I've been driving all over Memphis these past weeks, which combined with constant road work on 240/I-55, has given me ample time for listening to some newly acquired tunes. Here are some current favorites of mine:
Settle Down/No Doubt:
Wait a Minute/The Hives
King and Lionheart/Of Monsters and Men
Flowers in Your Hair/The Lumineers
National Anthem/Lana Del Ray
Bad Religion/Frank Ocean
Out on the Town/Fun.
Help, I'm Alive/Metric
Amazing Eyes/Good Old War
Same Mistakes/The Echo Friendly
Ships/Lady Danville
Some are not quite so new, but newly obsessed over by me. To my delight, my recent discovery of The Lumineers has also coincided with a show announcement in Oxford at the Lyric, (which is dominating right now--Passion Pit is playing there too!).
As you know, I generally listen to music that reflects my current state of emotions, but this list is a definite exception. I just really like these songs, and I have no real connection to them other than that. Sort of. Yet.
Flowers in Your Hair:
So, now I think that I could love you back, and I hope it's not too late, 'cause you're attractive. And the way you move, I won't close my eyes. It takes a man to live. It takes a woman to make him compromise.
Be in my eyes, be in my heart.
Really, this is silly, picking out a favorite. I also love Classy Girls, Stubborn Love, and Ho Hey. I foresee a post dedicated entirely to The Lumineers by the time I see them in Oxford. They're simply delightful.
National Anthem:
Money is the anthem, of success, so put on mascara and your party dress
There is just something about this song. I cannot get enough of it. I seriously had it on repeat the entire way to work one morning. The video is also...interesting. You should check it out if you haven't already done yourself that favor. I know her album has been out a while, but I just now really started getting into it. I am also in love with Born to Die
Bad Religion:
If it brings me to my knees, It's a bad religion
This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one man cult and cyanide in my styrofoam cup. I could never make him love me, never make him love me, no, no.
This song is just so powerful. His voice is full of real pain, and it pulls you in, makes you hurt with him, feel his vulnerability. Unrequited love is one of the worst feelings, though it's one that many people, including myself, feel, and he really captures it in this song. I am meh about the rest of the album thus far, but a few more listens could change that.
Amazing Eyes:
You're a little bit broken and I'm a little bit broken. When we put ourselves together, my oh my. And you may not understand it, but something here is working. So, I don't mind, I don't mind, 'cause you're mine...you're mine.
I am in love with this band right now. Every song is just so beautiful. I heard this one, and I was immediately swept off of my feet. Do these men actually exist, that speak so affectionately about women? Even if they are few and far between, it gives me hope that maybe I can be someone's amazing eyes, (okay, that was my one sappy moment of the post--moving on).
Same Mistakes:
My friends are all a drag. They think I'm such a flake. They want to go to bed, I want to stay up late, walking the streets alone, thinking of you 'til dawn. I make the same mistakes
I heard this for the first time on the HBO show Girls (it has the BEST music). It's simple, to the point, and so incredibly real. We all make mistakes, but it seems there are some that I refuse to learn from, no matter how much I say I have or want to. I'd like to think that other 20 somethings trying to find their place in the universe do the same.
So, those are the newest additions to my "Current Loves" playlist on iTunes. I'm always looking for new music, so if you think there's something you're listening to that I'd like, please share!
If we're still alive, then my regrets are few. If my life is mine, what shouldn't I do?
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