Moozik week day 6&7

[gwyn]

I spaced day 6! Totally! So sorry.

You may not mind when I post the song, anyway -- I have had a hard time getting a lot of my friends to give rap of any kind a chance. I was that way too, though, in the beginning. There were a lot of things I disliked about it at first -- and still do, in terms of the insane level of misogyny and treatment of women -- but after a few years, I really began to open up to it and now hip-hop and hiptronica are among my most-listened-to internet radio stations. One of the songs that helped tip me over the edge from "eh, I don't love it" to a fan was this song, Here We Come, from the movie Strange Days. I love how it builds and builds with this crashing anger and resentment and warning, and culminates in that great bitter, wicked laugh at the end.

In a complete 180, day 7 finishes up with one of my favorite artists, Neil Finn, doing Faster Than Light from his solo album of a few years ago. This song would be among my desert island songs. i think it's one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded and that's saying a lot. The Finn brothers are geniuses, baby.

Comments

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

That's definitely the kind of rap I like. It's a shame it's not the mainstream kind. Thanks for more linkies! Feel free to pad my iTunes as much as you want. *G*

[klia.livejournal.com]

FTL is one of my favorite Neil songs, too. I wanted to vid it years ago, but never found anything that fit it well enough (not to mention I would've probably been pelted with rocks).

[zandra-x.livejournal.com]

I like an occasional rap tune, myself. Once a while when those cars drive by with the music playing loud enough to hear blocks away, I find my knees gently pumping up and down in time.

[kassto.livejournal.com]

Thanks for saying nice words about our Finn brothers....!