I needed something like this. I can't get it on my iPod yet. I've been at my desk listening to "Pink Champagne" for 20 minutes. I don't want to go anywhere.
It's a beautiful song. Sad in all the right places, just sarcastic enough, beautiful guitar parts, heartbreaking melodies, patient, tense rhythms. Makes me very excited for the album.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
11/1/09
"I'll fake it through the day
With some help from Johnny Walker Red.
Send the poison rain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head.
Two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand,
Told me I'm strong
Hardly ever wrong I said "man you mean you"
I had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place I've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around.
I don't have you with me but
I keep a good attitude.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that I am,
But I am in the life anyway.
Next door the TVs flashing
Blue frames on the wall.
It's a comedy of errors, you see.
It's about taking a fall.
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do.
And I try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?"
~Miss Misery, New Moon/Good Will Hunting Soundtrack
Elliott Smith
With some help from Johnny Walker Red.
Send the poison rain down the drain
To put bad thoughts in my head.
Two tickets torn in half
And a lot of nothing to do.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
A man in the park
Read the lines in my hand,
Told me I'm strong
Hardly ever wrong I said "man you mean you"
I had plans for both of us
That involved a trip out of town
To a place I've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around.
I don't have you with me but
I keep a good attitude.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?
I know you'd rather see me gone
Than to see me the way that I am,
But I am in the life anyway.
Next door the TVs flashing
Blue frames on the wall.
It's a comedy of errors, you see.
It's about taking a fall.
To vanish into oblivion
Is easy to do.
And I try to be but you know me
I come back when you want me to.
Do you miss me, Miss Misery
Like you say you do?"
~Miss Misery, New Moon/Good Will Hunting Soundtrack
Elliott Smith
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
10/28/08
The new Mute Math, "Armistice," is amazing.
Filled with all kinds of sounds, rhythms and melodies, the album is complex and patient, racing and stilling all in one. It's a fantastic new sound, and I love this band for the sound they've created that's truly theirs (though entering their name does result in a wonderful Pandora playlist.) It's their second full length record, I believe, and it shows progression and maturity while crafting a signature sound.
I love this song, "Pins and Needles," it's got a wonderful message and a beautiful structure....note how awesome they sound live.
Sometimes I get tired of pins and needles,
Facades are a fire on the skin.
And I'm growing fond of broken people,
As I find that I am one of them.
They've got a great way of structuring lyrics, poetic and deep without being too abstract, and excellent rhythm.
Other Mute Math:
Filled with all kinds of sounds, rhythms and melodies, the album is complex and patient, racing and stilling all in one. It's a fantastic new sound, and I love this band for the sound they've created that's truly theirs (though entering their name does result in a wonderful Pandora playlist.) It's their second full length record, I believe, and it shows progression and maturity while crafting a signature sound.
I love this song, "Pins and Needles," it's got a wonderful message and a beautiful structure....note how awesome they sound live.
Sometimes I get tired of pins and needles,
Facades are a fire on the skin.
And I'm growing fond of broken people,
As I find that I am one of them.
They've got a great way of structuring lyrics, poetic and deep without being too abstract, and excellent rhythm.
Other Mute Math:
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
10/12/09
From an interview in 'Explain:'
"I definitely feel like 'What is the point? What's the point of making music anymore?' I feel that the album no longer has a stronghold or has any real bearing anymore. The physical format itself is obsolete; the CD is obsolete and the LP is kinda nostalgic. So, I think the album is suffering and that's how I've always created-- I work with these conceptual albums in the long-form. And I'm wondering, what's the value of my work once these forms are obsolete and everyone's just downloading music? And I'm starting to get sick of my conceptual ideas. I'm tired of these grand, epic endeavours, and wanting to just make music for the joy of making music and having it be immediate and nothing to do with the industry itself, which, y'know is suffering right now of course.
And I think it has to do with a creative crisis too. I'm wondering what am I doing? What is a song even? I'm questioning, what's the point of a song? Is a song antiquated? Does it have any power any more? The format itself-- a narrative song with accompaniment-- is really beyond me now. Like, I feel that The BQE is not really a song, it's not really a movie, it's not really just a soundtrack. It's so ambiguous and diversified, it seems to lack shape. And the expressway itself lacks shape, so I feel like it's all related to this existential crisis: Me versus the BQE, or me versus my work, y'know? And I don't think I can win; I feel like it's a losing battle."
It's interesting, how no matter how valued your work is by total strangers, you can still feel like saying "well, fuck this." He's got an excellent concept of the album, and a good point about where it's headed. But I feel as though his epic, in-depth creations are kind of a diamond in the full-length rough of the past decade, something worth noting.
Looking forward to BQE, especially because I miss the view.
"I definitely feel like 'What is the point? What's the point of making music anymore?' I feel that the album no longer has a stronghold or has any real bearing anymore. The physical format itself is obsolete; the CD is obsolete and the LP is kinda nostalgic. So, I think the album is suffering and that's how I've always created-- I work with these conceptual albums in the long-form. And I'm wondering, what's the value of my work once these forms are obsolete and everyone's just downloading music? And I'm starting to get sick of my conceptual ideas. I'm tired of these grand, epic endeavours, and wanting to just make music for the joy of making music and having it be immediate and nothing to do with the industry itself, which, y'know is suffering right now of course.
And I think it has to do with a creative crisis too. I'm wondering what am I doing? What is a song even? I'm questioning, what's the point of a song? Is a song antiquated? Does it have any power any more? The format itself-- a narrative song with accompaniment-- is really beyond me now. Like, I feel that The BQE is not really a song, it's not really a movie, it's not really just a soundtrack. It's so ambiguous and diversified, it seems to lack shape. And the expressway itself lacks shape, so I feel like it's all related to this existential crisis: Me versus the BQE, or me versus my work, y'know? And I don't think I can win; I feel like it's a losing battle."
It's interesting, how no matter how valued your work is by total strangers, you can still feel like saying "well, fuck this." He's got an excellent concept of the album, and a good point about where it's headed. But I feel as though his epic, in-depth creations are kind of a diamond in the full-length rough of the past decade, something worth noting.
Looking forward to BQE, especially because I miss the view.
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