This Is Not A Test (Live) by She & Him
Okay so numero uno. You know those songs that you listen to the first time and don’t like it or hate it? This was one of those songs. I was trying to find songs by Zooey Deschanel (that girl I featured in my last blog post) and happened upon this musical duo She & Him. I like snagged the whole album they made called Volume One. This one was on there and when I was listening through the whole album, it didn’t really stand out to me. Then I listened to it a couple more times and fell in love with it. It has just has this quality of cuteness in its beat and lyrics. The songs meaning revolves around not trying so hard. One line says “For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the drifts of snow. Winners never quit, but winters never rest.” I don’t know about the snow bit but what I got from it was, if we try to do better as opposed to our best, we are just trying in vain. So relax, this is not a test. As a side note, try to grab the live version. In my opinion, it sounds better.
The Bird and the Worm by Owl City
I am a MASSIVE Owl City fan. If you don’t know what Owl City is, it’s an electronic musical project by Adam Young. But hold on. While this guy does use an auto-tuner of sorts, he is not T-Pain. Owl City’s songs are compositions of imagination and beauty in the form of infectious electronic beats and melodic singing. This song is a simple song about a guy, his girl and summer. Here is a line.
If I'm your boy, let's take a shortcut we remember
And we'll enjoy picking apples in late September
Like we've done for years
And we'll take a long walk through the cornfield
And I'll kiss you between the ears
In one word this song is: cute.
Stand By Me by Ben E. King
Ugh such a good song!! This song came out in 1961 in the prime of Motown. It is everything that a good song is made of: A smooth melody, beautiful voice with just a touch of raw emotion in it, and classic lyrics.
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
I love this song and clearly I am not the only one. Rolling Stone Magazine listed it as #121 in a list of the 500 best songs of all time. Also, 6 artists have made covers of this song including John Lennon, Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire, and Pennywise.
A Song For Milly Michaelson by Thrice
I have been a Thrice fan since I was 14. Granted I only listened to a handful of their songs and they were all their popular stuff. “Image of The Invisible”, “Artist In The Ambulance”. However, in the past several months I have become a HUGE fan. Thrice has a way of making intense, in your face songs, with great melodies and thoughtful lyrics (I might just make a blog about them =D). This song comes off of one of their recent albums, The Alchemy Index. It’s a collection of songs they wrote and then recorded live at concerts. This song is such a beautiful song. Thrice based it off of a movie called “The Boy Who Could Fly”. The movie follows the story of a girl who lost her terminally ill father to suicide. She is distraught and retracts from the world. However, a young autistic boy, who had lost both of his parents in a plane crash, befriends her and pulls her out of her shell. Eric exhibits odd behavior, such as balancing on the edge of his roof, his arms outstretched, pretending to be an airplane. It is speculated that once he knew that his parents had died in a plane crash, he thought could save them if he became an airplane. Later, Milly sneaks Eric out of the house and the police chase them onto the roof of a school. He turns to her and speaks her name, the only word she has ever heard him say, or anyone has heard him say for that matter. Milly, who has had dreams of Eric flying, asks him if he can fly. He nods and takes her hand in his. Then they fall off the roof. Before they hit the ground though, He flies with her into the sky. The song chronicles this
So here we go
Hold on tight and don't let go
I won't ever let you fall
I love the night
And flying o'er these city lights
But I love you most of all
A beautiful song based on a beautiful movie.
Haley by Needtobreathe
A lot of times a song’s raw emotion can just pull you in. This song does just that. It is about a girl named Haley (shocker) who cannot decide what she wants. And the singer’s pain is shown in the lyrics,
If you don't know just how you feel
don't say those sweet things that you know I'd want to hear
If you don't know just what to think
then put your thoughts away and keep them out of reach
Haley don't hurt me, if you don't know
I could of moved on a long time ago
you're undecided, but your eyes still show
Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
You can almost hear the pain in the singer’s voice. What a sharp pain it must be to remain in limbo, waiting for someone else to decide if being with you is what he or she wants. The singer does not plead with the girl to stay with him, but if she isn’t certain about their love, don’t play with his heart because this back and forth is killing him. Great song, honest song.
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