I love 80’s music. You know what’s better than listening to 80’s music that floods your mind with memories of days past? How about new songs with an 80’s sound that let you build new 80’s memories.
Action Action to the rescue. My favorite Action Action song is “Drug Like”. It opens with a deep chord and cascading electronica which paves the way for musical orchestration that delivers numerous 80’s songs to the forefront of your cranium.
I love the way Mark Thomas Kluepfel describes his musical efforts with Action Action.
“I’ve written many, many songs that were personal to me, and never shared them. I’ve only shared songs that were mere empty calories. I suppose I got fed up with all the candy.”
All I can say is keep it up. I love the sound and I love the lyrics. The chorus especially grabs me.
The world falls apart, in just seven days
It sinks to the bottom, in oceans of rain
The cure is so clear, the blood is astray
And everyone dies, except for the rain
and I think that I’m starting to scare myself
We like free samples and if you do too, you’re in luck. Victory Records has a free “Drug Like” mp3 download.
The Capital Times is going to endorse Doyle. That’s no surprise, but they’re off to an early start. Todays Cap Times has a fluff piece about Doyle that absolutely reeks. Earlier this month it was made public that Doyle’s office is being investigated for illegally using state contracts to repay campaign contributors. This week the Cap Times tries to make everyone forget.
I am a member of the Wisconsin Air National Guard. I’ve seen Doyle twice. Once was his annual visit and the other was when the BRAC was evaluating Truax Field. He doesn’t come by when we get sent overseas. He doesn’t come by when we come home. He doesn’t attend major award ceremonies. He sends the Lt Governor, but she doesn’t always accept the invitation. What he has apparently done is attend funerals. How sinister is Doyle? Was he attending funerals just to us that as material for a fluff piece later? His staff has apprently been keeping count how many funerals he’s attended or missed. I don’t trust Doyle, so I wouldn’t put it past him.
And a message for the Cap Times. This was damn obvious. Your boy was taking some heat, so you moved in to sugarcoat things. Doyle’s owned by campaign contributors and you’re owned by Doyle. You’re secondhand whores. There’s just no nice way to say it.
I love those songs with an obscure story. One of my favorites is “Let Me Down” by No Use For A Name. I first heard this song off of Fat Music Volume V: Live Fat Die Young, but it’s also found on the album Hard Rock Bottom. You can listen to a sample of the song at All Music Guide or download mp3’s of some other songs at Fat Wreck Chords.
I remember when I first moved home from California I used to listen to Fat Music V on my drive to work nearly every day. The entire album rocks. It’s a must own unless you suck. Don’t be that guy. Get this album.
No Use For A Name is of course punk rock royalty. They aren’t the bubblegum pop-punk forced upon you by the likes of Mtv or Z104. If you’ve never listened to punk, then this band is a good selection to start with. I know a lot of people think punk is all screaming and guys that can’t play their instruments. Well it is true many punk bands are not the most skilled musicians and have been known to scream on occasion, but many punk bands are very good musicians. Even the most simple musical arrangements can be captivating. Anyone remember “Louie, Louie”?
Don’t be a putz. Give No Use For A Name a listen.
I’m not one to discuss celebrities much, but every now and they do something that needs to be discussed.
Does anyone need a reminder that celebrities are spoiled rotten and will do as they please? Let’s take the a look at a couple young starlets.
Amanda Bynes
Kristen Dunst
It must be so hard to be rich and famous, can’t be bothered so much as to find a legal parking spot near a store. Or perhaps they know something I don’t. Maybe handicap parking spaces are designated for the handicapped and celebrities.
I miss the old mp3.com. The loss of mp3.com goes down as one of the great tragedies of this past 100 years. There were a lot of formerly unknown artists that I first discovered on mp3.com. Sure sometimes the mp3’s were low bitrate, but they were free and you could find new artists based upon their genre, influences or who they sound like. It was pretty cool. Off the top of my head I can recall that Yellowcard, Anberlin and Taking Back Sunday all used mp3.com and that’s where I first heard of them.
Taking Back Sunday is definitely one of my favorite new punk bands. They employ dueling vocals, which was the reason I first liked Blink 182. Unfortunately Blink 182 has gotten away from doing a lot of songs with dueling vocals.
These are my favorite Taking Back Sunday songs, in no particular order.
You’re So Last Summer
This is an excellent song about the confusion of hating and loving someone at the same time. You can listen to streaming audio of this song on their website.
Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)
You know that girl you can’t stop thinking about, but is dating someone else? This is a song about jealousy and being powerless against her. You have to hear the acoustic version as well. You can watch the video for this song on their website.
Number Five With A Bullet
The title of this song is of course comes from the book High Fidelity. It expresses some of the same emotions from the book.
There’s No ‘I’ In Team
I don’t even pretend to know what this song is about, but I love the almost chaotic way they swap between vocalists and the pouring of emotion.