Damn right.
1. Okkervil River - "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe"
Because what would summer be without terrible movies? I saw the new Indiana Jones a few nights ago, and it was suitably awful. Imagine Cate Blanchett slipping in and out of a bad Russian accent for two hours, and a climax that involves intra-dimensional space aliens. But as bad as it was, I enjoyed the hell out of it, because as Austin band Okkervil River point out in this song, if life's a movie, it's a boring, bland, and bad one. So for the summer we can put up with bombastic premises, silly plots, and laughable performances on the screen, because it's hard to find them anywhere else.
2. The Field - "Everday"
Because when my friend Alex and I were talking about ecstasy while driving in my car, he remarked, "I just associate doing drugs with this one moment in that song by The Field," and scrolled on my iPod to about the 2:30 mark on this track. He's absolutely right--this entire song sounds like doing interesting drugs. And what would summer be without interesting drugs?
3. The Magnetic Fields - "100,000 Fireflies"
Because I got a mandolin, and I play it all the time. I recorded a video of myself playing "Elephant Gun" on it and posted it on Fran's facebook wall. If you watch it, don't judge my singing too harshly--I had just woke up. Here's a picture of my friend Carl playing it in a park in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Not pictured: the stream by his feet, the mugginess of the air, the sixer of expensive beer with which we passed the afternoon. I chose this Mag Fields song for the opening and closing lines of the lyrics:
"I have a mandolin,
I play it all night long.
It makes me want to kill myself.
"Why do we still live here,
In this repulsive town?
All our friends are in New York.
Yeah.
4. Bun B [feat. Lil Wayne] - "Damn I'm Cold"
Because summer is the best time for dirty South hip-hop, and Weezy and Bun B both kill on this fabulous beat. If you listen to this a few times, don't be surprised if you find yourself mouthing the title lyrics after you roll out of bed past noon to greet another idle day.
Happy summer.
1 comments:
yoooo doood..i know this is in an earlier post. but do you have a link (rapidshare or whatnot) to get the volume one album from she and him, i had no idea that zooey came out with an album. i'm actually kind of embarrassed i didn't know. i'm pretty much obsessed with her.
zaach
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