Original video located here. Accessed 26th September 2011
Song title: Amor Fati
Artist: Washed Out
Year: 2011
Why I like this song:
Like walking out of the house and into sunshine.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Back to the Eighties: Perfect Circle
Original video located here. Accessed 6th February 2016
Song title: Perfect Circle
Artist: R.E.M.
Year: 1983
Why I like this song:
It's official: R.E.M. have called it a day.
Some cynics would think they should've done it years ago but this is still the endpoint for one of the most successful bands ever and that should at least shed a tear or two...
Personally, I've been on quite the journey with this band.
In early primary school I became of them through being freaked out by the video to Orange Crush.
In late primary school I knew of Everybody Hurts through it's emotional weight.
In high school I was puzzled by their recent but I rediscovered their eighties efforts.
In university I came to love them, having listened to Reveal lot.
And in the post-university years I heard their first clutch of albums - their independent era which is regarded by some as their best.
In any case, the story of R.E.M. is one of being a pioneer for alternative rock and one that altered the course of history of popular music.
Here's to you legends.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Got it Covered: Anarchy in the U.K.
Original video located here. Accessed 10th July 2015
Song title: Anarchy in the U.K.
Artist: Frazier Chorus
Originally Done By: Sex Pistols
Year: 1989
Why I like this song:
I've talked previously how the best covers are the one's that make the original unrecognisable.
And then there's this.....
Not much I can say expect it's perplexing to hear energy and anger being replaced with.....lethargy?
Really this is the sound of a revolution where no one bothered to turn up.
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