Sexy and I Know It – Barack Obama

Summersong —- The Decemberists

God, this song gives me FEELINGS or something.

NO. It’s like, so totally obvious Crunchy was referring to feelings of much loathing.

Loathing, What is this feeling so
unadulterated loathing sudden and new felt the
for her face moment I laid eyes on
her voice you,my pulse is
her clothing rushing my head is
lets just say reeling
WE LOATHE IT ALL!
Oh what is this feeling?
every little trait however
small makes our very flesh does it have a name
begin to crawl yes, ahhhh
Loathing
Loathing
There’s a strange
exhiliration
Loathing
In such total
detestation
Loathing
It’s so pure so strong
So strong
Though I do admit it came on fast
still I do believe that it can last and I will be…
Loathing Loathing for forever
Loathing Loathing
truly deeply loathing
Loathing you you
my whole life long
loathing, unadulterated loathing

Somebody likes Wicked, I see. :)

Mikael Akerfeldt and Steven Wilson combo creepy, but good.

Today I listened to Be Thou My Vision for an hour on repeat.

I am not even kidding.

But then I followed that up by shrieking along to Jesus Christ Superstar on my way home.

So I have no idea what that says about me.

Skillet—You are My Hope.

@swenson-I can’t tell if you’re trolling or not.

I was merely following the trail of conversation. Loathing seemed to be the buzzword at that moment. I have never seen Wicked from start to finish, but have heard numerous parts of its soundtrack, and that song more times than most.

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

@BlueMask – definitely the former. ;) But I figured hey, why not introduce everyone to it if they haven’t heard it already? That song is, like, the introduction to the internet. If you haven’t watched that video at least once in your life, you can’t call yourself a true internetite.

MYAAH!

New musical obsession: Porcupine Tree

^Nothing to be embarrassed about. :P

Sherlock by SHINee. Their dance choreography is amazing. :D

I’ve been listening to SNSD’s new “mini-album.” Even though I can’t understand Korean, I really like it.

New Music: The Civil Wars. It started with that song on the Hunger Games soundtrack where they sing with Taylor Swift, and then it got to their other song on the soundtrack, and now its gotten to their other music. Current obsession is “Barton Hollow.”

I sort of like Girls Generation…I just find the idea of girl pop bands really fascinating.

Yeah, I haven’t listened to all of GG/SNSD’s songs, but I quite like the ones I’ve heard so far. While there is a certain amount of autotune, when all nine of them sing together in a chorus it sounds really amazing. I also really like how diverse the songs are, with all kinds of rock, electronic, and old school elements thrown into them.

Also, they’re all kind of gorgeous. is shallow

That, too.

SIMS 1 MUSIC OH MY GOSH.

And since I own the game I have the music on my freaking computer.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is not crappy, and Be Thou My Vision is an excellent song.

A Mighty Fortress is Our God.

Ahahaha, whenever I hear that song I always think about ‘Gilmore Girls’. Dude, what’s a bulwark?

Hilarious.

The world is cruel
The world is wicked
It’s I alone who you can trust in this whole city!
I AM YOUR OOOONLY FRIEEEEND!

LIKE FIIIIRE
HELLFIRE
THIS FIRE IN MY SKIN
THIS BURNING DESIRE
IS TURNING ME TO SIN

...That reminds me A LOT of Judge Turpin’s version of Johanna from Sweeney Todd.

The soundtrack or the song album (called Songs from District 12 and Beyond)? I don’t recognize “Girl on Fire” from the song album, which I own, and I only know of “Eyes Open” as opposed to “Eyes Wide Open,” so I’m not entirely sure what you’re talking about.

Oh, cool. (Link to Girl on Fire?) I really like the album; there are just two songs (Eyes Open and Lover is Childlike) I don’t like, which is quite impressive given its wide range of artists. My favorites would probably be Abraham’s Daughter, Safe and Sound, Kingdom Come, and Take the Heartland.

I also liked “Nothing to Remember,” “Kingdom Come,” and “Run Daddy Run.” (About the only ones I didn’t like were Take the Heartland and The Ruler and the Killer.)
Here’s the link to Girl on Fire.
Its probably my favorite song connected with The Hunger Games.
People have started a petition to put it on the soundtrack for Catching Fire

See, I actually kind of liked that it used actual dialogue from the books, but I understand that everyone might not like that.
Oh, and after listening to Barton Hollow, I think The Civil Wars ought to do the Hanging Tree for Mockingjay.
Anyway, for the most part I really liked this soundtrack. I think some of the best songs are the ones about her father.

Tonight, I took my co-worker’s advice and decided to branch out by listening to new music.

I flipped around on the radio stations (though I get bad reception at my office)

I tried listening to about two minutes of rap and changed the channel. Two minutes of Country, and then changed the channel. I was ok with the rock station but that got old pretty fast and as I was flipping around, I heard opera. So I stopped there and just listened to the classical station most of the night.

Oh well. I TRIED.

I was ok with the rock station but that got old pretty fast

Rock radio usually isn’t the best way to get a sense of how great the genre can be, just sayin’.

Currently listening to: A Perfect Circle’s debut album, Mer de Noms. That’s a pretty damn near perfect rock record in my book, although I don’t know if it’s to your taste, exactly, Inspector.

Rock radio usually isn’t the best way to get a sense of how great the genre can be, just sayin’.

Yeah, radio is a pretty terrible way to find new music. Try asking some friends for some recommendations. I’ve found some new K-pop to listen to thanks to Spanman. :D

Oooh, good song! Have you heard The Cave?

Death Cab For Cutie – Cath

Ma ha ha ha haaa.

An opera?

Seriously I have no idea.

The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) – The Decemberists.

This song gives me all of the feels. It’s just so sad.

Phoenix – Rome (Lanny Merge Remix)

Depends on how it’s mixed. Vocals generally come straight center, with a slight left or right bias depending on the band and album.

Unless your music specifically uses panning to left or right as an effect, you should be getting about an equal sound level from both sides.

“The Only Exception” by Paramore

Unfortunately, the singers’ voices are indeed in the middle channel, so there is no way to separate them from the instruments or adjust their volume independently. In many genres the singing is muffled by the thudding bass line.

Sorry for the wait, No One! I was out of the house most of yesterday. Looks like you got all set up though. :D If you need any more help let me know.

I listened to the song just for grins. Better than I was expecting.

“Better Far To Live and Die” is the name of the song?

I always thought of it as The Pirate King Song.

I think Pirates of Penzance may be the greatest operetta the world has ever known.

“Brick by Boring Brick” by Paramore

I also like the music video.

That’s really cool, BlueMask. I’ll have to listen to more of their stuff.

Classiest cover of Boulevard of Broken Dreams EVER.

Reflection, from Mulan.
I never saw the movie, but the song is gorgeous.

M83 – Midnight City

Inky and I are such uncultured ruffians. :P

I bet you thought “The Boys Are Back in Town” was by the Backstreet Boys.

Please tell me you just made this up off the top of your head and they never actually made a cover of that song.

Please.

You must be thinking of Everybody (Backstreet’s Back).

I also had to look up who Shannon Noll was.

I…

I am so sorry.

Hammer the dulcimer my darling.

In other news,

Rocky Road to Dublin — The High Kings

Also covered by the Dropkick Murphys, but you can never understand the lyrics of almost anything they sing. The Dubliners sang it for a montage in one of the Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies.

Such Great Heights by The Postal Service