song obsession friday! (for the week ending june 26)
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):
Madvillian – Money Folder (Four Tet Remix) (mp3) (buy)
This start out as a friend’s obsession and ended up on my year-end most-obsessed list for 2007.
I’ll be honest: this wasn’t a full-on obsession this time, but I was listening through some hip hop and needed to hear this a few times before that kick was up. The dark and somewhat-incessant production goes well with the lyrics here.
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Keith:
the Cascades – Rhythm of the Rain (mp3) (buy)
Death Cab for Cutie – Photobooth (mp3) (buy)
Actually the song running through my head is The Cascades “Rhythm of the Rain” but I don’t have that on mp3 [ed: mp3 added] so this Death Cab for Cutie song will do. There are some similarities, both have a sing-songy vocal style and clip-clopy rhythm (though the Cascades make do with chimes instead of DCfC’s simple Casio beat) and both deal with a relationship gone south. (Actually the word relationship is a bit too harsh – each song provides evidence that there was little to no engagement by the female in the coupling.) Beyond that … um, they’re both crush-worthy?
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Rob:
Bruce Cockburn – Soul of a Man (mp3) (buy)
I’ve recently discovered how much fun it is to play along to Bruce Cockburn songs – something about them is just too inviting. The “Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaws” / “Humans” era tunes are the best, but I particularly like the (very unique) percussion on this later song.
Worth noting that this is a cover of a 1930 tune by Blind Willie Johnson.
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