Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.
- Lester Bangs
What...was Dave Matthews booked? Jack Johnson headlining a night at Coachella? When did the frat party pop in Indio? A horrible miscalculation by the Goldenvoice braintrust...check out the official "Fuck You Jack Johnson" thread here:
But I never leave Coachella talking about the headliners anyway...there is always some band in the middle of the day that blows me away out of nowhere...so here is a band called 120 days that I am really looking forward to checking out...very dark and synthy...way cool.
Coachella is squarely in my sites now...in an attempt to amuse myself and pass the time until my musical Mecca opens its doors, i will post a song or video from a band who will be playing in Indio...every day until that glorious weekend in April.
This week's honorees are 'Teddybears', a three piece Stockholm band featuring Patrik Arve, Joakim Åhlund, and Klas Åhlund. With all of the amazing acts I saw at Coachella in 2007, these guys are the ones I am still thinking about all these months later. If you ever get a chance to take in a show, DO IT.
Playing their unique mashed up style of music while flashing classic scenes from classic films(with giant Teddybear heads superimposed on some of the characters) displayed an a huge screen behind the band. And at the show I saw the entire band wore the giant teddybear masks for the entire set...that is dedication.
This song, 'Punkrocker' features Iggy Pop on vocals and is featured on last year's 'Soft Machine'
...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.
I also love hearing new stuff...so any submissions can also be sent to my email, I will try my bestest to listen to everything and get back to you all...peace,love,rock n' roll.
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I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the east coast. Roughly twenty years old. 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. Stern and stoned and confident, coming up towards the jukebox. Born into the only songs that everybody finally sings along. B-1 is for the good girls. It's only the good die young. C-9 is for the making eyes. It's paradise by the dashboard light. D4 is for the lovers. B12 is for the speeders. And the hard drugs are for the bartenders and the kitchen workers and the bartender's friends. And they're playing it again. Ellen Foley gives us hope. Certain songs they get scratched into our souls.
I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the west coast are taking off their clothes. Screwing in the surf and going out to shows. They get high and ride around in gtos. I guess you're old enough to know. CERTAIN SONGS THEY GET SCRATCHED INTO OUR SOULS. - The Hold Steady
