I love happiness more than cynicism. Life is way too good to not be positive. This music should settle that. Anyway, it’s never too cool to love Phantom Planet.
This one for Becca because I promised:
Kelsi, this is for you. Listen to it and feel the passion of the music. And when we’re not going out on our date.. and you see my destroyed, but happy face… well cheer up with this gem of goodness.
So much genius in two little songs.
Talking with one of my buddies about his band, I think I realized more about my music tastes. I was giving him a bit of opinion about his music and what I thought it was that made it lesser than it could be.
It was the vocals.
They’re such a make/breaker for me. When you’re in a rock band, your vocals gotta sound rock. Sometimes, musicians try to bring that refined and trained voice into the wrong genre of music. It detracts from the overall feel. You don’t put pink wallpaper in your son’s room… it’s not in sync (well some kids are into that).
So when it comes to vocals, I can get on board if a band is willing to forge their own path. Whether Bob Dylan, Iron and WIne, or The Grand Archives.
This song is a good example. Different sound, but it just works for their music.
They’ve come and go. I didn’t love the mashup scene nearly as much as I could have. There are some good songs out there, including a great retake on the new Coldplay song (. Either way, it’s time to move on.
Although remixing songs has been around a long time, it’s just a bit out of control.
Today I heard a remix of “Electric Feel” by MGMT, and it was all together just wrong. The song is so good alone, nothing will be as good.
Stick with what’s good. It’s not like Cheesecake gets gross because they came out with a new kind. Trust me, you’ll appreciate it in the end.
I can’t say it’s a bad thing. I think people are scared to love glam. It’s like, we got into The Darkness a few years ago and that was okay but this kind of stuff scares us. Remember how Scissor Sisters got big here too? Yeah, that’s even worse than most of the stuff coming out of the frigid north.
Just look at these select bands and tell me you can’t see Scandanavia being the new capital of all things glam. p.s. I own copies of all these songs. Thank you Sweden.
Melody Club – Destiny Calling
Surferosa – Lucky Lipstick
The Ark – One of us is Gonna Die Young
p.s. part 2 – On the first song, it sounds like he’s saying “I’m your destiny, Collin”… and that freaks me out.
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