Artist: Scars On Broadway
Song: Chemicals
Album: Scars On Broadway
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Why this song is awesome:
It’s hard to imagine that Daron wasn’t on some sort of hallucinogen when he wrote this song. There’s only one way to describe how he sounds as he sings/gargles Like we were LOVAAARRRRRSSSSS, which is deranged. But it’s a delightful kind of deranged. Like a serial killer with the personality of Ellen DeGeneres.
Best lyric:
“I grabbed your ass under the covers.”
Band: Foxy Shazam
Song: Wanna-be Angel
Album: Foxy Shazam
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Why this song is awesome:
If Evil Knievel had become a frontman instead of a stuntman, this would be his band. Everything about it makes me happy and energized, like diving naked into a pool of chilled Jell-o.
It doesn’t hurt that the lyrics make me feel like I’m not the only metrosexual-leaning male who’s felt a little petulant at the world:
I want my fans to think I’m so punk rock and roll / But all you hipsters say I’m gay / Well I’m not gay at all!
I honestly dare you not to listen to Eric sing his lines and not smile. Double dog, if necessary.
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BONUS LIVE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onzg5sgiy1c (Wait ‘til about 2:00 and you will be handsomely rewarded by the best stage banter ever)
Band: Tub Ring
Song: Seven Exodus
Album: The Great Filter
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Why this song is awesome:
The great thing about Tub Ring is that you never have to be in a particular mood to listen to them. They do tons of different genres, but my favourites are always the songs like this which I can’t bloody classify.
Listening to “Seven Exodus” like being in an Asian supermarket. Sure, they carry everything that a normal supermarket does. But they also have that one weird jar of grey mush labeled “Pickled Snake Head Fish” that contains 200% of your daily recommended Vitamin R. You spend a few minutes trying to decide what the hell it is, before realizing the sheer weirdness of it is what makes it fun.
The lyrics are also a pretty interesting and accurate way to describe how we chew up and spit out big media personalities. The song could have been called ‘Perez Hilton’ and it would still make total sense to me.
You came at last, you gave a face to all the media that left us quite aghast / And you filled a void, and your musings filled the broadcast air for all to be enjoyed /Soon we all were moving on/ One last look and you were gone/ Your future may hold many things, but all of us we’re through with you.
Band: DeVotchKa
Song: Such a Lovely Thing
Album: How It Ends
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Why this song is awesome:
If you don’t have any Eastern European family, you’re really missing out. No other set of people on Earth can put away as much vodka and deli meats as they. It’s a sight to behold.
When these Eastern Euros get all hopped up on sodium and booze, they pick up instruments. It’s amazing how many of them just happen to know the mandolin.
Before you know it, there’s a circle of gypsies around you, singing, dancing, spinning and sweating profusely. You desperately try to hold onto your hat while they desperately trying to get a hold of your wallet. It’s a fun time.
Chances are, you don’t have Euro relatives like this, and so you need to listen to DeVotchKa’s song “Such a Lovely Thing”. It’s the closest thing to being in a middle-of-nowhere Ukranian barn full of old toothless people ready to throw down. Just grab a kielbasa, a bottle of Russian Prince, and you’re all set.
The lyrics are A+ too.
You’re such a lovely thing/ But there is ice forming/ Upon your pretty wings/ What are you protecting?/ I’ll give you everything/ And you could wear this ring/ But you only love me when I’m leaving
