SA, as ever, rocks.
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Sean K - Apr 18, 2008 11:35:25 am PDT #7858 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
smonster - Apr 18, 2008 11:35:45 am PDT #7859 of 10003
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I first became interested in MCR when Pete (my Pete, not Pete Wentz) showed me the major label video for "I'm Not Okay".
Yeah, that video caught my attention. Came out while I was in Peace Corps, which meant that I was devouring any American pop culture I could. Many a time I stayed with fellow volunteers in the capital and was up all hours simultaneously scouring Rolling Stones their friends had sent and watching MTV (actual music videos). I also recall from that era Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" and Shakira's "Wherever, Whenever." The latter started me on my path to bellydance.
Coincidentally, I'm choreographing the Nina Simone version of "Feeling Good" (for the 2nd time) and am thinking about doing one for Muse... same choreo with a different vibe or 2 choreos, not sure.
esse - Apr 18, 2008 11:36:58 am PDT #7860 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Oh, I have an amazing live version of Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" somewhere. Love love love.
esse - Apr 18, 2008 11:44:53 am PDT #7861 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Sean, here's the MTV version of "Under Pressure": [link]
The other was a live version from Warped, I think.
Trudy Booth - Apr 18, 2008 12:42:16 pm PDT #7862 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Speaking of covers, probably my favorite is the Stripped version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" sung just by Patrick, with his electric guitar. It's raw and imperfect and gets me every single time. I ration myself on it
Here is why I love YouTube! I watched that. Then I watched Never Tear Us Apart. Then I watched Stuck In A Moment.
I mostly listened to them, actually. Its like a jukebox for my brain.
Trudy Booth - Apr 18, 2008 9:37:42 pm PDT #7863 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It's not all bandom, by the way.
Fall Out Boy [link] lead me to Cobra Starship [link]
Two members of Cobra have a side project called This is Ivy League [link] (Which is not so much bandom. It's not Decaydance anyway.)
Ivy League had a record launch party on Monday. One of the bands that opend the show was The Mood [link]
Tonight some friends and I went and saw The Mood. They rocked.
P.M. Marc - Apr 19, 2008 6:15:08 am PDT #7864 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
This Is Ivy League makes me want to have some sort of laid-back bachelor pad with a lot of wax-covered wine bottles and shag carpet.
I mean that in a good way.
Kate P. - Apr 19, 2008 6:26:47 am PDT #7865 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
And then, The Black Parade. Dramatic, bombastic, the lovechild of Queen and David Bowie, with guest vocals by Liza Minnelli, and gothy marching band uniforms. It was like they designed it just for me.
Yeah, Jilli nails it. That's how they got me!
I was trying to explain my love of MCR to my brother over Christmas, and I was explaining that they are like the new Queen, whom we both loved when we were kids (and still do). He said, "But they don't have Freddie Mercury! It's not the same!" and I had to laugh, because GERARD WAY, dude.
Also, a band I love that is tangential to bandom: has anyone heard The Sounds? (Lead singer Maja Ivarsson is the incredibly hot woman in the "Snakes on a Plane" video.) They're Swedish new-wavey synth-pop, very catchy and fun, and I love Maja's voice. Here's "Seven Days a Week": [link]
juliana - Apr 19, 2008 6:29:36 am PDT #7866 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Unf, The Sounds. Unf, Maja.
(Seriously, Maja kinda robs me of all higher brain functions. But I do like their stuff.)
Polter-Cow - Apr 19, 2008 7:51:58 am PDT #7867 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, a band I love that is tangential to bandom: has anyone heard The Sounds?
The Sounds are good stuff! I've seen them live, too, with Kill Hannah and Ima Robot. Fun times. I have the first album (with "Seven Days a Week").