The Honeydripsprior to the time of year that the masses start inundating you with the best Valentine's day mixes, to spread tha' luvvvvv.
16 x tracks = 1 hour
1. Built to Spill •
Liar
there’s something so picturesque rainy-day love about this song without it being at all cliché. 'when things are all you think, and plans are all you make..' oh, so Seattle coffeehouse, but who doesn't know what he's talking about? not gonna lie, I've totally had moments of that, and unless you're liar, I bet you have too.
2. Datarock • Computer Love Camp
this song is a great one for some comic relief, and I’m a big fan of the lyrical Grease references mixed with the almost haunting Cure--esque melancholy of the riff. plus, plus, plus: its an awesome music video. just love that kid’s school gym dance moves.
3. The Cure • Close to Me (Closet remix)
a classic, one of my top three favorite songs of all time. I just never can pass it by or get sick of it. there’s something so young and breathless and invincibly exciting about it. it reminds me of: when I was eighteen in Tuscany, a meteor shower I saw on the Balzacs there; being in the tiny town of Toulons on the French Riviera next to a small picture-perfect harbor when I was thirteen, sitting in the sun having my first salade niçoise; and the feeling the air held the first time I got off the plane in Costa Rica when I was twenty-two--that green life, lighting richness, a heavenly cloud-like tangibility of the breath of rainforests teeming with happy, productive nature.
4. Chew Lips • Rising Tide
I think this song would be overbearingly saccharine if it weren’t for the electronic aspect of it. those ethereal/industrial sounds in the background create a sense of space like one is in a cavity, which makes the heart-beat rhythm and beseeching vocals more resonate than the fluff that would rise from a full instrumental backdrop.
5. Cut Copy •Time Stands Still
wwwwwatch out: this one'll get stuck in da' head..whelp, at least it does mine, but its such a nice sentiment to have repeated that I don’t mind, I welcome it. for some reason even though these dudes are Australian, their music has such an L.A. quality to it for me. granted, I’ve never been and I’m not sure what it means, but I guess I’m thinking convertibles, palm trees, and pollution-neon-ed sunsets. this isn't an official band video, but I think the editor did a great job cutting, high five to him/her!
6. Big Walter Horton • Careless Love
I know a lot of people aren’t fans of old blues, but maybe there's something wrong with you then, haha--I kid. it's probably just something right in me: that Chicago soul rising outta me. but if give this a listen, how can you not feel for this guy? and at the same time think, stop blithering asshole? I like that dichotomy. I find it very true to life. there’s a time and a place for self-pity and that place is never to applaud it. beyond the emotions of it, this track has gotta very cinematic quality to it for me. I think it’d be great in an Altman soundtrack.
7. hammarin & robin •hell knows i'm in love
this is a new find for me, and it’s a real riot in my eyes..so glam, so swoony, so ‘oh-dwell-in-it’ & so ‘oh-get-over-yourself-honey’ at the same time. it’s like ‘shaaaaaazam! I’m in love, bitch!’ so excuse me but don’t have me believe that ‘angels are dev-wils, wealthy film-maker.’
8. Beirut •My Night With the Prostitute from Marseille
I like how this track isn’t for the a politically correct love interest--it’s for that really special hooker in your life. but unlike ‘Pretty Woman,’ she’s universal and wise. she’s like Rhea, the Titan, of the red-light district. I love the twinkling background, to me it's like watching time-lapse footage of people clearing in and out of canal-split streets, or the sparkle of the stars in across the black velvet cloak of a remote country field in the middle of the night.
9. The Honeydrips • (Lack of Love) Will Tear Us Apart
so, um, yeah, I was a little addicted to this song of late, which is slightly embarrassing because there’s a bit of a Spice Girls in it. but it’s not baby, or scary, or posh, or sporty, or whatever: it’s The Honeydrips, meaning it’s deep and true and pleading in all the most charmingly vulnerable spots. plus, I find it a fitting opposite to the reference of Morissey’s doomed, exquisite awareness.
10. Grizzly Bear • Two Weeks
isn't this song so sunny morning? nearly in a 'Snow White' sense it embodies an idyllic woodland, a running brook sound. I can see little kids dancing to it in patches of sunlight pouring through open windows thus succeeding in making you practice what it preaches: taking it easy..for awhile. inversely, by the end of this song, there they are haunting, which seems to me to be a Grizzly Bear must. this isn't a bad thing rather I consider a ominous or somber element an essential duty for all those who keep it real. the hint of a sad reality in this one is brought about by the repetition of ‘always, sometimes, easy, time'. to my postmodern, capitalistically-reared American ears, the world of advertising has keyword-ed the simple words of this chant into quite a different sense meaning than their literal definitions turning it into something like: ‘forever, maybe, quick, on your mark--get set--go!’ which hinges the substance of the song in an entirely new doorway.
11. Bag Raiders • Shooting Stars
to ma' ears, these stars are shooting fun and Euro! (even though they're Aussies, hmmm..) this one I'd label 'very frolicking in the night skies/stardust glimmer/chandeliers + red-velvets of a Parisian discotheque party'--which is nice considering we don't get to don't get even a glimpse of these class-y as, haute-ly aesthetic-ed venues here our big-shoulder Chi. blum, blum, blum...so if you're into the almost pixie-stick sweet dance music, give this one a ride on the tape deck and it'll stick a sparkle of Aladdin's flying carpet ride romance to the seat of your pants.
12. Phoenix •Consolation Prizes
it took me awhile to get into Phoenix and I definitely first took to their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, but since I cut my teeth on good new Wolfy, I just can’t get enough! they’re so adorably, lovably rockin'; real spoon fulla sugars without the cavities. their melodies are sweet yet their lyrics don't get tartarred with the corn-syrup and false flavors of thoughtless pop for pop's sake cause their lyrics wear a deep sealant of reality sprinkled with some hip-bopping ‘huh’s and ‘humph’s. my favorite line of this one's gotta be ‘spit out your lies and chewing gum.’ well done, frenchies: a prime example of how it is possible to rear the heads of so many deep-seeded pop mentalities to make way for fresh thoughts and add new references and complexities to old clichés. besides, check out the video, it’s all Paris, ahhhhh..
13. Metronomy • A Thing For Me
this-ee here's just impossible not to move to, though I could think that partially cause I love that term ‘a thing for you.’ it's so vague but encompassing. beyond the implementation of a fav cliché, I love how the marching band quality to this track and how when it climaxes into the perfect amount of oomph before it's broken back down to the basic electro background. thirdly, this one's another good example of dialogue in lyrics, further enhanced by Metronomy’s trademark falsetto.
14. Thieves Like Us • really want to see you again
a prime example of a dark beat paired with a twinkle that’s so characteristic of ‘dese Thieves. this one’s a little more 80s to me, which I like. I think they just do a brilliant job of describing mental processes--the space around which thoughts come in wash away and repeat. and ‘from zero to ten with you..tonight’---so sexxxy. not to mention, ‘and so worth mentioning. I wanna get down with you. I wanna have secrets with you?’ muah! count me in T.L.U.
15. Ted & Francis • Erlend (Ted & Francis Remix)
kinda like Futurecop! started spouting out some sweetass lyrics and hit the dance floor.. in this track I particularly love the repetition of that ‘wither away,' especially considering it's probably the first time I've heard that phrase sound appealing, just ask the Golden Girls.
16. Röyksopp •So Easy
while in the states, Röyksopp's most commonly known for the Geico caveman's use of ‘Remind Me’, its official video for that track is equally as innovative but I must say that this video for 'So Easy' is my favorite.. actually, I'd go on to say that it's also an overall fav video of mine, which has succeeded in making it a fav track of mine, therefore making worthy of spreadin' that luvvvv. (long sentence!) whew... anyway, bottom line is: whoever is doing the mini-movies for Röyksopp is very highly-evolved & definitely kickin’ Neanderthal ass. beyond this, what's so spay-shill ('eh-'em--said in Church Lady voice) about good ole' Röy-Röy is how despite the fact that they're about as attractively 'technologic' as fiber optic lights (I'm not being sarcastic, love those), there's something else that rings deeply mythical in an ancient Nordic sense. this dichotomy is absolutely illustrated above, so if you haven't watched, give 'im a go, and be prepared to say '..awwwwwww' in a 'Lion King' kinda way.
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check out this post and my blog at :
http://theflybuzz.blogspot.com/
16 x tracks = 1 hour
1. Built to Spill •
Liarthere’s something so picturesque rainy-day love about this song without it being at all cliché. 'when things are all you think, and plans are all you make..' oh, so Seattle coffeehouse, but who doesn't know what he's talking about? not gonna lie, I've totally had moments of that, and unless you're liar, I bet you have too.
2. Datarock • Computer Love Camp
this song is a great one for some comic relief, and I’m a big fan of the lyrical Grease references mixed with the almost haunting Cure--esque melancholy of the riff. plus, plus, plus: its an awesome music video. just love that kid’s school gym dance moves.
3. The Cure • Close to Me (Closet remix)
a classic, one of my top three favorite songs of all time. I just never can pass it by or get sick of it. there’s something so young and breathless and invincibly exciting about it. it reminds me of: when I was eighteen in Tuscany, a meteor shower I saw on the Balzacs there; being in the tiny town of Toulons on the French Riviera next to a small picture-perfect harbor when I was thirteen, sitting in the sun having my first salade niçoise; and the feeling the air held the first time I got off the plane in Costa Rica when I was twenty-two--that green life, lighting richness, a heavenly cloud-like tangibility of the breath of rainforests teeming with happy, productive nature.
4. Chew Lips • Rising Tide
I think this song would be overbearingly saccharine if it weren’t for the electronic aspect of it. those ethereal/industrial sounds in the background create a sense of space like one is in a cavity, which makes the heart-beat rhythm and beseeching vocals more resonate than the fluff that would rise from a full instrumental backdrop.
5. Cut Copy •
Time Stands Stillwwwwwatch out: this one'll get stuck in da' head..whelp, at least it does mine, but its such a nice sentiment to have repeated that I don’t mind, I welcome it. for some reason even though these dudes are Australian, their music has such an L.A. quality to it for me. granted, I’ve never been and I’m not sure what it means, but I guess I’m thinking convertibles, palm trees, and pollution-neon-ed sunsets. this isn't an official band video, but I think the editor did a great job cutting, high five to him/her!
6. Big Walter Horton • Careless Love
I know a lot of people aren’t fans of old blues, but maybe there's something wrong with you then, haha--I kid. it's probably just something right in me: that Chicago soul rising outta me. but if give this a listen, how can you not feel for this guy? and at the same time think, stop blithering asshole? I like that dichotomy. I find it very true to life. there’s a time and a place for self-pity and that place is never to applaud it. beyond the emotions of it, this track has gotta very cinematic quality to it for me. I think it’d be great in an Altman soundtrack.
7. hammarin & robin •
hell knows i'm in lovethis is a new find for me, and it’s a real riot in my eyes..so glam, so swoony, so ‘oh-dwell-in-it’ & so ‘oh-get-over-yourself-honey’ at the same time. it’s like ‘shaaaaaazam! I’m in love, bitch!’ so excuse me but don’t have me believe that ‘angels are dev-wils, wealthy film-maker.’
8. Beirut •
My Night With the Prostitute from MarseilleI like how this track isn’t for the a politically correct love interest--it’s for that really special hooker in your life. but unlike ‘Pretty Woman,’ she’s universal and wise. she’s like Rhea, the Titan, of the red-light district. I love the twinkling background, to me it's like watching time-lapse footage of people clearing in and out of canal-split streets, or the sparkle of the stars in across the black velvet cloak of a remote country field in the middle of the night.
9. The Honeydrips • (Lack of Love) Will Tear Us Apart
so, um, yeah, I was a little addicted to this song of late, which is slightly embarrassing because there’s a bit of a Spice Girls in it. but it’s not baby, or scary, or posh, or sporty, or whatever: it’s The Honeydrips, meaning it’s deep and true and pleading in all the most charmingly vulnerable spots. plus, I find it a fitting opposite to the reference of Morissey’s doomed, exquisite awareness.
10. Grizzly Bear • Two Weeks
isn't this song so sunny morning? nearly in a 'Snow White' sense it embodies an idyllic woodland, a running brook sound. I can see little kids dancing to it in patches of sunlight pouring through open windows thus succeeding in making you practice what it preaches: taking it easy..for awhile. inversely, by the end of this song, there they are haunting, which seems to me to be a Grizzly Bear must. this isn't a bad thing rather I consider a ominous or somber element an essential duty for all those who keep it real. the hint of a sad reality in this one is brought about by the repetition of ‘always, sometimes, easy, time'. to my postmodern, capitalistically-reared American ears, the world of advertising has keyword-ed the simple words of this chant into quite a different sense meaning than their literal definitions turning it into something like: ‘forever, maybe, quick, on your mark--get set--go!’ which hinges the substance of the song in an entirely new doorway.
11. Bag Raiders • Shooting Stars
to ma' ears, these stars are shooting fun and Euro! (even though they're Aussies, hmmm..) this one I'd label 'very frolicking in the night skies/stardust glimmer/chandeliers + red-velvets of a Parisian discotheque party'--which is nice considering we don't get to don't get even a glimpse of these class-y as, haute-ly aesthetic-ed venues here our big-shoulder Chi. blum, blum, blum...so if you're into the almost pixie-stick sweet dance music, give this one a ride on the tape deck and it'll stick a sparkle of Aladdin's flying carpet ride romance to the seat of your pants.
12. Phoenix •
Consolation Prizesit took me awhile to get into Phoenix and I definitely first took to their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, but since I cut my teeth on good new Wolfy, I just can’t get enough! they’re so adorably, lovably rockin'; real spoon fulla sugars without the cavities. their melodies are sweet yet their lyrics don't get tartarred with the corn-syrup and false flavors of thoughtless pop for pop's sake cause their lyrics wear a deep sealant of reality sprinkled with some hip-bopping ‘huh’s and ‘humph’s. my favorite line of this one's gotta be ‘spit out your lies and chewing gum.’ well done, frenchies: a prime example of how it is possible to rear the heads of so many deep-seeded pop mentalities to make way for fresh thoughts and add new references and complexities to old clichés. besides, check out the video, it’s all Paris, ahhhhh..
13. Metronomy • A Thing For Me
this-ee here's just impossible not to move to, though I could think that partially cause I love that term ‘a thing for you.’ it's so vague but encompassing. beyond the implementation of a fav cliché, I love how the marching band quality to this track and how when it climaxes into the perfect amount of oomph before it's broken back down to the basic electro background. thirdly, this one's another good example of dialogue in lyrics, further enhanced by Metronomy’s trademark falsetto.
14. Thieves Like Us • really want to see you again
a prime example of a dark beat paired with a twinkle that’s so characteristic of ‘dese Thieves. this one’s a little more 80s to me, which I like. I think they just do a brilliant job of describing mental processes--the space around which thoughts come in wash away and repeat. and ‘from zero to ten with you..tonight’---so sexxxy. not to mention, ‘and so worth mentioning. I wanna get down with you. I wanna have secrets with you?’ muah! count me in T.L.U.
15. Ted & Francis • Erlend (Ted & Francis Remix)
kinda like Futurecop! started spouting out some sweetass lyrics and hit the dance floor.. in this track I particularly love the repetition of that ‘wither away,' especially considering it's probably the first time I've heard that phrase sound appealing, just ask the Golden Girls.
16. Röyksopp •
So Easywhile in the states, Röyksopp's most commonly known for the Geico caveman's use of ‘Remind Me’, its official video for that track is equally as innovative but I must say that this video for 'So Easy' is my favorite.. actually, I'd go on to say that it's also an overall fav video of mine, which has succeeded in making it a fav track of mine, therefore making worthy of spreadin' that luvvvv. (long sentence!) whew... anyway, bottom line is: whoever is doing the mini-movies for Röyksopp is very highly-evolved & definitely kickin’ Neanderthal ass. beyond this, what's so spay-shill ('eh-'em--said in Church Lady voice) about good ole' Röy-Röy is how despite the fact that they're about as attractively 'technologic' as fiber optic lights (I'm not being sarcastic, love those), there's something else that rings deeply mythical in an ancient Nordic sense. this dichotomy is absolutely illustrated above, so if you haven't watched, give 'im a go, and be prepared to say '..awwwwwww' in a 'Lion King' kinda way.
• picking up what I'm putting down? •
check out this post and my blog at :
http://theflybuzz.blogspot.com/
