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music redux
Jan. 3rd, 2006 09:05 amI posted these previously, but they kind of got lost in the belly of a much bigger, all-over-the-place missive. They deserve their own. Links are YouSendIt, of artists I recommend unconditionally:
Air - You Make It Easy
Each of their songs is like walking into a room I've always known and seeing it differently somehow.
Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter
A group you all should know about and adore.
Crowded House - Private Universe
Melodic rock, each song feeling like it was written just for the person listening, like notes passed in junior high.
The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life
They're one of the few exceptions to my no-indie-rock rule.
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
This song is a dream in every way.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
Will always be a Lambs story of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
callmesandy, so it's really Lance singing it in my head, but Fiona does just fine on her own, too.
Garbage - Cherry Lips
This was a tough call, but this was definitely my driving song of the year. Their Cup of Coffee, Queer, and The Trick Is To Keep Breathing had their places, too.
Howie Day - Come Lay Down
There's a very lot of instrumentation here for a solo artist, like he's thinking between the lines. His songs are like mini soundtracks to scenes in the life of a damned angel.
Ivy - Edge of the Ocean
Everything they touch is wonderful, but this is my favorite. It's pure hope, the kind that's thoroughly unrealistic and obstinately romantic despite the world.
Jude - King of Yesterday
He's ironic in the way that twists your mouth and earnest in the way that makes things seem possible. This is the latter. I recommend Charlie Says for the former. I love his choruses like JC's bridges.
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?
Teenage angst forever and ever, amen. When they sing it, everything is the end of the world or the heights of Zion.
Placebo - Special K
Lex's theme, in so many ways. Their stuff is like meandering through someone's mind, memories so vivid they could be your life.
Snow Patrol - Spitting Games
Slightly creepy, haunting songs all.
Yoko Kanno - No Reply
He's like the John Williams of anti-heroes, all epic crescendoes and broken hearts.
These artists couldn't go without mention, but I don't have the songs of theirs I really want to share, so just lyrics:
Rufus Wainwright - Vibrate
The Magnetic Fields - All the Umbrellas In London
Robbie Williams - Karaoke Star
Air - You Make It Easy
Each of their songs is like walking into a room I've always known and seeing it differently somehow.
Counting Crows - Mrs. Potter
A group you all should know about and adore.
Crowded House - Private Universe
Melodic rock, each song feeling like it was written just for the person listening, like notes passed in junior high.
The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life
They're one of the few exceptions to my no-indie-rock rule.
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
This song is a dream in every way.
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
Will always be a Lambs story of
callmesandy, so it's really Lance singing it in my head, but Fiona does just fine on her own, too.Garbage - Cherry Lips
This was a tough call, but this was definitely my driving song of the year. Their Cup of Coffee, Queer, and The Trick Is To Keep Breathing had their places, too.
Howie Day - Come Lay Down
There's a very lot of instrumentation here for a solo artist, like he's thinking between the lines. His songs are like mini soundtracks to scenes in the life of a damned angel.
Ivy - Edge of the Ocean
Everything they touch is wonderful, but this is my favorite. It's pure hope, the kind that's thoroughly unrealistic and obstinately romantic despite the world.
Jude - King of Yesterday
He's ironic in the way that twists your mouth and earnest in the way that makes things seem possible. This is the latter. I recommend Charlie Says for the former. I love his choruses like JC's bridges.
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?
Teenage angst forever and ever, amen. When they sing it, everything is the end of the world or the heights of Zion.
Placebo - Special K
Lex's theme, in so many ways. Their stuff is like meandering through someone's mind, memories so vivid they could be your life.
Snow Patrol - Spitting Games
Slightly creepy, haunting songs all.
Yoko Kanno - No Reply
He's like the John Williams of anti-heroes, all epic crescendoes and broken hearts.
These artists couldn't go without mention, but I don't have the songs of theirs I really want to share, so just lyrics:
Rufus Wainwright - Vibrate
The Magnetic Fields - All the Umbrellas In London
Robbie Williams - Karaoke Star
