- "Like a name you soon forget, ashes from your cigarette, like the nights that come and go, they go slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow." When this song 1st starts it could be confused with "My Sharona" by the Knack or "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar based on the drum/bass parts. By the time the chorus kicks in with slide guitars and wailing vocals you realize you have something quite different then the aforementioned songs. "Save Yourself" is featured on 2008's "Mercy" album. Ticketmaster provided this mp3 download and another Rocco DeLuca song to me for free-perhaps in hopes that I'd buy a ticket for one of their upcoming shows. That's not a bad marketing strategy given my love for live music. In this case I just wound up with a couple of free songs. I don't know much about Rocco DeLuca but anyone with an album named "I Trust You to Kill Me" is coming from a good place.
- "The way it's supposed to be, when you're climbing up a tree, what is it that you see? And don't forget the rule of three, rule of three." In 2006 "The Lemonheads" released "The Lemonheads", their 1st release in 10 years. I put the band name in quotes given the fact that Evan Dando (guitar, lead vocals) is the only member on the album from any of the varied incarnations of the late 80s/90s rock band. "Rule of Three" is a straight forward rock number as is much of the material on "The Lemonheads" album. Though 10 years had passed since 1996's "Car Button Cloth" the album sounds and feels as though almost no time had passed. For me that is the strength of the album. There are competing definitions for the meaning of The Rule of Three, from an English literary device to Wiccan super karma (getting back what you give times 3). I'm more of a regular karma guy- you reap what you sow. The "Rule of Three" song lyrics don't hint towards either definition.
3. Stable Song- Death Cab For Cutie
- "Give us our measly sum, getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly, starting out with nothing but crippling doubt." Throughout the 2000's Death Cab For Cutie (or DCFC to some) have cornered the market on what I'd call "mope-rock". For some this would be music to slit your wrists to. The band's more recent material (2008's "Narrow Stairs") has been more upbeat (in tempo if not in tone). "Stable Song" closes out 2005's "Plans" which was a bit of a breakthrough for the band. "Plans" is most notable to me for the song "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" which is as beautiful a song as I've ever heard recorded. "Stable Song" is slow and would be plodding if it picked up the pace. It almost has a lullaby quality to it minus the occasional clanging guitar. Death Cab For Cutie's latest single "Meet Me On the Equinox" is the lead single from the "New Moon" (Twilight sequel) soundtrack. I imagine the new single will introduce the band to a wider/younger audience which is sure to annoy a segment of the band's long time fans.
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