Starlight

Recently I went to the American Idols Live! Tour concert in Washington, DC. I have a full review of that coming up, but during the concert I was introduced to some gorgeous songs, one of them being Starlight by Muse. When Adam Lambert sang Starlight, I was BLOWN AWAY. I was really scared to get the original because often when Adam covers songs, his version of it and his voice is just so superior to those of the original artists. I was (and am) happy to report that Muse absolutely NAILS it!

Starlight is a song about missing someone. Anyone. Anyone who cares about you and anyone who you care about in return. Lead singer for Muse, Matthew Bellamy, said that he first wrote the song on a ship in bad weather, but I think the ship in the song can have many different meanings.

A journey, literal or figurative. A journey that makes you sacrifice things and explore new things, and build and break your expectations. Find new revelations, despairs and celebrations.

But the song has fear, desperation. Fear that your loved one will disappear while you take your journey. Fear that he/she will become a memory, and that memory will fade away. Desperation to hold on to them. To chase them and love them no matter what, to never let them go.

It also has hope. Hope and love towards that person, something that person brings out inside of you, something you want to bring out in other. Something you want to share with and show the world, with your loved one by your side.

This song is about love, hope, togetherness, ambition and desperation. It's life.

The lyrics are so inspiring and the song is so well put together with Mr.Bellamy's vocals and the guitar, drums and piano used. I love the emotional strength portrayed through the piano and drums. It's powerful, but beautiful. Matthew Bellamy does an especially amazing job during the chorus (hold you in my arms...etc.). He has such emotion, but still maintains his voice and uses it so effectively when switching to the higher notes. It's altogether gorgeous.

I hope you are inspired <3

Starlight-*****

Starlight- Muse

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

The starlight
I will be chasing your starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to re-ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

But I'll never let you go
If you promised not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold

***

And for the sake of loving him... Here's Adam performing Starlight in Newark (thank you TheAdamBombs!:

Desolation Row (cover)

Am I nuts???!!!! How could I forget to review My Chemical Romance's cover of Desolation Row? MCR (as you should all know) covered Bob Dylan's Desolation Row for the end credits of the upcoming movie Watchmen. The cover was released on January 26 and became available in vinyl the next day. The video just came out on February 3rd and I completely forgot to post about it!

It's so good to see MCR back onstage (even of it is in a video). It's like, 'The boys are back!". I thought that everyone looked good in the video. It was great to see Gee put on the amazing performance he always does.

I thought his voice was really good and my favorite thing about him is how much energy and emotion he puts into his singing.

I DEFINITLY like My Chem's cover of Desolation Row much better than the original. I know that's probably outlawed in the world of music or something (lol) but it's true!

Great cover, great video, need I say more? Enjoy ;)

Desolation Row (cover by MCR)

My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row


Desolation Row (cover version)- My Chemical Romance

They're
Selling postcards
Of the hanging
Well they're painting
The passports brown
And the beauty parlor
Is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
And now here comes
The blind commissioner
Well they got him in a trance
One hand is tied
To the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad
They're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady
And I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Cinderella
She seems so easy
"Well it takes one to know one"
She smiles
And she puts her hands
In her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And now in comes Romeo
Moaning
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says
"You're in the wrong place
My friend
You better leave"
And then the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now at midnight all the agents
And superhuman crew
Go out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
They're gonna bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see
That no one is escaping
To Desolation Row


'Cause right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you gonna mail them
From Desolation Row

Feel Good Drag

So this song is Feel Good Drag by Anberlin. I discovered them on Fuse (like most of the artists I post about) and I really fell in love with this song.

I love the introduction to the song, because it's exciting enough to interest you, but it has that tinge of suspense that leads into the first verse. The verses are very cool and story like while the chorus is more of the emotional part. I like the strain Stephen Christian has to his voice, it really pulls you in to the chorus.

But I have a pet peeve: repetitiveness. I think Christian gave it all at the first chorus and so past that, there wasn't anything exciting. I was disappointed that he didn't change his voice with the different chorus sections and/or didn't play around with any notes or rhythms. The vocals also seemed to be quite dynamically impaired.

Guitar, guitar. I liked the guitar part in this song including the solo.

All in all, this is a pretty good song and I am giving it 4 stars :) Enjoy!

Feel Good Drag- ****

Feel Good Drag- Anberlin

"I'm here for you," she said
and we can stay for awhile,
my boyfriend's gone
we can just pretend.
Lips that need no introduction
Now who's the greater sin
Your drab eyes seem to invite
(tell me darling) Where do we begin.

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Everyone in this town
is seeing somebody else
Everybody's tired of someone
our eyes wander for help
Prayers that need no answer now
I'm tired of who I am
You were my greatest mistake
I fell in love with your sin
Your littlest sin

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Failure is your disease
You want my outline drawn
You were my greatest failure
Discourse your saving song

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Sex On Fire

Happy New Year everybody! I have a bunch of new songs and videos that I bought over winter break so I will be posting a lot.

My first post is about a song called Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon. I first heard this song while I was watching Fuse and I couldn't get it out of my head. Whenever that happens I know I have to buy it.

I really do love this guy's voice and I especially like when he sings "You" because his voice cracks and I just love listening to it :P

I'm not so sure about the lyrics. You can make your own interpretation, but I'm mostly posting about this song for the sound of it which is not something I always do. So enjoy!

Sex On Fire (official video, sorry, but the embedding is disabled)

Sex On Fire- Kings Of Leon

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
The kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking

You
Your sex is on fire

Dark of the alley
The breaking of day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them nuckles is pale
Feels like you're dying
Your dying

You
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
Your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the words to transpire

And you
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

Folie a Duex

Monday (12/15) and Tuesday (12/16) are the official dates for the release of Fall Out Boy's new album, Folie a Duex. Luckily, (with much thanks to my father and the FOB website) I have the review for you before it comes out! So here you are:

Cover:

N/A

Tracks:

[~= single, += bonus track(only currently available through falloutboyrock.com)]

1. Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes-*****

2. ~I Don't Care-*****

3. She's My Winona-****

4. ~America's Suitehearts-****

5. ~Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet-***1/2

6. The (Shipped) Gold Standard-*****

7. (Coffee's For Closers)-****

8. ~What A Catch, Donnie [feat. Elvis Costello, Brendon Urie, Travis McCoy, Alex DeLeon & William Beckett]-*****

9. 27-*****

10.Tiffany Blews [feat. Lil' Wayne]-*****

11. w.a.m.s. [feat. Pharrell]-*****

12. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed [feat. Brendon Urie]-***1/2

13. West Coast Smoker [feat. Debbie Harry]-****

14. +America's Suitehearts (remix)-? (haven't gotten it yet)

Review:

I am definitely in love with this album. Fall Out Boy gets better and better with each album they make. The incredible leap they've made from their first album Evening Out With Your Girlfriend in 2003 to this album is really incredible and I think every album has distinct improvement and exemplifies more talent than the last. This album is another amazing step forward for Fall Out Boy.

I think Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes is a great way to kick off the new album. It has that amazing make-your-heart-soar, fantasizing-about-seeing-them-play-it-live feel that only Fall Out Boy can give.

I'm going to avoid talking about songs I've already reviewed (if you want a look, click the links on the songs). I have to say, I really like the lyrics to She's My Winona. It's not my favorite song of the album, but it is great.

Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet I find kind of repetitive, but enjoyable. Not much to say on that one.

The (Shipped) Gold Standard is amazing! I love the falsetto Patrick has when he sings "as soon as we hit the hospital" and the lyrics to the chorus are great. I also love the sound of the bridge, the off-beat syncopated sound.

(Coffee's For Closers): Another great song with top-notch lyrics even though it's repetitive, it's still Fall Out Boy so they can get away with it ;)

27 has that dark, fast beat feel to it and I really like it, it's one of my favorites.

Tiffany Blews has a great chorus and bridge and is really fun to listen to (the bridge is cool).

I love w.a.m.s. I think it's one of the best songs and it seems so different from the other songs, but I hope they play it live on Tuesday! (the ending is really strange though)

20 Dollar Nose Bleed is another song with a weird ending except this one kind of creeped me out...

West Coast Smoker was good, but I think they could have picked a stronger piece to end the album. The mention of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost was interesting because it was really metaphorical and it has double (or more than double) meanings to it.

Wow! That was a long review (sorry!). All in all, this album definitely deserves a  5 star rating

even though the songs were fairly short. I can't wait to see how they do live!

Risky Business

As some of you may know (even though inside I know I'm only talking to two people who do know) I went to a Rock Band Live concert on Sunday. The bands that played there were The Cab, Plain White T's, Dashboard Confessional, and Panic At The Disco (respectively). Today I am reviewing one of the songs by The Cab that stuck with me.

This song is called Risky Business. Before The Cab started playing, the front man told us that whenever he said "Stop asking" we say "Keep dancing!". I just can't get through that song without singing that line lol :P (see short video below)

Risky Business (live at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey)


The Cab:
Alex DeLeon-vocals
Cash Colligan-bass
Alex Johnson-drums
Alex Marshall-piano, vocals, guitar
Ian Crawford-guitar

I think this song is just so fun to dance to. I also have to say that The Cab is really advanced considering this is from their first and only album (so far) and it just came out in April! I love the bridge, too (I'm talkin bout change...). It's all great so please enjoy! (and if I'm building them up to be better than they are you have to understand I'm not aware of this because seeing them live makes me automatically love them)

Risky Business (unofficial video)


Risky Business- The Cab

Hide the key cause I'm coming over
To settle the score, woah
Don't forget how well I know you
Stop asking, keep dancing

You don't stand a chance, girl, you'll fall apart
Stop talking with your hands, girl
You'll have to start over, over again
(Ooh oh oh oh oh oh)
Maybe, I'll call up and call you out
Maybe, next time you should turn around
Over, over again
(Ooh oh oh oh oh oh)

And put, put, put your heart where your mouth is
Put, put, put your heart where your mouth is now

Hide the key cause I'm coming over
To settle the score, woah
Do ooh, do ooh stop asking, keep dancing

You think that I am blind, girl
My eyes are always floating in your mind, girl
You'll have to start over, over again
(Ooh oh oh oh oh oh)
Maybe, I'm the one that plays the games
Maybe, I'll turn to make the same mistakes
Over, over again
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
(Ooh oh oh oh oh oh)

Baby you should put, put, put your heart where your mouth is
And put, put, put your heart where your mouth is now

Hide the key cause I'm coming over
To settle the score, woah
Don't forget how well I know you,
I'll take, take, take, take you down
Do ooh, do ooh stop asking, keep dancing
Do ooh, do ooh stop asking and keep dancing

I'm talking 'bout change
You really want to see the way
But if you want to see then you need to settle down
We're talking 'bout change
You really want to see the way
But if you want to see then you need to settle down,down, down

Hide the key cause I'm coming over
To settle the score, woah
Don't forget how well I know you,
I'll take, take, take, take you down
Do ooh, do ooh stop asking and keep dancing
Do ooh, do ooh stop asking, keep dancing

The White Stripes

I've decided to look up bands I know but never heard and one band I've been hearing about, but never listened to was The White Stripes. They're a band from 1997 who are still around. Meg and Jack White are the members of the band. They got married, but were later divorced and Jack had taken on her last name (White). So The White Stripes were born! And I bought a few of their songs and I really like them! I like the garage rock revival thing they have going. So here are two of the songs I bought. The Seven Nation Army video kinda gives me a headache, but Icky Thump is a good video. Have fun!

Seven Nation Army


Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes

I'm gonna fight 'em all
A nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I'm talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette

And the message coming from my eyes
Says leave it alone

Don't want to hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell
And if I catch it coming back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do

And the feeling coming from my bones
Says find a home
I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore

And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding
Right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will sing no more

And the stains coming from my blood
Tell me go back home

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Icky Thump


Icky Thump- The White Stripes

IIIIIIEEEEEEE
icky thump
who'da thunk?
sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico.

ahh well
what a chump
well my head got a bump
when I hit it on the radio.

redhead senorita
looking dead
came and said
"Need a bed?"
en Español.

I said
"Gimme a drink a water
I'm gonna 'sing around the collar
and I don't need a microphone."

icky thump
with a lump in my throat
grabbed my coat
and now it's reckon
I was ready to go!

and I swear
besides the head
she had one white eye,
one blank stare
lookin' up
lyin' there.

on the stand
near her hand
was a candy cane
black rum, sugar cane,
dry ice (and) something strange.

la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la

white Americans, what?
nothing better to do?
why don't you kick yourself out
you're an immigrant too.

who's using who? what should we do?
well, you can't be a pimp
and a prostitute too.

icky thump
handcuffed to a bunk
robbed blind
looked around
and there was nobody else.

left alone
i hit myself with a stone
went home and learned how
to clean up after myself.

Yellow

Hi! I know I have been gone for a while and my Kerli post is getting kinda old so I'm going to post about a new artist: Coldplay.

I took this quiz called "What's Your Love Song?" and my result was "Yellow by Coldplay". So I decided to check it out. And I have to tell you, I fell in love. Short and sweet, but what really gets me is the pure simplicity. He wrote a song for her. He called it "Yellow". The stars shine for her. And they are Yellow. He'd swim an ocean for her, he'd jump across it for her. He thinks she's beautiful. He loves her so.
I mean, how easy can it be? He loves whoever he's talking to and that's it. It's a nice song and I was never really into Coldplay before, but know I have to look up more of their stuff.

I also love how the vocals are very simple and they convey emotion without doing anything ground-breakingly drastic. No screaming, no huge changes. Just singing. And the music holds most of the emotion in the song which I really like.

The video is just as simple (possibly simpler) than the song and I like the lighting and how it gets brighter as the song goes along.

Enjoy!

Yellow - ****1/2


Yellow- Coldplay

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

Kerli

I discovered this new artist who just came out with her debut album this July. Her name is Kerli Koiv and she's a singer from Estonia (is it just me or are all Estonian females blond? At Kathaumixw this past summer they were all blond!). She has a great voice. These two songs are my favorite, but I love most of her songs on her album Love Is Dead. I like how they're pop songs that have generally happy meanings, but they have that dark side to them. I like the video Love Is Dead better than Walking On Air but they're both a little amateur-ish. They're still great songs, though! All the embedding is disabled for her videos so here are the links to youtube. I hope you like it!

Walking On Air video

Walking On Air- Kerli

There's a little creepy house
In a little creepy place
Little creepy town
In a little creepy world
Little creepy girl
With her little creepy face
Saying funny things that you have never heard

Do you know what it's all about
Are you brave enough to figure out
Know that you could set your world on fire
If you are strong enough to leave your doubts

Feel it
Breathe it
Believe it
And you'll be walking on air
Go try
Go fly
So high
And you'll be walking on air
You feel this
unless you kill me
Go on
And you're forgiven
I knew that
I could feel that
I feel like
I am walking on air

She has a little creepy cat
And a little creepy bat
Little rocking chair and an old blue hat
That little creepy girl
Oh she loves to sing
She has a little gift
An amazing thing
With her little funny eyes of hazel
With her little funny old blue hat
She will go and set the world on fire
No one ever thought she could do that

Feel it
Breathe it
Believe it
And you'll be walking on air
Go try
Go fly
So high
And you'll be walking on air
You feel this
unless you kill me
Go on
And you're forgiven
I knew that
I could feel that
I feel like
I am walking on air

Flitter up
and Hover down
Be all around
Be all around

You know that I love you, go on

Feel it
Breathe it
Believe it
And you'll be walking on air
Go try
Go fly
So high
And you'll be walking on air
You feel this
unless you kill this
Go on
And you're forgiven
I knew that
I could feel that
I feel like
I am walking on air

I am walking on air x3

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Love Is Dead video

Love Is Dead- Kerli

This is the hardest part
when you feel like you're fading
All that you have has become unreal
collapsing, and aching

All I want, All I want is right here
but love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)
love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)

I know that you think of me when you're
beside her, inside her
it must be so hard for you to
deny it and hide it


Oh, all I want
All I want is right here,
but love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)
and love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)x2

love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)
love don't live here anymore
(love is dead, love is gone, love don't live here anymore)x4

Oooh, love don't live here anymore

Tonight, Tonight

When I first heard this song I completely fell in love. It was the first song I heard by the Smashing Pumpkins and the lyrics just really get to me. It's about hope and confidence and change and, well, believing. The message is so simple and the words so beautiful. Below is the music video and lyrics. Below that is Brendon Urie performing Tonight, Tonight in concert. I think he does it wonderfully. Enjoy!


Tonight, Tonight


Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumpkins

Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel

Believe, believe in me, believe
Believe that life can change
That youre not stuck in vain
Were not the same, were different tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight

And you know youre never sure
But youre sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born

Believe, believe in me, believe
Believe in the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe theres not a chance tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight

Well crucify the insincere tonight
Well make things right, well feel it all tonight
Well find a way to offer up the night tonight
The indescribable moments of your life tonight
The impossible is possible tonight
Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight

---

Brendon Urie singing Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins

I Don't Care

I just got this song on my iPod yesterday and I am completely in love with it. It's got a great dancing-type beat and the chorus is kind of a dark/mysterious feel. I love the change in the beat in the fourth chorus (it's starred). I can definitely see it as a song that would connect with a live audience well and would be great to see in concert. Patrick's voice has really grown and it was just great to get some fresh, new material from Fall Out Boy. Yes, here is FOB's single from their upcoming album Folie A Duex called I Don't Care.

I Don't Care (not official video)- *****

I Don't Care- Fall Out Boy

Say my name, and his in the same breath, I
Dare you to say they taste the same,
Let the leaves fall off in the summer
And let December glow feel flames

Brace myself and let go,
Start it over again in Mexico
These friends, they don’t love you
They just love the hotel suites, now

I don’t care what you think
As long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery

Oh, take a chance, let your body get a tolerance,
I’m not a chance, but a heat wave in your pants
Pull a breath like another cigarette,
Palms up, I’m trading ‘em (trading ‘em)

I’m the oracle in my chest,
Let the guitar scream like a fascist,
Sweat it out, shut your mouth,
Free love on the streets, but
In the alley and I ain’t that cheap, now

I don’t care what you think,
As long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery

I don’t care what you think,
As long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery

Said-a, I don’t care just a-what you think,
As long as it’s about me, you said-a
I don’t care just what you think,
As long as it’s about me, you said-a
I don’t care (I don’t care)
You said I don’t care (I don’t care)
Said I don’t care,
I don’t care
I don’t care (I don’t care), I said-a
I don’t care

*I don’t care what you think,
As long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery*

I don’t care what you think,
As long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery

OneRepublic (and Timbaland i guess)

This band is one of those bands that have the famous songs that are always on the radio and all the popular kids have their songs on their iPods. That's usually the exact opposite of the type of music I like, but I'm going to bend the rules a little in this case. I really like these next two songs taht I'm going to share with you by OneRepublic.

Stop and Stare is a song that I really love the lyrics to and the suspension in the song is great. Watch the video

Stop and Stare- OneRepublic

This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us
It's time to make our move, I'm shakin off the rust
I've got my heart set on anywhere but here
I'm staring down myself, counting up the years
Steady hands, just take the wheel...
And every glance is killing me
Time to make one last appeal...
for the life I lead

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're 'here' not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, can u see what I see

They're tryin to come back, all my senses push
Un-tie the weight bags, I never thought I could...
Steady feet, don't fail me now
Gonna run till you can't walk
But something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down...

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're here not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, you don't need
What u need, what u need...

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be
Oh, do u see what I see...


Apologize has great lyrics, too, but I really wanted to share this video with you. I just love it. It represents what happens in a relationship when one persons gives out their heart and the other gives nothing. I have to say, I also like the original song without Timbaland which you can listen to here.

Apologize


Apologize- Timbaland (feat. OneRepublic)

I'm holding on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say that...

It's too late to apologize,
it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize,
it's too late

I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothing new
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
"Sorry" like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...

It's too late to apologize,
it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize,
it's too late

Bridge (guitar/piano)

It's too late to apologize,
it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize,
it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-

I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...

Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf)

Lacey Nicole Mosley is the lead singer of the band Flyleaf. I wanted to share with you everything that I found out about her because I think she is an amazing person.

Lacey was born in Arlington, Texas to a single mother of six kids. Her family was very poor and they often moved from place to place, trying to find work that would make ends meet. She had a terrible relationship with her mother which she described as "a war zone going on at home" and eventually started doing drugs. "The first time I ever did drugs, I was ten years old. I kind of kept it a secret from people at school, and I always had a thought that it was wrong, you know. I kinda knew it was wrong. But, then, when I was thirteen, I found these other people that did drugs and I got even worse into it. It was like whatever I could do, I would do it, you know? I was trying to figure out who I was, and anything to separate me from my family, or to separate me from my situation at home, was awesome, was good to me."~Lacey Mosley

At fourteen Lacey got a bass guitar and started playing. At sixteen, fights with her mom were too intense and the police stepped in. She went to live with her grandparents in Mississippi and joined a band. She eventually quit for bad communication and the negative music.

Lacey left her family soon after that and left drugs behind. Unfortunately, that led to what she calls a "nervous breakdown". She cut off her hair and became suicidal. Her grandmother then urged her to attend church.

She later got married and moved to Temple, Texas. She divorced soon after, but luckily met James, Jared, Sameer, and Pat who all joined together and have been together as Flyleaf (after being called Passerby) ever since.

I think Lacey is an incredibly inspiring person and it's amazing how she pulled through all the drugs, depression and divorce. I commend her for her strength and courage. I think Flyleaf is a great group and you should check out this amazing song they wrote about Jesus:

All Around Me



All Around Me- Flyleaf

My hands are searching for you
My arms are outstretched towards you
I feel you on my fingertips
My tongue dances behind my lips for you

This fire rising through my being
Burning I'm not used to seeing you

I'm alive, I'm alive

I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart that's healing

My hands float up above me
And you whisper you love me
And I begin to fade
Into our secret place

The music makes me sway
The angels singing say we are alone with you
I am alone and they are too with you

I'm alive, I'm alive

I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart that's healing

And so I cry
The light is white
And I see you

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive

I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart that's healing

Take my hand
I give it to you
Now you own me
All I am
You said you would never leave me
I believe you
I believe

I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing
Holding on to what I'm feeling
Savoring this heart that's healed


Personally, I like the acoustic version better. Same lyrics, same meaning, just more organic.

All Around Me (acoustic version)-Flyleaf

To end this post I leave you with a quote that I find inspiring:

"We all share the same faith. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing,' we kind of think about something P.O.D. says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?' I don't know the answer. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. And finding faith saved my life. So I'm not ashamed of it at all. And most of our album reflects that."~ Lacey Mosley

Unknown Soldier

Hi everyone. Today I'm going to review a great song by Breaking Benjamin. As you can see, they've made it to my "awesome bands, cool music stores and anything else that has to do with music" list, so they're pretty awesome. So this song is from they're album Phobia and it's about (well, the way I see it) fighting the world and the bipolar emotions and thoughts we all have knowing we fight the world till we die and wanting to escape reality. Wanting to see life through a screen. Because we are one of the thousands of soldiers that the world doesn't know about.

There is no video that does this song justice so to listen, click here.


Unknown Soldier- Breaking Benjamin

Borderline,
Dead inside.
I don't mind,
Falling to pieces.
Count me in,
Violent,
Let's begin.
Feeding the sickness.
How do I simplify,
Dislocate,
The enemy is on the way.

[Chorus]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.

Full of fear,
Everclear.
I'll be here,
Fighting forever.
Curious,
Venomous,
You'll find me
Climbing to heaven.
Never mind,
Turn back time.
You'll be fine,
I will get left behind.

[Chorus]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.
Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
So I can leave this world behind.

It only hurts just once.
They're only broken bones.
Hide the hate inside.

[Chorus]
Show me what it's like
To dream in black and white,
So I can leave this world tonight.
Holding on too tight.
Breathe the breath of life,
So I can leave this world behind.

Evil Angel

This is another wonderful song by breaking Benjamin. It's played beautifully with great drums and guitar parts, wonderful suspense and incredible conviction. I really love it. I see it as being betrayed by someone you love, but needing them nonetheless and feeling helpless.

Again, there is no video for this song so to listen to it, click here.


Evil Angel- Breaking Benjamin

Hold it together.
Birds of a feather.
Nothing but lies and crooked wings.
I have the answer.
Spreading the cancer.
You are the faith inside me.
No, Don't, leave me to die here.
Help me survive here, alone.
Don't Remember!
Remember!

Put me to sleep, Evil Angel.
Open your wings, Evil Angel. (Ahhh)

I'm a believer.
Nothing could be worse.
All these imaginary friends.
Hiding betrayal.
Driving the nail.
Hoping to find a savior.
No, don't, leave me to die here.
Help me survive here, alone.
Don't Surrender!
Surrender!

Put me to sleep, Evil Angel.
Open your wings, Evil Angel. (oohh)
Fly over me, Evil Angel.
Why can't I breathe, Evil Angel?

Put me to sleep, Evil Angel.
Open your wings, Evil Angel. (oohh)
Fly over me, Evil Angel.
Why can't I breathe, Evil Angel?

Life On The Murder Scene

Well since I just did an album review on Revenge I decided to do an album review of it's live version. This live CD/DVD album includes live performances, online performances, TV appearences and videos. I give you.... Life On The Murder Scene!

CD TRACKS:
[#= live from MTV2 2$ Bill, >= live from Sessions@AOL, *=demo]

1. #"Thank You For The Venom"

2. #"Cemetery Drive"

3. #"Give 'Em Hell Kid"

4. "Headfirst For Halos" (live at the Starland Ballroom)

5. >"Helena"
6. >"You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"

7. >"The Ghost Of You"

8. >"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"

9. *"I Never Told You What I Do For A Living"

10. *"Bury Me In Black"

11. "Desert Song" (previously unreleased)

DVD 1:

Video Diary

DVD 2:

~Live Performances

1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"

2. "Cemetery Drive"

3. "Our Lady Of Sorrows"

4. "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us"

5. "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"

6. "Headfirst For Halos"

7. "The Ghost Of You"

8. "Thank You For The Venom"

9. "Give 'Em Hell Kid"

10. "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"

11. "Helena"

~TV Appearances

1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (from Late Night with Conan O'Brien)

2. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (live from Discover and Download)

~Online Performances

1. "Helena" (live from Sessions@AOL)

2. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (live from Sessions@AOL)

3. "The Ghost Of You" (live from Sessions@AOL)

4. "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison" (live from Sessions@AOL)

5. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (live from Launch

6. "Helena" (live from Launch)

~Videos

1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (version 1)
2. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (version 2)

3. The making of "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"

4. "Helena"

5. The making of "Helena"

6. "The Ghost Of You"

7. The making of "The Ghost Of You"

Okay, one thing at a time. First, I rated the songs in previous reviews so check them out. Desert Song I rate 5 stars because it's a gorgeous song. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.

Next is the video diary which is full of interviews and footage of My Chem and the people who have met and worked with them. It reminded me of why I love them so much and it just inspired me all over again. I see their lives as a tragic love story between music and life and in the end they just can't be torn apart. How they've risen from who they used to be in music and in life is just beautiful.

The live performances of MCR are great. They are incredibly emotional and incredibly energetic. Frank has an AMAZING amount of energy, it's great how into his music he is. Which brings us to their live TV performance where Frank tried playing while standing on Bob's drum set and fell off bringing half the set with him.

I really enjoyed the online performances from Sessions@AOL because Gerard uses his amazing vocals as if in a studio combined with the energy and improv he has during live performances (and, luckily, Bob was able to play his full drum set through all the songs). It's also easier to see the emotion in his face with camera close ups, etc. (Launch was kind of like a live performances except they looked a little worn out)

I love the video for I'm Not Okay!It was really interesting to see the meaning behind everything they did and also interesting because that was the first thing Bob did with MCR even before he did a concert. He had two days of rehearsal and then he did the video.

I also love Helena and I loved how most of the people who did the video were already MCR fans.

The Ghost Of You made me cry the first time I saw it. Great video, I love all of the vids for Revenge.

CD and DVD together, I rate this album 5 stars. Long Live MCR!

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Hi everybody, it's MCR time again. This time I'm reviewing their second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.

TRACKS:
[~=singles *=videos]

1. ~*"Helena"-*****
2. "Give 'Em Hell Kid"-*****
3. "To The End"-*****
4. "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"-*****
5. ~*"I'm Not Okay"-*****
6. ~*"The Ghost Of You"-*****
7. "The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You"-****
8. "Interlude"-**
9. ~"Thank You For The Venom"-*****
10. "Hang 'Em High"-****
11. "It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's A Deathwish"-***
12. "Cemetery Drive"-*****
13. "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living"-*****
14. "Bury Me In Black" (Japanese version bonus track; demo)

This album is probably my favorite album by My Chem(this album was not on Eyeball Records, but was made after the band signed to Reprise Records, to which they are still signed to today). I really appreciate the fact that the songs have to do with prison and war and high school and that they really connect with the fans. I'm Not Okay was the first song that really touched me and really made me a fan. Along with this album was their new look. Along with that came Marilyn Manson's attack on Gerard Way for imitating his make up. There was controversy that MM's song Imitation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery was written as an attack on My Chem, but was denied by Manson saying it was about bands in general attempting to imitate him.

This album also brought along with it their first three videos. I will be doing reviews of them along with my review of Life On The Murder Scene. This band has grown a lot in two albums and I was (and am) really proud of them. All in all, I rate this album 5 stars.

New Stuff

I have lots of new stuff to show you. For a couple of them, I am just going to show you through a link. It's a song called Love Me Dead by Ludo: http://musicislife3168.blogspot.com/2008/06/love-me-dead.html


This is another link to the same blog. It's for a beautiful String Quartet: http://musicislife3168.blogspot.com/2008/06/vitamin-string-quartet-new-spin-on-old.html


Alright, now down to business. First, I am going to review an album by Panic(!) At The Disco. It's their latest album Pretty. Odd.

I have to say that I was a little disappointed with this album and some of the choices Panic(!) made along with it. One reason is because some of the songs in A Fever You Can't Sweat Out were really great, like But It's Better If You Do; Build God, Then We'll Talk; Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off; I Write Sins Not Tragedies and Time To Dance. Unfortunately, Panic(!) chose to go for a more soft-rock, upbeat, Beatles-like side of their music and with some Alice in Wonderland and happy, lovey lyrics they came up with something, well, Pretty. Odd. Also, they chose to get rid of the ! in their name on January 9th. I thought that was one on the best things about their name and the only reason I ever bothered to look them up is because I thought the exclamation was awesome when I saw the name in Fall Out Boy's video for Thanks For The Memories.

But I have to commend them for the courage to withstand the pressure of writing music like everyone else. I love how they brought back that old feel to music and the Beatles-like stuff. They probably knew that's that everyone was going to criticize them, but they were ready. Also, I loved them even more after reading this quote by Ryan Ross: "I try to think of the person who's worked an eight-hour day, the person who gets in the car and puts on their radio. I'd like them to hear a song that makes them feel happy for three minutes rather than something that makes them more depressed than they already are. We're not afraid to write about love or being happy. We have an entire culture that is either provocative or negative. It's so geared toward being shocking that it no longer manages to shock. They've pushed it as far as they can go both sexually and in terms of anger. Which is why we're here, to provide something different." I think Ryan's dead on with this quote and after reading this I have more respect and admiration for the music they have on Pretty. Odd. I also have to say that the exclamation point doesn't really fit the new feel of the band and their music, anyway.

Therefore, I neither love nor hate this album, but I think it's Pretty. Good. Here are the songs:

1. We're So Starving
2. Nine In the Afternoon
3. She's a Handsome Woman
4. Do You Know What I'm Seeing?
5. That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
6. I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
7. Northern Downpour
8. When the Day Met the Night
9. Pas de Cheval
10. The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know
11. Behind the Sea
12. Folkin' Around
13. She Had the World
14. From a Mountain In the Middle of the Cabins
15. Mad As Rabbits

I encourage you all to listen to the album and watch the videos:
Nine In the Afternoon
That Green Gentleman
Mad As Rabbits

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I would like to share with you a video I saw on Fuse yesterday in their #1 countdown. I think it came in at #6.

That's What You Get- Paramore

That's What You Get- Paramore

No sir, well I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore.
It's your turn, to take a seat we're settling the final score.
And why do we like to hurt, so much?

I can't decide
You have made it harder just to go on
And why?
All the possibilities...
Well I was wrong

That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa!
That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa...
I drown out all my sense with the sound of its beating.
And that's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa.

I wonder, how am I supposed to feel when you're not here.
'Cause I burned every bridge I ever built when you were here.
I still try... holding onto silly things, I never learn.
Oh why? All the possibilities. I'm sure you've heard.

That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa!
That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa..
I drown out all my sense with the sound of its beating.
And that's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa.

Hey, make your way to me. (to me)
And I'll always be just so inviting.
If I ever start to think straight,
This heart will start a riot in me,
Let's start... Start, hey!

Why do we like to hurt so much?
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?

That's what you get when you let your heart win!
Whoa.

That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa.
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa.

Now I can't trust myself with anything but this,
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa