"Put On That "Feel Good" One" Tickle my ear with hi hats and jangly strings Fill my head with hazy dreams and memories of sunshine Electric shock to the body "3, 2, 1, clear!" Now I move. I feel more alive. Filling my blood with sweeping crescendos like the addicts Bubbling with the build up peaking with the pop There is thunder in my soul, a beast in the rib cage. Shake, rattle and roll. My stomach on fire with the riff of 10,000 notes Tasty licks, open your mouth and spit fire When it hits open air it turns to clouds Precipitation raining down. It soaks into me, it soaks into you.
If asked to pick one of the few pure pop song craft-persons of modern music I would instantly say Jens Lekman. I was on the fence about this guy when I first heard his song "And I Remember Every Kiss". I played it more and more and eventually looked into Jens a little more and found the true genius in his songs. Great witty lyricism, day dreamy instrumentation, and a little of that extra danceable feel without being overly computerized. Also he has a voice like velvet. Jens Lekman - Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig
When I hear this song it makes me wish I lived on some golden sunshine laden coast, with the smell of fresh seaside air, and a long stretch of highway. All windows open please, cause I'm about to blast the radio. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
I have never visited a gym to work out but I am sure if I did I would make a playlist of fast upbeat music, such as Everybody's Dancing. It does exactly what the title says. Great bouncy bass, nice drum fills, and when that keyboard hits in the first minute of the song, there is no doubt that it's go time! Sleepless Nights - Everybody's Dancing
You have to be dead not to feel the funk. Seriously if you don't move your hips, you must have blue lips. Preston Love - Cool Ade
I have no idea what this guy is saying but, that's okay cause it blazes. Superb percussion is what fuels this track. Check those horns, man. Crazy! Manny Corchado - Pow Wow
I don't think McDreamy is some character on a lame quasi doctor show. This song is McDreamy Dreamerton. School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
I listen to a podcast of a radio morning show out of Philadelphia. I am sure I have mentioned it before but it's called The Preston And Steve Show on 93.3 WMMR and it is by far one of my favorite shows. They constantly are interviewing big name celebs and what not but I learned something awesome from them a few days ago. Steve, the funniest morning show personality ever, is a huge movie fan. One day he was surfing youtube and found this trailer for a movie called Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus. If the name sounds like a hilariously bad title for a movie you are most certainly correct just check out this trailer.
In fact it's one of those so bad it's good type of movies...well for most anyway. The kicker of this movie though is what floored me, and I didn't catch it right away. One of the lead characters in the film is one miss Deborah Gibson. No, your eyes did not deceive you, I said Deborah, Used to be Debbie, Gibson. The same singer who had a tremendous following in the 80's with such albums as Out Of The Blue and Electric Youth. The morning show got a chance to interview her and she was so nice and self-deprecating when it came to the movie. She explained that she knew it was not going to be a academy award winner but got money and a little bit of an acting career going. I have yet to see this movie but I am pretty sure you can watch it on youtube. Just be warned it's really really bad. Another cool bit of info on her is that she has perfect pitch. That means she can hear a note and tell you exactly what note is being played. She also mentioned that she does not need instruments around her when composing music, she can hear it in her head. Which I think is so neat. She also got a nod, if you want to call it that, from Weezer on their Red album (this is the best song from the album and a great all around album at that). The song is called Heart Songs and the lyric goes something like this Debbie Gibson, tell me that you think we're all alone. If you think about it Debbie didn't sing "I Think We're Alone Now". It was Tiffany. Deborah also explained that she gets it all the time where fans confuse her with Tiffany. Lame! Well Debbie, I'm not one of them cause you and me, we're staying together. P.S. Weezer has a new CD out called Raditude and you can get a fancy Weezer Snuggie to boot. Deborah Gibson also has put out some albums since the 80's and they don't come with a Snuggie but come on it's Debbie Gibson, she's gorgeous! Weezer - Heart Songs
A few days ago I went mix crazy and made a few mix CD's for some friends of mine and just some for personal use. The first mix was for a friends birthday which I can't talk much about because she might read this and I have yet to give her the mix. Which means I can't post the tracklist or a song from the mix just yet...Ok maybe just one. This song is for sure going to be in my "Soundtrack To Brads Life Mix" just as a joke of course. The Dollyrots - Because I'm Awesome
The second mix I made was for my own collection. I was going through my music collection and I came across this old tape I made in the 90's called Love Songs In The Key Of Punk. The name is pretty obvious what the mix was but it had The Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl", Goldfinger's "Here In Your Bedroom" and The Mr. T Experience song "You're The Only One" among others. I realized that I didn't have many "love songs" in my collection. I have a lot of songs about love in general but nothing about truly being in love. So I did some searching and I found some GREAT tunes. Here are some of my favorites.
The other mix I made was titled "Folk You! A Musical Journey Into Indie Country With Brad" At first it was just a random song mix for a friend then after listening to it I noticed that it was a lot of folk, country and blues sounding stuff. You know it had that twang factor. So I decided to scrap out the non twang songs and make a great mix for dusty roads and rockers on porches. I liked this mix so much I burned a copy for myself. Here is the full track list with a few songs you can listen to.
