OK, So my sister has 'tagged' me to this Meme (I'm not sure what Meme stands for) so I feel inclined to play along.
Music has played a part in my life. music was an emotional tool I used to to chill out, to motivate me, to change negative energy into a positive.
So from what I've read I have to pick 3 Bands 3 Lyrics and 3 Songs which move me.....
I cannot pick 3 bands but 3 albums.
1, Oasis Definitely Maybe - they had my focus throughout my teens, their albums had every thing, they could rock it up (Cigarettes & Alcohol) when I needed or the mood took me but they could also lay it down, tell it like it is (slide away) but best of all some of the songs tell random stories just for a laugh (Digsy's Dinner)
2, Red Hot Chilly Peppers - By The Way. the best album I have ever purchased. It has every thing, just like Definitely Maybe, it has the uplifting track like Zephyr Song which starts with the line 'Can I get your hand to bite on'.
There are also the Ballads, the declaration of love a way which only the chilly peppers could do it. I Could Die For You - 'What I really want to do is turn it in to motion beauty that I can abuse'. But the song from the album which I keep going back to time and time again is quite sedate. I'm not even sure what the song refers to but it mellows my mood, "the Californian sky's got room to spare, This is my time, this is my tear" Next time you pick up this album skip to track 12 - Tear, sit back, close your eyes and drift away!
Finally Album Number 3....
there are so many I could choose and on another day I might have taken a different view my 3rd and final album would have to be Newton Faulkner's Hand Built By Robots.
For me it is the best chill out album, for some it could seem a tad depressing - "I need something to believe in cos I don't believe in myself" but as the 3rd track on the album strolls on it uplifts for me Newton is putting out there what he wants rather than the things he wants to avoid.
The track on the album which scream out to me is 'Uncomfortably Slow' for me its about being alone when no-one else understands were your at or what you need to move on. There are a few lyrics in this song I can relate to, "don't take my photograph, Cos I don't wanna know how it looks to feel like this" and I'm holding up the cue because my ticket wont go through, I know it should be simple but it's not"
Listening to this album is like watching the singer go through every emotion available..
"I brace myself to hear the lies I wonder if they know that I don't get the jokes, but I just need to laugh"
The song is about him realising that things need to change but despite this he realises that he is moving forward just very slowly.
There are more joy full songs like 'People Should Smile More' just Newton the sun shining and his guitar the perfect summer chill out track.
and finally the track that sums up my life would be Ageing Superhero. "The ageing superhero in me is tired, because he's lived too fast for too long and he still longs to be inspired"
Perfect.
