Everybody Wants To Rule the World
by Tears For Fears
"Welcome to your life,
There's no turning back"

Okay, I have posted this one again but I went back and found the last one and it wasn't really up to scratch. In no way did it capture quite how much this song rocks my socks. Yep, I totally just used that phrase.

"Help me make the most of freedom
And of pleasure,
Nothing ever lasts forever"

This song is perfection. It has actually FORCED me to quote a lot more lyrics than usual because there are so many sharp little lines in there. I love that Tears For Fears manage to do this thing time and time again where they have fairly bleak and heavy lyrics spread over the top of a really rich and beautiful musical background. Nomnomnomnom. That's my thought on the matter.

"There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you"

But gee. The intro to this song... I listen to it time and time again and it never loses it's emotional power over me. It's so full of energy, of passion and suspense. I simply adore it. I can listen to this song on repeat for a very long time and have done many a time... and I think that either marks the level of quality in this song or the level of insanity I am facing, haha.

"I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision"

I am actually listening to it on repeat RIGHT NOW.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Dead Finks Don't Talk
by Brian Eno
"Oh cheeky cheeky,
Oh naughty sneaky
You're so perceptive
And I wonder how you knew"

God, Eno's voice at the beginning of this track is so compelling. And that moment when the piano kicks in over that drum-beat is very tasty indeed. There are some pretty bizarre noises in this one, mind... but uh, I enjoy it anyway.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Love Will Tear Us Apart
by Joy Division
"When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low..."

...I listen to this. This song is deemed so regularly as being depressing and miserable. But it actually makes me feel alive and elated when I feel bad. The music beneath the lyrics is just so full of life and energy. I most definitely approve of this one.

I recommend that intro played very loudly.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Tonight
by Lykke Li
"You walk the surface of this town
The high heels above the ground
And high horses that we know
Keep us safe until the night"

Have some more Lykke Li, you lucky devils. This song has an incredible driving rhythm and the way it builds up gets me everytime. To say anything more about it would be pointless because I can't really even begin to describe how beautiful this is.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Until We Bleed
by Kleerup (feat. Lykke Li)
"I need you to need me
So we're bound to linger on
We drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts"

Oh yeah, I'm a bad blogger. It's been ages but with my recent plunge back into mania and what feels vaguely like either actual contentment or genuine enjoyment of day-to-day life, this may stay active for a little while.

So yes, I have quoted a little more in the lyrics department than usual but I do so adore that little section. And Lykke Li's voice is just beautiful. I got into her just recently after stumbling upon this track and then I started listening to her album quite a lot and she has got a really unusual but compelling style.

The song itself sits pretty much perfectly into a genre that I am very much into. It's basically dance but it has this bizarrely dark quality about it. I don't remember if I ever posted Operate by Peaches on here but I'd put them on the same compilation I think. Along with another track that I am bound to post soon. God, I'd totally forgotten the joys of having somewhere to record my new musical interests. Bliss.

Anyway, enough rambling for today. You can have some more tomorrow.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Fit
by Windmill
"Please pull your weight
And wait for me to
Fit in"

Mm, these posts are becoming mainly about songs that I have emotional connections with. This one takes me back to Christmas. I was going through one of the bleakest periods of my life and I was having quite severe episodes on a regular basis. I got into Windmill's album Puddle City Racing Lights at the time and it was fairly comforting.

Dillon's vocals are easily the most distinctive thing about his music. They take a bit of getting used to but I don't remember it taking me that long before I was totally infatuated with it. It's bizarrely beautiful and just adds to the incredible range of sounds.

The instrumentation on the album is spectacular and puts me in mind of Pure Reason Revolution and Sigur Ros. I can only describe the instrumentation as being overwhelming.

It just seems to be an awful shame that when I listen to this now, a lot of sadness is brought back.

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)

Warning Sign
by Coldplay
"I started looking for a warning sign
When the truth is
I miss you"

This is another track that has really strong emotional attachments for me. There was a day over the summer when I went to London with my family. I remember being sat on the train on the journey home and listening to this song, whilst staring out of the window. And I noticed that the first few chords of this song make me feel really hopeful. They make me think about the future.

I hadn't met Andrew yet at this point. The plan was that he was going to come down a month later. We were both really nervous about it and I spent a lot of the time completely convinced that it would all fall apart after he left. But I had a moment on the train where I was feeling really calm and optimistic about it and I think this song brought it on. Anywho, give it a listen because it's pretty :)

Listen to it here!
And enjoy :)