Showing posts with label Pop/Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pop/Rock. Show all posts

Monday, November 29, 2010

Hedley - Narcissist

Song: Narcissist
Artist: Hedley
Album: Famous Last Words

Hedley is a Canadian pop/rock band from British Columbia.

I started listening to Hedley because it's Jacob Hoggard's band. Jacob Hoggard came in third on the second season of Canadian Idol, and to be honest that season of Canadian Idol and the Adam Lambert season of American Idol were the only seasons of either idol that I found worth watching. The song Narcissist is about......well people being narcissistic. I think the song is about how so many people think only of themselves and believe that physical appearance is the most important thing. I think North American society also encourages this attitude a lot of the time. I really, really like this song.

"Narcissist"

The has been high school hero
He's first in line in his whole mind and doesn't care about the rest
A handsome half wit zero
He'll be your friend until the end if you're the coolest and the best

He falls in love with his reflection in the glass
He can't resist who's staring back

He makes a case
That all you've ever needed is a pretty face
But the bottom line about it is a 'never was' is all he'll ever be
He can't resist the paranoid delusions of a narcissist
It doesn't matter anyways cause he's a self fulfilling prophesy
Of make believe

She's a suburban princess
She's had it all since she was small and sucking on a silver spoon
Another gold card purchase
This daddy's girl thinks the whole world revolves around her like the moon

Each day's a film premiere where all the boys will stare
She pretends she doesn't care

She makes a case
That all you've ever needed is a pretty face
But the bottom line about it is a 'never was' is all she'll ever be
She can't resist the paranoid delusions of a narcissist
It doesn't matter anyways cause she's a self fulfilling prophesy
Of make believe
Of make believe
Of make believe

And on the day he met her
The high pretension of their love connection all but sealed the deal
Happily ever after who better for each other than another candidate to

Make a case
That all they've ever needed is a pretty face
But the bottom line about it is a 'never was' is all they'll ever be
They can't resist the paranoid delusions of a narcissist
But they're together anyways and share their self obsessed reality
We can't resist the paranoid delusions of a narcissist
It doesn't matter anyway cause we're a self fulfilling prophecies
Of make believe
Of make believe
Of make believe
Of make believe

Hedley - Narcissist - Youtube (Audio Only)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Simple Plan - Untitled

Song: Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me?)
Artist: Simple Plan
Album: Still Not Gettin' Any...

Simple Plan is a Canadian Pop/Rock band from Montreal, Quebec.

I first heard Simple Plan on the radio. I liked the songs I heard so I downloaded some. Among them was Untitled. The song is about and against drinking and driving. The music video starts at the scene of a car accident. Paramedics and firefighters remove a badly injured young woman from a wrecked car. Scenes of what are presumably the girl's family at home and work are also shown, as well as shots of Simple Plan lead singer Pierre Bouvier singing the song. They flash back and show the driver of the car that hit the girl's car drinking alcohol while behind the wheel of his car, and the two cars crashing. As the two cars collide they show the girl's family being thrown into furniture and walls. I think the meaning of this is that drinking and driving doesn't just hurt one person, it tears a lot of people apart. They then show doctors and nurses at the hospital trying to save the girl. Meanwhile the drunk driver is given a breathylizer and arrested. At the end of the video they put the phone number and website of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) on the screen. I think that the don't drink and drive message in the song and video is great.

"Untitled"

I open my eyes
I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light
I can’t remember how
I can’t remember why
I’m lying here tonight

And I can’t stand the pain
And I can’t make it go away
No I can’t stand the pain

How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

Everybody’s screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I’m slipping off the edge
I’m hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again

So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can’t explain what happened
And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done
No I can’t

How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

I made my mistakes
I’ve got no where to run
The night goes on
As I’m fading away
I’m sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me


Simple Plan - Untitled - Youtube (Music Video)