80s Music @ MindSay 
Heyyyy guys!
Lets exchange "good" music:
Your Gaurdian Angel-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Unbelievable-EMF
Where'd you Go-Fort Minor
Dear Mr. President-P!nk
Maps-Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Walkie Talkie Man-Steriogram
Take On Me-Aha
Around the World-ATC
Download This Song-MC Lars
Summer of '69-Bryan Adams
I Caught Fire-The Used
Cherry Lips(Go Baby Go)-Garbage
Brighter Than Sunshine-Aqualung
Beautiful Day-U2
Closing Time-Semisonic
The Space Between-The Dave Matthews Band
Bleeding Love-Leona Lewis
The Bartender-Rehab
Don't Stop Believing-Journey
Bittersweet Symphony-The Verve
Outer Space-Freezepop
Fat Lip-Sum 41
You Gte What You Give-New Radicals
Easy,Lucky,Free-Bright Eyes
Dirty Glass-Dropkick Murphys
How Far We've Come-Matchbox Twenty
Stolen-Dashboard Confessional
Vindicated-Dashboard Confessional
Almost Lover-A Fine Frenzy
Earthquake-Family Force 5
Love Addict-Family Force 5
Fat Bottomed Girls-Queen
Grace Kelly-Mika
The Middle-Jimmy Eat World
etc etc, oh yea, by the way, this isn't considered "Good" music to some of you I know, but these are just favorites of mine. There is more that I will add eventually.Post some of your own favorites to share with me and other bloggers (:
Or lemme' know what you think of my music selection!
Caroline and I spent a lot of time in Ghana listening to retro-music. OMG, some of this stuff was recorded before we were born! That doesn't mean it isn't good music.
I thought for the rest of my life Hard facing another day. I thought for the rest of my life
you'd see me through it.
Guess all along I knew it.
Nothing mattered everything was all right,
when you saw to it.
Before I knew it you were gone long gone.
You said you would always be there.
Well I believed you.
I was a fool to need you.
Gave my love then I gave you my heart.
And then you flew it.
Before I knew it
you were gone long gone.
Just crying the night away.
Said more than I meant to say
when I knew that you were gone.
You'd see me through it.
Yes all along I knew it.
Didn't matter and it didn't seem right.
And then you flew it.
Before I knew it you were gone long gone.
You were gone long gone.
I know, I know - sometimes the words to songs sound trite when written in black and white, without the melody. But I wish, I wish, I wish someone would (or one of these days will) feel this way about me.
When I was at school, there were study guides for most things. And when studying at University, there were always lots of readings and references and notes that I could consult, when I was writing my assignments.
So how come, in this most important part of my life - namely relationships - how come there aren't study notes, reference books, "how to" notes on how to make and retain relationships, and how to handle the pain of breaking up when it comes? Isn't knowing how to be a human being just as important as knowing how to make money?
On the way there, I was listening to one of the local stations playing their "Saturday Night at the '80s" program. A certain song came on which made me start thinking...
This song was, in its day, one of the heavier, more controversial heavy metal songs of its time. The band members were scary looking. The video had many instances of cartoon violence of a son against his father, throwing him out windows and such. (He kept on getting up.) If you had to think of a song and video pair that was really the most widely taboo of its time due to unnecessary violence, you need not have looked further than Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It."
In fact, Dee Snider, lead singer of the band, was one of the three artists who testified in front of Tipper Gore's PMRC hearings about offensive music lyrics in 1985. He was certainly the one who stood out of the three, flanked by Frank Zappa and John Denver -- but all three of them were trying to defend their First Ammendment rightsto express their lyrics as they saw fit.
So -- this was one of the hardest, rockin'est songs of its day. And I listened to it this evening. The song doesn't have near the hard rock edge of even the more mainstream groups of the late 1990s and this decade. Twisted Sister's metal would fizzle next to even Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit or Nickelback. And the violence portrayed it the video for "We're Not Gonna Take It" pales in comparison to most others out there.
In fact, the song sounds more like something a high school marching band would perform. Something a show choir might perform. I mean, take a look at the lyrics:
We've Got The Right To Choose And
there Ain't No Way We'll Lose It
this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song.
We'll Fight The Powers That Be Just
don't Pick Our Destiny 'cause
you Don't Know Us, You Don't Belong.
We're Right / yeah
We're Free / yeah
We'll Fight / yeah
You'll See / yeah
Sure, it talks about rebellion and critical applied thought. But it feels more like a cheer! I can envision pom squads and dance teams doing routines to this song!
Which is also why the opening percussion of the song made me accidentally think that, instead of "We're Not Gonna Take It," the song playing was actually "Mickey" by Toni Basil. The songs play almost transparently over each other! I wouldn't be surprised if there was already a mashup with these two songs intertwined already.
The point being? The music industry figured out that pushing the envelope sells. And what was once at the edge twenty years ago is nowhere near the edge now. And in another twenty years? People will likely look the same way at System of a Down or Audioslave.
It also goes to show you how completely out of touch I am with the current music scene. I never thought I would become "one of those people..."
All right, so chalk it up for another rousing season of 24. They did a nice job of setting it up to do something totally different next season. Tonight's show was tight, albeit somewhat predictable. Well, very predictable. But it was good... I am trying to not have a show for every night of the week, but 24 definitely stays. Although it's not up again until JANUARY. Yeah, as in seven months away. But it's nonstop season again I assume, so that's tight.
All right, so I discovered the awesome joys of winamp radio. And I got the plugin so that what I am listening to on winamp shows up on my MSN messenger and that's tight. I much prefer winamp to wmp (that's windows media player for those of you that aren't awesome). Anyway, it's funny because there was some rocking out to "Accidentally In Love" on this cool station, and they had played some other stuff i like, none of the sex music bump and grind stuff that makes me want to hurl (sorry, Beyonce. you're a suckbomb.) So then the song ends and it's a bunch of "ich men oost heif musik snardledorger". Or something like that. That's right, that's my German. If Beyonce's a suckbomb you can join the club so pipe down.
Anyway, not exactly what i was expecting. But i sure do love the nostalgia of 80's music. Honestly, it's not that great musically. And i doubt i'll ever pop in REO Speedwagon and listen to the entire cd. But the nostalic feelings aroused in me when the familiar songs are played is like a high dosed shot of epinephrine and i like it. Speaking of, Here with Me by Mercy Me was just on this rock on station with the hits of "the 80s, 90s, and today". It's a secular station. Odd.
That reminds me of the song "Beautiful Love" by the Afters. I heard it at Red Robin and i was like, "that's odd, i thought this was a Christian song". I don't hear too many songs by Christian bands at Red Robin, ya know? So then i was radio skipping in my car one day and it was on either the zoo or some station like that (i wasn't paying too close of attention, i can't lie). Then it was somewhere else that I know is secular. So that's weird.
And, sad day, Relient K is making me sad. I know some would get all high and mighty and claim they were never all that solid to begin with, but this is my blog and their opinion matters not. Anyway, I'm all for a Christian band singing in secular venues if they're staying focused on Christ and sharing the gospel and advancing the kingdom of God. I am intentionally teaching in public schools and not private for the same reason (before you trip out i know the laws and limitations and i plan to stay within the bounds yet God will honor that). Anyway, i saw this thing on the yahoo music site (great place to catch music vids) where Relient K's the "next big thing". Funny, because they've been big to Christians for quite awhile but i guess we don't count. Anyway, so i watched it. It was sad... they're trying way too hard to be cool and then Thiessen is all talking about trying to impress the chicks. yah. sad day, i say. I knew word on the street was RK touring with... uh... I'm lazy... i think Good Charlotte and Simple Plan. I could not name a single song by either band. Well, except for that "don't commit suicide" song that I think is by GC. Anyway... boo on Relient K, i say. I still can appreciate "For the Moments when I feel Faint" and "Softer to Me" and I'll still rock out to Sadie Hawkins and Pink Tux, but man... that's lame. Suckbombageddon, if you will. Meh.
Edit: "the flame" by Cheap Trick is on. this is EXACTLY the epinephrine i am talking about. my parents totally rocked out to this stuff, and i suffered through it on long car rides wishing for NKOTB. Yeah, i had the Jon doll. Bite me.