A most excellent cover

Kylie makes this song her own, yet retains the spirit of the original. Good job.

You make my dreams come true

I just saw 500 days of summer. Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the hottest, coolest, most stylish man on earth?!?!?!?!?!? There's this karaoke scene where he covers the pixie's 'Here Comes Your Man' and woah. Seriously ladies, check it out.

The Pixies
Here comes your man

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/758571643/11a334334e0db5c153a6028cfdf7355f

Here is the amazing dance sequence - another highlight of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seAJsrtIbQ

One of my favourite NZ bands, Bear Cat just released their album, Xiong Mao. This song was my pick for a competition that Duncan and I judged a year or so ago and we got so much hate for liking it. Yes P-Money, that's right.

Bear Cat
Red Panda Blues

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/758569625/8a2a29c9a1326be64ebd90d753be7d9e

Also, i really like '80s synths and girl vocals. And this song ticks both boxes.

Au Revoir Simone
Shadows (The Teenagers mix)

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/758567113/c92e154dd12cb6f909968f90723c174b

That is all. Please comment. I never get any comments.

now that we're midway through october...

here's that miike snow i alluded to last time around, this one seems to get stuck in people's heads (plus it appears the lead singer is some kind of hipster jesus):

another catchy tune, from a band made up of vampire weekend and ra ra riot:

drake is supposed to be the next big thing, but i pretty much got sick of his last single, and i can't say i understand this video - it's too long, features too many other artists & product placements, and why is lebron in it? but that said, i do listen to it when it comes on the radio: YouTube - Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem - Forever (embed kindly disabled by universal music group)

p.p.s.

by my count we're at about 69 songs posted so far. who has some free time? someone needs to post the first power hour mix...

Songs that make me happy

Hello. This is my first post and I hope you like it!

I have been obsessed with the first two songs for quite some time, and the third, well it just makes me smile. Hope it make you smile too.

-Sarah

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

The Beta Band - Squares

Datarock - I will always remember

This is my first time using yousendit, so please let me know if the links don't work.

Basshunter is sick

Basshunter has been out for a while but I was reminded of his brilliance today when I got an email from a friend about Basshunter's smash..."Now You're Gone"




His other videos follow the same story line...

Pumped A Lot Of 'Tane Down In New Orleans

I love pop songs that make being lonely sound like the greatest thing ever. Dude was a total hottie too (and OG hipster - sunglasses on at all times.)
Scott Walker - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (1966)

I found this version of Hot Chocolate's 'So You Win Again' by a South African pop band - it's amazing how much a song can reveal about itself when you strip away the sequins.
Copperfield - So You Win Again (1977)

Chris Brown Syndrome in full effect – I absolutely love Ike with Tina. I really don't want to but... you know. This is their version of CCR's 'Proud Mary'. It's got a super slutty spoken word intro, and I love how in the build up you hear Tina's voice crack a bit as she sings "Rolling on a river," just from sheer restraint. Sister is chomping at the bit to let rip, and then she goes for it full throttle and it's like nothing else in the world. Listen to it loud.
Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary (1971)

Proud Mary live on Soul Train 1971 (YouTube)

PS

PS I was wondering if people for sure prefer this blog to be private, or if a switch to 'a public option' would be preferred (cue torrent of inflammatory propaganda, cf. American healthcare reform "debate"..).

Calcium mines, buried deep in your chest

October kind of snuck up on me, feel like it's almost already over. Which of course it's not.

First song has been something of a summer anthem among some of the people I've been hanging out with in SF. One could be forgiven, I think, for mistaking this for a new Andre Benjamin single. I like the line "we're always happy, that's the living in The South philosophy".

Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime

For my second song I was planning to post Warren Zevon's "Keep Me In Your Heart", a song I discovered on one of Josh's recent mixtapes. Quite amazing I think, although quite arguably overly sentimental, like the worse parts of John Lennon's catalogue. I quite like it tho.

But that got me thinking about this other killer Zevon track, also new to me recently via another of Josh's mixtapes. And Dan Braun the author reminded me of it recently. I can't quite keep the narrative straight, something about Denmark and the Congolese and Berkeley. Enjoy

Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

I discovered Andrew Bird via my flatmate and got the latest album. At times amazing, often too cerebral for me and a bit annoying i.m.h.o. But this track started appearing in the back of my brain in the latter half of September, and now it is part of me.

Andrew Bird - Oh No