I recently downloaded a few CD albums such as:
Metric – Fantasies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
The Bird and the Bee – Please Clap Your Hands (EP)
The Bird and the Bee – Ray Guns Are Not Just For The Future
Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Katie Melua – Pictures
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
Ciara – Fantasy Ride
Metric’s Fantasies album is awesome! I love all the songs. Some stand out more to me than others like Help I’m Alive, Twilight Galaxy, and Gimme Sympathy, but all in all I love the whole album. I plan to go see them next month at the Wiltern. Who wants to go?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ It’s Blitz album is likable. It’s enjoyable to listen to. My favorite song in that album is track #5: Dull Life. It’s a high energy type of song.
The Bird And The Bee’s EP came out in 2007, but I just recently discovered them. Track #5 on that CD calls out to me. The song is called How Deep Is Your Love, and it’s actually a cover from the Bee Gees. I just found that out when I read a comment under a youtube video. I do like the Bee Gees’ version, but The Bird And The Bee put on a feminine twist that I just absolutely adore. I also downloaded their Ray Guns Are Not Just For The Future album because the song Love Letter To Japan was on there. That is the song that I heard on XM Satellite Radio that intrigued me to look up more songs from that band.
I downloaded Minus The Bear’s 2007 CD, because I never heard it before. It’s funny because I went to their concert on November 16, 2008, I did not recognized a lot of the music they played because I had only been listening to their 2002 Highly Refined Pirates CD. Anyways, they are a great band. I love them. One of my favorite songs from them is We Are Not a Football Team (but the acoustic version). I haven’t been able to get that acoustic track from them, so if anybody knows where I can get it, then please let me know. Here is a short video that I recorded that night I saw them. I was up in the balcony area. Sorry this video was short (only 19 seconds), and it’s the end of the song. My video camera was not that reliable.
One reason I decided to download Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career is because of the band’s name. I thought that if it related to photography, I must check it out. It’s funny because just the other day I said their album out loud and it made sense. It sounds like “My Modeling Career”!!! haha. Well, it was a pleasant surprise that I do like them. They have a vintage, yet modern sound to them. The first track, French Navy, sounds really cute. I might put it into my “Pin Up Music” playlist. I’m not sure, I have to think about it.
I downloaded Katie Melua – Pictures for the exact same reason. I have never heard of her, but her album is called “Pictures”, so that was enough to catch my attention. She has a very soft and feminine voice. I think it’s like easy listening music that can be in your background music where it wouldn’t be distracting. I have listened to her whole CD on repeat and not notice that it had repeated many times. haha.
I actually never listened to The Rolling Stones before. The reason I downloaded it is because in Metric’s song Gimme Sympathy, she sings, “Who would you rather be? The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.” I like The Beatles, so if they were being compared to another band, I’m going to check it out. So Sticky Fingers is their 2009 CD album. I haven’t checked out their past work, but I scrolled through all the songs on the album, but right now I’m just not feeling them as much as the other artists that I have downloaded. But there is something about their first track, Brown Sugar, that is kind of catchy.
I downloaded Green Day’s new CD album because I thought everybody was going to be talking about it. So far I haven’t heard any of my friends talking about them to me. Well, I think they still sound very much like themselves. Their songs on their 2009 CD still have that 90′s rock sound. The song that stands out to me is track #9 Tired Of Waiting. It’s a slower song that sounds very mellow and reminiscent of The Beach Boys.
One reason I downloaded Kings Of Leon is because I am a fan of Lykke Li and she covered their 2007 song Knocked Up. To be honest, I like Lykke Li’s version better. I haven’t really listened to their 2008 CD yet. I have to give it a try whenver I am in the mood for them. Well, that Sex On Fire song is kind of catchy.
I gave Ciara’s Fantasy Ride album a chance. I listened to all the songs once, but I did not feel like listening to it again or having it in my current playlist. The song I’m On is a high energy dance song. I enjoy that song, and it kind of reminded me of the Pussy Cat Dolls. I like that she was in America’s Next Top Model season 12 episode 9. I also liked her sexy performance on The Ellen Degeneres show. Currently, I’m not too into her 2009 CD album, but I might be later in the future.
One more thing… this is totally irrelevant to music, but I was going to look up a word on Dictionary.com but the home page was a full page advertisement for Toyota’s new 3rd generation Prius. From the looks of it, it looks pretty cool!
