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February; a month of snow, a month of history, a month of love, and a month of depressing comments by sad singles plowing through mouthfuls of sweet, delicious Ben & Jerry’s to counterbalance the bitterness of their loneliness (Full Disclosure: I’m on the Hallmark payroll). In order to mark the end of this momentous month, I figured a diverse mix of one-off love and non-love tunes that I really enjoy would be appropriate.
First off is from a band that I have previously repped on this site, Animal Collective. While I stand by my previous statement that Avey Tare is the weaker singer on Strawberry Jam, I picked up the bands previous release Feels, and was BLOWN AWAY by both the uniqueness of his vocals and lyrics, which give an impression of stream of consciousness despite the evident thought that went into the construction of images and metaphors. Grass is easily the most ’single-worthy’ track on the record, and for good reason - its beautiful, jarring, and honest.
Next up are the sweet European melodies of a 22 year old from New York, Zach Condon, known also as Beirut. The most recent long player, The Flying Cup Club, is a solid collection of songs. The word swoon gets thrown around a lot in reference to different music, but I definitely think it can accurately describe this track, A Sunday Smile.
Finally Tapes ‘n’ Tapes probably get a bit more attention than they deserve, but its not completely without warrant. The Loon contains a few throw away tracks, but the majority of the songs really get me, especially Manitoba.
And now for the explicitly non-love songs. First comes Man Man. The word crazy, much like swoon, gets overused to describe music, so I won’t use it here. Instead, I will say this - I am absolutely terrified of Man Man. Stay away from my house, but make more songs like this.
Man Man - Black Mission Goggles
Lil’ Wayne is a God. No two ways about it. I can’t express how serious I am when I say this. This qualifies as a non-love song cause he took Young Jeezy’s ‘I Luv It’ and turned it from terrible to excellent (PUNtacular).
Finally, this song is a little old, but nothing says ‘love’ like a song about strippers. Thanks to The Faint!
The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual
Look both ways before you cross the street,
David.
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I was thinking more based on all his songs, not just this one specifically, but duly noted.
Comment by David on 03-03-08Comon David! Cindy just zinged you good time, and you are just going to take it?
Comment by Frank on 04-03-08This post is depressing. I feel for this post what you feel for the Past is a Grotesque Animal.
Comment by Megan on 08-03-08Ouch. Sorry guys. Lesson learned.
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Actually, I’m not so sure if changing the lyrics to an already decent song qualifies you to be considered God. I mean Lil Wayne is good and all, but I don’t know if I would go as far as to call him God. I think lots of artists are capable of changing the lyrics to a song and calling it there own..
Comment by Cindy on 02-03-08