Favorite Music: Brand-New Band, Same Old Name

[MissAravis]

Relient K has a new song up on their MySpace. It's the title track to their album "Forget and Not Slow Down." I like it. It's not amazing and I don't think it really reminds me of the usual RK, but it's still good. Parts of it remind me very oddly of some of the songs off of Mae's (m)orning EP. Wow. I didn't think I'd ever say that RK reminded me of Mae, but I guess I just did.

Yeah, I saw that a couple weeks ago on youtube. I really like it!! I wasn't blown away by it, but I do like it! The chorus is really catchy and keeps getting stuck in my head. I haven't ever listened to Mae... do you have any songs to recommend?

[Kate]

Yes! I cannot recommend Mae's album "The Everglow" highly enough. It's my favorite album of all time. I especially recommend "Suspension" and the title track "The Everglow." I was speaking more of their more recent songs in my comparison to RK, but they aren't as good as the older ones. "The House that Fire Built" is the one that "Forget and Not Slow Down" reminded me of.

[Queen Susan]

Laughing With is a great song. Even though Regina isn't a Christian, it can be seen from a Christian perspective - and basically it says that when life is going well people tend to laugh at God but when things get hard we realize we need Him. Regina's style is so unique. Her voice is a bit odd, but it sounds really natural, almost as if she's just speaking, not singing... kind of weird to describe. If you have the time I would look up some of her other hits - Fidelity and Samson. They are a little strange but in a cool way. Samson has a really beautiful piano part. I'm NOT a huge fan of all of her lyrics - many are hard to comprehend and seem to be random and pointless unless you dig deeper into them, which I don't think some of them aren't worth doing that with... haha.

Very true about the lyrics to "Laughing With"... Though it must be said that some people do laugh at God--even when they're dying. And yes, she does have a certain... "thing"... to her voice. It does sound... natural. Ok, I'll try to do that sometime.

[NaiadWaker]

[quote="Queen Susan"] Very true about the lyrics to "Laughing With"... Though it must be said that some people do laugh at God--even when they're dying. And yes, she does have a certain... "thing"... to her voice. It does sound... natural. quote]
Nice way of putting it! Laughing With is definitely one of those songs that is not necessarily written from a Christian view, but can easily be seen through a Christian perspective.

[MissAravis]

Thanks for the suggestions Kate! I'll have to let you know what I think of them.

That's true, Queen Susan... I guess some people are "laughing at God" even when they're dying. :S

So today iTunes released Forget and not Slow Down as a single... I just bought it of course... The thing that intrigues me right now is how the ending leads right into the next song - so you can faintly hear this really awesome-sounding piano thing but it's making me so impatient to hear the rest of the album.

[Queen Susan]

The thing that intrigues me right now is how the ending leads right into the next song - so you can faintly hear this really awesome-sounding piano thing but it's making me so impatient to hear the rest of the album.

Haha-- yeah, that'd make me impatient too.

Kind of on a different topic, though it's about awesome piano parts, anyone here like "Remedy Drive"? I can't say they're my most favorite band, but I do like them quite a bit. Saw them in concert once... Anyway, I think they have some really cool piano parts-- the first 9 seconds of "Sapphire" I really love. And "Martyr Song" has some stuff I really like too, along with the whole song.

*listens to Vapor by Skillet*

[Kate]

Ok, please do Kat! I'm seeing Mae in a few weeks and I can't wait! I hope you like them.

I picked up B.Reith's free EP on Amazon. He's pretty good. It's kind of like Jason Mraz with hip hop infused into it.

[MissAravis]

That's awesome that you get to hear Mae, Kate! Let us know how it is!

I thought maybe we could share our top 25 most played in iTunes or whatever you use to listen to music... Here are mine - http://i37.tinypic.com/25jy59s.jpg
Yes, Forget and Not Slow Down gained that many playcounts in the 3 days since it came out...

[Kate]

Is that "Fireflies" I see on that list MissA? Wow! That's an impressive play count! My top play counts are around 60 or 70. But my computer has crashed a number of times in the past year and I had to start over. My Last.FM profile is a more accurate representation of what I listen to. It includes all my iTunes and iPod plays in addition to the Last.FM radio function. http://i36.tinypic.com/igxjbk.png

That list is overall and is therefore missing my top song of the past few months: "From Priests to Thieves" by Deas Vail, who is touring with MAE and will therefore be at the show when I go! They probably won't play that song; it's kind of obscure, but oh well.

[Queen Susan]

Hehe, I find your list slightly amusing, Kat... Maybe since the songs are pretty much half-TAN and half-Re.K

Anyway, I'd probably do mine, but... Everyone else uses iTunes too, so the songs that are most played aren't necessarily played by me. Too bad my iPod doesn't have that setting--I could figure it out then.

But I'll give the list from Itunes anyway...

XP Sounds Song - Microsoft
Wild Pacific Shore - Charlie Zahm
The Fight Song - Sanctus Real
Deeds - Sanctus Real
Mark I - Ramin Djawadi
A Song my brother made on GarageBand (I wonder who listens to that one... him?)
Beer for my Horses - Toby Keith
The Testimony - Christopher Smith
Hero - Skillet
Sink the Bismark -Johnny Horton
Earth Invasion -Skillet
You Are My Hope - Skillet

And that's the first 12--I have to go now... sorry.

[winterlife]

Oh, wow, I can't believe it's taken me this long to post. Let's see, my top 25...
Be My Escape - Relient k
That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
My Girl's Ex-boyfriend - Relient k
I So Hate Consequences - Relient k
More than Useless - Relient k
Wherever We Go - Newsboys
There is Nothing - Rush of Fools
The More Boys I Meet - Carrie Underwood
Go - Newsboys
Lose it All - Rush of Fools
Wonder of the World - Rush of Fools
I'm Gonna Getcha Good - Shania Twain
Holy One - Rush of Fools
The One I'm Waiting For - Relient k
You are Glory - Rush of Fools
Nah! - Shania Twain
Something Beautiful - Newsboys
Mission Bell - Newsboys
Escape - Rush of Fools
By Your Side - Tenth Avenue North
Love is Here - Tenth Avenue North
Who I Am Hates Who I've Been - Relient k
Lift Us Up to Fall - Tenth Avenue North
Let it Go -Tenth Avenue North
Hold My Heart - Tenth Avenue North

I'd have Stellar Kart on there, too, but I only got their album a month ago, so I've only listened to it 52 times.

[narnian1]

I'll post my Top 25 as well though it's flawed.
I have accidentally messed up entirely twice and have needed to start fresh.
And then there are songs that I have heard COUNTLESS of times but are still newer and therefore haven't reached the needed play counts YET.

These are my top 25 since I've had to restart:

1 Flyleaf- All Around Me, 146 plays
2 Needtobreathe- Signature of Divine (Yahweh), 130 plays
3 Superchic[k]- Stand in the Rain, 127 plays
4 Skillet- Whispers in the Dark, 122 plays
5 Chris Tomlin- How Great is Our God, 118 plays
6 Seventh Day Slumber- Every Saturday, 112 plays
7 Needtobreathe- Washed by the Water, 110 plays
8 Disciple- Things Left Unsaid, 109 plays
9 Superchic[k]- Hold, 109 plays
10 Casting Crowns- East to West, 107 plays
11 Skillet- The Last Night, 107 plays
12 The Afters- Never Going Back to OK, 102 plays
13 Plumb- Cut, 102 plays
14 Skillet- Falling Inside the Black, 101 plays
15 Daughtry- Home, 100 plays
16 Seventh Day Slumber- Missing Pages, 100 plays
17 Plumb- In My Arms, 99 plays
18 Switchfoot- Awakening, 97 plays
19 Thousand Foot Krutch- Breathe You In, 92 plays
20 Skillet- The Older I Get, 91 plays
21 The Afters- Beautiful Love, 88 plays
22 The Fray- How To Save A Life, 87 plays
23 Lifehouse- Everything, 86 plays
24 Toby Mac- Made to Love, 86 plays
25 Audio Adrenaline- Ocean Floor, 86 plays

[SnowAngel]

I got Sharecropper's Seed by Nicole C. Mullen today. Well, it arrived today, but I ordered it earlier in the week. My favorite songs(on this CD) are Sharecropper's Seed, One Touch, and Convinced. I also like Elohim.

SnowAngel

[IloveFauns]

Here is my ipods top 5 most played.

1. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet-Fall out boy
2. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed - fall out boy
3. I Don’t Care remix Fall Out Boy
4. The (Shipped) Gold Standard Fall Out Boy
5. Kiss My Sass Cobra Starship

[narnian1]

Here is my ipods top 5 most played.

1. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet-Fall out boy
2. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed - fall out boy
3. I Don’t Care remix Fall Out Boy
4. The (Shipped) Gold Standard Fall Out Boy
5. Kiss My Sass Cobra Starship

so you really like Fall Out Boy I take it
I've never heard them myself but some internet friends on another forum love FOB.

[IloveFauns]

lol when there newest album came out i listened to it so much that's why most of my top 25 are their songs. 2 weird al song and a few cobra starship ones.

My username on fff (futurama forum) is fob4ever. Lol i wish i could change it on here.