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Young Blood by The Naked And Famous
I’m loving Young Blood by The Naked And Famous (TNAF), even more than I liked All of This which I think was their debut single.
One of the band members mentioned in a C4TV interview that Alisa Xayalith (vox, synth) had been inspired by watching a lot of Skins. ‘Of course, that makes perfect sense’ I thought to myself.
I love hearing these little ‘connecting’ tidbits of information, meant merely to provide context, but ultimately explaining everything. And instantaneously in my mind Young Blood becomes ‘The Skins Song’.
I also love that a clean-cut middleclass band from NZ can somehow manage to perfectly capture the feeling and tone of a TV show about contemporary Bristolian urban despair.
But this is the exact type of person Skins appeals to, sensible people who are simultaneously repulsed and bewitched by such a grubby hedonistic existence.
I’ve mentioned before about my anxieties about being a too-old Skins fan, but with the latest series it just keeps delivering (heart-rending brilliance). So I’m pressing on with my head held high, stuff yas all.
Anyway, here’s the song, (and the lyrics below) enjoy. (FYI, here’s their Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/tnafofficial)
The Naked And Famous – Young Blood from The Naked And Famous on Vimeo.
Young Blood Lyrics
We’re only young and naive still
We require certain skills
The mood it changes like the wind
Hard to control when it begins
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Can’t help myself but count the flaws
Claw my way out through these walls
One temporary escape
Feel it start to permeate
We lie beneath the stars at night
Our hands gripping each other tight
You keep my secrets hope to die
Promises, swear them to the sky
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
As it withers
Brittle it shakes
Can you whisper
As it crumbles and breaks
As you shiver
Count up all your mistakes
Pair of forgivers
Let go before it’s too late
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-betweens
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Mobius Band – Subterranean Homesick Alien
Greatest cover song ever?
Today I came across Stereogum Presents… OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer, a song-by-song OK Computer covers compilation released in 2007 to celebrate the album’s 10th birthday.
I thought the stand out track was Mobius Band’s Subterranean Homesick Alien. Generally I would have preferred a more ‘out there’ take on most of the songs, but an enjoyable listen nevertheless.
Neil Finn – Sinner
I think Sinner is my favourite Neil Finn song.
Because you’d forgotten how amazing it is, I’m going to treat you to both the music video and a sensational acoustic rendition.
The acoustic version has such a different feel to the studio version, without the intoxicating layers of trip behind it.
I prefer the heady groove of the studio version, though I do like the more traditional ‘Crowded House feel’ of the live version.
Studio Version
Acoustic Version
I got a nautical-themed Pashmina afghan
Just like human balls
I have a new favourite lyric of all time. It’s from I’m on a Boat by The Lonely Island:
“I’m on a boat and it’s going fast and
I got a nautical-themed Pashmina afghan”
Although it’s obviously crowbarred in, it’s still impressive that they got it in, and it is just amazing. Perfect. As art, this single line makes this song more important than the works of van Gogh and Picasso put together.
My previous long-standing favourite was from a song called Race Car Ya-Yas by Cake:
“The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can’t change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear view mirrors”
Actually, when I think about it, Cake probably takes most of my top 10 all time list. Continue Reading
It’s the juice that makes it juicy
One bad thing about going to the gym is that I get molested by dance music the entire time I’m there. Though not my preferred style of music by a long, long way, I’ve been surprised to find that I quite like a few of the songs.
Here’s an example of one that has grown on me, The Fruit by Sander Kleinenberg. I think it might be quite a clever song and it really cracks me up:
Scorpions Wind of Change lyrics
I can remember one lunchtime on the school tennis courts when I was in Form 1 (11yrs) overhearing two Form 2 boys discussing how cool the song Wind of Change was.
I remember feeling a little sorry for them, not because it wasn’t a rocking song, but because they’d actually been sincere and had foolishly left themselves open to the scorn and sarcasm of others.
My memory might be failing me but I also seem to recall an exchange of a cassette tape, but maybe I just want that to have happened.
Anyway, the most annoying thing about the song was the opening line:
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Bad Boys Lyrics
I was listening to the theme song for Cops last night and realised that there are a couple of words in actual reptilian:
Nobody naw give you no break
Police naw give you no break
Soldier naw give you no break
Not even you idren naw give you no break
Hehe (or hey hey)
Strangely, I’d heard the words ‘idren naw’ a million times and never cared enough to google it. This is like not caring enough about a nail in the eyeball to visit the emergency room. I mean, Idren naw!
I found this exact question addressed on a website that answers questions. A couple of people think that in reggae it means ‘children’ which seems reasonable enough. Another guy thinks it means ‘brethren’, or ‘good friends’.
I prefer to think Bob Marley made it up to piss everyone off, which makes perfect sense given the predilection of Rastafarians towards trickery and disinformation.