Lately I've been trying to put together the perfect pop song. Tried everything. The whole 'hint of melancholy' thing, the happy bright sounding song, the build-to-crescendo.
Should have given up a long time ago. This has already been achieved by Norway's greatest ever export (even better than Tore Andre Flo), the irrepressible Annie, with the song 'Heartbeat'.
The song apparently chronicles a good night out idk. But what I do know is that it has the most irresistible laid back groove to the whole song which hits me deep, man. It's immediate, but at the same time, about a thousand listens through I'm not bored of it. Still 'discovering' new things within the melody. The other day I just realised why the bit after the first chorus was so good. I can hear a little slidy thing going on. Don't even know what it is, but it's pretty sweet bro.
So what makes a perfect pop song? I don't think it's having the perfect melody, production, even great lyrics. Not even, in a way, when it all comes together. It's more than that, like the personality of the person who wrote it and who's singing it should come through, and show a sense of vulnerability. After all, an idea of music is as an expression of emotion. In this song, Annie opens up more as the song progresses, and her breathy, hushed vocal works perfectly, making the song feel incredibly intimate and even sexy.
Might give up on my aim. Can never write a song as good as this. Might just start an Annie tribute band.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
This is my blog.
Don't know how 'celebrity' bloggers like Carles from hipsterrunoff and Perez Hilton have the energy to blog everyday. I mean srsly.
I struggle to write one a month.
Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. Maybe need tee shirts with links to my blog on. Maybe if I knew people were actually reading I'd feel more bothered. Maybe I need to be in some sort of 'scandal' and when I'm on the news releasing a press statement link them to my blog.
Would post everyday.
Would anyone buy a tee with my blog on?
I struggle to write one a month.
Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. Maybe need tee shirts with links to my blog on. Maybe if I knew people were actually reading I'd feel more bothered. Maybe I need to be in some sort of 'scandal' and when I'm on the news releasing a press statement link them to my blog.
Would post everyday.
Would anyone buy a tee with my blog on?
Why Girls' 'Album' is the best album of 2009
The other day I heard about this sweet new buzz band called Girls. Apparently the lead singer used to be in Children in God, but isn't anymore, cos he didn't agree with their ideals. Can respect that. Anyway, this guy, Christopher Owens in fact, wrote, recorded, and released what is in my opinion the best album of 2009, and I'm going to say why.
Thinking about what makes this band likeable. I know it's sometimes irrelevant and nothing to do with the music, but this band have an incredible back story. First of all, lead singer Owens was born into the Children of God cult, which is pretty huge. This is one of the most controversial religious cults/sects with about as much controversy surrounding it as Michael Barrymore's patio, but let's not let this detract us from the music. Don't really want to play the 'back story' card.
Think this band is mainly likeable because, simply, the songs are brilliant. Owens knows how not to over complicate songs, and makes relatively simple chord structures sound completely original. He also has a way round a vocal melody, and the lyrics are some of the most beautiful I've heard in a long time.
"I don't want to cry my whole life through/I want to do some laughing to" sings Owens in Hellhole Ratrace. It's simple, but that's why this album works, and why I think this is the greatest album from the past year.
It's completely honest, heart on the line, and effortless. Owens claimed in a recent interview that these were the first songs he had ever written, yet it sounds like he's been doing it for years. Some of these songs sound like well established classics. 'Headache' wouldn't sound out of place on a classic Smiths record, 'Hellhole Ratrace' a classic far in its own right.
And that's probably why I like this album this much. Girls have made a classic record from the off, whether they did it intentionally or not. It's an album that wouldn't sound out of place stood next to a Beach Boys record or something more modern, it has a timeless feel about it. I sometimes feel some bands try too hard to hit a zeitgeist, but Girls have done something that is completely their own sound and, in the end, it works. It's what all good albums are. It just sounds completely and utterly natural. It sounds like a band who are from San Francisco. It makes you want to find out more about the people involved. It just works, far beyond whether it should or not.
Whether the general public will actually buy it is another matter.
Thinking about what makes this band likeable. I know it's sometimes irrelevant and nothing to do with the music, but this band have an incredible back story. First of all, lead singer Owens was born into the Children of God cult, which is pretty huge. This is one of the most controversial religious cults/sects with about as much controversy surrounding it as Michael Barrymore's patio, but let's not let this detract us from the music. Don't really want to play the 'back story' card.
Think this band is mainly likeable because, simply, the songs are brilliant. Owens knows how not to over complicate songs, and makes relatively simple chord structures sound completely original. He also has a way round a vocal melody, and the lyrics are some of the most beautiful I've heard in a long time.
"I don't want to cry my whole life through/I want to do some laughing to" sings Owens in Hellhole Ratrace. It's simple, but that's why this album works, and why I think this is the greatest album from the past year.
It's completely honest, heart on the line, and effortless. Owens claimed in a recent interview that these were the first songs he had ever written, yet it sounds like he's been doing it for years. Some of these songs sound like well established classics. 'Headache' wouldn't sound out of place on a classic Smiths record, 'Hellhole Ratrace' a classic far in its own right.
And that's probably why I like this album this much. Girls have made a classic record from the off, whether they did it intentionally or not. It's an album that wouldn't sound out of place stood next to a Beach Boys record or something more modern, it has a timeless feel about it. I sometimes feel some bands try too hard to hit a zeitgeist, but Girls have done something that is completely their own sound and, in the end, it works. It's what all good albums are. It just sounds completely and utterly natural. It sounds like a band who are from San Francisco. It makes you want to find out more about the people involved. It just works, far beyond whether it should or not.
Whether the general public will actually buy it is another matter.
Friday, October 09, 2009
If a date a Veronica, will it help me reach my target demographic?
So there's this hot new group around yeah? Fronted by two sisters? Look edgy but also appealing to the mainstream? Lesbian incest vibe?!
The Veronicas are so hot right now. Heard Jessica is single via Wiki. Feel something coming on.
Feel if I want my band to be big, I need a hot celebrity girlfriend. Feel I can then appeal to the "E" crowd as well as my general fanbase. Need more fans. Need more friends on our myspace page. Need people to find out I'm dating a celeb so maybe they'll get some juicy goss on my blog.
Just want to become a fan.
Nobody knew/cared about The Kills until the lead singer started sniffing around Kate Moss. Probably better for her than Pete idk. Seem to love each other. Wish I can find that love but not enough people read my blog. Maybe if people started reading this girls will like me. Could be the next Perez Hilton. Is that his real name?
Just want the guys on E to appreciate me. Want to become a must read. Don't want to step out of a club at 4 o clock in the morning with my cock out because I've sinked one too many bloody mary's. Need to find a new drink other than bloody mary's.
I smell a blog.
Like The Veronicas. Seem to the modern pop stars. They even have their own clothing brand. Feel they're very marketable, like they aren't natural role models but they show girls just to be themselves, like they belong. Thinking of starting my own clothing label. Could make cool tees with slogans on the front. Teach guys to just be themselves and do their own thing.
Maybe one day they'll talk about me on E.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
How to save a life
Been a sad day.
Buried a hamster today. Put it's rotting corpse into a Coco Pops box, took it to the park, laid it in the ground. Eulogy was short. Wish I said more. Hopeless at showing emotional weakness, it's ok to share HOW U FEEL.
Felt like I was in Scrubs. Felt like I was burying Brendan Fraser, or had killed my favourite patient. Need a doctorate and shit.
"Where did I go wrong
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness and
I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life."
Just trying to explain how I'm feeling with contemporary music.
Weird how pets become friends even though you can't understand them. Wish I could speak to animals. Would ask them which is their favourite high school musical (I like the summer one). Think you get a bond over time and understand each other, like friends. Thought they were just for old people who's friends have died. Feel this is selfish since they'll die soon and the pet won't have an owner, and would be made into food.
Would find it hard to eat something that used to be someone's pet.
Think there is too much love in me. Got a lot of affection, feel I can empathise with people who are experiencing loss. Might become a shrink and help people with issues idk.
Buried a hamster today. Put it's rotting corpse into a Coco Pops box, took it to the park, laid it in the ground. Eulogy was short. Wish I said more. Hopeless at showing emotional weakness, it's ok to share HOW U FEEL.
Felt like I was in Scrubs. Felt like I was burying Brendan Fraser, or had killed my favourite patient. Need a doctorate and shit.
"Where did I go wrong
I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness and
I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life."
Just trying to explain how I'm feeling with contemporary music.
Weird how pets become friends even though you can't understand them. Wish I could speak to animals. Would ask them which is their favourite high school musical (I like the summer one). Think you get a bond over time and understand each other, like friends. Thought they were just for old people who's friends have died. Feel this is selfish since they'll die soon and the pet won't have an owner, and would be made into food.
Would find it hard to eat something that used to be someone's pet.
Think there is too much love in me. Got a lot of affection, feel I can empathise with people who are experiencing loss. Might become a shrink and help people with issues idk.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Lovegame?
Think I'm starting to like Lady Gaga. Think she's a good role model, helping young ladies become women, learn to love their bodies etc, even if they're 'munters'.
Would like to poke her face.
Think she gets a rough time. Probably hangs around too much with the gay community. Never really know who the gay community are, but they get mentioned a lot. Like I've got gay friends, but none of them are part of their community. Do they go special places where you have to be gay, or just wanna chill? Might check it out.
http://sarahspy.tumblr.com/post/197700502/pre-lady-gaga-stefani-germanotta-performs
Think her image has improved since then. Used to be quite scary looking tbf, definitely has had some work done. Love when she wears a crazy outfit like the one above. She was cool at the VMAs. Made me feel accepted by her gay community. Wouldn't wear it myself, looks hard to get out.
Love her song about disco sticks. Want her to ride mine, don't care that she has one too.
Would like to poke her face.
Think she gets a rough time. Probably hangs around too much with the gay community. Never really know who the gay community are, but they get mentioned a lot. Like I've got gay friends, but none of them are part of their community. Do they go special places where you have to be gay, or just wanna chill? Might check it out.
http://sarahspy.tumblr.com/post/197700502/pre-lady-gaga-stefani-germanotta-performs
Think her image has improved since then. Used to be quite scary looking tbf, definitely has had some work done. Love when she wears a crazy outfit like the one above. She was cool at the VMAs. Made me feel accepted by her gay community. Wouldn't wear it myself, looks hard to get out.
Love her song about disco sticks. Want her to ride mine, don't care that she has one too.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Power cuts... let's chill
Came home early last night, chill by myself for a bit, watch some iplayer or something. Got into bed, put on some 'everwood' (about small town families 'n' shit). Everything went black.
Turns out whole street had power cut.
Not afraid of the dark, just need to know deets. Went outside, talked to neighbours. Seconds turned to minutes, hours etc, we were chatting about people we both know, places we've been etc, was pretty chill. Never would have ever met these people otherwise.
Was pretty chill.
Thinking this morning that I would never have talked to neighbours if it wasn't forced to me by the powercut.
Maybe this was a good thing?
Maybe my road planned this so we could make friends.
Couple of us had a street party late into the night. Couple of bros brought down their acoustic guitars and bongos, was pretty sweet. Like we can still make beautiful music together even if we didn't have porn and probably all got interrupted from wanking seshes. Didn't bring mine down, didn't want them to think I was just following everyone else, want to keep my originality on the road, want to be looked up to, not across.
Made a new friend. Going out tonight.
Turns out whole street had power cut.
Not afraid of the dark, just need to know deets. Went outside, talked to neighbours. Seconds turned to minutes, hours etc, we were chatting about people we both know, places we've been etc, was pretty chill. Never would have ever met these people otherwise.
Was pretty chill.
Thinking this morning that I would never have talked to neighbours if it wasn't forced to me by the powercut.
Maybe this was a good thing?
Maybe my road planned this so we could make friends.
Couple of us had a street party late into the night. Couple of bros brought down their acoustic guitars and bongos, was pretty sweet. Like we can still make beautiful music together even if we didn't have porn and probably all got interrupted from wanking seshes. Didn't bring mine down, didn't want them to think I was just following everyone else, want to keep my originality on the road, want to be looked up to, not across.
Made a new friend. Going out tonight.
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