I blame Pax Am Days for this. I got Save Rock And Roll for Christmas off one of my aunts, but in a bizarre stroke of genius, she got me the Pax Am Days re-release version. Normal Fall Out Boy is pop punk, but in Pax, they're so amazingly punk that I have trouble not sitting there quietly screaming whenever I listen to it. It reminded me that, if I'm anything, I'd like to consider myself at least a little bit punk. My tastes may stray to other things, but punk always calls me back eventually. Of course, there may be some of you out there who scoff at what I consider punk - consider that your elitist categorising and pigeon-holing of music is really not punk, and therefore I win. You're just a servant of The Man.
In this spirit, I have created a bit of a punk playlist that I wrote in that cool way people do on tumblr. Some of it's 'proper' punk, some of it's hardcore, some of it's pop punk, some of it might be a little bit metal if it suits. It is, as the title is supposed to suggest, get you up, about and motivated. Please don't necessarily fight anyone. If need be, crumble them to dust with your words, but don't get me for inciting violence. There's fighting The Man and then there's being an arse.
My Chemical Romance - Give 'Em Hell, Kid
Fall Out Boy - We Were Doomed From The Start (The King Is Dead)
Green Day - Letterbomb
All Time Low feat. Vic Fuentes - A Love Like War
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
Leathermouth - Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me
The Story So Far - The Glass
Blink-182 - The Rock Show
Black Flag - Rise Above
Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down
The Used - Put Me Out
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Sunday, 8 December 2013
Satan's Helpers (Izzy's Christmas Playlist 2013)
I love Christmas. I mean, I really fucking love it. I have a lot of friends who are quite jaded about it and just mumble "it's fine, you don't need to get me anything", when I ask what presents they want. But not so for me. I'm not religious, so Jesus et al have nothing to do with it for me. It's the atmosphere. I like the food, the television, the absence of school, THE PRESENTS, the fact that my birthday comes ten days after. Obviously, to keep this relevant to the blog, I love the music. Why I love Christmas music, I couldn't possibly tell you because I don't know myself. But whatever it is, you need a Christmas playlist, and I am making you one, from songs both classic and new.
Wham - Last Christmas
All Time Low - Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
The Darkness - Christmas Time
The Pogues - Fairy Tale Of New York
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Making Christmas (did you really think I'd leave this out?)
My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas Is You (cover)
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Corey Taylor - X-M@$
The Killers - Don't Shoot Me Santa
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Wham - Last Christmas
All Time Low - Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
The Darkness - Christmas Time
The Pogues - Fairy Tale Of New York
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Making Christmas (did you really think I'd leave this out?)
My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas Is You (cover)
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Corey Taylor - X-M@$
The Killers - Don't Shoot Me Santa
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
My Top 20 Awesomest Music Videos
Because music is wonderful, but sometimes you can emphasise or even completely change the meaning of a song by how you present the video. Some videos are really boring and just stick to the basic 'performance in front of dramatic backdrop' thing, but some will be a story, and put into a physical format all the things you see in your head when you listen to the song. So here is my top twenty.
20. Duke Dumont feat A*M*E - Need U (100%)
I did only see this video the other day, and by accident as well, but I find it highly amusing, especially the bit with the surgeons at the end.
19. All Time Low - I Feel Like Dancin'
This is the first All Time Low video I saw, and I think it played a major part in my decision to keep listening to them. It's funny, and at the same time it takes the piss out of some major 'artists' and the whole corporate side of music. (and Alex looks quite good in the video...)
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
There's the whole sculpture thing going on, which makes it quite interesting to look at, and RHCP know how to give a good performance as well.
17. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?
I remember seeing this video from a very young age, which at first made it quite easy for me to just accept how bizarre it is. I actually forgot about it until my mum made me come and watch the video with her the other month, when the strangeness of it finally hit me. It is brilliant though, and an awesome song as well.
16. Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl
I just like how creepy Darwin is in this, lurking about in the background. It actually took me a minute or so to notice he was even there, but I love the way they've done it.
15. Leathermouth - Bodysnatchers 4 Ever
I have no idea what's going on in that video, but it's creepy and I like it.
14. Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
I can't remember if I listened to Green Day before I saw this - I mean, everyone does really, it's Green Day, they're unavoidable - but it was this video and the song that caught my attention, and I still love watching it because there's all the weird little bits I've already noticed that I love, and then there's so many new things I see in it each time.
13. Pierce The Veil - Bulls In The Bronx
Although it doesn't exactly go with the story behind the song, it's still a pretty awesome video. All four of them manage to look so incredibly bad-ass the whole way through, and are putting at least 5000% of their effort into it - watching Mike in this lights a deep burning fire within me that urges me to take up drumming again.
12. The Cribs - Housewife
It's all creepy and gothy and weird, which is good. The cover art for the single is also kind of weird, which makes me like it more.
11. Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink - Lady Marmalade
Because . . . women . . . in lingerie . . . and lace . . . you see my point?
10. Without A Face - TSA Song
It's got Darth Vader in it. It's got Without A Face in leather. It's got awesome dancing and stuff. I don't know what I'm supposed to say that can make you understand this better. Just watch it.
9. Panic! At The Disco - Build God, Then We'll Talk
From one of the most bizarre and brilliant albums I've ever listened to. There's never anything quite like P!ATD, really. This video is one of their weirder ones, which is saying something. It's a whole relationship in mime, but good mime, I promise.
8. Fall Out Boy - Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
It took me ages to find this video the first time, because it's on a different channel to the others, and actually goes by the name of 'A Weekend At Pete Rose's'. I've read about the whole idea for the video, but it was a while ago and I don't remember the specifics, but that's some obscure reference that baseball fans or something will get - same with the song title. Really quite a macabre video, with an excellent performance from Bendon Urie and Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco, it's all very . . . well, I couldn't do it justice in words alone.
7. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Ok, I really pushed it back, this could have been the number two video if I had no self-restraint. But this video means a lot to me. It's as dark as the song, and all broken and twisted and really just sums up the whole Black Parade album for me. I admit that I do sometimes cry while watching this video, and I very rarely cry at films or songs.
6. Bring Me The Horizon - Sleepwalking
I feel like the video really perfectly fits the feeling of the song, that sort of alternating between this mind-shattering numbness and apathy, and then this feeling like you're bleeding and drowning and that you must be noticeably broken, but nobody seems to notice at all. I like the really intense performance surrounded by the completely oblivious onlookers.
5. Muse - Panic Station
Duuddddeeee. I just don't understand it, any of it. It's just like whwaaaaaattttt?!
4. Blink 182 - I Miss You
I just really like the creepy, lonely gothic atmosphere to it, from the soft focus to the spiders and the ethereal figures. Also, apparently, shooting the video took so long that Mark Hoppus had to put superglue on the ends of his fingers because playing the double bass for so long was rubbing the skin off them.
3. All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
Cool song, spliced in with many different 'dirty little secrets'. Are they real confessions or ones they made up? I don't know. But I feel like some of them are, at least. It says a lot about the things people think but don't tell anyone, from liking the smell of their own poo, to fearing for your own sanity.
2. Black Cards - End Of Pretend
The song's brilliant, and even though the video's quite random and erratic, I feel like it fits. It's made of loads and loads of GIFs, which all seem to fit together in this in a weird way, from the creepy skeletons to the cat pawing at the feet of the hanged woman. Plus, it's good to see Doctor Who randomly turn up, and I like spotting all the different GIFs I've seen on tumblr.
1. My Chemical Romance - Helena (So Long And Goodnight)
Of course it was going to be this. It was always going to be this. There was never any other option. I knew the moment I decided to make this post that this would be the number one spot. The song itself deals with grief, and the video shows that so well, with the living and the dead dancers, and the red and black colour scheme . . . I just . . . I just fucking love this video.
20. Duke Dumont feat A*M*E - Need U (100%)
I did only see this video the other day, and by accident as well, but I find it highly amusing, especially the bit with the surgeons at the end.
19. All Time Low - I Feel Like Dancin'
This is the first All Time Low video I saw, and I think it played a major part in my decision to keep listening to them. It's funny, and at the same time it takes the piss out of some major 'artists' and the whole corporate side of music. (and Alex looks quite good in the video...)
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
There's the whole sculpture thing going on, which makes it quite interesting to look at, and RHCP know how to give a good performance as well.
17. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?
I remember seeing this video from a very young age, which at first made it quite easy for me to just accept how bizarre it is. I actually forgot about it until my mum made me come and watch the video with her the other month, when the strangeness of it finally hit me. It is brilliant though, and an awesome song as well.
16. Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl
I just like how creepy Darwin is in this, lurking about in the background. It actually took me a minute or so to notice he was even there, but I love the way they've done it.
15. Leathermouth - Bodysnatchers 4 Ever
I have no idea what's going on in that video, but it's creepy and I like it.
14. Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
I can't remember if I listened to Green Day before I saw this - I mean, everyone does really, it's Green Day, they're unavoidable - but it was this video and the song that caught my attention, and I still love watching it because there's all the weird little bits I've already noticed that I love, and then there's so many new things I see in it each time.
13. Pierce The Veil - Bulls In The Bronx
Although it doesn't exactly go with the story behind the song, it's still a pretty awesome video. All four of them manage to look so incredibly bad-ass the whole way through, and are putting at least 5000% of their effort into it - watching Mike in this lights a deep burning fire within me that urges me to take up drumming again.
12. The Cribs - Housewife
It's all creepy and gothy and weird, which is good. The cover art for the single is also kind of weird, which makes me like it more.
11. Christina Aguilera, Mya, Lil' Kim, Pink - Lady Marmalade
Because . . . women . . . in lingerie . . . and lace . . . you see my point?
10. Without A Face - TSA Song
It's got Darth Vader in it. It's got Without A Face in leather. It's got awesome dancing and stuff. I don't know what I'm supposed to say that can make you understand this better. Just watch it.
9. Panic! At The Disco - Build God, Then We'll Talk
From one of the most bizarre and brilliant albums I've ever listened to. There's never anything quite like P!ATD, really. This video is one of their weirder ones, which is saying something. It's a whole relationship in mime, but good mime, I promise.
8. Fall Out Boy - Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
It took me ages to find this video the first time, because it's on a different channel to the others, and actually goes by the name of 'A Weekend At Pete Rose's'. I've read about the whole idea for the video, but it was a while ago and I don't remember the specifics, but that's some obscure reference that baseball fans or something will get - same with the song title. Really quite a macabre video, with an excellent performance from Bendon Urie and Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco, it's all very . . . well, I couldn't do it justice in words alone.
7. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Ok, I really pushed it back, this could have been the number two video if I had no self-restraint. But this video means a lot to me. It's as dark as the song, and all broken and twisted and really just sums up the whole Black Parade album for me. I admit that I do sometimes cry while watching this video, and I very rarely cry at films or songs.
6. Bring Me The Horizon - Sleepwalking
I feel like the video really perfectly fits the feeling of the song, that sort of alternating between this mind-shattering numbness and apathy, and then this feeling like you're bleeding and drowning and that you must be noticeably broken, but nobody seems to notice at all. I like the really intense performance surrounded by the completely oblivious onlookers.
5. Muse - Panic Station
Duuddddeeee. I just don't understand it, any of it. It's just like whwaaaaaattttt?!
4. Blink 182 - I Miss You
I just really like the creepy, lonely gothic atmosphere to it, from the soft focus to the spiders and the ethereal figures. Also, apparently, shooting the video took so long that Mark Hoppus had to put superglue on the ends of his fingers because playing the double bass for so long was rubbing the skin off them.
3. All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
Cool song, spliced in with many different 'dirty little secrets'. Are they real confessions or ones they made up? I don't know. But I feel like some of them are, at least. It says a lot about the things people think but don't tell anyone, from liking the smell of their own poo, to fearing for your own sanity.
2. Black Cards - End Of Pretend
The song's brilliant, and even though the video's quite random and erratic, I feel like it fits. It's made of loads and loads of GIFs, which all seem to fit together in this in a weird way, from the creepy skeletons to the cat pawing at the feet of the hanged woman. Plus, it's good to see Doctor Who randomly turn up, and I like spotting all the different GIFs I've seen on tumblr.
1. My Chemical Romance - Helena (So Long And Goodnight)
Of course it was going to be this. It was always going to be this. There was never any other option. I knew the moment I decided to make this post that this would be the number one spot. The song itself deals with grief, and the video shows that so well, with the living and the dead dancers, and the red and black colour scheme . . . I just . . . I just fucking love this video.
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
INTERNATIONAL MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DAY
Although it may seem like it sometimes, I don't plan out world events just so that I can talk about them - they just happen. Today is one of those days where, as a music blogger, I feel I have no choice but to talk about them, as it is in fact International My Chemical Romance Day; the anniversary of the release of their very first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. So, to start off with, let's have a look at the song Vampires Will Never Hurt You;
They're so young in this! Gerard's got his short hair, Frank's got his dreads, it's all so new and dark and I love it, everyone loves it. Of course you do. I really like that the whispering on the end of this is repeated at the end of The World Is Ugly off Conventional Weapons 3.
Your Favourite Album (19 of 30)
(I swear I'm not using this as an excuse to go on about My Chemical Romance all the time, I swear, it's just a coincidence)
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Obviously. Best album that has ever walked this godforsaken rock. Listen to it now and realise that your life is a lie and the only truth is angsty murderous My Chem. Do it. It'll be great (I promise).
As a song to show you, this time I'll go for Cemetery Drive, definitely in my top ten favourite songs of all time.
Sunday, 21 July 2013
The Band That Plays Your Favourite Song (17 of 30)
Come onnnn, they cornered me here, there was no way out of this, of course it was going to be MCR. But I won't put Helena again. For the sake of variety, I'll put Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us off their very first album. Very good for when you feel pissed off.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Your Favourite Singer (Day 7 of 30)
Saturday, 29 June 2013
Your Favourite Guitarist (Day 4 of 30)
Without a doubt, it's Frank Iero. Every aspect of his being is just brilliant. The song here is Early Sunsets Over Monroeville, because, if I remember rightly from my LOTMS sessions, that's one of the first songs he added to when he joined My Chemical Romance during the recording of Bullets . . . because they needed another guitarist so they'd be able to play live.
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Your Favourite Band (Day 1 of 30 Day Challenge)
I found a 30 Day Band Challenge thing, and it's supposed to be for pictures, but I'll add songs too. Day 1 is 'your favourite band'. No surprises here, it's My Chemical Romance, and my favourite song by them, Helena (So Long And Goodnight).
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Summery Tunes
Because it's summer, and I thought maybe you'd want some suggestions for happy songs to listen to while you lie in the grass and hold cats and drink beer and run screaming from the wasps. You know, barbecue-y, party-ish songs. Stuff to chill out to, while it's still safe to go outside.
MGMT - Electric Feel
Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of A Bay
My Chemical Romance - Summertime
Sleeping With Sirens - All My Heart
Panic! At The Disco - That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
Feeder - Seven Days In The Sun
Flight Of The Conchords - Ladies Of The World
All Time Low - Six Feet Under The Stars (Acoustic)
Without A Face - Stung
MGMT - Electric Feel
Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of A Bay
My Chemical Romance - Summertime
Sleeping With Sirens - All My Heart
Panic! At The Disco - That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
Feeder - Seven Days In The Sun
Flight Of The Conchords - Ladies Of The World
All Time Low - Six Feet Under The Stars (Acoustic)
Without A Face - Stung
Monday, 24 June 2013
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Morbid Songs For Morbid Writers
Aside from listening to music, I also like to write. I like to write morbid things about death and violence. To aid this cause, I made myself a playlist, and I think it may have broken with me. So, because maybe you're after a really depressing but cool collection of music, I will share this playlist with you.
Blink 182 - I Miss You
Blink 182 - Adam's Song
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Gram Rabbit - Dirty Horse
Florence + The Machine - Cosmic Love
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You
My Chemical Romance - Romance
My Chemical Romance - Desert Song
My Chemical Romance - Interlude
My Chemical Romance - Cancer
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground
White Lies - Bigger Than Us
Deaf Havana - I Will Try
Deaf Havana - Times Change, Friends Leave And Life Doesn't Stop For Anybody
Deaf Havana - Nicotine And Alcohol Saved My Life
Panic! At The Disco - Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Bring Me The Horizon - Deathbeds
Blink 182 - I Miss You
Blink 182 - Adam's Song
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Gram Rabbit - Dirty Horse
Florence + The Machine - Cosmic Love
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You
My Chemical Romance - Romance
My Chemical Romance - Desert Song
My Chemical Romance - Interlude
My Chemical Romance - Cancer
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground
White Lies - Bigger Than Us
Deaf Havana - I Will Try
Deaf Havana - Times Change, Friends Leave And Life Doesn't Stop For Anybody
Deaf Havana - Nicotine And Alcohol Saved My Life
Panic! At The Disco - Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
Bring Me The Horizon - Deathbeds
Sunday, 26 May 2013
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The Deranged Hermit Student Exercise Playlist
Picture this. The sun is shining brightly outside, and the sky is clear for once. Kids run past, screaming wildly and kicking footballs. It's probably pretty warm out, even in the slight breeze.
But you wouldn't know. You're not outside. You're sat inside, on the sofa, where you've been since you got up at mid-day for nearly six hours straight. You haven't washed. You've given up on the usual Western traditional eating times and are eating meals that would look weird, even to the average pothead. Your pupils are dilated from sitting in half-darkness, staring at a screen and writing notes, or more likely drafting blog posts to keep you from actually getting anything done. You're refusing to pay attention to anything, lest you give in to the voice in your head that says you're definitely going to fail your exam tomorrow because you don't have enough examples of Judicial Reviews in action, and, to be honest, you don't even know what that is in the first place.
You need a break. A break from the procrastinating, a break from the sitting and stewing. You need to get something else done so that you use up enough energy to sleep tonight instead of sitting reading until 5 am. Hopefully this will help a bit.
Fall Out Boy - Rat A Tat (feat. Courtney Love)
My Chemical Romance - House of Wolves
Lostprophets - A Town Called Hypocrisy
Green Day - Basket Case
Pierce The Veil - Caraphernelia (feat. Jeremy McKinnon)
A Day To Remember - I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?
Bring Me The Horizon - Chelsea Smile
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Heaven's Basement - I Am Electric
Muse - Supremacy
All Time Low - Weightless
The Blackout - The Fire
Sleeping With Sirens - Low
Florence + The Machine - You Got The Love
The Strokes - Reptilia
But you wouldn't know. You're not outside. You're sat inside, on the sofa, where you've been since you got up at mid-day for nearly six hours straight. You haven't washed. You've given up on the usual Western traditional eating times and are eating meals that would look weird, even to the average pothead. Your pupils are dilated from sitting in half-darkness, staring at a screen and writing notes, or more likely drafting blog posts to keep you from actually getting anything done. You're refusing to pay attention to anything, lest you give in to the voice in your head that says you're definitely going to fail your exam tomorrow because you don't have enough examples of Judicial Reviews in action, and, to be honest, you don't even know what that is in the first place.
You need a break. A break from the procrastinating, a break from the sitting and stewing. You need to get something else done so that you use up enough energy to sleep tonight instead of sitting reading until 5 am. Hopefully this will help a bit.
Fall Out Boy - Rat A Tat (feat. Courtney Love)
My Chemical Romance - House of Wolves
Lostprophets - A Town Called Hypocrisy
Green Day - Basket Case
Pierce The Veil - Caraphernelia (feat. Jeremy McKinnon)
A Day To Remember - I'm Made Of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?
Bring Me The Horizon - Chelsea Smile
Slipknot - Before I Forget
Heaven's Basement - I Am Electric
Muse - Supremacy
All Time Low - Weightless
The Blackout - The Fire
Sleeping With Sirens - Low
Florence + The Machine - You Got The Love
The Strokes - Reptilia
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
5 Songs: H (MCR special
why a My Chemical Romance special? Because, considering that nobody ever gives me any bloody feedback or anything, even to say 'i dont like any of these lol', this blog is apparently purely for my own benefit so you can shut up and listen to the music.
My Chemical Romance - Hang 'Em High
My Chemical Romance - Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
My Chemical Romance - Heaven Help Us
My Chemical Romance - Headfirst For Halos
My Chemical Romance - Helena (So Long And Goodnight)
My Chemical Romance - Hang 'Em High
My Chemical Romance - Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
My Chemical Romance - Heaven Help Us
My Chemical Romance - Headfirst For Halos
My Chemical Romance - Helena (So Long And Goodnight)
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
5 Songs: D
this is all for my own amusement, none of you are that bothered really, are you? Or you'd actually comment
-_-
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Gram Rabbit - Dirty Horse
Fall Out Boy - Death Valley
Of Mice & Men - The Depths
My Chemical Romance - Desert Song
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Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Gram Rabbit - Dirty Horse
Fall Out Boy - Death Valley
Of Mice & Men - The Depths
My Chemical Romance - Desert Song
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