Certain Songs: Coachella 2009: First Impressions

Coachella 2009: First Impressions

Sooo...my picture didn't come out very well. If you still haven't seen the lineup, you can check it out here:

http://www.coachella.com/event/lineup

And I have to preface my comments with this little bit of full disclosure. I am 100% NOT OBJECTIVE when it comes to this festival. I love it with all of my heart. This will be my fifth year trekking out to California from Ohio, and I don't plan on missing one as long as I am upright and able. So, with that being said, I love this lineup. It's just a beautiful mesh of new and old.

Upon first glance, here are some moments I can't wait for:

- Seeing my favorite band, The Hold Steady, in my favorite place on earth!

- Beirut at Sunset on Friday night!

- Paul McCartney

- Public Enemy...i don't care how old Chuk D is or how many bat dating reality shows Flav does...I still love them.

- Leonard Cohen

- My Bloody Valentine and The Cure to close things out on Sunday night!

Only 77 long days away :-)

* The Hold Steady - 'Your Little Hoodrat Friend'

* Beirut - 'Nantes'

* The Beatles - 'Yesterday'

* Public Enemy - 'Don't Believe The Hype'

* Leonard Cohen - 'Hallelujah'

* The Cure - 'Pictures Of You'

* My Bloody Valentine - 'To Here Knows When'

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2 Response to "Coachella 2009: First Impressions"

Anonymous Says: January 30, 2009 at 3:45 PM

It's gonna be a great year for sure. - AndyOutbreak

Blair Says: January 30, 2009 at 3:48 PM

We will have to exchange nubmers when the blessed event gets closer...beers on my before the Hold Steady set Friday night!
- Blair

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...or my email is anyway! Hey, it's me Blair...the Certain Songs staff of one. I just do this for the love of the music and am in no way trying to rip anybody off, so if you are an artist or a record label and you are not happy that I am promoting your music, or you want me to take a song down, just shoot me an email and I will most definitely oblige.

And please support the artists I post here in whatever way you can if you do download a song...go to a show, buy some merch, buy an album...these songs are the soundtrack to my life and I just love to share them. But I can only do that if the insanely talented artist responsible for said songs are able to eat.

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Kids out on the east coast.
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Got coaxed out by a certain perfect ratio.
Of warm beer to the summer smoke.
And the meat loaf to the billy joel.
Certain songs they get so scratched into our souls.

She goes low on the seats when she gets high in her car.
She looks shallow but shes neck deep in the steamy dreams of the guys along the harbor bars.
She's pulling out her shirttails and jacking up her socks.
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It's only the good die young.
C-9 is for the making eyes.
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D4 is for the lovers.
B12 is for the speeders.
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Ellen Foley gives us hope.
Certain songs they get scratched into our souls.

I guess you're old enough to know.
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Screwing in the surf and going out to shows.
They get high and ride around in gtos.
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