I first heard the song "I'll Kill Her" awhile ago, back when Ken had it up in his sidebar (which is a treasure trove, check out "I'm the Queen of the World" over there). I liked the sentiment of the title alone (who couldn't?) but I can admit to having trouble getting into her style. (As the Butter Team says, "I knew immediately this girl must be an extremely hot moppy-headed French tomboy brat that loves horribly cheesy American 80s movies and kicks your ass in Mario Kart. This morning a quick image search confirms." You know. The sorta girl I'd hate. By the way, I really want that haircut. But my hair is apparently too light to do that to. . . blah.)But I gave it another go, and now I can't stop listening to "I'll Kill Her." So here's the Not Sokute EP, 5 tracks, great stuff. The music is like candy, and though the songs all revolve around relationships (something I don't always like/appreciate), they range from killing him, killing her, and sparkly happy love. And it all works. So check it out, it may take a few listens to get into but once you make the adjustment, you may get hooked much as I was.
Hey b -
ReplyDeleteSoko IS a bit like a candy - you know that you'd probably be better off if you just had a nice piece of fruit, but candy just tastes so good! If you want to take the song to a more sinister level, think about this - what if the protagonist is a stalker and the poor guy doesn't even know who she is . . . not yet anyway . . .
I'm with Jim regarding "your young man," you should've cut him loose . . . and then gone to see Sweeney Todd . . .
thanks for the cupcakes, the peppermint sprinkles are my favorite!
Great job on the VD(hahaha) stuff - I LOVE Cinema Serenade . . . and just for the record, the violin is absolutely the most expressive, most versatile instrument, in spite of it being a tool of satan that causes the righteous to stumble . . .
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoy digging through the junk I stick over in the sidebar - that stuff is mostly posts that have gone awry . . . and speaking of posts, I've just about finished up the last two for the Texas series - hopefully one or both will be posted sometime next week. . .
ken
Hm, blogger wouldn't work for 24 hours for me, the bugger.
ReplyDeleteI don't think many would have held it against you if you'd pushed Dummy out onto the tracks anyway :D
I'm not in charge of any men in green and white shirts, and no matter how much I yell at them on the TV, they never seem to listen...
Say, you are a fellow Nick Cave lover, aren;t you? In case you've not got it yet, here's a link for the new, fab, album - http://rapidshare.com/files/94106576/dig.rar with my usual pass. I uploaded it, but don't know when I'll stop being lazy enough to post it.