Mr. Brightside

I love the Killers, I'd definitely call my self quite a big fan. I have about fifty Killers songs clogging up my ITunes and always welcome their songs on shuffle.



So it's a new day and I'm still miserable. I just don't feel at home, at home any more if that makes any sense. It's just boring. Everyone is different, friends, family etc... I've definitely put Pontefract behind me now. I hate Stoke but I love it and I miss my independence and housemates.

Nevertheless, I have Mr. Brightside in my head today, a song that keeps me cheery. I'm excited to write about it actually because technically, whether you think it or not it is one of the BIGGEST tunes of the 21st Century. That's not just my opinion either.

•  UK radio stations Absolute radio and XFM named it "song of the decade". 
• It was also revealed in April 2010 by Last.Fm that it was the most listened to track since the launch of online music services. 
• It has also been voted number 9 in the greatest guitar riffs of the 21st century by Total Guitar Magazine. 

This song just takes me back to great nights out. You can guarantee that you will hear this song at some point on your night out. It is an old classic which will never get old.
The second it comes on you can just see everyone brighten up and start jumping up and down.

Especially in the club in my home town, BIG FELLAS. There are no words to describe Big Fella's all I can say is it's an experience everyone needs to have and unless you experience it yourself, you cannot be told.

This is always the last song they play as everyone is leaving. (Unless your in the room upstairs, then it's the Postman Pat theme tune.)


I couldn't help myself I had to pop it in. Don't ask me why they play it. It takes me back to my childhood when things were simple. Those were the days <3

Anyway, getting back on track. This song was the first song ever written By Brandon Flowers and David Keuning. It was on their Debut album Hot fuss which was released in 2004 although the song was originally made in 2001.

This song has pretty much always been on my playlist. Considering I was about 13 when the song was released this sounds about right. The Killers Album was one of the first I bought myself.

They are getting back together in May 2011 so I'm going to make it my mission to see them, I can almost guarantee they will play Mr.Brightside, they always have.

Did you know:

• They have been up for 7 Grammy's but have never won, but they have won a a Brit awards and two NME awards.
• This song is one of the longest chart sitters in the 21st Century being in the top 100 for 71 weeks altogether. January 2010 was when it was last in, that's SIX years after it was first released.
• They made 2 demo's of the song before they released it in 2003 and gave them out for free. 

Friday i'm in Love

Now I wouldn't call The Cure a favourite band of mine. I don't have any of their albums or many of their songs on my Itunes, but the ones I do have are great.

The Cure - Friday I'm in love is a song I'm sure most of you know.



The song it's self doesn't really mean that much to me or have a significant memory, I just love it and when it's in my head, it's there for days.

It's a good tune to sing when drunk.

The groups lead vocalist, Robert Smith is very odd and quirky. The video looks as though it was made on a budget of a 10er. 

This song has been used for all sorts of things and for films like '50 first dates' and 'He's just not that into you'.

Random facts:

• The song was originally supposed to be recorded one chord higher, this mistake was made when Smith forgot to turn of the vari-speed on the tape after messing with it before recording. They perform it in its originally intended form live but left it like that for the record.
• Robert Smith is the only original member of the band with other band members leaving and returning throughout the thirty years the band has been together.
• This song was nominated for a Grammy and won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music awards. I personally thought the song was fantastic but the video was crap. 

Tears in Heaven

So my Earworm today is an old classic. Eric Clapton-Tears in heaven.



I was totally shocked to find that two of my housemates, thats fifty percent of my house didn't know this song. I thought everyone knew it. I've known it from a young age.

I don't quite know what it is about this song that I like but I do really really like it and consider it a nice treat when it comes on shuffle in Itunes. 

It was written in1992 and was about his four year old son who had died falling from the 53rd floor of a building in New York.

Did you know:

• The song has received 3 grammys and has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame 3 times!
• He came 4th in the rolling stones magazine list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time despite originally struggling to learn the guitar when he was younger.
• He grew up thinking his mother was his sister.

Take me down to the paradise city

Todays Earworm is 'Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City' easily one of my favourite Guns songs.

hear it here



 It is a brilliant song by the band and one which is so easy to sing along to. I love it and have spent many a drunken nights walking home with my housemate singing it.

It has also recently been re-used for the Anchor butter advert. I absolutely love this advert and again i'm always singing along. It is one of my favourite adverts to date (yes I like adverts).



The cows working in a factory is really funny and I love the idea. My favourite part is the cow putting money in a vending machine for a snack and having the choice of different chunks of grass. It has made me laugh my ass off time and time again.

I think it's great.

The Band have been together since 1985 and the name came from combining two band members names together, although the band member Tracii Guns left they still kept the name.

Axl Rose is the front man and also every one knows Slash. I didn't know Slash wasn't an original member although he did come along pretty early and fit right in. I would even say he completed the band.

Paradise city was on their debut album apppetite for destruction in 1987 and was released as a single in 1988.
Although the best it did was number 5 in US charts the album itself was and is still to this day the best selling debut album of all time, worldwide.

The song Paradise City came about while the group were travelling in the back of a van and Axl sang 'Take me down to the paradise city' and then Slash joined in by singing 'where the grass is green and the girls are pretty'.

They then sang the first line again and Slash tried 'where the girls are fat and they've got big titties.'
Although Slash thought that was the better version the rest of the band didn't agree and thats how we have those great lyrics today.

They have won Ten Awards and have been nominated for 21. They have been nominated for 3 Grammys but never won.

Although the Guns 'N' Roses are great I think they've lost their touch lately and their old stuff will always be their best.

Somewhere over the rainbow

My earworm of the day is 'Judy Garlands - somewhere over the rainbow'. Famously known from The Wizard of Oz.

click here to hear song

This song is one of the opening songs. It's probably one of the best known songs from the classic film and is definately one of the nicer ones.

It takes me back to my childhood and was one of my favourite films then.

It is a spectacular film with alsorts of quirky things going on, midgets witches and tin men are just a few to name.

She has a little dog Toto always at her side which I, as a mad dog fan, love.

click her to see trailer

The film is based on her attempt to get back home after a tornado blew her and her house to an alter universe.
She makes three friends, the cowardly lion, the scarecrow who doesn't have a brain and the tin man who doesn't have a heart. They all set out on a quest to get the things they want from the wizard. As odd as it sounds it really works and is a wonderful film.

The Wizard of Oz was made in 1939 and was one of Judy Garlands most famous roles.

The film won Two Oscars and 5 other awards. It has had a special edition released and everyone knows the film.
It was based on the 1900 novel by L.Frank Baum and the film was released 20 years after he died.

It was MGM's most expensive film up until that time and although it is a favourite classic and one of the best known movies of our time now, back then it only had average rates and didn't profit much, around one million. It sounds like a lot but for a film it isn't.

Judy Garland died at the age of 47 after an accidental overdose leaving behind three kids, Liza Minelli being one.

She was married Five times the first 4 ending in divorce.

Throughout her career she was told she was unattractive and criticized despite being a versitile and brilliant actress and singer.

She won a tony award, a golden globe award and two grammy's. Along with many others.
She also won a grammy lifetime achievement award and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame.

Fantastic lifetime achievements if you ask me.

hey ya

Strange Earworm today. Imagine waking up with 'Outcast Hey ya' in your head. Never the less great, upbeat song to start the day with don't you think?

watch it here

The video is so fun to watch. The idea that they have a massive fan base and girls passing out around them is a bit egotistical, yet true.

I love how they make it look like there is a big band when infact there is just two of them. However the band in the video consists of seven clones of lead singer 'Andre 3000' and the other member 'Antwan "big boi" Patton' is nowhere to be seen, this is because this particular album is separated into two albums, one for each artist.

It's very clever and such a random idea.

This is not your standard kind of chart song. It's not romantic and it's not about heartbreak, Andre 3000 is simply singing about wanting no strings attached, claiming to not want things such as love.

"Seperates always better when there's feelings involved." As this lyric shows us.

This is just an upbeat, funny song that just makes you want to shake your hips a bit (as I always do) so just do it, have a little shake and it usually makes my day a bit better.

• The band Outkast only consist of two men. They were originally called The Outkast brothers but later shortened it.
• They have released six studio albums and a greatest hits and won 6 grammy's
• They originally wanted to be called '2 shades deep' or 'Misfits' but when they found those names had been taken they simply looked in a dictionary for the synonym of Misfits where they found the name we all know so well today, Outkast.

The answer is Blowin in the wind

I've been up an hour at the most and when I wondered what my Earworm was, well the answer was 'blowin in the wind'.

Yes, Bob Dylan - Blowin in the wind is the song of the day. Ask me why, I couldn't tell you.

Click here to hear

"How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?"

Symbolizes his view. Taken from picsearch

I think it's a fair few to be honest.

This is quite a relaxed song. Most people view it as a song questioning freedom and peace. The Lyric:

"How many times must the cannon balls fly, before they're forever banned."

Is a good example of why people would consider it just that. It questions, perhaps whether or not these weapons will ever be banned because maybe if they were, peace may be more likely.?

I don't personally think it would make any difference and this world is one where peace is rare in all forms. Anyone agree?

'Blowin in the wind' was one of the first songs he release back in 1962 on his second album 'The Freewheelin''. 

Dylan is a man of many talents, he has published three books with his drawings and paintings in. He has released 54 albums since 1962, almost one every year sometimes two a year. He expresses himself creatively and has a lot to say. 


Did you know:

• Blowin in the wind (as well as a couple other songs by Dylan) became anthems for the US Civil rights and anti-war movements.
• In 1999 it was conducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
• It came 14th on 'The Rolling Stones' magazine list of 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME.

Back to black

We all know the world famous song Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (click here to listen). I can honestly say it has never been a favourite song of mine, however I have always really enjoyed it.

I do often get it in my head because I think it's a really catchy tune. The subtle mix of soul and R&B is a fantastic style which only the voice of Amy Winehouse can pull off in the way she does.

"We only said goodbye with words, I died a hundred times, you go back to her and I go back to black."

Taken from peirce clipart

These are lyrics almost every member of the public feels they can relate to as everyone thinks they've been through heartbreak.   
This song however maybe have quite a dark aura about it but i think it also feels strangely positive.

I must admit this is the last song I expected to have in my head today let alone for a second post as i'm in a reasonably good mood and this is a morbid song. I don't understand who has actually died in the video, is it her loved one? Has he died because of their lifestyle? does anyone know?

Maybe it's some kind of metaphor and she knows this is the worst case scenario if she continues in this lifestlyle.

Basically its a reflection of her experiences with relationships, drugs and sex. Thanks for sharing Amy! And she's shared it the general British public's favourite way, in the form of a well liked song from 2006.

Did you know:

• Amy Winehouse has never been in prison despite what many might think because of all her convictions. 
• Back to Black won 5 awards at the grammy awards.
• Back to Black was the third best selling album in the UK in the 2000's.