30.7.10

And they were all yellow.



I'm using this song in a little project I'm working on. This is one of my favorite Coldplay songs. Older bands need to get with the times, man. I don't see an offical website. That's strange.

Anywho, take a listen, I really like this song lots.

26.7.10

Does it ever get better? Can you really see the future, or just predict the weather?


Oh my. Listening to the radio has brought me back.

Especially when they play Smash Mouth.

Smash Mouth was the 2nd CD I even owned. The first one was, of course, *NSYNC. [I don't think they have a website.]

Besides that, I owned their 3rd album, self-titled "Smash Mouth". Thank God for websites like grooveshark, because now I can listen to it.

And let me tell you… I love this album. It's such a fat chunk of my childhood. I can see myself listening to it in my CD player. That thing skipped. But… Lorrin's childhood reminiscing aside, I just thought I'd talk about this band.
I don't know much of Smash Mouth's other songs, but this album I can still remember most of the lyrics, even though it was years ago since I last listened to it.

Actually, when I get home, I have to find that CD. 4 moves later, and everything is still in boxes. Hm….

Just for the record. My favorite then, and now is Sister Psychic. I still know almost every word.

24.7.10

We will be victorious. So come on!!

Woo! So, a song that's been stuck in my head recently is Muse's [thank god, not OK Go] Uprising.
Heard this bitty on the radio. I really like it. Really really.

Another song that I like [more of the swinging-like motion of the chorus] is DMB in a live concert in 2009, I think, singing a cover of The Zombies's Time of the Season.

I've listened to more radio this month than I did in 6 months back home.

22.7.10

Hey, Mr. DJ, can you turn the music DOWN?

I know I said no more OK Go, but I just can't help myself. These lyrics are so amazingly lovely.

While You Were Asleep- OK Go:

In the shallowest part of the night while you quietly slept,
I lay here and I counted the hours to the sound of your breath.

Can't you love me?
Can't you love me how I want, please?

I went walking down on Second Street through the leaves and the clutter.
In the pale yellow sodium light, nothing has any color.

Can't you love me?
Can't you love me how I want, please?


On another note, a song [and a free one awhile back] that I never thought I would like was on the radio here it Georgia. Again. And again. Several times, actually. And I always feel the need to call out "I know this song!" because it's not well-known. At least I thought it wasn't.


High Road by Broken Bells.

It was on the "soft rock" station.

On another, nother note, this website has a new address thingy. bit.ly/lorrin. Why "lorrin"? Because that's my name, silly random questioner.

And moving to another, final subject, today at the Botanical Garden in Atlanta, the DJ there horrified me. The first time I heard his disc jockey-ing, it was a calming mix of Indian-like music with a techno beat. The second time we could hear him, he'd crudely mashed up Journey's hit Don't Stop Believin' with Lady Gaga's [that's right Lady Gaga] hit… Just Dance.
What?! Not even close in beats, but that's besides the point.
First, you would hear a story about a girl and boy taking a midnight train. Then, Lady Gaga would rudely interrupt with how she got so trashed, she didn't remember flipping her shirt inside-out.

Atlanta, you can do better.

20.7.10

HOPE

Free iTunes. Luckily, this song makes me happy. In a sad way.

19.7.10

14.7.10

Here it goes, again. *

Help me please.

I'll listen to almost anything [key words: listen] but there are two exceptions.
Rap and country.

And, unfortunately in Atlanta, since it's the south, they're pretty big on the latter.
I'll put up with it for my family, but my brain freaks myself out by trying to sing along in my head. I've never heard the songs before, but it'll try to sing along to the chorus or something.

So, I'll sing in my head something else.
Since my recent fix [obviously] is OK Go, I'll sing one of their songs.
Problem is, I only know about 3 entirely.
This is why I either need to get back home and buy Oh No & Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.
Or I need to somehow find an iTunes giftcard here, because my dad sent me here with a total of $40 for the month.

We all know Oh No's album for the famous "Here it Goes Again".
And the more I watch the music videos on YouTube, the more I want the cd's.

Current song obsession with OK Go? Here, watch it for yourself.



I need to get off this subject. DAMIAN KULASH. I know.

7.7.10

I choose you, cherry. *

It's late-ish, but I forgot to talk about this:


"Pick Up the Phone"

The single was [free!] downloadable on iTunes last week, I think.
Can anyone tell me who this reminds you of?

I can only get: Vampire Weekend.
"You're so coOoOl."

But there's more. And I can't put my finger on it. It's been slightly bugging me.

Anddd, I'm in Atlanta. So anytime you see a "ATL", I'm referring to Atlanta.

INTRODUCTION

Who needs a YouTube!?


Just to clear a few things up:
Yes, this was late… it's now, actually.
Yes, I was tired.
andd Yes, this'll be done more often.

4.7.10

OKay!! GO!!! *

Ah, it's been a few days.

Anyway, back to my latest obsession:
Damian Kulash

Who?
Maybe you know him from his band's treadmill video.
Maybe you know him from playing with the Notre Dame band.
Maybe you know him from his Rube Goldberg machine.
Maybe you know him from his yellow outfit.

Maybe, you love this cutie to pieces.



That's right. He's from Ok Go.

If you didn't at least get the treadmill one, you need to get out more.
[And by get out, I mean watch more viral videos.]

But I was thinking about it, because I was with a friend yesterday. I was playing my current favorite "End Love".
"Who is this?" -Vicky asked.
"Ok Go."
"REALLY?!?!"
"… yeah. I know. They're actually good."

And what I mean by that is, the super-smash hit "Here It Goes Again" was huge at my school when it came out. And, since this band is NOT a one-hit wonder band, people… people don't seem to expect that they have talent. They expect to hear some form of "Here It Goes Again".

I'm not sure why.

I've talked about Ok Go again, but I want to get their latest album "Of the Blue Colour Of the Sky".
I need to become famous and open a P.O. box so people can send me this stuff.

☆⌒(>。≪)