The Sound Of Lockdown

Recommending my songs of the week every Friday until quarantine ends I also accept requests so feel free to send them in! LET THE PLAYLIST BEGIN!

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Yes, it as been over a year since i promised to post but here we are. I'm going to post a few of my favorites from the last year and a bit so to the few of you who ave continued to follow me hello again and thank you

N x

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HI?!

i’ve just logged back into this account to find that I have a f*ck ton of new followers!!!!! i had no idea this would even get 1 follower so thanks to everyone who has decided to endure my musical ramblings :)

I might try and post again soon now knowing that there are people actually wanting stuff but yeah.. thanks so much!

NE 

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Coming out of quarantine playlist challenge

Ok so I’m gonna post my choices for these prompts but this is going to be a lockdown based playlist challenge for people to try so it’s posted separately to my choices because there are NO LOCKDOWN THEMED ONES (that I could find) so I’m making my own 😌

It doesn’t have to be a song for these it can even be and artist, album, playlist, etc but so long as it fits the prompt it’s fine

So here we go...

You’re favourite song for:

March

April

May

June

July

August

The song you listened to when you were most unhappy

The song you listened to when you were happiest

The song you listened to while making bread, or some kind of lockdown inspired cooking

The song that made the biggest impact on you

The song that you wouldn’t have found without lockdown

The song you knew before lockdown but still listened to a lot

Your favourite 80s song from lockdown

Your favourite British song from lockdown

The song (or album) you came back to after not hearing it for years

The oldest song you listened to

Your go to song

One that someone recommended to you

Favourite pride month find

Your overall favourite song from lockdown

After you’ve done please post it with #SoL playlist challenge so that I can see what you guys are choosing! Thanks NE

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I think I’m gonna do a big post tomorrow (today as it’s past midnight but you know...)

I’m gonna either rank my favs from this project or I’ll do one of those playlist prompt thingys

Idk yet but you’ll find out tomorrow for the final SoL update 😢❤️

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Hi again :)

I found an amazing radio today and all of these were on it anyway I’ll hope u guys like this edition of N.E’s radio favs!

Devil Town- Cavetown- Cavetown- 2015

This is amazing. I think this might be a new favourite

Be an Astronaut- Declan McKenna- Be and astronaut- 2020

I love the the dynamics and melody of this song and the lyrics are just amazing. Maybe I should give Declan McKenna a second shot?...

The Cult of Dionysus-The Orion Experience- Cosmicandy-2007

I actually knew about this one before today when my friend was playing me some of the stuff her sibling had played her. I think it’s pretty fucking cool. And I also thought the band was called the onion experience for a while so... oops 😬

Hope you like this week (sorry it was so brief but I’m tired af) see you next week for the final (😢) sound of lockdown. Thanks for reading another rambling N.E❤️

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Hello and welcome to the weekend🥳

I was camping for some of last week so I didn’t have much of an opportunity to listen to music but tonight me and my family ended up just having like an hour long dancing sesh with lights and stuff. It was weird but very fun. Anyway here are some of my favourite songs from that.

This is definitely my favourite basement Jaxx song. I mainly love it because of the music video. When you first listen to it you probably think it’s about like some young people hitting on each other but then the music video completely flips that idea and the band has some amazing costumes too. Listen to it first but I really encourage you to watch it afters!

This is one of my mum’s favourites. She absolutely loves the beat and honestly shut down for a few days when she found out that rankin roger died. It’s an amazing song and probably their most famous but if you like this one I would also recommend ‘stand down Margaret’ which is a total leftist anthem about a certain bastard prime minister....

This is one that I first listened to with my dad. We listened to it so much that we now even have actions to the ‘all I wanna do’ section. It also uses the riff from the clash’s song ‘go straight to hell’ which is another amazing song but maybe not so dance-y.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this special dance edition of the sound of lockdown and comment down below what your favourite songs to dance to are. I’d really love to know and hopefully give them a listen! See you next week! NE

(I’ll add dates and titles in later!)

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HAPPY FRIDAY MY DUDES!!!!!!

Hope you all had a good week. I’m finally back from my holiday it was lovely but tiring and now I’m off again!! I apparently can’t stay in one lace for too long this month 😂

Right then here are my songs for this week

Skeleton Appreciation Day in Vestal, NY (Bones)- Will Wood and the tapeworms- Everthing is a lot- 2015

I heard this one yesterday with my friend. I just think that it’s so cute. My friend has linked skeletons to this entire album but for this one I just see little skeletons dancing around in a room. Some slow dancing some just vibing and some just doing their thing. Anyway it’s a really nice song and sorry to say this again but SO CUTE.

Just Like Heaven- The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me- 1987

Now I’ve known this one for a long time but I just think it’s such a lovely song. I really love the ‘lost and lonely’ lyric To tell you the truth, I am so terrible at describing cure songs because I think that they’re just masterpieces in their own way and the romantic ones are always my favourite (because I’m a big ol’ sop at the end of the day!)

Kiss Off- Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes- 1983

Now here is the upbeat one for this update! I’ve been listening to this album while running (a great idea btw) but I think that this one is my favourite. I love how angsty and teenage it sounds. Just like a fuck them the horny bastards kind of scene in a film before going off and finding their own person to snog. The pain and anger in the vocalists voice is so raw and miserable. The build up in the opening verses is also just amazing. Actually I just recommend the whole album. Those of you who are/were angsty and frustrated teens will definitely resonate with the feelings in the album.

Anyway hope you guys have a good week and see you next Friday for more: SOUND OF LOCKDOWN (*dramatic voice*)

NE

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Hola mi gente de la música! Woo Spanish

This week I’ve mainly been listening to music while running because it’s the only way I can distract myself from the extreme pain that my body is experiencing. I also managed to semi-accidentally go on a 7 mile walk which gave me a lot of time to listen to music. I also got a lot of scornful stares from boomers as I walked around a park in a massive parka and beanie looking like I might be a dealer. (But then people see my innocent little angel face and realise that their still safe (for now 😈) )

any way here are this weeks tracks I hope you enjoy them and see you next week! NE

Pretty Girl- Clairo- Pretty Girl- 2017

I don’t really know why this appeals to me so much but I really love the synth keyboard in it and it feels las most nostalgic to me. It really reminds me of the music that plays on the Nintendo mii game. I found a really cool video where somebody did the tune of it using bottles which I will also attach and those who don’t know what the fuck I’m on about may see.

Something changed- Pulp- Different Class- 1995

I decided to add this one after I was reading a book about the John peel sessions (for those outside the U.K Jon peel was a famous radio presenter and responsible for many artists big break). Whenever I come back to my aunts house I always look through the book and see if my new favourite bands ever had a peel session. Pulp did and I found this amazing quote about Britpop at the time and I honestly couldn’t agree more...

I think this sums up perfectly how even though they may not have made a massive impact worldwide like oasis or had the looks of blur they definitely won the Britpop battle.

Androgynous- The Replacements- Let it Be (Expanded) - 1984

I chose this one because I love that it’s a statement that could also be mistaken for smooth hotel jazz. The two things don’t go together but it still works so well and I just really love the lyrics and the change wobble in the ‘love each other so’ lyric. If this makes sense it sounds like a squiggly line. This is the point where you all realise I’m actually just an artist who wants to nerd out about music and doesn’t know any vocab :))

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Hiyaaaaaa! Nice to see you guys again

I left my house for the first time in for-f**king-ever and aside from the fact that I’m permanently tired due to looking after my two younger cousins who have an endless amount of energy I am great!

Novocaine For the Soul- The Eels- Beautiful Freak- 1996

I don’t entirely know why this appeals to me so much but I (along with the other 23 million people who stream this song) really like the the ‘before I sputter out’ lyric. I also really love the bluntness of the verses between the chorus and how it goes from that to the smooth ‘novocaine for the soul’ lyric all round an absolute 90s classic.

Blister In The Sun- The Violent Femmes- The Violent Femmes- 1983

This is another one that I always try to add to summer playlists. It reminds of when I was little and listened to it while driving around with my dad and just singing along. It’s also an amazing song that I think I would still have liked if I’d found it on my own. I love the anger in the lyrics how it’s romantic but also angsty. Another good one by the violent femmes ‘gone daddy gone’ it’s pretty similar to this one and I almost got them confused while I was writing this (oops)

Something For Your M.I.N.D- Superorganism- Something For Your M.I.N.D-2017

I found this one when it came out. I have no idea how but I fucking love it. It’s the kind of song I think would be great to listen to on a mega bass-y speaker while high. Just a personal op. If you watch videos of Superorganism performing live they are quite honestly the coolest thing to have hit the earth. All of their sound effects are them opening a can or biting and Apple while still performing. The group is also pretty massive and their music videos are pretty trippy. In conclusion; amazing. And I rlly love this album cover.

All of these songs are from my holiday playlist and I suspect most of next weeks songs will be from there too. But I hope you guys like these ones and see you next week! NE

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Hello again! Long time no see!!!

Right so this is the first post like this but this week I found some really great songs. I also discovered girl I. Red and have been listening to them nearly non-stop but do there is going to be other stuff recommended as well so here we go!

Track 45.

The two things on this earth that I will always love is the cure and joy division. This is such an incredibly difficult song to take on as it was heavily orientated around Ian Curtis’ voice but this is so beautiful. I love Robert smiths voice on his own songs but he doesn’t have many songs where he sounds so quiet and vulnerable and it’s amazing to hear the emotion in his voice like this.

I found this on YouTube a few months ago but the top comment is so good that I feel I need to share it

Too true

Track 46.

I started couch to 5K this week and so I decided to find some really chill music to run to. This song is so good! It still definitely falls under pop but the vocals are amazing and slightly husky. The lyrics are also amazing in this one. My personal favourite is ‘I will follow you home/although my lips are blue and I am cold’ I just think it perfectly describes going unnecessarily out of your way for someone you have a crush on. The feeling of yes I can and will put myself through extremes for you to prove that I am secretly in love with you. that went a bit off track towards the end but you get the idea...

Track 47.

This is another one on my couch to 5K playlist and the more I listen to it the more I like it. It’s still pretty calm but also sounds like something that should’ve been played at the school dance scene in sex education. If you disagree you obviously don’t remember the scene.

Anyway I hope you guys like the new format of this and hope you enjoy the songs. Especially 45, it is amazing. Please carry on sending in requests and see you next week! NE

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Hiatus Update!

Ok, well as you’ve probably noticed I didn’t come off hiatus when I said I would so instead ,starting this week, I’m going to recommend the songs I’ve been listening to.

This will be every Friday (hopefully) and I will give you maybe 2 or 3 songs (idk I haven’t really got that far yet) but this will just be easier for me to maintain through the summer and then depending on what the hell happens with corona I will probably be stopping around September. I will still occasionally post after that but my work will probably start to pick up after that so yeah!

Thanks for reading this long explanation and see you again on Friday! NE

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HIATUS

Hello!

I’m gonna go on hiatus for a couple weeks I just need time regroup and plan ahead a little. I’m still accepting requests and stuff but you may have to wait a little longer before getting them added. Thanks for all the support so far but my posts have been slipping in quality lately so I just need a little break.

See you on the 15th! NE

❤️

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Track 44

I’m in a bit of a rush and don’t think I’ll have time to post later so I’m going to just add this and edit it later!! See you tomorrow NE

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Track 43

Gender is Boring- Grrrl Angst- She/Her/Hers- 2018

I found this track while doing the pride playlist but then it didn’t quite get into the mix because I hadn’t really listened to it that much. But now after having listened to it a bit more I really love it. I love the raspiness of the vocals and the lyrics are amazing. I really love the way they sing ‘boys don’t dress that way’ or more accurately ‘bOoOOoOOOOoooOoOOOoooOOOOoOOys don’t dress that way’ this doesn’t make sense now but I promise you it will after listening 😂. Anyway I hope you love this one and see you tomorrow! NE

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Track 42

Holy Ghost- Cocoa Sugar- Young Fathers- 2018

Just going to apologise for forgetting about yesterday’s track. Don’t know what happened there but moving on...

This album is actually incredible and if you haven’t already listened to it I highly recommend listening through it. I found this album in 2018 after going to a concert they were the support act for and I personally believe they were better than the actual band... but that’s just my opinion... It was really difficult to chose one song from this album but I really love the start of this one so that’s why It’s here! I went through a very long phase at the beginning of lockdown just listening to this album over and over and over. That’s why I find it so hard to pick one song because to me it’s just one 37 minute masterpiece. I have listened to it so much that something actually feels wrong if a different song comes on afterwards. It’s like a massive chunk of the song has been ripped out almost. But I really hope you love this album and it defo makes up for forgetting yesterday 😅. see you tomorrow! NE

P.S I would recommend putting the Spotify equaliser on bass booster for a better listening experience ;)

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Track 41 (I’m missing the rainbow ;_;)

Piazza, New York Catcher- Dear Catastrophe Waitress- Belle & Sebastian- 2003

I’ve been listening to this almost non-stop over the last few days. I am actually in love with it. I really love how it sounds kind of like a sailor shanty but also more modern construct and style. I say this loads but it really feels like there’s a story behind it. Most Belle & Sebastian songs have this about them and the few that I’ve listened to feel really nostalgic and have a childlike quality to them despite revolving around not very child orientated subjects. I think it’s so beautiful even though my family are pretty sick of it now😂! Anyway see you tomorrow with the next track! NE

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Track 40

Boum!- Charles Trenet- 1938

If you don’t love this song we might have an issue. It always reminds me of when we went to France to visit my sister when I was little. It also reminds me of the fact that no matter how much I believe I can speak french the reality is that I can’t 😂.

I’ve really enjoyed doing the pride playlist for June. Some of these songs are now going to be firm favourites of mine for a very long time to come. I really hope you enjoyed this months choices and if you want to find any of them I’m updating the playlist on Spotify later tonight (my pinned post has the code to find it)

I hope you all had a good pride month despite all the shit that’s going on and stay LGBTQ+! (????)

NE