....It's true. Music is awesome. Others think so too:
"Music the great communicator" - Chili Peppers
"Music is my religion." -Hendrixxxxx
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
"Music and rhythm find their way into the secret place of the soul" - Plato (sorry, I'm a philosophy major...)
I think I made my point?
Finals are approaching... The next week and a half will not only include lots of library hibernation, binge eating, no eating, illegal study drug smuggling, lack of sleep and too much sleep (shit! I'm late for my exam! FML!) but MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC.
I have this terrible tendency of listening to the same kind of music over and over again because when I like a song, I become obsessed. This is a problem when it comes to studying though because sometimes the song becomes a broken record in my head (Which can be really annoying to say the least... Especially when studying Ancient Philosophy... which is next Tuesday... which I haven't opened a book for all semester....).
ANYWAYS, thank god I happened to walk into Urban Outfitters the other day to do some pre-X mas shopping-- if I hadn't, I would not have stumbled upon this hidden music gem. While at the cash register I spotted a double-disc compilation album called "Give.Listen.Help."-- a $15 dollar benefit CD that gives proceeds to 826 National (a nonprofit that raises money to help low income students improve their writing/reading skills). I didn't recognize some of the music on the CD but still wanted to buy it because 1) it's a great cause 2) the music that I did recognize included some of my fave artists.
Basically, music really CAN change the world! And in a cool way!
The CD includes all different types of music, with some acoustic and remixed recordings from a wide range of awesome artists. Some really great songs that I would like to point out: Demons (The Dears), Santa Ana Winds (Cold War Kids), Lisztomania (Phoenix remix), Help I've Alive (acoustic, Metric), Animal (Miike Snow, remix by Peter, Bjorn and John), The Reeling (Passion Pit, remix by Shuttle), Give Blood (Rain Machine),
Did I not convince you yet? Below is the link to the Urban Outfitters site with the complete track list. And you can buy it too...
Good luck with exams! And life.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=17455270&navAction=jump&navCount=
No comments:
Post a Comment