NMT 81

Our pick this week is from out of town. Alot. Saw a review of her record in Rolling Stone and when I saw the name of this song, I knew I needed to pick it. It just makes me giggle.

Song is pretty good. Standard sing along pop-punk from Norway. This video gets cut off at the end, but you get the idea. It's fun and again, kind of funny, but simple things amuse me these days.

And who would say something like this to a person?


From Nesna, Norway:

Ida Maria - "I like you so much better when you're naked":




Bonus Tracks:

I almost downloaded this from Amazon when it was $1.99, but I thought that it would be one of things that got old in a hurry and lose its comedic value. BUt right now it's funny because this is pretty much how ridulous R&B and Hip-Hop have become at the moment. Plus, anything that has the word "flippy-floppies" is getting my vote and it has Tallahassee's (Seminole for: stinking shithole in the middle of nowhere) favorite son. These are the "Dick in a box" guys from SNL.

(Not Mormon friendly)




I miss the 90's:

"Most of the time you are happy/ you're a Wierdo." Indeed. Our friend Alexis loved this band.

Sweet

NMT 80

I get Alex and McSteamy confused.




Oh, boy. It's someone's 30th birthday today. Oh, it's the big one. That's right, it's Top 40's. Welcome, to big girl land. Good thing we stayed up until 4 am Saturday night. Won't be able to do it anymore. Happy Birthday, honey.


Our pick this week is one of my favorite video from this band. It's kind of funny and interesting because it's all done in one take, beginning to end.


A little back story about the song itself, so the video will make more sense. Story goes, the lead singer forgot his wife's birthday, which I guess is bad, especially when you factor in they'd been together since high school. So, to make amends he wrote this song for her. He played it for her and she didn't like it. Well, it ended up not making the record anyway and didn't appear officially until their Best of, a few years later. So, this song is his apology to his wife (that's her getting in to the carriage in the beginning. Short brown hair, Irish,---hot...). And it makes me laugh.

(Not the forgetting a loved one's birthday is funny, which I have never done. I may, MAY, have done other things that might warrant apologies along the way, but you know, we all have)


From Dublin, Ireland:


U2 - "Sweetest Thing":




Bonus Tracks:

Oh since it's her birthday we'll play something she likes. Which, inexplicably, includes this:





She knows all the words and so do you, so don't even front:

NMT 79

Not really sure how a 30th birthday party that her BFF and the girl for whom she's maid of honor is coming up from Boca for requires me to get a haircut, but alas, tis what happened.


Our pick this week is a weird one. Well, weird in that it has been in my head for the last few weeks. It's a good song and I do like it, even if I don't have it. The weird part is, I've only heard it like 3 times and not for awhile. I saw the video once and thought oh this is that band I keep hearing about and I liked it. I heard it a couple more times and that's been it. They have a new record that came out last week and when I saw it listed somewhere it reminded me of this song and it started popping into my head. Yes, this happens alot. I always have some song running through my head at all times.

You know when you see that look on my face and you wonder what I'm thinking or if I'm listening to you? Chances are that's what's going on. Some song or whatever will enter my head and I'll stop paying attention to whatever else and focus on that. It's nothing personal and when someone is speaking to me, I am listening, it's usually when I'm sitting down to a task or there's quiet. Maybe it's ADD, but when this happens, whatever is in my head is usually infinitely more interesting than what I should be doing. (Then again, watching a monkey fuck a football would be infinitely more interesting than most of what I do all day).

So, for whatever reason, this song-well the chorus mainly- kept coming up, so I figured we'd pick it since it's good and it might go away and make room for something new. You know, like calling an ex over and over again until you get it out of your system. (LRHG is shaking her head, so I guess that means that doesn't work as well.)

From New York City, NY:

Yeah Yeah Yeah's - "Maps":




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Well, I guess the sun's come back and for most of us (read: those of us NOT in the Great White North) it's warmed up and we'll get to enjoy nice weather for a few weeks before we start to melt again. Let's have a little something that just makes you feel warm.





You know, I'm all about artists taking a chance and trying something totally out of their vein (Monster, Acthung, Baby, The new U2-good isn't it, LRHG?). Sometimes those chances make beautiful records and sometimes they make this:

NMT 78

Our pick this week is a name that keeps popping up so we'll check her out. She's origanlly from the US, but is now mostly living in Canada, in fact is in a Canadian band (New Pornographers). As you all know if your Canadian and not blonde, you're gettin' a look. That's just how it works.

She's got a alt-country feel, along the lines of Patty Griffin, but Patty may have a stronger voice. I'm sure LRHG and Amanda will love her hair. Red-heads always stick together.


From Alexandria, VA:

Neko Case (Knee -Ko) - "Hold on, Hold on":




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I'm telling you, this album should be more popular than it is. The first single was an NMT pick (NMT 57) and I'm telling you, the album is really good.

Keane - "Perfect Symmetry":





I Miss the 90's:

One of the greatest live bands I have ever seen. I could never quite explain why, but this video always kind of creeped me out.

NMT 77

Oh God, I really, really hate that friggin' Grey's Anatomy bullshit show. Bad acting, terrible story lines (sex with her dead husband's ghost? Really?) and just all around badness. Where did this come from? Let's get into it and I'll show you.

Our pick this week was noticed while I was purchasing the new U2 album on Amazon MP3 ($3.99 and it's very good especilly the first song. You should check it out.). So, I looked it up and I really liked the song. But then...while listening to the really nice version she did for a radio station I noticed on the sidebar it was used in an episode of that God awful show! That part where the broad is doing whining to some dude stuck in a crashed ambulance or whatever. Bastards. Seriously. How many I-love-you-but-she'll-love-you-more songs can one show use? I hate you. So I'm not using that song, just cause. We've done that enough. And Derrick is all wrong for her anyway.


So, we'll just pick a song about her ex-girlfriend. It doesn't directly infer that, I read it when I was looking up some information. I like this girl, she's got a nice voice and good songs...ok, fine, doesn't hurt that's she's a cute brunette. But I listed those other things first.

From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:

Missy Higgins - "Secret":




Bonus Tracks:

Ok, seriously, check out this song.




Since the new album came out today, I thought we'd revisit one of the moments from the movie everyone remembers. The angry Irishman "fuck the revolution" speech in the middle of this. Great arrangement too.