Showing posts with label Wake up songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wake up songs. Show all posts
July 17, 2009
March 29, 2009
Wake Up Song: Liz Phair - Extraordinary
I love love love love love love love love love love love love love Liz Phair.
March 28, 2009
Wake Up Song: Stratovatius - Bloodstone
It's rare when a cover is as good as the original. See the post for the original by clicking "wake up songs" below.
March 17, 2009
March 8, 2009
Wake Up Song: Beck - Jackass
It's actually funny, as I went looking for this song and only found live versions, I was disappointed. I didn't think it would translate as well to being played live as it does here.
March 6, 2009
Wake Up Song: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
If you need me to introduce this song and explain its greatness, then you're dead inside.
March 5, 2009
Wake Up song: Judas Priest - Bloodstone
Audio only. This is considerably better than yesterday's wake up song, which will remain nameless.
March 1, 2009
Wake Up Song: Boston - Feelin Satisfied
I have long maintained that bands named for places are bloated dinosaurs and have a sad tendency to suck. See: Chicago, America, Europe, Kansas, Asia. Boston is certainly no exception, though they have the gift of riff. This song actually completely sucks, except for the hook at the chorus, which is actually awesome (fast forward to 0:53 to hear it). But it's a wake up song, so I'm obligated to post it.
February 28, 2009
Wake Up Song: The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
It's just about impossible to not feel energized when this song comes on. One of the all-time great kiss-off lines ever: "kiss me where the sun don't shine. The past was yours but the future's mine." was he talking to John Major? Phil Collins? Pop music of the time? Either way, this helped kicked the door in for Britpop to explode. Must have been an exciting time.
February 24, 2009
February 18, 2009
Wake Up Song: The Format - First Single
Homemade video of a folky-acousticy song that came out a few years ago. I always liked the hook to this one.
February 17, 2009
Wake Up song: Beethoven - 7th Symphony, Second Movement
Absolutely, positively, indisputably the most powerful piece of music ever written. Performances of this in the 1800s were banned due to its power and majesty.
February 14, 2009
Wake Up Song: REM - Don't Go Back to Rockville
Homemade video, with bonus Nightingale Song at the end.
February 13, 2009
February 12, 2009
Wake Up Song: The Fixx - Saved by Zero
Blame Roach for this one, we were discussing the awful Toyota ads from this fall and I idly wondered if this Fixx song by the same title was its inspiration. It's not their fault that this turned into the most irritating ad campaign of the football season!
February 5, 2009
Wake Up Song: On - Soluble Words
Homemade video, audio only. Ken Andrews, of Failure and Year of the Rabbit, had a side project called On in his early career that spawned some pretty cool minor-chord electronic music. This was always my favorite song from the first album, and thankfully someone has made a home video with it as the background music.
February 4, 2009
Wake Up Song: People in Planes - Pretty Buildings
Another good one by a tremendous band. The more I dig into their collection, the more I like these guys.
January 29, 2009
Wake Up Song: Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
It's Icelandic and I don't understand a single word. But it has a very pretty piano hook. I've always liked this song, and I desperately hope the lyrics aren't about strangling family pets.
January 28, 2009
Wake Up Song: Jesus Jones - Move Mountains
Audio only. I guess I got this one stuck in my head after yesterday's Soup Dragons post. Took a little searching to find this song, and I came across a lot of other Jesus Jones tunes while doing so. I forgot how much I used to like these guys. Has it aged well? I dunno.
January 26, 2009
Wake Up Song: Soup Dragons - Pleasure
These guys were kinda-sorta like a Scottish Jesus Jones in the early 90s. I like the Blondie sample at the beginning.
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