September 04, 2009
HAPPY FOOT-TAPPING SONGS FRIDAY! Part deux.
Last night, while I avoided sleep and right before indulging in my Battlestar Galactica Obsession, I thought about all the music that allows me to take full advantage of this studio apartment by dancing like a maniac without any audience whatsoever.
So I have gathered three new (and old) foot-tapping songs! Feel free to add in. I think these are also good songs to listen to while cleaning your bathroom. Seriously, you need some good music to do that crap (no pun intended).
Enjoy!
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
My goodness. I cannot get this song out of constant repeat. Simply cannot. IT'S JUST SO FREAKIN ODD AND AWESOME!!!!!1one!!!!
Cafe Tacuba - Las Flores
The greatest Mexican alt rock band EVER. Hands down. Their sophomore album Re, released in 1994, cemented their quirky, social, varied musical stylings into the hearts of music lovers all over the world. This album is pure simple perfection. I had the pleasure of seeing them live in 2005. It was such a fantastic show. *amy sheds a happy tear for the good ol' times*
Jens Lekman - Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig
I love love love the guitar on this song as well as Jens' adorable voice. Reminds me how everything is just much more awesome in Scandinavia. At least that's what I perceive.
:)
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July 24, 2009
HAPPY FOOT-TAPPING SONGS FRIDAY!
Because I am extremely busy till sometime next week (HA who am I kidding, all this month and the next) I will space out my blog posts, though I have several planned out. Yes, that's the true mark of a geek: planning your blog entries while you are at work serving food. Or on the bus. Or in the shower.
In the meantime, I am declaring this day HAPPY FOOT-TAPPING SONGS FRIDAY. I am super duper happy right now, and hope this super duper happiness stays with me throughout the upcoming Pacific Northwest Winter. So I shall share three of my favorite foot-tapping songs. I encourage you all to do the same! Yayz! :
T-Rex - I love to Boogie
A clip from one of my favorite movies of all time, Billy Elliot, sung by one of the most AWESOME bands form the 70s, T-Rex! I dare you not to do a little dance to this song. You can't help it!
Phoenix - Lisztomania
Totally awesome song from French band Phoenix mashed up with clips from Brat-Pack movies from the 80s. BRILIANT!!! (Thanks Josie for sending me this!)
Feist - 1,2,3,4
I may have expressed my love for Feist in this blog. Her music gives me purpose and brightens up any gloomy day. This song and fun video is no exception!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND Y'ALL! Don't forget about the Summer Social!
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January 12, 2009
Crack the Shutters Open Wide
Snow Patrol, you make me want to be in love so so so bad.
Darn you PMS, darn you overcast Portland day.
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October 13, 2008
1,2,3,4 Feist you rock the world
This video fills my heart with such glee and happiness and wonderment and silliness and laughter that I don't think I can handle it...
But then I count to four (though I'm not coming back from the shore) and I am okay again.
Feist and Sesame Street = two of my favorite things in the whole world.
I'm pretty sure I learned to speak English with Sesame Street.
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November 10, 2007
Wonderwall
We know there are songs that travel through the ages, through generations and through marches of emotions. When a modern band, whose members were probably teenagers at the time of the Epic Song's release, plays it live at a concert, the entire audience, all hundreds of them, are united in song. And all the individual memories each person has of Wonderwall travel outside their bodies as cello strings to create one harmonious melody. It travels, travels, travels all the way to the edge of the Universe, to where the purity of 1996 lies and all is right with the Cosmos.
Couple it with a simple yet effective song as Look After You by Colorado band The Fray and you have a bridge connecting all those past memories of your youth to... this, whatever it is now.
What's your memory of Wonderwall?
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