wear me like a locket around your throat

ok, so i already technically made a valentine's day post, but that was just because i thought that cobra video was so cute. this is my real v-day post, featuring one of my favorite love songs ever. well, it's not technically a love song, per se, but it's a song about love and i think it's amazing. it's from hedwig and the angry inch, which, if you haven't seen, i cannot recommend highly enough. the story of the song is based off aristophanes's speech from plato's symposium, which begins...

Mankind, he said, judging by their neglect of him, have never, as I think, at all understood the power of Love. For if they had understood him they would surely have built noble temples and altars, and offered solemn sacrifices in his honor; but this is not done, and most certainly ought to be done: since of all the gods he is the best friend of men, the helper and the healer of the ills which are the great impediment to the happiness of the race.

the origin of love.

and because i love it: rufus wainwright - the origin of love

[while i'm pimping hedwig, here's another of my favorite clips from the movie: wig in a box (it's funnn!)]

i didn't know sia had a new album out, but i downloaded it last night and i'm just now listening to it and i think it's fabulous.

here, have a song: sia - academia (feat. beck)

( i seriously love the lyrics. )

i know, i'm spammy as hell today, sorry.

but oh my fucking god, i am dead by blake fucking lewis, ok?

blake lewis - break another

THAT IS THE CRAZIEST SHIT EVER. AND BY CRAZIEST I MEAN MOST AMAZING.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

i was tagged by likespring, and never let it be said that i am not obedient.

List your favorite 7 songs of the moment. No matter their genre, if they have lyrics or not, or if they downright suck, as long as they're your favorite songs right now and that they're the soundtrack of your summer. Then tag 7 other people to know what they're listening to.

01. esthero - wikked lil grrrls
i just recently discoverd my love for esthero, and it is vast. this song is currently on my myspace if you'd like to try before you download oh noes buy.

[and here's the album which i uploaded for ren, because it's rad. ♥]

02. butch walker - cigarette lighter love song
this is actually a marvelous 3 song, but i LOVE this live solo version. it's such a hurt-y kind of song but it's beautiful. one of the things i love about butch is that his lyrics are always so grounded in reality, you know? it's not just a bunch of pretty metaphors. "and my lips are raw as hell, from biting on them just to stay awake. it's not like i'm gonna need 'em, you won't be around to see them bleed and break." gah. if you take anything in this post, take this.

03. jordin sparks - tattoo
the first time i heard this, i was completely unimpressed, like...that's it? but it's grown on me SO MUCH and now i love it and listen to it all the time. plus it makes me think of my divas, so that's super shibby! ♥ ∞

04. the academy is... - classifieds
maybe my favorite TAI song? i don't know, it's definitely in my top 5. this song reminds me ridiculously of blake, coming off idol and getting into the music business, and the way fans have always been so quick to jump on his ass for any perceived bad behavior. "i'm not the type to forget about nights like this when every single move that i make is documented and scored for style points; the once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun...and if i die in my sleep, are you still willing to be everything you promised you would be?"

05. cobra starship - it's warmer in the basement
because is there anyone who DOESN'T like incredibly creepy songs about locking a girl you like up in your basement until she loves you? and hey, did i mention that gabe saporta touched my face one time? mwahahaha. seriously, this song is so fun, tho.

06. jack's mannequin - i'm ready
this song has been a favorite for a while. it's just...i don't know! it makes me happy. that's enough, right?

07. peter bjorn and john - young folks (.m4a)
i think i'm probably superlate to this particular bandwagon, but i just downloaded this yesterday and i. love. it.

i tag EVERYONE EVER. give me new music plz!

omggggg, i am madly in love with the new p!atd song! ♥ here, have it!

panic! at the disco - middle of summer

have this one, too! i don't love it as much but it's super catchy.

panic! at the disco - nine in the afternoon

and here, have some covers by them, too, because yes. if nothing else, take the first one, it's super fucking rad.

the weight (the band)
round here (counting crows)
maneater (nelly furtado)

so anasuede tagged me for this, and i am nothing if not obedient. plus, i haven't pimped any music in here for ages, which is sad because i used to post music recs all the damn time.

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

apologize - onerepublic (and the timbaland remix). i just recently got randomly obsessed with onerepublic after discovering blake is working with their lead singer and some stoned guy. go check them out on myspace, they're already huge and they haven't even released an album yet. i lovelovelove them.

she will be loved/with or without you - blake lewis. i just love this SO much. it's so fucking pretty and "she will be loved" never struck me as a particularly sweet song until blake sang it. and now i hear it and i melt.

round here - brendon urie. a live counting crows cover that i'd never heard (the cover, i mean, of course i'd heard the original) until jovi played it in the car last weekend. and now i'm in love with it. it's so emotional and awesome and OH BRENDON URIE. ♥ ♥ ♥

mary sunshine - reefer madness. SO FUN OMG. in case you missed it, i uploaded the movie last night; GO DOWNLOAD IT BETCHES. this song is just scandalous and rad.

bang the doldrums - fall out boy. this will never not be stuck in my head. i just love it. and it's a total cake song. and the line "this is a love song in my own way; happily-ever-after, below the waist" is made of so much win. i really fucking love fall out boy, you guys. like, so much. so much.

(so much.)

send my love to the dancefloor, i'll see you in hell (hey mr. dj) - cobra starship. i don't know, i blame gabe saporta. this song is just so fun to dance to, and the video is super rad, and gabe saporta touched my face one time, i don't know if i've ever mentioned that? (but talking about it? still not old.)

chivas - kelly clarkson. the hidden track on her new album, which i've listened to excessively, to the exclusion of the rest of it. idk, i just really adore this song. it's so simple and she sounds amazing.

the new TAI... vid makes me happy. in the pants and elsewhere. THEY ARE SO SHINYYYYY.

WENTZCAMEO FTW!

ok.

BUTCH WALKER.

i promised a butch spam (and morallygray said i needed to post it, and she is the boss of me), so here i go.

bandslash people, you should check this out because he is of course totally connected to the FBR peeps, having produced santi and guested on infinity on high and for just being generally the best ever. he is like...the awesome uncle of the scene or something.

singer/songwriter-loving people, you should check this out because butch is one, and he's fucking amazing.

music-enjoying people in general, you should check this out, because butch is made of win. WIN.



( i see him look at you and speak with such eloquence )

i probably forgot some stuff i meant to include, so there may be a follow-up post if anyone's interested. WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD BE OK?

maroon 5's new single, anyone?

makes me wonder

it's different. i think i like it.

god, friday night lights was so fucking good tonight. i can't even talk about it, other than TYRA! LANDRY! TIM RIGGINS! JASON STREET! ETC! (also, i'm the only person in the world who doesn't really care about matt/julie. oops.)

also - blake was safe! \o/ haha, fuck you, dialidol.

p.s.
SO PRETTY OMG.

i saw this butch walker concert video a long-ass time ago, and then i forgot about it, and then i came across it again tonight while attempting to opine on american idol, and i watched it again, and it just fucking breaks me.

if you have, i don't know, ears, or eyes, or a heart, just watch this.

he is utter love.