It's a Music Day! YAYE!

[hackthis_archive]

I know the Linderman casting spoiler is out there. I do not want to know. I want to be surprised. Do NOT tell me about it. Do not tease me. Do not dangle it in front of me. I am asking, please.

Now, onward, everyone's ordered their copies of Harry Potter I take it? (First link to the UK Amazon, Second to the US). Lovely. I am theoretically working on something FNL-related for antheia and azewewish, but I thought it would be nice to give some music, because I haven't done that in a few weeks, so like musesfool did

Top 10 Songs for January 2007 (In no particular order)



1. Jeff Buckley 'Dink's Song' – May 29th of 2007 will make the ten year anniversary of Jeff's death. Ten years of fans scrounging for live material, running away from his mom's wrath, praying Brad Pitt will stop trying to make a movie about him, and finally two years we got double legacy CDs released. You would think you couldn't still find new songs to love from someone who's been dead ten years. You would be wrong.

2. Jay-Z '30-something' – Jay-Z really retiring would be like Keith Richards saying he was giving up the drink -- nobody would ever believe it. Which is why Kingdom Come was a surprise to, err, no one. My love for this particular song stems from the realization Jay points out that you do get wiser as you get older. You don't have to impress anybody but yourself -- your 20s are for flossing, the 30s are for style.

3. Explosions in the Sky 'Memorial' – I came across Explosions in the Sky completely by accident as their music was included in a FNL writing zip oxoniensis created. There are no lyrics. No awe-inspiring guitars. It's just instrumental. It's just fucking brillaint. Music can say volumes without speaking a word -- don't let The Industry try to convince you otherwise.

4. Robin Thicke 'Complicated' – I know, I know, you cannot take the child of the guy from Growing Pains seriously. Whatever. a) He's stupidly hot and b) he can actually sing. Timbertrick wishes he could sound like this. *nods*

5. One year ago this month literaryll sent me a song called 'Crazy' by these guys called Gnarls Barkley. There was no video. There was no website. There was no plan for the album – if there was even going to be one. It was just two under-rated musicians fucking around in the studio. Most people thought it was just spelling typo about Charles Barkley, and yet, St. Elsewhere was my #1 album of 2006* Featuring this track 'The Last Time'. If you don't dance to this, you must be dead inside.

FYI: St. Elsewhere was followed by Lupe Fiasco's 'Food & Liquor'; Lily Allen's 'Alright, Still'; Lyle Lovett's 'Live in Texas' and Gomez's 'How We Operate.

6. Snow Patrol and I have a rather torrid, acrimonious relationship. I adore them madly. I hate them passionately. They sold out. They didn't sell out. They just wanted to succeed. I take credit for converting at least three readers of this LJ to their music. I'm one of those horrible music snobs (as everyone around me will attest) – what I adore, I adore, when I feel betrayed, you're canned. I will try anything at least twice though, even though I hated Eyes Open when I got my advanced copy. Still do -- there's just something wrong. I loathed that Gary had done a duet with Martha Wainwright. I wanted well -- something else. And then I saw the video for Set Fire to the Third Bar. It's hard to be vexed with something so beautiful.

7. Jet 'Get Me Outta Here' – Rock like it used to be before it was all about payola and MTV rotations. Dirty. Loud. Obnoxious as fuck. Drunk all night and talking shit all day... I'm sacking the man cause the man is a thief. I'm kicking the plan before the plan kicks me. Amen.

8. Rachel Yamagata 'Worn Me Down' – A copy of this CD landed on my desk or my pocket or my wallet when it first came out a couple of years ago. To this day I don't know how I got it, but I got it. I didn't like it very much, too much whinging, so I stuck it in the dark recesses where I keep all my CDs, even the ones I don't like, because you never know when you might change your mind. The CD still hasn't spoken to me, but this song, about being tired of living in someone else's shadow can speak to anyone.

9. Tom McRae ' The Girl Who Falls Down Stairs' – I am fortunate enough to have a pretty regular stream of new music at my disposal: friends, peers, papers and articles, gigs, streaming radio, you guys (you think I'd forget you?). Sometimes things are slower and I investigate everything, sometimes they're more fraught. Tom came to my attention at a time when I was focusing elsewhere, so for a couple years I just kept him in the back of my mind -- until last year when ethrosdemon was poking me for new singer/songwriters and I sent her of Tom's stuff, not because he was new, but because I'd had it for years and hadn't actually deleted it. I figured another set of ears could tell me why I was on the fence. She laughed. She mocked. And then she promptly fell in love and so I paid some attention. This song -– this song is just fucking beautiful. Also? I confess it made me think of Nathan and Peter –- but pretty much everything does these days. Deal.

10. Pulp 'Disco 2000' –- A song for those of us who remember when Prince's 1999 seemed like it would never happen and the year 2000 was like talking about The Jetsons.

11 & 12. (Because videos obviously don't count)-- The Beatles 'Good Morning, Good Morning' – Yes, it’s the afternoon, whatever, save it for tomorrow. Ben Folds 'Landed' (with strings). I listened to this song eight times yesterday. That's a lot, even by my standards.

Zip here with Xtra materials (like always).

Enjoy!

Comments

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

Jet 'Get Me Outta Hear' – Rock like it used to be before it was all about payola and MTV rotations. Dirty. Loud. Obnoxious as fuck.

It's official. I love you. That's exactly everything I love about Jet in 20 words.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I really fucking like Jet. They're just like -- they're like dirty sex in a public place -- afterwards you can't stop grinning like dumbass.

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

Exactly. They're loud & fun & rock live & just generally kick-ass. Plus, y'know, I've got this massive crush on Mark Wilson, their bassist.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Well, not the bit about the bassist, but yes to the rest. :)

[azewewish.livejournal.com]

But he's very cute. *g*

[expatiates.livejournal.com]

i'm playing linderman! mwahaha.

excellent, excellent music post, from which i will be snagging pretty much everything, most notably jeff buckley.

thank you! ♥

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I adore Jeff. I talk about him all the time. Well, I used to, as people ca pretty much attest, now it's just sort of implied.

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Garyyyyyyyyyyy! I assume you downloaded the bonus tracks (http://amberlynne.livejournal.com/1276085.html#cutid2) I posted a while back, yes? Because unlike you, I looooooooooooove it aaaaaaaaaaall. :)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It's Gary covering emo. Do you want the baby Petrelli to cry? Really?

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Ha. Only one of them is that. And it's a good song!

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

Downloading very much pretty thanks to you! Thank you.

Also, heh - timbertrick. Timbertrick always sounded pretty to me, even when Timberlake didn't. Popslash is the only fandom were I can tolerate portmanteaux.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I have no experience with pop fandom, so I am actually not being facetious with the Timbertrick thing. It's my derisive name for him, which Kassie had to point out was actually a 'shipping' term. I just can't avoid using it, because I don't like him. It's like the wombat thing with Elijah Wood. For me and mine it's always been a derisive term -- no disrespect to the wombat.

[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

Point taken - it's a great derisive nickname for him.

But I see "timbertrick" and just immediately smile. That was some great fic, at the very least.

[aurora]

Oh wow, I have no idea why I hadn't seen the 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar' video until today. It's gorgeous.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It really is, isn't it? *is rueful*

[vylit.livejournal.com]

Baby, you are a music pimping queen.

How are you, sweetie?

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Been better, but I'll live. How are you, baby?

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

That video is amazing. And oh, the lyrics. So fandom-friendly, so vid-ready.

Thanks for the songs!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome!

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

Dude. Why didn't you TELL ME that Explosions in the Sky is actual FNL music?

::runs off to procure::

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Oh, did I leave that bit out? I said it was in the mix... Whoops?

[greenapricot.livejournal.com]

Pulp and Snow Patrol and Jeff Buckley. I feel all nostalgic now.

Snagged a few tracks including (yay!) Tom McRae I haven't heard before.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Enjoy!

[sumofparts.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the music mix!

I was one of those you converted to Snow Patrol (and Neville Longbottom simultaneously).

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I was one of those you converted to Snow Patrol (and Neville Longbottom simultaneously).

*rubs toaster* Ahhh, back in the day.

[romancandles.livejournal.com]

It is fantastic to steal internet and see awesome music posts popping up on my flist. But I would totally not object to FNL posts of any kind though--was there not a new one this week? It's Friday and nothing FNL related floated past my flist.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Baby, it's the second week in a row that when it was over I was like 'huh' and then went back to whatever i was doing. Wait, that's not true. This week was much better than last week -- last week almost had me putting my fist through the telly. Actually, scratch that *thinks* this week was actually very good -- Lyla grew a pair, Smash and Coach were just *blows kisses* and we met Timmy's daddy, who is clearly a bad mean man. You can practically see the scars he left on Billy. *sniff* But Tim loves him dearly -- that was one fucked up home life, you can just tell. Street was acting like a little bitch, but Buddy did provoke him. Still, I hope Herc slapped some sense into him.

And still no Landry.

I just have been overwhelmed with the Nathan if you can't tell.

[aebbel.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for all the new music! I took the zip.

Also, do you know this (http://sillypipedreams.blogspot.com/) insanely awesome blog where you can download the music that is played on some tv shows? (For example here (http://sillypipedreams.blogspot.com/2007/01/tunerrific-tuesday.html) the music to the last episodes of The O.C. and Friday Night Lights)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Also, do you know this insanely awesome blog where you can download the music that is played on some tv shows? (For example here the music to the last episodes of The O.C. and Friday Night Lights)

You are officially my favorite person of the day. HOT DAMN! I'm sorry about his break-up, but OMG, MUSAK!

[aebbel.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I mostly skip over the personal stuff because I'm an unsympathetic bitch, but yes, the music is awesome. Glad to be of service...

[smonsterbite.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesome.

I created an RSS feed for it (my first one, and I think I actually may have done it right!) here (http://syndicated.livejournal.com/sllypipedreams/)

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I am ded of the awesome right now.

[aebbel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that's really neat! Kudos for creating an RSS feed, I wouldn't know how to go about it :)

[literaryll.livejournal.com]

'When was the last time you danced, well come rock with me baby, dance with darlin', step with me sweetheart'

*TWIRLS YOU*

That is my favorite track on that album besides 'Crazy'.

I'm taking all of these that I don't already have. Yaye.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

My favorite tracks change every five seconds, but Just a Thought and The Last Time and Who Cares and -- oh, buggery, you know, the whole friggin album. Even crazy ass shit like Necrophilia are awesome on any given day.

[dangerouss.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the music! I also wanted to download The Beatles but the link is the same like Pulp's... *puppy eyes*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Well, now, how did that happen? Here it is! (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=0ED677A435E6B194)

[dangerouss.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you!