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amandapillar... I can't remember the last time anyone tagged me for one of these, so I suppose I'll have to play along. :)
"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping yourspringwinter. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to."
1) Elbow, "Grounds for Divorce"
Off their new album, "The Seldom Seen Kid", I had to pick one song, so I picked the single. It's so unlike a lot of their other songs, in that it's rough as guts. But Guy Garvey's voice still soars, and I love the song, as well as everything else by Elbow. Still one of my favourite bands of all time, and the concert we went to at Somerset House in London was the best I've ever been to, bar none.
2) Radiohead, "Reckoner"
Again, off the new "In Rainbows" album, which many have criticised for being too short and slight, but for me it's one of my favourite Radiohead albums. It's more human than anything they've done for years, more accessible, and I find "Reckoner" to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I love Thom Yorke's falsetto to bits. Radiohead just pips Elbow as my favourite band of all time.
3) Thom Yorke, "Atoms for Peace"
Sorry, still Thom Yorke. This song is my favourite off his recent "Eraser" solo album, and is phenomenally minimalist, focussing entirely on his amazing vocals. It gives me the shivers.
4) David Bowie, "Life on Mars"
For obvious reasons. This is probably the single best use of music in a television show ever. It's permanently burned into my brain, the perfect music fused with brilliant acting, writing and direction. No dialogue, no need for any dialogue. Stephen Moffat could learn a thing or two from "Life on Mars". :)
5) The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields"
I can't help myself with this song. I know it's silly, though a picture of logic compared to another fave, "I Am The Walrus", but it's a gorgeous tune, one that's instantly recognisable, and a song I love playing on the guitar. I'm a huge fan of the Beatles, and recently, while looking for possible places to live in London, have been noticing that flat prices on Abbey Road are quite reasonable. Hmmmmm.... :)
6) Alice Cooper, "Steven"
Had to include an Alice Cooper song in here somewhere. This song used to freak me out as a kid - my brother is ten years older than me and was a huge Cooper fan, and we shared a bedroom, so I was exposed to this album when it first came out in 1975, when I was five years old. It terrified me, but I'd always ask him to play it, every damn night. If you want to know why I turned out the way I did, listen to this song and understand at last.
7) Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
If Pink Floyd were still together, they'd probably be my favourite band instead of Radiohead and Elbow. Their reunion for Live 8, if awkward, still brings tears to my eyes. I think "Wish You Were Here" was the first song I could play well on the guitar, and I probably play it at least a few times a week. It's another beautifully sad song, a fitting tribute to the long-fallen Sid Barrett. In my head I have a list of "perfect songs", songs that could not possibly be improved, and "Wish You Were Here" is one of those songs for me.
Now, tagging... let's saysplanky, battblush, azhure, digitalduck, catsparx, lilysea and angriest. :)
amandapillar... I can't remember the last time anyone tagged me for one of these, so I suppose I'll have to play along. :)"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your
1) Elbow, "Grounds for Divorce"
Off their new album, "The Seldom Seen Kid", I had to pick one song, so I picked the single. It's so unlike a lot of their other songs, in that it's rough as guts. But Guy Garvey's voice still soars, and I love the song, as well as everything else by Elbow. Still one of my favourite bands of all time, and the concert we went to at Somerset House in London was the best I've ever been to, bar none.
2) Radiohead, "Reckoner"
Again, off the new "In Rainbows" album, which many have criticised for being too short and slight, but for me it's one of my favourite Radiohead albums. It's more human than anything they've done for years, more accessible, and I find "Reckoner" to be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I love Thom Yorke's falsetto to bits. Radiohead just pips Elbow as my favourite band of all time.
3) Thom Yorke, "Atoms for Peace"
Sorry, still Thom Yorke. This song is my favourite off his recent "Eraser" solo album, and is phenomenally minimalist, focussing entirely on his amazing vocals. It gives me the shivers.
4) David Bowie, "Life on Mars"
For obvious reasons. This is probably the single best use of music in a television show ever. It's permanently burned into my brain, the perfect music fused with brilliant acting, writing and direction. No dialogue, no need for any dialogue. Stephen Moffat could learn a thing or two from "Life on Mars". :)
5) The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields"
I can't help myself with this song. I know it's silly, though a picture of logic compared to another fave, "I Am The Walrus", but it's a gorgeous tune, one that's instantly recognisable, and a song I love playing on the guitar. I'm a huge fan of the Beatles, and recently, while looking for possible places to live in London, have been noticing that flat prices on Abbey Road are quite reasonable. Hmmmmm.... :)
6) Alice Cooper, "Steven"
Had to include an Alice Cooper song in here somewhere. This song used to freak me out as a kid - my brother is ten years older than me and was a huge Cooper fan, and we shared a bedroom, so I was exposed to this album when it first came out in 1975, when I was five years old. It terrified me, but I'd always ask him to play it, every damn night. If you want to know why I turned out the way I did, listen to this song and understand at last.
7) Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here"
If Pink Floyd were still together, they'd probably be my favourite band instead of Radiohead and Elbow. Their reunion for Live 8, if awkward, still brings tears to my eyes. I think "Wish You Were Here" was the first song I could play well on the guitar, and I probably play it at least a few times a week. It's another beautifully sad song, a fitting tribute to the long-fallen Sid Barrett. In my head I have a list of "perfect songs", songs that could not possibly be improved, and "Wish You Were Here" is one of those songs for me.
Now, tagging... let's say
splanky, battblush, azhure, digitalduck, catsparx, lilysea and angriest. :)
