Original video located here. Accessed 27th June 2016
Song title: Because I Love You
Artist: Montaigne
Year: 2016
Why I like this song:
Its cute and fun. And it made me realise it's the first 'pure' love song I've heard in a while.
Sure there's the twist at the end but I welcome more love songs especially since I've heard countless bitter/breakup songs about someone's ex
Song title: 'Til my Head Falls Off
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
I do enjoy They Might Be Giants. It may be easy to say that for their goofy/witty lyrics but get past that and one can see that John and John are capable of writing some snappy pop tunes. And this is one such example.
There's a lot going for this song. The spiky guitars, the organ and the bass solo midway through. However it takes a special kind of genius to take such a nutty chorus - "And I'm not done and I won't be 'til my Head fall off!" - and extract some kind of defiance out of it.
Original video located here. Accessed 6th June 2016
Song title: Kismet Kill
Artist: Haley Bonar
Year: 2016
Why I like this song:
.....Ye Gods...
I've heard some songs about the fear of aging but this takes the cake.
Nothing conveys a misspent youth against the never-ending march of time quite like this.
I wonder if any of the people I went to high school with can relate to this.....
......probably not but one can only wonder.
Original video located here. Accessed 17th June 2016
Song title: Tonight Tonight
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
Why I like this song:
It may not look it at first glance but this has to be one of the best songs written about one's years teens.
It certainly spoke to teen me and, I can imagine, a lot of other teens too.
The strings are fantastic too.
Original video located here. Accessed 12th February 2017
Song title: Station to Station
Artist: David Bowie
Year: 1976
Why I like this song:
And so, with my explorations into David Bowie, we reach this: An infamous period in the man's career, where he was coked out of his mind making an album he would never recall making and the emergence of the Thin White Duke persona.
Listening to Station to Station now, it certainly is a challenging one, being weighed down with paranoia and sinister intent. And yet at the same time, it is a compelling listen.
It may not make a positive prospect to make something engaging when you're on drugs and paranoid so why does David Bowie get a pass? Well, when you tear up the rulebook you can get away with anything.
Original video located here. Accessed 28th January 2022
Song title: The Point Beyond Which Something Will Happen
Artist: Single Gun Theory
Year: 1994
Why I like this song:
Well I heard the Single Gun Theory album Like Stars in My Hands so it was only natural that I would come to the follow-up: Flow River of My Soul.
Yes it's the one with the wonderful single Fall but as it turns out there are other gems on this album. Certainly it sounds like a step up from Like Stars in My Hands: It covers similar ground - what with the trance and use of odd samples - but with a greater sense of refinement. And, as the above track demonstrates, sounds like it was custom made to be played on a summers day,
Original video located here. Accessed 10th June 2016
Song title: I Wish
Artist: Skee-Lo
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
Twenty years ago, I came across this song. At the time, I was well aware of rap music but this stood out for me due it's relatability.
As an observation, a lot of nineties music was based around self-loathing - which means a troubled teen is spoiled for choice.
Song title: Lupin III theme
Artist: Yuji Ohno
Year: 2002
Why I like this song:
Never gets old no matter how many times I hear it or how many variations it goes through.
Jazzy, snappy and full of life - much like the franchise itself
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd June 2016
Song title: Miffy's Simplicity
Artist: Regurgitator
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
Sometimes ninety seconds is all you need.
Also props to the video, where it's cheapness adds to it's charm.
Original video located here. Accessed 1st June 2016
Song title: LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)
Artist: Shamen
Year: 1992
Why I like this song:
I heard En-Tact so I may as well go for the follow-up album Boss Drum.
I already knew the above song and it still sounds great years later. Yes it, much it's brother album, is a product of it's time but it is still a gem of house music.
"C'mon!"