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orangerfulI haven't listened to Jason Mraz in years. I loved his first album when it came out (waaaaay back when I was in college and had my own radio show. You could *stream* it ONLINE! So high-tech for the early 2000s!) I even got to meet him when he stopped by the radio station I interned at my last year of college (as you can see from this photo, I clearly wasn't interested). I wasn't as into the second album and I don't think I've bothered to listen to the ones after that.
But then we were listening to NPR's Ask Me Another on the way to Wisconsin and Mraz was on to promote the musical Waitress, which he apparently assisted Sara Bareilles in writing and now she has convinced him to take on the role of the doctor. And then he talked about how he was putting out his last album because he is done with the spot light and just wants to go back to his farm and grow avocados. And it was so endearing, so I went on Spotify and downloaded the new singles and they sound like Jason Mraz and it turns out I apparently needed that bouncy fun music in my life.
And since this seems to be a music post, I've also discovered (a few months ago) the band Jukebox the Ghost and I love their new album. Also, lots of bouncy songs though the lyrics can get snarky at times, which crack me up. I've always a singer/songwriter person and I pay very close attention to lyrics.
Last but not least, I am freakin' obsessed with Bastille's new single "Quarter Past Midnight". Like, I went online and found the lyrics so I could memorize them faster. I love cranking up the volume when I'm driving home from work at night.
The thing that really hit me about this song too was how it is sort of the opposite of The Wombats' "Lethal Combination" from their new album.
Like, I feel a bit more melancholy from the wild behavior happening in the Bastille song. They are out drinking and partying but they know that deep down they are trying to escape from something. The song is about trying to outrun the next day but knowing it will come and the escape will come to an end and they will be back to reality. And the song is kind of asking why do we do this to ourselves? Where as The Wombats are partying hard and seem to have just made it a lifestyle and getting blind drunk and waking up in the bathtub in your clothes is normal and I don't feel like that relationship is supportive in a good way?
I really like The Wombats album btw, I'm just amused by how both songs seem to almost parallel each other?
And poor Hayley Williams, hiding in the dark, trying to just get through the night so she can go back home...I feel like these are three short stories about the same night with very different POVs.
Or maybe it's just late and I should get to bed and i'm overthinking it all? GOODNIGHT FOLKS!
But then we were listening to NPR's Ask Me Another on the way to Wisconsin and Mraz was on to promote the musical Waitress, which he apparently assisted Sara Bareilles in writing and now she has convinced him to take on the role of the doctor. And then he talked about how he was putting out his last album because he is done with the spot light and just wants to go back to his farm and grow avocados. And it was so endearing, so I went on Spotify and downloaded the new singles and they sound like Jason Mraz and it turns out I apparently needed that bouncy fun music in my life.
And since this seems to be a music post, I've also discovered (a few months ago) the band Jukebox the Ghost and I love their new album. Also, lots of bouncy songs though the lyrics can get snarky at times, which crack me up. I've always a singer/songwriter person and I pay very close attention to lyrics.
Last but not least, I am freakin' obsessed with Bastille's new single "Quarter Past Midnight". Like, I went online and found the lyrics so I could memorize them faster. I love cranking up the volume when I'm driving home from work at night.
The thing that really hit me about this song too was how it is sort of the opposite of The Wombats' "Lethal Combination" from their new album.
Like, I feel a bit more melancholy from the wild behavior happening in the Bastille song. They are out drinking and partying but they know that deep down they are trying to escape from something. The song is about trying to outrun the next day but knowing it will come and the escape will come to an end and they will be back to reality. And the song is kind of asking why do we do this to ourselves? Where as The Wombats are partying hard and seem to have just made it a lifestyle and getting blind drunk and waking up in the bathtub in your clothes is normal and I don't feel like that relationship is supportive in a good way?
I really like The Wombats album btw, I'm just amused by how both songs seem to almost parallel each other?
And poor Hayley Williams, hiding in the dark, trying to just get through the night so she can go back home...I feel like these are three short stories about the same night with very different POVs.
Or maybe it's just late and I should get to bed and i'm overthinking it all? GOODNIGHT FOLKS!
