I could offer up a lot of reasons why Sleigh Bells’ Crown On The Ground is today’s song of the day.
I could say that it’s because the start of the Holiday Season is upon us and what better time to feature a song performed by Sleigh Bells.
But, ultimately, the main and most important reason is that I just happen to like the song.
Yay! It’s a new music video from Sleigh Bells!
Enjoy!
I like Sleigh Bells. Originally, I was going to use their video for I Can Only Stare for today’s music video of the day but the video’s suicide heme didn’t feel appropriate for this weekend.
So, I went with Comeback Kid, instead. I tend to think of this video as being a trailer for some extremely over the top television show about life in small town Texas. (Having lived in small town Texas, I’m allowed to say that. If someone from up north said the same thing, I’d have to claw their eyes out.) I know that some people are probably saying, “So, you wouldn’t share one video because of all the suicidal imagery but you’re willing to share a video that opens with a woman jumping around with a gun!? What the Hell, Bowman!?”
Well, you might have a point but I’ve made peace with myself. When I was fourteen, one of my friends told me that her father had just purchased a new gun and I spent an entire afternoon holding the gun and pointing the gun and jumping around with the gun. I never pulled the trigger, which is a good thing because I later discovered that, despite what my friend had told me, the gun was loaded the entire time. But it’s odd. Guns are scary and yet strangely seductive at the same time. Denying that fact doesn’t do anyone any good.
(For the record, I’m the only person in my family who doesn’t own a gun. Recently, a new gun store opened a few blocks away from our house. As Erin put it, we now know where to go “when the shit finally goes down.” She was joking and I quote her with her permission but still, that shop is probably the first place that the majority of my neighborhood would head if a revolution ever did break out or if our country was invaded Red Dawn-style. I’d probably be right there with them.)
(By the way, there’s another store in my town that specializes in selling both guns and antique dolls. It’s a fun place, to be honest.)
Anyway, enjoy!
With the Super Bowl coming up tomorrow and everyone in this country currently obsessed with competition and victory, today seems like a good time to share this music video for Sleigh Bells!
The world of computer chess?
It’s a brutal!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_SF6iiA6M
My past is littered with the bones of men
Who were fools enough to sleep on me
A missionary in a sea of mercenaries, who knows what the past will bring?
My favorite transgressions
Lost track of the light
My favorite transgressions
Lost track of the light
From the edge of a life in the present tense
I need something that resembles a defense
My past is littered with the bones of men
Who were fools enough to sleep on me
No reprieve, no redemption
No reprieve, no redemption
No reprieve, no redemption
No reprieve, no redemption
Hideous words for hideous things
How dare you, how embarrassing
When I wanna get cut in the middle of the night, well, I know how to clip the wings
Hideous words for hideous things
How dare you, how embarrassing
When I wanna get cut in the middle of the night, well, I know how to clip the wings
(Favorite Transgressions by Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss)
Play it loud and enjoy!
(Originally, I was going to list my picks for the best in SyFy today. However, I need one more day to work on that so look for that tomorrow! For now, here are my favorite songs of 2017!)
Every January, I list my favorite songs of the previous year and, every January, I include the same disclaimer. My favorite songs are not necessarily the favorite songs of any of the other writers here at the Shattered Lens. We are a large and diverse group of people and, as such, we all have our own individual tastes.
If you ever visited the TSL Bunker, you would be shocked by the different music coming out of each office. You would hear everything from opera to death metal to the best of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And then, of course, you would reach my office and you would discover that my taste in music pretty much runs the gamut from EDM to More EDM.
Now, usually, I do try to listen to a variety of music. You can go to my Song of the Day site — Lisa Marie’s Song of the Day — and see that I do occasionally listen to other types of music. But, I have to be honest. 2017 was not a year that inspired me to really leave me comfort zone. If anything, music provided me with some much needed consistency in an otherwise chaotic year. 2017 was a year that made me want to dance until it was all over and, for the most part, my favorite songs of the year reflect that fact.
Before I list my songs, I should make something else very clear. These are my favorite songs of 2017. I’m not saying that they’re necessarily the best songs of 2017. I’ll leave that debate for others. Instead, there are the songs that I found myself listening to over and over again. These are the songs made me dance. These are the songs that made me sing. A few of these songs relaxed me when I needed to be relaxed. These are songs that I liked.
You might like them.
Or you might not.
That’s the beautiful thing about art. Everyone experiences it in their own individual way.
Here are my favorite songs of 2017:
14. Shutdown by Joywave
13. Love So Soft by Kelly Clarkson
12. Rainmaker by Sleigh Bells
11. I feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
(Technically, this is a 2016 song but I listened to it a lot in 2017 and this is my list so fuck it, I’m including it.)
10. Alone by Alan Walker
9. Byte by Martin Garrix & Brooks
8. You Could Be by R3HAB featuring Khrebto
7. Mirage by Lindey Stirling featuring Raja Kumari
6. Rich Boy by Galantis
5. What About Us by P!nk
4. First Time by Kygo & Ellie Goulding
3. Escape Reality Tonight by Paul van Dyk & Emanuele Braveri ft. Rebecca Louise Burch
2. Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift
For tomorrow’s look back at 2017, I will (finally) share my picks for the best of the SyFy Network!
Previous entries in the TSL’s Look Back at 2017:
I could offer up a lot of reasons why Sleigh Bells’ Crown On The Ground is today’s song of the week.
I could say that it’s because the Holiday Season is upon us and what better time to feature a song performed by Sleigh Bells.
I could also point out that this song is prominently featured in The Bling Ring.
But, ultimately, the main and most important reason is that I just happen to like the song.
Through the Shattered Lens 