tired of living this country life it's time to move up from the south it seemed to have something for us but now it's time to hit the bus 60 miles of where its at to finally get things back on track so cmon boy, just take us home to the city, that's where we belong
things have changed but still the same like bars and crowds with different names 24 hour grocery stores where the kids hang out just like before is this the place that we are sure could be Paris, London or Tokyo boy it's great to be back home the city that's where we belong the city that's where we belong
boy it's great to be back home the city that's where we belong the city that's where we belong
(this one's mine)
we need excitement for a change but that doesn't mean that we will stay the beginning feels like oh so great but soon it turns to just okay see, I've known this place for much too long I'm always one to be moving on but still it's great to be back home the city that's where we belong
ok i officially love thieves like us. theyre like somewhere between grafton primary and the similou with maybe a touch of junior boys or hot chip and i just discovered them thanks to last.fm free download on urban outfitters
The days they go slow The nights they go fast It’s only some time until we get together I’m out in the street I’m waiting for you Do you hear me do you hear me do you hear me looking? The method is clear I’ve been waiting for you I think I need a distraction I’m not staying in I’m searching for you I can never I can never I can never find you!
Go downtown with the drugs in my body Step back up I'm the life of the party Come back home and we’ll get something started Stay up late with some heat in my body Go downtown with the drugs in my body Step back up I'm the life of the party Go downtown with the drugs in my body Go downtown with the drugs in my body
The days they go slow The nights they go fast It’s only some time until we get together I’m out in the street I’m waiting for you Do you hear me do you hear me do you hear me looking? The method is clear I’ve been waiting for you I think I need a distraction I’m not staying in I’m searching for you I can never I can never I can never find you!
Go downtown with the drugs in my body Step back up I'm the life of the party Come back home and we’ll get something started Stay up late with some heat in my body Go downtown with the drugs in my body Step back up I'm the life of the party Go downtown with the drugs in my body Go downtown with the drugs in my body
When it comes to music, often the way to fame has more to do with promotion than talent (*cough* *cough* soulja boy *cough*). Promotion is largely based in music videos and radio play but also in free legal downloads.
1) Check out the artist's website. Many artists will offer free promotional downloads on their site. Sometimes these are no strings attached but sometimes you have to give them your e-mail so they can keep promoting to you in the future. If you're worried about a flooded inbox and don't want the latest updates from the artist, you can unsubscribe after you get your free music. I have already had success with artists such as Empire of the Sun and Hot Chip.
2) Check out their myspace. There's often a free promotional track or two on artist's myspace pages but you may have to dig around a little bit. Check the music player, the blog entries, and then the rest of the page.
3) Become a fan on facebook. You never know when they'll post a link for a free download off their upcoming album and facebook makes it easy to keep track of upcoming concerts and events.
4) Go to their youtube videos. Sometimes artists put links for free downloads in the description box for their music videos. Be sure that it's the artist's official channel so you know you're getting it from them and not some bootlegger.
5) iTunes has a whole slew of free stuff every week including at least two tracks and a music video. You never know what you're going to get. Sometimes the songs bomb, sometimes they become the next big hit. I remember one week "Tik Tok" by Ke$ha was on there for free and now it's #1 on the downloads and costs $1.29. The moral of the story: download everything and give it a thorough listen and if you hate it, delete it.
6) last.fm has a page for free mp3 downloads. You have to sign up (it's free!) and the downloads are custom-suggested for you. last.fm is also a great tool for finding out more about artists you already like, discovering new artists, and keeping track of what you're listening to over time. You can use it to show your friends what you like by just linking them to your profile (here's mine). It also has "radio stations" for each artist playing their music and similar music so you can just put on whatever and see what happens.
7) For the music I like, I've gotten some great stuff for free on the Urban Outfitter's LSTN and Music Mondays. It's mostly indie rock and has some cool stuff like Yeasayer and Passion Pit and also some stuff I've never heard before but now like such as Cold Cave and The War on Drugs. The LSTN playlists are over 20 songs each and download off the site and off of iTunes (but the mixes on iTunes aren't downloadable after a couple of months of them being posted so hurry!). The Music Mondays mixes are once a week and five songs and download right off the site.
That's all I've discovered so far in the way of legal free music. If you have any other suggestions, please leave a comment. Obviously, working at my college radio station gives me access to a whole archive of CDs, the most exciting of which are new artists that nobody's heard of. If you are as into music as I am, an internship or job in that field may be your best bet for getting free music.
Born to born to multiply, Born to gaze into night skies, All you want's one more Saturday. But look here, until then They're gonna buy your life's time So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters Till the day. We come in doing cartwheels We all go out by ourselves And your shape on the dance floor Will have me thinking such filth and gouge my eyes.
You'd be damned to be one of us, girl Faced with a dodo's conundrum I felt like I could just fly But nothing'll happen every time I try.
A dual tone under wall Selfish fool and hoped you'd save us all Never dreamt of such sterile hands, You keep them folded in your lap, And raise them up to beg for scraps, You know, he's holding you down, With the tips of his fingers just the same, You'll be pulled from the ocean, But just a minute too late, Or changed by a potion, And find a handsome young mate, For you to love.
You'll be damned to pining through the windowpanes, you know You'll change your life for any ordinary Joe, And though your night will go on, Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold.
Been in love since you were twenty-one, You haven't laughed since January, You try and make like this is so much fun, But we know it to be quite contrary.
Dare to be one of us, girl, Facing the android's conundrum, I felt like I could just cry, But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin, You're Himmler your coat, You don't know how long I've been, Watching the lantern dim, Starved of oxygen, So give me your hand, And lets jump out the window.
Outside the café by the cracker factory, You were practising a magic trick, And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed, On the last of your pick and mix.
Said your mistaken if you thinking that I am gun’ go cold before As you bit into your strawberry lace, And then a flip in your attention in the form of a gobstopper, Is all you have left and all is going to waste.
Your past-times, consisted of the strange, And twisted and deranged, And I love that little game you had called, Crying lightning, And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons.
The next time that I caught my own reflection, It was on its way to meet you, Thinking of excuses to postpone. You never look like yourself from the side, But your profile did not hide, The fact you knew I was approaching your throne.
With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache Saw them, puff your chest out like you never lost a war. And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw.
And your past-times, consisted of the strange, And twisted and deranged, And I hate that little game you had called, Crying lightning, And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons.
Uninviting, But not half as impossible as everyone assumes, You are crying lightning.
Your past-times, consisted of the strange, And twisted and deranged, And I hate that little game you had called, Crying lightning, Crying lightning, Crying lightning, Crying lightning.
Your past-times, consisted of the strange, And twisted and deranged, And I hate that little game you had called, Cry-ing.
i know i quoted this song on an earlier post but here it is in full because i'm seeing passion pit tonight at terminal 5. SOOOO EXCITED! This is from their first album, chunk of change. I know for sure these lyrics aren't accurate but i corrected them as best i could...
Better Things - Passion Pit
that was our fifth song, and i hope you enjoyed it, now this would be our best song you have ever heard, the dirt bikes going on stage. thank you.
you're gonna drive me crazy you're gonna drive me mad you got an angel on your shoulder makin hairpins outta glass
i believe in believing the things that we don't see and the skin violin is where the neighbors wont read meals and the family heirloom jewelery with sets and heaps of thieves will cast down things that you've never even seen like the gods like the glory like the stories that your fathers set before you ride the tiger round the kingdom oh no oh no oh no there's a meeting in the canyons oh no this is rising to the clouds
you're gonna drive me crazy you're gonna drive me mad you got an angel on your shoulder makin hairpins outta glass
baby don't be unhappy baby don't be sad better things are coming i swear there's truth in that
i'm shooting off the cannons of the clouds begin to flow and the baskets weave but the ones we'll never keep just pretend that things are mobile and will never stay put and the way we were the day we climbed to the top of the steeple with its people spewing angels out their mouths and letting tables turn to charcoal in the lipstick and the lipstick in the evening (oh no) oh no we were waving like the trees oh no then they brought us to the sky
you're gonna drive me crazy you're gonna drive me mad you got an angel on your shoulder makin hairpins outta glass
baby don't be unhappy baby don't be sad better things are coming i swear there's truth in that
two or three times the bell will ring but when we look for better things we search or miss what has happened i felt it crash upon your skin i find it hard to believe there's more of these things behind the door do you miss me like i miss you do i miss you like you miss me
you're gonna drive me crazy you're gonna drive me mad you got an angel on your shoulder makin hairpins outta glass
baby don't be unhappy baby don't be sad better things are coming i swear there's truth in that x2
ok ok my number 1 most played song in 2009 is tearing up the oxygen by maritime. it holds personal meaning. i played it 1322 times.
Tearing Up The Oxygen - Maritime
if you drink enough water will i fade? when i'm out of your system, forget the things that i said then the scenery changes. and cars have no remorse they take the world by force we wish we could travel so recklessly even in our sleep we surrender you can do anything and i, i should be so lucky.
so now i chase my bags someday they'll take me home my clothes are worn so thin they accent my bones and the sleep i've lost could rest me. but clocks keep slippery time they paint the salt stained lines of the best and the worst and the maritimes when your eyes are off me, i'm alone
they could be anywhere i should be so lucky tearing up the oxygen to find one another
HAPPY NEW YEAR here's fischerspooner in homage to the new years concert i'm missing while i'm in the caribbean fischerspooner's song "never win" was my #11 most played song for 2009 (bet you cant guess #1 but #2 was sleepyhead by passion pit then we have some sebastien tellier, ghostland observatory, cut copy, metric, goldfrapp, crystal castles, justice and some random stuff) when i get back to cell phone service land there'll be an influx of new photos and hopefully more black and whites by february fingers crossed. hmm resolution to shoot a roll a day? sounds good to me. susan would be proud!
Hi Huh-i Hyper Hyper-mediocrity You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away You dont need to Tear away Feels good Looks good Sounds good Looks good Feels good too Feels good too (Uh-huh thats right) Feels good too (Uh-huh thats right) You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away (Uh huh thats right) (Uh huh thats right) You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away
(This one's mine)
You dont need to Emerge from nothing You dont need to Tear away
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(this one's mine)
