My New Obsession: Soul Survivors

“Soul Survivor”

Angels and Airwaves

Hello lovely people!

I am obsessing over a relatively new song, and want to share it with the world it is called Soul Survivor by Angels and Airwaves. Now I might not have a change of obsession every week it might take a while to get caught on another song but for now I’m starting with the amazing music of Angels and Airwaves because it truly is what I am obsessing over at this current moment in time.

How I discovered the song!!!

I was watching some of Pissing Off DeLonge’s videos and I watched them in a backwards/random order but mainly went back from newest to oldest and got to the first episode of “What Where they thinking?” and at the end of the episode was an Angels and Airwaves song. I was like Awesome angels and airwaves- wait I don’t know this song! So I googled and I found the song name which lead to youtube.com and that is how I found the song.

Why Am I obsessed with it???

Why am I obsessing over the song from their newest album?!

Because it’s MAGICAL!!

Tom Delonge in Angels and Airwaves is like musical magic. I haven’t listened to the band in a while and I admit I forgot how amazing they are. It’s also refreshing to have new songs to listen to after having the same songs for forever and not realizing they have a new album because you no longer have an alternative rock radio station to update you on things like that…. G-ROCK RADIO

I like a random arrangement of genres and I’m putting Angels and Airwaves under the Alternative Rock category, it’s my choice so get over it. I won’t look at all of the lyrics but here’s a the first verse of the song:

“I am a ghost
This is a dream
There's something here
It calls to me
I sense it cause it's always there
So silent as I stare and stare”

That’s the opening of the song, it hooks and it keeps my attention for the entire song! And the second verse has an interesting first line,

“Help I’m losing, help I’m falling” this is my new favorite lyric in a song. I don’t have many favorite lyrics but I love this line! I love the whole song but that lyric and the chorus are just extra special to me.

I hate to throw in a downer to this great song but the chorus isn’t much at all with lyrics but hearing Tom sing it is just AMAZING so it really doesn’t matter that theirs isn’t much to the chorus the sound equalizes it and it all works. I would have liked more of an emphasis on the soul survivors,

“So sadly soul survivors,

Lost and Lonely in open water”

It plays on emotions… but I’m not sure how it’s just one big mystery. What’s so sad about the soul survivors and how come they’re lost and lonely in open water? We don’t get a lyric explanation but I heard there is a movie to go along with the Love album. It’s apparently some really big production also.

According to angelsandairwaves.com Love is a feature film and a double album. The film is by William Eubank, and when you get the chance, go check it out because it is awesome and looks like very big and theatrical and you can find a synopsis on the website.

That is all I have to say about this song, I’d say go buy the album but it is offered by the band for free download. I suggest googling the download for Love other wise you’ll have to go through a million blog posts in order to find it. And download winrar because the album is in a ZIP file.

Now I’m off to spend the rest of my day listening to Soul Survivor, happy listening and I hope you find the song as addicting as I did.

My Techno Obsession crossover

“Nite Time”

George Acosta

Featuring

Kate Walsh

Hello lovely people!

I have thought of another series… thing… another section to put songs to talk about in. It probably won’t be updated frequently, but I felt the need to make this. Why? Because I am currently obsessing over a song called Nite Time, hey wait it's a techno song... 

Do You know what that means?

It's time for a CROSS OVER!

What's crossing over?

I shall tell you!

Techno take over meets my obsession with the song Nite Time by George Acosta featuring Kate Walsh. I was going to make this just a techno take over, but this song doesn't have enough lyrics to properly look at them, so to ensure I don't get a short review it is going in with My obsession because this song is beautiful and I spent a week or more listening to it so that's how it qualifies in the my obsession category.

The Lyrics!

“Time to go

It's time to go

Whatever this means

He's happy it seems”

Time to go where I couldn't tell you, but apparently it makes the guy presumably her love interest happy so she's happy... Well that's great and all but is the other person happy for their own reasons other than because he's happy?

“After night

In boundless light

He calls my name

I do the same”

Seduction maybe?

“After this

A simple kiss

Return my eyes

A true disguise”

I think seduction is occurring... this verse is repeated again in an echo so no need to put the lyrics again. Kate Walsh's voice is absolutely hypnotic. It's very delicate and I hope the US is smart and plays more of her music, or if I'm lucky the radios will pick up this song!

“So I'll be a fleeting sound

A light ray out on the water

And I'll know his secret name

And tell him about the nite time

Tell him about the nite time”

Now this is the chorus, I have seen three versions “A Light ray out on the water,”

“A life played out on the water” and “A Life lay out on the water.” Which version I like? I'm not sure but I find myself singing

 “A Life played out on the water” and “a life lay out on the water.” Now back to the seduction possibility, let's ditch that idea until I can bring it back in somehow. Now that I think about it I'm not sure what these lyrics could mean... there's an underlying tone of romance... a secret romance, people out at night somewhere one partner not so sure what's going on but the other seems happy so in turn she feels happy. Maybe at one point she starts to have second thoughts and all he has to do is say her name and she feels reassured about their secret date... I have no idea how to explain the return my eyes a true disguise. And if the girl is slightly shy and uncertain about what's going on, the chorus can't be through her perspective, well it could be. Okay starting over:

I think in the beginning this couple is sneaking out somewhere (or out on a late night date) the girl might have been in a few crummy relationships maybe with someone who was hard to please and now she's met who she thinks is Mr. Right and she's just head over heels for him. And with the actions leading up until this point she's unsure of where everything is going but she knows he is happy so she knows she should be happy too.

I'm assuming they talk about something which is why he called her name and she probably says something romantic back to him and then they obviously kiss. (Still not sure how the next two lines work in this story) Oh maybe he was disguising his emotions or they both were and it's now been revealed they have stronger feelings towards each other.

The chorus is still confusing, maybe his secret name is a name he wants her to call him when they're alone. Tell him about the Nite Time... She'll know his secret name and tell him about the nite time...

I have no clue... So I shall move on!

How I found the song!

Sirius Satellite Radio's BPM station, I've heard this song a million times but never really paid attention to it. It got stuck in my head one day just the line “Tell him about the nite time” so I googled it and found it. It took me a while to find the right version that wasn't a remix or claimed to be the original mix but cuts off randomly at the end, but I found it.

Why I am obsessed with it!

Kate Walsh is why I am obsessed with it! Her voice is beautiful the way the song is in a whisper at points along with her delicate voice and the trance music to fit it (could have been better) it's a perfect combination. I will admit the music isn't as captivating as Breath of Ghost, but the vocals and that little piano part completely makes up for it. Actually during the verses and chorus it's okay it's the long music interludes that sometimes are a bit weak. Like the outro of the song could have been much better than that. There's not much to it and it sounds like any other techno/trance beat. Make you beginnings and endings stand out you'll have a better song just look at any Assemblage 23 song it might be a “gothic form of techno” but you can still use it as an example.

I really do love this song I can listen to it for forever just like I shall forever be thinking of what the chorus could possibly mean. This was my first choice for a cross over song, I'm pretty sure there will be more in the future. I hope you go listen to it afterwards it is a really pretty song despite my attempt at constructive criticism because I like to nit pick at things.

I must back track to the chorus, I honestly think its saying a million things but yet it might not be saying much at all. It makes me smile yet I don’t know why, this whole song reminds me of when little kids are telling secrets to each other. It’s like that kind of cuteness. Someone telling someone a secret a gossiping sort of secret but it’s not gossip it’s just what happened the other night with her lover.

That's all for this review if you like it come back for more if not oh well then…

** Update** I got Itunes gift cards for my birthday and have purchased the radio edit of this song (and some other songs) I recommend the radio edit version it’s by far the coolest out of the versions I’ve heard. It cuts the song which I think was originally 9 minutes long to 3 minutes but it’s worth it.