A Kate Nash Double Bill

I haven't played either of these for a long time.
And as much as I've grown to dislike her messy writing style and songs which prodominantly sound the same...
The familiarity that these two give me is really nice.

Old Dances

Your lips are darker than before
and the bags under your eyes are blacker than they were
and there's something different about your skin
and nobody knows how you got home last night

Your bones are making me feel weary
and when you speak I can't hear a word that you say

And nobody knows how you got home last night
And still no one knows how you got home last night

There were three old dances we could dance maybe
Three old songs that we could sing maybe
everything could be alright
But I keep tripping up the steps
and there's some words I just forget
and the tunes are fuzzy in my mind
and nobody knows how you got home last night
still nobody knows how you got home

and my brain hurts, and my shoulders ache and I, I'm not sure if my heart can take,
and my brain hurts, and my shoulders ache and I have never felt this kind of pain.
and my brain hurts, and my shoulders ache and I think my heart's about to break.

and nobody knows how you got home last night
still no one knows how you got home last night

Navy Taxi

Rain spat in my face, thanks a lot mate
And I lost a tenner on the way
Thinking about it, did I spend it last night
When I was drunk and I wanted to get more drunk

Missed the train, thanks a lot mate
I didn't want to be late today, cause I'm always late
And I really hate always being late
And now the other train is delayed... great.

Carrying bags and a navy taxi man said

"Take your time love
'Cause you don't have to rush
'Cause it's your life and it's no one else's, sweetheart
Don't let someone put you in a box."

So I take all that other stuff that I said before
And I'm gonna make it work
'Cause I'm losing my mind and it's driving me up the wall

So I tried to help you carry your shopping
But I wasn't concentrating, I was talking
And I got it caught on the side of this thing and it split
And I'd try to help you walk along but I'd probably end up pushing you over
But don't worry, I'll never let you fall

And I'm stubborn and I shout and I'll cut you out
And I'll make you feel like I never wanted to make you feel

And this time, it will be different,
This time, it will be different.

Adele - First Love

So
little to say but so much time,
despite my empty mouth
the words are in my mind.
Please wear the face,
the one where you smile,
because you lighten up my heart
when I start to cry.

Forgive me first love, but I’m tired.
I need to get away
to feel again.
Try to understand why
don’t get so close to change my mind.
Please wipe that look out of your eyes,
it’s bribing me to doubt myself;
simply, it’s tiring.

This love has dried up and stayed behind,
and if I stay I’d live a lie
then choke on words
I’d always hide.
Excuse me first love,
but we’re through.
I need to taste a kiss from someone new.

Forgive me first love, but I’m too tired.
I’m bored to say the least
and I lack desire.
Forgive me, first love.

Volver

I really like this.
It has a really strong womanly vibe to it...
Motherly, but with really differen't independant stories mixed in with it.
Really European, but at the same time really familiar.

And while it does'nt over-use Penelope Cruz's beauty, it really shows how beautiful she is by not over-doing it.

Gorgeous.

Howling Bells - Radio Wars

It Ain't You
You're the king and I'm the Queen
We could be such a beautiful thing
'Untouchable', I hear them say...

You won't save me, you can't break me
Yes it's true
Darling, it ain't you.



Let's Be Kids
We don't wanna know about this currency
We don't wanna know about this 9 to 5
We don't wanna hear about your policies
We don't wanna live up to these expectations

A childlike dream
Yeah, you know what I mean.



Digital Hearts
This is some pretty, some dirty game.
You're the ultimate lie
You'd rather sell your soul that compromise
And I'm listening, but there's nothing on.



Golden Web
You bit me.
And you ran away, just like a spider.

And now there's no-where to run.

Edith Piaf - La Foule

The passion and identification with which this woman could perform was second to none.
No one tells stories like this anymore...


Je revois la ville en fete et en délire
Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie
Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires
Qui éclatent et rebondissent autour de moi
Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent
Étourdie, désemparée, je reste là
Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule,
Et la foule vient de me jeter entre ses bras...

Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne
Nous entraîne
Écrasés l'un contre l'autre
Nous ne formons qu'un seul corps
Et le flot sans effort
Nous pousse, enchaînés l'un et l'autre
Et nous laisse tous deux
Épanouis, enivrés et heureux.
Entraînés par la foule qui s'élance
Et qui danse
Une folle farandole
Nos deux mains restent soudées
Et parfois soulevés
Nos deux corps enlacés s'envolent
Et retombent tous deux
Épanouis, enivrés et heureux...

Et la joie éclaboussée par son sourire
Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi
Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires
Quand la foule vient l'arracher d'entre mes bras...

Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne
Nous entraîne
Nous éloigne l'un de l'autre
Je lutte et je me débats
Mais le son de sa voix
S'étouffe dans les rires des autres
Et je crie de douleur, de fureur et de rage
Et je pleure...

Entraînée par la foule qui s'élance
Et qui danse
Une folle farandole
Je suis emportée au loin
Et je crispe mes poings, maudissant la foule qui me vole
L'homme qu'elle m'avait donné
Et que je n'ai jamais retrouvé...


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i see the city again, in festival
suffocating in sun-drenched merriment
and i hear shouts and lughter amidst the music
which breaks out and bounces all around me
and lost among these people who jostle me
dizzy, distressed, I stay there
When suddenly, I turn, he draws back
And the crowd throws me into his arms.

Carried away by the crowd which drags us
carries us off
squashes us against each other
we form one body
and the effortless stream pushes us, chained to one another
and leaves us both expansive, intoxicated, happy
dragged along by the crowd that dashes forward
and dances a mad farandole
our two hands stay joined and sometimes raised
our two bodies entwined fly off and we both fall back
expansive, intoxicated, happy.

and the joy radiating from his smile
pierces me and bursts forth from my depths
but suddenly i cry out amidst the laughter
As the crowd starts to tear him from my amrs

Carried away by the crowd which drags us
pulls us along, pulls us far from each other
I fight and struggle
but the sound of his voice is muffled by the laughter of others
I scream in pain, fury and rage
and I cry.

Carried away by the crowd which dashes forward
and dances a mad farandole
I am carried away far off
I clench my fists, cursing the crowd that stole
The man it gave me, whom I will never find again.

Landlocked Blues

This poor whale got stuck today off the coast of Cork, Ireland.
After the news went out on the radio, 5000 people went to try and push him back out to sea.
Unfortunately, the tide went out too quickly and he didn't make it.
They think he might have been hit by a ship, and this probably confused him a bit.

I thought I was having a shit day, but this puts it into perspective a bit.

I really like whales.

The Emlist

I made this because the Emily and I are driving(!!) home tomorrow
And I was ASTOUNDED at the amount of horrific music that I have on my hard drive because of her.

This playlist is a celebration of that.

1. Mish Mash - Speechless
2. L-Marie (GTA3 Soundtrack) - Free Yourself
3. Phixx - Love Revolution
4. Cassie - Long Way To Go
5. Ace of Base - Life Is A Flower
6. Audio Club - Somethin' Serious
7. Celine Dion - Think Twice
8. Dream - He Loves You Not
9. FHM Girls - I Touch Myself
10. Filter - Take A Picture
11. Infernal - Self Control
12. Jessica Simpson - I Think I'm In Love
13. Joe Budden - Fire
14. Magnet - Lindsay Lohan
15. Lola - No Strings (Remix)
16. Nathan - Cold As Ice
17. S Club 8 - Sundown
18. Yummy Bingham - Come Get It
19. Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair

The Postal Service - Nothing Better

I will never stop loving this song.
I love this duet.



Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That your're deserting for better company?
I can't accept that it's over...
I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry

So just say how to make it right
And i swear i'll do my best to comply

Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

I feel must interject here you're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions and gaps in history
So let me help you remember.
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear.
I've prepared a lecture on why i have to leave

So please back away and let me go
I can't my darling i love you so...

Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together
Don't you feed me lines about some idealistic future
Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

I admit that i have made mistakes and i swear
I'll never wrong you again
You've got a lure i can't deny,
But you've had your chance so say goodbye
Say goodbye

'Eyes' by Alessandro Canu

Lights - White

Are there oceans full of things you'll never say
Are there skylines of the cities you don't see
Is there music muted playing underneath
Is mathematics keeping you from thinking free

Don't let rain clouds cry at all of your parades
Let the other side of darkness kiss your face
Into the sea, into the sea.

Do you see lights?
Turn your shadows white
Do you feel bright?
Turn your shadows white

All the things I'll never say
All the shadows in the way

Why I Unexpectedly Love The Fray

It's been brewing for quite a while, and I really don't know why.

I was so bored with their first album, it was silly.

And then I re-joined the club for a little with the live version of 'Look After You'.

Which is odd, because I had been told that they are crap live.
Well, YOU are crap live.

Their new stuff is the same old formula, but I don't care.
I am a shameless fan of The Fray.

Oh dear.

To help (and because it is a slow Sunday) I have made this handy FRAYCHART.




(1)
I hear 'How to Save a Life' for the first time on Dawn's (?!) Myspace.
It is quite good.

(2)
I manage to aquire the album.
Not sure how, because I sure as hell wasn't interested enough to buy it.
I quickly get tired because it is SO BLOODY BORING.

(3)
I ditch The Fray altogether after learning that the majority of their songs are about God.
And also not very exciting, still.

(4)
After a gradual resurgence thanks to the live 'Look After You' I decide I do actually quite like the album.
And it is not really that boring at all.
Apart from 'Vienna'.

(5)
Their new stuff is quite catchy!
And still God-related, but in a not-too-obvious-and-offputting way.
Which is trash, because it is exactly the same as the old stuff.
I am just less fickle, or more to the point, have worse taste in music.

:(

La Roux - Quicksand

On a lot of 'Big in 2009' lists.
I like her because there is a big pineapple in her video.

I am the obsessor
Holding your hand
It seems you have forgotten
About your man
Alone in the darkness
My bed's a different land
Your touch intensifies

And I'm in the quicksand

You're the upsettor
Stroking my hand
What's my position?
I don't understand
Am I your possession?
Am I in demand?
Oh when you turn to me

I'm in the quicksand

You, you moved into my mind again
You, walking around and free
Oh I could let you stay
But I'm walking on broken ground again
Oh, oh when will I learn?
All you do is push me back in the dark

Ladyhawke - My Delerium

so fucking Blondie it hurts.
And I love how it hurts.



Late night, Waiting by the phone
Tonight waiting for an answer
Heartbeat drumming double time
I need one more chance to be near you

Still hanging on (for what)
Can't operate (fired up)
I won't eat and I won't sleep for you, yeah
No rest till I (get through)
Coz I'm holding out (for you)
Am I the only one who's insane

Hey, You're playing with my delerium
And the longer I wait the harder I'm gonna fall
Stop, playing with my delerium
Coz I'm outa my head and outa my self control

Still here in this quiet room
Deep in delusion sending me over
Outside watch the world go by
Inside time stands still as I wonder.

Coldplay - Lost!

Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I'm in a cross

Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve
No better and no worse

I just got lost
Every river that I've tried to cross
And every door I ever tried was locked
I'm just waiting till the shine wears off

You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come
A bigger one

And you'll be lost
Every river that you try to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
I'm just waiting till the firing stops
I'm just waiting till the shine wears off.

Milan