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| Couple music rants by I need clarification 01/24/2008, 7:37pm PST | ||||
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| I decided to give listening to music another chance (AGAIN). Here's what annoyed me this time:
1. Obscure Song Names I know this isn't new, but it seems to be cropping up more and more. I sometimes think it's to try and stymie filesharing, since if no one knows what your stupid song is called, they can't search for it and instead have to buy the whole album and hope it's one of those songs. But truthfully, it's been going on a lot longer than that. A month or so ago, I was once again asking FSBT who sang 'that Mars song." He knew right away what I was talking about, "Stars." Okay, they say "stars" in the chorus to the song, but not as much as they say "Mars," and let's face it there are about a billion songs about stars and like three about Mars. So go for "Mars." More recently, Lily Allen had a big hit here in LA (I have no idea what the rest of you people are listening to) with a song called "LDN" (just now I had to google Lilly Allen, then go to YouTube, then browse "related videos," just to see which three letters comprised the title of this song. I bet it means something really funny to Lilly and her friends. Why not call the song, "Walking Around London," which is what it's about? It just occurred to me that LDN may be short for London? Maybe it's the airport code? I had to type a whole Caltrops post to figure that out? You know who was good at naming their songs appropriately? The motherfuckin Beatles. "Hey, you know that Beatles song, it goes, 'I want you,' and then later they're singing, 'she's so heavy?'" "Oh, you mean 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)?'" You can find that a million different ways. Are any of these other bands as good as the Beatles? Probably not! Name your songs correctly. 2. Metaphors Carried Too Far I'm not sure if this is a rant. First of all it's only about two songs, and secondly I actually kinda like these songs. The first is "Hang Me Up to Dry," (nice going, guys!) by The Cold War Kids. It's written from the point of view of a white shirt that is being laundered. I guess it's kind of like "Undone (The Sweater Song)" (yay!), by Weezer. But I think even Weezer had a couple lines that weren't about being a sweater. This whole song is about him getting whiter and being wrung out and getting dirty in the muck and the mire. I don't think Tide is going to buy your song for commercials, fella! It's okay to mention something else besides laundry. But I do like the song. And it's not too hard to figure out he's talking about a chick! (I haven't watched this. Is it any good?) The second one is "Air Traffic Control," (woohoo!) by Louis XIV. I have no idea what this song is about. Maybe it's literal? It's all pilot jargon about coming in for a landing, being low on fuel and oxygen and looking for the runway lights. They never break out of the metaphor! The ending is sad and haunting and maybe a little hopeful, but hopeful about what? Making your connection on time? Come on, fellas, let's give me something to relate to. I can't even think about piloting a plane without puking, so I'm never going to be humming your song unless it's really about running out of gas and I can relate that SOMEHOW to be gas tank in my CAR being low. I probably will be cursing more than singing, just wanted you to know that, FELLAS. (this is kind of a shitty live version, I recommend not listening to it and instead going to their MySpace page to hear the REAL version with added voice effects and in-tune singing and everything. I'm not gonna link it here). Also, why is everyone trying to sound like ELO these days? Is it because they know I secretly like them? I'll think about that. |
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Couple music rants by 01/24/2008, 7:37pm PST  And Hum should also be renamed "The Band That Does Train to Mars" by 01/25/2008, 12:43am PST |
