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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