Phew. I can be proud of my taste in music again.

[logansrogue]

For the longest time I secretly replayed the iTunes ad featuring Coldplay's song Viva la what-the-fuck-ever in my head because the chord progression, melody and arrangement amused my mind and I found it very pretty. I felt bad though, cause I really can't stand Coldplay. I'm far more of a Moby fan, ya know? I know a wanker when I see one. I mean, who writes a song about St. Peter thinking your awesome? The very height of wankery.

I went on a mighty long train of discovery on Youtube today.

First I found out that in 2007, a band called Creaky Boards did a song called "The Songs I Didn't Write." Kinda ironic.

Creaky Boards put out a video showing the similarities between their song and Viva La Vida. Now, I gotta say, "The Songs I Didn't Write" is definitely the superior song out of the two, because it actually *goes* somewhere. It's not the same four fucking chords repeated OVER and OVER again. It's inventive at least. I can dig that shit.

But I kept noticing that people were referencing Satriani. Now, I respect good ol' Joe, I'm down with his groove. I'm not a huge fan but I know talent when I see it. So I listen to his song that he was talking about suing over, "If I Could Fly." Now, I'd feel much better about listening to Satriani than I would Coldplay, but I'm not a huge 'guitar' band fan, I miss the vocals, being a vocalist myself.

Then I hit upon a video of Cat Stevens' song "Heaven", which sounded like the step before If I Could Fly. It all suddenly made sense to me and all was right with the world. It was like lining up a puzzle piece and dropping it in the last hole, or looking at those optical illusion drawings and from seeing a vase, suddenly seeing two faces in profile.

Of COURSE I liked this song, if Cat fucking Stevens wrote it. I dig that Muslim son of a bitch like nobody's business. Relief is hardly the word to begin to describe the elation I felt.

So fuck you Coldplay, I'm gonna listen to more Cat cause that man is awesome.

Comments

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

lol You're funny. But I'm not a musician. I can't sing worth shit and I know nothing of chords or what have you. I was an English major at one time, and as a result I go apeshit over lyrics though. I think that's why I like Van Morrison and the Killers so much. And why I don't get a lot of the more modern music. Some of it I do get, but I come at it at a different perspective than most.

I always wish I could hear music the way you do. My sister is like you. She's a musician. My daughter is like that too. She's learning the guitar. :)

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

It can be a curse though. Cause a simple song that brings some people a lot of joy usually sends me into conniptions because it reminds me too much of something else that's come before. Take Oasis. A more contrived bunch of tosspots you couldn't find. Except the whole world was losing their shit over them and I'm like, "Is nobody hearing the unoriginality BUT ME?!"

I like the oddest things sometimes, though. Britney Spears later works are actually really interesting, but that's mainly the work of the studio behind her rather than anything she's done. I'd like to know who's behind her arrangement and who writes her songs, cause I really loved some of the synth work in the background on Blackout.

Point being, it's like knowing how they make a hamburger. Sometimes it's better you not know how they kill the cow.

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Actually, I *do* hear the unoriginality in Oasis. I kind of like it in that "homage" sense of it. I don't get their insane popularity, but I do enjoy their music. Not enough to pay for it. lol Or listen to it every day.

The lack of solid lyrics is why I can't listen to Britney Spears. I don't actually mind it as background music, because, as you said, it sounds great. But ... UGH.

When there's good lyrics, I could listen to a song over and over and over again. When there's good lyrics and a killer melody and whatever you musically technicals call it, I could die. lol

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I think her lyrics suck because she writes them. People edit them, obviously, but she writes them. I mean, Womanizer is horribly repetitive but I don't know why, I just like it. It's like a trashy romance novel. I just love how she's asserting her own power through this song after all the shit she's been through. There's a sparkle in her eyes again and I can't begrudge her that. Technically the song isn't brilliant, though.

[zzzzsleep.livejournal.com]

Try and find a copy of Tripod's "Oasis Medley"...

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know they did that!! I'll have to, I like Tripod!

[zebeckras.livejournal.com]

LOL, that was a lengthy search you went on. XD I had a feeling the song was more derivative than it seemed to me, but it's such a recreation for Coldplay (it totally revitalized my interest in the band) and I chalked it up to whatsisface who produced the album. Geffen or whoever it was. I totally love that song though and I don't think anything can stop me from that. ^_~

Only thing I have to mention is that the St. Peter thing is the exact opposite of what you wrote: the lyric is "I know St. Peter won't call my name". Chris Martin actually described it in an interview as something like "it's, you know... I've been a bad boy, no heaven for me" or something so I give you total permission to continue to think he's an ass without my thinking you're full of it or anything like that. ;D

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I must have misheard that lyric then.

Hey shit, if a song makes you happy, listen to it! God, my ex-boyfriend Paul liked Michael Bolton for God's sakes. LOL!

I have to say, I tolerate Coldplay far more than Michael Bolton though.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I wanted to apologise for the shortness of my response. I'm still recovering from my migraine so detailed conversation is a bit of a challenge for me at the moment. *sigh*

[http://users.livejournal.com/lothar_/]

I like Moby's earlier stuff more than his new material, but sentiment shared nonetheless.

[sir-devans.livejournal.com]

Honestly I would have thought you would have liked a song for a songs sake, not because of who wrote/performed it.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I do. I like the song as it was originally written, by Cat Stevens. I don't tend to dig song regurgitators.