Song of the Minute?

I can’t really speak for the rest of you, but I know my so called "favorite" song tends to change constantly. I’m always trying to discover new music, and as thus am always falling in love with a new song.

One of the reasons I like checking the "What Song Are You Listening To" thread is to check out what other people are listening to, but there’s only so much you can tell from a name.

So what I’m hoping to do here is have people post a song or two that they’re totally in love with right now, and give a brief explanation of why they like the song so much.

If there’s a place to download the song free and legally, posting a link to that would be awesome. 🙂

Anyways. At the moment, I’m really in love with this Tom Waits song called "Another Man’s Wine". I’ve been a fan of Tom Waits for years and years, and he just has the coolest voice- Louie Armstrong is the closest person I can think of to compare him to, but Tom Waits has this dark quality to his voice that makes the gravely voice thing even cooler.

Musically, the song sounds like something out of an old 40’s detective radio show, to me anyways. It’s hard to explain, but it’s really cool.

I’ve been told Tom Waits is something of an aqquired taste, but eh. I’ve always liked him. But at any rate, this is probably the sort of song that will grow on you.

You can download it
here. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000066RVA/ref=j_disp_dwnld_2/103-7996719-6867032?v=glance&s=music&st=digital-music)

Have it downloading at the moment.

"The Tide" by The Spill Canvas has to be my favourite song at the moment. The Spill Canvas is led by Nick Thomas, Writer and Singer of all their material. He’s a mean acoustic guitarist that writes powerful and very vivid lyrics. It’s hard to explain just why I enjoy this song so much. It just speaks to me. I suggest you google the lyrics as you listen.

http://www.purevolume.com/thespillcanvas

Edit: Ok I have now listened to "Another Man’s Vine", It sounds oddly familiar. I feel like I’ve heard it in a movie but, alas, the name of it escapes me O_o

A good listen none the less

I’m currently riveted by The Microphones in general. Specifically, "I Want Wind to Blow" and "The Glow Pt. 2."

"I Want Wind to Blow" has an amazing sense of open space. Stereo acoustic guitars and a low, rhythmic rumble create a wave of barely audible noise that floats through the mid-frequencies. It uses repetition and understatement to transform itself from a simple song into a landscape.

"The Glow Pt. 2" opens with a blast of fuzzy guitars before giving way abruptly to more stereo acoustics, which themselves give way to multitracked organs. While all of this is going on, Phil Elvrum delivers what I consider to be his best lyrics thus far. I still get a shiver down my spine everytime I listen to him sing "blood."

My highest reccomendation.

Satoukibibatake (http://ribaldyouth.com/mp3/-%20%90X%8eR%97%c7%8eq%20-%20%82%b3%82%c6%82%a4%82%ab%82%d1%94%a8.mp3)

It’s really long, slow, and repetetive, but I absolutely love it. The song is a memorial of sorts for the people that lost their fathers during the American occupation of Okinawa in WW2. I heard it for the first time 2 years ago and was attracted by the "zawawa" line which stayed in my head for…ever.

Plus I love the old sound it has to it. The original version of the song was made in 1967, but I’ve yet to find it anywhere.

I liked the first two songs posted in here, although the crybaby voice of the lead singer made Jester’s a struggle for me.

I rather enjoyed "Satoukibi batake". I tried googling the english lyrics but to no avail. Despite it being quite long and repetitive, I never found it to drag on. A good listen

Also,

I liked the first two songs posted in here, although the crybaby voice of the lead singer made Jester’s a struggle for me.

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what, I still liked it. 🙁

satoukibi lyrics + translation: http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/junk1210volare/014000

I have been listening to a lot of Tegan and Sara the last two days.
Walking with a Ghost (http://www.teganandsara.com/audio/walkingwithaghost.mp3)

My current favourite is the old version of ‘Lift’ by Radiohead, though it has never been recorded in the studio, so I only have live versions of the song.

I’m totally in love with "Over the Fantasy"- Final Fanatsy Unlimited Theme
I really don’t know why. I love the tune and the words…

I get obsessed with different songs every one in a while, I don’t have an absolute favorite. Right now, I’m obsessed with "I won’t back down" by Tom Petty. 😉

I just download the stuff off of the ‘radar’ section on NME’s website. The magazine itself is poor, imo, but I discovered some decent stuff on the website.

I listen to too much to really pick out a song of the minute.

song of the min is immigrant song by the masters LED-ZEPPELIN

Get the Balance Right by Depeche Mode.
I fucking love Depeche Mode.

@Kubirio
The Mic’s are teh shitage. Very good call.

I’m listening to a band called Ever Since Radio. Its a break to someone like me who listens to alot Indie. I usually don’t listen to rock cuz stupid but these guys aren’t half bad.

The song I recomend is The makout Disaster (http://www.purevolume.com/eversinceradio). I tend to like this one because of the lyrics and vocal melodies. The drum tracks are kind of predictable but contribute to the overall arrangement. So yeah….I love these guys check um out.

edit: And <3’s to Mandi for making such a lovely thread. I tried to pull something similar off a while back but it didn’t work out. It makes more sense than the "What song…" witch has become damn near spam.

I have been listening to a lot of Tegan and Sara the last two days.
Walking with a Ghost (http://www.teganandsara.com/audio/walkingwithaghost.mp3)

:swoon:

I adore Tegan and Sara, but I don’t know anyone else who listens to them. I

I should’ve known a snazzy fellow like you would be a fan!

Trollhammaren from Finntroll has got me at the mo. The instant I heard it, I fell in love. It’s a folk black metal song, btw, so I dunno how many members here would be interested. It’ starts off with a fantastic, catchy flute/accordian intro, that’ll have you clappin your hands and stompin your foot. On the first listen, this is the part where I became a bit fearful, were heavy guitars and vocals gonna ruin the flow and melody of the song? Hello no! The folk and metal aspects compliment each other very well, working in perfect harmony, no wonder it made it into the Finnish top 10 = D

If you’d like the mp3, click here (http://mp3.centurymedia.com/Finntroll_Trollhammaren_Nattfodd.mp3)

Or, if that doesn’t work, go here (http://www.centurymedia.com/audio/MP3/MP3.html) and search through the list.

:swoon:

I adore Tegan and Sara, but I don’t know anyone else who listens to them. I

I should’ve known a snazzy fellow like you would be a fan!
<3

EDIT: The rockenest Canadian twins ever.

A Heart To Hold You by Keane has kinda gripped me at the moment. It’s all about missing someone and just thinking about them will, in effect, bring them back.

Thread wroth reviving.

Anyway, I really like this neato band from Milwaukee called Decibully.

Their website. (http://www.decibully.com/)
Another website with some background info on them. (https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/bands/band_info.asp?bandID=111)
My favorite song of theirs. (http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/media/prc-084-08-decibully-penny-look-down.mp3)

I’m really into "Ready Stead Go" the Full Metal Alchemist theme right now. I love the beat…

Now it’s QOTSA – Everybody Knows That You’re Insane.
I love this song.

Loop & Loop by the Asian Kung Fu Generation. I really like this song. I dunno how to post the song on here so sorry.

Thread wroth reviving.

Anyway, I really like this neato band from Milwaukee called Decibully.

Their website.
Another website with some background info on them.
My favorite song of theirs.
I like that song too.

Satoukibibatake

It’s really long, slow, and repetetive, but I absolutely love it. The song is a memorial of sorts for the people that lost their fathers during the American occupation of Okinawa in WW2. I heard it for the first time 2 years ago and was attracted by the "zawawa" line which stayed in my head for…ever.

Plus I love the old sound it has to it. The original version of the song was made in 1967, but I’ve yet to find it anywhere.

I liked the first two songs posted in here, although the crybaby voice of the lead singer made Jester’s a struggle for me.
I like this song too.

The band isn’t exactly new, but I’ve recently really got into The Mars Volta. (http://www.themarsvolta.com/) Thier album Deloused in the Comatorium reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd sonically. It really sounds nice, electronic and rock mixed together with wonderful sounding lyrics (I say wonderful sounding, because unlike Pink Floyd, who had a definite meaning behind all thier lyrics, Volta’s lyrics are a little more open to interpretation). Plus I always enjoy band who make albums where all the songs are good and worth listening to.

I’ve also been listening to Matisyahu (http://www.hasidicreggae.com/) who is a raggae singer that is Jewish. I originally got intrigued simply because I thought it would be kind of funny… I mean a jew singing raggae? However, I soon found out that he’s actually pretty good. The music, the lyrics, the way he sings.. it’s all right on and sounds really good, that is if you actually like raggae. Other than the fact that he’s jewish and sometimes includes that in his lyrics it’s pretty much typical raggae stuff. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still really good, but it’s not like some new crazy twist that totally changes the face of raggae or anything, it’s just a jewish guy who sings raggae pretty good. You can download some of the songs free here. (http://www.hasidicreggae.com/index.php?section=article&id=23)

I also got 404’d on all the Tegan and Sara songs, even when I went to thier site, oh well.

Most of the songs I play a lot come from movie soundtracks. Mainly because I watch the film and the music played in the background enhances the scene tenfold, so I think it is so awesome i’ll go and but it/download it and play it to hell.

So at the moment I tend to play Someday by Chad Kroeger a lot because its the closing track of the movie Torque (I don’t care if you think the movies lame, I thought it was pretty entertaining).

Also, I play the Great Escape theme tune probably more than any other, usually when England just scrape a win in a major tournament match. 🙂

It’s definitely Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, by Santa Esmerelda (from the Kill Bill Volume 1 Soundtrack).

Can’t stop listening to it =/

I started to listen to a bunch of Ska. My favorite band so far is The Wedgewoods. Their website. (http://www.wedgewoods.com/main.html) They have some songs under the media section.

PRETTY NEAT!

Ska? What the hell? Did I fall into a portal that transported me back to 1997?

I believe there is a rip in the space or something, because i’m listening to Dylan.

And am apparently stuck in 1966.

Ska? What the hell? Did I fall into a portal that transported me back to 1997?OH YES!

Have you heard that there is going to be a sweet new Final Fantasy coming out! IT’S IN 3D!

REM: at my most beautiful… i’m not soppy at all really but this is just a really nice, happy song. also tom waits: big joe and phantom 309… it’s such a cool song, i picked up nighthawks at the diner for real cheap ages ago, and i still love it

Numa Numa Iei

(Sorry for thread revival but it’s a good thread)

Lately I’ve been listening to Weezer alot lately. I haven’t listened to Weezer in a while now but suddenly I got an unexplainable urge to listen to them.

I’ve been listening to Nerfherder like crazy lately.

I never really go *that* long without listening to them, but…I don’t know. I always forget how much I really like them. Especially their first album.

And she was the kind of girl who you would give up
eating meat for
No more salami
No more
steak or potatoes
Yeah you would walk on down to the health food store, and buy hummus
and tabouli
and babaganoush
and RICE CAKES, RICE CAKES, RICE CAKES.

Right now, I like the Straylight Run song called Sympathy for the Martyr. I just love the way they sing it, and the lyrics are pretty cool >.> Here’s part of them:

So tie the noose,
And raise the cross,
The martyr’s arrived,
A desperate plea for sympathy,
It’s all you’ll need,

A laundry list of problems,
Doesn’t make you interesting,
And never getting help doesn’t make you brave,
Not listening to reason doesn’t mean that you have faith,
Your just cutting off your nose to spite your face,

I’ve been listening to Mic Christopher lately. He’s all sorts of awesome.

His song "Heyday" is one of my favourites. It was used as a backing track for a recent Guinness advert.

You can listen to it for free at http://www.iol.ie/%7Ej_joyce/Mic%20Christopher%20-%20heyday.mp3

"Kid’s Song" and "I’ve got your back" are also excellent.
http://www.iol.ie/%7Ej_joyce/

The sound quality on those two are a bit dodgy, unfortunately =/

I recommend him to anyone that appreciates good acoustic music.

I have been listening to the Soviettes who are pretty neat.
You can here a bunch of their songs by clicking here (http://www.thesoviettes.net/media.htm).

I’ve been listening to alot of Seotaji lately. He’s like Korean heavy metal rock.

I have been listening to the Soviettes who are pretty neat.
You can here a bunch of their songs by clicking here (http://www.thesoviettes.net/media.htm).

:swoon:

"Kissing the Shadows" by Children of Bodom

Revived… Again… Sorry.

Currently I’ve been listening to a band called AKA and a band called Feable Weiner. Here is a link to hear some of their songs.

Feable Weiner (http://www.myspace.com/FeableWeiner)

AKA (http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=7753418&Mytoken=20050425170615)

They’re pretty good in my opinion.

First & Andre – Widescreen

Gave me goosebumps the first time I listened to it a few weeks ago. The full version came out today and I happened to "acquire" it. Most of you probably won’t like it because it’s trance, but I uploaded it if anyone feels like checking it out. oh no (http://www.ffshrine.org/acpo/Widescreen.mp3)

I listened to it. I didn’t really get into it,(WAS IT BECAUSE IT WAS TRANCE!!?!) but I did totally imagine it playing during a fight scene in a cool action flic.

I’ve been listening to the girly songs alot lately, they’re just attractive songs I guess…Baby VOX, S.E.S, Fin.K.L, S#arp, BoA, all of em.

i’ve been listening to interpol a good bit recently evil and c’mere rule

I was listening to another band that reminded of me the Soveittes, who are pretty awesome. Listen to Standbye here. (http://www.purevolume.com/standbye)

I’ve been listening to ATREYU, MALBEC and Mashlin lately. They’re all myspace artists. (I go there to find some new music). ATREYU is post hardcore/ Metal/ Classic Rock I only really like their song Lip Gloss and Black. MALBEC is Rock/ Hip Hop/ Pop like ATREYU I only really like one of their songs which is Rectangle. That last band I named, Mashlin, is Rock/ Indie/ Alternative and I like the songs The Shore and Autumn by them. If anyones interested in hearing them here are the links.

ATREYU (http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=153419&Mytoken=20050512161503) MALBEC (http://www.myspace.com/malbectheband) and Mashlin (http://www.myspace.com/mashlin)

im really into songs by Akino Arai at the moment. i love the angelic voice she has

Some songs Im really into right now are…
1. Horrornomicon by Kettle Cadaver
2. Fiction by Orgy
3. Would by Alice in Chains
But my favorite song ever would have to be Zero Signal by Fear Factory.

Why do I always bump this thread?

Anyways I’ve been listening to "Greetings in Braille" alot lately by a band called "The Elected". They’re in my sig so yeah check them out if you’re into Indie/ Rock/ Alternative.

My current song infatuation is Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates. The guitar riffs and song arrangement are incredible to me, I love the sound. The vocal style of course is a bit goblinish and not my favorite but I tolerate it, because the guitar playing and drums really, really do it for me.

My previous song infatuation was Inner Universe by Yoko Kanno, because I was impressed how far she’d come with composing electronic music. There’s some really beautiful stuff going on there, vocals and melody wise, and some really cool programming.

Jay Dee: Talking to EL. an ill Hip Hop track and a rare vinyl recording.

As of late I’ve been listening to alot of H.O.T/ JTL/ Moon Hee Jun stuff (JTL band members and Hee Jun come from H.O.T. The group H.O.T broke up some time ago) So pretty much H.O.T in general is what I’ve been listening to alot.

Well i would deffinatly have to say that a new up rising band, "Still Remains" has a great song called ‘White Walls’ its sick

right now, i’m on an Xzibit kick. so, my favorite song right now is "LAX"

In the whole pattern of bands that rock with female vocalists that the Ndi and Hogan types out there might like I think Metric (http://www.ilovemetric.com/music.html#) is pretty swell. Succexy being prty awesome. We also saw Sleater-Kinney in concert last Wednesday and they are some rock’n ladies. They put on like an hour and a half set and rocked hard throughout.

Right now, I like the Straylight Run song called Sympathy for the Martyr. I just love the way they sing it, and the lyrics are pretty cool >.> Here’s part of them:

So tie the noose,
And raise the cross,
The martyr’s arrived,
A desperate plea for sympathy,
It’s all you’ll need,

A laundry list of problems,
Doesn’t make you interesting,
And never getting help doesn’t make you brave,
Not listening to reason doesn’t mean that you have faith,
Your just cutting off your nose to spite your face,

Hey guess what? Your awesome! <3 SR!

I’ve Actually been listening to a band calledBlack hole Calcutta. (www.myspace.com/blackholecalcutta)I know the name sounds like total trash rock or something. But the band is really good. The song I’ve been listening to the most from them is called you and "you monster!" The singer is off the freaking hook!

Oh gosh… well, I’m really enjoying The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
I have a soft spot for Montreal rock.

I’m currently in love with M.Y.M.P.’s "Love Moves(In Mysterious Ways)" and Nina Soul Siren’s "Jealous." They both have lovely voices. M.Y.M.P.’s voice and acoustic guitar duo is really great, and Nina’s voice with some bass guitar. Those two songs are really addictive.

I’ve been listening to this song for a while now and it’s still just as enticing to me every time: Spirit In Black by Slayer. At first it’s just a great mid-tempo song with some cool solos, then somewhere around 2:20 in comes one of the coolest thrash riffs I’ve ever heard. The whole Seasons in the Abyss album is pretty great but that song really stands out and I’ve always enjoyed it.

I’m beginning to listen to alot of Motion City Soundtrack (http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/splash.php). I think they’re punk rock or something. They have some pretty good songs. Also I’ve been listening to alot of Weezer songs back from around the 90’s. One more band that I’ve been listening to alot is Single File (http://www.singlefilerock.com/index2.htm). They’re emo/ indie/ pop. They’re also pretty good in my opinion.

"With You" By Jessica Simpson. Normally I wouldn’t listen to something like that, but this song is pretty good. And whenever i hear it, it reminds me of this person who i really, really like. 🙂