it’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
there’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
i bless the rains down in africa
gonna take some time to do the things we never have
i think i'm going to start posting again on this blog. but there probably won't be many of those reviews I did daily because I don't have much time anymore.
I will still post music, though. Most of it will probably also be reblogged from my main blog.
But, at least I'm back! After like...8 or 9 months.
**Spoilers** : If you haven't watched Sherlock season two yet, don't read.I may potentially be giving away spoilers.
Last week was season one of Sherlock. This week, it's time for season two feels! :D
Let's start off with "A Scandal in Belgravia". I found that most of my favorite soundtracks were from that episode (because Irene Adler. asdfghjkl; Irene Adler). Actually, I pretty much like almost all of the soundtracks from that episode. ._.
In the beginning of the episode when Sherlock's inquiring potential new clients, this song is playing.
This song is just so different from all the other Sherlock soundtrack. It's more upbeat and staccato-ed. It's more playful. It's got a different feel to it. Everything else is always really dramatic, but this is more relaxed and chill.
And then, there's Irene Adler running her hand over a cover of the news with Sherlock on the headlines and holding a riding crop. The music there is also one of my faves (but in the soundtrack, there are three songs combined into one).
The first part of the soundtrack was that Irene Adler part. The second part that starts at around 0:27 is the part when John is being whisked off in a helicopter to Buckingham Palace. The third part that starts at around 0:59 is the what's playing while John is being picked up by who he thinks is Mycroft but is actually Irene Adler.
Now, time for the songs that were made specifically for Irene Adler. These songs are just asdfghjkl; and my Adler feels just go a;skldjf. ._.
"The Woman" is used all the time when Irene Adler comes on screen. Its main use was for the Irene deducing on the crime scene with a drugged Sherlock who eventually is returned to his bed while dreaming about Irene.
I really, really, really like "The Woman". It's completely got Irene Adler written all over it. It's slow and sensual but also intense and bold at the same time, the perfect song for Irene.
Then, there's Sherlock's composed violin song dedicated to Irene.
It's suggested in the show that Sherlock is depressed after Irene dyes and may have been lovesick. So, he starts composing and that was the final product. It's only used in Sherlock's violin playing part but no matter. It's still a beautiful piece and it also fits Irene rather well. Oh wait, it also is used in the next soundtrack.
Now, another song for Irene that sounds very similar to "The Woman" is the song that's playing in the end of the episode during the "because I took your pulse part" and her "death" scene.
This song is also one of my favorites 1) because it pretty much is "The Woman" and "Irene's Theme" combined with some Sherlock theme stuff and 2) because the song goes so well with the moods in the ending and it's just a perfect song. asd;kfjlk. Feels. Oh, and I think because this song ends the episode, all my Adlerlock feels are just combined into this one song.
Okay. First episode down. "The Hounds of Baskerville" has really great soundtracks too. They're all filled with suspense and horror. It has those chords that are always used in horror movies to make you feel like you're sitting on the edge of your seat. They also have some mystery-ish feels to it. It sounds like someone is always sleuthing around and trying to uncover a secret (which is exactly what Sherlock and Watson are doing in this episode: trying to find out about the hound and if it's real or not and all the facts behind it).
So, because all the songs have pretty much the same basic elements in it, I can't really pick and choose my favorite out of this episode. I guess I'll just embed all of them. :/
Alright. Second episode down, one more to go. Onto Reichenbach!
So, Reichenbach. OMG. All my Reichenfeels. orz It's just...I can't handle it. The episode is too emotionally draining. One can only watch it so many times before being overwhelmed and unable to watch it at all anymore. (aha. I'm not that extreme. ._. I've only watched it twice, actually. But I cry each time. Each time I watch that "Goodbye, John" scene and the aftermath. I just. orz)
The last three songs in the Sherlock Soundtrack CD are the ones that are most emotional, for me at least, because those are the songs I remember the most from Reichenbach. (Because those were the goodbye and aftermath scene songs and I just orz)
These songs. orz I don't like them. They're too emotional. I just. Can't.
You understand, right? orz
a;sdfja;lskfjd Now I'm all emotional with Sherlock and Johnlock feels. Gah. The problem with Fandom Fridays.
Alright. So there you have it, my favorite songs from the soundtrack. I'll do at least another post later with more songs. The songs will probably just be covers or something else fandom related.
Until then, I shall be doing more Fandom Fridays but for other fandoms. (like Doctor Who. ehehe)
Yesterday, I wasn't able to post anything because I had my eyes dilated after going to the eye doctor. So, I couldn't see anything clearly; thus, no Throwback Thursday. Instead, it's a "Throwback Friday" of sorts. ._. And I have to do 2 posts in one day.
So. Second Throwback Thursday song. I would say the 90's would be going back some time right?
"Champagne Supernova" was released in 1995, which means this song is as old as I am. ._. Oasis, a British band, released their first album, Definitely Maybe, in August 1994. It instantly became as success and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Oasis's second album, [What's the Story] Morning Glory, was even more successful, selling over 22 million worldwide. Since then, Oasis has become known as one of the UK's best artists.
Today was actually the first day I've heard of Oasis. No. That was a lie. Just kidding. I was asking my friends to suggest to me songs and/or bands to listen to for my iSearch. One of my friends suggested Oasis, and I wrote that down. But, I hadn't gone and searched them up yet. So, I have heard them before, but I haven't actually listened to a song by them.
I was listening to the 90's music radio station on Spotify (because I really don't know any 90's music .-. I only know a few songs and artists) and "Champagne Supernova" popped up. The song started playing, and I was like "Oh hey, wave sounds. This'll probably be a good one." So, I listened to the guitars playing in the background and then the singing started. By then, I think I already loved this song. As I listened, the song gradually become a little more rock-ish. But, the song was so good I didn't really notice the difference. Oh, and the daunting length of this song (7 minutes 27 seconds) didn't even seem that long. Before I listened to this song, I thought those seven minutes would last forever, but that's not true at all. The song is so good and time passes so quickly that the song just feels like a normal three minute song.
Now, I feel like I must go listen to more Oasis songs. It's such a good band, and I don't know why I haven't found it or listened to it until today.
My seminar teacher has a really wide music taste, or at least that's how it seems with the kinds of songs he plays during seminar and class, And because my iSearch is about music and finding all different kinds of music and opening my mind more to the world, I though "Hey, why not ask your seminar teacher?"
I actually thought of asking him a long time ago, but I don't like talking to my teachers (its sad. i need to learn how to do this. cuz ill be needing this in college. orz). So I only just spoke with him on Monday. I told him about my project and about wanting to find music from other countries and he was like "Oh! You should look up Mongolian throat singing if you have the time to." And so, I was like "Sweet. Mongolian music." I've always loved more tribal-like music, more ethnic/down-to-earth/ancient-like/you-know-what-I-mean music. And when I think of Mongolia, I think of their music like that. I know it's not true because I have heard Mongolian music before on a national Chinese New Year program on Chinese TV (i know, im so asian). From what I remember, it is kind of like that old, tribal-like music stuff but it's also really pretty and nice.
Anyway. I got around to searching up Mongolian throat singing on YouTube and holy crap is that stuff amazing. I don't even know how to explain it. You really need to listen to it to see what I mean by amazing.
Isn't it just...mindblowing? I was literally just staring at my screen, blown away and speechless. o_o It was so, so, so amazing. I just. I don't even know how these people can conjure up sound like that from their bodies. (My seminar teacher thinks so too.) Like, how? Howww?
It's just absolutely amazing stuff to listen to. o_o I'm still amazed and just a;sdkljf-ing every time I listen to a new song. It's just too good. I mean. How does this happen? How do you even make your throat sing like that? Won't it damage your throat?
I mean, wow. This guy goes over some of the logistics, like the instruments and stuff. But, I seriously still don't know how these sounds come out of a person.
I've also never heard actual spoken Mongolian. It's actually a really smooth and flowing and pretty language. To me, it sounds a little Korean and a little Middle Eastern and something completely new. Wow. I wanna learn Mongolian now. .-.
I searched up "Mongolian throat singing" on Google to see if I could find a source that explained how these sounds were created. I found the website of the Mongolian artist in the first video I put in this post. Apparantly, he's pretty famous for his singing. I also found this magazine post turned online-friendly. So the kind of singing done is called "khoomii" ("khoomei" or "khoomi", among other similar spellings). Khoomii is special to Mongolia.
Basically, khoomii plus overtone singing creates two notes at once. Throat singing itself was invented to try and imitate sounds in nature. Within khoomii, there are different subgroups with different techniques used in each subgroup. Each technique produces a different tonal effect and a different sound in nature. To produce any kind of tone is very difficult. You need to use your lungs, diaphragm, epiglottis, soft palate, larynx, oral cavity, throat and stomach.
These videos I found on YouTube show the different kinds of tones and nature sounds throat singing can make.
First, the different techniques to khoomei. Just the general techniques; nothing too specific.
The video can't be embedded so here it is.
This guy apparently learned how to throat sing by himself, which is crazy because he actually is pretty good. (A skilled khoomii singer can perform without moving his lips. This guy isn't at that point, but for someone who self-taught himself he's really good.) His videos show the different styles of throat singing and the kinds of nature sounds it can produce.
**His khoomii does get a little repetitive after a while. ._. Especially the second video.
So this video wouldn't embed itself either.
Oh man. Hearing all this Khoomii makes me wanna learn it. ._. But, alas, I'm usually a really lazy person so there's no way I'm gonna end up throat singing (unless I get really bored one day and decide to try).
I could tell you more about khoomii, but I feel like it would just be really boring because I'd just be paraphrasing websites. ._.
So there you have it; Mongolian throat singing (or khoomii) in a nutshell...kinda.
Hopefully, this was as eye opening to you as it was to me. Because, man, khoomii is just amazing.
"Diane Young" is the first released song from Vampire Weekends soon-to-be-released album Modern Vampires of the City. I actually listened to "Diane Young" on the day it was released, but because I already had two VW songs for SOTDs I was a little hesitant. I thought that would make for too much Vampire Weekend on my blog (because its literally 1/9th of my blog now). But, what the heck, it's Vampire Weekend. They're an awesome band, and I just couldn't resist posting about "Diane Young".
To be honest, I had listen to this a couple times before I liked it. When I first heard it, I thought it was a little different, in a way. I wasn't used to it. It isn't Vampire Weekend's usual style. But, the more I listened to it, the more I realized it actually still has Vampire Weekend's old style with new styles added on so it sounds way different.
"Diane Young" isn't as light as VW's other songs. It has a little more going on in the instrumentals (more drums, guitars). Therefore, to me, it doesn't sound as carefree and relaxed as VW's other songs. It still is carefree and stuff, just not as much.
VW also added that weird autotune-ish thing that brings the voice pitch down then up and back again. I think this an aquired taste. When I first heard it, I was a little confused and like "...wut. wut is this." The more I listened to "Diane Young", though, the more the autotune-ish part fit in. It's weird how quickly you can get accustomed to certain things.
Anyway, even though this song is a little heavier than VW's previous songs, I like it like this. Change is good. Otherwise, all of VW's songs would sound the same; I hate it when all the songs from one artists sound the same (like One Direction's first album). I need variety from artists. I like seeing what other genres or styles they'll try out and if it fits them or not. Sometimes, styles or genres that I thought totally wouldn't work for a certain singer or band would actually turn out to be perfect. Also, bands and artists that don't change, to me, means they're not growing, that they're not progressing in their career. You need to try out new things in order to grow and improve and change. You need to be bold and this is turning into a life lesson. I'll stop. Back to VW.
So yeah. I really like "Diane Young" now. I've grown to love it the more I let it go on replay. Actually, I love Vampire Weekend. Their new album will be released May 7 (or 6) in the USA and the next day in the UK. I literally can't wait. I'm trying to contain my excitement. So far, it's working. Maybe because my love for them isn't like the kind of fandom love I have. Argh. I went off topic. I'll leave now.
Yay! Another new segment! So many new things this week. First World Wednesday, then Throwback Thursday, now Fandom Friday! :D I'm so happy. This has got to be the best week of my blog yet.
Alright. Fandom Friday is pretty self-explanatory. I consider myself to be a part of atonof different fandoms. Consequently, I have atonof feels I have to contain on this blog. But, once in a while, I feel like I really need to share with you all the music of each fandom I'm in. Some fandoms don't have music (sad face) so I can't post stuff on that fandom. But for others, I shall give you a taste of it (as well as spazz the whole way through because a;dkjf;askdjf my feels are too much).
So, each Friday (or most Fridays from now on cuz i cant guarantee ill be able to post one each friday), I shall be sharing with you guys music from one of my fandoms. Usually, this will mean more than one song in each post. Thus, I can't post each song individually because that would take too much time (and some songs may be more 10mb in size if its a longer song).
For my first FF (oh, this is so exciting), I present to you...SHERLOCK!
The BBC Sherlock, of course.
Sherlock was the first "white" TV show I become obsesesd with, honestly. Up until Sherlock, pretty much the only TV shows I watched were Asian dramas. All my fandoms were Asian based and I really didn't care too much for "white" people stuff. But, then Sherlock came along (I've always heard how good it was since junior year but I never had the chance to actually watch it until winter break 2012). Then, kapoof went my social life. Literally. I just watched Sherlock all day and thought about Sherlock all day and made a new Tumblr blog just to blog about Sherlock stuff. Yeah, I had no life before Sherlock and I just got worse after Sherlock.
I have a lot of Sherlock feels. A lot. I'm not kidding you. My first "white" obsession and my first taste of real British stuff and basically my gateway drug into more British stuff and "white people" stuff. Sherlock has music. Lots of feels + Sherlock music = asdfghjkl; me. This is why I need to once in a while let my feels spill onto a post. This is why I created Fandom Fridays.
This post shall only be on season one. There are already a lot of songs in season one that need to be covered and if I add on season two to this, you'll just be on this post for like 2343 hours listening to all the songs and reading my comments.
NOTE: WATCH SHERLOCK IF YOU HAVEN'T YET. THIS POST WILL MAKE SO MUCH MORE SENSE AND THE SONGS MEAN SO MUCH MORE TO YOU IF YOU'VE ALREADY WATCHED IT.
So. Let's start off with the opening theme of Sherlock.
This theme is literally the death of me. Everytime I hear it, all my Sherlock feels just explode out of me and I just spazz on the inside. ._. Then again, this happens to me everytime I hear any theme song from any TV show I've watched. But the two opening themes that render me incapable of living for about a minute are probably Sherlock and Doctor Who. I just. Can't. asdfghjkl;
Next up, Sherlock's theme. Not the main, but Sherlock's own theme.
This theme also just makes me as;dkfj;asldj;akljf. Sherlock's theme just...I don't even know. Makes me think back to all the times he and John had together and all the stuff they did and the deducing and blargh. Feels.
Other songs from the soundtrack with the theme in it that gives me feels are "The Game is On" and "Pursuit".
The ending of "The Game is On" is like the most suspenseful and stressful way to end an episode, ever. Like, I cannot. That song just gives me so much frustration.
"Pursuit", on the other hand, is more fast paced and has a more exciting Sherlock's theme. And, it's the song used whenever Sherlock and John is chasing something, or is catching onto something (obviously). This song gives me Johnlock feels because it's always Sherlock and John running off somewhere to find something.
Oh and I almost forgot another song that just makes me really frustrated and emotional.
It's the song that's played at the end of the swimming pool scene with Sherlock and Moriarty and I just a;ksdjflkjf. Too much suspense.
Alright. So that's it for season one songs. Next week, season two! :D
Yesterday, I started World Wednesday. Today, I'm starting Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday is essentially going to be a day devoted to oldies (i.e. 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's songs) and to songs that make me feel nostalgic for past times (at least a year ago).
I started this segment to also diversify my taste in music but also because I realized that I still can't leave my old songs. No matter how much I say "Oh, KPop is getting old" or "It's too overrated and repetitive", I can't completely stop listening to KPop. It's just that I don't really care too much for the new songs. Likewise, I also can't stop listening to those songs I liked in middle school. When I look back, those songs were terrible and my music tastes were horrendous. But even so, I'm teleported back in time whenever I hear those songs on the radio every once in a while.
So, in order to find new songs and to relive old memories, I started this Throwback Thursday segment.
For my first TT song, I decided to go for one from my old KPop fandom. As much as I want to stop listening to it, I just can't because it's so catchy and because the old songs bring back early middle school and fangirl-ish memories.
Listening to "미인아 (Bonamana)" brings be back to May 2010 when it was released and the time when I first actually started loving Super Junior as my favorite band (before that was Big Bang, but that's for a different day). I guess this song also started my obsessive love for KPop (lets not talk about that unhealthy obsession i had for like 2-3 years). Whenever I listen to "Bonamana", I just think about the spring of freshman year and those cold and damp spring mornings. I'm also brought back to that summer as well. I also am taken back to the first concert I went to in LA where I saw Super Junior perform along with many other Korean artists I loved (but all the nostalgia and feels I have for that day is for another day). I listen to this song and all my Super Junior feels just rush back into me (im a little ashamed to say this, but it actually feels kind of nice feeling all them old kpop feels again).
I first heard this song I think the day it came out, or maybe the day after (via allkpop's post. or maybe it was this one. the youtube videos were embedded in the post at the time). At that time, I knew about Super Junior and was just starting to be more biased towards them. This song wasn't that impressive the first time I heard it one morning before rushing off to school. But, after listening to it again and again, I gradually fell in love with it (and, consequently, Super Junior as well). I think it might've been within a week where I went from "eh" to "OMGASDFGHJKL;SUPERJUNIOR" over "Bonamana". And the music video didn't help either. It only made me even more obsessed with Super Junior (mainly RyeoWook at that time. but that quickly progressed into a love for every member. ._.).
The first Super Junior song I heard was "Sorry Sorry", which was the song that made Super Junior explode in popularity. The song was super catchy and the dance that accompanied it was also really popular. Somehow, my youth group caught hold of this Sorry Sorry mania going on and started dancing to it. I, at that time (around late summer/early fall 2009), had no idea what was going on. I only knew that there was this dance where people would raise and foot to their hand and then the other foot with the other hand and then clap. My friend informed me that this dance was for a Korean song called "Sorry Sorry" by Super Junior. But, I didn't really care much and chose to remain ignorant towards KPop. But, I slowly grew sick of all the mainstream American music I was hearing on the radio and on my iPod. So, in January 2010, I decided to give my iPod to my KPop loving friend to have her sync her music library onto my iPod. Thus, my love for KPop began.
So yeah. There's my KPop and Super Junior loving history. And this song only brings back all those memories and feelings and makes me all emotionally unstable. I also feel like I'm a freshman/sophmore in high school again when listening to this. It makes me feel all those carefree feelings I had as a freshman. Oh, how I miss freshman year and its laxness.
But, there we go, my first Throwback Thursday. Expect more KPop TT's in the future because KPop was literally a huge part of my life for a long time. Pretty much most of high school. So yeah. I have many feelings associated with KPop. .-.
Alright. I have a new segment I'm going to be doing from now on. It's called [drumroll please] World Wednesday! :D Yay!
Some of you, if you were curious enough to look around my blog, may have already seen some hints I put up yesterday leading to the creation of this new segment. This isn't the only new segment I'm going to be making. There'll be one tomorrow and one on Friday as well (as long as i can time manage and make all the posts in time because im actually really busy these next two days).
So, you may be wondering, what is World Wednesday (WW)? Well, I needed to diversify my music tastes even more so than I already have (because going from mainstream american and kpop to indie and whatnot is a huge change, in my opinion). What better way to do this than listen to music from other countries? Each country has their own artists and styles of music, and if I take advantage of all that music I've never heard, imagine the amount of music I'll be exposed to. There's so much music to be found in other countries that I haven't listened to before (and probably many others as well). Wednesdays will not be dedicated to songs from around the world. There won't be any American (and possibly British as well) songs posted on Wednesdays. Wednesdays will be solely devoted to songs from other countries. They'll probably be mainstream songs in those countries but I'll also try to find some lesser known songs as well.
And so, let us begin with the first WW song, "Attention au Départ" by Les Enfoirés.
Today, I decided to find a French song to use for WW. I don't know why France came to my mind first, but it did. Since I don't know anything about French songs or French artists for that matter, I decided to see if Billboard had a top songs chart for France. Lo and behold, Billboard did and I found this lovely list of songs. Sadly, American songs are popular around the world and usually dominate charts all over the world so there weren't many French songs on this chart (only 2 out of 10 songs). The #1 song was French, but I didn't feel like listening to that song. Don't ask me why; just intuition? :/ So I went to the only other French song on there and searched it up on YouTube.
The beginning of this song with the trumpets and violins and drums and guitars and then the thump-thump-thump beat with the clapping was like "omg I need to keep listening". Then the singing started and I was like "Alright. This song is really catchy." The rock-ish aspect made the song more intense and powerful and kept the song moving along. The song itself is actually pretty short (3:02 is pretty short in my books) but it seemed even shorter. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it's three minutes; it feels more like two minutes or something. Anyway, the co-ed singing was pretty good. I happen to really like co-ed singing songs. It gives it more of a dynamic or something.
The only sad part about this song was that it's in French, and I'm not French nor am I studying French. Therefore, everything was gibber-jabber to me. All I got was the "direction", "un, deux, trois, quatre", and the "les guitares" parts. So, hello Google Translate. Found the lyrics here and then Google was my friend. Of course, Google also isn't the most accurate translator but it works for me; I don't need exact translations. After reading the English translation, the feel of the song actually matches the lyrics. The lyrics talk about getting ready and all that stuff (with some love-y stuff too because every song these days needs something to do with love in it).
I also found out that Les Enfoirés isn't a consistant band. Yes, it's a band but its members change every year. Les Enfoirés members are singers and performers for the annual Restaurants du Cœur charity concert. They started in 1986 and each year, new songs are made to be played at the concert. "Attention au Départ" was actually released in December 2012, but it's for the 2013 concert.
So yeah. "Attention au Départ" is a song that'll probably be on repeat for a bit on my iPod. Time for me to find other Les Enfoirés songs to listen to. .-.
I was searching for songs today to do for a new thing I'm going to do on Wednesdays. I found a website with the Top [some number] songs for certain countries (idk if its accurate or not. need to do more research on that.), clicked on the Ireland Top 20, and found "Let Her Go" as #4 on the list. I've never heard of this Passenger (Mike Rosenburg) person or of his song "Let Her Go" so I decided to give it a go and found the music video on YouTube.
When I first heard Rosenburg sing, I was like "Woah there. Woah. Is that a girl? No. It's not. But. Woah." Rosenburg's voice is a very special voice indeed. It's really high for a man. And, it's kind of nasal-y and constricted sounding but not really at the same time. It took me a little bit to get used to his voice. The more I listened to him sing, the more I began to love his voice. I don't actually know why his voice appeals to me. It just does. ._. I really can't explain how. I guess it's just an acquired taste.
This song is one of those slow-ish and low-key-ish songs. Guitar. Bells. Drums. Cello. Violins (maybe viola but that might just be me). Piano? Maybe? Could be confusing the bells for piano. It's a little ballad-y, but just ever so slightly. It's also a little depressing, but in a good way (because the message the lyrics tell).The lyrics are actually pretty repetitive, though. I don't think it's too noticeable...until you start listening to this song on repeat. The lyrics themselves are pretty true in that you don't know how good it was until you know how bad it is now. It's a lesson in life I think everyone learns.
After I listened to "Let Her Go" over and over and over again, I felt like I needed to learn a little bit about Passenger. Apparently Passenger used to be a British band from 2003 to 2009, when the band members decided to go separate ways. From then on, Mike Rosenburg has been a solo singer but still kept the moniker Passenger. He released his first solo album, Wide Eyes Blind Love, in 2010 and followed that up with Flight of the Crow. In 2012, All the Little Lights was released. The second single in that album, "Let Her Go", became Passenger's first international hit when it somehow rose to the top of Australia's and many European countries' top hits charts in 2013. I think it probably was because Rosenburg toured with Ed Sheeran and opened for his North America tour and four out of five sell out concerts in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Today's song is a jazz song (oh yeah, expanding my music tastes) and it's connected to another song I found on my Tumblr dashboard one day. Like yesterday's Iron Man 3 trailer song, I've found it for a while and haven't listened to it until today. The song I found was from the same album, Turnabout Jazz Soul. It was called "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee".
"The Fragrance of Dark Coffee" is like the perfect coffee time music. I can imagine a small little cafe playing it or some really classy and posh person, sipping their coffee at home. Or maybe tea. This is also what I would call "sexy jazz music" because it really is pretty slow and sexy. you know what i mean...right? ._. But this song is pretty much like the perfect song to listen to while working on homework or reading a book or doing something relaxing.
After listening to "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee", I decided to find the other songs on this album (because this is the kind of jazz i like listening to). I ended up finding them all on YouTube and "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee" was the most popular one. Anyway, I listened to the other songs and they were all so good.
One of the other songs that caught my eye was "Objection". The more upbeat beginning was what kept me listening. Then the trumpets and trombones in there were fantastic (well, fantastic to me. im not really that educated in jazz so i dont know if its fantastic compared to other jazz trumpeteers). The solos were really good. I was kind of blown away by them. And the back beats and piano and the little bits of sax and whatnot kept the song interesting. It's kind of a completely song compared to "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee". That song was more chill and low-key while this one is definitely more energetic.
The other song that was really catchy was today's song. I really liked the beginning drumset happenings, like the bass and cymbal things (theres a word for that thing. it's just slipping me right now). The sax solos in here were quite good, too. This song resembles "Objection" because it's also another upbeat and faster paced songs. And, it should be so, because I found out all the songs onTurnabout Jazz Soulis from a Japanese video games series calledAce Attorney. Today's SOTD is the theme song for that series, so it has to be catchy. It has to have that theme song feel to it.
So, after listening to the whole album (and waiting for all the songs to download), I had a really hard time deciding which song I liked the most out of all of them. I couldn't post "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee" because then that would bewaytoo similar to the audio post I found. And, it's already been done so I couldn't do that. So it was between "Objection" and the main theme. In the end, I decided on the theme song because it's the theme song for the series. After writing this post, though, and listening more to "Objection", I actually like "Objection" more. ._. But, it doesn't really matter at this point because all the songs on the album are pretty good.
All the songs are more chill jazz songs. They're the more mellow kind. I like those kinds of jazz songs more. The ones that are all up in your face with solos and instrumentals and whatnot aren't really my thing. They're too cacophonious for me. Those kinds of jazz songs kind of annoy me at times when the ad-libbing becomes too ad-lib-y and syncopated for my liking.
So yeah. I think I shall be finding more jazz to listen to, for those times when I'm feeling really classy and posh with nothing to do but sit by the fireplace with a glass of wine in my hands (more like tea).
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