5 significant songs, 2013
in chronological order
the xx - fiction
this carried over from the end of last year, and i spent the early parts of this year listening extensively to coexist. as always, my attention shifted from song to song as they each took turns to capture my ear, be it by a catchy hook or a particularly interesting lyric.
it eventually settled on this song with amazing bits of both elements. listening to it now brings me back to all those rainy bus rides spent with this plugged into my ear.
"come real love, why do i refuse you
cos if my fear's right, i risk to lose you..."
coheed & cambria - welcome home
in preparation for their live show in april, i started listening to a bit of their newer songs to get myself up to date, as well as refreshed my memories with their old songs.
this song is one of those that went unnoticed until i listened to the live version. when i first saw it on youtube, i thought it was a new song because there was no way i could have missed such awesomeness, but some research showed that it was released in 2005 and i must have had heard it since 2008 or so.
interpol - leif erikson
at the peak of my obsession with this song, i must have played it 50 times a day and still couldn't get enough.
"this song is the deep, dark, secret heart of 'turn on the bright lights', the sound of your past and future loves whispering through thick black bass notes spewing like oil."
- comment on songmeanings
a lot of people there say this song is about sex, but i think it is about two people who learn to love each other and appreciate each other's unconventional way of expressing their love.
poison oak - bright eyes
one day i came across this video and BOOM it shattered my life. there was some inexplicable beauty in this stupid thing that was probably created as one of those nonsensical joke videos that were so popular around the time it was uploaded in 2006.
maybe it's because the childish video matches the song's perspective where he's singing about his experiences as an innocent boy rather than a world-weary man, in a time where life was simpler and he only saw things as they were and not the meanings hidden behind them.
jay chou - 七里香
when i entered poly, the group of friends i hung out with used to go sing karaoke and out of necessity i had to learn a few songs, which just so happened to be all jay chou songs. till this day, his are the only modern chinese songs i listen to.
i haven't been listening to his songs for ages until october when i went to batam and heard a shop playing one. when i got back, this was the first video i clicked in my youtube search and holy shit it was awesome.
this song kickstarted a month of jay chou, where i would listen to his songs in the wee hours of the morning and it felt like such a good fit, his chill songs in the quiet nights.
the xx - fiction
this carried over from the end of last year, and i spent the early parts of this year listening extensively to coexist. as always, my attention shifted from song to song as they each took turns to capture my ear, be it by a catchy hook or a particularly interesting lyric.
it eventually settled on this song with amazing bits of both elements. listening to it now brings me back to all those rainy bus rides spent with this plugged into my ear.
"come real love, why do i refuse you
cos if my fear's right, i risk to lose you..."
coheed & cambria - welcome home
in preparation for their live show in april, i started listening to a bit of their newer songs to get myself up to date, as well as refreshed my memories with their old songs.
this song is one of those that went unnoticed until i listened to the live version. when i first saw it on youtube, i thought it was a new song because there was no way i could have missed such awesomeness, but some research showed that it was released in 2005 and i must have had heard it since 2008 or so.
interpol - leif erikson
at the peak of my obsession with this song, i must have played it 50 times a day and still couldn't get enough.
"this song is the deep, dark, secret heart of 'turn on the bright lights', the sound of your past and future loves whispering through thick black bass notes spewing like oil."
- comment on songmeanings
a lot of people there say this song is about sex, but i think it is about two people who learn to love each other and appreciate each other's unconventional way of expressing their love.
poison oak - bright eyes
one day i came across this video and BOOM it shattered my life. there was some inexplicable beauty in this stupid thing that was probably created as one of those nonsensical joke videos that were so popular around the time it was uploaded in 2006.
maybe it's because the childish video matches the song's perspective where he's singing about his experiences as an innocent boy rather than a world-weary man, in a time where life was simpler and he only saw things as they were and not the meanings hidden behind them.
jay chou - 七里香
when i entered poly, the group of friends i hung out with used to go sing karaoke and out of necessity i had to learn a few songs, which just so happened to be all jay chou songs. till this day, his are the only modern chinese songs i listen to.
i haven't been listening to his songs for ages until october when i went to batam and heard a shop playing one. when i got back, this was the first video i clicked in my youtube search and holy shit it was awesome.
this song kickstarted a month of jay chou, where i would listen to his songs in the wee hours of the morning and it felt like such a good fit, his chill songs in the quiet nights.
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