Give It a Kick

It's Christmas Eve, and I still haven't written this. I'll just get it over with.

I'm just an Amazon fanboy who enjoys indie music. And to be honest, this song has gotten me through about three editions of University Press.

From Dr. Dog's album released in February, Be The Void, "Do The Trick."

My heart, it ain't running right

Why don't you give it a kick?

Will you be my handyman?

Will you do the trick?

No Defences

As someone with no extra money for music, I get most of mine of Amazon. They offer a great selection of free MP3s, which I take advantage of because most songs are actually great and because I do business on their. Not only do I buy, but I also sell. Anyone need a Dell flat-screen monitor? No? Okay. :(

This song featured is actually song by Alexander Ebert, the lead singer for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, featured earlier this year on The Archenemy. I was also suprised that this guy had earlier released music with another that disbanded and that he also solos from time-to-time. In this song, he teamed up with RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, which I thought was made up of Asian-Americans. The name got me... does that make a stereotypist? I don't think so... is that even a word?

From Mr. Ebert's 2011 début solo album Alexander, "Truth."

And when the darkness come, let it inside you
Your darkness is shining
My darkness is shining
Have faith in myself
Truth

Foto

I'm not entirely sure where this song came from. It probably came from the local public radio station run here in Dallas. I must have added it to my Zune cart and then forgot about it. 

Last Wednesday was 'lights out' for us kids. We had the electricity shut-off on us by our own parents. They cited us not waking up in the morning and did that to persuade us to fall asleep. I ended up reading a book by Levi Johnston (NSFW link) (Safe For Work link) and fell asleep listening to the BBC World Service around 3 AM. 

On Friday, I finally got around to listening to the song. I actually liked it, enough so to save it and stuff. 

From the Los Angeles-based indie band Milo Greene (although non of the members themselves are named Milo), from their self-titled début album, "1957".

Your house that sits behind me is covered in every green

The windows that we watch from are old and chipping at the beam

Takes me away, takes me away, takes me away (3x)

All the Lonely People

At the beginning of my freshman year in high school, I was introduced to the Finale software. Finale is a music authoring software that allows you to write in your music. If you've ever heard of Sibelius, it's the same thing. Using Finale and using my brother's guitar book for beginners, I arranged a version of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby."

For about the last four years, I've used Finale many times and I know it well. In 2011, after the software locked me out, I stopped using it. I uninstalled it and to listen to all my Finale files, I installed Finale Reader, which only reads files. No editing. After I was unsatisfied by how the files sounded, I decided to get Finale 2012. 

While looking through my archives, I found the "Eleanor Rigby" arrangement I had made. Jesus...  I look back and think to myself how bad it looks. But things aren't as bad as you think. Sometimes, they remind you of great things. 

So in a complete 180° to this post, the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby."

All the lonely people

Where do they all come from?

All the lonely people

Where do they all belong?

Hey Boy

No, it's not going to be one of those posts. Yet.

I'm not sure how long along I found it, but on Archive.org's website, in the Community Audio section, someone uploaded all of Queen's Greatest Hit album. I'm not sure which one it is, since record companies always re-release things like this, but while listening to the thing last weekend, I got real hooked on this song about forty-two minutes in.

I love it. It's very Queen-y, surprisingly heterosexual, and something that I've replayed now maybe ten times while writing Dirty Lyrics. Being as young as I am, this whole Internet doohickey has exposed me to some great music... this song included.

From Queen's 1976 album A Day at the Races, this Freddie Mercury ditty "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy."

When I'm not with you
I think of you always
I miss you (I miss those long hot summer nights)
When I'm not with you/ Think of me always
Love you/ Love you

Drunk Behind the Wheel

About month after I bought my Zune, I spent a Saturday listening to the radio, writing down songs to be featured here on The Archenemy. I listened, wrote down, and then went to YouTube to look them up as I only caught the last minute or so of the song. Most songs didn't make the cut, and I put the paper away for future reference.

Two weeks ago when I cleaned the computer nook, I started looking through all these papers and found my music paper. I was looking through them again, and I really liked this one. My job (and dealing with the emotions from it) has kept from blogging since Monday, but I'm back to normal, and here we go.

From their 1998 album All the Pain Money Can Buy, "Out of My Head" by Fastball.

Don't matter what I say

Only what I do

I never mean to do bad things to you

So quiet, but I finally woke up

If you're sad, then it's time you spoke up, too.

Bright

I've written somewhere before that I am big fan of Saturday Night Live. After MADtv was cancelled in 2009, I needed something productive to do Saturday nights, and it's free. So why not?

Last Saturday's guest was Anne Hathaway with Rihanna as the musical guest. There's been all this gossip recently about her and Chris Brown getting back together. Then there was that tattoo he got on his neck of a looked like the photograph of Rihanna's face after it was reported that he assaulted her. Regardless of the gossip, both are popular artists and it only comes to note that they're just like us, except rich and famous.

I'm famous-- right? Two blogs, Twitter, tumblr, who can miss it?

Moving on. As I was picking up somethings from a mother-in-law, this came on the radio as I told my dad that radio stations repeat the same god-damn music all day. "I heard fun.'s 'Some Nights' like seven times yesterday," I said.

From Barbadian-born artist Rihanna, featured on her seventh studio album, Unapologetic, "Diamonds."

Find light in the beautiful light
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
We're like diamonds in the sky

You're a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I'm alive
We're like diamonds in the sky

Stop

Today has been one of good news.

New job, new shoes, my knee is healing pretty well. I'll keep it short because it's so good. Around 1.20 this afternoon, I was searching for something to listen to when this came on. I was entrenched, as if it had wrapped its fingers around me and rope me in to its alternative rock grip. Uhhhh.

I absolutely love the oooh-ing and the voice of the main singer. These people sound like the 90s before the 90s were even around. A little research never hurts, and neither does the posting it up on Facebook and tumblr.

From their first full-length album Surfer Rosa released in 1988, Boston-based Pixies with "Where Is My Mind?"

Oh stop!
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself, "Where is my mind?"

Fucking Special

Ever since I can remember, I've been a big fan of The Simpsons. Up until the sixth grade, I didn't know that FOX aired new episodes on Sunday, because up until that point, it had all been re-runs on a local WB (now CW) station. If I have the time, I'll stop what I'm doing, and I'll lie back in my chair, and just take in those funny yellow people. 

For about the past three or four years, people have commented that the Simpsons no longer have viable storylines or comment on social issues as they did before, like immigration or gay marriage. But what keeps a show on is if it's ratings are good enough, and I see it going for a few more years. It's been on since 1989 ('87 if you count Tracy Ullman), but I think it's still modern and funny. Now to this post.

Last Sunday, I was watching an episode where Lisa makes a social networking site called SpringFace that ends up causing massive injuries to people since they're on the phones and driving. It mocked what I guess was their response to The Social Network, a movie about Facebook's rise based on a book. What got me particularly was the ending... so funny (I can't describe it, but you can watch it).

From Radiohead's 1992 album Pablo Honey, and a choir arrangement by Belgian duo Scala & Kolacny, is "Creep."

 

Just like an angel

Your skin makes me cry

Float like a feather

In a beautiful world

I wish I was special

You're so fucking special

A Year Later...

(Sourced from the ESF Blog...)

A year ago, I thought I could handle another blog. I imagined myself posting all this great music with a little backstory. And here's that story.

*Law & Order jingle*

Black Horse

Back in 2007, I received a small RCA Pearl MP3 player. It was this flash/thumb drive-shaped player that could innocuously fit in your pocket while you withered away in English or on two-mile walk home. I absolutely loved that thing, and I think I even wrote about it before. It's too bad because then I lost it, and found it a year later under my sofa. By then, it was messing up more than a Republican in Iraq and then it got stolen. 

I bring all that up because it's what music was on there is going to be mentioned here. I can remember a health kick I was on at the time, and this song was repeated at least 15 times as I walked past the tree groves that were replaced by a tollway in 2010. Sad, I know. (The trail is still there, just not hidden under the large grove of trees.)

Today, though, as I had on my work-issued radio (they're very paranoid about worker theft), I was feeling as low as I have ever felt. Seriously. As my feet hurt and back ached, this song came on, for those three or so minutes, I was in heaven. Time flew by... and made the physical pain melt away. Then it ended...

So to bring you a little history pre-blogging and pre-high school and "current work", is a little folk. I think. From Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, from her Mercury Music Prize-winning début album Eye to the Telescope, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree."

(Woo-hoo)

Well my heart knows me better than I know myself

So I'm gonna let it do all the talking

I came across a place in the middle of nowhere.

With a big black horse and a cherry tree.

Found "Time"

(This post in conjunction with the main ESF blog...)

Yesterday, around 11 PM, I was just surfing the internet. I won't say that it was like what you would watch in the daytime, but it was something appropriate for my age group. Anyway, while watching the video, during a strategic scene, this song played. Imagine, it's like 1979 and you've just committed copyright infringement. Scary, isn't? 

As the scene continued, I was like, "That voice... it sounds so familiar! Yes... I think I know what it is!" So I Google-searched song recognition and up came what I was looking for came up. Since I have a headset, I placed the microphone into the earpiece and turned the volume up! The first time I tried it, I had the microphone muted. Disappointed, I tried again. Second time did it, and up popped up the song! It was from Pink Floyd... imagine, these people ripped off a Pink Floyd song like 33 years ago. And were never caught.

Not much you could do now because the majority of the producers could have died or etc., but at least you can enjoy an age-appropriate video with such nice background music. From now on, Pink Floyd will be my background music, much to the chagrin of The Archenemy.

Here comes the pièce de resistance! From their 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon, is Pink Floyd's "Time."

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Major Tom's a Junkie

Ever since I first watched Life on Mars, and then proceeded to listen to "Life on Mars?", I've always held a fascination with David Bowie. You have this guy, who went around in bright red hair for ten years and acted like, "So what? It's my hair, I'll do what I want." During the same time, put out all this great music and still was cooler than you at your senior prom.

His earlier stuff was something that was weird, but also made you think about what was out there, and sometimes, gave you an excuse to just space out uh-huh. But now with the '70s over, times were changing and things started becoming a bit more electronic, with keyboards, synthesizers, and the keytar. *shudder*  And it's funny again, how I first watched Ashes to Ashes, and several months later, actually got around to listening to "Ashes to Ashes." Not sure how he'll look in a clown costume.

From the 1980 album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes."

They got a message from the Action Man

"'I'm happy, hope you're happy, too'

I've loved all I've needed to love

Sordid details following'"

Hot Tonight

With all that's been going on this week, I'm a bit behind on posts, but I'm getting around to it.

I found the Electric Six about a month ago with "Gay Bar" and have gotten to like their music even more now. I find that they have a certain oomph to their music, since it's not depressing, preachy, or sounds like a bunch of shit thrown together. Within the songs, everything sounds well-put, even the screeching saxophones and sexy voice of Jack White. Yes, sexy, get over it.

And topping it all of is Dick Valentine, this six-foot-tall guy who looks as weird as possible and is the proverbial cherry on top. And this song is not to disappoint, even if I can't spell disappoint. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it's in line with their earlier stuff, right up there with Fire. Even if you don't get it's message, it's always great to mime to... or sing out-of-key in your shower with the window open. *cough*

From their long-titled 2007 album I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master, "Randy's Hot Tonight." 

Dance like nobody's watching Randy

And love like you've never been hurt

Supersize it when you get hungry Randy

And eat like it's the last night on earth

Too '80s to be the 2010's

I was listening to the alternative radio station that the public broadcaster where I live owns. It's one of two, the other being a general programming station. As I was scanning, there was this song that sounded very eighties. Like less eighties than "Randy"; more eighties than "Ça Plane Pour Moi," although it was released in the seventies.

I've had it in my Marketplace cart for about three days and I haven't looked it up until just now. So here we go, ladies and gentleman. A trip back to the decade of terrible video quality, big hair, and the decade where there were many Asian actors in films. I miss Rosalind Chao and Lori Tan Chinn... they're cool people.

From the New Wave band Talking Heads, from their 1983 Speaking in Tongues, "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)."

Home is where I want to be

Pick me up and turn me around

I feel numb-- born with a weak heart

I guess I must be having fun.

The less we say about it, the better

Make it up as we go along

Thunder Down Under!

For our song selection today, we're heading down under. Not there, but to Australia, more specifically South Australia, to the country's fifth-largest city.

Adelaide, South Australia's capital (Canberra is the country's capital), is home to this band that I heard on the radio station owned by the public broadcaster in my part of Texas. This is another Zune song, because if it weren't for my Zune, I would have never heard of it. So take that, iPod-fuckers. Sorry, I'm taking this a bit too seriously, but what other brand-name portable media device has a radio with tagging?

None other, that's what. *proud smirk*

I digress. For Thursday's song selection, we go all the way to Adelaide, SA, Australia. Released in May 2011 as a single and released in the U.S. by WMG on their EP Through the Glass back in June, here is Atlas Genius' "Trojans."

Take it off 
Take it in
Take off all the thoughts of what we've been
Take a look
Hesistate
Take a picture you could never recreate

Caviar; Cigarettes!

It might be unwise to say the Zune has no caveats, but it's looking that way so far. Probably the best feature is it's radio and the song tag that let's the player identify songs from what stations broadcast. I heard this song I believe on a classic rock station where I live, and it somewhat blew me away that stations are still playing Queen. 

And it's even harder to believe that it's classic rock, but I guess it's a oldie but goody since it was released in 1974. Regardless, I just now heard it for the first time ever and I'm listening to it like crazy. It's like Fa-Fa-Fa or The Archenemy's violin solo. And I liked it so much I bought it... I can just hear all my friends boo me. On iTunes, most Queen songs are $1.29, but for .69¢, it's a steal. And for you, here's the booty.

From their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, which was Queen's first top-20 hit in the U.S., Queen's "Killer Queen."

She keeps Moet et Chandon

In her pretty cabinet

'Let them eat cake' she says

Just like Marie Antoinette

"Is that a Rock, Data?"

This whole morning, I've been doing some spring cleaning at home. In exchange, I get $60 and get to live there for free. Joke.

Last week I bought a Zune (whole blog post about this on the ESF) and I received it just last Friday. I love the fucking thing. Some people have ghey iPods. I have a mother-rockin' Zune from Seattle. iPods are for hipsters; Zunes are for sexy motherfuckers who blog about life and sex and stuff. :) Enough about me and The Archenemy/Mr. Rodriguez...

On the Zune, there was some pre-loaded music. Whether that's from Microsoft or the person who owned it before me, I'm unsure, but the songs are alright. This one, though, is one of the best and catchiest I've heard in the past thirty minutes. I've been rocking the Zune since 10.30 this morning...

From their 2005 début album Datarock Datarock (released in North America in 2007), straight from Norway, the techno-funk duo Datarock and their single (in English), "Fa-Fa-Fa."

I need a shot/ I need a shot of ambition

I need a hit/ I need a hit of nutrition

I need a fix/ I need to fix my ignition

High Life

As I wrote on Friday (it's Monday the 24th today) on the ESF and just now on "Is that a rock, Data?," I bought a Zune. I received it on Friday and have been inseparable since. One of the features that I really love about it is the FM radio. You can scan the frequencies and then save the stations you want. And even better is if the FM station you're listening to has tags, you can add the song to cart and then buy it (only if the Zune Marketplace actually carries that artist). 

Unfortunately, the Zune Marketplace doesn't carry this artist. iTunes does though, and I've been thinking of buying it. It hasn't grown on me much yet, but let's see how that changes. As the intro did say, I heard this on a radio station owned by a public broadcaster where I live. The station used to be a Christian Radio station, but coincidentally, the station owner was declaring bankruptcy and sold it. And who says religion doesn't sell? 

From the Delaware Valley in Pennsylvania, Dr. Dog and from their 2010 album Shame, Shame, "Strangers." This video is from KEXP, Seattle.

Twenty years of schooling, I just never learned the math/

That one and one don't equal two/ they often equal half

While I've tried to live the high life/ The best that I know how

And I bought my share of debonair/ Parlaying it on the crowd

I would also like to take this chance to mention a new thing here at TA. If available, the album art will be shown beside the lyrics for your pleasure. I know it will be mine to link it here... :)

Danger Danger!

A few years ago, while on YouTube, I remember watching a video whose title was 'Gay Bar.' I'm not sure how I came across it, but for one reason or another, I felt as if I shouldn't watch it. As if there was some force judging me peering over my shoulder. 

Now I'm over it. :) I featured the same band here on The Archenemy about a week ago, and it's coincidence on how it came about. When writing, I usually play a song over-and-over, and when I forgot to rewind the video, I saw the suggestions and I was like, "Oh, that looks cool." And while hearing it, I fell in love. Seriously.

Best thing I've ever seen since M83's video. I think what does it for me is the facial expressions of the women in the black leather. Her name was Tina Kanarek and she was 70 when she did this video. Brave lady to do this... when you think about the bra they made her wear.

From their 2003 album Fire,  the Detroit-based Electric Six with "Danger! High Voltage" with supporting vocals from the White Stripes' Jack White.

Don't you want to know why we keep starting fires?

It's my desire/ It's my desire/ It's my desire

Danger! Danger! High voltage!/ 

When we touch/ When we kiss.

Danger! Danger! High Voltage!

Take Me

A few nights ago, I was Skyping with a college-bound friend and we were jamming out to music and she said to me, "I'm gonna show you something gay." I interrupted, "Alright, but hold on. This is gay." One of the links was to this, which has been around for many years now, but I just got a hold of it.

I was thinking it was too risque, but this song is as risque as a pancake. And people always talked about his sexuality, but no one has been able to conclusively prove it. Doesn't matter though, because it's the 1860's, baby! And imagine, all this because someone misheard lyrics to a DEVO song. Go figure.

From the Detroit rock band Electric Six, and their 2003 album Fire, "Gay Bar."

Do you have any money?

I wanna spend all your money!

At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar!

The Last Good Time!

I'm bringing some money in. Money to buy a nice camera, money to buy a nice tablet, money to pay a dorm deposit. Of course, there's never any money for music, because let's face it, you can hear it on the radio for free, although if you think about it, the electricity to buy the radio and the device itself aren't, wasn't free... semantics. 

I digress. Amazon always has their Artist on the Rise monthly feature where they showcase artist and their songs chosen by their editor or someone at Amazon's MP3 division. Well, this song was in their showcase, I believe.  Amazon also has a free collection of MP3's and this where this one came this week. (You can also grab it free, for a limited time. U.S. only and an Amazon account req'd for purchase.)

From their album released this past March Supermegafantastic, here is Iamdynamite's (IAMDYNAMITE) "Where Will We Go."

And all my friends/ they come to me/ they said, 'You're gonna die boy, better believe it.'

I said, 'So, it's just like this/ Take your time and when you get there/ Grab that fire and grab the matches/ People on the loose and they never catch us!

Mr. Fahrenheit!

Ever since I first heard of Queen back in my sophomore year in high school, I've been in an affair with their music. I'd listen to alt. rock, indie, but secretly, see the songs behind the other's back. Well, it's not as weird as that, but they're one of the few bands that I actually buy the songs from, rather than download them illegally because I want HQ audio, not a shitty 128 kB/s MP3 file.

About a month ago, I got an iTunes gift card and after splitting as a payment to someone, I bought a few songs, including this one, that was actually part of a Google Doodle celebrating Freddie Mercury's birthday last year.

From their 1978 album Jazz, Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now."

I'm burning through the skies/ Yeah!

Two hundred degrees/ That's why the call me Mr. Fahrenheit!

F*ck You

As anyone who has been to school knows, Summer 2012 is coming to an end. A summer filled with dreams, friends, and latent homoeroticism. And for those of us who have to go back to school, it's the hellish reality of going back to those stone buildings and groan for the fact we have to go back.

But sometimes, it's nice to let off some steam, because it's been noted that swearing when in pain actually helps you endure it a bit more. So if you have ever been hurt by anyone, been called names, or have cut your finger while cutting a potato, this song and it's main word will help you a lot. 

From the iTunes section of my music archive, and from staunch Bush-hater Lily Allen, off her 2008 album It's Me, Not You is "Fuck You," which was briefly directed at former American President George W. Bush.

Fuck you, fuck you very, very much!

'Cause we hate what you do!

And we hate your whole crew!

So please don't stay in touch!

UV Ray

At the beginning, I really didn't think this song was good. I had gotten it as part of an AmazonMP3 sale where some songs where $.25 each and with $3 in credits, I figured "why not?"

And as I draw comics for main blog, I usually have iTunes open and doing it's thang, but this song has grown on me, like mold on bread or bigots on a gay porn website. And I really like the fact that's it's also British, and that it's not something One Direction-related. Bwah. 

From the English indie band The Wombats, from their latest album The Wombats Proudly Present... This Modern Glitch, is "Jump into the Fog."

What a great achievement it was

To find someone who shirks such little self-restraint

I'm a non believer but

I believe in these dirty little wicked games

Last February

This group was featured last here on The Archenemy a few weeks back and then back in February during Valentine's Day 2012. I've found that I really liked their music, although I'm about six years late for the album. I posted a screenshot of the image and had someone comment that with their iPod being filled with electronic dance music, this is the only non-EDM song left on there.

That's a great achievement if you ask me for any band to be left alone when their competition is being replaced with grinding sounds and beats that can't be physically achieved using a real drum set.

From their 2004 album Hot Fuss, The Killers' "Somebody Told Me."

Well somebody told me/ You had a boyfriend

Who looked like a girlfriend/ That I had in February of last year

La Playa (The Beach)

At my house, we have satellite television subscription. We subscribe to a Spanish television package and thus have a selection of both English and Spanish-language networks and channels. To bring our costs down, we decided to lose a bit of both. The only con of that is we have large gaps in our English channels now, which gets to be disappointing when you realize you don't have TLC or the BBC America.

Well, to get over this, I started to write down what channels to make so we only see the ones we have. And while doing this, I came across a Spanish channel running music videos. When I heard the following song, I actually stopped and waited until the song was over before I continued. That's how much I liked it.

So for this long-coming post (today is August 19th), here from Spanish pop group La Oreja de Van Gogh (Van Gogh's Ear), is "La Playa" ("The Beach").

Te voy a escribir la canción mas bonita del mundo.

Voy a capturar nuestra historia en tan solo un segundo.

...

Por mucho que pasen los anos de largo en su vida

I Want to Ride it!

If I could get a degree in staying up all night long, I'd get that fucker. It's all I do now. Awake at day; dirty nasty things at night. But I am productive, don't you know. For example, it's 2:18 AM as I write this and I scanned my computer for viruses, so I'm pretty much set tonight. I've also applied for many scholarships, so I'm good.

This song comes from yesterday (the 26th) while working on something, I think a Tofu drawing at 1 AM. From Queen off their 1978 album Jazz, "Bicycle Race."

You say black/ I say white

You say bark/ I say bite

You say shark/ I say 'Hey man!'

Jaws was never my scene/ And I don't like Star Wars

Take Me...!

Top 40 stations, a mainstay in American culture. They bring you songs in a range from one to forty, and every know-and-then from artists such as Katy Perry to Usher to that dasterly-dastard David Guetta (whoever that is). The song in this entry I heard as I was coming out of the bathroom.

Then I started singing "Take me to your best friend's house; fuck me up and fuck me down; Yeah!" much to brother's chagrin, who called me a fag afterwards. But it really doesn't matter-- it's no one's business but mine. 

Anywho, from their 2011 début album Never Trust a Happy Song, the recently formed California-based indie rock band GROUPLOVE, here is "Tongue Tied."

Don't take me tongue tied/ Don't wave no goodbyes

Don't take me tongue tied/ Don't kiss me goodnight

Don't!


Say hello to running white guys.
  Diga hola Al Archenemigo. (Say hello to The Archenemy.)
And I'm one of the guys in a masks.
Moral of the story: do drugs and three Joe Fridays in lucha masks will come after you.

Taking Control (Music Nudity)

This summer is a music discovery session. I've found bands that I've never given a second thought at or songs that didn't think we me. Life works in mysterious ways, given that it can sometimes be a big venereal-disease carrying whore.

Besides, these people have been around since 2001 I think. From the Amazon section of The Archenemy, here is from their album Hot Fuzz, The Killers with "Mr. Brightside."

Now I'm falling asleep/ And she's calling a cab

While he's having a smoke/ And she's taking a drag

Now they're going to bed/ And my stomach is sick/ And it's all in my head

But she's touching his chest now/ He takes off her dress now

Let me go!

I Can Funk You

It's no One Direction, but the only direction after hearing them is home. This song is mystery to me. What's its point? So far-- other than maybe pointing out background misinformation or puppetry of people, I learned a bit more about how to establish a green screen studio sans the building. Oh, and also how to fake a live audience.

From it's 2006 album The Warning, Hot Chip's "Over and Over."

Over and over, and over, and over

Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal,

The joy of repetition really is in you.

Thanks to Dailymotion as an alternative to those no-embed YouTube videos.

He Could Play Guitar

I watched Chronicle when it first came out in February. I absolutely loved the film. Great back story (which I can relate to, sans the abusive father) and the relate-able shy, inward high school charm.

Tonight, we rented the Blu-ray version (which looks incredible, BTW), and it was like sitting in that theatre seat. After watching Andrew (the main character) finally stand-up to his father, he needed money to buy his mother's important medicine. To do that, he stole money. And in order to do that, he dressed up as a firefighter (which his dad was) and while he gearing up, I recognized a voice.

Here is that recognized voice. From his 1972 concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust."

So where were the spiders/ While the fly tried to break our balls

Just the beer light to guide us/ So we bitched about his fans

And should we crush his sweet hands?

We Fell About the Place!

Men are always stereotyped about only liking women of a certain nature. But is a stereotype a stereotype if it's true? Oh well, I guess I'll have to ask Michael Vick. I digress.

As I mentioned in the 100th Entry, this is also from a Christmas tape. Idle hands are the Devil's workshop. In my case, not really. Not after what they go through.Skipping over double entendre and half-truths, here's some music. 

From short-lived British band The Monks, off Bad Habits, here is "Nice Legs Shame About Her Face."
I walked her to the door/ Expecting to go in
She looked me up and down and put me in my place
She said 'Nice legs, shame about your face.'

Electric Girl

As this summer is progressing, I'm finding my horizons broadening. And I broaden even more when I have free money to buy music with. After all, where would we be without free money? Romney's Bain Capital, that's what.

I just discovered this band, although I have heard them mentioned before, so here's a new one for me.

From their 2007 (and first major) studio album, Oracular Spectacular, MGMT's "Electric Feel."

I said, 'oh girl!'/ Shock me like an electric eel

Baby girl/ Turn me on with your electric feel.

Christmas Tape

I know today is July 4th and all, but I really didn't want the 100th post to be a John Philip Sousa composition. This blog needs a bit of colour, in this case, the Union Jack.

This is the 100th Archenemy entry, y'all!

It all started in the late '50s, when cameramen at the BBC would film skits that their co-workers or talent would star in, then show at the Christmas party in December. When videotape use became more widespread during the late '70s, staff working in the videotape department would record outtakes and bloopers that occurred while taping a programme for air, and then place these mistakes on their Christmas tapes.

In addition to bloopers and mishaps, they would also include risqué things, such as clips from pornographic films, skits (usually lip-syncing to songs), and comedy (usu. making fun of something or someone). This continued into the late '90s before the use of production facilities and company resources became more tightly controlled and the life of the employee's became busier.

In this post, here is part of an ESF post dedicated to the phenomena.

From the 1983 Central VT Christmas Tape, and off The Buggles' 1980 album Plastic Age, "Elstree."

I had a dream on back lot/ And saw my life like a long shot

I smile at faces in a picture parade/ Of all the stills from the films that you made

And we would see me a solo/ Up there drinking coffee on the G.O. condo

Crown Me Your Prince

This morning I watched a film called North Sea Texas (official site here). It deals with the obsession (ironic) that a teenager has with his next door neighbor (the irony I'm just realizing is killing me). The film opens with him, as a young child, dressing up. Then it switches to his fourteen-year-old self sharing an intimate moment, one of many in the film. You never see anything, but it's implied.

I think I'll review it on my main blog now. Coming soon to the ESF.

The song in this TA post is the feature song of the movie. It does it real justice.

From French new age artist Little Auk, is this English-language song "Wooly Clouds," featured on the movie's official soundtrack.

We paint the skies/ Bright as blue

With wooly darts of clouds/ You take my hand

We play around/In the greenest grass

The Night City Grows

I've had this song since December. Got it off Amazon and was freaked out by that weird album cover. And then last month, swear, started popping up on my Facebook page. Then I went all hipster saying I had had it since December, before anyone else heard it. Such a hipster.

And it wasn't until May as well that I saw the music video. Didn't even know it had music video! I was blown away... and loved the lighting at the end. Now it's just weeks 'til we hear it being over-played on the radio just like Gotye was.

Now, for you're listening pleasure on this Monday evening (July 2nd, 7.50 PM), from French electronica band M83, "Midnight City."

Waiting in a car/ Waiting for a ride in the dark
The night city grows/ Look and see her eyes, they glow

She Smelled of Daisies

Love is such a fickle thing. It brings happiness, depression, joy, sadness, and ecstasy. Yesterday morning (today being the 29th), I saw a friend of mine going into the Marines post, " Gonna take her for a ride on my big jet plane...</3." He posts things like that sometimes, so I didn't take it as anything. But I looked up the song and heard it. 

It's stunning.

Loved the video. Very clean and colourless surroundings, unlike the subject in the video.

This post, first ever to be inspired by a future service member, here is Australia's very own folk song duo Angus and Julia Stone's "Big Jet Plane" off their 2010 EP of the same name.

She said 'Hello mister, please to meet ya.'

I wanna hold her/ I wanna kiss her.

She smelled of daisies (2x)/ She drive me crazy (2x)

Love Hotel and Pentangle Drifts

This is a rarity here on The Archenemy. This blog is primarily concentrated to music, but every once-in-a-while, I like to announce some change, as I did back in May for the new logo and labels (which for some reason, don't show).

Pass Into the Night

Last summer was a boring one. I didn't do much in particular, other than see Mr. Rodriguez, but that's another story already told. Any who, I began my summer by exploring our newly-acquired Netflix subscription. One movie that I heard of is "Silence of the Lambs." It deals with a rookie FBI agent trying to capture a person who is killing women and then skinning their bodies. In this, she goes to serial killer Hannibal Lecter to help her profile and capture the killer.

The most memorable scene of the movie is when Buffalo Bill, played by Ted Levine, beings to dress up. This has been re-done in Family Guy, and the lines "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me; I'd fuck me so hard" have become part of the zeitgeist (just trying to use big words, LOL).

From contralto singer Q Lazzarus, here is her 1988 song "Goodbye Horses," written by William Garvey.

I've seen them come/ I've seen them go

He said, "All things pass into the night."/ 

And I said, "Oh no, sir. I must say you're wrong. I must disagree..."

It's Too Late

At school, I had this love-hate thing with a girl named Jocelyn. I would see her on my morning walks to my choir class, which was across campus because of some remodeling on the main building. Myself and this other guy, when we would see her, would scream "JOCELYN! JOCELYN!" and then we'd high-five ourselves. After class was over, we would scream at her again, and she'd walk over to talk to us.

Oh those were the days.

Now that school is over, I don't talk to her that often, although at the moment (it's June 26th as of this writing), we have a back-and-forth going on her Tumblr page. ANY WHO... last week, I uploaded this picture of her making a "Uh, no" face topped off with me giving off a "Give this kitty something" vibe. 

A drawn version of the original graphic.

She got angry at me and, just like The Archenemy, I could feel it through the screen, so quickly took it down and apologized as if I had just cheated on her with cheerleader Amanda. And then I posted this song. I think that made it all better.

So from my apologies, here is Colorado-based rock band One Republic with "Apologize."

I'm holding on  your rope/ got me ten feet off the ground

And I'm hearing what you say/ but I just can't make a sound

You tell me that you need me/ then you go and cut me down....

Where We Can Get Together!

This summer is one of personal discovery. Or at least what looks like it. When it comes to music, I believe I'm a well-rounded guy. But I've already featured this band before, so I think they're becoming a favorite. But who knows?

The most best things in life always come from unexpected places, like Coca-Cola or large telephoto lenses. And this came from Georgia, the home of peaches, xenophobia, and previously, Jimmy Carter, racism. But this band supersedes all those. They had their beginnings in 1978 and have proved a comeback after splitting up in 1994. And just a note, this album marks the first released since the death of their guitarist in 1985.

From their 1989 album Cosmic Things, The B-52s' "Love Shack."
The love shack is a little old place where we can get together!
Love shack, baby! (2x)/ Love shack, that's what where it's at (2x)

There's All Kinds of Music!

Tonight, I was filling out some paperwork for my university that I'm going to attend in August. While chatting with people on Facebook and then looking for paperwork I needed to download, I got very confused. And then I had this playing in the background. I was shaking my leg so furiously to this song because I love to swing, baby!


From a performance that aired Germany's ZDF public television network, here is Ella Fitzgerald with "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," originally written by Duke Ellington in 1931.

Makes no difference if it's sweet or hot/ Give that rhythm everything you got!

It don't mean a thing/ All you got to do is swing!/ Doo-wap (8x)

That's What I Want!

For the next few weeks, I have to be responsible. I can just hear the sighs now. But tonight, I'm being irresponsible. I have a meeting later this morning and it's 1.50 AM. I shouldn't be awake. This how it was all summer long last year. I'm getting a job now, so I won't be able to do this as often as I wished I could.

I digress. The B-52s is a newcomer for me. As I reach the curiosity period of my lifetime, this how it's going to manifest itself, at least when we talk about music. And now I release my findings of my curiosity to you.

From their only EP, Mesopotamia, here is "Mesopotamia" by The-B52s.

Turn your watch/ Turn your watch back

About a hundred thousand years/ A hundred thousand years

I'll meet you by the third pyramid (2x)

Tell Me About It, Stud

I don't remember the '70s. Probably because I wasn't around then... or the next twenty-odd years. When I studied American History, we took a nice look at the culture and problems that faced the country in that time period. I was more interested in culture than the actual history, but don't knock Jimmy Carter until you try him.

My teacher, a baseball coach, and a high school student at the time, intended to show up a clip from a '70s movie and other than Saturday Night Fever, most of us have actually heard of this movie. And the song. And John Travolta... 34 years later.

From the movie Grease, "You're The One That I Want," with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (of "Physical" fame), written by John Farrar.

I got chills/ They're multiplying/ And I'm lo~sing control/ 

'Cause the power you're supplying/ It's electrifying!

We'll Shine Together

Today was my high school graduation. Most high school students look forward to it as a "Finally, this shit is over" moment. I thought of it like that up until when I started hugging people. It got to me that I might not see them again. I didn't cry... I think. But I always have an umbrella.

I heard this yesterday while heading to the graduation practice and here it is, for you pleasant enjoyment. From her 2007 Good Girl Gone Bad, here is Rihanna with "Umbrella," featuring rapper Jay-Z.

You can stand under my umbrella (2x)/ -ella, -ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella/ -ella, -ella, eh, eh, eh

Your Lips are Nettles; Your Tongue is Wine

For some people, they love a band. I mean it in the sense that they listen to all the music the band outputs and goes from there. For me, I'm more of a song-to-song guy. I pick and choose songs from bands. Just because I have more than one song doesn't necessarily mean I like that band-- but this song might have just changed that.

It's another song from alt. rock band Sea Wolf, here with its 2009 single "The Violet Hour."

In the dark, you tell me of a flower/ that only blooms in the violet hour

I turn the lights out/ I clean the sheets/ You change the station/ turn up the heat

Galileo!

Around October of last year, I started listening to Queen. It marked the beginning of my rock period, because ever since then, all I ever do is look for those rock songs from decades past. Hell, the first rock song posted on here was "Life on Mars?" and this was surely to follow.

Around the same time, I posted a song on my main blog and that brought me over the edge for classic rock. Now of course, rock from today is good-- but when compared to decades past, it lacks a bit in meaningfulness. I don't know if that makes sense... but still.

From their 1975 album Night at the Opera, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Easy come, easy go/ will you let me go?

Bismillah/ No! We will not let you go!/ Let him go!

Bismillah/ We will not let you go!/ Let him go!

Bismillah/ Will not you go! (x3)

Sitting In a Tin Can

For a teenager, staying up late is somewhat of a talent. And for me, no less, it lets me get lots of things done. What they are I can't repeat in polite company, but this one can be played loudly and proudly.

While reorganizing my main blog, I had the television on in the background. As I got up to get a drink, this clip for a DVD came on. And in the clip, there was David Bowie, clad in a stripped jumpsuit, singing his face out. This guy is as cool as a cucumber. Seriously. Sixty-five and still cool. By golly yes sir.

And just to note, this post contains three (3) videos because one video does not do this song justice.

From his second studio album David Bowie (the second to be named that), released in 1969, here is "Space Oddity" by David Bowie. 

Ground Control to Major Tom/ You've really made the grade/ Now the papers want to know whose shirts you wear/ Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

Na-Na-Na

I pride myself on my taste of music. It's very peculiar. It's got some of this, a bit of that, and a little of this. But one thing that I love to hear are alternative rock bands. It's not the lyrics in particular (I never hear 'em anyways), but the melody and the beat some of them have is something that can knock you into a shake.

And I just found out that I posted this back in December as part of a three-for-one (it's #2), but I decided to bring you a replacement from the same band.

I'm proud to present "Never Saw It Coming" from the Sensation Junkies from their

2004 album Once for the Money.
And then you disappeared on me/ in the middle of the night/
Guess you changed your mind/ I never saw it coming.

Note: It seems that this band has been out-of-service since 

2004, and the only mention the Sarathan website has of it is

to an online store. I guess it really was once for the money.

Get Down, Girl

This afternoon, I went for dinner with the family. My dad and I were going to meet my mother and sister at the restaurant and we got there around 3:20. Because of traffic jams and stoplights, they were 25 minutes late and didn't get there until 3:45.

Well there I was, sitting in the car with my dad, brother and nephew, passing the time in the A/C and the radio in the background. And honestly, I'm no fan of this guy, but I guess at this time, he was a much better rapper than he is now. But I digress... until I got inside, and exchanged glances with this person looking at me across the room. That person was cute. Just saying. Wearing those brand names and shit.

From his 2005 album Late Registration, here is Kanye West with "Gold Digger."

Now I ain't saying she a gold digger/ but she ain't messin' with no broke niggas. (2x)

Get down girl/ go ahead/ get down (3x)

Note: This post includes both the CLEAN and EXPLICIT versions of the song; the music video is the CLEAN version.

This post is dedicated to my master Patricia, who fucks me, loves me,

and calls me skank at her mercy.

We Got No Innocence!

This entry on The Archenemy is
part of the One Year Anniversary
celebration of the Eddie Sigala Foundation  

Yesterday was my last school day. Everyone, from elementary to college students, look forward to this date all year long. This year was a long one, and thank God I never have to go in for instruction (although I do have to go for other stupid shit) again. I'm moving on, so I shouldn't be so lazy around this summer. And here it is folks, summer vacation.

From Alice Cooper's 1972 album School's Out is "School's Out."

Well we got no class/ And we got no principles/ 

And we got no innocence/ We can't even think of a word that rhymes

Goodbye!

This past Saturday was Kristen Wiig's last night on SNL after being on for seven years. With Mick Jagger hosting the show, he and the cast bid farewell to her with an homage to her. I passed up on Saturday's episode and instead watched Grey's Anatomy, which I now really regret. She'll be missed.

On this post here on The Archenemy, is two clips. First, the farewell clip from the May 19, 2012 telecast of Saturday Night Live, from Hulu.com (only viewable in the United States).

Second, off their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request, here is the Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow."

New Changes Coming!

Since October last, this blog (in terms of design) has seen very little change. But in the coming weeks (starting next week), I hope to start modernizing the blog, taking some things from my main blog, like ratings or such.

I'll introduce a new logo, a new blog design, and I'll start categorizing music by genre (i.e. rock, alternative, etc.) so it's easier to find what you want... and what I want when I need it. Maybe I'll even back-track all 80 posts before this one... maybe.

All this and more, coming soon to The Archenemy, a blog celebrating a year of the ESF blog.