So much music.
On my current favorite playlist:
Stephanie id - Cold, Cold
Heard this at the Banff Mtn. Film Festival watching a short clip called The Red Helmet. Best pic of the night. A young boy finds inspiration and courage in a red helmet he finds in a forest. The film shows 4-5 adventurers, each wearing the red helmet, as they climb over, launch off and ride between mountain tops; all seen through the eyes of the boy as he wears the red helmet. Sweet beat.
The Getaway People - There She Goes
A total booty-shaking-with-your-girlfriend number, dancing barefoot, drinking wine getting ready to go out and checking the mirror to see how your jeans look on your ass when you dance.
The Whipsaws - Coming Home
Super laid-back, a little country, a little banjo, a little violin - something you'd put on driving away from a trip to the mountains with friends, heading home, your head filled with reflections from the weekend and the pleasure of being alone on the open road.
John Legend (w/Andre 3000) - Green Light
Gary Radnich plays a snippet from this song to open his sports talk show on KNBR and after hearing it 2-3x I had to track it down. Super smooth, super chill but with undeniable finger-tapping, head bobbing persuasion. I'd play this at my imaginary dance party where I'd be the DJ. (Sort of a distant fantasy of mine.)
Close Your Eyes - Young Love
Agh, so busted for pulling this from a Scrubs episode. You know the episodes where they show a montage of everyone in the midst of their individual problems and how they're each grappling with the same issue and they play some great harmonizing tune in the background that sounds familiar but not quite. That's this song. It's nothing revolutionary, just simple guitar, simple chords, simple words. It reminds me of The Cary Brothers.
Guarantee - Flo Rida (w/Akon)
The scene: Me and my sister trying on clothes dancing around my room thinking how great it would be if we lived closer and could bounce over to each other's apartment, share clothes, make-up, cocktails and crank up the dance tunes.
Anything by Girl Talk
Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis) mixes no less than 10 or so samples in each of his songs running the gamut from old school to new wave, hip hop to pop. One of my faves, Bounce That, samples from The Breeders, LCD Soundsystem, The Emotions, Britney Spears, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Elastica and Ciara. When Winwood's "Valerie" kicks in for a few seconds you're transported back to the 1980's and your sweet tape collection that melted in the family station wagon one summer trip to the shore. Bummer.
Stephanie id - Cold, Cold
Heard this at the Banff Mtn. Film Festival watching a short clip called The Red Helmet. Best pic of the night. A young boy finds inspiration and courage in a red helmet he finds in a forest. The film shows 4-5 adventurers, each wearing the red helmet, as they climb over, launch off and ride between mountain tops; all seen through the eyes of the boy as he wears the red helmet. Sweet beat.
The Getaway People - There She Goes
A total booty-shaking-with-your-girlfriend number, dancing barefoot, drinking wine getting ready to go out and checking the mirror to see how your jeans look on your ass when you dance.
The Whipsaws - Coming Home
Super laid-back, a little country, a little banjo, a little violin - something you'd put on driving away from a trip to the mountains with friends, heading home, your head filled with reflections from the weekend and the pleasure of being alone on the open road.
John Legend (w/Andre 3000) - Green Light
Gary Radnich plays a snippet from this song to open his sports talk show on KNBR and after hearing it 2-3x I had to track it down. Super smooth, super chill but with undeniable finger-tapping, head bobbing persuasion. I'd play this at my imaginary dance party where I'd be the DJ. (Sort of a distant fantasy of mine.)
Close Your Eyes - Young Love
Agh, so busted for pulling this from a Scrubs episode. You know the episodes where they show a montage of everyone in the midst of their individual problems and how they're each grappling with the same issue and they play some great harmonizing tune in the background that sounds familiar but not quite. That's this song. It's nothing revolutionary, just simple guitar, simple chords, simple words. It reminds me of The Cary Brothers.
Guarantee - Flo Rida (w/Akon)
The scene: Me and my sister trying on clothes dancing around my room thinking how great it would be if we lived closer and could bounce over to each other's apartment, share clothes, make-up, cocktails and crank up the dance tunes.
Anything by Girl Talk
Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis) mixes no less than 10 or so samples in each of his songs running the gamut from old school to new wave, hip hop to pop. One of my faves, Bounce That, samples from The Breeders, LCD Soundsystem, The Emotions, Britney Spears, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Elastica and Ciara. When Winwood's "Valerie" kicks in for a few seconds you're transported back to the 1980's and your sweet tape collection that melted in the family station wagon one summer trip to the shore. Bummer.
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