Decided to start the (New and Improved) 30 Day Song Challenge.
Here's the rules:
Day 1. Your Current Favourite Song
2. A Song That Can Always Calm You Down
3. A Song You Like That No-One Else Seems To
4. A Song That Uses Weird Noises Well
5. A Song You Believe Has Great Lyrics
6. A Song You Would Like Played At Your Funeral
7. A Song That Gets Your Heart Racing
8. The Song That Changed Your Mind About Music
9. A Song By A Band You Stopped Listening To, But Started Again
10. A "Classic" Song Everybody Seems To Like But You
11. The Best Love Song You've Ever Heard
12. A Song That Ends Too Quickly
13. A Song With A Great Drum Rhythm
14. A Song By Your Favourite Singer
15. The Craziest Song You've Ever Heard
16. A Good Song That Does Get A Little Repetitive
17. A Song From Your Childhood
18. The Greatest Guitar Work You've Heard
19. An Exceptionally Sad Song
20. A Song By An Artist No Longer Living
21. A Song With A Great Bass Rhythm
22. A Song You Can Deeply Relate To
23. A Song You Could Play Over And Over And Never Get Sick Of
24. A Song Played At A Memorable Event In Your Life
25. A Song You Don't Understand
26. The Best Rock Song You've Heard
27. A Song That Forces You To Reminisce
28. A Song That Gives You Shivers
29. A Song That Helps You Live
30. Your New Current Favourite Song
And here's #1: James Blake - Unluck
As unluck would have it, for some reason there are only live version of the song on YouTube, so this is from an Italian website.
What do I love about it? The menacing minimal dub of Burial + the soul of Jeff Buckley + Jamie Lidell + Bon Iver + gospel. It has so many influences that it shouldn't work at all. And yet it rises above all of them to something amazing. And he uses autotune and it actually sounds good.
The result is... my current favourite
16 May 2011
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