar - DUI -- there are really no words to describe Har Mar unless you use 'classic' and 'cracked out' in the same sentence. He's hysterically tongue-in-cheek and pretty much the epitome of taking the piss, but in a brilliant, gaudy, dressed-up-in-gold-lame-with-hottie-back-up dancers way.
3. Kanye West - Spaceship and Talib Kweli 'Get By'-- I know there are a lot of people out there who don't like rap and hip-hop because they think it's all ganstas and bitches and talking about your bling and how you got shot while you were cashing your welfare check. Newsflash -- it's not. Yes, there are people who rap about that, but long before that The Sugar Hill Gang was rapping about Superman being a fairy and Grandmaster Flash was giving people the Message to stay off drugs. Run DMC were talking about their Adidas and A Tribe Called Quest felt it was all about the electric relaxation.
Rap and hip-hop aren't about the material things, or not just about the material things, and there are some incredibly talented MCs out there who don't go by the name Jay-Z or Nas. Kanye West likes to say he raps for the middle-class -- you know, the people that go to college, work a crappy ass job and spend their weekends stoned or hanging out. Sound familiar? As for Talib, well, how many people do you know who can name-check Attack of the Clones, Norman Mailer and Paul McCartney in the same song? Exactly. Saying all rappers are the same and talk about the same stuff is like saying fandom only has one writer and one story to tell.
4. Oasis -- Supersonic -- Everybody knows the Noel and Liam story: A long time ago in a island right off the coast of Europe, two boys with big unibrows and even bigger egos decided they wanted to be famous so they started telling the Evening Standard stories about putting cocaine on their cornflakes (true story!). They've made a few LPs, but none have measured up to the first two. For those who don't know, 'Supersonic' is a song about dogs sniffing cocaine in the recording studio ('Elsa') and believing in yourself.
5. Jamie Cullum -- All at Sea & Frontin' -- He sings, he plays the piano, he's English and was totally influenced by Jeff Buckley. He also covers Pharrell (Frontin'!). So far he's done no wrong. Carry on!
