Year 2, Day 360

Hi. Today's song is Runaway by Ambition.

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Sorry I'm so late today guys. Strangely this is the first time I've been on my computer today. So I found this song because of an ad. I've been watching Supernatural on my computer and every time you click anything, an ad will pop up. Most of them I close before they can load, but this one I didn't get to before it started playing. Then I just didn't close it because I liked the song. I like how simple they made this video. The fact that their is only a few musicians and some dancers on a stage for the whole video makes the song stand on its own. I genuinely enjoy this one, so I thought I'd share it. Check it out.

Peace.

Year 2, Day 359

Hey. So today's song is Kids by MGMT.

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I have heard this song so much. I know the words, I can sing along and rock out to it. Through my whole existence of listening to this, I never knew what it was called or who it was by. That's mostly because I used to not care at all who released the song. Now I do and I wanted to be sure I never forgot. Hence why this is today's song. I kind of love that this band is classified as 'psychedelic rock.' It just makes me smile. I also agree with the top comment a bit. I too grew up listening to MGMT, The White Stripes, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Ben Howard and other stuff like that (at least when I was in my dad's car) even though I didn't know it at the time. It's good music and regardless of whether you like it or not, these guys may have inspired one of your favorite artists to get into music, so I think it's important to at least listen to their music before saying it's shit. ...Yeah, that is my opinion. Anyway check out the song.

Peace.

Year 2, Day 358

Hi. So today's song is Next To Me by Emeli Sande.

This is a song that plays on the radio and always changes my mood. Anytime I hear it I start belting the lyrics and pretending I can be as soulful as she is. I don't quite pull it off though... I feel strongly about this song, because it's so perfect. I don't know how I can describe it. I'm not the only one that feels this way about it though, because Emeli has a few awards with this song. In order they are Best Song at the 2012 MOBO Awards, British Single of the Year at the 2013 Brit Awards. Those are when she was just nominated and didn't actually win. The winning ones are PRS for Music Most Performed Work at the 2013 Ivor Novello Awards, and the one that stands out the most to me as being prestigious, she won Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2013 Ivor Novello Awards. Keep in mind those are just for this song, she's racked in a total of eighteen wins for herself along the way. It's an amazing song, and if you've never heard it you should really give it a chance.

Peace.

Year 2, Day 357

Sup. So today I give you Don't Let Your Feet Touch Ground by Ash Koley.

I can't believe how many of you are still with me. Honestly, my friends have stopped reading my blog, and it's become something I do without feeling an impact on anyone. Then I see how many people from all different countries are looking at this. To you, who's here right now, I just wanted to say thank you. For listening, for reading, for generally being around. It makes me feel great.... kind of like I'm ten feet tall. This is an incredibly underrated song, considering how many TV shows and films I've heard it in. So I wanted to give it some credit. It's a perfect song for today because it makes me feel so happy and free. Which sounds weird...but that's what it does. I have to talk about the music video a little bit. It's fantastic! I love the way they used the people on the piano steps, and how the piano player used their hands as keys. It's a great concept where they don't need a bunch of props or fancy colors to make an impression, they just need people. It's really cool so you should check it out.


Peace.

Year 2, Day 356

Hey everybody. So today's song is Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke ft. T.I & Pharrell.

Okay, this song has been following me around. Clearly they play it every other song because every time I get in the car it plays. Every Single Time. I didn't really give it much thought at first.  It was a catchy song and that was it. Then Sammy showed me what she thought was the music video. It seemed really strange, and it's the link I attached. Then I found everyone freaking out about the message, so I looked up the lyrics. Wow. If someone said stuff like that to me I would nut him. By nut him I'm referring to crotch punching...or kicking. Whatever causes pain. After that I felt kind of enraged and wanted to see if I missed the message in the video. Well the video I found was definitely not the one I expected. I wont give you the link, but look up the unrated music video if you want to know. I couldn't even believe what I was watching. The difference in the comments between the videos shows how oblivious people are. I was that way too, but now this song is weird to me. Everyone has their own thoughts on the objectification of women it creates or the rape culture society has. I don't want to comment about whether there is or isn't because it is a tough subject, but I just wanted to try and stop the line of oblivious singalong masses.

Peace.

Year 2, Day 355

Hello. So today's song is I Need Your Love by Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding.

Many people are confused why this has only Ellie singing, yet it's Calvin's song.  Well guys, if you didn't know already Calvin Harris is a DJ among other things and makes the music for this. He just has her singing it. I was kind of surprised to find out that his name isn't Calvin Harris. It isn't even close to that actually. I understand that some people change their name a bit to make it easier for fans but...I don't see why Adam Wiles would have that problem. I guess maybe he just wanted a stage name? Whatever, he makes good beats regardless of what he calls himself. If you've followed my blog for its entirety, you'll know that I like Ellie Goulding. I was even a fan before she got hugely popular because I found her Elton John cover. That isn't important though since music is meant to be shared and viewed with everyone, but I like to remember how I find things and people. I'm curious about you guys. Have you ever found a band or musician before they went mainstream? Let me know.

Peace.

Year 2, Day 354

Hey. So today's song is All-American Boy by Steve Grand.

This one is controversial. It gained huge attention when George Takei shared it on Facebook. He said "I am constantly amazed by young people today, especially how different their attitudes towards sex and sexuality are. Here is a courageous young country music artist, Steve Grand--the first ever openly gay one in his genre. No agent, no label, just pure heart. (And quite the looker, I might add. Oh myyy.) He's racked up over 800,000 views in just a few days. Let's add a few more."  Since then, the views have just about doubled. Obviously everyone has their own opinion about whether this is right or wrong, but my argument is that it's about time something like this happened. People are making a big stink about this because it's two guys. Girls making out with each other gets plastered everywhere in music videos and television. No one complains. Flip that around and bring in guys to kiss and suddenly the whole world cares about the rights and sanctity of marriage. Here's what I think society: Fuck you and your double standard. Fuck you and your constant contradictions. Let everyone be who they are, it's not like being gay is a virus that will attack you. I don't know how many times it needs to be said, but equality is the way of the future. Accept it. I know some of you might be reading this any decide you hate me for my views, but it needed to be said at least once.


Peace.