Ah… the love for someone you cannot have. Funny how it seems to be a recurring theme through song and literature. And this one reminds me of another song I posted not too long ago.
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Click here for more info on Rick Springfield – Working Class Dog – "Jessie's Girl".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog
Ah… isn't inappropriate love grand? No?
This has got to be like the "MILF Theme Song". That's right. I said it. "MILF Theme Song". And don't pretend you don't like the song or the video. I know you do. Oh I know.
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Click here for more info on Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers – "Stacy's Mom".
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Despite my "short timer" status at my current employer, it is still a stressful time in a way. I have been met with congratulations, but also some degree of separation and even hints of animosity. Add that to the fact that I still need some serious time off and am quite busy with social & familial activities, let alone my own home chore list, I am feeling a little overwhelmed still. I say still because I have felt overwhelmed for months now. I know the solution is cutting some things out but it is difficult to pick when the only things you want to cut out are necessary and the things you don't want to cut out are the reasons for living.
At such times when I do feel overwhelmed, I know that is a good time to just shut my eyes, and think of places where I can truly relax, breathe, and not worry about TPS reports or the like.
And when the worrying starts to hurt
and the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
you can imagine this place, yeah, our secret space at will
PS: The video is fan made. Pretty sweet!
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Click here for more info on Snow Patrol – Eyes Open – "Shut Your Eyes".
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This cover by Ted Leo, from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, of the songs "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' song "Maps" mixed together was my first exposure to Ted Leo. I love this cover in part because "Since U Been Gone" is definitely not Ted Leo's usual kind of song and he is – all in – when he plays it. I later saw Ted Leo and the Pharmacists open for Death Cab for Cutie. The live show was awesome too despite not being the headliner. I have yet to get as excited about any of Ted Leo's albums, but I'm going to give it another try today. Ted Leo has earned it from me.
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Click here for more info on Ted Leo – "Since U Been Gone / Maps".
The MP3 may be NOT be purchased anywhere (dumb copyrights), but you may listen here… Ted Leo
My cousins are home from college on Spring Break. A couple of my coworkers are taking several days off this month. I haven't had a real vacation since October and that was only a couple days off. (Thanksgiving and Christmas totally don't count. Too many family obligations!) I watch this video by Pony Pony Run Run and I can feel it. I need a vacation AND I have vacation envy. I don't need to travel, just some time off would suffice. I'll take anything. Alas no vacation for me until May at the soonest! My big project is due in early April which means nothing but work work work.
Speaking of work, I should be headed there now. I don't want to go. You can't make me!
PS: Pony Pony Run Run is a French band. You can tell by the almost silent H in when they sing "Hey You" in the chorus. Sounds like "Ay You"! Je l'adore!
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Click here for more info on Pony Pony Run Run – You Need Pony Pony Run Run – "Hey You".
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OK Go has out done themselves again with the video for "This Too Shall Pass". With an almost 4 minute long Rube Goldberg Machine, you can see on their faces (and their clothes) they had been doing it all day long. By the end they were certainly taking their own lyrics to heart…
Let it go, this too shall pass.
(You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down. No, you can't keep lettin' it get you down.)
What an accomplishment though! As with all Rube Goldberg machines, this one performs a simple task. You'll probably be able to guess what it is before the end of the video, but I won't spoil it. The machine includes an obscene variety of objects including a falling piano, a rolling car, flying umbrellas, lots of obligatory bowling balls of course, and even themselves flying through the air!
How ingenious of OK Go too. How many people are going to watch this video multiple times, and then by the end have heard the song multiple times? From my own personal experience I am now loving it, whereas the first time through I just thought the song was OK. OK Go even seems to nod that they have outdone themselves during the video when a TV showing the treadmills video for "Here It Goes Again" is smashed as part of the machine.
Bravo OK Go!
PS: Props to S.R. who passed this video to me.
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Click here for more info on OK Go – Of the Blue Colour of the Sky – "This Too Shall Pass".
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I realized yesterday I have yet to post any Blondie songs. I love Blondie and I appear to be on a late 70's, early 80's kick this weekend. Compared to most bands that were big in the 1980's, the legacy left by Blondie has been more successful than most. Though usually considered New Wave or Punk Rock, they touched other genres and their songs continue to get a fair amount of air time, at least on the radio stations I listen to. One way or another, you'll listen to Blondie soon.
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Click here for more info on Blondie – Parallel Lines – "One Way or Another".
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