24

Apparently I'm turning 24 in an hour. With an exam on my head tomorrow, I have found a new way of procrastinating.So why not make a post about usage of being 24 in music world?! I guess lots of artists have mentioned 18(or basically late teens) in their lyrics every now and then, but not that many have used 24( you don't say!). Last year I posted "What's My Age Again?" by blink-182 on my facebook page on my birthday. But I had no song in my mind for being 24. Well, there's this one good song by The Maine but it's a bit too sad for such a happy occasion. So I started looking online for a nice happy song about turning 24 (you don't turn 24 every year, right ?! ). Contrary to my expectations, I actually found a few songs ( some of them being quite good). So here is this post about being 24 along with some "nerdy" interpretation of using 24 in different songs. Here I won't mention the songs with just 24 in their titles( apparently there are shitload of songs with 24 in them or a reference to 24, guess what else is 24? , yeah, hours in a day etc.). Maybe I'll be still missing some songs but I guess this much should do for now ;)

Album Review 3: Comedown Machine- The Strokes

So the first in this series is the latest installment from The Strokes that came out in the early half of the last year, 'Comedown Machine'. If you Google reviews for this album, you're highly unlikely to find a positive review. This album is a turning point in my music listening habit.I started out with 'Tap Out' at around the same time when I first heard 'Instant Crush' from Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' and I felt like both the songs were from the same band, catchy, dance-y and really fresh. I don't want to talk about how I resisted myself from giving the whole album a try as I was quite 'busy' discovering Arctic Monkeys during the summer of 2013 and at that point The Strokes were just another post-punk band from England who made music similar to early Arctic Monkeys or The Libertines ( yeah, it's a shame, I know now how wrong I was!) to me .
I don't remember when and how I stumbled upon 'Call It Fate, Call It Karma', somewhere around July of 2013. I was totally surprised by the sound of this song. It was something so different, something I had never expected from this band ( even though I had no fucking clue about this band's music. See, how much an image of a band can keep you in dark for such a long time!) . This song was on repeat for most part of the late long summer evenings of 2013 (oh, how I remember those long never ending Finnish summer evenings were filled by this nostalgic and haunting piece of Julian's falsetto). But even till then, I was not fully getting the album. I had tried some songs like 'All The Time', 'One Way Trigger' & '80's Comedown Machine' with not much effect.

11: If I Have To Choose Between Myself and You, I'll Always Choose To Be Leonardo DiCaprio!

God, I need to escape through a hole, will you show me

Cause I've been living between people, but still feeling lonely

And I've been trying to catch her in thrift stores and same shops

Oh God! Why don't you make me a boat and let me sail in my teardrops

She called me asshole, I called her fucktard

I'm a looser when it comes to game of two hearts

What's art?

Don't start!

10: Dreaming on My Bed, I'm Travelling to Stars so Far, at Light Speed!

I touched the sky

I wonder if it sounds strange but I don't know why

I told a truth and then a lie

I need you still & I don't know why

I sailed to the moon

I looked at you to my surprise

I slipped too soon

Slipped for forever from your eyes

9: Automatic Dreams/ Love Problematic

Her evening eyes,

My heavy heart skips a beat

And with her sunset smile

I loose my mind mischief.

What I feel, it feels so strange

In many ways, it's hard to explain.

Falling fast , I'm falling free

Falling in love, so carefree

See I'm defying gravity!

What's in future, I don't wanna know

Let me dream tonight & I'll take it slow.

8: Conversations with a Mirror

Sometimes when I get alone,

I face the mirror and talk

Reminiscing of days long gone

Damn! Life's a long slow walk

And I tried to run, runaway far away

Wait! Stop! Watch!

See, things these pity people got to say!

7: Am I The Only One Who Knows That We All Are Going To Die Alone?

She said,"why don't you come back in my bed"

I said," baby, you know it's all in your head"

"I don't know what I want but I want it all"

She said,"but you never reply whenever I call"

"I just wanna have fun & live my life."

"Don't care 'bout the music, just feel the vibe"

I said," I can't go on like this but I can't go on without you too"

"If only you realize how strange I feel about us two"

She said,"fine, just kiss me goodnight and let's go to sleep"

I said," darling, my heart is for you and forever yours to keep"

" and every now and then, it breaks apart and starts to weep"

She said," baby,don't talk like that. It turns me off"

I said,"OK", trying hard not to laugh

I told myself,"I need sometime alone to think about you & me."

"To live without you, just me"

"I need to slow down & move out of town someday

I guess I don't love you like I did yesterday".

"I can't control what's not in my hand.

But I'm afraid darling, you'll never understand".