Lets take things down a notch or two this week... Have a bit of a ballad from System Of A Down. This song just, ugh it's great! At first it seems kind of depressing and maudlin, but then that last line.... Anyone who has struggles will know and understand.
SOAD were a staple band in my life about seven or eight years back, and somehow they just faded from my life... I was so glad to rediscover them and this was one of my favorites from the album, Hypnotize.
So here it is... Lonely Day
I really think this song is just so powerful in its simplicity. If you like rock ballads, this is for you.
Tell me your favorite rock ballads in the comments, folks!
This literally just came up in a YouTube shuffle playlist, and I had to give honorable mentions to this song, and this band along with it. I have to lay it on the line though, I haven't heard a lot of Paramore or new stuff, it's just passed me by somehow...
I was a little bit in love with Hayley Williams back in the day, and this song just reminds me with as much passion now as it did then, of why I loved her so! I saw Paramore years back and somehow despite the experience being tainted by my very first panic attack, it was still a show I remember fondly...
This song just reminds me of how it felt to realize that changing isn't a bad thing and leaving "friends" behind that don't approve of that change behind is sometimes a good thing. It also reminds me of breaking up with my first boyfriend, cutting my hair and realizing that nobody has the right to dictate to me who I am or ought to be.
Top Lyric: "This is the best thing that could've happened, any longer, and I wouldn't have made it..."
Anyways, I apologize for the overshare, but I hope you enjoyed this weeks Oldie But A Goodie! If you have any suggestions, do please let me know!
If you know me even in the most passing manner, you'll know my deep love for the Finnish band HIM. I've two HIM tattoos, such is my love for them. They saved my life. Your friendly redheaded blogger here, was a deeply unhappy teenager, and this band eased that.
I'm delving into the archives here, for the first ever HIM song I heard, which I fell in love with. I still remember asking my friend Emma to burn me a CD of HIM songs, and when she handed it to me in school I was absolutely ecstatic. It went on my iPod immediately and is probably still there if I'm honest.
I give you that song... Wings Of A Butterfly.
I don't have a top lyric for this song for a couple of reasons. One, it's a very simple song, very melodic. It's also such a meaningful song for me that I want it to stand on it's own.
Have you any songs which have a deep meaning for you personally? Feel free to share if you want!
I'm going to apologize now, because I know even as I write this, most weeks, this is going to be a post of relatively heavy rock music. I am aware I am going to alienate a lot of readers, but I can't help myself, this is so fun for me, rediscovering bands I had forgotten about. Like this one....
Some weeks back I was in Tower Records with Dex, and he mentioned Stone Sour, after confusing them with another band, and since then I'm rediscovering them in a big way. Stone Sour are a side project of Slipknot, which were one of my favorite bands, back in the day... Not so much now.
I give you.... 30/30-150
Top Lyric: "I don't wanna have it all, I just wanna have enough...."
I can't believe I forgot about this band, honestly, they're great. I've been listening back and recalling some great memories, which I think is what I want this segment to be about.
I've been getting into the music I used to adore as a teenager again, rediscovering old loves, and so I thought maybe I might share it with you all... I was a massive rocker in my mid to late teens, and lately I've been harking back to the old days, pining for my youth if you will!
Today I'm bringing you some absolute gold from the behemoths that are... Green Day!
Here's the title track from American Idiot, the first album I owned by them, and probably one of my favorites, though I do own the whole back catalog...
Top Lyric: "Everything isn't meant to be okay..."
I absolutely adored Green Day as a teenager, they were upbeat but punchy and I found they heavily influenced my style. My friend at the time was a huge fan of them, and she was a little bit in love with Billie Joe Armstrong, the frontman. I can't say even now that I disagree, he was pretty charismatic back in the day.
Oldie But A Goodie is going to be a weekly thing, I hope, so please keep your eyes peeled for more of these in the future!
