Posts Tagged ‘Pop’

21. Party In the U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus, Party In the U.S.A. – Single

22. Thunderbird – The Golden Filter, Thunderbird – EP

23. Deadbeat Summer – Neon Indian, Psychic Chasms

24. They Done Wrong _ We Done Wrong – White Rabbits, It’s Frightening

25. One Life Stand – Hot Chip, One Life Stand – Single

26. Golden Phone – Micachu, Jewellery

27. The Rake’s Song – The Decemberists, The Hazards of Love

28. In The Hospital – Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires

29. We Share the Same Skies – The Cribs, Ignore the Ignorant

30. Carries On – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Up from Below

For me to find a way to connect this band to the 4th of July weekend is a stretch, but try and follow along…

Fireworks…. Firecrackers… M80’s… M83

Make sense?  I didn’t think so.

I LOOOOOVE this sound.  Anyone who grew up in the 80’s with Molly Ringwald and movies such as 16 Candles will feel a weird connection to M83.  They sound like “Breakfast Club” meets ‘Twilight” or better yet… “Pretty in Pink” meets “Celebrity Rehab” or “Long Duk Dong” meets “Lindsay Lohan”.  So poppy yet so dark…

I think Long said it best….   “oooh, sexy girlfriend.”

–cutbucket–

Listen: M83 – We Own the Sky

M83 – Saturdays = Youth
http://my.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZPersonalizer.woa/wa/viewCMA?id=276720846

First and foremost.  R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Thriller is one of the top 10 albums of all time.  You can’t dispute it, so don’t even try.

One of my favorite songs from the Thriller album is Billie Jean (along with a billion other fans).  I also believe that remakes of music by other artists are a tribute to the influencial nature of the original.  There is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 versions of Billie Jean on iTunes.  That is respect.

Of all of my favorite MJ songs, Billie Jean is top ten.  Of my favorite MJ remakes, Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog fame) has made perhaps the best of the bunch.

I hope you enjoy the origianl and the remake alike.  Gone but never forgotten.

–cutbucket–

Listen: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

Listen: Chris Cornell – Billie Jean