Jan
27th2013: My Musical Journey
2013 had some incredible bright spots for me. I was able to find new music from new artists and relived some classics. My first obsession of 2013 was actually Tears for Fears of all things. One morning I woke up singing a melody that I could not shake. The only words that came to mind were “head over heals” which didn’t really seem to make sense to me. I wasn’t sure where that had come from. I googled the lyrics and quickly found that not only was I right but the band was Tears for Fears. Around 2004 Tears for Fears put out a new album and it was generally well received. I thought that it was time to give the band a shot and delve deeper into their catalog. Bit by bit I started sampling different songs from their greatest hits album Shout: The Very best of Tears for Fears. I soon found that I enjoyed almost every song equally on the disk. I consider myself a Radiohead/Thom Yorke fan so I purchased Amok by Atoms for Peace. It took me a while to get into and I never really took to the album like I thought I would. It was a dud, but not a total waste. The real problem for me was that I received an advance copy of Random Access Memories to write for the Fiddleback. I quickly dropped Amok and began to swoon over Daft Punk. The song that really stood out to me was […]