Song: “Lake Of Fire”
Artist: Meat Puppets
Album Meat Puppets II (1984)
…Phoenix, United States…
COWPUNK…
Most people recognise this track from the cover version that Nirvana made many moons ago on the MTV Unplugged in New York album. But the original will always hold a special place in my cavernous heart.
Song: “Created”
Artist: Portugal. The Man
Album: Censored Colors (2008)
…Alaska, United States…
After spending the morning listening to the new Guns’n'Roses album I needed something decent and melodic to flush out my ears and in steps Portugal. The Man’s “Created”.
A simple, uplifting song in its entirety. I just think it gets around to say that we all are eventually going to die. Possessions and money are useless to us then so maybe all that really matters in life is how we treat others.
Song: “Mistaken For Strangers”
Artist: The National
Album: Boxer (2007)
…New York, United States…
Its a record of dark beauty, that on a knife edge manages to mix the right amount of tension and elegance. Its an impressive record that deals with observations of a city, friends, lovers and strangers.
To me “Mistaken By Strangers” is about growing into adulthood and starting to move in different circles than current friends who are quite happy not to embrace change. Experiencing the world/city through your own eyes, and developing into someone new to the point that you become anonymous to these old friends.
Song: “Knife”
Artist: Grizzly Bear
Album: Yellow House (2006)
…Hailing from Brooklyn, New York…
Waking this morning with a slightly shriveled, dehydrated brain rattling around in my vast expanse of a skull, I decided I needed a little melody, a little ambiance, a little atmospheric conditioning before I actually got going. So while I showered and tried to wash away last nights beers from my behind my eyes I was embraced with the seductive melodies from this little known band.
Poetic, expansive, opaque sounds filled my bathroom combined with some absolutely mesmerizing vocals. “Knife” is one of my favorite tracks off the album, it deals with backstabbing, cheating and pretty much stringing somebody along.
Check out the youtube clip….its bizarre.
Lastfm – http://www.last.fm/music/Grizzly+Bear
Song: “All Fired Up”
Artist: Interpol
Album: Our Love To Admire
…The third studio album from these post-punk/indie New Yorkers…
Personally I’m not the biggest fan of Interpol, I think there are definetly better bands out there. For example ’The National’, to me they have a richer sound which I like. But to say that, this album is slowly growing on me over time and I kept singing this song in my head all yesterday afternoon.
To me this song just bleed’s festering, sexual frustration. To me its the control that immorality, wickedness, lust has over us all in some little way or big ways.
Lastfm – http://www.last.fm/music/Interpol
