Music Bender

Vitamin C - Friends Forever

Yesterday and today, thousands of kids from all around my area graduated high school. I wanted to take this chance to wish them the best of luck in their future lives, with the classic “Friends Forever”. No matter where we go in life, our time in high school has had a profound influence on us, and we will remember these people we grew up with for the rest of our lives.

This post is dedicated to a good friend, whose graduation I was prevented from attending by my evil overseers. My apologies, I hope you can forgive me.

Summertime is kicking into gear, and man, I am in need of some serious liquid. Something cool. Something smooth. Something that just flows. For all of you who are feeling the need for a little liquid, check this out. It will quench your thirst.

There’s smooth. Then there’s liquid smooth.

Summer Nights - from Grease

The Boys of Summer - The Ataris

Summer Girls - LFO

Summer of ‘69 - Adam Bryan

Last Summer - Lostprophets

It’s nearly summer! Enjoy.

Because this was necessary. I love it when people do entirely random stuff like this. It’s what makes the world go ’round. That and milkshakes.

Some TV shows rock. Some TV shows don’t. A common factor among the TV shows that rock is a great theme song that invokes all of the emotions that encapsulate the show itself. Here are a few of my favorite picks for best TV Show Themes.

The Office

Scrubs

Smallville

Mad skills. I think beatboxing should become a professional sport. Much more entertaining than like… golf. This guy alone gave me more enjoyment than all of the time put together that I’ve spent looking at golf related stuff, from matches to golf clubs. I’m actually kind of sad that golf is a sport now.

“Hope I die before I get old…”

The oldest and greatest rock band in the world - meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who’s “My Generation”.

Lead singer Alf is 90 - it’s quite something when he sings “I hope I die before I get old”. And he’s not the oldest - there are 99 and 100-year-olds in the band! The Zimmers will feature in a BBC TV documentary being aired in May 2007. Documentary-maker Tim Samuels has been all over Britain recruiting isolated and lonely old people - those who can’t leave their flats or who are stuck in rubbish care homes. The finale of the show is this group of lonely old people coming together to stick it back to the society that’s cast them aside - by forming a rock troupe and trying to storm into the pop charts.

Some massive names from the pop world have thrown their weight behind The Zimmers… The song is produced by Mike Hedges (U2, Dido, Cure), the video shot by Geoff Wonfor (Band Aid, Beatles Anthology), and it was recorded in the legendary Beatles studio 2 at Abbey Road.
Look out for the single being released from May 21 - with proceeds going to a good cause.

More info available at their Myspace.

What a freakin’ awesome idea. Mad props to whoever thought this up. Seriously.

We had our prom last weekend, and more proms are coming up fast all around the country, so I figured this would be a good time to put my Top 7 picks for Best Prom Music to finish Prom with. And, yes, this is going to get dangerously cheesy. I’m a sucker for slow songs.

Number 7

Here’s To The Night - Eve 6

Here’s to the nights we felt alive
Here’s to the tears you knew you’d cry
Here’s to goodbye
Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon

Number 6

Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden

I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me…

Number 5

Good Riddance - Green Day

“It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.”

Number 4

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
‘Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see.
But, if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn’t be the same.
‘Cause I’m as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can’t change.

Number 3

Amazed - Lonestar

I don’t know how you do what you do
I’m so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I’m amazed by you

Number 2

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don’t realize how much I love you.

Number 1

I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

I don’t wanna close my eyes
I don’t wanna fall asleep
‘Cause I’d miss you, babe
And I don’t wanna miss a thing
‘Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you, babe
And I don’t wanna miss a thing

You know you’re crying.

Cause I hate the ocean, theme parks and airplanes,
Talking with strangers, waiting in line..
I’m through with these pills that make me sit still.
“Are you feeling fine?”
Yes, I feel just fine.

Everything Is Alright

I like the universe, but she messes with my words
I’m not talking planets or galaxies and the distance just makes it worse.
I know what you’re thinking, this probably sounds rehearsed.

L.G. FUAD

They carved a message deep within our broken hearts that failed to mend:
Make out kids never had a chance to be best friends.

Hold Me Down

Motion City Soundtrack, one of the few bands with an almost entirely unique sound that still sounds good to almost everybody. I’ve always admired them for taking their music in a different direction than everyone else. Because very few bands sound like Motion City Soundtrack. Very few.

Green Day vs. Travis vs. Oasis vs. Aerosmith vs. Eminem

Boulevard of Broken Songs

Love this mix!

“The mix consisted of elements from Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, Oasis’ “Wonderwall”, Travis’ “Writing to Reach You” and Eminem’s “Sing for the Moment” which itself samples Aerosmith’s “Dream On”.” - Boulevard of Broken Songs, Wikipedia

And while we’re on the subject of mixes…

Police vs. Snow Patrol

Every Car You Chase

w00t!