From one of my absolute favorite bands, an absolute amazing music video.

I couldn't help my self, I had to share this with you guys. This music video for "It Had to be You" from Motion City Soundtrack is just so cool. I'm not going to say anything else, because I don't want to ruin it. Check it out.

PS - For you fellow MCS fans: you probably know this, but I checked out their site and it said that they are currently writing and recording songs for their 4th album!

PPS - If you're not an MCS fan... BECOME ONE!

Change of Pace

While the majority of this blog will be devoted to shame songs you hate to admit you love (or I love, really... who knows if you love them too), horrible covers, and just flat out bad songs that should have never been produced, let alone given any fame, there will be times like this one where I'll switch it up, and talk about really good songs, bands, or in this case, songs that I feel have fallen to the wayside and need to be revisited.

(By the way, I hope none of you are big sticklers on grammar because I realize that last sentence was one hell of a run-on. If it bothers you, I apologize.)

The song I want to talk about today is a song called "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" from a 90s Canadian band, The Crash Test Dummies. What makes the Dummies a really unique band, is that their lead singer was this weird looking skinny guy with some interesting facial expressions and a realllly deep baritone voice.

I just love this song. The novelty of his voice is really great, but more importantly it's kind of a pretty cool, yet touching story within the song itself. Also, the music video is, in my mind, pretty rad. I don't know what it is about music videos in the 90s, but some of them were just so simple and brilliant. Some others I would suggest checking out would definitely be Blind Melon's "No Rain" (the Bumblebee Girl... so iconic for the 90s) and Beck's "Loser".

So there you go. Check out those videos and get in touch with your inner 90s self.

Papa should have preached more about not going into a singing career...

Because Kelly Osbourne lackluster try at singing was just flat out bad. Her cover of Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" was just a bad idea from the start. By the way, that's how this song got stuck in my head; I heard the Madonna version playing at a bar, and unfortunately it reminded me of Kelly's version.

Now granted, Ozzy isn't the greatest singer in the world, but there's a few things that he does better than his daughter, mainly, well singing for starters. Secondly, he has been able to be a constant rock icon for like 4 decades, and through that whole time, he hasn't changed his image. He's just become more likable because he's becoming more senile.

Anyways, I guess the point I'm trying to make about his daughter, is that a.) she can't sing, and b.) when she was trying to be a pop star, her "pop-goth" look just made her look like she couldn't make up her mind. I mean in her music video, shes shopping for clothes and doing an awkward white-guy dance, while trying to maintain her Hot Topic-like edge. I just don't buy it. In fact, I don't even buy that that's her real voice. Stand aside Ashlee Simpson.

But I have to give it to Kelly. Just like all of the other songs I've written about, she got one thing right. She made her cover just catchy enough where it gets stuck in your head and it doesn't make it out for a very long time.

Damn it, I'm singing it in my head right now and I hate it.