I mentioned this song in my Top 10 Relatively Angry Break-Up Songs last week, and I've had it play non-stop in my head ever since, even when listening to something completely different.
Murs started out with a collective named 3 Melancholy Gypsies, which eventually merged with Mystik Journeymen to form Living Legends, which is how I got introduced to his talent. Living Legends were a hard-touring act who multiplied shows at the turn of the millennium, and I got to see them in maybe 10 different cities in all.
No, their live shows didn't live up to their name, feeling at times over-rehearsed and contrived, but Murs was a constant stand-out. At their merch table, he was the only one I'd purchase stuff from, even his mixtapes.
After years of releasing CDs through independent means (5 actual albums and dozens of mixtapes), Murs let Warner Bros. release his 2008 effort, Murs For President, but the collaboration wouldn't last. In fairness, it wasn't his finest work, and perhaps he got to believing his own hype a little too much.
He returned to his roots in 2011 with the strong, independently-released Love & Rockets, Volume 1: The Transformation, from which this song is pulled, in a simple-yet-effective video directed by Shruti Parekh and starring Murs and dripping paint (ironic how this is also a song about somebody that he used to know).
If you feel the title of the song is super original, though, keep in mind Elvis Presley sang I Forgot To Remember To Forget in... 1955.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Top 10s This Week
Top 10 Songs:
10. DO WHAT U WANT, Lady Gaga (feat. Christina Aguilera) (2014)
9. PARTITION, Beyoncé (2013)
8. INSTANT CRUSH, Daft Punk (feat. Julian Casablancas) (2013)
7. ARABELLA, Arctic Monkeys (2014)
6. HIGGS BOSON BLUES, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (2013)
5. LIAR, Rollind Band (1994)
4. BLACK ME OUT, Against Me! (2014)
3. UNCONDITIONNAL LOVE, Against Me! (2014)
2. FERAL LOVE, Chelsea Wolfe (2014)
1. CONTROL ME, Kandle (2014)
Top 10 Relatively Angry Break-Up Songs:
10. LOST CAUSE, Beck (2006)
9. SO WHAT, P!nk (2008)
8. IRREPLACEABLE, Beyoncé (2006)
7. I USED TO LOVE HER, Guns N' Roses (1988)
6. LIAR, Rollind Band (1994)
5. REMEMBER 2 FORGET, Murs (2011)
4. TRAIN IN VAIN, The Clash (1979)
3. BALLAD OF BIG NOTHING, Elliott Smith (1997)
2. FUCK YOU, Cee-Lo Green (2010)
1. DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT, Bob Dylan (1963)
I went with ''no country songs'' because otherwise, well, it'd have been a top-500 of all-country. Also, no Eminem nor Taylor Swift, see previous for reason why (though I wouldn't put TS songs in my tops so far). And I know the GN'R song is about a female dog, don't send me any emails.
Honorable mentions: Hole's Violet, Carly Simon's You're So Vain (though I put that with the country), Pearl Jam's The End
10. DO WHAT U WANT, Lady Gaga (feat. Christina Aguilera) (2014)
9. PARTITION, Beyoncé (2013)
8. INSTANT CRUSH, Daft Punk (feat. Julian Casablancas) (2013)
7. ARABELLA, Arctic Monkeys (2014)
6. HIGGS BOSON BLUES, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (2013)
5. LIAR, Rollind Band (1994)
4. BLACK ME OUT, Against Me! (2014)
3. UNCONDITIONNAL LOVE, Against Me! (2014)
2. FERAL LOVE, Chelsea Wolfe (2014)
1. CONTROL ME, Kandle (2014)
Top 10 Relatively Angry Break-Up Songs:
10. LOST CAUSE, Beck (2006)
9. SO WHAT, P!nk (2008)
8. IRREPLACEABLE, Beyoncé (2006)
7. I USED TO LOVE HER, Guns N' Roses (1988)
6. LIAR, Rollind Band (1994)
5. REMEMBER 2 FORGET, Murs (2011)
4. TRAIN IN VAIN, The Clash (1979)
3. BALLAD OF BIG NOTHING, Elliott Smith (1997)
2. FUCK YOU, Cee-Lo Green (2010)
1. DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT, Bob Dylan (1963)
I went with ''no country songs'' because otherwise, well, it'd have been a top-500 of all-country. Also, no Eminem nor Taylor Swift, see previous for reason why (though I wouldn't put TS songs in my tops so far). And I know the GN'R song is about a female dog, don't send me any emails.
Honorable mentions: Hole's Violet, Carly Simon's You're So Vain (though I put that with the country), Pearl Jam's The End
Friday, November 25, 2011
Demi Moore Is Single Again
It's true, the talented beauty is getting a divorce.
Ah, Demi Moore. One of my childhood fantasies. Who knew I had a better shot when I was a child? (I kid, I kid)
Monday, May 3, 2010
The Halle Berry Break-Up
Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell you, it was going to be my last post of April...
I told Halle Berry about the Oscar Curse, and how her relationship was doomed.
It seems like she agreed, because she left him.
You're welcome.
Now imagine this woman on the free market...
No, you don't even stand a chance.
I told Halle Berry about the Oscar Curse, and how her relationship was doomed.
It seems like she agreed, because she left him.
You're welcome.
Now imagine this woman on the free market...
No, you don't even stand a chance.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Kate Winslet And Sam Mendes Break-Up
You've probably heard by now, superb actress Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland) and over-rated film director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) are calling it quits, just like Sandra Bullock and Jesse James, apparently.
Some sites call it the ''Oscar Curse'', claiming the marriage of half the recent Best Female Performance winners... a statistic that resembles the fact that half North American marriages end in divorce...
Poor Kate, though. A creature like that doesn't deserve bad breaks, let alone break-ups.
You know who would make an ideal rebound guy? ME.
She is Class Incarnated. She can support herself very well. She has a radiant smile. And then some. She's as pure as the bright, blue sky.
Alright, I've achieved my goal: to finally have more Kate Winslet pictures on my blog than of Megan Fox; it took a while, but it's well deserved.
So the next two are just purely for me.
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