This one's for Z. Obviously.
Overwhelmed by the 1500 obstinately disagreeable pieces strewn across my house. A pretentious dinner of store-bought focaccia and soup. A pint of bud that makes me sick.
Started looking for a playlist that would get me going with the damn jigsaw. Everyonesmixtape.com seemed like an easy fix. But that's what failed last week. So I lost myself in the interwebs of the underplayed and unknown.
Actually, it started last night, as I was catching up on American Horror Story Coven. And the running tribute to Stevie Nicks made me so happy. Especially since it feels like I've been wandering in circles (by design of my phone's shuffle) to the sound of Fleetwood Mac. A song that changed my life, Z? Here you go -
I'd probably add more Lissie to round up this list. But let me stay honest at least this time. These were ten or better songs that changed my life today.
Overwhelmed by the 1500 obstinately disagreeable pieces strewn across my house. A pretentious dinner of store-bought focaccia and soup. A pint of bud that makes me sick.
Started looking for a playlist that would get me going with the damn jigsaw. Everyonesmixtape.com seemed like an easy fix. But that's what failed last week. So I lost myself in the interwebs of the underplayed and unknown.
Actually, it started last night, as I was catching up on American Horror Story Coven. And the running tribute to Stevie Nicks made me so happy. Especially since it feels like I've been wandering in circles (by design of my phone's shuffle) to the sound of Fleetwood Mac. A song that changed my life, Z? Here you go -
That strength in her voice that admits complete defeat, surrender, without giving anything away. Of course she's a witch.
A few million years ahead, and I find David Myles' So Blind. Which possibly sounds desperately emasculated. If it wasn't so catchy.
I've been thinking about the latest indie chick brigade.. the 20-23 year old Lana Del Rays and Lourdes.. singing with wisdom and pain about love and heartache and obviously, it makes me cringe. It's silly, and I can't really defend that opinion too far even with myself. Youth is wasted on the young, what do they even know.. even that brink that they think they are at, is so fleeting. I told you, I can't defend it. So finding Lissie today was such a delight. 31 years old. Angry rocker chick who screams "So what?!". Enough said.
Sometimes, a good day is just finding a fantastic thumpin' bass. Like Rudimental's Waiting all night for you.
There has to be something tragic about The Cure being my "fix-it-all" band. A serendipitous cure, at least. Again, like Fleetwood Mac, probably won't feature in my first run-down of best bands ever. I wouldn't even consciously reach for them. But for instance, an utterly random play of "Pictures of You" today knocked the breath out of me, and resuscitated me, at the same time.
Civil Wars - Poison & Wine. A throwback to Once? Or just the simplicity of a boy and a girl, a piano and a guitar. Or maybe just the idea that he might, just might, turn into Johnny Depp..
Tom Waits - Hold On. I've only heard covers of his songs. Wasted time. No better words than these to describe his voice - "..soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car".
I'd probably add more Lissie to round up this list. But let me stay honest at least this time. These were ten or better songs that changed my life today.
