Next month, I'll start contributing to #FearOfMu21c, an attempt to crowdsource a great playlist of 21st century singles.
Everyone contributes their favourite 50, with bonus marks for the top five.
Here's my working so far. My list of 50 is a little long.
https://www.tumblr.com/weaversweek/729506571049140224
As Mastodon has limited post sizes, full discussion of each #FearOfMu21c song is on my Tumbr. There may be spoilers there until the countdown ends on 19 November.
Index post: https://www.tumblr.com/weaversweek/729933297209262080/fear-of-music-index-post
The first of fifty excellent songs from the 21st century.
2000 marked the high point of manufactured pop, bursting through like sunshine through the clouds. Those harmonies! The uplifting melody line!
The whole century's going to be as fun and positive as this, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50kP4S0peAs
#FearOfMu21c #SClub7
Eva Cassidy died in 1996. She was a natural musician - came up with three-part harmonies from nowhere, improvised with skill and precision - but never hit the record company leagues.
Indie label Blix Street hawked the handful of recordings to tastemakers. One was Paul Walters, the producer of Terry Wogan's breakfast show on Radio 2; the rest is history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY
#FearOfMu21c #EvaCassidy #TerryWogan
The new orchestral Eva Cassidy album I CAN ONLY BE ME is released 3rd March 2023 https://evacassidy.lnk.to/ICanOnlyBeMeRestored footage of Eva Cassidy perfor...
From Arizona to your heart, Jimmy Eat World helped us all with the unsubtle emotions of late 2001.
Whether it was a personal loss, or the cultural shock, the band's accessible emo music cut through crap and gave us permission to feel.
ELEVEN POINTS!
https://youtu.be/oKsxPW6i3pM
#FearOfMu21c #JimmyEatWorld
Banners - Mike Nelson to his friends and family - released this love song in summer 2017, on the Empires of Fire ep. It's brotherly love, a search for meaning and validation in life.
When the world stopped, the line "I wanna be somebody to someone. Someone to you" resonated. Tick Tock turned the obscure choon into a massive viral hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeLaiL9tk68
#FearOfMu21c #Banners
Established francophone singer Natasha St Pier worked with singer-songwriter Pascal Obispo for this song about the fleeting uncertainty of life, thoughtful and poignant. Even if you don't speak a word of French, you'll get the emotion here.
From Natasha's 2003 album "L'instant d'après"; a top five single in France and Belgium in '04.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f1mCn3Yv5Q
#FearOfMu21c #NatashaStPier #PascalObispo
Back to 2004, when electro-pop was at its most thrilling. Richard X from Xenomania wrote a confident, swaggering pop tune, sung by Annie about her many useless exes. The chorus line gets stuck in one's head: "you think you're chocolate but you're chewing gum", a diss to anyone.
In my personal top ten of the century, but (sigh) the top five only allows five entries, and this doesn't quite get the #FearOfMu21c bonus mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTx6enCvQ-M
#Annie #ChewingGum
Grunge never quite died, it just came back in unexpected ways. Tiffany Page was brought up on a diet of country music and Hole; her songs combine the best of both genres, relentless and verbose.
Her vocals were compared to Chrissie Hynde - soulful, smoky, sultry. "On your head", from early summer 2010, made it to Radio 1's B-list. Not that this made it a hit - into the top 40 at number 102, and straight out again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjiQrGUVYdk
#FearOfMu21c #TiffanyPage
Earnest and serious, Hozier's big breakthrough came with this masterpiece from late 2013.
Our interlocutor talks about love, using the language of catholicism. "Worship like a dog in the shrine of your lies" is such an evocative phrase, and the closing motif "a-men a-men" rams the point home.
It's a song about human sexuality, and those who would pretend it's somehow sinful.
#FearOfMu21c #Hozier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjiKRfKpPI
"Take me out" boasts the greatest opening minute of any song on this list. A low-pitched, menacing, guitar throb. Ominous, already we're bracing for bad news. Then in comes a low-pitched, growling Scottish voice.
Jonas Odell's video married live-action footage of the band with animated drawings - a state of the art video from 1988 is pastiche by 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9jhwR07yk4
#FearOfMu21C #FranzFerdinand
The first of five Eurovision songs in the 50, and the oldest of all.
"My star" is a post-grunge song, cautious optimism for the future while being honest that life can be a bit shit.
Renars Kaupers, the singer and songwriter, is an affable and geeky chap. Made a connection through the screen, enough to have the song reach an unexpected third place, and a small release over here a month later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZutVRMXoiiU
#Brainstorm #FearOfMu21C #Eurovision
Which song to summarise Dua Lipa's career? Dua has cornered the market in disco pop, with any number of songs to soundtrack the last few years.
"IDGAF" remains the strongest for me. It's about your own personal contradictions and battles, how they can leave you stronger.
A breakup song, an empowerment anthem: you speak, I don't have to listen. You're never alone with friends: Dua stands in fierce solidarity with her phalanx.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgfe5tIwOj0
#FearOfMu21c #DuaLipa
Electroclash pop, a vocal to burn toast at a thousand paces, a chorus never to be forgotten.
Elly Jackson has style, androgynous genderqueer punk dystopian vibe we all love. This left us hollering the chorus while three sheets to the wind, a cry of complete love, a call of hope that we can get through this bit.
La Roux's signature song, first of a million bangers. Investigate other La Roux tunes, you'll thank me later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8eJh4i8Lo
#FearOfMu21c #LaRoux
One of the greatest pop moments of the 2000s.
The chorus returns – "can we bring yesterday back around?" But this time it's higher-pitched, a touch yelpy. And there's a gloriously discordant high tone, "coz I know how I feel about you now".
By 2007, we're up to Sugababes 3.0, and the video with the young man parkouring his way around south London, hopes to meet up with his date on the Southbank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPo8XJgoqmE
#FearOfMu21c #Sugababes
Whose bingo card had "Chains" singer gets massive hit in French?
After filling her anglophone contract, Tina recorded «Un autre univers», an album of modern chanson. This was the lead single, "Love unto the impossible".
It's a rejoinder to the cruel ex - promised eternity, then ran away; much disappears under the flame of jealousy, but Tina is always saved by the way she can love. Even unto the impossible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lk_qfB3ooI
#FearOfMu21c #TinaArena
A career condensed to four minutes. Synthpop from "1989", dense lyrics from "Folklore" / "Evermore", dark introspection of "Reputation", the effortless breeze of her early years.
"Anti-hero" is all about the insecurities that keep Taylor up, and the nightmares that wake her. She wants to be a good person, but has become convinced that her flaws will keep her from ever being one. A self-directed video extends the metaphor.
#FearOfMu21c #TaylorSwift https://youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk
Miley Cyrus has had three blasts at fame, each more intriguing than the last. Today she's a mature woman, earlier a party animal. Miley began as the cleancut star of "Hannah Montana" and its movie.
She sings "The climb" and means it, acting through every layer of her skin. There are ups, and there are downs. "Always gonna be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose" is a very rare emotion in pop.
https://youtu.be/NG2zyeVRcbs
#FearOfMu21c #MileyCyrus #HannahMontana
A straightforward relationship song, the love and the distance, the closeness and the moments when you just can't stand them.
There's gospel, there's a slow-building crescendo, there's a subtle sample from James Brown somewhere in the mix. And it's a great showcase for Alicia's skills - as pianist, singer, songwriter, producer.
"The gospel fervour of lovesick righteousness", according to Entertainment Weakly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urdlvw0SSEc
#FearOfMu21c #AliciaKeys
Official HD video for "Fallin'" by Alicia KeysListen to Alicia Keys: https://AliciaKeys.lnk.to/_listenYDWatch NOTED: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories 4 Part Yo...
Inspired by Beyoncé and Aretha Franklin, Destiny came up through Malta's many stage schools and young theatrical scene. With Matt Mercieca and Elton Zarb, she wrote and performed a Motown throwback of extreme quality.
I said in 2015, "Being in English, this song could fit straight onto a UK radio playlist. Being utterly brilliant, it won't."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Sxw9asfX0
#FearOfMu21c #Destiny
Gothpop twins Jessica and Lisa Origliasso have been making great music for most of the century. They've gone from power pop through synth-dance, and then into an era of molten Barbie poured into a crucible with black eyeliner.
"If you love someone" is happy, upbeat, inclusive. A big giant hug for all the queers, all the misfits, all the people who don't quite fit into Normal Bread Society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc5V51_kpw4
#FearOfMu21c #TheVeronicas
An occasional reminder that I'm doing extended write-ups of #FearOfMu21c on my little Tumblr site.
What was the link between Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus?
Why didn't "Bulletproof" get the still-unawarded DOUZE POINTS?
Which song will I post next? Tomorrow's hits today!
https://weaversweek.tumblr.com/post/729933297209262080/fear-of-music-index-post
Avril Lavigne splashed onto the scene in summer 2002, and snotty bratty mall-punks from Manitoba to Milton Keynes found their eyes popping out on stalks.
It's the energy that makes this song - "Sk8er boi" sees the line between "milquetoast" and "too loud", dances along it, turns a few cartwheels, and ends by making an iconic hand gesture in our face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIy3n2b7V9k
#FearOfMu21c #AvrilLavigne
Official video for "Sk8er Boi” by Avril Lavigne Listen to Avril Lavigne: https://AvrilLavigne.lnk.to/listen_YDListen to "Let Go" 20th Anniversary: https://av...
A strange and cautionary tale of recent times.
A tale of the little band that could (but never did).
A tale of fans who chomp at anything their idol does.
A tale of a radio dj who didn't believe in grass roots rebellion, and got trampled underfoot by some bratty mallpunks.
https://weaversweek.tumblr.com/post/731772824876924928/uncool50-say-you-love-me
#FearOfMu21c #VoodooHussy
Trying to conjure up a bit of hope on a dark day, this soft jazz number features "doo-doo"s and a calm vocal. There's a lazy bassline, perhaps a bit too close to Lou Reed, and eventually a sax solo.
Less polished than their earlier work, 2019's "Summer girl" keeps the harmonies and emotional intimacy that are Haim's trademark.
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=ZjuA_o6Jzyo
#FearOfMu21c #Haim
HAIM - Summer Girl Listen: https://HAIM.lnk.to/SummerGirlVD Follow HAIM: http://facebook.com/haimtheband http://twitter.com/haimtheband http://instagram.com/haimtheband http://haimtheband.com Performed by Danielle Haim Este Haim Alana Haim Henry Solomon Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Recording Produced by: Danielle Haim, Rostam Batmanglij, and Ariel Rechtshaid Producers: Sara Murphy, Erica Frauman Editor: Andy Jurgensen Recording Mixed by: Rostam Batmanglij, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Shawn Everett Recording Mastered by: Emily Lazar Production Company: Ghoulardi Film Company UPM: Kat Barnette Camera / Steadicam Operator: Colin Anderson 1st Assistant Camera: Steve Cueva 2nd Assistant Camera: Jozo Zovko Gaffer: Danny Durr Key Grip: Jeff Kunkel Loaders: Drey Jordan Singer, Hadyn Pazanti Production Coordinator: Lauren Andrade Wardrobe: Rebecca Grice Playback & Other Stuff: Victoria Kunkel Production Assistant: EJ Smith Colorists: Mike Sowa, Phil Beckner DI Producer: Jason Pelham THANK YOU: Jules McLean Panavision Cameras: Lori Killam Light Force Kodak: Anne Hubbell Color and Prints by: Fotokem #HAIM Filmed on location at VOX Studios, New Beverly Cinema, Canters Deli, Ventura Blvd., California June 8 & 9, 2019
Nelly Furtado makes great singles, this one's my favourite. Her usual well-written song, this time with a strong dance beat, and Nelly uses her lyrical prowess to make poetry from the mundane.
The video features Nelly around the world, colourful and dark, wet and warm. The song's got as many aural textures.
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=42gn7moKmDE
#FearOfMu21c #NellyFurtado
Directed by Sophie Muller. Writer by Nelly Furtado. ℗ 2001 Geffen Records.
They may have used Amy Lee's physical assets to sell the song; it stayed a month at number one because it's a bit different, and a lot good.
There's a tune, it's danceable, it's not the cloying dance beat of every other record of summer 2003.
And the lyric has a certain spiritual quality, drawing from the band's Christian faith - even if they withdrew from the CCM scene around this point.
https://inv.us.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=lZHPi6u8_6U
#FearOfMu21c #Evanescence
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Lily understood the young person's condition. The precarious life, take pleasures when we can. Not a life of hedonism, but a life betrayed by the generations above.
If the generation above had any sort of introspection, they'd ask, "why do our children feel like this? Could we have done better?" But no, for the boomers and 50s kids, it was always "me me me me me".
https://inv.us.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c
#FearOfMu21c #LilyAllen
NO SHAME - THE NEW ALBUM - OUT NOW https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/NoShameID 'The Fear' from the album 'It's Not Me, It's You' Stream, download or buy – https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/ItsNotMeItsYouID – Follow Lily online: www.lilyallenmusic.com https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/Spotify https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/AppleMusic https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/Twitter https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/Facebook https://LilyAllen.lnk.to/Instagram
An ode to his insecurity, Mika puts on all sorts of different faces in an effort to impress someone.
By the end of the song, he's learned that everyone else has insecurities, and to have that bit more confidence in himself.
Mika has remained popular in France and Italy, where pop stars are allowed to have quality. He's done casting shows for major broadcasters, and a song competition in Turin...
https://inv.us.projectsegfau.lt/watch?v=EaEPCsQ4608
#FearOfMu21c #Mika
Back on day 3, I gave a bonus to "The middle". Jimmy Eat World's single is the second best of the century so far.
Halfway round the 50-day cycle, I give a bonus to "Snap". Rosa Linn's single is *the* best of the century so far.
The two singles are similar in theme and emotional heft.
As you may expect, I have *thoughts*. Lots of thoughts.
https://weaversweek.tumblr.com/post/732403608725979136/twelve-points-to-snap
#FearOfMu21c #RosaLinn
... and if you've not heard "Snap", not met young Rosa before...
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=a-STDPoEJOg
#FearOfMu21c #RosaLinn #JESC22
Amazing performance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 of Rosa Linn, the representer of Armenia (ESC 2022)
"You're the storm" is chamber music for the pop age: it could be played by three people and a singer and no electricity.
It is played with psychedelic effects, lifting to the chorus, then dropping like Wile E Coyote as he runs out of cliff. It's a song about the eras we're leaving behind. Came out in the middle of the Iraq catastrophe, and barely scraped the top 75.
https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=KMTLfChPzMc
#FearOfMu21c #Cardigans
Click here to stream and download more music from The Cardigans: https://lnk.to/TheCardigans #TheCardigans #LiveAndLearn #vevo #NinaPersson
The German speaking world had a spot for schmaltz in the mid-aughts, Mel C's tune spent six months in the top ten.
Written by Guy Chambers and Enrique Iglesias, "First day of my life" was originally recorded by Andrea Bocelli for his classical crossover album.
A download-and-radio single on Britain, promoted to adult radio - GWR's Life station loved it, for obvious reasons.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=W9n5AkJU-so
#FearOfMu21c #MelanieC #SpiceGirls
Music video of Melanie's European number 1 smash hit, taken from the album "Beautiful Intentions". For more Melanie C music check out http://itunes.com/MelanieC For more information visit www.melaniec.net, follow Melanie on Twitter at http://twitter.com/melaniecmusic and like Melanie on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/melaniecmusic
After leaving Veruca Salt, Nina Gordon brought out her talent as a songwriter.
A cool tune full of sparkle and potential. Nina works with strings and piano, to bring out the rich timbre of a fragile voice. The build-up to the chorus is magic, of a sort we only got around the turn of the century.
Released as a radio single and made some impact on the Billboard charts.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=Z29Wq7vWKDI
#FearOfMu21c #NinaGordon #VerucaSalt
Nina Gordon - Tonight And The Rest Of My Life
Covers only work if they improve on the original. This cover really works, it takes Bono's leaden vocals and puts them on the wings of angels.
"With or without you" is the perfect song for an autumn morning, a little sunlight playing on dewey grass, a hot pot of coffee and some warm croissants.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=1g5D8DOe77k
#FearOfMu21c #Scala #KolacnyBrothers
Live in Bruges, April 2010 Full show: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8K_IODGzNeF1e24QBhgKWmqx-I-XzTY
2020 single, a reworking of Indochine's 1985 song "3e sexe".
One of the most iconic songs about sexual tolerance with its lyric about queerness and gender fluidity. The ideas are still timely and relevant so many decades later.
Chris was associated with the #MusicToo movement in France, an “anonymous collective against gender-based and sexual violence in the music industry”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ7H-INlclg?list=RDPJ7H-INlclg
#FearOfMu21c #ChristineAndTheQueens #Indochine
Les éditions du #CentralTour, Le Film sont disponibles partout : https://indochine.lnk.to/CentralTourLeFilm INDOCHINE - FESTIVAL TOUR 2023, infos et réserva...
Pat Monahan's voice is tailor-made for underdog stories, like this one. Behind the string riffs, beneath the pounding piano beat, there's a lot of emotion in this lyric. The song is about Pat's late mother, and he quite literally dreamed up the key image.
The strings are a deliberate homage to Elton John's "Tiny dancer"; the reference to soy latte might be a bit of filler, but we couldn't imagine the song without it.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=7Xf-Lesrkuc
#FearOfMu21c #Train
Train's official music video for "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Listen to Train: https://Train.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Train channel: https://Train.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more of Train’s Music Videos: https://Train.lnk.to/listenYC/youtube Follow Train: Facebook: https://Train.lnk.to/followFI Twitter: https://Train.lnk.to/followTI Instagram: https://Train.lnk.to/followII Website: https://Train.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://Train.lnk.to/followSI Lyrics: Then I won a hundred bucks on a scratch-off ticket I bought two 12-packs and a tank of gas with it She swore they were a waste of time Oh, but she was wrong I was caller number five on a radio station Won a four day, three night beach vacation Deep sea señorita fishing down in Panama And I ain't gotta see my Ex-future-mother-in-law anymore Oh Lord, when it rains it pours #Train #DropsofJupiter #OfficialVideo
The greatest songwriter of the century, the greatest hitmaker of the century, the only performer with two songs in my top 50.
"Blank space" was written for 2014's "1989" album. Taylor leans into her reputation for writing lots of songs about her exes, subverts it to her own ends, and reclaims the narrative.
"Blank space" is a precise strike, a stiletto blade slipped between the scales of the "news"paper's chestplate.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=BHP0qa3efwk
#FearOfMu21c #TaylorSwift
You can also listen "Shake It Off - Taylor's Version" here: https://youtu.be/J36Elnew0Ek
Celebrity destroyed Britney Spears; she's never been allowed to grow beyond the image we saw in "...baby one more time".
"Toxic" might be the moment when she tried to mature. Both in image and in sound - another crack song from Cathy Dennis! bhangra motifs! the cat burglar!
But then came personal problems, and legal nonsense, and we are where we are. Sigh. #FreeBritney, as we said.
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU
#FearOfMu21c #BritneySpears
Official HD Video "Toxic" by Britney Spears Listen to Britney Spears: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Britney Spears YouTube channel: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/subscribeYD Watch more Britney Spears videos: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/listenYD/youtube Follow Britney Spears: Facebook: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followTI TikTok: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followYx Website: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BritneySpears.lnk.to/subscribeYD Lyrics: With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride You're toxic, I'm slippin' under With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic? And I love what you do Don't you know that you're toxic? #BritneySpears #Toxic #OfficialHDVideo
Greatest pop song of the 2010s? This disco confection, more perfect than any millefeuille. Start with a funky bass riff, add on some sampled guitars and horns to accentuate the chorus like Wham! did.
The lyric doesn't have to mean much, in fact it's probably better if the lyric doesn't mean anything. A feelgood song, an instant classic… and completely overshadowed in its own interval act.
https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=4onPsBIPUbY
#FearOfMu21c #JustinTimberlake
"Rock Your Body & CAN'T STOP THE FEELING!” Live by Justin Timberlake Listen to Justin Timberlake: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/listenYD Watch more videos by Justin Timberlake: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/listenYD/youtube Subscribe to the official Justin Timberlake YouTube channel: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/subscribeYD Follow Justin Timberlake Facebook: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://JustinTimberlake.lnk.to/subscribeYD Ask your voice device to play Justin Timberlake! #JustinTimberlake #RockYourBody #CANTSTOPTHEFEELING #Live
"Anyone I want to be" gets in with a throbbing chord, a solo vocal in English that turned into Polish for the pre-chorus. Visually, perfection - black-and-white video, fast and precise cuts. We're hooked with the loping beat and fists-in-the-air moment, a little thrill of the chorus.
A stunningly good song, rejected by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora, turned into success by a young woman from Silesia.
https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=PT-EzzJxySI
#FearOfMu21c #RoxieWegiel #JESC
Katy Perry started her career singing Christian pop songs. She knows the tricks used by evangelicals and the religious lot.
She uses the tricks on "Chained to the rhythm", when cautious optimism had been crushed by tiny tiny hands. Chiding her audience for being "happily numb" and "tone deaf", Katy warns of what happens when we "dance to the distortion", all to a woozy Caribbean beat and a rap from Skip Marley.
https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/Um7pMggPnug
#FearOfMu21c #KatyPerry
Get “Chained To The Rhythm” off Katy’s new album ‘Witness’: http://katy.to/witnessYd Katy Perry Complete Collection on Spotify: http://katy.to/SpotifyCompleteYD Katy Perry Essentials on Apple Music: http://katy.to/AMEssentialsYD Watch your favorite Katy videos on YouTube: http://katy.to/MusicVideosYD Official video for “Chained to the Rhythm” directed by Mathew Cullen, produced by Danny Lockwood, Rob Newman, Ben Leiser & Javier Jimenez. Filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California, “The Thrill Capital of the World”, January 2017. Follow Katy Perry: Website: http://katy.to/WebsiteYD Instagram: http://katy.to/InstagramYD Twitter: http://katy.to/TwitterYD Facebook: http://katy.to/FacebookYD LYRICS: Are we crazy Living our lives through a lens Trapped in our white picket fence Like ornaments So comfortable, we’re living in a bubble, bubble So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble Aren’t you lonely Up there in utopia Where nothing will ever be enough Happily numb So comfortable, we’re living in a bubble, bubble So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble So put your rose-colored glasses on And party on Turn it up, it’s your favorite song Dance, dance, dance to the distortion Turn it up, keep it on repeat Stumbling around like a wasted zombie Yeah, we think we’re free Drink, this one’s on me We’re all chained to the rhythm To the rhythm To the rhythm Turn it up, it’s your favorite song Dance, dance, dance to the distortion Turn it up, keep it on repeat Stumbling around like a wasted zombie Yeah, we think we’re free Drink, this one’s on me We’re all chained to the rhythm To the rhythm To the rhythm Are we tone deaf Keep sweeping it under the mat Thought we could do better than that I hope we can So comfortable, we’re living in a bubble, bubble So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, trouble So put your rose-colored glasses on And party on Turn it up, it’s your favorite song Dance, dance, dance to the distortion Turn it up, keep it on repeat Stumbling around like a wasted zombie Yeah, we think we’re free Drink, this one’s on me We’re all chained to the rhythm To the rhythm To the rhythm Turn it up, it’s your favorite song Dance, dance, dance to the distortion Turn it up, keep it on repeat Stumbling around like a wasted zombie Yeah, we think we’re free Drink, this one’s on me We’re all chained to the rhythm To the rhythm To the rhythm It is my desire Break down the walls to connect, inspire Up in your high place, liars Time is ticking for the empire The truth they feed is feeble As so many times before They greed over the people They stumbling and fumbling And we about to riot They woke up, they woke up the lions Turn it up, it’s your favorite song Dance, dance, dance to the distortion Turn it up, keep it on repeat Stumbling around like a wasted zombie Yeah, we think we’re free Drink, this one’s on me We’re all chained to the rhythm To the rhythm To the rhythm http://vevo.ly/5vrgDV
It's the apogee of the aughts decade: obsessed with popularity and celebrity, hedonistic, flashing a lot of skin.
For the video. Alexander McQueen sent in the costumes worn by Gaga and her dancers, not the sort of thing you'll see on sale at Primark on Wednesday week. Full of white latex, orbiting rings, a chandelier top, the clip shows Gaga as a pawn for sale, an amusement for rich men.
https://invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I
#FearOfMu21c #LadyGaga
Writing from the heart, Lorde penned "Royals" in less than an hour. The song reads like a teenage diary, frustrated and irritated and aspiring for her better world. The song contrasts Lorde's humdrum suburban life to those of the stars and celebrities.
"Royals" comes from being on the fringes of the dominant culture, in this case Aotearoa. We see the materialist stuff, we're exposed to celebrity, we can never join it.
invidious.slipfox.xyz/watch?nlcIKh6sBtc
#FearOfMu21c #Lorde
The greatest singer-songwriter we've found so far this decade. "Driver's license" was great; "Vampire" sees Olivia take control of her life, and mercilessly disassemble the older ex's manipulative behaviour.
Olivia's anger and exhaustion rises through the song, reaching a crescendo of fury as she spits out the title line. One of the 50 best singles of the century so far, and may well be the song of 2023.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=RlPNh_PBZb4
#FearOfMu21c #OliviaRodrigo
Listen to vampire out now: https://OliviaRodrigo.lnk.to/vampire Store: https://OliviaRodrigo.lnk.to/store Create a Short to vampire: https://yt.be/vampireOR2 Follow Olivia Rodrigo: Instagram: https://instagram.com/oliviarodrigo Twitter: https://twitter.com/Olivia_Rodrigo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OliviaRodrigoOfficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OliviaRodrigo TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@livbedumb Discord: https://discord.gg/livieshq Presave GUTS: https://OliviaRodrigo.lnk.to/GUTS LYRICS hate to give the satisfaction asking how you’re doing now how’s the castle built off people you pretend to care about just what you wanted look at you, cool guy, you got it i see the parties and the diamonds sometimes when i close my eyes six months of torture that you sold as some forbidden paradise i loved you truly gotta laugh at the stupidity cuz i’ve made some real big mistakes but you make the worst one look fine i should’ve known it was strange you only come out at night i used to think i was smart but you made me look so naive the way you sold me for parts as you sunk your teeth into me, oh bloodsucker, famefucker bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire every girl i ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news you called them crazy god i hate the way i called them crazy too you’re so convincing how do you lie without flinching (how do you lie, how do you lie, how do you lie) oh, what a mesmerizing, paralyzing, fucked up little thrill can’t figure out just how you do it and god knows i never will went for me and not her cuz girls your age know better i’ve made some real big mistakes but you make the worst one look fine i should’ve known it was strange you only come out at night i used to think i was smart but you made me look so naive the way you sold me for parts as you sunk your teeth into me, oh bloodsucker, famefucker bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire you said it was true love but wouldn’t that be hard you can’t love anyone cuz that would mean you had a heart i tried you help you out now i know that i can’t cuz how you think’s the kind of thing i’ll never understand i’ve made some real big mistakes but you make the worst one look fine i should’ve known it was strange you only come out at night i used to think i was smart but you made me look so naive the way you sold me for parts as you sunk your teeth into me, oh bloodsucker, famefucker bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire CREDITS Directed by Petra Collins (IG: @petrafcollins) Produced by Tiffany Suh (IG: @tiffanysuh) Production Supervising by Sina Pars (IG: @beingsinapars) Production Coordinating by Nina Nwachukwu (IG: @ninamarien) 1st AD - Mati Almanso (IG: @matinil) DP - Russ Fraser (IG: @russfraser) Gaffner - Nick Durr (IG: @dicknurr) Key Grip - Luke Poole (IG: @lanative_grip) Production Design by Nicholas des Jardins (IG: @nicholasdesjardins) Stunt Coordinator - Pat Romano (IG: @romano_stunts)
A slow-burn love song, Francesca sings of a deep emotional connection that has crept up on her. The second chorus dips into English, to convey the message even more clearly.
And - oh! - Francesca's voice! A beautiful tone, conveys everything she wants to say almost before she's enunciated the lyric.
Gorgeous song, perhaps too lovely for the big loud Eurovision Song Contest.
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=NXE-aTIIG30
#FearOfMu21c #FrancescaMichielin
“Nessun grado di separazione” di Francesca Michielin è disponibile qui: https://francescamichielin.lnk.to/Francesca10 Seguimi sui Social! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francescacheeks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francesca_m... Twitter: https://twitter.com/francescacheeks/ Management Francesca Michielin: Latarma ([email protected]) Regia e sceneggiatura: Giacomo Triglia Produzione esecutiva: Tycho Studio Assistente alla regia: Mirella Nania Dop: Antonio Scappatura Operatore di macchina e montaggio: Giacomo Triglia Motion graphics e visual effects: Edwin Guzzo, Arturo Murante Casting e styling comparse: Serena Belcastro Assistente styling comparse: Roberta Salustri Oggetti 3D: Amedeo Greco Elettricista: Francesco Alessandrini Assistente di studio: Nicholas Del Bianco Costumi comparse: American Apparel Per Francesca Michielin: Styling: Francesco Federico Hair&MakeUp: Manuele Mameli Abiti/Accessori: Space Styleconcept - Elisabetta Franchi - Ella Lagodicomo - Au Jour le Jour (scarpe) - Rocco P. (scarpe) - Borsalino - MILUNA Si ringrazia Pubbli Level Guarda altri video di Francesca Michielin qui: Nei tuoi occhi di Francesca Michielin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtBh73YpiXQ Bolivia di Francesca Michielin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3O1wXVKiFw Vulcano di Francesca Michielin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkN_APXy8TE
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…and is it entirely a coincidence that #Pointless are doing a round on sharks?
It’s a sign, I tell you! A sign from the Great Big Shark!
"that episode of Buffy where Xander becomes a hyena, only with the threat amplified."
Greenock's finest rock-folk-samples-literate band from the mid aughts.
A pack hunting together, playing together.
Time to roar, drum, the sound of campfires deep in the woods, getting high on woodsmoke.
Eighteen words circle around a thought to reach, trance-like, for the release. Scary, cathartic. Must do it again.
https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=IXTXfBCre3k
#FearOfMu21c #MyLatestNovel
Provided to YouTube by Pias UK Limited When We Were Wolves · My Latest Novel Wolves ℗ 2006 Bella Union Released on: 2006-01-01 Music Publisher: Copyright Control Auto-generated by YouTube.
Last part of my little menagerie, a very tight song from the mid-aughts.
Jenny Lewis mastered the art of saying a lot in a little space. "Portions for foxes" may be a reference to psalm 63 ("They will fall by the sword: they will be a portion for foxes") and certainly the petit mort of good sex.
This is a song about sex, the yearning and the possibilities. And the happening, and then there is no mystery left.
https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=qtNV3pOqcjI
#FearOfMu21c #RiloKiley
Rilo Kiley: Portions for Foxes Album: More Adventurous, Warner Bros. 2004
Halsey's generation takes diversity to heart, because diversity comes from the heart.
She sings of a generation that mocks itself, doesn't take itself too seriously. A pointed satire, to the point where stupid people stop understanding it.
"New americana" is a perfect document of the cultural zeitgeist. It captures and explains what it's like to be young in the early years of the twenty-first century.
https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=b-eYbUVZedY
#FearOfMu21c #Halsey
Listen to the newest album “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power” out now: https://halsey.lnk.to/IICHLIWPID Discover more Halsey on Spotify: https://halsey.lnk.to/insidemyhead Sign up for the official Halsey newsletter: http://smarturl.it/HalseyMailingList?IQid=YT Download “BADLANDS” on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HalseyBadlands?IQid=YT.NA Watch official “New Americana” Behind the Scenes: http://smarturl.it/NAvideoBTS?IQid=YT.NA Order deluxe box of “BADLANDS”: http://smarturl.it/HalseyStore?IQid=YT.NA Order deluxe edition of “BADLANDS” from Target: http://smarturl.it/halseytarget?IQid=YT.NA Listen to “BADLANDS” on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BADLANDSspotify?IQid=YT.NA Watch live version of “New Americana” from Chicago: http://smarturl.it/NAchicagolive?IQid=YT.NA Visit Halsey’s ‘Room 93’ Stream Halsey’s ‘Room 93’ EP: http://smarturl.it/Room93Spotify?IQid=YT.NA Download Halsey’s 'Room 93' EP: http://smarturl.it/HalseyRoom93?IQid=YT.NA Watch the 'Room 93' video series: http://smarturl.it/Room93videos?IQid=YT.NA Subscribe to Halsey’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/iamhalsey Follow Halsey http://iamhalsey.com http://twitter.com/halsey https://www.facebook.com/HalseyMusic http://instagram.com/iamhalsey Spotify: http://smarturl.it/HalseySpotify http://vevo.ly/dJ6gJ6
The lead single from "Heartthrob", "Closer" confirmed the duo's transition from folksy-singer-songwriters into a sleek disco machine. A late-70s synth riff announces the song, it cuts through clutter on the dancefloor and on the radio.
And then we're into a dreamlike space, playful and energetic and with a wistful romance, and the prospect of something more.
https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=9e9NSMY8QiQ
#FearOfMu21c #TeganAndSara
© 2012 WMG "Closer" by Tegan and Sara, from the album Heartthrob. Love You to Death available now at http://teganandsara.com/shop OR on iTunes at http://SmartURL.it/LY2DiTunes Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeganandSara Website: http://www.teganandsara.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/teganandsara Spotify: http://bit.ly/1buDYJS Lyrics: All I want to get is a little bit closer All I want to know is, can you come a little closer? Here comes the breath before we get a little bit closer Here comes the rush before we touch, come a little closer The doors are open, the wind is really blowing The night sky is changing overhead It's not just all physical I'm the type who will get oh so critical So let's make things physical I won't treat you like you're oh so typical All you think of lately is getting underneath me All I'm dreaming lately is how to get you underneath me Here comes the heat before we meet a little bit closer Here comes the spark before the dark, come a little closer The lights turned off and the sun is finally setting The night sky is changing overhead It's not just all physical I'm the type who will get oh so critical So let's make things physical I won't treat you like you're oh so typical I want you close, I want you I won't treat you like you're typical Here come the dreams of you and me Here come the dreams Here come the dreams of you and me Here come the dreams It's not just all physical I'm the type who will get oh so critical So let's make things physical I won't treat you like you're oh so typical I want you close, I want you I won't treat you like you're typical I want you close, I want you I won't treat you like you're typical All I want to get is a little bit closer All I want to know is, can you come a little closer?
One of the great singalong songs from the start of the century. "Year 3000" put Busted on the map, proved they were more than one-hit wonders.
Lyrical nods to "Back to the Future", the group's seventh album, and the celebrity of Michael Jackson. Has his video finished yet?
"Year 3000" is completely disposable pop, and it's wormed its way into everyone's heads. Boy bands, and another one, and another one, and another one.
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=zEERYu22tb8
#FearOfMu21c #Busted
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A great song is a great song, a timeless song works in any era. Especially when it's given a loving remake by people who completely understand it.
The Saw Doctors took "Downtown", persuaded Pet Clark to re-record her vocals, and took over the centre of Galway to make their video.
This one's full of joy and love.
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=ItVEhL-T7qQ
#FearOfMu21c #SawDoctors #PetulaClark
Download from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/downtown-feat.-petula-clark/id480392109 The Saw Doctors have teamed up with the iconic Petula Clark to record a version of that legendary chanteuse's 'Downtown'. Produced by Philip Tennant Mixed by Cenzo Townshend Video Directed by Eugene O'Connor
And that completes my #FearOfMu21c top 50.
Extended write-ups about all fifty songs are on my Tumblr.
https://weaversweek.tumblr.com/post/729933297209262080/fear-of-music-index-post
Coming soon to this intermission: the bubblers, songs that didn't quite make the top 50.
@daweaver The way it was kept off the top of the UK charts by Drake's reign of error is going to be a source of confusion for a very long time.
*checks date this happened*
Oh. Well that explains it.
Our group declare to be true
David Howell