i assume that this post will lose me a lot of respect and so it’s quite fortunate i don’t feed off that stuff – but there are a couple of songs that i have bought from ovi music store in the last couple of months that i keep sticking on repeat cos they make me happy…
they are the following in no particular order:
[1] bought this morning: ‘Techno Band’ by Lonehill Estate – what gets me is the pausing in the last line of the chorus – you’re. gonna. be. innit… slays me every time. i dig the rap sing style and the vibe of the song – it’s silly but it’s happy silly…
[2] Somebody to Love by Queen (2011 remaster) – the only thing that freaks me out about this song is i am singing the words “find me somebody to love” ad nauseaum and i am hoping tbV won’t take offence cos clearly i have somebody to love, but i just REALLY love that song and finally got round to buying it – my favourite is the chantlike buildup of the repetitive “find me somebody to love” and all the “somebody” “somebody”‘s at the end – perfect no-one-in-the-house-pump-up-the-volume-and-sing-with-full-vocals-and-possibly-a-broom-mic…
[3] No Robot’s by the Arrows – saw them live at New Year’s and had to i think to fully appreciate this music – they are a wacked out crazy psycho band of just two girls (and wacked out crazy psycho in the best way possible) and i just love the energy and freedom in this song plus the lyrics (which for me are generally the thing i look at) point wholeheartedly at Yahweh – “oh it’s poetry, it’s genius – You don’t want robots, You want our love – so You let us carry on like this, cos You don’t want robots, You want our love – and still we blame You and we call You names – You don’t want robots You want our love – and You go and give it to us all the same, all the same, all the sa-a-ame”
[4] That’s not my Name – The Ting Tings – do i even have to comment? in terms of catchy, pump up the volume, sing your pop idol audition to No_bob the stuffed dolphin judging panel… “everything considered they forget my na-a-a-ame”
[5] Crazy [and Going on] by Gnarls Barkly – thankx to the beautiful Val for directing me to this one (Going on) – i just love repetition but not Rihanna take-any-word-and-repeat-it-ten-times and then make 15 similiar songs style… i’m talking the “Going on” line “I’ve seen it with my own eyes, how we’re getting otherwise,
without the luxury of leaving. (leaving) The touch and feeling of free, is untangible technically, is something you got to believe in. (believe in)” and then “Crazy” i’ve just dugged for ever [yes, “dugged!”] because it’s about people thinking i’m crazy, and, you know… i just dig the beat and rhythm and his voice and the vibe…
and then special mention must go to Duck Soup and ‘Barbra Streisand’ [thankx to the Proteas cos they played it ALL the time when i was at the last game and i fell completely in love] – i really don’t dig barbra streisand (no offence) and so the fact that i love this techno beaty song about her just becomes all that much more surreal… and ‘Jump’ by Flo Rida which i absolutely absolutely dig and would be in the list if it was a top 6… “When i say jump you say “How high” – and ‘We no speak Americano’ (Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup) and
don’t get me wrong, the U2’s and Coldplays and R.E.M.’s and Snow Patrol’s will always be there, but for now these are the five and one that are getting me going… what’s your top 5 right now?
TOP 5 SONGS ON MY REPEAT
1) Kiss a girl – Keith Urban (I love country, ok?!)…
2) Sunday Morning – Maroon5 (something about that kickdrum in the intro, guaranteed awesomeness)…
3) Prayer – Melanie (has a beautiful soft Celtic feel to it, with a haunting vocal line! Plus its local)…
4) One Love – David Guetta / Estelle (when its hits that chorus “ONE LOVE!!” boy do they hit it hard! Awesome groove)…
5) I Don’t Wanna Stop – Ozzy Osbourne (I’m not a hard rocker, but I gotta love his skill as a song writer – he’s still cranking them out, and the guitar work is unreal!)…
And there are my top 5 on repeat – very different, each of them, but I like to think of myself as an eclectic 🙂
Whoo-hoo… Blur
You are the best thing… Ray LaMontagne
Wild Horses… Alicia Keys feat. Adam Levine
Meg White… Ray LaMontagne
Somewhere over the Rainbow….
😉 no shame haha
songs change everyday kinda…but today and yesterday has been
1. paperweight – joshua radin and schyler fisk ~ discovered it yesterday on the movie Dear John…also Schyler is a kick butt name methinks…beautiful and melancholic and sweet
2. hooked up on us – jay jay pistolet ~ discovered it yesterday from indieberries.blogspot.com…also beautiful and melancholic and sweet
3. sing/planetary (Go!) – my chemical romance ~ always makes me dance…especially on my walk home…then people look at me like i’m crazy, which is always fun
4. raise your glass – pink ~ fun…makes me wanna dance…in a “i’m too school for cool” kinda way…lol!
5. The Shindig (Off to college) – FM Static ~ also fun to dance to
albums on repeat (which have been more consistent over the last few months):
1. civil twilight – civil twilight ~oh my word do i love this album!!!
2. sigh no more – mumford and sons ~ happiness in my ears
3. danger days – my chemical romance ~ fun and dancey and good
4. almost everything i wish i’d said the last time i saw you – wakey!wakey! ~ so good
5. new surrender – anberlin ~ it’s anberlin…need i say more?
Oooo. Good post! My current top 5 would be:
1. MUTEMATH – Typical
Just discovered these guys earlier this week and am really digging their tunes. Plus the music video for this song is incredible and hilarious.
2. Jaymes Reunion – Trouble
3. Lovelite – Brevity
Nice catchy intro which hooks you for the rest of the song.
4. Muse – Exogenesis: Symphony Pt I,II&III
I don’t think you can split these into 3 separate songs really, and the whole rock-band-playing-with-an-orchestra just sounds so much better.
5. Mae – Over & Over
I like how, on the album version, the rhythm of the song changes just as it’s about to end and turns the whole song around and continues for like another 2 minutes.
No-one knows how to say “again! again!!”” like a 2-year-old. This is what we have on repeat:
Dixie Cups singing Iko Iko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yrt3Pnk9qA (some awesome a capella rhythms in there)
Rhythm Child sings Bowl Of Cherries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbYz14rsDXg
Annie Lennox sings Train in Vain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK9VcynNnEc
Show me the way to go home (old traditional song my granpa taught me, but you can see some crazy American mountain boys singing it here) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw0XSkpHvBE
Not sure about number five. There are a few Tori Amos numbers from her album the Beekeeper that I’m a bit obsessed with, but I’m only allowed to turn it on when the 2-year-old isn’t in the car…
great post [ i like ]
hmm for me…(what I’m listening to AND what’s in my head)
Goodnight Elisabeth – Counting Crows – am listening to it about 5 times a day at the moment! Call me wierd but what the heck…
Pretty Girl Rock – Keri Hilson – kill me now, why does such a vapid song with silly lyrics have to be in my head?! goodness…someone clean it out.
Raise Your Glass – Pink – this is just a great sing-a-long-in-the-car vibe – yeahhhh! ‘that SUCKS!’
Firework – Katy Perry – got addicted to this being played over and over on E! as part of an add campaign, now love the whole thing!
hmmm…sure there are more somewhere in my head 🙂
1) biffy clyro – mountains (given the fact that i love one-finger-piano-fills in rock songs, i just love the 10 fingered textures in this song. and that it has attitude – “i am a mountain/i am a sea.” whadda ya gonna do about that ?!?!?)
2) Streetsweepers Social Club – Promenade (love tom morello – ex rage against the machine – catchy 2 step riff (say doh-see-doh) and the line ‘are we gonna fight over the crumbs to bite / or make the whole world ignite’)
3) tokyo police club – citizens of tomorrow (love the words, especially the graphic matter of fact what-will-happen-to-you-if-you-disobey the robot masters)
4) Silversun Pickups – growing older (wow! how the kick drum simulate the heart beat (birth) the building of the music / new instruments / the layers (growth/change), the release at the few bars and ultimately (death). whole song stays in minor until the last few bars. well thought out and musically brilliant)
5)Digable planets – Rebirth of slick (verse over jazz samples. funky. yet smooth like jazz. yum)
cool post Brett! i love it that people’s tastes are so different.
i totally dig biffy clyro’s’ mountains…never heard the biffy version though, only the versus the wolf cover.
Dude, have you heard a song “Valerie” by The Zutons? You might find it toyoda.
the song valerie by the zutons is infinitely better than the same song valerie by amy winehouse. nice work, travis.
Thanks you.
Oh and top fiveness:
Um, I don’t really repeat stuff much. But one uber-good toyoda band to listen to is Rue Royale. They do these cool house shows. Take a listen on MySpace. Come on everyone, go, MySpace, now. Then invite them to SA and they’ll probably come.
Otherwise I’ve been listening to:
Metric – Gold Guns Girls
Death Cab For Cutie – Soul M…eets Body
Muse – Uprising
Florence And The Machines – Dog Days Are Over
Arcade Fire – Ready To Start
And definitely definitely not The National. Because they suck. Some might disagree.
I like your choice Travis. There’s another song by Metric that popped in my head this morning that I thought I should’ve listed: Help I’m Alive.
Love this post Brett!
However I recognise very few of the songs listed here, my taste is a little different and probably a bit dated but my favourite song on repeat right now is Eve6’s Inside Out followed closely by Daughtry’s Learned My Lesson, Poison’s Poor Boy Blues, Giant’s I’m a Believer, and finally Velvet Revolver’s Libertad…yes the whole album is on repeat at the moment 😉 gotta love that Slash!