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The Good, The Bad & The Queen – "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" (2007)

2010/03/03

I've been listening to "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" the past few days. It didn't rock my world when it came out, the way Gorillaz's "Demon Days" did, but re-listening to it today something clicked for me. Perhaps "The Good, The Bad & The Queen" is better with age? Maybe I'm just hungry for more Albarn creations now and because the new Gorillaz is not out just yet, I'll take what I can get!?

Is it lame to quote yourself? Probably. Well whatever. Listen to the song already!

By the way, this "band" made up of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon (of The Clash), Simon Tong (of The Verve) and world renowned drummer Tony Allen, is not actually named anything at all, but they might as well be "The Good, The Bad & The Queen". I wonder if they'll make another one?

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The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen

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The La's – "There She Goes" (1988)

2010/02/21

"There She Goes" is stuck in my head this morning after I quoted it earlier to a friend. I'm starting to wonder how my much of speech and vocabulary are just regurgitated bits of song lyrics …and is that a bad thing?

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James – "Just Like Fred Astaire" (1999)

2010/02/11

I picked up my new car last night. She is a black Ford Focus 2007 4 Door Hatchback. My bad day melted away and lacking any of my CDs or iPod or anything, I turned on the radio as I drove her off the lot. This song, "Just Like Fred Astaire", started just as I hit the road, and it was a perfect choice.

James has a tendency to show up at times of change in my life. Maybe it is self-fulfilling. My first post for this blog was James – "Born of Frustration" which was totally under my control. Last night… it was destiny.

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James - Millionaires

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Cornershop – "Brimful of Asha" (1997)

2010/02/05

Listening to the chorus of this song once was enough to get it stuck in my head so I've been singing it all morning! (G's fault!)

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow…

…as explained here that line is really poetry, and so true.

For those who require the 1998 Fatboy Slim remix, here you go!

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Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time

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Space – "Neighbourhood" (1996)

2009/10/24

Space is fun. They sound like vampires trying to do britpop lounge singing. The lyrics are a good time too…

in number 18 there lives a big butch queen
he's bigger than Tyson and he's twice as mean
in 666 there lives a Mr. Miller
he's our local vicar and a serial killer

I do wonder if the fluffy white thing the lead singer is wearing was the best choice for the video. It is actually kind of distracting. I've been listening to this album for 13 years and I only just saw the video today. I can't help but feel they could've done a lot more with it.

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Space - Spiders

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Keane – "Spiralling" (2008)

2009/08/17

As G said the other day, and as I eluded to before, Keane is kind of like a "chameleon". They kind of sound like a whole bunch of other bands. A whole bunch of really great bands at that! I barely knew of them earlier this year, but now they have grown on me and I have now listened to all three of their albums countless times. I also made "Under the Iron Sea" one of my "Must Own Albums".

I highly recommend you give them a try!

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Keane - Perfect Symmetry

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Album of the Week: Keane – "Under the Iron Sea" (2006)

2009/08/02

Track 2: Is It Any Wonder?:

I have been totally loving Keane these past few months. I knew of them before, but it didn't hit me until one day I was listening to "Everybody's Changing" off their first album "Hopes and Fears" a few months ago.

This album, "Under the Iron Sea" has really stuck out to me as exceptional. I listened to is obsessively until I tired of it, then removed it from my car, only to crave it again this month. I really connect with many of the songs personally. The existential themes of self doubt in many of the songs hit home, like they were written for me. e.g. from "Is It Any Wonder?"…

Sometimes
It's hard to know where I stand
It's hard to know where I am
Well maybe it's a puzzle I don't understand

But sometimes
I get the feeling that I'm
Stranded in the wrong time
Where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme, a soundbite

Is it any wonder that I'm tired
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right

Keane is totally in my head. I am constantly questioning my actions, thoughts, & beliefs and the uncertainty is indeed tiring. I have to force myself to push the "Publish" button on these blog posts and not look back or else I would question my every word and take me all day to write anything at all. I'd swear that the older I get the less I feel like I really know and am certain of. At least it is comforting others feel the same way, and have put it into song!

Here are my 6 favorites from the album, with "Is It Any Wonder?" being my favorite… er… maybe "Leaving So Soon?". I can't decide. Both are so good!

Track 2: Is It Any Wonder?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pdsp

Track 4: Leaving So Soon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2wLUNaNO8

Track 5: A Bad Dream
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1iy4n

Track 7: Put It Behind You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqNbeS91Ps

Track 9: Crystal Ball
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1akow

Track 12: The Frog Prince
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQKauYv9uZ4

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