Posts tagged with “music”
You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
I know that you’ll find love.
I will possess your heart.
— Death Cab For Cutie - “I Will Possess Your Heart” from “Narrow Stairs”. I didn’t think much of the album when I first heard it, but now I love it.
Breaking news: It’s only the Australian iTunes store that considers Beyoncé to be possessed. The top image is from the US store, the bottom is from the Australian store. I should be an investigative reporter! I bring the big stories to the people.
Coming up next: why do they both think she is able to contort her body into impossible silhouettes?
19 November 2008 - 05:48 | Tags: music, beyonceBeyoncé - If I Were A Boy - from the new album.
18 November 2008 - 23:29 | Tags: music, beyonce, musicvideo
Beyoncé’s new album “I am… Sasha Fierce” just came out. Sasha represents B’s more outgoing on-stage alter-ego. I assume, therefore, it is intentional that the artwork makes it look like she has the horns of a devil.
18 November 2008 - 22:03 | Tags: music, beyonceI cannot believe my eyes
How the world’s filled with filth and lies
But it’s plain to see
Evil inside of me is on the rise
— My Eyes from Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
And the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums [UPDATE: the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums, the drums]
— Great DJ by The Ting Tings. I severely underestimated the number of drums.
12 September 2008 - 08:21 | Tags: musicWhen I go out with my core group of friends, we unintentionally look like a popular indie band.
Chairlift - Bruises on iPod nano ad
Chairlift’s song Bruises (link to Australian iTunes store) is featured on the new iPod nano TV ad. The lyrics include:
“I tried to do handstands for you. Every time I fell on you. Every time I fell for you I’m permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you.”
The song currently (10th Sept 00:23 UTC) has 2343 plays and 592 listeners on last.fm.
I’ll track the increase here.
UPDATE (10th Sept 19:00 UTC): 2418 plays - 604 listeners. I’m not sure when they aggregate their stats.
UPDATE (11th Sept 19:20 UTC): 2895 plays - 723 listeners.
UPDATE (13th Sept 19:30 UTC): 4000 plays - 926 listeners.
UPDATE (15th Sept 19:30 UTC): 6280 plays - 1209 listeners.
UPDATE (27th Sept 21:00 UTC): 26259 plays - 3868 listeners.
Weirdly, the Australian iTunes store lists the release date as 11 November 2008 but is selling it (from the future!).
The physical CD will be available at Amazon on September 30, 2008. They are already selling the digital version.
The album is currently number 1032 in MP3 Albums on the Amazon charts. The song is number 47369.
UPDATE (10th Sept 09:00 UTC): Album is number 648 - Song is number 1707, a rise of more than 45000 places in 9 hours.
UPDATE (10th Sept 11:00 UTC): Album at 368 - Song at 882.
UPDATE (10th Sept 13:30 UTC): Album at 391 - Song at 934.
UPDATE (10th Sept 15:45 UTC): Album at 230 - Song at 1103.
UPDATE (10th Sept 18:45 UTC): Album at 265 - Song at 848.
UPDATE (10th Sept 20:00 UTC): Album at 318 - Song at 690. I wonder if the time of day says anything about the type of people who buy albums vs single songs?
UPDATE (10th Sept 22:30 UTC): Album at 226 - Song at 914.
UPDATE (11th Sept 19:20 UTC): Album at 380 - Song at 792. I wonder if this is the end of the initial bump and we’ll see another once the TV spot starts in force.
UPDATE (13th Sept 19:30 UTC): Album at 676 - Song at 1491.
UPDATE (15th Sept 19:30 UTC): Album at 158 - Song at 128.
UPDATE (16th Sept 18:30 UTC): Album at 94 - Song at 107.
I found a few sites linking to the song. Remember kids, “Don’t steal music!”
9 September 2008 - 20:26 | Tags: music, ipod, chairlift
“Our government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions!”
9 September 2008 - 16:38 | Tags: music, bryanadams, itunesIt may not feel too classy,
begging just to eat.
But you know who does that? Lassie.
And she always gets a treat.
So you wonder what your part is,
because you’re homeless and depressed.
But home is where the heart is.
So your real home’s in your chest.
…
Everyone’s a hero in their own way.
Everyone can blaze a hero’s trail.
Don’t worry if it’s hard,
if you’re not a friggin ‘tard you will prevail.
— Everyone’s a Hero from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog