Showing posts with label Green Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Day. Show all posts
Monday, September 30, 2013
Friday, September 23, 2011
Quote Of The Day
“I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it’s something that I’ve always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of Oh, I can’t. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.”- Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, in a January 1995 interview with Advocate magazine.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
5 Of The Best Love Songs You May Have Never Heard
Well, It's Valentine's Day, and by now, for many of you, the flowers have already been given. The cards have been read. The chocolates have been eaten, or at least tasted. And, it might be safe to say, the kissing has already started. Maybe you already have a number of your favorite love songs in mind tonight. Maybe you don't.
Perhaps, you're going with a reliable choice. The "old tried and true". Like Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'. Yeah. That's a good one. One of my favorites was always Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes'. I heard it for the first time when I was 12 years old. It changed the way I listened to music, had that much of an impact on me. It was the first time I equated music with poetry. Twenty something years later, it's still one of the most romantic songs I've ever heard.
I wanted to do a post for Valentine's Day that featured a number of love songs that my wife and I really liked, songs that we listen to quite a bit, that have gotten little notice by the mainstream media. None of the songs below have charted. Only two of them were released as singles and had music videos released for them. None of them, to my knowledge, received any radio airplay from mainstream radio. I hope you like them as much as we do.
First up is a track from a band call Bright Eyes. It comes from their 2005 album 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'. It's called 'First Day of My Life'. It's a very sweet and innocent song, but I especially like the video. It was directed by John Cameron Mitchell, director of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', and most recently, 'Rabbit Hole'. The people in the video are real people, listening to the song for the first time:
Speaking of John Cameron Mitchell, as I said, he directed the 2001 film adaptation of the off Broadway show, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', in which he also starred as Hedwig. The soundtrack has a beautiful song explaining the origins of the human race, the males and females of the species, and love. It's called 'The Origin of Love':
Next up are two songs from my favorite modern singer songwriter, Joshua Radin. Without knowing it, you have probably heard some of his music before. In the last 5 years, his songs have been featured on over 75 television episodes, ranging from 'Grey's Anatomy' to 'The Bachelorette'. He is a friend of 'Scrubs' star Zach Braff. One day in 2004, Braff brought in a copy of one of his songs into the studio in the hopes of getting it played on an episode. The rest, as they say, is history. In early 2008, Ellen Degeneres was at a party at Braff's home and mentioned that she was still looking for someone to play for her and Portia de Rossi at their wedding later that year. Ellen was introduced to Radin, who played the following song for her on the spot. That song later became their wedding song. That song, called 'Today' is on Joshua Radin's 2006 album 'We Were Here'.
My favorite Joshua Radin song is actually a cover of a song originally performed by Yazoo called 'Only You', back in the 80s. In the 90s, Erasure covered it with moderate success. This version, in my opinion, is much better than the original. It's also found on his 2006 album 'We Were Here'. Enjoy:
Finally, when the word "punk" is mentioned, "love song" aren't the next two words to immediately follow in your mind. I can't think of a large number of punk bands that have released a love song as a single. And, depending on who you ask, Green Day has strayed from their punk roots too much to truly be considered "punk" nowadays. Nevertheless, one of my all time faves is a track from their 1997 album, 'Nimrod'. It's a love letter of sorts from lead singer, Billy Joe Armstrong, to his wife, Adrienne. They were at a point in their marriage where they were constantly arguing. "I love you" was being said merely out of routine. But, looking at the relationship, two things stood out. 1.) The pattern that they had fallen into as a couple, and 2.) that he still felt passionately about his wife. This is 'Redundant':
Hope you liked my suggestions. Thanks for listening. Happy Valentine's Day.
Perhaps, you're going with a reliable choice. The "old tried and true". Like Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'. Yeah. That's a good one. One of my favorites was always Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes'. I heard it for the first time when I was 12 years old. It changed the way I listened to music, had that much of an impact on me. It was the first time I equated music with poetry. Twenty something years later, it's still one of the most romantic songs I've ever heard.
I wanted to do a post for Valentine's Day that featured a number of love songs that my wife and I really liked, songs that we listen to quite a bit, that have gotten little notice by the mainstream media. None of the songs below have charted. Only two of them were released as singles and had music videos released for them. None of them, to my knowledge, received any radio airplay from mainstream radio. I hope you like them as much as we do.
First up is a track from a band call Bright Eyes. It comes from their 2005 album 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'. It's called 'First Day of My Life'. It's a very sweet and innocent song, but I especially like the video. It was directed by John Cameron Mitchell, director of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', and most recently, 'Rabbit Hole'. The people in the video are real people, listening to the song for the first time:
Speaking of John Cameron Mitchell, as I said, he directed the 2001 film adaptation of the off Broadway show, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', in which he also starred as Hedwig. The soundtrack has a beautiful song explaining the origins of the human race, the males and females of the species, and love. It's called 'The Origin of Love':
Next up are two songs from my favorite modern singer songwriter, Joshua Radin. Without knowing it, you have probably heard some of his music before. In the last 5 years, his songs have been featured on over 75 television episodes, ranging from 'Grey's Anatomy' to 'The Bachelorette'. He is a friend of 'Scrubs' star Zach Braff. One day in 2004, Braff brought in a copy of one of his songs into the studio in the hopes of getting it played on an episode. The rest, as they say, is history. In early 2008, Ellen Degeneres was at a party at Braff's home and mentioned that she was still looking for someone to play for her and Portia de Rossi at their wedding later that year. Ellen was introduced to Radin, who played the following song for her on the spot. That song later became their wedding song. That song, called 'Today' is on Joshua Radin's 2006 album 'We Were Here'.
My favorite Joshua Radin song is actually a cover of a song originally performed by Yazoo called 'Only You', back in the 80s. In the 90s, Erasure covered it with moderate success. This version, in my opinion, is much better than the original. It's also found on his 2006 album 'We Were Here'. Enjoy:
Finally, when the word "punk" is mentioned, "love song" aren't the next two words to immediately follow in your mind. I can't think of a large number of punk bands that have released a love song as a single. And, depending on who you ask, Green Day has strayed from their punk roots too much to truly be considered "punk" nowadays. Nevertheless, one of my all time faves is a track from their 1997 album, 'Nimrod'. It's a love letter of sorts from lead singer, Billy Joe Armstrong, to his wife, Adrienne. They were at a point in their marriage where they were constantly arguing. "I love you" was being said merely out of routine. But, looking at the relationship, two things stood out. 1.) The pattern that they had fallen into as a couple, and 2.) that he still felt passionately about his wife. This is 'Redundant':
Hope you liked my suggestions. Thanks for listening. Happy Valentine's Day.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Mash Up Monday - Boulevard Of Broken Songs
This week's entry is a classic. It's a little over 5 years old, but every time I hear it, I still get a smile on my face. In November of 2005, a DJ by the name of Party Ben released an album of mashups based on Green Day's 'American Idiot' CD. He released it under the name Dean Gray (get it Dean Gray/Green Day), and called it 'American Edit'. One of my personal favorites on the album is the mashup of Green Day's 'Give Me Novacaine' with Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. This was track number three on the disc, 'Boulevard of Broken Songs'. It mashes up the following tracks:
Green Day - 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Oasis - 'Wonderwall'
Travis - 'Writing To Reach You'
Aerosmith - 'Dream On'
Eminem - 'Sing For the Moment'
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Fascinating Quote By Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong
From an interview in 1995 with The Advocate magazine:
"I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing."
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
This Song Says It All
Personally, September has been a really shitty month. Couldn't help but think of this song.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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