People just love to hate Coldplay, which I understand. Like U2 and other supergroups of our time they seem to be jammed down our throats by a music industry bent on forcefeeding us whatever they think that we will buy. Also, Coldplay has a pretty mainstream sound that is easy to get tired of. However, I remember discovering Don´t Panic on a sampler CD that came with a music magazine way back in the day when I still bought music magazines and nobody knew the band. It is off Coldplay´s first album, Parchutes, which came out in 2000. While preparing this post I discovered that Coldplay really doesn´t like this album and have publicly stated, "We know that's terrible music". Well I beg to disagree. Coldplay´s first two albums, Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head, are my favorites and I lost interest in them after hearing their third album X & Y. However, Don´t Panic, besides being the phrase printed on the front of The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy
one of my favorite books ever, is a very dark song and was the least commerically successful of the singles of the first album. It´s another one of those "get with it and enjoy life because you know you´re gonna die" songs that I love so much. Here is a short example of the llyrics.
Bones sinking like stones
All that we've fought for
Homes, places we've grown
All of us are done for
We live in a beautiful world
Yeah we do
Yeah we do
We live in a beautiful world
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Even if you aren´t into obscure indie music you probably still have heard of The Lemonheads and/or their most famous song, their cover of Mrs. Robinson. They have a number of catchy pop songs that brought them fame in the ´80s and ´90s. However, Evan Dando , the frontman and main member of The Lemonheads. put out a solo album in 2005 after a long period of inactivity that some of you may have missed. This album, Baby, I´m Bored , seems more serious than The Lemonheads´ songs and the story I read was that he had been hitting the drugs pretty hard for quite a while and this solo album was him coming back to the world of music. Here I give you my favorite songs off of Evan Dando´s first solo album that I really think are worth giving a listen. This first song, All My Life, has come to mind so many times in my life when I have questioned my priorities and motivations for doing things. The main line of...
At the Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library you can find all kinds of old radio shows that are in the public domain and free to download. A great source of samples for all you musicians out there.
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