A phenomenal song. Seriously, just listen. Shirley’s voice, and the ‘Heads arrangement…EPIC.
This was also used in a Jaguar car ad, and I cannot seem to find it. if anyone knows of this, can you please post?
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Earworm: Lost in the Echo by Linkin Park
Okay, a first for me, and more to come in the future.
This is my first Earworm post chronicling my favorite band of all time. I’d held back on writing about them, for their songs are literally always stuck in my head. I know the lyrics to all the songs off of their 5 albums, trust me. The Big Cheese can attest to this.
But this one is special. Although it isn’t the first song I heard off the album (it would’ve been “Burn it Down”), it, for me, marked the return of Mike’s rap, something that has been gone for a while. It reared its head here and there, but in “Lost in the Echo,” it became obvious clear that Mike Shinoda still has the rhythm and rhyme.
During an assembly for school, a video was shown. The title intro song? LOST IN THE ECHO. I damn near just got up out of my seat, walked on stage, and started singing it. Wish I had.
Oh, and the music video just came out, about a month ago. It released as an interactive video. You linked your Facebook account to the video and the characters interacted with you, using your photos as the memories that were “lost in the echo.”
Earworm: “Woo Boost” by Rusko.
Um, well, yes, this is dubstep. Woo-woo-woo-bahbahbah-woop. That kinda ish, y’know? The noise your grandparents complain about.
I guess this is a popular dubstep song to begin with, but I heard it first just this weekend in an Adidas outlet store in Deer Park, Long Island. Heard it playing and instantly knew I had to Shazam it.
Not a bad tune to get the energy flowing when painting or drawing or on a photography shoot or driving or whatever you’re doing. Played it all day today when I was drawing. Drawing, drawing, drawing. Arts.
All I can think about lately is arts.
Oh, and the fact that technology is failing on me. My phone is breaking again, although I can safely blame one or two apparatuses, one being the actual charging port itself, or the charging cable I am using. And my mom’s laptop literally crashed as soon as I turned it on.
Earworm: “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Ever get one of those day’s when things just don’t work out? Phone ran out of charge, left your wallet at home, train’s late, little annoyances that just make you go “FUCK!”. I do, and yes, I do get annoyed. I’m annoyed my Droid Bionic sucks ass, annoyed I have to commute 4 hours a day to work, annoyed I don’t make enough money, etc., etc.,.
Ever think that you’re glad you can make such complaints to those little annoyances? Probably not, but it’s nice that you can bitch about it. Think in other places in the world, that, they can’t even do such things. At times it puts me back in my place, put’s things in perspective, and makes me grateful for all the things that I have, good or bad.
I think this song from one of my favorite movies sums it up.
Earworm: “Bye Bye Bye” by ‘N Sync
Oh lord, does this song bring back memories. Back when boy bands were the ish.
‘N Sync and The Backstreet Boys and and Britney Spears ruled pop radio back then.
It came on the radio today in the car, and I was so pumped to hear the song again. It’s been stuck in my head all day. “EARWORM?! Hell yes,” I thought immediately.
I remember when I watched the music video for this song when I was a kid and just felt like running around my house like a maniac. I would dance for hours to this song.
There’s not much to say about this incredible pop hit besides that it is on my list of Top 10 Favorite Songs.
Earworm: “Arms” – Christina Perri
This song I’ve always liked, but I never really paid attention to it until my boss kept asking who sings it. Finally, sometime earlier this week, he told us why this song was in his mind, one of his daughters had a dance recital, and they used this song. He said it was quite powerful, and these are 9 year olds that were doing it. Finally, got a hold of the song, and we played it at work, and I was able to listen to it in depth.
It is quite powerful, I love how it starts off all mellow, with a simple guitar strumming, then slowly an instrument gets added as the song progresses and suddenly the drum’s drop, and it’s just a great build up, and I actually felt my spine tingling. The video itself is quite entertaining, and very true to the song. I’ve felt like this at time, and, well, just enjoy it.
Earworm: “Canned Heat” – Jamiroquai
For some reason this song has been stuck in my head for a few days. I recently heard it on Sirius XM, and it sort of brought me back to one of my favorite movies of all time, Napoleon Dynamite. Jon Heder doing that dance to this song is just EPIC. JayKay also happens to be a big gear head and has made multiple appearances on one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Top Gear.
Anyway, the song is way trippy, as is the video. It’s just a joy to listen to, puts you in a sort of feel good mood. I don’t know, i’ve listened to it a few times over the past few days and it has made me feel a bit better.
And as an extra, Jon Heder’s EPIC performance from Napoleon Dynamite.
Earworm: “This is Gallifrey”/”Vale Decem” composed by Murray Gold
Doctor Who. An epic show. The longest running sci-fi show in history, in fact.
Every season of this epic show holds an epic official soundtrack, and Murray Gold hasn’t failed to deliver with his compositions.
Two of my many favorite compositions are “This is Gallifrey” and “Vale Decem,” songs that were used to send off David Tennant, the 10th reincarnation of The Doctor.
Lo and behold, Doctor Who Prom performed those two back-to-back in 2010. I am pleased beyond imagination.
Earworm: “Stay” by Hurts
Ah, right in the feels.
I am a Whovian. A few months ago, through the fandom, I heard this song. It’s a great song, really. I can’t say that I don’t like it.
But the pain in this song is made more obvious through the fan made music video. There’s no use in explaining it if you haven’t watched the series, and I do highly suggest you watch. It’s brilliant. Fantastic. Bring a banana, because the show is a party. Geronimo! Jump right into it, don’t hesitate. Season 7 part 1 is ending this weekend, and I do not want to miss it.
Here is the official music video:
And here is the fan-made, Doctor Who themed video:
Earworm: 80’s Theme’s Edition – Mask, Silver Hawks, Bravestarr, Defenders of the Earth
Continuing with our Earworm Cartoon’s Tehem’s Edition, we start off with M.A.S.K. or Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. They went against the evil criminal organization called V.E.N.O.M or Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem.
What’s cool about this cartoon was that the vehicles can turn into other vehicles, like M.A.S.K.’s leader Matt Trakker’s Camaro can transform into a plane. The drivers, also wore Masks with special abilities. I can’t remember much, but it was quite entertaining, and the toy’s were super cool too.
[youtube http://youtu.be/M0BzBFWt8V8]
Next up is Silver Hawks. Basically space cops fighting space mob’s. They were partly metal and partly real. The theme to this was catchy, really catchy, and I think ranks 2nd in my list of cartoon theme’s (Bionic Six ranks 1st).
The cartoon was also essentially a space version of Thunder Cats.
[youtube http://youtu.be/jyukifAmPNo]
Next up is Bravestarr. A futuristic cowboy with the strength of a bear, eyes of the hawk, speed of a puma, ears of a wolf and the kicker, a kick ass horse for a partner, as a kid, sounds like a winner. The theme is not as catchy as the above, but hey, still gives me nostalgic chills whenever I hear it.
[youtube http://youtu.be/UaMo4k7iG7s]
And lastly, Defenders of the Earth. Basically a team featuring characters from Kings Features Syndicate comics. I never got to see this in it’s original run, but thank goodness for syndication, re-runs were showed in the 90’s and even though I was older, I still enjoyed watching it. The theme is pretty kick ass too.
[youtube http://youtu.be/-Nm_jJBkHtU]
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