some more Rock Band blather

[austin_tycho]

If I sing something on Rock Band, I'll then go download the song if I don't already have it. Because why not? Some songs I can't find at all (Pleymo's "New Wave", though I admit I haven't looked very hard; it's French rap and I just mumbled my way through it) and some I don't really warm up to, like "Welcome to the Neighborhood" (the Libyans) and "Rockaway Beach" (the Ramones).

Some I have a split reaction to. I have always hated the song "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains but that was just a fucking terrifically fun song to sing. It's been competing for space in my head with "Sorrow" by Bad Religion for the last several days; I woke up with both of them in my head this morning. "Sorrow" was a great song to sing. I love how it starts off sounding like a Police song, then veers off and becomes something completely different. Who are those guys? *trots off to Wikipedia* It's a little embarrasing to be introduced to bands via a video game, but I think I want to go find the cd that song's on and give it a listen.

Comments

[octos.livejournal.com]

How long have we been married? I have a bunch of Bad Religion stuff you can borrow and listen to. You'll have to sit and listen to some of my favorites tonight.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

But that goes against our established M.O. of hating each other's stuff! I suppose I can make an exception this once. Just don't play me that 21st Century Digital Boy song; I hate that one.

[octos.livejournal.com]

No worries. It's an ok song, but they have much better stuff.

You aren't familiar w/Bad Religion????

[longshot14.livejournal.com]

From memory ;) -

I had a friend who kept a candle in his pocket,
He used to touch it when the wind was blowing high.
I guess it made him feel like he could buck the system,
And when it flickered out we laid him down to die.

Turn on the light,
Turn on a million blinding brilliant white incendiary lights,
A beacon in the night,
I'll burn relentlessly until my juice runs dry.

And I'll construct a rack of tempered beams and trusses,
And equipped with just a million tiny suns,
I'll install upon the roof of my compartment
And place tinfoil on the floor and on the walls,
Then I'll...

[chorus]

And I'll burn like a Roman fucking candle,
Burn like a chasm in the night,
Burn for a miniscule duration,
Ecstatic immolation, incorrigible delight...

Bad Religion is *only* the most literate punk band you'll ever hear :)

Here's another one ;) -

Flying through a dark prismatic tunnel on a carousel,
The Earth is turning and you know it very well.
Your mind is reeling like ten helicopters wheeling
And you're gonna hit the ceiling like a mallet on a bell!

Hey Blenderhead, they're starting to ask questions,
Your transgression's a danger flashing sign
Challenge conventions and radiate your splendor
And feel those flywheels churn your blender...
...head...

Tally up the gleaming vendor ventured on a wishing-well
Each shining trinket has a story it can tell
Your moment's winding like those tales all intertwining,
Can become the rusted lining of a deep and blasted shell!

Hey Blenderhead, you ask so many questions,
Your confusion's a life-affirming sign.
Break from tradition and carry on with valor,
And feel those flywheels churn your blender...
...head...


IlovethemSOMUCH!!! :D

[in-quinecorners.livejournal.com]

That's OK. For the longest time I was only vaguely familiar with Bad Religion; I had had Stranger Than Fiction for a while before I lost it, and I knew and enjoyed some of their modern rock radio hits well enough, but I didn't really have a strong opinion about them. That all changed after I went in search of their song "You" which I first heard in, you guessed it, a video game (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2). So the moral of the story is, video games can be an excellent place to discover music.

"Sorrow" is awfully damn catchy, even for a Bad Religion song, which is saying a lot. Good choice for the first song in Rock Band from them, Harmonix.