'Best' of 2005

So, spending a night in this new years, in fact what has become a night in on my own thanks to my family actually doing stuff, i decided instead of just going to sleep i'd do a blog post. I hate the fact iv let this slide, but, life's been a bit odd again lately. Just not feeling....right? But we'll ignore it and just take it as a phase. Anyway. I was thinking of all these different ways of doing this; Best Tracks, Best Albums, Best new artists, so many different things. What i finally decided on though, is, well, an insanely minaturised version of my year in musical terms. I can't look at it chronolically caus a lot of stuff has happened (and its really scary thinking quite how much) so i thought i'd pick a few songs that have really meant something to me this year, one way or another. With each i intend to include why it's made the list, but, yknow, i'll try not to ramble about my life tooooo much? But yknow, as always, you dont like it you dont have to read. Or DONT you?! Dun dun dun....


# I Miss You - ...And Then i Turned Seven...

Back in the early months of this year i'm sure a few of you will remember me rambling on about this band. I fell in love. Generally speaking fairly poorly written emo acoustic (and to me THIS is emo and what its about) thats not made to be the next award winning masterpiece, but, more music to be pained by? Or with? I know that doesn't sound good, but, it works when you're low. And at the time i was very much so. The lyrics aren't really what's important here, the point being the songs off the album (Broken Summer) were just about sharing something a bit deeper, knowing you weren't the only one out there. With this song specifically, i found myself angressively singing along at the end every time. The idea of being able to hurt him back filed me with fantastic levels of emotion that were such a great change from sadness, and the idea he might ever have to relate to them was just, well, it felt good. I won't bother telling you who it was aimed at, but i think many of you know who he is...

"I did nothing at all, nothing at all, it's all my fault you're gone"


# Jumper - Third Eye Blind

Following on from the place in my life of the last, i played this song on repeat for litereally hours. It just felt like it was me in there. In the song. It's funny, a couple of years ago, i couldn't relate to music. It's so cool being able to now, and so much more. I won't go into any more detail other than to say thankyou Lindsey for waking me up =)
But yes, shockingly, this song is about suicide (at least it is to me, heh) and was just basically the soundtrack to my low point of the year. The best part is, unlike Goodbye (I'm Sorry) - ...And Then I Turned Seven... & The Day That i Die - Good Charlotte i can listen to this song now and feel that i've grown. Our past makes us who we are, no matter how much we don't want it to.

"Everyone i know has got a reason, to say, put the past away"


# Just Friends - Gavin DeGraw

I wish they weren't such a big part of my year, but at the same time it led me to listen to a lot of very awesome music lots and lots :P I never listened to this song with the story/message intended. To me it was just, my way of trying to accept the idea of Lindsey and Chris as a couple, and, it was hard. Lets be honest it still is. I can't help that, it's the way i feel. I don't believe feelings can be "wrong" (Except mike's incestual ones :P) and it's just another thing to accept. This song comes from a very good album, Chariot, which i fell in love with this year. It would be sitting in my top 5 albums of the year if i'd actually done one. All the songs are just so well written and are very emotive. Assuming i've used the word right! I'd look it up but i'm so not that bothered, you know what i mean. Good time to stop.

"Why weren't you true? You know i trusted you, when you were just friends..."


# Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy) - Fall Out Boy

I'm not sure how my musical tastes would've panned out without this band. They're fucking amazing. After listening to the tracks available at the time on Purevolume i ordered the album (Take This To Your Grave) as soon as i could. But this was always my first and foremost love off it. It always reminded me of that feeling of being the better man? Not in a cocky way, and not really even in a "he's a dickwad" way (note the mature insult), but it's just inevitable (hehe, i need to watch Team America again) that you feel that "GARGH why are you with him and not me?!" moment. Personally, this was my song for it for a while this year.

"You need him, i could be him, i could be an accident but i'm still trying, and that's more than i can say for him"


# Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap

Along with every one else, i heard this on the O.C, played for Caleb's funeral. When i became addicted to it though was in fact the day of the London Bombings. It's all i listened to. It summed up the pain, and the opening verse just summed up the shock and trauma that seemed to consume the country. Enough said.

Where are We? What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to form, crop circles in the carpet.
Sinking feeling.
Spin me round again and rub my eyes, this can't be happening.
When busy streets a mess with people, would stop to hold their heads heavy.



There are of course dozens if not hundreds more songs that really moved me this year, that have helped me become more of who i am today. However, i haven't got the time (nor webspace!) to go into all those. I realise that there's a great focus on negative emotions in this post, but, to be hounest, that's been my year's main focus. No it hasn't all sucked, but i'm sitting here alone at 11:45pm on New Years Eve. I'll leave you with my New Years song though.

# This Will Be My Year - Semisonic

"You tell yourself, what you want to hear, caus' you have to believe, this will be my year"

Merry Christmas!

Finally finished work until Tuesday, so i'm gonna wedge in a quick christmas post before i run into town. I'm very annoyed i couldn't manage my post this week, but should be more or less back to normal by Monday? I won't bother with an actual Christmas day post caus that's sad, hehe, although i keep getting confused that it is already 3pm on christmas eve. Oh dear. I NEED TO GO TO TOWN. So lets cut this short. I do indeed wish you all a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Here's a few songs i loike (Right up to the Suffolk language) to get you in the mood!

# Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World

# All I want for Christmas is You - My Chemical Romance

# I'll be Home for Christmas - The Gabe Dixon Band

# Santa Baby - Calista Flockhart [That's Ally McBeal :)]

Hope you get everything you wanted (unless you're a spoilt brat) and basically have muchly fun with friends and family alike =)

Christmas - the time of year it's *ok* to be CHEESE! [Literal interpretations also true]

Busy busy busy

I'm afraid to say it's wednesday and no post yet this week, and i cant see it happened until at least Saturday? I'm working nights atm which involves working until the early hours, coming home still "in gear" so not being able to properly sleep....then sleeping in late, getting up, eating, and going to work. The reason that sounds so dull is because it IS. I'm getting about a couple of hours a day to myself atm at max, and thats not really enough time to fit in trying to lsiten to new music AND do the blog?! :P I know which comes first i'm afraid, but i'll try and make up for it after christmas?! I've got a couple of crimbo songs i'll try and post up xmas eve, late attempt to get in the christmas spirit. And a new band to get you into. I'm in love! Oh and i just finished the first series of Ally McBeal if anyones interested, heh, its muchly awesome. The odd times i AM on msn it tends to be amazing quotes from that which attain the privelaged status of my s/n :P
Hope everyones having a fun time! I feel bad i dont even have time to post a single track now but it takes too much time and iv gotta run. :(

Songs of the week

This week has been rather cool, and also seen me trying to absorb way more bands than i can physically manage. I've been talking to lots of new people about music which has obviously led to me wanting to listen to more stuff, i've found a few more really awesome mp3 blogs (which will be added to the list on the right later on sometime.... :S) and i've got some more cd's! Heh. My Bon Jovi 100,000,000 fans can't be wrong arrived from Amazon, along with All Hands on the Bad One by Sleater-Kinney, my Panic! At the Disco album FINALLY ARRIVED XD and i also recieved a Thrice album from Mikey B last night for my christmas present :) Friends ROCK. But yea, so basically, iv all but filled my hard drive (about 0.6gb spare right now?! Opps?!) with random music, and, erm, hmmmm. I need to try and get through more. But its hard to keep up with my own thirst for music. Yea i'm sane.

So the first track today comes from the large volume of music found in the Bon Jovi set. I have yet to watch the dvd that came with it, but iv litened to a lot of the trascks off the 4 cd's. I wasn't really impressed with the demos, but the unreleased songs include a few gems. My current personal pic has to be the following. It's one of those songs where i found myself going "YES, thats how it feels"! I love getting that after listening to a song for the first time. It's just, that great feeling of after breaking up with someone who was like "this will last forever" and "I'll never be able to live without you" and then seeing them run off with someone else.... It's not the anger at them, but the latter consideration of "well, why AREN'T you dead?!". I like that muchly. And yes Katie this is a hint. :P

# Why Aren't You Dead? - Bon Jovi


The second track today is much more depressing but in a good way. I'm sure most of you won't like it, but, i do, and i'd like to share it. It actually comes from the Ally McBeal "A Very Ally Christmas" soundtrack, with lots of random christmas songs. And this is kind of christmassy in passing, but that's not the focus at all. I believe after having a quick check on t'internet that it was originally done by Joni Mitchell, but, this is the first time i'd heard it. And i like it muchly. He has such a gorgeous voice. I'd love to be serrenaded. I'm sure my perfect girl will do that. *nods* Heh. I'm waiting.... :P

# River - Robert Downey, jr.

Get in to: Semisonic

So, this is weird, sitting here in just a pair of shorts and one of my waterstones tops (yup, was too tired to actually bother removing it last night...) at 1pm on a Friday. Hmmm. It gets weirder when you think i've got to go to work in 5 hours. My head cant handle this confusion! Oh well. I'll eat muchly before i go, and drink lots of tea, and other such cunning plans of awakeness. Anyway. What this means for YOU luck people is an earlier post than normal, so, lets rock 'n' roll with that.

Now, todays band are like, my all time favourites. It's soft rock at it's most awesomeness. Most of you will know them from their 'massive hit single' Secret Smile (or Closing Time if you're American) but they are far from one hit wonders, as those who bought the album Feeling Strangely Fine rapidly discovered. But one great album doesn't make a great band. However, following that with another fantastibloodymatic album, All About Chemistry, does. Especially when you add in their back-catalogued Great Divide album, which was also rather spiffing, especially with the openener F.N.T. (Fascinating New Thing). They're had a few songs feature in some pretty cool films (and by cool i mean teen-flicks) which have helped raise awareness of their potentential. Anyway, it still never really put their third album (well, fourth if you include the Pleasure EP) 'on the map', which is a shame because it, for me at least, was by far the best. You can now experience what i mean with one of my favouritist tracks on their.

# She's Got My Number - Semisonic

Now, after getting hold of the albums, i still wanted more from semisonic. Thanks to eBay, i could. I basically bought all the singles i could, and have therefore now collected a small collection of awesome b-side tracks. I was tempted to give you either a random acoustic or love track today, or even one of their strange covers (Erotic City anyone?) but instead i decided on a really cool track that was released on the Singing In My Sleep single (cd2 i think) that was sadly not included on any album.

# Makin' A Plan - Semisonic

Now, since this time, the only 'new' offering we've had was the Best Of, which was just someones personal pick of the three albums, with Over My Head included, due to its popularity in a film who's name evades me. Sadly however this wasn't even an unreleased track as it appeared on the single for Chemistry (damn good single btw) so i haven't actually bothered buying that yet. I undoubtably will, just in a vain hope to eventually own 'everything'. Although i know there's much more stuff to track down on the rarer side of things. But oh well.
Oh and Semisonic aren't really together any more. Heh. Good time to add that in. It's been a bit confusing. They never really 'broke up' as far as i'm aware, they just decided to work on different projects? *shrugs* I'll be waiting for a reunion. And maybe when i'm like 30-40, i'll get it? :D That'd rock. I'll hush now. Enjoy the songs.

Mendnesday - Mending Monday and Wednesday posts for over 5 minutes

Okay, so due to other engagements (Zest, work, sleep and the such) I couldn't post Monday, or make up for it Tuesday, and i very nearly didn't get the chance to do tonights. However, i was annoyed at the thought of missing 2 whole posts in a single week, so i thought i'd try and make up for it with an amalgamated double-whammy type post. So. Acoustic Mondays + Cover Wednesday = Mendnesday, the day of acoustic covers! Hehe. Cunning i tells ya. Oh, and you get 4 whole songs today. FOUR. Damn straight. I'd give you a fifth bonus one if i had a decent enough quality one, but sadly most acoustic covers are live, and, as such often poor quality. Of course the live lounge tracks generally rock, which is why you already get two in this post. So, without further, erm, adu? I've never had to write that word before. Or even type it. Yea. I'd look it up but i don't care. Any comments telling me how to spell it will be happily ignored. Ignorance is bliss.

I'll start off then with the two live lougne tracks. I'm not gonna go into how cool the live lounge is, i've said it before and, you should already know. These two tracks really work for me, the first because it's just, well, awesome? (albeit a loud sound file, appologies but i have no programme to change this!) The second however is so good because it proves how WHO sings a song can be so important. Im not a sugababes fan, but i sort of like the song by them. By Starsailor, it becomes awesome. I'd like to thank little miss Kateman for the second track too caus she sent it to me and i love her muchly for it :P Oh and caus she rocks and stuff etc...
So, anyway, here they are. I actually typed "hear they are" the first time. Like, a subconcious pun. Or something. Dammit! Back to the songs...

# Don't Look Back in Anger (live acoustic) - Maroon 5

# Push the Button (live acoustic) - Starsailor


The third track for today was featured on the oc and REALLY got me into the artist. Ryan Adams is fantastic at producing really well written and often highly depressing songs. It just provides a really good twist to sung a well known song. It's weird, i've got nothing against Oasis. I just think their songs are better sung by someone else? :P I don't think this song was ever put on one of the soundtrack albums? Appologies if it was. I still haven't got round to buying them yet, but they do have some really good songs. The problem is there's no real reason to them? Other than they were on the programme of course. The only exception is the third one being a themed Chrismukkah disc. Which i haven't actually heard yet... DAMMIT! I'll just hush and give you the song now...

# Wonderwall - Ryan Adams


Saving the best til last, this has become one of my favourite tracks ever. When i was first got this, it was just out of curiousity, i'd never been a fan of the original song really. But, my word. I've loved Rufus Wainwright's voice since hearing his version of Hallelujah on the Shrek soundtrack. And this live rendition of Careless Whisper truely shows how amazing his voice is, and works wonderfully with Ben Folds. For me this is what music is all about. Beauty, in the songs and how its sung. It made me cry so many times when i first listened to it. I'm sure most of you won't find this to be so moving, of course it changes person to person what really 'gets to them', but i just wanted to share with you one of my true musical loves.

# Careless Whisper (live) - Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright

Songs of the week

Howdily ho again. Last night was my work xmas meal/do type thing. It was fucking AWESOME. All you need is a nice buffet, lots of lovely people, and a £450 bar tab. It was such a cool night! I spent most of it with Rachel, Sarah, Sophie, Chris and Rob. We were all jsut chatting about random things, including, as a random example, the 'first time'. There were muchly differences. I wont embarass people by being specific, but, there was "It was awesome" (female) to "My god i hated it" (male) heh. Was muchly amusing and enlightening? I like working with people who are comfortable to talk about such things, admitadly when we were all moderaltely wasted! But yea, there's also more stuff that people keep remembering. I didnt remember until mum found it that i'd brought a roadworks sign home. Opps? It's cool though! Hehe. Anyway. Music.....

My first track is one that's been played a fair amount this week. It's not a great song but i really like the chorus. It's by The Starting Line who many of you will already know, and of whom iv already psoted a track (an acoustic version of The Best of Me). Personally i find they're bouncy but emotionalised pop-punk-ness goes well with One:Day:Life, so, yea. Ummm. I'm not sure where to take that now. Oh well.
The whole album, Say It Like You Mean It, it's a really cool album that encompasses this, well, cool-type-thing-going-on. It's been a LONG day ok? I'm doing this post for YOU! I'm tired :P Oh sod it here's the song...

# Decisions, Decisions - The Starting Line


The second song is quite an odd choice actually. Everyone has by now heard the over-hyped Arctic Monkeys. I'm not saying they're NOT really good, however, there are a LOT of awesome bands who barely even get recognised! Why on earth this one deserves so much bloody attention is beyond me. Anyway, this song is really to prove that they do have something going on. It's the first b-side of the single I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor and i love it. It's just a really well written, good song! It could've so easily been a double A single. This is the kind of quality single i like. Very few bands achieve it (especially with a second decent b-side track, Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick being thrown into the £1.99 bargain. Basically, buy this single. I know its old now, but, still. Very good. Very very good. Go. Buy. NOW!

# Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts - Arctic Monkeys

Get in to: Zebrahead

Now, the odds are, you'll either know this band muchly or not at all? Very few people seem to 'vaguely know them', unless maybe it's for 'that stupid Playmate of the Year song' (which is SO not stupid or anything, its FUN!).
Anyway, thought they deserved a nice early plug, hehe. I got into Zebrahead a while back, after Ste Mike n Ed went to see them alongside Reel Big Fish and some other band.... Anyway, they all came back really 'into' this cool new band, not really being something we'd heard before. I think it was Skel who bought the MFZB album which was rapidly copied and distrbuted through our group. This basically was the foundation of my addiction. MFZB is an AMAZING album. It was rapidly catchy songs (Over the Edge) nice and ANGRY songs (Alone) and the emotional side (Blur's "Fuck you i don't even know why i like you" being my personal fav, but there's of course also 'Dear You (Far Away)'). Fyi for any picky people, im AWARE anger is an emotion, heh, but, its just, itsd the music to BE angry too. Which is different. Bitch.
So, back to the band. MFZB is actually their 4th album, and is by far the most mature and, well, fantastimatic? Sadly, after releaseing a 5th album the lead singer decided tp quit the band and move on to more 'mature' things in what as far as i know has been a rather unsucessful new band who's name i cant even be bothered to look up.
the first song i'm gonna give you to taste the band has already been mentioned above, it's the ever bouncy....

# Over the Edge - Zebrahead


Now the other thing about Zebrahead is they like their fans. It's how they thrive (and i use the current sense, because, realising i didnt say above, they DIDNT break up. They've got a new lead singer, have new material and have been toruing again, and will hopefully have a new album out soon). This basically means there are lots of various demo/acoustic/live tracks to be found all over the show on their 'fan club cd' and special singles and stuff. My personal favourite from the lovely collection iv gathered, is taken from the above noted MFZB Fanclub cd. It's a live version of I'm Money. Now, it's not the best quality, being live rap metal, however it really is full of their spirit. About 3/4 minutes in, there's a substaional break in the song where they get two fans up on the stage. Listen to find uot what happens! I LOVE it!

# I'm Money (live) - Zebrahead

Cover Wednesdays are round again. Same crappy title...

Right, i've been at work today, i'm tired, stressed, confused, and, my head hurts muchly. So lets just do this, heh.
We're back to cover wednesday again, yes, the snappy names continue, and so do the amazingly original themes?! You dont HAVE to read my blog! Sod off! Heh.
Todays covers are... Hang on, iv forgotten what they are. Well, this is a good start. *checks*
Okay, the first track i'm sure many of you will have already, but it's for the deprived few. Nickelback are a widely discredited band, and i've never really understood why. A lot of people really didn't like their huge hit How You Remind Me. What didn't help was them releasing the similar-musically Someday. HOWEVER. What a lot of people seem to fail to realise is that they were not the only singles! It's the radios choice which singles they play, and the soft rock tunes are what they went for. The fact is there's a lot more to Nickelback, and their albums reflect this in their mixture of soft and harder rock. Theres been a nice blend on all of their albums to date. However my personal favourite from the lot has been The Long Road from which Someday was released. It really was a great album, with such a variety of songs from the really hyper opening track Flat on the Floor, to the soft laid back Someday, right throw to the lovely heavy Thorw Yourself Away. It really works for them. The track i'm offering here, is one of the 3 (yes THREE) bonus tracks found on the limited edition digi-pack version of the album. It's a cover of the Elton John classic, and, just, really has the perfect feel in this incarnation. Just give it a try, and you'll see what i mean. Now lets go out and get WASTED! :P

# Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) - Nickelback


The second track [having actually had to just look to see what i'd uploaded :(] is an album featured cover track from the insanely and i mean INSANELY under-rated Cake. The song most likely heard, depending on your film viewing perferences, is the song that got me into the band, Comfort Eagle, which was featured in the film Shallow Hal, and was also to be heard played over the credits at the end. A muchly rockin song. But that's not what you get today!
Today, you get to hear a fantastic remake of a real classic song. You can hate the original if you want, but, don't hate this. It's a much more, well, emotional version of the song i think. At least, more relatable. Okay, so, less singing out loud with a hairbrush, but, im trying to cut down.

# I Will Survive - Cake

Acoustic Monday's round again

So, here we are. A whole week in to this blog, and, yea. I hope everyones at least in part liking my choices so far :P You'll now notice that last weeks Acoustic tracks have now been removed due to me needing the webspace! So that will probably follow through as a rule of thum, songs staying up only a week.

Now, this first track is one i've been sharing with people as much as possible. I randomly came across it whilst searching for acoustic songs online, listed as being Janes Addiction. After rapid investimigation, i soon found a couple of more reliable sources indicating it to be a version of Blind Melon's No Rain, in the form of a live acoustic also featuring Dave Matthews Band. I'm not ENTIRELY sure about this, but it's always hard to find out for certain stuff like this from random fairly unknown recordings. The point is however, it's a gorgeous song. It really really works, and is just so beautiful.
"And all i can do is read a book to stay awake, everyday it rips a little of my life away, but it's a great escape"
As far as i'm aware this song is unreleased, due to the sheer lack of information i've really been able to find out about it. Any further info would be as always muchly appreciated!

# No Rain (live acoustic) - Dave Matthews Band Ft. Blind Melon

To go with this today, i wanted to pick one of my many acoustic tracks that i feel really changes the song. I don't just mean "oh that sounds better in acoustic", but one that really changes the whole feeling and meaning to a song. I think my all time favourite along these lines, has to be the following b-side to the Ocean Avenue single by Yellowcard. The original is a very powerful angry song, where as there's such a new depth and subtlety to this version. Yellowcard do have a lot of beautifully written songs, don't jsut write them off as "the band with the violin".

# Way Away (acoustic) - Yellowcard

Songs of the week

Well, it being sunday, and me being a bit, y'know, subdued and stuff, thought today should be the chance to share a couple of songs that have really been a big part of this week for me.
The first, well, i'm sure most of you will just laugh at and ignore, but i think it's a damn good song.
"Good Charlotte said they like McFly, is half their fan base gonna cry? It's so pathetic dry your eyes. When you gonna realise a tune's a tune. I don't know why, the metal heads want us to die. But these days they're all under 9, so i'll be fine."
This has become one of my favourite song verses ever. It's really well paced, and written. I just, i duno. It sums up my view of a lot of peoples idea of "musical taste". There's too much image invovled these days. Get over yourselves people. Especially small people, caus, well, you're SMALL.
So anyway, yea, for those who don't know from that, it's a Son of Dork song. I bought the album when it came out, in the basic hope of extending some form of Busted. Now, the first single Ticket Outta Loserville was a bad choice in my opinion. It's an okay song, but nothing standout, and definately nothing to try and compete with Busted's former hits. Anyway, despite a few bad opening tracks (basically feel free to skip to track 5 when listening to the album) there are some good songs burned into its lovely ickle shiney skin. A lot of people suddenly seem to like Murder in the Mosh, which is of a similar "screw your images" vein, but, well, i think this is a lot better. So, to end my continual ramblings about it, here it is...

# Boyband - Son of Dork

The second song i've been listening to over and over this week is comparatively speaking much more credible. Most of you i'm sure by now, either of your own accord or following my intense harassment will have heard The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage by Panic! At the Disco. But this track is really one that's grown on me since the addiction to that song. It manages to bring forth memories of so many different people, so many relationships of such intensley varying depth. I can't help but love it and just, yea. Ha.
Basically, if you haven't heard of Panic yet this is as good a start as any. They sound very much like Fall Out Boy which is no real suprise to anyone. However, that to most people reading this i'm sure, will be a good thing.

# Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off - Panic! At The Disco

(Oh, and i had to post this song after FINALLY watching Closer last night. Brilliant film, really REALLY good. If you don't get the link, watch the film and you'll understand!)

Get in to: One:Day:Life

So, sooner or later, i was gonna do a One:Day:Life introductory post or something, to those poor souls who haven't come across this fantabulous pop-punk band!
They're a local band (for local people :P) who i was thankfully introduced to thanks to my lovely friend Mackenzie's dating of the rather sexy Kev ;) Hehe. In saying that.... ODL are a pretty damn loverly looking band, i think most people can agree there! ANYWAY! Moving on from my odd homosexual preferences!
I first saw them at 2004's Music in the Park, where the fantastimatic song Brand New Enemy was implanted into my head. I'm also very happy to say i have a recording of that very song at that very gig from one of their videos. It's not very good quality, but i love listening to it, going way back to 'the roots' of my love :P
Back to the band... The released their first EP, [Girl Meets Boy, Both Hearts Break] 'Same Old Story'....erm....some time back. I could check but it seems a waste. Just check yourself! There, 3 links, is that enough yet? No? FINE! This cd really changed me from thinking 'yea they're cool' to 'I LOVE ODL!'. It's only a 20 minute broadcast but all 4 songs are fooking AMAZING! I really really love this ep, as much as when i first bought it. And to try and show you what i mean, lets give you the first track, number 2 of the cd.

# Don't Look Down - One:Day:Life

After that cd, i found myself going to almost every gig of theirs in Ipswich i could manage, which at times has been a fair few (i think earlier this year there were three in like 2 weeks? Although i missed the acoustic steamby b gig due to STUPID HOLIDAY :P) and my adoration has grown and grown, leading to more and more sweaty photos of me, ste and co, being posted on the One:Day:Life gallery page. Oh dear? But it's all fun, hehe.
A few weeks back, the long awaited secnd EP appeared, titled Friends in Name Only. At first i was traumatised to see the cd case, instead of the lavish proper jewel case seen last time. None the less, i was muchly cheered after getting it signed (and annotated :P) and after hearing how good it was. However, i'm not sure why, but... Brand New Enemy doesn't seem to work for me on this cd. It's still good, but it just doesn't seem to hold the energy iv always loved at gigs. But i shouldnt complain, another 4 awesome songs (and another to download from the site, which is cheeky and silly), another happy Namnoj? My pick from this cd took a while to pick, but iv finally settled on....

# Four Hundred Feet - One:Day:Life

It's a very bouncy and cool song, about, well, an AWESOME night, haha. I think these two songs should help give an idea of what ODL are about. They provide brilliant lyrics with jumpable bouncy-ness that everyone should love. But however much i like the recordings, i don't think you'll ever really get how great they are until you see them live. The atmosphere always rocks. So, if they ever make a trip near you, or if indeed if you live in Ipswich and have been silly enough not to see them yet, make sure you make a trip to one of their gigs, jump around like a madman (or crazy lady), and buy their ep(s)! Hehe.

Cover Wednesdays eh? *looks suspicious*

Hey, ummm, yea this was done monday night for wednesday but, i meesed up on a song so had to take it down, and, anyway....the point is it's late up caus iv been insanely busy and only just got back from work.

Well, see, this is just another random idea, having a day for covers, because i seem to get a lot. I just really like cover songs. You'll also probably later find a fair few iv swiped from Copy, Right? which is a really good mp3 blog, purely providing lots of random cover songs, some good, some not quite so good :P
Anyway, onto the days songs...

I decided to start this cover malarky off with a pair of very 'uncool' songs covered in such a manor that even though its kind of taking the piss its turning them into respectable kinda rock? Sort of. Anyway....
So, the first song is my second attempt at using Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. This time i might actually get them, haha. Now owning four albums, shouldn't be too hard... Basically, these guys are awesome, and do lovely bouncy hyper punk-pop-rock kinda covers of classic songs. And, erm, i would add more but, this parts being typed after a 12 hour day at work and i need to go to bed soon.... Heh!

# I Believe i Can Fly - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes


The second is probably much more well known to those of you reading this, but, i felt it was of a similar vain, and i cant help but like this song. It was actually released on the album Waste of MFZB which i THOUGHT was still available but seems to have dissapeared off the Zebrahead webstore. Don't judge Zebrahead on this song though... They do much more serious stuff, which i'll provide you with at a later date :P

# Wannabe - Zebrahead

Acoustic Mondays

Well, as mentioned in the test post (which im sure recived somewhere around a MILLION hits :P) Iv decided to try and have theme days. Im hoping to be able to upload a couple of songs for your listening pleasure per post, and basically, we'll see how everything works out.

Now, one of the best things about acoustic performances is how unique they usually are. One of my favourite places to hear live acoustic performances has to be Jo Whiley's live lounge which has had some utterly fantastic one-off performaces. Sadly most of these proceed to sit around in the bbc vaults of time and are therefore unavaiable for out listening pleasure. In saying this i do believe one of the newer bbc radio stations does do an archive show exactly FOR this, but, i dont have DAB or the memory capable of finding such? Ha!
Anyway, to start everything off i thought i'd one of my favourite performaces, despite never actually hearing it 'live'.

# Girl From Mars (acoustic) - Ash


For the second track of today, i've decided to share with you an acoustic version of one of my favourite songs. I got into The Starting Line a long while back, i'm gonna guess it was PureVolume or somewhere like that which led me to being able to blag a few of their tracks. Anyway, The Best of Me has been on my "all time fav's" list for a while now, but it wasnt until recently, after id FINALLY got round to buying the album, that random web browsing led me to finding this wonderful acoustic version. It really is a lovely little song, and if you don't know it, you should definately check it out. As far as i'm aware this is unreleased, but, i could be wrong. If anyone knows of a single or w/e it's on, please tell me! I'd rather like to know =)

# The Best of Me (acoustic) - The Starting Line

Just another mp3 blog?

Ok, so welcome to my new mp3 blog. Heh. I'm sure most of you were aware it would only be a matter of time before i decided to take a stab at this :P Knowing my luck it'll all go horribly wrong....
Anyway, the idea here is a rather obvious one. I want to share good music with good people. There you go, take bows everyone. This isn't some "free download centre" but a chance to try and share some damn good music, by introducing new bands and new songs to people.
Now, as it stands, iv decided to try and work things like this. I'll post on here about 4 times a week, probably mondays, wednesdays, fridays and sundays, and id like each day to have a theme. Anyway. I shouldn't ramble here because i do it enough everywhere.
This post is just a test post, and assuming all goes well you'll find the first proper entry later on today, opening up the wonderful 'acoustic monday' :P Haha!