The songs I can't stop listening to (8/14/12)

Big post this time. A bunch of songs have grabbed me this week, all from different genres, but put together, they seem to be telling a little story about the last few months of my life. Here's what I've got:

1. Röyksopp - "You Don't Have A Clue"
2. The Byrds - "Goin' Back" (Carole King cover)
3. Toro y Moi - "Sad Sams"
4. Serge Gainsbourg - "Melody"
5. Fiona Apple - "Werewolf"
6. Christina Aguilera - "The Voice Within"
7. Dirty Projectors - "Cannibal Resource"
8. Nat King Cole - "Too Young"
9. The Morning Benders - "Pleasure Sighs"
10. Christina Aguilera - "Fighter"

You're hiding from yourself / You don't have a clue...



I think I´m going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth 
I think I´m returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth 

And every day can be a magic carpet ride 
A little bit of courage is all we lack 
So catch me if you can, I´m goin´ back

 

No one will die / No one will cry




Histoire de Melody Nelson is considered by many to be Serge Gainsbourg's greatest record. If you're not familiar with him, please change that.

 

I could liken you to a werewolf the way you left me for dead 
But I admit that I provided a full moon 
 And I could liken you to a shark the way you bit off my head 
But then again I was waving around a bleeding open wound 

 ...Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key...

 

Trust the voice within...



We are still counting on cannibal resource...




"Nature Boy" is my favorite Nat King Cole song, but this one is special too.




here I am again 
trying to relearn how to breathe
and how easy it sinks 
and slips away from me 

what has become 
of those simple loves
that came to me once, so naturally


'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, 
I wouldn't know Just how capable I am to pull through 
 So I want to say thank you 
 Cause it 

 [Chorus] 'Cause it makes me that much stronger 
 Makes me work a little bit harder 
 It makes me that much wiser 
 So thanks for making me a fighter 
 Made me learn a little bit faster 
 Made my skin a little bit thicker 
 Makes me that much smarter 
 So thanks for making me a fighter 

 How could this man I thought I knew 
 Turn out to be unjust so cruel 
 Could only see the good in you 
 Pretended not to know the truth 
 You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself 
 Through living in denial 
 But in the end you'll see 

You won't stop me