No One's Gonna Love You

Band of Horses : No One's Gonna Love You
"Anything to make you smile, you are the ever-living ghost of what once was."



Holy hell batman, I'm obsessed with the subtle sweetness tucked inside this song! I heard it a long time ago, but I just recently found this song again, and it took on an entirely new meaning to me.

"No one is ever gonna love you more than I do."


A line that I think we can all relate to if we've felt as though we've found the happy to our days - the half that made you whole. You can declare it with such sureness, and I think that's a beautiful thing. It's no coincidence that a similar lyric also appears in one of my favorite songs of all time - Yeah Yeah Yeah's : Maps. Karen Oh opens her mouth and speaks with a shake, "Wait, they don't love you like I love you." It's that positivity that I think makes love, love. You know that no other human is capable of admiring in detail the same human being as you. The way their mouth looks when they talk, how they smell, their weird little flaw that you couldn't be more obsessed with. It's in those details of knowing, REALLY knowing someone inside and out, that makes you positive that truly, no one could ever love this person more than you do.

I think this song is simply trying to state just that. The lead singer wasn't there for all of his girlfriend's past relationships, but he can bet his life that none of them came close to experiencing the love that they have in their relationship. Not even close. Also, that egocentric attitude that two people madly, insanely, head over heels in love feels: No two people have ever loved each other more passionately than them. As humans we have and will always be very egocentric. When we watch a movie, read a book, or listen to a song, we immediately try to compare it to our lives. If there are a few similarities, you think you are them. How many stupid couples have you heard say, "OMG the Notebook is so us, baby!!!" It's just human instinct to assume every thing is about us. However, that egocentric attitude given to a couple in love, makes it feel like it's them against the world. They are certain no couple has ever felt more in love than them. Kinda Romeo and Juliet-ish nishhhh, but I think it's cute that myself along with probably tons of other couples think that they will go down in history for loving each other more than any human being has ever loved before.

Everything Alice Glass

This last weekend my boyfriend and I drove to Toronto to Alice Glass's hometown to see her band "Crystal Castles" play at the Sound Academy. It was by far one of the best experiences of my entire life.

I found out about Crystal Castles back in August, and I have been IN LOVE with them ever since. Not only is the music absolutely amazing in my opinion, but there is something about Alice Glass that leaves me craving more. She is quite blunt, and that's an understatement. If she is crowd surfing during one of her shows, and someone gets a little too touchy, she WILL knock you out. She may wear her grandmother's skirt and ripped tights, but she's anything but sweet and girly. She's pretty extreme compared to my other idol Audrey Hepburn, but somehow she has managed to fascinate me with almost everything she does.

My boyfriend knows about my obsession with Crystal Castles, so he surprised me on my birthday with a t-shirt, and that's how this experience began.

Now one of my favorite t-shirts, he gave this to me on my birthday, along with tickets to go see them in Toronto on April 3rd. Best birthday present....ever!

The show was absolutely amazing. We pushed and shoved our way to the second row, which was a miracle in itself. It was definitely a sold out show, surrounded by hipsters, unfortunately. The music was so loud that it became one with your heart beat. Alice came out with a crutch since she broke her left ankle, but she was still throwing herself all over the stage. She played all of my favorites- Celestica, Courtship Dating, Baptism, and then some. I didn't even care if I couldn't breathe during the entire set, it was still pretty amazing that I was within 8 feet from someone I've been dying to meet since I've found out about this band.

The only downfall was getting out of the venue when the music stopped. I felt like we were being treated like cattle... it was horrible! Hundreds of people on God knows what all pushing their way to the door, with no security guards in sight. It took about 40 minutes before we reached the door. When we walked outside we saw the security guards grilling.... ?!??!?!!? REALLY Canada?! I know you are all happy-go-lucky and everything, but I think we could've used your help in there. Regardless, I'll never forget that night, and I'm so so thankful my boyfriend took me there to see them play.

Here are the pictures I managed to take:

And here are the pictures taken from that show that I found online:

This is a music blog, so I'm going to post some of my favorite songs by Crystal Castles. "Celestica" has managed to make itself my number one favorite song of all time. It's beautiful and eerie, and everything in between. Her voice which is usually out of control, is peacefully perfect as she sings, "Follow me into nowhere, woven with the utmost care." If there was ever one song, one band, I would try to get you to research and give a try, it would be this band... and especially their song "Celestica."

Other than "Celestica"... Crystal Castles isn't really "easy listening." A lot of people are annoyed by their music, and I guess I'll let Alice say it best---

"Annoying people still evokes an emotion in them. When you hear a bunch of crazy sounds you’re gonna feel something." -Alice Glass

Daydreaming

Dark Dark Dark : Daydreaming
"Oh if you knew what it meant to me, you would see, too."






First of all, this song is amazing, so listen to it. Of course I'm going to say it is another song that reminds me of traveling and ..yup, you guessed it.. Tennessee. BUT this blog is going to be entirely dedicated to...... downriver. If you live here, you will probably appreciate and understand what I am talking about. If you don't, this is kind of directed towards you, too, so read along little ones. 


I moved downriver when I was in 4th grade from Southern Illinois, from a small town called Granite City, about 5 minutes across the border from St. Louis. I’ve lived in Trenton ever since. Honestly, people that live downriver rarely leave it, unless for college. We all are kind of in a bubble and stick with fellow downriver people. It wasn’t until I met my boyfriend who lives north of Sterling Heights that I started hanging around with different people, and it’s then when I started having people say “OH you’re from DOWNRIVER?!?!” When exactly did downriver get a bad rep? Do people who live north of us really think they don’t have skanks, ghetto kids, and punks living in their cities? TRUST ME. I’ve been to Eastpointe, St. Claire Shores, even Sterling Heights..THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! So leave us alone! I used to HATE this place, but now I have to say, I’m proud to live here. Why shouldn’t we be? We are 2 minutes away from the water, in almost every city considered “downriver.” And to those of you who aren’t from here, and try to figure out what cities exactly categorize under “downriver”--don’t even try, you’ll never get it, and you’re probably wrong. So stop making fun of people from downriver, we are a pretty cool group of people. Yeah, maybe we are in a little bubble and we rarely get out of it, but maybe that isn’t so bad. I like it that anytime I go to the Applebees on Allen Road, I am guaranteed to see at least 3 people that I know. I used to HATE this, but the familiarity of this place is starting to become a part of me. As soon as the weather gets warm you know you are going to take a trip to Bob Jo’s Frozen Custard off Fort Street, or maybe take a trip to one of my most favorite places downriver---downtown Wyandotte. The Grind will probably remind every single one of us of high school. How about how sad we all were when they closed Smoothie King?! That place was HEAVEN. Even if our mall sucks, and we do have Taylor, we are still a pretty cool place to live. Not many people can drive 2 minutes down the road and have a front row seat to the water. Elizabeth Park is my favorite place in the entire world I think. When the weather is nice, you just pick up your friends, a few drinks, and head to Elizabeth Park to pick a spot by the water and make a night out of it. So, to everyone who thinks you are a skanky hick if you live downriver, you quite possibly could be retarded. There isn’t something in the air down here that make people skanks. All I have to say to you is, skanks live everywhere, dumbass!

With all of this being said, I’m sure we will all still complain at least 30 more times this year alone that there is nothing to do downriver, but maybe we take it for granted. Trust me, travel 30 minutes up north and not only will you not have any cool spots to sit by the water, but you will be surrounded by douches. Sad to say I’ll be moving up soon, but until then, I’m not going to take this place for granted anymore. Even though I hate it, I love it. That should be the quote of downriver.

Okay, that's all I have to say. Hopefully my boyfriend's friends, as well as my own friends that live north of downriver, will finally put to rest the whole "OMG DOWNRIVER" situation. I love you all, but you brought me to my breaking point! haha

Peace and love Homo sapiens.

Elizabeth Park

My cup, Anna's, and Sarah's for our wine date night at Elizabeth Park

2 minutes from my house.. take west road all the way down to the water and you have the perfect little spot

An Ending/Hear Me Out

Brian Eno : An Ending


Frou Frou : Hear Me Out
"I refuse to believe that it's only me feeling."




I'm posting two songs, because the background music in each of them sound very similar. If you've ever seen the movie "Traffic" (if you haven't, you definitely should watch it), then you probably remember that very simple yet powerful song that played at the very end of the movie, during the little league baseball game. I have always remembered this movie as not only an amazing movie about drugs and how they impact every single one of our lives, but I also remember it as "that movie with that amazing song during the end."


A couple of months ago I heard a song by Frou Frou that had background music that reminded me alot of the song from Traffic. I love both of these songs, so I decided to post each of them. 




I'm usually not a fan of songs with no vocals, but it's hard not to fall in love with "An Ending." It's one of those songs that you turn on during a late night drive, and all of your thoughts pour out of you one by one, easing your entire being. Imagine the most beautiful place you've ever seen.... then add this song into the background, and you have your own little peaceful, perfect place. 


As most of you know, my little perfect place is somewhere tucked away in Tennessee... and I am SO happy to say that I will be revisiting that beautiful place in 23 days with my boyfriend! I remember the first time we went there and it was seriously a 10 hour drive, but it was probably one of my favorite memories with him. We left super late at night and drove until the morning. We had to of played almost every single Radiohead song..A Perfect Circle...Tool...and managed to watch Fear and Loathing on his dvd player in his old truck that he used to have. Well, since he was driving, I guess it was mostly me, but I was still wrapped tight in his arms the entire time. I was kinda worried about how long the drive was, and how this was going to be our first "road trip" together, but to this day it is somewhere my mind travels when life isn't going so great. It was one of those happy moments when you realized, truly, nothing else mattered. One of my favorite quotes was said by Daphne Rose Kingma, "In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we have loved one another" ....And I couldn't have loved him more at that moment in time.

On that note, I hope everyone is living a life that genuinely makes them happy. If not, I'd suggest you change that before it's too late. We all deserve pure happiness.. every single weird one of us.

Utopia

Goldfrapp : Utopia
"Fascist baby."




Okay, if you know me at all, you know I am OBSESSED with this song. If I had to pick a soundtrack to my life, this song would probably be playing most of the time. I've never heard anyone like Goldfrapp.. and I'm so so glad I found out about her. This song in particular is my favorite from her, due to the amazing super short chorus. I love how the song slowly builds up for 4 words- "Fascist baby. Utopia, utopia." The noises in this song are rare to hear.... starting from the opera-like vocals in the background of the beginning of the song, to what sounds like an electric organ building up to the chorus. Weird, but it works. 



The beginning of the song has some pretty relatable lyrics, as well.


It's a strange day-
No colors or shapes.
No sound in my head.
I forget who I am.
When I'm with you-
There's no reason-
There's no sense.
I'm not supposed to feel.

I like these lyrics just because of how realistic they are. I met my boyfriend of almost 2 years at the Tigers game. I never really think I was ever completely passionately present in life until I met him. All of me was focused on his entire being. It's almost like a magnetic pull towards someone... and it makes absolutely no sense to you, but you don't even stop to think about it.. you just get more drawn in by the person (If you're "special" like me and have read the Twilight series, you remember the part where Jacob was trying to explain this exact thing to Bella? That's what I'm talking about). This song, in a strange way, captures that essence for me.

Luna Park

White Rose Movement : Luna Park
"I only ever had a picture paranoid of you."



This song is one of my top 5 favorite songs of all time. It is so different and passionate! From the oddness of the lyrics to the way the lead singer's voice almost becomes one with the high notes of the music streaming in the background-I was captivated the first time I ever heard it.

The lyrics are sexy and stated simply, with hidden depths lying in each sentence.



You're as pure as pure can be-
Honey such, wanna touch.
Touch your innocence sublime.
Perfume high, world collide.


I only ever had a picture paranoid of you.
I am true.
And i want to collect them-
So that I could be one too.
I am true.


And I want you to embrace-
Blending your, face on face.
Take your time to make the strain-
Fool, fool.


Go slow, Then turn around, make less changes.
(I want you to.)


Wave goodbye to Luna Park.
Cheerio, time to go.
Cus we grow only after dark.
Sleep, sleep.


Genius, right? Love the lyrics. Love the song. Love how his voice hits an insanely high pitch at the part "And I want you to embraaaaaaace." Love how noisy it gets at the very end, when it just sounds like random music buttons are being pushed, but somehow it all ties together and makes you want to push Replay.

Hope everyone enjoyed their St. Patty's Day! Since I'm Irish and Italian I happen to love that holiday. There is something about being dressed in green, driving with the windows down in your car (due to Michigan's unusual warm weather), and singing "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys (like you didn't know the name of the band) with your boyfriend, driving to the local Irish Pub. It's intoxicating, literally.

Lovesick Teenagers

Bear in Heaven : Lovesick Teenagers

"Lovesick teenagers don't ever die, they will live forever."




Nothing really in depth to say about this song, except it reminds me of high school dances, parites, bonfires, summer nights driving around downriver bored out of our minds always trying to find something to do, not realizing that simply driving around being teenagers was more than enough. We'd all meet up in the high school parking lot, sometimes the library parking lot (that was a really dumb idea) doing teenager things, until the cops would show up and we'd all have mini panic attacks. One summer my graduating class would always meet up right by my house, at this baseball field off Lathrop. Everytime the cop would pull up and flash his bright light on us, people would rush to the trash cans and throw out their drinks. Not two seconds after the cops would leave people would be diving in that trash can pulling out whatever they just threw in..... hahaha to be young and stupid again. Honestly, why were we in such a rush to grow up?

My best friend is moving to Chicago tomorrow. Blahhhhh. Michigan is going to get a bit more crappier starting then. I'm going to miss her and our Elizabeth Park dates every summer. We'd just find a spot to sit, watch the water, drink a bottle of wine, and talk about boys. It's always good to have a friend that listens to you, really really listens to you. They aren't worried about the next thing they are going to say, they are worried about you.. genuinely worried and want to listen to what is going on in your life. It's pretty hard to find people like that around here.. and I'm going to miss it more than she knows. Sar, since you creep on me allllllll the time and I know you are reading this right now, I'll just say this-You have no idea how much that summer meant to me when you were there for me when practically no one else was. Leaving the Lake Erie fireworks and listening to "Float On" was probably one of the best memories I'll ever have.... thank you for making me realize as long as I can breathe, I'm going to be okay.


Enjoy the song kiddos. I'm going to go have one last date with my friend before the windy city steals her from me.