Per·fect song - /pur-fikt sawng/ : 1) A song that you find to be perfect; one in which you would not change a single note, beat or word. 2) A song that you connect to emotionally, or attach to a memory, a special person, or an experience. 3) Songs that speak directly to you or about you.
We here at Blendetta have decided to compile a top 50 list of what can only be described as perfect songs. No two people will have the same reasons as to why they find a song to be perfect, so we made two separate lists. So without further ado, here are the songs and the reasons why they are perfect, to us: (more…)
Video Yearbook (FUSE, Mon-Fri 4:00pm)
I remember when I was in high school complaining about how MTV didn’t show videos anymore. Thing is, back in the 90s they actually did show some videos — I mean, we all remember seeing clips like Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain” and Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight Tonight.” Well, now that MTV actually doesn’t show videos at all, you can catch your old favorites on FUSE’s Video Yearbook. A particularly fun show because (more…)
Seeing that yesterday Ben Folds released a new album, Way to Normal, made me reminisce a bit about when I first discovered Folds, back when he, Darren Jesse and Robert Sledge made up the alliterative but innacurately-named Ben Folds Five. Back when I was in 10th grade, I recall seeing the video for BFF’s “Battle of Who Could Care Less” on MTV’s late great 120 Minutes show. A little bit Joe Jackson, a little bit Pavement — hell, a little bit Billy Joel -– Ben Folds Five’s piano-driven indie pop was a unique gem back in those days, before bands like Cold War Kids had CDs available in Target.
“Battle of Who Could Care Less” was the first single off Whatever and Ever Amen, an album that would become hugely popular a few months later when “Brick” became a soft rock radio hit. But it was this first single that drew me in and sent me down to the indie record store. Listening to it now, lines like “See, I’ve got your old ID and you’re all dressed up like The Cure,” seem all the more genius.
Ever since the first Music Video Time Machine post, I’ve been searching through crazy places in my brain looking for something really good to post myself. Well, I finally found something:
I had this song on an old Maxell tape that someone made for me when it was first being played on the radio. I never had a clue who released this song, nor did I care - I was like 11. But after re-discovering the song for this post I looked into it. It’s by a group called Smart E’s. After seeing that promotional video and listening to the song again, I’m not sure why looking into who did it even occurred to me.
