Galen's 30 Day Song Challenge

[Galen]

day 05 - a song that reminds you of someone

Dashboard Confessional - Stolen




Ugh, I really don't want to tell the story behind this. You can ask me one-on-one if you'd like, but this is too personal to tell everybody.

[Galen]

day 04 - a song that makes you sad

Above and Beyond - Can't Sleep




This is the song I was talking about before that could satisfy today as well as the other three days.

I remember first hearing this at Lovefest '06, which I think was the first electronic music festival I'd ever been to. An internet friend was in town and he wanted to go, and it sounded like fun so I hopped along. I had no idea what I was getting into: floats with naked old guys (parade in san francisco, I should have seen it coming), the same happy hardcore measure over and over again, etc etc. Then this song came up, and I was blown away. I think this made the trip totally worth it.

In my head, this song has become an ode to all the fears I had about my first relationship. There was one particularly terrible breakdown in march '07 where I thought everything was going to fall apart, so I broke down and told my mom everything and just sat in my room, listening to this song over and over again. Even today, listening to this song reminds me of all that bullshit I put myself through for him.

[Galen]

day 03 - a song that makes you happy

Jethro Tull - Moths




As everybody on the internet probably knows by now, Ian Anderson is one of my favorite people. If only I could have been a woman in the early 70s, we would have done so many amazing things with each other's bodies. That is essentially why I chose this song: any song that even so much as implies sex with Ian Anderson (which as it turns out constitutes a good percentage of his discography) is gonna make me a happy camper.

[Galen]

day 02 - your least favorite song

Tomboy - Who's The Man




After hearing the first line of this song, I literally screamed and fell out of my chair. I have never been more offended by a single piece of music than I have by this song, not to mention everything this "artist" has ever done. I don't care if this is a joke song or what, I cannot fucking stand it. It's essentially everything about the gay community that makes me want to run away from it as fast as possible: terrible dick jokes, assertion that homosexuals are inherently different from heterosexuals, appeal to gay stereotypes, Tomboy's entire image. I don't know much about tomboy, but he seems to be the kind of guy who thinks that homosexuality is always correlated with being faggy; even if that isn't what he believes, that sure as fuck is the impression I get from him. God this song makes me so fucking mad, I have to stop.

[Galen]

day 01 - your favorite song

あさき (Asaki) - 空澄みの鵯と　(Sorasumi no Hiyodori To, Hiyodori of the Clear Sky)




The reason I wanted to do this whole challenge thing backwards is because I wanted to weigh all my options about what my favorite song of all time ever is. It was really down between this and there other songs: K by Bump of Chicken, Bedshaped by Keane, or C'est La Vie by Jean-Michelle Jarre. I think ultimately I always knew this song would come out on top, but I just wanted to make sure.

It's been so difficult making myself not post any Asaki songs throughout this whole challenge. Radwimps is my favorite band, as said before, but Asaki has some of the most overwhelmingly amazing tracks I've ever heard. There's really not much I can say about this song other than that it's perfect. Everything about this just works so well for me: the drama, the instrumentation, the vocals, the style, the layering. The only bad thing about it is it doesn't have a proper ending, as I've never liked it when songs just fade out at the end. But I mean, that's a triviality as far as I'm concerned. I fear I've said too much. Oops.

[Galen]

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