Seem to be posting nothing but music these days

[petronia]

Thought I'd do the seven songs meme first after all. ^^ As tagged by fabulous_papaya.

1) Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon: don't listen to a song or a band for years and sometimes you discover you've rightfully moved on, but sometimes you discover it was just as good as you remembered. (People for whom Cibo Matto's Stereotype A album was a touchstone of the late nineties, raise your hands! Or how about the Savage Garden self-titled? XD)

2) Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom - Relevee (DFA Remix): warm, funky micro-disco with pianos. Will continue to associate this with cold sweet horchata on that blindingly sunny day at the Saint Laurent street fair, among other reasons because I spotted the vinyl single at Inbeat. XD

I'm growing to like this kind of music specifically for summer, because it's inclusive. I don't have to tune out the outside world in order to listen; I keep the volume low and make the sounds of the city part of the music.

3) SweetS - Nijiiro no eien: everyone has (or should have, or needs) a favorite sap genre - otherwise unredeemable/embarrassing music that hits one's weepy sentimentality buttons full on. Radio country, Green Day ballads, Céline, Teresa Teng, old anime OSTs... mine is teen idoru jpop ballads. XD; Songs and lyrics like this slay me, always have and always will.

4) Yazoo - Don't Go (Enrico Mantini & Gianluca DeTiberiis 2006 Full Re-edit): "dancefloor t-shirt watch - MY SECRET NINJA WEAPON IS ALISON MOYET"

5) Zero 7 feat. José Gonzales - Futures: Zero 7 + José Gonzales = so mellow it should carry a caution for people with heart conditions. The album contains several José Gonzales collaborations; this one has a sunny, Beach Boys-tinged 60s pop feel.

6) The Cure - Friday I'm In Love (Extended Mix 1992): I like this version better. That statement is a lot more momentous than it seems; this is "Friday I'm In Love" we're talking about here. XD But it's a little bit faster than the album mix, and (to make up for over-length) a lot less busy - moments where everything drops out behind Robert Smith except the rhythm section - freeing the lead guitar for the melody it seemingly always meant to play, if it hadn't been reined in.

(canis_m pointed the way to a whole stash of these old Cure remixes. Kristin, one of these days I'm going to do a repost of songs I gacked off you, just for the sake of being able to give commentary. XD)

7) Sade - By Your Side: as classic as it gets. I can listen to this forever and a day without getting tired of it. I can't get over how confident she sounds, how declarative, how she gives everything she has and it makes her strong. It's one of the few convincing love songs that present love as strength, not weakness.

(Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love" is another. Incidentally, nyahnyah, I haven't forgotten - will do a properly wordy Leonard Cohen post soon. XD)

Bonus: remember when I said "Testarossa Autodrive" was about an undead Ferrari? Here's the video.

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[marej.livejournal.com]

old anime OSTs

say, like, sailor moon, for example. not that i do, god no. nope. not me, no sirree.

[canis-m.livejournal.com]

I just burned that "Friday" mix to cd the other day, so I could play it in the car with windows down for the benefit of humanity. My favorite part is still the first 30 seconds.

RE: a repost, doo eet. :D It is always a pleasure to see what you think.

[bell]

If wouldn't be a Sabina music post without the wordiness, after all. >D