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twistdfateangelDay 01 - My Favorite Song
"Miss Murder" (VNV Nation Remix) - AFI [video]
Okay, this song was already a favorite of mine. Then VNV Nation went and remixed it and it went from awesome to FREAKING EPIC. It starts out with this dark heft to it and has that murky-sounding, throbbing baseline, but eventually segues into a major chord, with this uplifting feel that is so very VNV Nation, while still pointing out that "hey! This song is about somebody DYING, people!" which is still very true to the VNV style, but is definitely AFI. This song makes me all twirly and dancey.
Day 02 - My Least Favorite Song
"God of Second Chances" - Trans-Siberian Orchestra [video forget it can't make me go find it on youtube]
Oh, my sweet gorgeous Elven aunties, I am SO FUCKING SICK OF THE WHOLE ALBUM. But this song is the only one I know the name of, so I'm gonna harp on it. I'm not terribly impressed by the lyrics on any of these songs, the music is pretentiously trying to be progressive and, the top reason I am DONE with Trans-Siberian Orchestra (except that one Carol of the Bells, which is rather sexy), is my friends. I have three dear, dear friends who live together and they listen to this album all the time. It's in almost every playlist, they played it nearly endlessly for a year or two, and they sing along at top volume. I love them too much to beg them to stop. I might learn to love it, if I wasn't inundated by it. There's a lot of showtunes and folk tunes that have gotten there, for that very same reason. After two years, I'm actually able to listen to Great Big Sea again.
Yes. I mean it. I love you guys, but there's a reason I was afraid of introducing you to Regina Spektor. I will never let you touch Jane Eyre.
Day 03 - A Song that Makes Me Happy
"Arise" - ES Posthumus [video]
If my life or any of my stories were made into a movie, this would be the music for the trailer. Unlike most of my favorite ESP (hee! I just noticed that) songs, it's not dark or dreamy, but a little in between. It's made it onto the Amber Rose NaNo playlist three years running, because it's that epic and, in my mind, it summarizes the major points of the novel. It sweeps and peaks and climbs to a finish that is by no means a downer. I am in love with this song, no question.
Day 04 - A Song that Makes Me Sad
"My Vietnam" - Pink [video]
This song reminds me of a dark place in my life. I was 15. My quinceañera was canceled (It was 2001, I was born September 26th). My mother's husband was ill in many ways. It was, in many ways, my anthem. It still makes me melancholy, as much as loved that album and still do. I don't hear it often and that CD has vanished, but just thinking about that song makes me mopey.
"Miss Murder" (VNV Nation Remix) - AFI [video]
Okay, this song was already a favorite of mine. Then VNV Nation went and remixed it and it went from awesome to FREAKING EPIC. It starts out with this dark heft to it and has that murky-sounding, throbbing baseline, but eventually segues into a major chord, with this uplifting feel that is so very VNV Nation, while still pointing out that "hey! This song is about somebody DYING, people!" which is still very true to the VNV style, but is definitely AFI. This song makes me all twirly and dancey.
Day 02 - My Least Favorite Song
"God of Second Chances" - Trans-Siberian Orchestra [
Oh, my sweet gorgeous Elven aunties, I am SO FUCKING SICK OF THE WHOLE ALBUM. But this song is the only one I know the name of, so I'm gonna harp on it. I'm not terribly impressed by the lyrics on any of these songs, the music is pretentiously trying to be progressive and, the top reason I am DONE with Trans-Siberian Orchestra (except that one Carol of the Bells, which is rather sexy), is my friends. I have three dear, dear friends who live together and they listen to this album all the time. It's in almost every playlist, they played it nearly endlessly for a year or two, and they sing along at top volume. I love them too much to beg them to stop. I might learn to love it, if I wasn't inundated by it. There's a lot of showtunes and folk tunes that have gotten there, for that very same reason. After two years, I'm actually able to listen to Great Big Sea again.
Yes. I mean it. I love you guys, but there's a reason I was afraid of introducing you to Regina Spektor. I will never let you touch Jane Eyre.
Day 03 - A Song that Makes Me Happy
"Arise" - ES Posthumus [video]
If my life or any of my stories were made into a movie, this would be the music for the trailer. Unlike most of my favorite ESP (hee! I just noticed that) songs, it's not dark or dreamy, but a little in between. It's made it onto the Amber Rose NaNo playlist three years running, because it's that epic and, in my mind, it summarizes the major points of the novel. It sweeps and peaks and climbs to a finish that is by no means a downer. I am in love with this song, no question.
Day 04 - A Song that Makes Me Sad
"My Vietnam" - Pink [video]
This song reminds me of a dark place in my life. I was 15. My quinceañera was canceled (It was 2001, I was born September 26th). My mother's husband was ill in many ways. It was, in many ways, my anthem. It still makes me melancholy, as much as loved that album and still do. I don't hear it often and that CD has vanished, but just thinking about that song makes me mopey.
