Yano What I Mean?: Honorable Song Mentions

Honorable Song Mentions

I had posted up a review of N.E.R.D.'s 'She Likes to Move' the other day, but I just wanted to highlight some other songs that have been on my mind lately....

"This Love" - Maroon Five

I love this song. It's fun, it's lively...and since watching them perform on Saturday Night Live, I find the lead singer really attractive, even though he reminds me of Psycho's Norman Bates. And he's part of that 'I'm lucky to be a rock star' club because he gets to frolick around in bed with a naked girl in the video.

"My Band" - D12

I said it once, I'll say it again, I really love that Oscar Award winning rapper, Eminem. This song just kicks ass, and the video does, too. (I've been watching a lot of MTV lately) No one pokes fun at other people quite like Eminem does, and this time he brings his band D12 into it, too. The lyrics are smart and fun, and not as mean as Eminem used to be. Well, just a little mean. The rest of D12 do a fine job as the supporting cast, bitter after being in the shadow of Eminem the prima donna.

"If I Ain't Got You" - Alicia Keys

Some people search for a fountain
The promise is forever young
(You know) Some people need 3 dozen roses
And that’s the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And just what would it be?
No one to share with no one who truly cares for me
Some people want it all, but I don’t want nothing at all
If it aint you baby, if I aint got you baby
Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything
But everything means nothing if I aint got you, you, you

Alicia proves that she's not just a one-album wonder, and that her Best New Artist Grammy was well deserverd. This song is so sweet, it's so hot and Alicia's honey smooth voice makes it unforgettable. And the lyrics, yeah, I don't need nothin' but my man!

"My Immortal" - Evanescence

you used to captivate me
by your resonating light
but now i'm bound by the life you left behind
your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

these wounds won't seem to heal

this pain is just too real

there's just too much that time cannot erase

For some reason, I found myself attached to this song, something drew me to it. Every time I'd catch it on the radio, I would listen to the words, bot not hear them. But something inside me loved this song, as simple as it is. After listening I was always left with a sense of longing. Not until reading Fata's blog did I realize why I loved this song so much. I've been so busy the last couple weeks that I haven't really had time to just think, like I had in the beginning of the year. It's been a while since I've really sat down and thought about my mom. Lately my life has been so busy and crazy that I haven't though about her as much as I used to. But I guess my attachment to this song still shows that my mother's memory is still around. And since life has been slowing down a bit, my thoughts turn to her more and more again, missing her again. Her memory still holds me.

Posted by Yano at April 7, 2004 12:56 AM

Comments

I love all the songs you have listed. The almost naked girl in Maroon Five's video is the lead singer's girlfriend.

How can you not love Eminem? When he laughs in the song, to me he sounds kind of like Pee Wee Herman.

Posted by: Sue on April 7, 2004 08:16 AM

April 07, 2004