i really didn't know what to title this post, since it's a mash-up of all sorts of things. but bear with me as the chaos that i've written sorts itself out once and for all.
since i'm avoiding spending money i've taken to downloading my musical interests from the internet. hate on me if you want, but you have to hear me out.
so today i got the new album from weezer, 'raditude'.
i've always been a fan of rivers cumo for reasons unbeknownst to me, i think it has something to do with the fact that i think he's hot and that they usually make incredibly infectious music. you can't say that you don't know of at least one weezer song. don't let that sentiment make you think that i love absolutely everything they do. i wasn't a huge fan of the album with 'we are all on drugs'. i liked that song, and i think there were a couple others. i fell in love again with the red album.
and now raditude. HELLO! definitely going to be on rotation on my ipod alongside radiohead 'hail the theif' & 'in rainbows' and kings of leon (insert entire discography).
the musical community should be listening to jay-z and rivers cumo because they're both brilliant. WHO MIXES WEEZER WITH WEEZY!?! rivers cumo, that's fucking who. 'can't stop partying' is brilliant, thank you, thank you, thank you whomever got lil wayne to donate some time, for it makes for a truly interesting song. i can't help but giggle when i think of rivers in some dank, LA nightclub with a hot bee-atch on his lap drinkin patron, nodding his head to the beat of jay-z or britney spears. you've got to be joking, right?
this is why i like weezer. they're not afraid to fuck with you. would rivers actually sit in a dark and sweaty nightclub? maybe. that's the part you're not supposed to know. they probably wouldn't because they're busy going to harvard and having families (not to mention dating asian women, rivers' calling card) and making ROCKIN' music.
i'm still in first lust with the new sound and songs. weezer never fails to amuse me both musically and lyrically. it's a bit more pop-rock than the've done in the past, but that's nothing a little 'perfect situation' era weezer can't dilute. a perfect addition to my weezer library. i might even actually buy this one!
the other recent acquisition of mine i don't know if i'll actually buy. in the true spirit of the internet, i downloaded the 'twilight saga: new moon soundtrack' in all it's indie band glory. except upon the first listen, i hear the dulcet tones of brandon flowers of the killers. ¿qué? indie... band...? killers? um, maybe in 2002 when they were in relative obscurity. but since 'hot fuss' they're pretty painfully mainstream, and not that good. chris weitz, i'm concernicused at this choice. the rest of the album, eh; i have no real beef with it, to be honest. it's not the greatest soundtrack i've ever heard, nor will it be the worst. i'm intrigued, both as a severe diehard twi-hard and a curious music listener, as to how you've used these songs. will the evoke the emotions you desired? or will i be confused. granted, i will never be as confused as i was in 'twilight' with or without musical accompaniment in 'new moon'. catherine hardwicke needed to lay off the drugs before and after production. but really, the killers? their contribution is mildly infectious, thankfully. i'm hoping it's not a major player otherwise the scene will be tainted with brandon flowers' whiny voice. thom yorke was a disappointer! i'm shocked. i really liked his 'all for the best' single he recently released and i was shocked and almost disappointed when his contribution, 'hearing damage' wasn't the same caliber as 'all for the best'. not my most favorite thom yorke piece.
the relative unknowns, such as anya marina, hurricane bells band of skulls and sea wolf are a wonderful respite from the likes of muse, death cab for cutie and (shudder) the killers. anya marina was picked up from the depths of myspace, her song 'satellite heart' having been reformatted in a quieter measure to suit whatever part of the movie it's in. one can only guess at this point (and naturally, i'll specualate later in this post, so bear with me) where in the movie each of these songs will be. not liking all of them makes me impartial to where ever they end up-- i could care less.
although, it's not all bad. lykke li, my darling who should always always always cover kings of leon songs (even they think she should) contributes the most haunting song to this soundtrack. i had to google the lyrics, since i can't really understand them, but that's half the brilliance. it's so sad, you should really only hear the reverberating chords over your sobs. lines like
"so tell me when you hear my heart stop/ you're the only one that knows/tell me when you hear my silence/ there's a possibility i wouldn't know/ so tell me when my sorrrow's over/ you're the reason why i'm closed/ tell me when you hear me falling/ there's a possibility it wouldn't show"
i can't help but tear up and want to hug something fierce. i'd settle for a toasty warm werewolf. or a stone cold vampire. i just need to hug something when i hear this song.
same with roslyn. UM, I RUINED THIS FOR MYSELF, i'll just say that now. i know exactly where this song is in the movie and quite frankly, i'm about to lose my shit even thinking about it. don't google those lyrics, they make ZERO sense. but bon iver did a fantastic job of ripping my heart out and stomping on it. so did chris weitz, but i'm getting to him. give me time, haha. however, it's a perfect song. such a lovely melody and bon iver and st. vincent, she being someone i'm beginning to love slowly provide delicate and haunting vocals for this song that just happens to be in the most heartbreakingly painful breakup scenes to ever be witnessed by the queen of all things heartless (i.e myself). IT WILL BE AS IF I NEVER EXISTED INDEED, good vampire friend. fuck me i feel sorry for whomever i sit next to on thursday. they're going to think i'm loony. they won't be far off at that point.
but the 'twilight saga: new moon soundtrack' isn't all i was hoping for, but all i have come to expect from this franchise. i give it a fairly good rating, but i can tell you right now, the only reason i'd buy the physical copy was if i got desperate about having yet another rob picture to gaze at lovingly.
trust me, i don't need any more. i ooze crazy at the best of times-- i don't need any excuses.
speaking of crazy, did anyone else think that the live coverage streaming from myspace of the new moon premiere in LA was a bit much? don't get me wrong, i would have given up most of my vital organs for a chance to see rob's hair from a distance, but watching the red carpet made me feel like i was watching porn. i got the heebie jeebies and quite frankly, i'm not afraid to admit it. it was a bit too much on the overexposure front. everyone's voyueristic, yeah, i get it. but come ON! that was insanity. plus the hosts (anya marina and some guy... i have no idea who the hell he was) were scattered and awkward. i can't help but love kristen's dodge of their question, quickly referencing it back to her character and not herself. cute move, but we're on to you. every move you make is dissected by the keen eyes of twilighters world wide so don't be surprised when people question why you didn't answer the question properly.
but all in all, i'm getting more and more excited about the upcoming release. hi, two more sleeps! i can hear the simultaneous 'robgasm' heard in movie theatres around north america come friday. movie theatre seats will have never seen so much female jizz since leo. women will be slipping and sliding in the ooze secreted after multiple showings of new moon. the theatres will reek of sex for weeks.
i'm going to try to keep it together. although knowing the songs in the movie and guessing where they'll be placed is my most recent obsession. i know where one goes and much like voldemort, i'm not allowed to speak of it. even as i typed it, my nose started to burn with the onslaught of snot, my eyes watered uncontrollably and the lower lip quivered. CAN YOU TELL I'M HAVING ISSUES?!?! god damn. two days and i'm already a wreck. maybe the more i desensitize myself to this the less chance i'll have of being a complete wreck in the theatre?
no. i'm horribly wrong.
needless to say, i'm an excited movie-goer these days. pirate radio and one of my favorite british actors (bill nighy, one of britain's only 32 actors HAHA) when i'm done being a fangirl; harry potter and the deathly hallows pt 1 opens this time next year to which i'm DYING inside about. i stumbled upon this information... okay... i looked it up out of curiosity. and now i've got a countdown going. i can't wait. almost 365 days to go! potterites, constant vigilance!
but i have a whole year of twilight inspired sensory overload. thank you back to back franchise, how i love thee. i don't have long to wait until the next installment of my fangirl crack. i mean, hello, rob ain't getting any younger. when he's on the shorter end to thirty it's hard to play a 17-year-old virgin, non? my mother already thinks he looks like a 'lecherous old man' thanks to some publicity photos that recently surfaced in our local paper. i couldn't help but agree... he did look a bit like a poacher. poor kristen, i wonder if people often ask her if she knows she's sleeping with a lecherous old man? BAH!!! more like 'sex personified'. i believe i said that once. mmmm rob-sex.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh lord.
