Blog → 365 Songs in a Year - March

So 20 out of 28 isn't all that bad for Feb, my calculator even tells me it is 71.4%. Here's to hoping for March improvement.

March 27 god's gona cut you down by Johnny Cash
Sometimes I get so angry at this world and its collective snubbing of God. I know this isn't exactly a very good reaction but discovering this song has helped me verbalize my feeling. No one can escape God and even though I am no better than anyone else it is slightly comforting to be reminded that one day God will catch up with us all.
"Go tell that long tongue liar,
go and tell that midnight rider,
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter,
tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down."

March 26 L'Via L'Viaquez by The Mars Volta
Prog Rock sung by crazy Mexicans in a mix of English and Spanish = big win for everyone, especially when it is this song. Seriously, it may be over 12 minutes and have some flat out weird moments but this song rocks some serious socks off. Biting vocals and guitar that treads the line between being driven yet still whimsical are what make this song good. However it is the trumpets, pianos and occasional psychedelic treatments of the music that turn this song into 12 minutes you won't regret giving up.

Also features one of my favorite guitarist, John Frusciante for the first two solos, which is always a good thing,

March 25 I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys
Today me and some of my mates went to a play ground at about 10pm. We played this song while we were running around to make it seem epic. The chorus leaves a bit to be desired but it has a powerful build in the intro and through the verses. Folk Punk at its absolute best.

March 24 Mad World by Gary Jules
My lack of entries right now are because I have basically been running around too much to worry about writing this. I feel that this song expresses the calm within a storm I'm feeling right now. Hopefully I will get stuff under control though.

March 18 The Man Who Sold the World by Nirvana
Originally written by Bowie, to me this take on it is Cobain looking in the mirror at the man who got bigger than he could ever want to imagine. Introspective and quite depressive but an absolute classic.

March 17 Draw Your Swords by Angus & Julia Stone
My second fav song off their Down the Way album. A bit more moody than most of the other songs on the album but that is not a bad thing is it. Slightly questionable chorus but otherwise it blows me away.

March 16 Yellow Brick Road by Angus & Julia Stone
I'm behind in just about everything in life (uni, this blog, just to name two) but I absolutely love this album and cannot stop listening to it. This song is the pick of the album, with it's great vocals and amazing guitar solo. The whole album (and this song in particular) really remind me of Neil Young. It just has such a timeless feel to it. As for this song, well, listen to it and be taken away to a land of sunshine and beaches. Love it.

March 13 Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
Every music lover has a few songs that mean everything to them. Well this song is one of the songs that just seems to dominate my life. On first listen it sounds like a middle finger to a jilted lover but I truly believe this song is Dylan slapping himself in the face. To me it is a cry of my conscious, I am the one who has no idea how I got to where I am in this life and certainly no idea of the way home.

To me this song is possibly one of the finest lyrics ever penned.

March 12 He's a Pirate by Hans Zimmer
My 5 step guide to fun:
1. Forget Pirates of the Carribean, it's not that it's a bad movie, jsut do it for the sake of this exercise.
2. Find this song.
3. Turn up your speakers to as loud as they will go.
4. Close your eyes.
5. Hit play and listen to this song, revel in it's pure awesomeness as the orchestra in your room builds to a crescendo.

March 11 This Too Shall Pass by OK Go

Watch this movie clip and be amazed. One of the coolest video clips I have seen in a long, long time. Not a half bad song to go with it either.

March 10 Vitriol by Bluejuice
For my beautiful girlfriend Jane.

March 9 The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen
With the Monday Night Wars (don't know what it is?) restarting today I think it is kinda apt that I do a wrasslin' song for today. I imagine with TNA and WWE going head to head the stakes are going to get higher and there will be more and more hotshotting and the risks the wrestlers take will get higher and higher. With that in mind, have a listen to the song that was robbed of an Oscar last year and take note of these two lines.

"Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free,
If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me."
AND
"Then you see me, I bet I can make you smile when my blood, it hits the floor."

March 8 Hey You by Pink Floyd
Today I don't particularly feel like writing anything. I have a class tomorrow morning and honestly I don't feel all that great about life. This song just helps. Sorry to go all emotional on you but I've always thought honesty is the best policy and it is just how I feel.

March 7 Rock of Ages by Pressie Church Band
Rock of ages, cleft for me. Want to know what I believe? look up the lyrics to this song (kinda).

March 6 Running Up That Hill by Placebo
So, I came across this song >here<. Yes, it is wrestling but my God it is a good video pacakage with a perfect backing track. The actual song itself is really well done, Q Magazine put it best when they said it sounds more like a pact with the devil than a deal with God. The song just gives me shivers.

March 5 Hell of a Ride by Adam Brand
I love singing this song with one of my mates Swanny, it is such a great song to just let rip to. For me this is an example of when country music gets it right, when it is something I can feel in my bones and just want to sing along to. Be it melancholic or triumphant music the Tamworth boy in me secretly does like the most unfashionable music out there.

March 4 Exit Music (for a Film) by Radiohead
The saddest song I have ever heard.

March 3 Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
"Don't let yourself go,
Cause everybody cries.
And everybody hurts,
Sometimes"

March 2 Anna Julia by Los Hermanos
I never heard this song when I was in Brasil but it really reminds me of my year there. REally upbeat tune with a really punchy bridge. I think it also hits home because my host Mum was called Anna Claudia and she had a sis called Anna Julia. One of the better Brazilian songs I have heard.

March 1 My Girl by The Pet Shop Boys
My taste in techno/electonica isn't exactly great but this song is really tickling my music taste buds. It really creates an atmosphere well, something this genre has the potential to do better than any other genre. I used this as backing music for one of my packages for my tech/IT radio show, and it really slipped behind the rest of the audio, creating a great atmosphere without dominating.