Top 3 Songs
by phill
Another attempt at
automatic content generation I’m afraid. At the end of every (working) week I propose to list the top three songs I’ve listened to for that week and explain why I have that artist on my hard-drive and why I felt like I needed to listen to their song. So here we go:
Justice — D.A.N.C.E. :
This week hasn’t been that fantastic for me. I’ve had a lot of setbacks and a general malaise concerning the future of my research. Not only are Justice one of the few bands to interest me in dance music, they just make it so damn fun with this song. Crank it on any night when you need a pick me up; guaranteed party starter.
Elbow — Grounds for Divorce :
Got stuck in my head from a chance hearing on the JJJs and then I had to listen to the whole album a few times. I first heard Elbow on a flight on the way back from London. I was delirious and sick and it was due in most part to these guys that I had the most awful dreams I’ve ever had on an aeroplane. Which is a bit strange considering the harmlessness of most of the songs and their lyrics. Still, they didn’t win the Mercury prize for nothing, absolutely stellar song and album (Seldom Seen Kid).
Opeth — Lotus Eater :
Grabs you from the moment the drums start up and Akerfelt informs the listener that ‘Liquid is in your throat’. Very intense, very screwed up song that is a perfect example of some of the best that Opeth can do. Watershed is my album of choice if you’d like to get into the band, then work backwards through their catalogue.
Until next week! (:
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I must be the only person who prefers ‘Starlings’ to any other track on Seldom Seen Kid. I think it’s the brass.
@Stef Oh man, I love Starlings too. It’s the bit in the middle-ish where he sings the ‘…and I’m spinning and I’m diving like a cloud of starlings…’ that really gets me shivering.