Happy Monday Everyone!
And I say that because I have a bad case of the Mondays. Why? 'Cause it's Monday.
However, I shall be cheerful because, today's post will be a "new" song review. And when I say "new" I mean it's new to me. This Monday I had to write about my discovery of a certain song.
However, I shall be cheerful because, today's post will be a "new" song review. And when I say "new" I mean it's new to me. This Monday I had to write about my discovery of a certain song.
"drinking wine to take away your pain"
For those who don't know, which is almost everyone, I work at a popular retail store that plays music on the loud speaker all day. Most of the music played is pop, dance, and electronic music stemming from popular artists like Ke$ha and La Roux, to relative unknowns. I heard this one song played during my shift that I really liked. It was a hip hop song. And...that's all I can tell you. Rapping with a sung hook. I couldn't make out the lyrics to later search and find the title and artist. But I really wanted to hear this song again. So I stayed up half the night tweeting on Twitter about me desperately trying to find this frickin song. I searched music lists, misheard lyrics, whatever. No luck. So I went on a forum and someone posted a list of songs my store plays regularly. I went through every...single...one. No luck BUT I did find this one song about halfway down the list. It was called "What's A Girl Gotta Do" by Basement Jaxx feat. Paloma Faith.
"shut your mouth, put your lips on me."
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKl1Z0xeCk
I was greeted with this crazy intro of brass-induced house music and other effects. I surely have never heard this song at my job because I definitely would have remembered hearing that. I had never heard of Basement Jaxx, but have heard of Paloma Faith. Her vocals were very jazzy and soulful on top of this crazy funky, almost cartoonish beat. Halfway through the song, the song slows down to this ambient break sprinkled with effects before picking up to synthesized brass section and continuing with the catchy chorus. After the first listen, I was not sure what exactly I was listening to... but I kind of liked it. I brought the song to one of my friends and she laughed as soon as the song started. She then proceeded to say the song was crazy and cool. She was definitely also amused by the cover art. Staring right into that owl's beady eyes while it dons a shiny helmet and human arms sucks me into the madness that is this song.
"what's a girl gotta do to get your attention?"
As an avid music-lover and enthusiast, I am always looking for new music to introduce myself to. I am definitely open to suggestions for "new" music to review. I have gotten a few requests for reviews so if you want me to review a song or a short album/demo or mixtape, let me know via Twitter or email, and I can set a "Monday" aside for you. Just so you know, I am no professional critic, but don't be discouraged by my modest audience now. All successes start as unknowns. And you can add my commentary to you bio or press release commentary and, in return, pub a fellow artist's blog. I can't wait to hear what you've got for the world.
Live, love, write,
~L~
No comments:
Post a Comment