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Reconsidering Weezer: A Definitive Album Ranking
The Mandalay Bay Events Center bustled with eager 30 and 40-somethings ready to relive a better time in their lives. As my wife and I approached the doors, we could hear the erratic sounds of the opening act, Pixies. We entered as they powered through their cover of my favorite Jesus & Mary Chain song, "Head On."
By Andrew Martin Dodson5 years ago in Beat
euphoria / melancholia
Most of what I choose to listen to can be generally described as "heavy". Whether it's rock or electronic, I struggle to be engaged by songs that don't hit hard. For whatever reason though, when a certain mood strikes, I find myself listening to Lana Del Rey for an entire day. I've realised that when it comes to soothing music, there are certain types of sad that render me powerless. From The Beatles to Enya, I've decided to categorise the different versions of sad that I turn to when I want to feel my softer emotions.
By Eriko Jane5 years ago in Beat
The Top 5 Best Songs of My Life (So Far).
What does a song do? Does it make you feel something? Does it make you remember something? Does it make you feel sad or happy? Does it get your blood pumping, or does it get your body relaxing? The truth is, songs can make you feel all these things, and my top 5 songs (so far) are my examples of just how amazing and wonderful music can be.
By Emilio (Sleepy) Salinas5 years ago in Beat
Stereotypes Of High School
I was kind of an outcast in school, so my twin sister and I just kinda formed our own clique. Sure we sometimes hung out with a small group of “nerds” but even then I didn’t really feel like I fit in. My escape was music. I’d take my headphones to school and zone out when I felt overwhelmed, which happened more often than not. I wasn’t bullied or anything, but my sister was and it often landed on me to take care of it. I got into a lot of fights, which I’m not proud of, but it felt necessary at the time.
By Anna Miller5 years ago in Beat
I Was a Teenage Punk Rocker
Oh the glory of the mid/late 90's and 2000's. The music was sometimes angry, loud, passionate, relatable. The time was full of black clothes, ripped skinny jeans, and band t-shirts. At least for me anyway. I was also suffering from an undiagnosed mental illness which made it seem like I could feel the music to the point of existing within it. My bestie was just as angsty as I was, matching my dark clothes and black eye makeup and sharing the troubles of boys, parents, and bad grades.
By Justine Ruff5 years ago in Beat
A little Monster is Born
When I was in high school, the biggest stars were Beyonce and Taylor Swift. Like high school, the girls were like Beyonce and Taylor Swift. The “Beyonce” girls were the ones who were beautiful and obsessed with; the Taylor Swift girls were the cute and popular girls you wanted to be friends with. Then there were girls like me: the weird, loner girls who felt out of place and did not fit in. However, I found a girl who I felt like I connected with and who “got” me. I am talking about Mother Monster, Lady Gaga.
By A.A.C.5 years ago in Beat
5 Life Lessons These Great Soul Singers Taught Me
Do you ever feel like half of your life is being spent on reliving past experiences? I do. To dwell in the past is, probably, a bad habit to have, but I can’t help it: a tiny curator in my head likes to play old movies for me. Today he’s playing “Teenage Memories” — my coming of age story. The soundtrack to the film features five women. Confident, unapologetic women with a strong sense of self-worth.
By Anton Kutselyk5 years ago in Beat
The Kind of Girl I Wanted to Be in the 2000's. Top Story - May 2021.
I'm a 90's baby who became a 2000's teen. Music, for me, has always been a way of trying to find some craft that spoke to me and resonated in ways that made me go, "Yeah. I've felt that."
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Beat
10 Classic Songs You May Never Have Realised Were Covers
1. Without You – Harry Nilsson 1971, Mariah Carey 1994 Without You was a worldwide hit for American singer-songwriter Harry Neilson and later for Mariah Carey. Because Nilsson was a respected singer-songwriter, it is widely assumed he wrote Without You.
By Alex Markham5 years ago in Beat
Does Anyone Remember Megan McCauley?
I first saw Megan McCauley grace a stage in Indianapolis in the early 2000's, after she had released two songs for superhero soundtracks: Die for You on the Fantastic Four soundtrack in 2005, along with Wonder for the Elektra soundtrack that same year. I was attending X-Fest as my first "big" concert experience the summer before I turned nineteen, hanging with my father and his wife (which was actually a lot cooler than it sounds.) We picked up some commemorative t-shirts that listed all of the artists intending to perform, and I noted the names that didn't sound familiar as we headed toward the second stage.
By Dani Banani5 years ago in Beat
Billie Eilish - Your Power Lyrics
About Billie Eilish – Your Power Song Lyrics Billie Eilish is back more than ever. The singer has just released her second single from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever, and there is no doubt that Billy is trying to send a serious message, although there are some rumors about it. ۔
By Sudheer Patel5 years ago in Beat
5 Songs That Helped Build Me A Path Forward (Part 1)
“Where words fail, music speaks.”– Hans Christian Anderson Music has always and forever been at the forefront of my life and the unfailing safeguard to it’s immeasurable troubles.
By Aaron Puckett5 years ago in Beat