What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Another of my recent x-mas purchases. Bought this one sound-unheard (as opposed to sight-unseen), as I have loved their previous albums. Can't say that about this one yet, but I think it will, given time. This is the third full length. Guess you could say the Canadian group has reached the mainstream now. Although current sales have not reached the leverl of the first two, this one has topped the charts in multiple countries and is still riding high. It has received two grammy nominations for the upcoming awards show next month. This album should age well, as multiple listens will reveal something new each time. The fullness of this bands work takes Spectors wall of sound to a new level. Love the energy in the bands live performance clips, thus the inclusion of them when available.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - The Suburbs (continued)

Best Track - The Suburbs

In the suburbs I
I learned to drive
And you told me we'd never survive
Grab your mother's keys we're leavin'

You always seemed so sure
That one day we'd be fighting
A suburban war
your part of town against mine
I saw you standing on the opposite shore

But by the time the first bombs fell
We were already bored
We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling again

Kids wanna be so hard
But in my dreams we're still screamin' and runnin' through the yard
And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall
And all of the houses they built in the seventies finally fall
Meant nothin' at all
Meant nothin' at all
It meant nothin

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling and into the night

So can you understand?
Why I want a daughter while I'm still young
I wanna hold her hand
And show her some beauty
Before this damage is done

But if it's too much to ask, it's too much to ask
Then send me a son

Under the overpass
In the parking lot we're still waiting
It's already passed
So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass
Cause it's already passed
It's already, already passed!

Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling
Sometimes I can't believe it
I'm movin' past the feeling again

I'm movin' past the feeling
I'm movin' past the feeling

In my dreams we're still screamin'
We're still screamin'
We're still screamin'

1) The Suburbs - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtbrY6QrgPw
2) Ready To Start - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pp3olGyku0
3) Modern Man - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0DD22XDGjo
4) Rococo - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSykB-j_2UQ&ob=av2nm
5) Empty Room - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYyYFymH-Y&ob=av2nm
6) City With No Children - ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unwL8TaG8LA
7) Half Light I - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcdN1Iivac
8) Half Light II (No Celebration) - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tczHA3fLbkI
9) Suburban War - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNdqoQWz34E
10) Month Of May - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMyfPY1TRQ
11) Wasted Hours - **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbezkxyOy2c
12) Deep Blue - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIRT_NEMxo
13) We Used To Wait - **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjrQ3cwzJ4&ob=av2nm
14) Sprawl I (Flatland) - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_H67dPooY
15) Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L6ZFhZVOx0&ob=av2nm
16) The Suburbs (continued) - *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2nIsWM3Bs0

3's - 5
2's - 8
1's - 3

Grade - 2.1