May 24, 2004
used is the new black, downloads are the new crack.
the matches "december is for cynics"
sure this may be a holiday song, but it's good any time of the year i swear. it quickly became my favorite 12th month song ever. from the slashing guitars, to the rock swagger tone he adopts, to the very hilarious lyrics, to the little christmas caroly "la la la" touches thrown in. ANY song that namechecks snopes.com deserves your listen, i promise. i guess you could call this a novelty song, due to the topic, but it stands so well on its own merits, you should do yourself the favor. if when he kicks into voicecrack falsetto on "i brought you a bottle of wine full of flowers and this vinyl" you don't smile, i pity you! funniest song of 2003, i swear.
--from a santa cause: it's a punk rock christmas [2003] // official site // lyrics
motion city soundtrack "the future freaks me out"
this song does it's dancing for you. the keyboards bounce and his voice bounces and the guitars, you guessed it, they bounce too. "what's up with will and grace? i don't get drum and bass... the future freaks me out!" this doesn't care if you're having fun, because it'll have the fun for you if you're not careful. sounds like the all-american rejects on xanax, singing about a serious fear of growing up.
--from i am the movie [2003] // official site // lyrics
elsewhere: songmeanings is back up! the BEST BY FAR lyrics database on the net (no popups, clean site design, easy to add lyrics/artists, etc etc). granted the "purpose" is supposedly to post commentary on what the songs mean, but if you're like me you'll quickly start ignoring the idiotic user commentary and just focus on how nice their lyrics database is. plus, lyric searchability, no more using google to figure out what that damn song you heard on the radio was!
if you're not already on top of it, check out the tofu hut. he's probably the most proflific mp3blogger i know of, and it'll seem like he's posted 12 entries since the last time you checked, every time! always worth the read.
Posted by justin whye at May 24, 2004 08:01 AM