Jukebox and the Ghost — Empire
I’ve got my knives in the heart of my sleeves
But this weather’s getting too nice for me
To keep an empire at peace
Bon Iver — For Emma (from the MySpace Transmissions)
Adele - Make you Feel My Love
Soundtrack for a beautifully dreary day. :)
Say Anything.
“This song is called… It’s a Metaphor, Fool.”
Jeff Pianki -A Little Closer
I felt so slow
guided by a nameless glow
and a fortune I knew long ago
in a field full of flightless crows
You wake up one day and you don’t recognize your face
and home is a place that feels so far away
I felt like I lost myself, I just lost my place
so I’ll keep walking and I’ll get a little closer every day
The Black Atlantic — Fragile Meadow
How ephemeral our grace is in these wind stricken plains
But I do believe
It is our fate to reside here
Away from the mountains of youth and safety
In a fragile meadow
(We build our home)
From the 33 1/3 book on In The Aeroplane Over the Sea by Kim Cooper.
“Surprisingly, “Oh Comely,” at 8:18 the longest song on the album, was recorded in a single take by Jeff by himself. The other musicians clustered around Robert in the control booth and in the tiny adjacent room for what they thought was just a test take as Jeff tried out the mic placement. Robert remembers feeling claustrophobic, with maybe twenty people standing around him. The rooms were laid out so Robert could hear Jeff’s playing through speakers, but also ambiently through the air. Although he was only supposed to play a verse or two, Jeff powered through the song, stunning his friends with a beautiful, passionate performance no less amazing for the uncontrolled moments when he veers out of tune. At the finish, everyone burst into spontaneous cheers and applause—you can hear someone, possible Scott Spillane, yell “Holy shit!” at the end of the track if you listen closely. The final version is almost exactly what Jeff played that day, with the addition of horn overdubs and a couple of places where Robert went in and doubled the vocal.”
Fall Out Boy — Honorable Mention
Can we just take a moment and remember that Fall Out Boy sounded like this and wrote like this at one point?
I served out my detention
And in the end I got an honorable mention
In the movie of my life
Starring you
Instead of me
TALKING ABOUT DETENTION IN A POP PUNK SONG? YES, THIS IS MY PRE-ADOLESCENCE. I’m so happy right now.
fuckyeahdisneysongs’ top 5 Disney love songs
#1: So Close - Enchanted
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody— Whitney Houston
Fucking LOVE this song. RIP, Whitney. <3
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You, Me and Everyone We Know — Colorful Language
It all comes back to the fact,
I don’t ever love enough.
‘Cause I’m just parked lacking heart,
…As if that were ever good enough.
So let’s not be vague.
We’re all a little f-f-freaked out these days.
So give me one drink and a tune,
And twenty minutes with you,
And oh oh,
I just wanna feel good tonight.
For a band that has two really short EPs to its name, I’ve listened to them more times than I could tell you. For some reason, though I don’t necessarily identify with the exact subject matter they’re singing about (however in this last listening spree, I’ve realized that I’ve grown to resonate with them a lot and that’s… early adulthood, I guess), I have always identified with their spirit.
Insecurity, uncertainty, missed connections, failed conversations, growing up, staying foolish, fighting wisdom, whatever… I get it.
Loving unconditionally, feeling beautifully wounded, staying up all night, driving from random park to random pier to random park, living with the breath of youth flickering in my chest… I get that too.
