Douglas Dollars is Six Times AliveBob Dylan - Love Sick (5:27) (lyrics)
This song has the coldness of winter all through it. Even if you don’t think you like Bob Dylan, I think you might like this track.
Or if you like, here’s an inferior live White Stripes cover of the same song (YouTube video)
Cygnets. - “Strangers For Years” (3:08)
They’re local, and I enjoy the chorus.
Tegan and Sara - “The Cure” (3:22)
The part around 1:40 in the song with all the “Oh”s and “So”s is just patterned so oddly when sung, and one of the things that always make me like T&S just that little bit more. You know, since I can’t marry them both.
Xiu Xiu - “I Do What I Want, When I Want” (3:12)
“To disregard caution”
I do so love the lyrics of the song, but it’s pretty sappy overall, at least in my view.
Morrissey - “Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference” (3:12)
From “Who Put the ‘M’ in Manchester”
I have posted the video for this song previously.
Favorite lines:
“The difference saved me” and “I will not change and I will not be nice.”
David Karsten Daniels - “Scripts” (3:27) (lyrics)
“for now it’s still long silences in between a are you still there?”
This is a short song. The majority of the lyrics end right after the halfway point, and the subject is sad (as usual for what I listen to), but it’s so well made.
David also added me on Twitter before I realised he was there, so I can only assume he knows I’ve been spreading the word of his great work. If you want to get into his work (I highly suggest you do) I’d also recommend “American Pastime” off of this same album.
Hefner - “The Hymn For The Cigarettes” (3:53) (lyrics)
“This joy I have could lift this ceiling from its rafters, but I’m not laughing.”
I’ve loved this song since I first heard it some time in late 1999. A decade later, it’s still a track I won’t skip. The lyrics aren’t too cheery, but it’s never bothered me.
Spank Rock - Put That Pussy on me (Diplo tonite remix) (3:38)
Listen if (any of these apply):
Lightspeed Champion - “No Surprises (For Wendela)” (5:08)
I know I’ve posted this before, but I’m betting most people either haven’t heard it or have forgotten about it.
AFI - “End Transmission” (3:48)
A simple song in terms of lyrics (another song about love, murder, and driving), but a pretty catchy track. I won’t be posting AFI songs forever, but I might post one more after this one. As usual, I think most of you might like this.
“If there’s discretion that you might abandon
Now’s the time”
Let’s all have a good Friday and meet back here.
AFI - “Okay, I Feel Better Now” (4:31)
The new AFI album hits stores next Tuesday (I think). I’ve had it for a few days now and it’s probably my second favorite album of theirs so far. It’s a really solid album, and I hope it works for more than just a couple niche groups.
Xiu Xiu - “Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl” (3:18)
Here’s a full song version of the previously posted video.
“I like my neighborhood, I like my gun
drive in my little car, I am your girl and I will protect you”
I’m not in a sad mood or anything, I just really find Xiu Xiu to be great music the last few days.
Xiu Xiu - “Fast Car” (5:43)
A cover and highly altered version of the Tracy Chapman song. Just as sad as the original.
If you don’t like Xiu Xiu, you probably won’t like this track at all.
The Prodigy - “Invaders Must Die” (4:55)
[x] Song is about a year old
[x] Trying to launch you into Saturday evening party mode
Brand New - “At The Bottom” (4:04)
I know it’s probably some sort of teenage-girl thing to like Brand New, but that doesn’t bother me much. Apart from the line below, I like the idea of now being too old to die young.
“Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold / Some die looking for a hand to hold”
