My first song of the day is Coheed and Cambria's "Number City." They were one of my very favorite bands all throughout high school, but I kind of lost touch with them. They are on tour right now with Circa Survive, and I somehow stumbled upon their new song.
My second song of the day, which is completely unrelated to the first, is Janelle Monae's "Q.U.E.E.N." The first time I heard it, I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not. I think I like it now, for the record. Also, she is so cool.
I really only put these two songs in the same post because they are the only songs I have listened to this morning. But I do like them. I don't know how I feel about the videos, but I can't figure out how to post Spotify embed codes on my new computer.
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Xtina's Songs of the Day
My Favorite Songs From Movies
Recently Spinner.com posted a blog about influential music in movies. This made me think about music that I've seen in movies that has influenced my own taste in music.
I'm only going to choose three, but these three (oh man, these three) have made such a lasting impression on me and the music I listen to today.
1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen: Wayne's World was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I still can't believe my parents let me and my sister watch it, haha, but we did and we loved it. The first time I watched it I had never heard any Queen song besides "We Will Rock You" and "We are The Champions" (I also watched a lot of Mighty Ducks). When I heard Wayne and Garth rock out to "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the Merth Mobile while driving through the streets of Aurora, Illinois, my life was changed forever. Not only was it hilarious, but that song! Man, I loved that song. My sister and I would rewind it and listen to it over and over until we had all the lyrics memorized and could head bang along. It's the first time in my life (that I can remember anyway) that I felt such a deep connection to a song.
My sister was always talking about the movie Garden State, and kept telling me I needed to watch it. One night I was bored so I finally broke down and rented it. It was the first independent film I'd ever seen. I thought the movie was good, but what really got me was the soundtrack, especially a band called The Shins. In one scene Natalie Portman puts headphones on Zach Braff and tells him the song will change his life. "New Slang" was the song and I'm not sure exactly how Zach Braff felt about it, but it blew me away.
When the movie was over I downloaded every Shins song I could find on Limewire. I burnt them all to a cd and carried it around with me every where I went. It was probably really annoying because anytime I was in a car with someone I would ask them if I could put it on. I was just so excited and wanted to share this amazing thing that I had found.
I couldn't find the actual scene from the movie, but here's the song.
