Little moments that make my world...

http://8tracks.com/delihopes/little-moments-that-make-my-world

a fab playlist from one of my fave music websites, 8tracks. Users log in, submit playlists with at least 8 tracks and you can peruse at your leisure, and find new music!

Do yourself a favour... listen and then discover your own :)

Commercialism hits again

Having another musical moment.

I love the Subways album "Young for Eternity" and have it blasting loud and often... Favourite songs include Mary, Rock n Roll Queen (which you can find on a FIFA game, Guitar Hero, and on the RocknRolla soundtrack, probably their most famous song from this album), Oh Yeah , and I wanna hear what youve got to say. Its just generally awesome.

I might be a bit behind the times, but they have a new album called All or Nothing. Its left me pretty cold... Their old vocals were great, it was rock n roll and it wasn't perfect, cos they're too busy letting loose and rockin out, and their music was unleashed upon the listener, the kind of music that you wanna kick your shoes off, use a beer bottle as a microphone and dance on a table with your friends, playing the air guitar. This new album hasn't got the same raw quality. It feels alot smoother, refined and a bit more commercial. There are hints of their old unrestrained rock n roll like the start of Shake Shake, but you can hear the shackles of commercialised pop rock dragging them down a bit... Their vocals are too clear and toned down, they sound like they're trying to sound "better", or clearer or just sound a bit more like everyone else to appeal to the masses. and I HATE that. I will have to listen to the album more than once though...

The same thing happened with Kings of Leon. Their old vocals were SO distinctive, mainly because you have no idea what they're singing about - you cant understand it because he mumbles and has a strong southern accent. Their music was THEIRS and it was very personalised, it was their style and they rocked it. It was just music they wanted to play. Some of my favourites are Taper Jean Girl (which is one of my favourite songs from their album Aha Shake Heartbreak), Velvet Snow, The Bucket, and King of the Rodeo. With their new stuff, their vocals are really different, hes refined them so much, it feels like, for me, that he's lost alot of what made KOL so cool, the distinctive vocals! You can understand everything he says, he hardly has an accent anymore, and while you can still tell its him, he's trying to appeal to a wider audience by not being too much of a "niche" vocalist. I remember saying to a friend, before I discovered them (which was LATE, I never really listened to them until they got FLOGGED on the radio with Sex on Fire etc) that I didnt like his voice because it sounded to me like he was a tryhard, wanting to sound like something hes not. Turns out, upon listening to their old stuff and LOVING it that I feel thats the case... Im not totally bagging their new stuff out, I do like it, but its not NEARLY as good as their old stuff, which feels to me like they had less commercial boundaries, they just played what they liked.

Lets hope all my other favourite bands dont jump on the wagon!

Oasis...

Are a fab band.... I dont listen to them THAT often, but every now and again its the only band that I can listen to, and I never get sick of them. They have great lyrics, and I find I can relate to alot of them, in my own way (obviously not always the same as 2 pommy brothers who drink and fight :P).

but Oasis.... are a band to be remembered.

Half the World Away
a song that I relate to in many many ways! I love this song...

Champagne Supernova
beautiful, cool...

Songbird
short but sweet

Aquiesce
a classic good mood song!

Supersonic
another one you cant help singing along to and feeling a bit rock n roll!

seriously, sometimes only Oasis will do....

Music I can't get sick of...

even though I try my hardest to play these songs to death! You cannot be anything but happy listening to these tunes...

Kings of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w38hpcABQWE&feature=fvw

The Kinks - You really got me (the video is gold!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ&feature=related

Kasabian - Fast Fuse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctutUU56DSE

The Wombats - Lets dance to joy division
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6kN7tw0HG4&feature=related

Steppenwolf - Magic carpet ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEEzbFxEbB8

The Subways - Oh yeah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJZptg-iac

ACDC - If you want blood (Bon Scott - pure rock n roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3wXkv1VW54&feature=related

The Black Keys - Countdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQGpDYgjzQ

Ash Grunwald - Breakout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abKkhN09T_I

I could go on... But Im tired and if I listen to such cool music any longer ill wake up and wanna party!

MUSIC DISCOVERY! Seasick steve

What a discovery! I was watching Jools Holland tonight, and on screen came 2 old guys with a 2x4 plank of wood with a wire nailed to it, and a drum set. It was Seasick Steve (who got his name because, you guessed it, hes no sailor), and he was AMAZING! With a 3 string guitar, a homemade slide instrument and a box under his feet as drums... Look him up and be blown away! Back in the day he was friends with the likes of Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and Kurt Cobain... Hes from California and was born in 1941.

When someone asks me next time for my ultimate dinner guests, I think Steven Wold is going to be one of them! Just imagine the stories this guy would have! Hes lived in Norway, busking in the Metro, hes been a recording producer for bands like Modest Mouse as well as making his own records... imagine sitting in the corner of a bar with a never-ending bowl of peanuts and freely flowing beer, and imagine the things this guy could tell you. Imagine a jam session with a guy who can make the most rock n roll music with a 3 string guitar and a bit a of wire nailed to some wood??

Legend.