I'm in year six all over again.... I say this because it was released in 2005.... when I was in that year of education.
"Damn Damn Leash" was the first song I ever heard by be your own PET. It was on the band's first official release. I liked its video so much that I put it on my Piczo website I made. The members are chased and engulfed by a weird monster, which is clearly a group of people under a huge cloth with some material used to make the head. It has nothing to do with the lyrics whatsoever, I just think it's humourous.
The song had its own EP accompanied with two other songs. I was a bit disappointed to see that, when my sister borrowed their debut album from a friend of hers, the song was not on there. Looking at it now, there wouldn't have been much point to put on something that was recorded two years prior onto it.
I'm still not sure what this song is about after almost ten years (that frightens me a bit). I'll go with a guess that it is about being led on by someone to the extent that you have no clue what to do or how to act.
Today I write this post whilst lying on my bed. It's just one of those days.
Couldn't do a post yesterday, for anyone who follows me on Twitter you would have known this. @JamieKManteaw by the way. I'll do another later on, as I usually do whenever the situation occurs.
"Dammit" is a song from Blink-182's second album "Dude Ranch". Sung by the bassist Mark Hoppus, the track is about a break-up and various feelings that arise from it. A very lazy way to put it, but it is true.
Clips of the video for "Dammit" amongst their other singles appeared in the band's video for "Not Now" back in 2005 when the trio released their greatest hits compilation and later split up. That got me watching all of their videos because pre-Enema of the State I didn't know they had anything else.
The video for "Dammit" is really funny. If you've just become a fan of the band you may think who the hell is the guy that's not Travis. That's their old drummer. That's besides the point.
Mark and Tom, but especially Mark, act like complete idiots in it. That's may not come as a surprise looking at their other comedic music videos, but being ten years old and the 'class clown' in primary school when I first saw it, I was inspired by their forced stupidity.
Took me quite a while to listen to the album. Don't know why. "Shutterbugg" was released as the first single from it, and I liked that. I still do. It's funky. The album got good reviews too, being cited as one of the best hip-hop albums to be released in the new decade. That was before Mr. West released "Dark Fantasy" though and received 10/10 ratings and five stars from every critic or website to exist.
But it was in 2012 (during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics if I remember correctly) that I thought I might as well listen to it. That ceremony went on for ages anyway.
Boasting is a theme that occurs throughout the album. It shows right in the last line of the preceding introduction, but it's from this track and onwards that Big Boi never lets up. And that's good. Being half of one of hip hop's most respected groups, I would imagine life is swell. I think he's allowed to brag; he does it with such effortless flow too. My goodness.
Skip to about 1:12 in the video, that's when the song actually starts.
The Offspring's seventh album "Splinter" from 2003 contains "Da Hui", a tribute to surfer group of the same name based in Hawaii.
In the track, Dexter Holland tells us that he won't fuck with Da Hui because they will fuck with him. He won't park next to a member of Da Hui, as he will not feel comfortable. He then finally warns us not to fuck with Da Hui, because eventually they will fuck with us. The video for this song gives an example of what Da Hui can do.
Lyrically, it's very dumb. Very repetitive. Simple. I did listen to this track for the first time when I was eight/nine so being the crazy, hyped-up child I was I probably didn't care at the time. In fact, those are probably what drew me to liking the song more.
Musically, it's a beast. Very very quick. Booming drums, especially those tom-toms near the end of the track and a cool guitar solo.
Short and sharp stuff. Under two minutes, so appreciate it before it ends.
It has been a year since I started doing this. Feels like it's been a year too.
I did actually start posting on the 22nd February last year which I completely forgot about until I checked earlier on today, but it was two days later that I took on the challenge of writing about (almost) every song that I have on my iPod. Click on here to start all the way from the beginning.
Since I last posted, nothing much has gone on. Just living life and listening to a lot of music too.
So here is the return of 'My iPod' and the Ds. For how long, I don't know. But I've seen the number of songs I have that begin with the letter 'D'. There are many. A lot more than 'C' for sure.
But we begin with the third song from Arctic Monkeys' second album "Favourite Worst Nightmare" - "D Is for Dangerous".
I remember that this was the track when I first bought the album in 2007 that caught my ear straight away. "Brianstorm"- I had obviously heard many times before and "Teddy Picker" took me a few listens to get into, but it took me that first listen for "Dangerous" to sink in.
It probably isn't even the best song on the album. It's pretty short and quick, only 2 minutes and 20 seconds long if you round it up, but everything is delivered with such slick execution. Cool guitar playing, a great bass line by the then-new Monkey Nick O'Malley and vocals by both Alex Turner and Matt Helders. Pretty much all I can say.
Whether they thought of the name of the album before writing the song or vice versa, I'm not sure. But it is in there. Also watch out near the end, when it sounds like the track begins to skip. I thought something had gone wrong with my computer the first time that happened.
That album by the band is my favourite of theirs. It's probably the last one they've released that I can listen to the whole way through and not become..... bored? I don't think that's the right word. Basically, I haven't been as hyped for Arctic Monkey albums since then.
For many it just doesn't compare to "Whatever" or possibly even "AM" now, knowing that a lot of people are liking that. But "Nightmare" is just really solid. Maybe it's the production or something, but there's something in all twelve tracks that makes we want to carry on listening to them. Can't really say that for the albums that followed. Hate on me if you want.
