#breakupweek

Catchup numero dos!

This entry mixes Kosheen’s “Hide U” and Parov Stelar’s “Chambermaid Swing”…which honestly aren’t songs I recognize on their own.  This mashup is straight up Hide U’s lyrics with Chambermaid Swing’s background, and I really like the choice.  Chambermaid Swing give a great uneven grouping of 8/8 (123, 123, 12) which propels the song forward and keeps me interested despite a lack of variety in the vocal range.  The lyrics revolve around Kosheen’s promise not to hurt someone—how alluring after a breakup. Specifically, the line “If you were in my heart/I’d surely not break you” is what caught my attention on my listen through and keeps me coming back for more, not the least because the lines match so perfectly with Chambermaid Swing’s background.

So today's REAL post, which is the second day of breakupweek, comes from a different angle.  It's a moderately paced, electronica-heavy song that really resonated with me. First hearing this, I definitely, definitely put myself in the position of being sang TO.  The first line, "I dunno, my temper's being kinda crazy. (I need somebody!  I need someone!) I know your love is real, I just feel so suffocated--(I feel so lonely, I feel so numb)" was more of a slap in the face than anything, but I really, really like this in the context of this week's mashups.  I've been in similar situations as described by the singer, and it certainly wasn't easy.  As terrible as a breakup is, in most situations, its a terrible thing for everyone involved: something important to remember as an event like this is processed.

Keep in mind as you listen to the jam (lots of relevant/awesome lines!), with a couple of bonus British-voiced overlays that made me laugh out loud each time they came up.  Definitely possible it's part of the original song, but one of the reasons I love mashups so much is that I'm usually so far behind the pop curve anyway that nearly everything is new!  And fresh!  and I don't know who's singing it from when.

Catch-up Numero Dos is an important one--it was the start of a new week yesterday! 

This week's lineup is a group of songs that remind me of or fit romantic (or friend, I suppose) breakups really well.  Of course, music is, necessarily, more dramatic than real life--praise be!--but each song this week focuses on the theme of revenge, or regret, or, in a rare case, trying to live in the other person's shoes.  I had a difficult time deciding whether or not this was an appropriate week to do, but I'm gonna go ahead with it on the basis that people can accept I'm not aiming these songs at anyone in particular.

Today's mashup is "When I Love You Oughta Know" which straddles the line between wishing for revenge and regret-- it caught my ear on the first listen because of the edge in Morrisette's voice as the lead vocal.  The juxtaposition (BOOM 5$ word) of her lyrics with Timberlake's give his song a new meaning and really emphasizes the lyrics of hers.  If you've recently been cheated on or find the topic particularly sensitive, keep in mind that it deals pretty explicitly with it, and in my humblest of opinion, does a pretty good job of summing up a part of the feelings that come with being cheated on (which, if you're familiar with "You Oughta Know" you...would know?).