Day 2 of our female artist earworm week, and today we shall share with you another 80’s pop icon, Tiffany. Her and Debbie Gibson battled it out back in the day. I do however prefer more of Debbie’s songs. Anyway, enjoy this great 80’s hit.
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Earworm: Ylvis – The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)
My fiancee played this for me this weekend, and it is in a true sense an earworm, since I cannot get this damn tune out of my head. It’s meant to be silly, and it’s just that silly and ridiculous. Watch for yourself.
Earworm: Michael Franti & Spearhead – I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like)
I don’t hear this song much, but when I do, it lifts up my mood. It’s just a catchy song, and it gets me whistling through out the day. I hope it lifts up your mood to as it does me.
Earworm: “Flaws” by Bastille
You all know my weak heart for indie rock.
And we all know how much I love the UK. And having recently rediscovered Bastille through YouTube of all places, I figured I’d share this with you all.
I’ve had Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood sitting in my music folder for the longest time, my friends had recommended them to me and I downloaded their album without even thinking about if I would like their music or not. This is one of the greatest leaps of faith ever, because lo and behold, I love their music. They’re a high quality four man group, and Dan Smith’s vocals definitely throw it over the edge.
And his hair? DAMN HIS HAIR IS AWESOME. (This lil bit about hair is a little joke at The Big Cheese and my other cousins who mock me and my “One Direction” hair. By the way, my gravitar is inaccurate to my face, now. I should change that.)
Anyway.
Bastille is great, listen to the entire album Bad Blood. Look up their acoustic sessions on YouTube. Find their Abbey Road sessions, too. It’s incredible. The violins and the vocals it’s just heavenly.
Regular:
Acoustic Live in Paris:
Abbey Road:
Earworm: Foolish Games – Jewel
I recently listened to Jewel’s greatest hits album, and it sort of brought back memories of when she was really big back in the 90’s. Yes, it’s not the typical music I listen to these day’s, but back then, I was still sort of discovering anything outside of the top pop hits that were being played on the radio. I didn’t get a say to what music was being played in the car, and I didn’t really care much for music outside of the car back then. Anyway, Jewel was probably one of my first musical crushes. She’s just so beautiful, and such a powerful voice. Anyway, here’s one of my all time favorite songs of hers.
Here’s also a nice version that is found on the greatest hits album, it’s a duet with Kelly Clarkson. I really enjoyed this one as well.
Earworm: “Ocean’s Deep” by Born Ruffians
Judge my indie music taste. I dare you.
[Disclaimer: hipster music has gotten to me.]
Born Ruffians is a band incredibly popular on SoundCloud, and I realize why. Their sound is infectious. “Exuberant pop,” I heard, was one of their taglines on SoundCloud. And it reigns true to its word, this description.
Lead singer Luke Lalonde has one of those whiny voices girls swoon over, but I’m glad zero of my friends know of this band, for they’d ruin it for me.
My largest fear for indie bands (and yes, this is so ‘hipster’ for me to say) is to see them become a radio/production company puppet. One where their music no longer comes from the heart but from trying to make pop hits. Acts lose their integrity from fame, it’s the sad truth. Sure, some bands handle it properly, such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore and Panic! at the Disco (all coincidentally signed to Fueled by Ramen records). But many bands just go to shit.
Born Ruffians is unheard of, and they’re unspeakably good.
Have a listen to this acoustic jam.
And here’s the regular edition.
Let me know which one you prefer!
Earworm: Tegan and Sara – Closer
I didn’t like this song at first, but the more I heard it, I grew to love it. It’s so catchy, and sort of reminds me of Franz Ferdinands “Take Me Out“. Enjoy
and here’s Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out”
Earworm: “The Run and Go” by Twenty One Pilots
Who knew Ohio could produce such great musical duos?
Akron already blessed us with The Black Keys, and here come along twenty | one | pilots from Columbus?
Surely they were a well known band before I discovered them, but wow my ears are pleased. Very pleased. They’re another fantastic band signed to Fueled by Ramen.
My friend Marco had been trying so hard to get me to listen to their music, always plugging them into conversations here and there. At around 4 in the morning, I decided, hey, what’s some new music to listen to? Oh, right, these guys! And here I am. Pointlessly rambling to a computer screen hoping for you guys to read this and listen to the same music as I do.
Unfortunately, the voice of lead singer Tyler Joseph does have a bit of a resemblance to Nate Ruess, lead singer of fun.
So here. Enjoy it.
Slow times and an Earworm
Hey all,
This is getting to be too frequent. We are all just too busy, between the three of us, life keeps getting in the way. It gets harder and harder to get some stuff up. We do have stuff, but just haven’t been able to wrap it up.
Hopefully we can finish a few of them up. Next week should be fun with E3, and more news on the the next gen consoles. Also, The Last of Us drops, so maybe we can give you some stuff. Again, we promise to give you more content, just bear with us a little bit as we try to shuffle our schedules around some.
For now I will leave you with a video of Icona Pop‘s ‘I Don’t Care’. I have been hearing it a lot, and it’s stuck on my head.
[youtube http://youtu.be/UxxajLWwzqY]Earworm: “Old Yellow Bricks” by Arctic Monkeys
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