SIRIA’S FEBRUARY PLAYLIST
WHAT I FELL ASLEEP TO IN FEBRUARY:
Camera Obscura – “The Sweetest Thing”
My Maudlin Career, which came out about a year ago, as a whole is great to fall asleep to. My favorite tracks off that cd are probably this and “French Navy”
Bob Dylan – “Positively 4th Street”
This has to be my favorite Bob Dylan song. Many artists have covered this song, however my favorite versions would have to be by Stereophonics and X
Radiohead “Subterranean Homesick Alien”
Frank Black “Honey Comb”
The Crystals “He’s a Rebel”
Iggy Pop – “Cry For Love”
DELTRON 3030 RECOMMENDED: Various Artists ‘Adventureland’
The marketing campaign for this movie lied to me! It wasn’t the fun loving goofball comedy that I was expecting. Instead the movie was full of broken hearts, broken homes, and broken promises. I was bamboozled! I’m guessing it tested poorly so the studio decided to do some re-shoots, adding in the multiple punches to the groin that were peppered throughout the movie. I lost count but there were at least five separate fist to balls in there. Comedy Gold. Needless to say I was a bit letdown by the movie. Even still I gave this movie three stars in my netflix account…. all based solely on the power of the kick ass soundtrack. Top to bottom it is chock full of goodness. The true test of a soundtrack’s skill is if it effortlessly blends the obvious hits (“Your Love,” “Just Like Heaven,” “Rock Me Amadeus”) with some lesser known neglected songs (I’m in Love With a Girl, Modern Love, Don’t Want to Know if You Are Lonely”. It’s like making a killer mix tape. You want to rope them in with something they know, then when you have them entranced with a sense of security and familiarity you drop the knowledge on them. Two people in film today stand out in my eyes for soundtrack mix tape building: Tarantino and Cameron Crowe. Their consistent mixing excellence makes them the measuring sticks for all other Hollywood mix tape makers. Whoever worked on Adventureland’s mix is now right up there with them. The movie single handedly made me go home and download a few albums I probably already should have had: (more…)