Last Post

This is my last post for the year and I am just going to do a bunch of different songs because I seriously can't decide on one song to do... I am so conflicted and I don't like to be conflicted, so I just chose to do more than one song (hah... I already said that...).
These are songs that have been running through my head lately, for no apparent reason (some of them). I apologize ahead of time for some of the songs because I don't normally listen to this type of music and some of the videos may be a little strange, but they are some of my favorite songs (songs that are part of the music that I normally listen to) and it is my last post, so I feel some safety (not really the right word, but I don't know what else to say) in posting them.
The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
I love this song right now because I feel connected to it and isn't that essentially what you need to have a song be a good song. It doesn't have a story connected to it or a moment in my life, I just feel like it was made especially for me.

Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
I just want to dance every time I hear this song and no, I don't like it because it's from Shrek (I have no idea why I brought that up, I'm so very sorry). Also, I don't think he's cute (why people automatically assume that for every girl to like any song sang by a guy, I have no idea).
Bartender and Buy You a Drink (Shawty Snappin') by T-Pain
I'm so sorry

Wildwood Flower by Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family (Mike Ness covered and also a bunch of people covered)
I love this song :)


Okay, well I think that this is it. Bye! :)

Heading to the Disco by the Horrorpops

When I first heard this song, I was really into the '80's (not that I'm not now... I am though not like 2 years ago) and my dad was in the car listening to pandora and this song came on and it peaked his interest because at the time we thought that the Horrorpops only had two albums and this was off their third album which was surprising for him, so that's what first peaked his interest. The other thing that peaked his interest was that it was a song totally trashing a thing that his daughter was totally into at the time, although he knew that I didn't put on neon colored spandex and things like that, I was just into hair metal, which I've done a post about already.
He liked it and then when it came on again when I was in the car, he forced me to listen to it (not really forced me to, considering I love them, I listened willingly) and then I started to laugh as I listened to the lyrics, it amused me how much it showed that they didn't like the '80's, which I could understand, considering they are phsycobilly which is kind of  a '50's revival with a punk rock spin.
Then a couple of months later, I found an interview with Patricia Day, the singer and stand-up bassist for the band, and in that interview she expressed the reason why she wrote this song was because her friends dragged her to a hair metal cover band for her birthday (even though she lived through the '80's) and she thought the whole thing was so ridiculous and over the top that she wrote the song in mockery.

I Want You to Want Me (originally by Cheap Trick) by Chris Isaak

This is the one of my last posts for this blog... so I wanted to do something that I really loved tonight and I really love this song, although I have never heard the original.
I've always known this song, because it's always been in everything it seems. I fell for this song, I think, when I saw the movie 10 Things I Hate About You (don't say anything bad about that movie... Heath Ledger is absolutely amazing.... :( RIP).
I'm going to post the various versions of the song for your enjoyment.

Manic Monday by the Bangles

I have no idea where I first heard this song, but I faintly remember this song from years ago. I hadn't heard this song for years, until I heard it on the radio this past weekend.
It's such a weird song to have randomly pop back into your life, but I wanted to post it so I could get it out of my system.
Fun little fact: It was written by Prince (although I don't know how true this is because the source was wikipedia).

Bela Lugosi'a Star by the Nekromantix

I love this song... It's off their newer album (I don't know if one came out this year, but this album came out last year). Last summer I got the opportunity to see them in concert and no, I don't really remember if they played this song.
They were the loudest band that my dad had ever seen and he used to sit against the speaker cabinets at shows... So, I couldn't really hear what they played and what they didn't, plus I hadn't heard the song until later after the show when we got the cd.

Yeah I'm Really Doing This.... So Just Follow Me Here

So yeah... This post is just a random free for all and I'm really posting all of the songs that I am. So.... There is no real order or not really anything specific to do with any of the songs.
I apologize for this week because this has been a very odd week.... Next week will be better, I only hope.
(This next one kind of has some significance... haha :) I love my friends)

Suga Suga (How You Get So Fly?) by Baby Bash feat. Frankie J.

Okay, okay. This isn't like anything I normally post, but thanks to a friend last week, this song has been stuck in my head. This song is a very catchy song that is super easy to get stuck in your head. I just had to post it today.
I'll I have to say now is... You got me lifted, shifted, higher than a ceiling. And ooh wee it's the ultimate feeling. You got me lifted, feeling so gifted. Suga suga, how you get so fly? Suga suga, how you get so fly? Suga suga, how you get so fly? Suga suga, how you get so fly? Suga suga, how you get so fly?
Wow.... I'll stop now.

Stuck On Glue by Sugarland

This is starting to become a song that I can't get out of my head. A couple of years ago, my school made me us do this as the curtain call for the talent show, but I became sick that day so I was never able to help them with that, but at the time this song was super sugary and I couldn't stand it. Then it was performed on the first season of The Voice and I still couldn't stand it.
I think it's ironic how I am now blogging this song, but I guess my tastes have changed a little. I still think this song is sugary.
This video is so very creepy though.

Runaway by Go Betty Go

I love this song. I just love it.... I don't know, I just love songs that are from girl punk rockish bands. Maybe it's because I am a girl and I feel a lot closer? Then that would mean that I like all girl bands better than all guy bands, but that's definitely not true, I like them equally.
I first heard this song while listening to my Horrorpops pandora radio station 1 or 2 years ago and I was so obsessed with this song for a while, but I never got the song on iTunes, I would just re watch the video over and over again. Then it stopped playing on the radio station and I kind of forgot about it until last Monday, when I heard it again on my way home. This time I got it on iTunes and now I listen to it constantly.

You're Beautiful by James Blunt

I love this song because everyone needs to hear this song when they're feeling down. When I first heard this song, I was having a bad day and when I heard it, it made me smile. Everyone needs to hear that they are beautiful, no matter what. It will make a person smile, it will make their bad days into good days.

Bad Things by Jace Everett

This is the theme song for True Blood. I like it just because it's a good song.

I'm sorry that this post is so short.

Twist and Shout by The Beatles

I love this movie and especially this part of the movie and that is why I'm posting about it. Twist and Shout is probably one of my favorite Beatles songs because of the fact that I first saw it in Ferris Buller's Day Off. It's one of their faster songs too, which means that it is from their earlier releases and not from the hallucinogenic point in their music career.
I only like a few Beatles songs, this song being one of them.

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

Today I am posting this song... Normally I wouldn't post anything like this, but I am tonight. I will explain myself... This past weekend, I went to see The Host and this song was in the credits and in the trailer for the movie.
The very first time I heard this song was when my brother showed it to me. I was not into it, but then I started seeing the previews for The Host and it was engraved into my brain as the song for the movie. Then it appeared on my pandora and I now listen to it sometimes.
I loved watching the movie, so if any of you get the chance to see it, I urge you to try to go.

Wicked Game by Chris Isaak

This is one of the first Chris Isaak songs that I heard when I was about five. It's my mom's favorite Chris Isaak song, so of course when she introduced me to him, she would introduce this song first.
Apparently this is one of the songs that he plays every time he tours. He played this song when I saw him Grass Valley on April 26, 2012.
I like Chris Isaak, even though he is older, because he is so musically diverse. He can play a song like this and also play something from the Sun Records songs.
This video is kind of risque, but nothing really is shown.
I am going to also put a cover of the song up to show the contrast.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

I have seen this movie countless times and I love it. It is a George Clooney movie and he is shown singing, but he isn't.
For those of you who haven't seen this movie, it's set in the 1920's and it's loosely based on your legend of Ulysses (or Odysseus). It follows three friends through their escape from prison to find Clooney's character's wife and child. They stumble across a baptism of women. They also get mixed up with the KKK. They also start a band or group where they record their hit song, I am a Man of Constant Sorrow.
My description of the movie is scrambled and the things I have described are not in chronological order.

I Got Lucky by Elvis Presley from Kid Galahad

I love this song from the first time I saw this movie. I tried to find it on iTunes, so I could listen to it without having to re watch the movie. I love Kid Galahad, it is a good movie, but I don't really like the subject of the movie.
I don't really movies with fighting, although I like action movies. Action movies are different, their whole purpose around a movie isn't what could make him a better boxer, they usually have a reason why the main person is fighting. Kid Galahad, however, is all about this boxing camp instructor and his wife trying to make Elvis Presley's character a better boxer so the instructor. Then the instructor's wife's niece comes and Elvis Presley falls for her and that is where the song is in the movie.

Savior by Rise Against

I first heard this song on Pandora and I thought it was cool, then later on I got it. When I got it, I listened to it over and over again, making myself slowly dislike it, so I stopped listening to it all together.
When I first heard it, I had a small idea of who Rise Against was, my friend had told me about them. What I hadn't realized, is that I had actually heard songs from them before, they were off the Nightmare Revisited and Lords of Dogtown album/soundtracks.
Then, a couple of days ago, I was playing Sims 3 and this song came on the speaker in Simlish, it was so cool for me to hear it in the last place I would have thought it would be done in.
The video for this very strange, the rabbit/some sort of animal costumes are kind of creepy.
I also am going to post the song done in Simlish.
I am also going to give you the Simlish lyrics:
[eh]  Killbi naka nobiz
But a fah ba joob sa kobzin
Waba collah vobz an airsayr
Eba skaryz a whozh a gotzn
Asa tela  size e abrih doh
A bingo torisabbi
Toleh vallis suba nagki
Faytahb behzvorb haff vagopin
Thar izno rekka shillo bahyzi
Tahzi pooki shimza badzi
Thah ib no p[wah Iachib pwesib
Ta szinki zapib sessid
Stzelbi tchoovi whazing too
Wheb I catzani fwalliboo
Whalz tah witchj cathing hoo
Ahselbi dipza viir
|Bridge|
So tell b-vao
It tizay low
The havba way gebaoh
Caz ivo know
|Chorus|
Tal webi sayz I do haybri bah
Jus walla saybvoo
Whal thib still savba
Leb too say
Tal webzi tollbrooh
I loob no girb
Bre tol mi brei balzahvoo
The Qebshiz ta voo sti havb
[Woah, wo-ah]
Lykki dai pwesah lyh cwushawai
Fornoma do zii pwezawhai
Can meema rubzi daimeayz
The Depinah vii huridcaii
Basti stwaid we held tah banbv prezt
Szted soux-uu shestva zaad
nah dooboo uhba stadd?

Revolution by the Beatles

I've been obsessed with this song since someone talked about the cultural revolution in history. But I've loved it for longer, this and I Want You (She's So Heavy) are my favorite Beatles songs, the other ones are just way over played in my opinion.
I love this song in Across the Universe, it's a good part in the movie. I also like the I Want You (She's So Heavy) part in the movie.

Sheena is a Punk Rocker by The Ramones

This is one of my favorite Ramones songs. I just love it. The sound that it has is just raw and it's just not refined and precise. The Ramones are one of the first punk bands, so yeah, maybe their songs aren't always refined and precise, but THAT is what punk rock is, it's gritty, unrefined and just awesome!
Punk rock was originally supposed to be making fun of rock music. That is inconsequential now (to me) because music is music no matter what it's making fun of or trying to represent.
Good music doesn't need to be explained to anyone, it's just good music and if you find yourself in a position where you have to explain to someone why you listen to the music you do, just walk away because they won't understand your reasons because they aren't you. We shouldn't have to feel obligated change our views on music or anything else in life to match someone else's so they will like us better because we are all our individual selves, we are not mass produced in a factory so we will not be the same. But we do feel obligated to change ourselves everyday because we want to agree with other people's views. Okay, having things in common with people is always wanted, but at the expense of your individuality? It shouldn't be.
Sorry that I got sidetracked.... So, these are a few versions of Sheena is a Punk Rocker.

The Horrorpops

The Horrorpops are one of my favorite bands, along with Social Distortion, the Nekromantix, Motley Crue... etc. (there is no real order to the listing). They are a psychobilly band. Psychobilly is a fusion of music genres that include punk rock, rock n' roll, rockabilly and other genres.
The group formed in 1996 when Kim Nekroman was preforming a concert in Cologne, Germany. Patricia Day was also preforming with her band at the time, Peanut Pump Gun. Patricia's band opened for his. They met backstage and they are now married. It is kind of a cool story if you think about it, even when you find out that they were both from (living in) Copenhagen, Denmark, but never met each other.
They recruited Patricia's friends, Mille and Kamilla Vanilla, as go-go dancers. Henrik Stendahl became their dummer and Casper Holbek became the second guitarist. Patricia Day was on stand-up bass/lead vocalist and Kim Nekroman was the first guitarist/back-up vocalist.
They have put out three albums so far:

Hell Yeah! (2004) Hellcat/Epitaph Records

Bring It On! (2005) Hellcat/Epitaph Records

Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (2008) Hellcat/ Epitaph Records 

These are just four of their songs that I like. I would put more, but the others have things that restrict me from posting them. 

Emotional Miscellaneous

I know this post is called Emotional Miscellaneous, but it's not because I am currently having an emotional time. I'm not. These songs are just emotional songs. I just feel like posting about them because I can't think of other songs that I listen to that I haven't posted about that I feel like posting today, so I'm posting these. I don't listen to these types of songs very often, it'd kind of rare that I actually do, but every now and then, for a change in 'scenery', I listen to it.
On Thursday, I will have a post that I have thought about longer than this one.

Valentines Day

Since today is Valentines Day, I am going to do a VD themed post. These songs are my favorite love songs.
The first five songs are from Bon Jovi :). I think I am on a Bon Jovi kick right now. I love these songs because they are unbelievably sweet for me and I, being the hopeless romantic I am, just love them. These songs are Diamond Ring, I'll Be There For You, Born To Be My Baby, What Do You Got?, and Always. I love them because they are just so sweet.
The next two are Dotted With Hearts by the Horrorpops and My Girl by the Nekromatix. I love them because even if they aren't like most conventional love songs, they are still sweet.
The last songs are Let It Be Me, Bad Luck, and Writing on the Wall by Social Distortion. These songs just like the other songs are my favorite love songs because they have meaning and every song needs to be meaningful to the writer along with the consumer.
All songs have to have meaning no matter what type of song they are. All songs mean something for the writer and for the consumer, that is why we have music because the songs we listen to can bring specific wanted meaning into our lives.

Hair Metal

Today I am going to talk about hair metal, which is also known as glam metal. It was a type of music that was famous the decade before I was born. It kind of died when grunge came along. It came mainly from the LA Hollywood strip although there was bands that came from the east coast (Bon Jovi). I started listening to glam metal or hair metal a few years ago, but really I can remember hearing it when I was much younger from my dad watching VH1 Classic. It is said that you grow up listening to what your parents listen to and that is true.
My most favorite bands when I started listening to it again (I say again because I heard it when I was much younger) were Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt, LA Guns, Skid Row, Warrant, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Vixen, Lita Ford, Faster Pussycat, and Bon Jovi. I also used to like Guns n' Roses, but now because of the knowledge I have on the band members, I can't listen to them, it just makes my skin crawl.
Motley Crue consists of Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil (also The Nasty Habits were a part of the band) and they began in 1981. I love their older songs, I don't really enjoy their newer songs. I chose Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) because I love hair metal ballads and because the other songs are kind of not appropriate (you will find this a kind of a theme in this blog post. I also chose Without You because I just love the song.
Poison consists of Rikki Rockett, Bret Micheals, Bobby Dall, C.C. Deville and they started in 1983. Before they were Poison, they were Paris. I like the songs from the '80's better than their newer stuff. I chose Fallen Angel because it is one of the few songs that isn't really a ballad that is actually appropriate. I also chose Something to Believe In because it's a sweet song because it was for their roadie who died and was the one who kind of kept them going, I would think.
Ratt consists of Warren DeMartini, Stephen Pearcy, Bobby Blotzer, Juan Croucier, and Robin Crosby
(now has Carlos Cavazo) and they started in 1976, but were signed in 1983. They were known as Mickey Ratt, before dropping their name to Ratt. I chose Your In Love because I love the song. I also chose Best of Me, which is one of their newer songs.
LA Guns consists of Tracii Guns, Paul Black, Mick Cripps, and Nickey Alexander and they started in 1989. Tracii Guns and Axl Rose were in the band together when they were just starting out, then they broke up and the two started Guns n' Roses and then Tracii left Guns n' Roses and went back to LA Guns. I chose Ballad of Jayne because it's just one of my favorite songs.
Skid Row consists of Sebastian Bach, Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo, Scotti Hill, and Rob Affuso and they started in 1986. Sebastian was the youngest member of the band, but he had a great voice so he was put into the band by the manager, Doc McGee. I chose I Remember You and Youth Gone Wild because I love these songs.
Warrant consists of Jani Lane, Steven Sweet, Joey Allen, and Erik Turner and they started in 1984. Jani Lane died in 2011 and I saw it first on E! News on the bottom banner, I found it sad because it was the first death of a band member from a band I liked in the time I was alive. I chose Uncle Tom's Cabin because I like the song.
Cinderella consists of Tom Kiefer, Eric Brittingham, Michael Smerick, and Tony Destra and started in 1983. Jon Bon Jovi saw them in a club and made them get big. I chose Somebody Save Me because Bon Jovi does a cameo.
Def Leppard consists of Steve Clark, Rick Allen, Phil Collin, Joe Elliot, and Rick Savage and formed in 1977. They were actually a British band. I chose Hysteria and Photograph and Animal because I like these songs.
Vixen consists of Janet Gardner, Jan Kuehnemund, Share Pedersen, and Roxy Petrucci. I chose Edge of a Broken Heart because I chose their other hit in an earlier post.
Lita Ford had a solo career after The Runaways. I chose Kiss Me Deadly.
Faster Pussycat was also one of the bands. I chose You're So Vain.
Bon Jovi consists of Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, and Tico Torres and started in 1983. I chose We Weren't Born to Follow because I like the song.

Miscellaneous Medley

I kept doing medleys or combinations of songs because I have a hard time deciding on what song truly  speaks to me at the time when I sit to do the blog. I end up sitting at the computer (or phone), trying to figure out what to write about, but one song doesn't just pop into my head, multiple songs do, then I have no idea of what I will do, so I do medleys or combinations of songs.
Now that I have had my string of random thoughts, I can get to the songs.
The first song that I want to do is, Sorrow by Bad Religion. I like this song because I like the style of the song, but really, the style of the band. They have a diverse style of music, in my opinion, they can have a heavier song, then a totally mellower song, like this one. I think that also depends on the album its on and when it came out.

The second song is Here Comes Your Man by Pixies. I believe this was the first Pixies song that I ever liked. When I was younger, this was my favorite Pixies song, along with Wave of Mutilation.

The third song is Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble. I just heard this song a few days ago and it was one of those songs that I wasn't sure about until I heard it again, but I am coming to find that I enjoy some of his songs because of who he's inspired by and the fact that you can hear that in his music.

The fourth song is Far Behind by Social Distortion. This song is perfect when I am mad and over a friend who just keeps acting as if they are my enemy versus what they actually are.

Maroon 5

These are some of my favorite Maroon 5 songs. I like these songs for some of the same reasons, but for different reasons too.
First: One More Night. This is the perfect song for describing a love/hate relationship, the kind that you know you should probably give up because you know it is bad for you, but you've lived with it for so long that you don't know if you could live without it. I like this song because I don't normally hear songs like this, they're usually about love or heartbreak or other things, but not this.
Second: Misery. This is similar to the first song.
Third: She Will Be Loved. This song has a strong message to me. Everyone should be loved. I love it because of it's message.

Sacrifice by The Expendables; Come Original by 311

Sacrifice reminds me of a song that could come from another band that I like, called 311 and I actually thought it was 311 when I first heard it. I love this song because I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in and it will make me smile.
We all have those things in our lives, whether we know it or not, it could be a song, a specific type of dance, a movie, a play, an opera, a person, an instrument... etc. When we find it, (whether we already have or not, I remind you) it's very powerful and no one should let it go, ever.
Come Original is a another song that makes me smile when I hear it. It reminds me that I have to be myself no matter what and maybe it's not telling me that, but that is what I take from it.
When I get jealous of anything, I can listen to this song and it calms me down and I can be myself again, it's a get yourself in check song for me. This video is a little strange, just to warn you, but it's original. :)

King Cry Baby (from Cry Baby)

I love this song! It's probably because Johnny Depp sings it and he is a good singer in this movie. I only saw this movie for the first time a year ago or so, but when I saw it, all I wanted to do is see it over and over.
This movie is cheesy, yes, but I love it. You need a little cheesy in your life, or unless your me (then you need less cheesy(: ). It is suppose to be a parody of all of the 1950's greaser movies. It's a good song for a good movie.

Elvis Medley

Today is Elvis's birthday, he would be 78 today if he had lived past age 42. So today, to honor the King of Rock 'n Roll, I planned to do a medley of his songs. Now whenever you hear the word medley, you probably think of all of one persons items (songs) mushed into one thing, but that's not what I'm doing, I'm going to do multiple songs in this one blog post.

The songs I was thinking about doing are from his movies.

The first song is (Such An) Easy Question. I picked this song because I feel like everyone beats around the bush when faced with that question (do you love me?) but not only that question, as humans, we tend to beat around the bush about almost every thing, we don't really like confrontation, but even that is stereotypical, some people love confrontation.

The second song is One Broken Heart For Sale. This song is a good broken heart song. This song is one of those songs that makes you almost want to hate the person it's about (it makes me), because you ultimately feel sorry for the singer. I haven't seen the movie this is from, so I don't know what the movie scene was about, but I can guess it was about a broken heart.

The third song is All That I Am. I love this song because it is a really nice love song.

The fourth song is G.I. Blues. This song is his 'soldier song' (in my opinion). It's from the movie, G.I. Blues, which is about a soldier touring Germany who wants to open a nightclub after getting out of the army. It's funny, because when Elvis was in the army from 1958 to 1960, he toured Germany, so it's ironic.

The fifth song is Jailhouse Rock. This song is from his third movie with the same title. I love this song, because it really has that rock n' roll feel to it and I love that version of Elvis Presley, not that I don't love his slower stuff like his ballads. I love every version of Elvis, but I love this version the most.
The sixth song is I Got Lucky. This song is from the movie, Kid Galahad, which was a boxer movie. I love this part in the movie, it's sweet, because it's him trying to get the girl.
The seventh song is Shake That Tambourine. This song is from Harum Sacrum. I like this song because it makes me dance and smile and I like that feeling.
The eighth song is Rock-a-Hula Baby. This song is from Blue Hawaii. I like this song because it makes me dance and smile and I like that feeling.