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TOP 10 - MUSIC (4 May 2007)

May 4, 2007 on 2:28 pm | In MP3, Music, Top 10 |

Playlist: 2007-05-04
MOOD: SCHIZOPHRENIC

1. Kasabian - Club Foot
2. Faye Wong - 脸
3. Radiohead - 2+2=5
4. Aphex Twin - Avril 14Th
   
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
   
6. New Order - Ceremony
7. Portishead - All Mine
8. Travis - Big Chair
9. Emiliana Torrini - Heartstopper
10. Smashing Pumpkins - X.Y.U.

2007-05-04: 10 songs, 38.9 minutes, 59.6 MB

I can safely say this is one of the strangest top 10s I’ve put together in a while now. Hence, I named it “Schizophrenic”, because, it is just that. It is a collision of moods and themes, emotions and ideas all rolled into an unrelenting cacophonous compilation.

From the opening notes of the alt.rock.dance tune of Kasabian to the mood altering bliss of Chinese pop queen Faye Wong you will think you are on a mind bending journey to a dreamlike place. Your sweet nocturn is interrupted by a deliberate distortion and arithmetic antics of Radiohead with 2+2=5. Thankfully, all this noise this gives way to an elegant little piano ditty of Aphex Twin that flows into the summer road trip of Scar Tissue before rerouting to the haunting Ceremony by New Order. Your course takes a sharp turn into the bombastic brassy jazz sounds of Portishead, making you think you’re about to be blasted with big band joy until the layers of sound are stripped away to reveal a sinister, wanton voice of desire, pain and obsession! Barely escaping the clutches of a woman scorned, you are elevated again to pop heaven, riding high on the pulsating beats and heartfelt emotion of the Big Chair buy Travis. As the last notes of the song slowly take you back down to earth, you find yourself in a remote fishing village, listening to the flowing river, slowly creaking of waterwheels and Emiliana Torrini singing about heartbreak. As you wind down to the Icelandic songstress’s mellow tune, you think the journey is over, turning to leave. BUT NOT YET! In your way stands a monstrous figure of black and silver, bearing the insignia X.Y.U.. Into the eyes of the Jackal you stare, facing your final opponent before you can return to the safety of reality.

Beware. This journey may consume your very soul. It will make your food tasteless without the addition of an inhuman dosage of condiments and your Kenny G albums sound lifeless and bland. Beware.