we’ve been doing this thing called "Celebrity Mix" for BURN and i know Pulp did this din nung nandun pa ako, i forgot what it was called..hhhhhmmm…anyway, since i’m home on a saturday, and just finished dinner and talking to my mushy kumpare (nakanang!)…i’ve been thinkin’ at gusto ko lang i-share.
1.) Incubus-S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Guaranteed the best Incubus album ever…ewan sa inyo, pero shempre opinion ko naman to hehehe, sorry defensive…anyhu, i’ve got sooo many favorite songs in this album that i can just pin-point 2 songs that i don’t like…yung Nebula at Calgone but the rest..fabyulus..ay my band and i used to do a mean cover of "Anti-Gravity Love Song" and "Deep Inside"..nuks..hehehe
2.) Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt
My first owned and first favorite Skunk Anansie CD since i can’t really chose between this and Post Orgasmic Chill, so i have to put them both on my list…i first heard "I Can Dream" when i was in highschool, but i started being this HUGE of a fan early college when i heard "Weak"…i even had my cousin in NY buy me all the cds since it wasn’t available here in the Phili…he listened to one album and he was like, "you like listening to this?! i don’t get it" hehehe…yes, Skin’s songwriting had always been angry, nasty and crude but they were all real, tsaka nakakakilig kung minsan…"if i opened my heart there’d be no space for air cause i wanted you"…pamatay namaaann!
3.) Blind Melon - Blind Melon
When asked way back in higschool who i wanted to meet before i die, i was always torn between Chris Cornell and Shannon Hoon…and when Shannon Hoon died, i remember praying and tried talking to my dad to look after shannon in heaven and befriend him so when it’s my time to go, madali na ang proseso ng amin pagiging magkaibigan…silly…crazzziillyyy!! sorry ha, fan e…deranged hahaha!…i don’t really like all the songs in this album, actually halo halo sa 2nd and 3rd album ng Blind Melon yung mga kanta na gusto ko but most of them are in this record for example "Change" a song that is very memorable to me is here…
4.) Grace - Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley has the sweetest and intense voice that i’ve ever heard…in one song it’s like he’s serenading you and in the other it’s like he’s ready to kick somebody’s ass with so much rage…sobrang passionate nitong mamang to, obvious naman in every song that he sang…given that "Last Goodbye" is mostly everybody’s favorite song of Jeff, mine would be "Lover You Should’ve Come Over" and "Everybody Here Wants You" although the latter wasn’t in the Grace album…funny because when we were in galera after eating gabie’s matrix brownie, Grace yung sinoundtrip ko at sa sobrang basag ko na nun it was like he was really singing to me in the room forgetting that i’m using my CD player and earphones…kaya kids, say no to drugs! hahaha..
5.) Jamiroquai - The Return of The Space Cowboy
Funky-ness at its finest!! i used to adore Stuart Zender…kaso pinagpalit nya ako sa isang All Saint! che!
6.) Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill
My 2nd favorite Skunk Anansie album…this was their last…i really love most of the songs in this album specifically "Charlie Big Potato" (where in my enhanced CD, the video and some interviews were included), "Tracy’s Flaw" at yung pamatay na "Secretly". It’s hard to cover a Skunk song since it’s really vocally challenging tsaka may mga effects effects sila here and there, but nevertheless i still love em sayang lang that they already broke up, but there’s still Skin…
7.) John Legend - Get Lifted
I just adooorrreeee John Legend! I’ve always been an RnB, Hiphop, and all that Fo’ Shizzle music enthusiast (just like you Nick, wish ko rin ata maging black! hehehe!), i really never hid it hehehe…I wasn’t an instant fan, when i first heard "Ordinary People" it wasn’t an instant love affair, but it grew on me that next thing i know almost one week plus plus ko na sha pinakikinggan sa cd player ko…the man is just soooo fine and has a voice that could melt hearts…nakssss…i suggest you listen to "So High" and "Stay With You"……..eeeeeeeeeeeppppp…..*bites fist*
8.) Mother Earth - Desired Effect (live)
This was my very first taste of acid jazz and i’m thankful for conch and justin for introducing mother earth to me…during OS days, we were really going for that al-rock, acid jazzy feel since both conch and justin’s influences met kapag acid jazz-an na yung pinaguusapan, and since i didn’t want myself to be left out i asked them to give me "listenings" so at least i can get a feel of it…so ayan, Mother Earth, Dag, Incognito, James Taylor Quartet, etc. ang pinakain sa akin hehehe…although Jamiroquai i’ve been diggin’ dati pa pero itong mga to, medyo bago bago sa aking tenga…Mother Earth is the best among what was feed to me na hanggang ngayon di ko parin maalis alis sa utak ko yung basslines ng "Mr. Freedom"…this album is their live recording when they were in japan (i think), galing neto…lalo na yung last part where Matt Deighton introduced his bandmates, tapos kanya kanyang solo…ay pamatay yung solo ni Neil Corcoran…
9.) N.E.R.D. - In Search Of
The perfect driving music, sobrang walang tapon….Pharrell my honey is such a talented muthaf*cka…lyrics wise medyo mababaw, but it’s them beats man! THEM BEATS!!…
10.) blanko pa ito…i’m still bound to absorb an album befitting for this slot…