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... :)