This is entirely my opinion. Meant for fun only.
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It’s been fun! (And I am not hijacking anything; had a DM exchange with Drew before posting this.)
Album - Rooms By The Sea - technically isn’t out yet, beyond crowdfunding. When it is, I recommend it enthusiastically. Hasn’t quite reached the heights the last one did for me yet…
Album - Rooms By The Sea - technically isn’t out yet, beyond crowdfunding. When it is, I recommend it enthusiastically. Hasn’t quite reached the heights the last one did for me yet…
Things arrive late — Caramel - win!
Things arrive late — Caramel - win!
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I’m not gonna stall this trying to create a fancy graphic - some of you do amazing ones - but here’s my text recap:
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I’m not gonna stall this trying to create a fancy graphic - some of you do amazing ones - but here’s my text recap:
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When we weeeeeeeeeeeeere only kids…
Nostalgic, acoustic, magic. Back at #10, there was the one that referenced the feeling "like a slow song starting to accelerate,' which is perfectly showcased here.
#1: Shadows and Regrets
youtu.be/8ljDhmX0Dic?...
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When we weeeeeeeeeeeeere only kids…
Nostalgic, acoustic, magic. Back at #10, there was the one that referenced the feeling "like a slow song starting to accelerate,' which is perfectly showcased here.
#1: Shadows and Regrets
youtu.be/8ljDhmX0Dic?...
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Why not screw with expectations?
This one had a big impact.
Sleeping all day, staying up all night.
A few friends sent me street sign photos because of it.
Was beyond obsessed in 2003/04, and… it hasn’t gone away.
#2: Ocean Avenue
youtu.be/X9fLbfzCqWw?...
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Why not screw with expectations?
This one had a big impact.
Sleeping all day, staying up all night.
A few friends sent me street sign photos because of it.
Was beyond obsessed in 2003/04, and… it hasn’t gone away.
#2: Ocean Avenue
youtu.be/X9fLbfzCqWw?...
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It's predominantly a Ryan / guitar ballad. I discovered this one at the first show I saw. It’s perfect.
YC has been putting out great songs since, but… hard to top this… but I have two more…
#3: Rough Draft
youtu.be/99VqN7PrpKM?...
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It's predominantly a Ryan / guitar ballad. I discovered this one at the first show I saw. It’s perfect.
YC has been putting out great songs since, but… hard to top this… but I have two more…
#3: Rough Draft
youtu.be/99VqN7PrpKM?...
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Everything is gonna be alright... (x3)... be strong, believe.
The best blending of violin and punk they ever did.
The 9/11 stuff was overdone in US culture, but this is nothing short of perfect. Best experienced opening a show*.
#4: Believe
youtu.be/eSd_iTChv1Q?...
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Everything is gonna be alright... (x3)... be strong, believe.
The best blending of violin and punk they ever did.
The 9/11 stuff was overdone in US culture, but this is nothing short of perfect. Best experienced opening a show*.
#4: Believe
youtu.be/eSd_iTChv1Q?...
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Recent entry praised album. These two tracks are inseparable, hence…
The night I saw them do an opening with these two songs paired together was important. How every YC show should start…
#5: Convocation/Transmission Home
Live vid this time:
youtu.be/W4q73ewLBJc?...
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Recent entry praised album. These two tracks are inseparable, hence…
The night I saw them do an opening with these two songs paired together was important. How every YC show should start…
#5: Convocation/Transmission Home
Live vid this time:
youtu.be/W4q73ewLBJc?...
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Top five about to kick off soon, & I’m confident in these picks…
Life comes at the speed of light
But there’s a place in time for me when
Love runs into into everyday
Over every place that I’ve been
I wanna wipe these tears from my eyes
I wanna search & see what I find
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Top five about to kick off soon, & I’m confident in these picks…
Life comes at the speed of light
But there’s a place in time for me when
Love runs into into everyday
Over every place that I’ve been
I wanna wipe these tears from my eyes
I wanna search & see what I find
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#6: Empty Apartment
OA album cut. Seems important. Seems like it could've been a single, but, hey, this was before the era of "let's release 145253242 singles before the album and then release nothing as a single."
youtu.be/Y1gHa6VZXqA?...
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#6: Empty Apartment
OA album cut. Seems important. Seems like it could've been a single, but, hey, this was before the era of "let's release 145253242 singles before the album and then release nothing as a single."
youtu.be/Y1gHa6VZXqA?...
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Title track from their best album of the 2010s. It's great.
#7: Lift a Sail
youtu.be/wmWvWQ2Hw_4?...
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Title track from their best album of the 2010s. It's great.
#7: Lift a Sail
youtu.be/wmWvWQ2Hw_4?...
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This one - maybe it should be higher - I watched a movie for this I didn’t like much and this never appeared. “Music from and inspired by…” - we didn’t need another “Spider-Man” thing in 2004, nor now.
#8: Gifts and Curses
youtu.be/Cu5msj7yWbo?...
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This one - maybe it should be higher - I watched a movie for this I didn’t like much and this never appeared. “Music from and inspired by…” - we didn’t need another “Spider-Man” thing in 2004, nor now.
#8: Gifts and Curses
youtu.be/Cu5msj7yWbo?...
Not to spoil my year-end singles list too much, but I have clear choices for the “big four”:
The Subway
Swag
Golden
sombr
Not to spoil my year-end singles list too much, but I have clear choices for the “big four”:
The Subway
Swag
Golden
sombr
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With just 15, stuff is lost. Acoustic guitar ballads get unspoken bonus points. L&S was a great album, but this wins from that album.
#9: How I Go
youtu.be/f-5ppz6Wi2I?...
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With just 15, stuff is lost. Acoustic guitar ballads get unspoken bonus points. L&S was a great album, but this wins from that album.
#9: How I Go
youtu.be/f-5ppz6Wi2I?...
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My fav WYTTSY track.
"Like a slow song starting to accelerate" - YC can do that; it resonates. YC has made both super-fast punk songs, and beautiful slow ballads.
Aligns with my taste - as YC has over the last 24 years.
#10: With You Around
youtu.be/f-5ppz6Wi2I?...
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My fav WYTTSY track.
"Like a slow song starting to accelerate" - YC can do that; it resonates. YC has made both super-fast punk songs, and beautiful slow ballads.
Aligns with my taste - as YC has over the last 24 years.
#10: With You Around
youtu.be/f-5ppz6Wi2I?...
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EXTRA
The prior extra was the oldest to me, and this one is one of the newest. My fav track on the new album.
It evokes nostalgia, the vibe is good... and among YC-only, it reminds me a bit of the upcoming #10...
Bedroom Posters
youtu.be/eI08BaiUYz4?...
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EXTRA
The prior extra was the oldest to me, and this one is one of the newest. My fav track on the new album.
It evokes nostalgia, the vibe is good... and among YC-only, it reminds me a bit of the upcoming #10...
Bedroom Posters
youtu.be/eI08BaiUYz4?...
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Third single from the breakthrough album. One of my favs from first listen of that album.
The album version is great. The acoustic version is even better, esp when you experience it live, paired with another one that's coming up.
#11: Only One
youtu.be/RJLkcPhVi9w?...
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Third single from the breakthrough album. One of my favs from first listen of that album.
The album version is great. The acoustic version is even better, esp when you experience it live, paired with another one that's coming up.
#11: Only One
youtu.be/RJLkcPhVi9w?...
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2nd fav WYTTSY* track
In the vein of "Something of Value.” Got #6 from me that year but seems like it deserved higher; Foster the People, Guster, Gaga, Adele got in the way. But when I think of 2011 musically, stands tall...
#12: Hang You Up
youtu.be/9qndx2CNGeo?...
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2nd fav WYTTSY* track
In the vein of "Something of Value.” Got #6 from me that year but seems like it deserved higher; Foster the People, Guster, Gaga, Adele got in the way. But when I think of 2011 musically, stands tall...
#12: Hang You Up
youtu.be/9qndx2CNGeo?...
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Thematically, it's essentially the same as the last, except I don't have any personal connection to it.
This was from one of those cool "Punk Goes..." compilations that did well in the early 2000s.
#13: Firewater
youtu.be/6Mo5du76zfg?...
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Thematically, it's essentially the same as the last, except I don't have any personal connection to it.
This was from one of those cool "Punk Goes..." compilations that did well in the early 2000s.
#13: Firewater
youtu.be/6Mo5du76zfg?...
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This song was perfect to me just a few months after the album came out and I latched onto it.
#14: Keeper
youtu.be/kFiX3anjpIk?...
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This song was perfect to me just a few months after the album came out and I latched onto it.
#14: Keeper
youtu.be/kFiX3anjpIk?...
#ArtistFave15
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Good way to kick it off. The extra I posted was my introduction; that plus "Star Struck" had me eager for more. What was delivered next? This one. It kicked off the OA album and that era in the summer of '03.
#15: Way Away
youtu.be/k4t5qqdP7As?...
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Good way to kick it off. The extra I posted was my introduction; that plus "Star Struck" had me eager for more. What was delivered next? This one. It kicked off the OA album and that era in the summer of '03.
#15: Way Away
youtu.be/k4t5qqdP7As?...
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EXTRA / PREVIEW
Pre-countdown, here's an honorable mention. This is where it all started for me with this band. Christmas break of '01/'02, someone IMed me and suggested I check out this song. I became a fan instantly.
youtu.be/h8vj_gC5OwM?...
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EXTRA / PREVIEW
Pre-countdown, here's an honorable mention. This is where it all started for me with this band. Christmas break of '01/'02, someone IMed me and suggested I check out this song. I became a fan instantly.
youtu.be/h8vj_gC5OwM?...