Desert island songs
Jun. 4th, 2010 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12My list of musical favourites stays fairly static: Massive Attack has been my favourite band since 2000, I've liked The Pogues since I was six years old, Regurgitator since I was 12, Daft Punk since I was 15 and even Calexico for the past four years. What tends to happen is that I'll add about one band/singer and five or six songs to the repertoire of 'beloved music' every six months or so, and at any given time, there'll be about two songs that I'll have on pretty much continuous repeat. (This year, the first added band was The Knife, and the second has been Pendulum.)
What this means is that although I have a pretty stable list of 'top 10 favourite songs', at any given time, there'll be a different list of 'songs I can't live without right now'. At the moment, these are the songs:
M83, 'We Own the Sky'.
Komputer, 'Like a Bird'.
The Knife, 'Heartbeats' (live). Note, this is the original, not the Jose Gonzalez version. Just because something's electro doesn't mean it's a cover, people!
Pendulum, 'The Tempest'
Pendulum, 'Hold Your Colour' (ignore the rather random Final Fantasy fanvid).
Empire of the Sun, 'Half Mast'
Empire of the Sun, 'Walking on a Dream'
(I know most Australians think Luke Steele's a bit of a tool, but I actually quite like his diva-ishness. I've had a great deal of a affection for him since I saw him perform in a tiny, smoky bar on Brunswick St in Melbourne, drunk off his face and playing a violin with various pieces of cutlery. Shine on you crazy diamond, I say. Shine on.)
What this means is that although I have a pretty stable list of 'top 10 favourite songs', at any given time, there'll be a different list of 'songs I can't live without right now'. At the moment, these are the songs:
M83, 'We Own the Sky'.
Komputer, 'Like a Bird'.
The Knife, 'Heartbeats' (live). Note, this is the original, not the Jose Gonzalez version. Just because something's electro doesn't mean it's a cover, people!
Pendulum, 'The Tempest'
Pendulum, 'Hold Your Colour' (ignore the rather random Final Fantasy fanvid).
Empire of the Sun, 'Half Mast'
Empire of the Sun, 'Walking on a Dream'
(I know most Australians think Luke Steele's a bit of a tool, but I actually quite like his diva-ishness. I've had a great deal of a affection for him since I saw him perform in a tiny, smoky bar on Brunswick St in Melbourne, drunk off his face and playing a violin with various pieces of cutlery. Shine on you crazy diamond, I say. Shine on.)
