I am going to occasionally do this, mainly just because I am bored and haven't really got anybody to talk music with, so I will speak into the ether of the internet. These aren't even necessarily five songs that I am in love with at this moment, it's just five songs that I have come to love unconditionally. These are five great songs, and if you disagree, your ears must be broken.
1. "Dirty Dishes" by Deer Tick
A terriffic band from Rhode Island (that will be playing Toronto in November), Deer Tick is essentially the creation of the front man who is the lead singer/songwriter. Anyway, this is just a great, simple little ditty. Presumably it is a love song, but who knows. I think my favourite part is the last verse. Not that it is anything new, or particularly poignant (it's all been sung before anyway), but the line "things could be so much worse" always leaves me feeling a little bit better about life when the song ends.
2. "Death by Fire" by Land of Talk
Now some Can-Con. Land of Talk is another band similar to Deer Tick in that the spine of it is singer-songwriter Liz Powell. Her three (full length) albums display some tremendous songwriting ability. It isn't all simple, catchy hooks like Deer Tick (not that there is anything wrong with simple and catchy). Liz Powell writes some complicated, meandering songs that usually have very stark changes throughout them. Death by Fire is one of those meandering songs. The lead hook with it's grungy guitar always puts the thought of a long road trip in a shitty car into my head and I don't know why.
3. "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
Not that I didn't know of Van Morrison until recently (my parents LOVE him), I just never get around to listening to him very much. I knew he had become Yusuf Islam, so I thought he might be a bit of a flake, so that didn't entice me to listen. Thankfully, "Old Guy Radio" on The Tony Kornheiser show is a terrific vehicle for finding great, classic music. This was a song where Tony just said "everybody shut up and let's listen", and I am glad he did.
4. "Munich Air Disaster 1958" By Morrissey
This is a song I love, and I song that was one of the first things in my mind when I heard of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash this past summer. Maybe it is crass that this was the first place I went, but I can't help but relate everything in life to music, and specifically, music I love. I have meant to write about the tragedy, and even began a post about, but I couldn't figure out a good way to express my thoughts on it. In a selfish, personal sense, I think the most of the former Maple Leaf players who died. Igor Korolev and Alex Karpovstev (along with the death of Wade Belak) are probably the first players whose Maple Leaf careers I vividly remember, to die. Its a feeling of "getting older" that undoubtedly everyone in society feels. This was just one of the first times for that feeling to really hit me. Anyway, here is a great tribute to one of the other sports teams to suffer a similar tragedy. Of note, the New York Dolls cover that leads into the song. The songs and lyrics go great together.
"Just War" by Sparklehorse
This song hasn't got nearly the significance of the last one. I suppose it is about war, and as such would be every bit as somber, but it's not referencing anybody specific, and it is just too great of a simply pop song to feel down about. With an album filled with artist cameos (and people I really like, like Julian Casablancas), this song, featuring a singer (?) I have never heard of is the track that really jumped out at me. I am a big fan of certain crescendos in music, and I think the chorus do those crescendos really well in this song.
Anyway, there are five songs that I cant recommend enough. And another half hour is successfully killed.
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