Song obsession friday! (for the week ending February 8)
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I’ve collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their “song obsessions of the week.” Quite often it’s easy to explain why the song is good; it’s much hard to explain why we’re obsessed. Maybe you’ll become obsessed with one of these.
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Adrian (me):
Lucky Soul – Lips are Unhappy (mp3) (buy the import or get it from emusic)
I found this UK band last week. Their ridiculously catchy and upbeat pop makes me smile even want I don’t want to. It’s like when you’re grumpy and someone says “don’t laugh!” and you can’t help but laugh. Or something like that.
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Keith:
Kate Bush – Oh to Be In Love (mp3) (buy)
Oh, to be obsessed. After offering a cover of the object of my all-time obsession, this week here’s the real thing. From her first album, which plenty a quirky indie-girl seem to be attempting to emulate these days. If you don’t mind I’ll side with the memory.
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Scott:
Sobanza Mimanisa – Kiwembo (mp3) (buy)
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David (not Dave):
British Sea Power – Lately (mp3) (buy)
I was super-stoked when I heard British Sea Power was putting out a new album that better captured their live feel — not because I’ve seen them live — but because I was hoping it would be an hour of “Lately” (which it is not). This song starts sexy — lush shoegazing guitars with strained vocals — and then erupts into a radio-fuzzed declaration of how much this song (and band) rocks. Why has BSP never recorded another song like this? Some people might hate it for being boring and repetitive. I can’t speak to this, because “Yoo Doo Right” is probably in my top 100 songs of all time.
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