can't get you outta my head

hand on your heart

by jose gonzalez

well it's one thing to fall in love
but another to make it last
i thought that we were just beginning
and now you say we're in the past
look me in the eye
and tell me we are really through

you know it's one thing to say you love me
but another to mean it from the heart
and if you don't intend to see it through
why did we ever start?
i wanna hear you tell me
you don't want my love

put your hand on your heart and tell me
it's all over
i won't believe it till you
put your hand on your heart and tell me
that we're through
put your hand on your heart

they like to talk about for ever
most people never get the chance
do you wanna lose our love together
do you find a new romance
i wanna hear you tell me
you don't want my love

put your hand on your heart and tell me
it's all over
i won't believe it till you
put your hand on your heart and tell me
that we're through
put your hand on your heart
hand on your heart

look me in the eye
and tell me we are really through

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stuck in my brain

for emma

bon iver

so apropos

saw death on a sunny snow

for every life

forgo the parable

seek the light

my knees are cold

running home, running home,

running home, running home

go find another lover

to bring a..., to string along

with all your lies

you're still very lovable

i toured the light

so many foreign roads

for emma

forever ago

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current obsessions.

and so i've finally reached winter break and i'm totally stoked, but i really don't know what to do with myself. i'm still waiting to hear about one grade and can't seem to stop stressing about it. this particular grade means a lot to my gpa/major/schedule/too much to think about. needless to say, i'm freaked. i've been trying to find things to distract myself from it all: work, friendship bracelets, sugar cookies, sugar cookies with vanilla frosting, sleep, etc; however, the most effective distraction i've found has been 90s hip hop. seriously, it's perf.

i watched this movie called, the wackness, recently, probably about a month ago. super good. freaking josh from drake and josh and ben kingsley! if you haven't seen it i definitely recommend it. the movie centers around a pot dealer the summer after he graduates high school and the bond he forms with his shrink. the soundtrack is rad. totally rad. and exactly what i needed for today. so here are a few of my current obsessions (not all from the soundtrack but all equally sick):

bump n' grind (r. kelly)

can i kick it? (a tribe called quest)

season of the witch (donovan)

ignition (r. kelly)

that thing (lauryn hill even though it's not from the 90s)

gin and juice (snoop dogg)

i'll be missing you (faith evans/puff daddy)

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some finishing touches

after looking through the playlist i created last week, i realized it just wasn't lengthy enough and that a few songs were missing. so let me just add a few more...

21. beast of burden: the rolling stones (suuuch a good one. try comparing this intro with miley cyrus's party in the usa, i think the resemblance is what made me break down and actually like one of her songs)

22. history repeating: propellerheads feat. shirley bassey (though i've always loved this song, i must admit that my recent obsession was sparked by the season premier of the hills when just as the closing credits began to roll shirley bassey's voice pipes in with, "and it's all just a little bit of history repeating." perfection.)

23. wasted: cartel (introduced to me by one of my roomies and now i can't stop listening to it)

24. xanax: maria taylor (i rediscovered this song on an old mix cd a youth leader at my church gave me and it's so so good)

25. as much as i ever could: city and colour (i just want dallas green to serenade me forever)

enjoy =]

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the (most recent) soundtrack of my life

i feel like it's been a pretty solid month. throughout the past few weeks several songs have been shuffling in and out of my mind. my recent love for/obsession with some of these songs is a little embarrassing to admit, but here we go (in no particular order)...

1. empire state of mind: jay-z feat. alicia keys (the vma performance made me want to go to new york...where dreams are made of)

2. L.E.S. Artistes: santigold

3. heartbeats: jose gonzalez (a cover of the knife's more electro original)

4. she wolf: shakira (except this video is a little too freaky)

5. wise up: amiee mann (this video is from the movie magnolia)

6. chan chan: buena vista social club

7. let's get it on: marvin gaye (seriously, this song is way too good. one of my favorite movie scenes of all time is this one from high fidelity where jack black covers this classic)

8. elevator love letter: stars (the opening chords and the bassline that skips right along side with it, aaahhhh. superb)

9. love song: the cure (i once had the pleasure of playing this song for a youth event at my church. love the bassline. 311 does a really nice cover, too)

10. your hand in mine: explosions in the sky (lyricless and beautiful)

11. post-war: m. ward (you gotta really listen to the lyrics)

12. skeleton boy: friendly fires (i know i've posted this video before, but it never gets out of my head)

13. good girls go bad: cobra starship (i lovelovelove everything about this video)

14. good ol' fashion nightmare: matt & kim (definitely would have been my number one must-see band at outside lands this year. unfortunately i was too broke to buy a ticket)

15. party in the usa: miley cyrus (the first song i've ever liked from her. just makes you wanna dance, i swear)

16. we are not a football team: minus the bear (always)

17. ready for the floor: hot chip (check out the video!!)

18. let's stay together: al green (there's a special place in my heart for al green. for some reason i really started liking him my freshman year of high school. that year one of my favorite christmas presents was a cd of his greatest hits)

19. best i ever had: drake (i hated it at first, but it's become a sort of anthem among my friends)

20. sweet dreams: beyonce (she's too good for her own good)

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YYYs 101 (by request)

and now because of a request made by this one, here is the extent of my knowledge and simple love for the yeah yeah yeahs. honestly, i don't know too much about them, but i have always loved their contribution to music: a three-piece, chick-led, indie rock band without a bass player. normally this kind of band wouldn't make it passed the middle school talent show. i'm a bass player myself and if i had a dollar for every time someone told me they didn't realize which part i was contributing to the song until either i dropped out or everyone else in the band dropped out, i'd probably have about $27, but i don't play too often so that's saying a lot. so it has always amazed me that the band could have such a full sound with just guitar, drums, and vocals.

for my 15th birthday my dad took me to my first concert, live 105's BFD. it's an annual, all-day concert consisting of three different stages and the subsonic tent. that year the yeah yeah yeahs were the first band on the main stage. a friend of my dad's warned him of their performance calling the lead singer's, karen o, stage antics "orgasmic". it was hard to picture what exactly that meant in my naive 15-year old mind, but after watching the show i'm pretty sure i figured out what was meant by the comment.

their sound is chant-heavy, filled with tight snares, danceable beats, and jagged riffs, enough to get anyone out of their seat and moving. here are a few of my favorite songs:

-maps (all the components of this song are superb. it includes one of my favorite drum beats ever causing me to fall slightly in love with brian chase, the echo of nick zinner's guitar, and, though i don't know if i fully understand what might be intended by them, the lyrics are beautiful. the video is simple and perfect)

-date with the night (because it makes me feel like i should be up to no good.)

-mystery girl (i just really like the sillyness of lyrics. "take a deep breath, babe, cuz we just started".)

-gold lion (though the lyrics aren't easy to figure out like so many other artists out there, i love looking at each song in bits and phrases. especially for this one.)

and finally here's an "track by track" interview they did for their newest album "it's blitz!"

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radiohead: an acquired sound

radiohead is one of my absolute favorite bands. i remember my dad being pretty pumped to buy their kid A album when i was in 6th grade and thinking it was the strangest music ever. totally couldn't compare to americana CD by the offspring or green day's dookie. pshh, filled with my middle school angst, i was sure i had much better taste than my dad.

i picked it up again toward the beginning of junior year and fell in love. i listened to kid A along with OK computer throughout my 20 minute drive to and from school for months, later adding the bends to my collection. i couldn't get enough. and then, when i found out there was another album coming out last year, i was stoked! i downloaded it for free along with thousands of other fans, but felt too guilty about listening for free that i went out and bought a copy of the actual CD.

when i found they were playing in golden gate park last summer, i knew that i would always regret it if i didn't see them despite the cost. so i went and fell even more in love. here are a few of my favorites. follow the links and take some time to fall in love, too.

randoms

talk show host (from the romeo and juliet soundtrack)

in rainbows

all i need

house of cards (super sick video)

reckoner

and if you've got a lot of time watch the scotish mist film which covers the whole album

kid A

everything in it's right place (probably one of my absolute favorites)

optimistic

idioteque (amazing blends)

OK computer

paranoid android (i didn't watch this video all the way through but it looks pretty interesting)

karma police (always reminds me of george orwell's 1984)

the bends

fake plastic trees

the bends (but you gotta really listen to the lyrics)

pablo honey

creep (the song that made it all happen)

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post-its from last summer

radiohead: weird fishes/arpeggi

it's the early AM and i'm in the deepest ocean. the bottom of the sea. i'm stuck in that tired but restless place, where you can either give in to the pressure of your eyelids closing or stay awake anxiously awaiting the night to happen. this was one of my favorite songs when i first listened to in rainbows. such a perfect title, too. the notes of each song swirling in and out of your ears like rain dripping on the windshield of a car as the wipers swish back and forth across the glass.

i can see that JUMBO stage at outside lands engulfing the band playing the music they believed in so much they didn't care if they sold it for nothing. their passion professed in the the middle of golden gate park, the multicolored lights like strands of rain frozen in a storm, and the arpeggiated notes swiftly hitting my ears. it was all i needed in that moment. with my dad by my side, that was it. perfection.

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