Happy Music= Happy Mood
#1: Jack Johnson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_10MzkX6k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=dqUdI4AIDF0
In the 90s he had a song here and there that was a little sad (it was the 90s, thus it was somewhat like a soft grunge) but other than that his songs now are up-beat. He does covers of lullaby's and soundtracks for movies (Curious George for example), but I thought this song was a "happy song," plus the video is funny. His voice just makes the songs so soothing. It might also be the instruments he plays; his guitars aren't anything like heavy metal just up beat.
#2: Eliza Doolittle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzY0-I4Gq5w
You gotta love her spunk and the rhythm of her music. In "Pack Up" she just has this I-don't-care-what-anyone-thinks charm to her. After any class that has made me feel overwhelmed I just have to turn up the volume and bob my head. If you notice in the background there are the harmonies in the background, close to the doo-wop type of thing.
#3: Vampire Weekend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPnbYZnALVQ&feature=fvst
What's not to love about Vampire Weekend. They are a kooky and just plain fun. Listening to the song carefully is hard to do. Their beat is quick and the sound of the guitar really acts as the pace rather than the drums. Singing the lyrics is always fun even though they don't mean a darn thing!
#4: Noah and The Whale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCHzicKq3W4&feature=artist
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=158944045220723335&postID=8838720472961481586
Seriously, anyone who is having a bad day can be cheered up by the power of Noah and the Whale. This song makes me feel up when I've down or overwhelmed. Some of their songs start with the story telling and then lead into the chorus. To my belief they have this sort of power that makes me want to dance whatever troubles I have away. It's most likely the strong emphasis of the piano that makes me want to bob my head and move my feet. The piano is frequently used in their songs, but the drums are just so relaxing. There aren't any hard bangs or massive loud parts that eventually quiet down. It all flows.
#5: Belle and Sebastian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fT6pssrES8&feature=relmfu
To conclude this British dominated list, why not a little bit of Belle and Sebastian? This happens to be my favorite song from them. They closely resemble Noah and The Whale in their sound. Belle and Sebastian have a soft sound and I really like their lyrics because I can understand them. I think they enunciate their words more than most British indie bands.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
For Bad to the Bone Music Presentations
Here are some songs that I feel had a positive effect for society.
"A Change is Gonna Come"-Sam Cooke
"A Change is Gonna Come"-Sam Cooke
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Music List #3: Sex and/or drugs songs
#1: Touch Me – The Doors
With the rhythmic tapping of piano in the background and the build up to an explosive intro, thanks in part to the drums, Morrison is able to emphasize his want of being touched. Following the beat of the drums, is the ever so sensual saxophone. Used in many of their songs, I find that the sax in this song serves as sign of intercourse or something leading up to it, just as movies used trains going into tunnels or waves crashing on the beach.
#2: Joy Ride- The Killershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3s8Aympo-4
For those of you that aren’t Killers fans, you still have some time to become fans. This song has Brandon Flowers (front man) exploring the treasures of the desert A.K.A the body of a young woman that has been picked up from the sidewalk “looking for a night life.” It may be just me, but I think she’s a hooker. Listening closely to the song the ever so sensual saxophone comes into play, which leads to the two being a motel. This song consists of sex and no drugs although it’s been known that in the desert there is peyote. #3: Mary Jane- Rick James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfaguHBfwOM
Perhaps the ultimate drug song known to man, this song could be taken two ways. One being that Rick James is speaking of a lady and the second being about marijuana. There are many names for dope, but Mary Jane will always be the term for that era and for many more to come. He sure ain’t singing about Spiderman’s Mary Jane.
#4: Novacane- Frank Ocean
The best of both worlds, sex and drugs. I heard this song from one of my room mates. I was stunned to hear it, but it's pretty darn catchy. The song is pretty self explanatory.
#5: Hash Pipe- Weezer
This song entails the life of struggling youth and what makes them happy: money, sex, and of course drugs. I've concluded from the many hours of listening to this song that we've all got our problems, but we all have our own ways of dealing with them. Some people deal with drugs, food, exercise, etc.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Music Memories #1
Music throughout my childhood and adolescence was very different from what I listen to now. When I was a youngster Britney Spears and Christina (not X-Tina, as she was previously known) Aguilera were the idols of little girls everywhere, including me. I was a big fan of Pop music and boy bands, swooning over the Back Street Boys and N* Sync. Now that I look back of my musical discoveries I realize I was just following in the footsteps of my older sisters. Being older now, I realize that the lyrics I was singing throughout my house were not the cleanest, but Disney coated euphemisisms. The beat to the Bubble Gum Pop was catchy and the lyrics easy to remember, so being little I latched on to the songs of my generation's first decade.
Following into my preteen years I began to find myself listening to the stylings of rebel music, well at least I thought they were rebels. No Doubt was down right edgy and everything they sang was mystifiying to me. Their music videoas had appeal to me since they had people jumping around and going crazy. To this day I don't know all the lyrics to their songs but it gives me reason to listen them over and over again. Along with No Doubt were the nerds that gave reference to Buddy Holly, Weezer. Their lyrics don't make any sense and I believe that by scrambling around some of the words there are some messages in their. The first song I had heard from them was about pot and money. Usually associated with rap, Weezer made it an angsty and funny with their frontman being of scrawny stature.
Three years ago I was entering high school and of course entereing high school came walking around campus with earbuds in my ears and taking them out when my foot stepped in a classroom. I was one of the biggest fans of The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Belle and Sebastian, and bands or groups that had that soft sounding beat in the background but brought back an upbeat tempo with an old timey guitar. I also listening to music from different eras. I would download the Solid Gold Oldies that have always been hits to my mother, including the crooners. Throughout my highschool years I also clung to classical music, more along with concerttos that were specific to violens, pianos, and flutes.
I've been reviewing all the music that I used to listen to and have seen that Pop music is not really sticking with me anymore, but I've also noticed that there have been expansions in the genres of music. Some artists I feel ashamed that I listened to, but that was the fad at the time. Now, genres are going to have sub-genres pretty soon. I think that for years to come I'll be enjoying "Oldies" and "Indie Rock" bands with some No Doubt and Weezer here and there.
Following into my preteen years I began to find myself listening to the stylings of rebel music, well at least I thought they were rebels. No Doubt was down right edgy and everything they sang was mystifiying to me. Their music videoas had appeal to me since they had people jumping around and going crazy. To this day I don't know all the lyrics to their songs but it gives me reason to listen them over and over again. Along with No Doubt were the nerds that gave reference to Buddy Holly, Weezer. Their lyrics don't make any sense and I believe that by scrambling around some of the words there are some messages in their. The first song I had heard from them was about pot and money. Usually associated with rap, Weezer made it an angsty and funny with their frontman being of scrawny stature.
Three years ago I was entering high school and of course entereing high school came walking around campus with earbuds in my ears and taking them out when my foot stepped in a classroom. I was one of the biggest fans of The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Belle and Sebastian, and bands or groups that had that soft sounding beat in the background but brought back an upbeat tempo with an old timey guitar. I also listening to music from different eras. I would download the Solid Gold Oldies that have always been hits to my mother, including the crooners. Throughout my highschool years I also clung to classical music, more along with concerttos that were specific to violens, pianos, and flutes.
I've been reviewing all the music that I used to listen to and have seen that Pop music is not really sticking with me anymore, but I've also noticed that there have been expansions in the genres of music. Some artists I feel ashamed that I listened to, but that was the fad at the time. Now, genres are going to have sub-genres pretty soon. I think that for years to come I'll be enjoying "Oldies" and "Indie Rock" bands with some No Doubt and Weezer here and there.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Music Blog Post #2: 5 Songs I Hate the Most
Don't you just hate it when there's a really bad song but there's something catchy about it? It happens to me all the time. I do have many songs that I hate but I think that there are many to come so for now I guess I'll have to stick with five.
1. Anything by LMFAO. First of all they don't really sing, rap, or anything for that matter. Geez, I swear it's like a person's brain turns to mush or something rather disgusting when any of their "songs" come on. Ick. Also, their background music has been used everywhere!
2. "I Wanna Go" by Britney Spears. She should face that her career is practically gone. This song is nothing but some tricks of sound. I want her to just go.
3. "Love You Like A Love Song" by Disney tween idol, Selena Gomez. I think that now every Disney actor has to get booted off their show once they turn a certain age or at least can't look like their fifteen at most. The lyrics are just a slosh of repetitive chorus over and over.
4. I don't know what the title of the song is or who even the artist is, but that one song where it's nothing but "black and yellow." I don't dislike rap since I do like the Beastie Boys but this seriously has to be the worst song evern because besides the fact that the beat is really annoying, but also because the only lyric people know is "black and yellow."
5. The Barney Song. Yep, it's true, I don't like it at all. First you have a creepy discolored dinosaur and then all it wants to do is hug and hang around with children. The big purple dino is a creeper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzo0iHrivVQ
1. Anything by LMFAO. First of all they don't really sing, rap, or anything for that matter. Geez, I swear it's like a person's brain turns to mush or something rather disgusting when any of their "songs" come on. Ick. Also, their background music has been used everywhere!
2. "I Wanna Go" by Britney Spears. She should face that her career is practically gone. This song is nothing but some tricks of sound. I want her to just go.
3. "Love You Like A Love Song" by Disney tween idol, Selena Gomez. I think that now every Disney actor has to get booted off their show once they turn a certain age or at least can't look like their fifteen at most. The lyrics are just a slosh of repetitive chorus over and over.
4. I don't know what the title of the song is or who even the artist is, but that one song where it's nothing but "black and yellow." I don't dislike rap since I do like the Beastie Boys but this seriously has to be the worst song evern because besides the fact that the beat is really annoying, but also because the only lyric people know is "black and yellow."
5. The Barney Song. Yep, it's true, I don't like it at all. First you have a creepy discolored dinosaur and then all it wants to do is hug and hang around with children. The big purple dino is a creeper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzo0iHrivVQ
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Language of People
Ok, so who here has encountered that awkward moment when you and someone else are forced to meet? Did you raise your hand? Of course you did, and so did I. I've been told that in college there are so many people to meet and friends will be made in no time. Yeah, I'm guessing you guys have heard that too. Well, as I have learned from the first two weeks of the college and dorm experience, it takes some time and a smile to meet people. The saying that a smile is universal might actually be true. Walking down the hall of the lovely 6th floor of Joe West I see smiles when I pass by- no, I'm not being conceited- and of course I respond with a smile in return.
Anyways, to get onto my topic, during the first week of college the neighbors and myself gather around the wooden table in the study lounge and engage ourselves in what are called the ever so loathed "ice breakers." First of all, what ice is there to break? People just politely take part then go back to their rooms. Good job for the RA to help us come together but in thinking of what these ice breakers produce I take back my sour remarks and think "would I be saying hi and going out with my neighbors if I didn't take part in the ice breakers and say hello with a smile?"
The answer: no I wouldn't. I'd be alone in my room and not take part of what's going on outside that mysterious door. For once ice breakers come in handy for this situations because I will be seeing these people on a daily basis. Other than that I still to this day- and for more days to come- dislike ice breakers.
Anyways, to get onto my topic, during the first week of college the neighbors and myself gather around the wooden table in the study lounge and engage ourselves in what are called the ever so loathed "ice breakers." First of all, what ice is there to break? People just politely take part then go back to their rooms. Good job for the RA to help us come together but in thinking of what these ice breakers produce I take back my sour remarks and think "would I be saying hi and going out with my neighbors if I didn't take part in the ice breakers and say hello with a smile?"
The answer: no I wouldn't. I'd be alone in my room and not take part of what's going on outside that mysterious door. For once ice breakers come in handy for this situations because I will be seeing these people on a daily basis. Other than that I still to this day- and for more days to come- dislike ice breakers.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Oy Vey and the college life so far as I am living it
Ok, so where to start? Oh duh, prices! Yeah first off college is expensive; I spent quite a bit for books but compared to other people I got some books that were cheap and light. And can anyone believe that for all the money that the government-thanks to you and your parents tax dollars- and one loan I get some crappy Internet wifi; more like WTF. FYI people when you get food from the Dining Commons and tell someone it's free, suckers, it's not. A meal plan cost some dinero, and VTA transportation is not free either. Nothing is free. Not even air. Your mother had to pay nine months of her life to push you out. Oy Vey and the people. Leyva-Leyv out!
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