Walk Off The Earth

YouTube is a really great thing. It shares things across the world, creates communities, and provides endless hours of entertainment. It's also a great place to discover new music. Recently a group called Walk Off The Earth did a cover of Goyte's song "Somebody That I Used To Know." It went viral, and it's not hard to see why. After seeing this video, I checked out some of their other songs. They do both covers and original songs, and they're awesome. As of today, the "Somebody That I Used To Know" video has 34.5 million views. It was posted less than 3 weeks ago. Check it out:


Some of my other favorite's by these guys are a kick-ass version of Adele's "Someone Like You," and Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory."

Summer Playlist

It's the last day of June today, and it feels like March. Seriously, what is up with this weather? I know that Vancouver is known to be rainy, but this is ridiculous. At this rate, I will make no money this summer (ah, the troubles of working a job where your hours are semi-dependent on the weather), stay pasty, and not get to wear my new bathing suits at all. Also, this weather is bumming me out in a more general, free floating kind of way. I suspect SAD.

Anyways, other than being bothered by the weather, I've been really busy organizing basically my whole life next year; getting a house, organizing my schedule, and researching the co-op program at UVic. Between that and work, June kind of snuck by and I realized that TOMORROW IS JULY 1ST. Whaaat? July is almost on us, which (hopefully) means that summer will finally make an appearance. In the mean time, I have carefully constructed a 10-song summer playlist (I stole the idea from Starbucks, shhh) for your enjoyment. Cheers!

1. Camilo- Said The Whale
2. Cudderisback (Ottoman remix) ft. Vampire Weekend- Kid Cudi
3. Rose Garden- Shad
4. Fuck You (ft. 50 Cent)- Cee-Lo Green
5. The Lazy Song- Bruno Mars
6. Sunshine- Atmosphere
7. I'm Yours- Jason Mraz
8. The Edge of Glory- Lady Gaga (although this is a better video)
9. Sleepyhead (The Knocks remix)- Passion Pit
10. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)- Katy Perry

Okay, so it isn't the best playlist I've ever made. I may have stretched a truth a little when I said "carefully constructed." But guaranteed, these are good ones to have on your driving playlist for summer 2011. Enjoy!

Born This Way

Good.

Better.

Lady Gaga's new CD, Born This Way, was released yesterday. I know I already talked about some of the songs a few posts back, but now ALL the songs are out. And I've listened to them all.

Here is my very brief review:

Born This Way, while very different from Gaga's The Fame Monster, is impressive. It has a more complex, less mainstream, feel than The Fame Monster. It's less easy to sing along to, and I got a bit of a self-absorbed vibe. BUT, that being said, it is still a very very good CD. Just about every track had me dancing at least from the head up (I think there are maybe 1 or 2 I didn't particularly take to, but I won't disclose which ones. I don't want to negatively bias your first listen). While I don't think Born This Way will be as widely praised as The Fame Monster, I think, musically, it's just as good, if not better. As well, there's no doubt Judas, Born This Way, and maybe even The Edge of Glory will rank up there in the charts with Pokerface, Bad Romance, etc. 

I'm no expert, just a Gaga fan, but that's what I think. I give it 4 big fat stars out of 5. Maybe 4.5, depending on what song I'm listening to (for example, if I'm listening to Edge of Glory, all of a sudden EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS AWSOME.)

                                                               My top 4 songs from the CD:

                                                               1) The Edge of Glory

                                                               2) Hair

                                                               3) Born This Way

                                                               4) Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)

Almost, but not quite "favourite" worthy: Government Hooker and You and I.

                                      AND WATCH THIS VIDEO, IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

NOT GOOD.

Edge of Glory

There's been a lot of hype about Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way, and the title track, as well her other single "Judas," have been getting a lot of attention, especially with the revealing of the respctive music videos (and, as always, they were very impressive). You can see the videos for Born This Way and Judas here and here. But I was shown another one of her tracks from Born This Way just a few days ago. I hadn't even heard of it before, but after giving it a listen, I have to say it's my favorite of Gaga's newest songs. Check it out, and just try to tell me you were bobbing along:
The Edge of Glory


It's got a different sound than most of her stuff. The horns(?) at around the 3:00 mark are sweet.