Drivin' round town with the girl I love

This song is amazing. I just called my brother and he suggested it to me. I was a little weary at first about the song based on the title. I assumed it would be just like one of those Top 40 songs that I just couldn't give a shit about. The song is called "Fuck You" by Cee-Lo Green. The song is just so amazing though I can't even tell you. It just has this classic but revamped Motown feel that you just don't hear out of popular music anymore.

The lyrics are pretty great-contrary to the title. It's kind of hokey but my favorite lyric reads "Now I know, that I had to borrow/ Beg and steal and lie and cheat/Trying to keep ya, trying to please ya/'Cause being in love with you ass ain't cheap." Now I know it isn't exactly a Shakespearian sonnet, but you have to hand it to Cee-Lo Green, it's a great lyric. His voice just has that gospel feel on the track too which just works so well with the all-female chorus. The song is a complete diamond in the rough and definitely worth a listen.

"Fuck You" by Cee-Lo Green from

-S

Sunday Soundtrack

Here she is, the magical mystery Sunday Soundtrack!

"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees

"Squeeze Box" by The Who

"My Doorbell" by The White Stripes

"Gimme Head" by The Radiators (It's exactly what it sounds like, however these guys are real old so it makes it kind of funny in a way, the song, nevertheless, its GREAT)

"Of A Revolution" by O.A.R.

"You Gotta Go" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

"Already Gone" by The Eagles

(I know, I know, this week I was feeling a little classic)

-S

Running down the streets like nothings wrong

I had a little trouble finding a song today, so I ended up perusing some of my old playlists and I happened to find one called "Sad Indie Songs" (Note: I think I copied it from somewhere else-this was not my own concoction.) Nestled in this little playlist, I found a song that I had since forgotten about, by a band I had once dismissed as "the worstest." The band is Louis XIV, I first heard them on the Itunes sampler, back when I was a music underling who knew nothing. I was pumped to find Itunes had a sample playlist-especially considering I knew of nothing but N'sync. The song was called "Louis XIV" and I hated it, those narcissists! How dare they try a stunt like naming a song after themselves (this was before I heard the song "Wilco" by the band Wilco off of their latest album Wilco-great song/album/band).


However "Louis XIV" the song is not what I want to rave about, it is another song called "All The Little Pieces." The song starts out with a simple piano/strings intro that is really as classic as the mixing on the vocals come out to be. What really gets me though about this song is the drumming, its not too fancy but the fills are so perfect for the song it just melts and sounds amazing. Another great part is the break down at around 1:00 and then the subsequent buildup. Best part: around 1:40 with the vocal mix shift that is just pure classy and nothing else. It sounds so old school too. This song proves that I can easily misjudge a band-pure unadulterated awesome. Just a note, this song for the most part is unrepresentative of Louis XIV, they are usually described as raunchy, juvenile, and humorous, this is definitely a departure from their other works (see: "Hall of Mirrors," still a great song just very different).

"All The Little Pieces" by Louis XIV from The Best Little Secrets Are Kept (2005)

"Hall Of Mirrors" by Louis XIV from Louis XIV (2003)-great guitar and vocals from Jason Hill

-S