Mood Rings - Relient K

Song Name: Mood Rings
Artist: Relient K
Album: Two Lefts Don't Make a Right... But Three Do

Ahh... Relient K. Pop turned Christian turned slightly mainstream. I hate their newest songs, but anything by them before 2008 is great. Mood Rings was released 2003. Apparently this song talks about the artists' troubles with girls with mood swings, hence the lines "Let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings. So we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off, cause we'll know just what they're thinking." And while not in the chorus, the singer explains his reasoning for his ingenious plan. Relient K songs are usually very deep, with maybe the slight exception of this one and a handful of others. In fact, I like to think that their album MMHMM defines my life. Maybe I'll do another Relient K songs soon. They do take up about almost 10% of my music library.

This Love - Maroon 5

How long has it been since this came out? Nearly five years? I'd be almost surprised if you didn't know it. I first heard this in my Chinese school with this guy two years older than me continually singing the chorus. Uh... well let's just say he wasn't the best singer ever, but despite that, that catchy chorus still got stuck in my head. I had an idea it was called "This Love" and heard it several times on the radio before, but uhh... never really heard it or knew who it was by until quite recently. The band goes together quite well, especially fitting of their style: pop rock. The video involves the band playing in front of an orange backdrop with cherry blossoms, interesting video effects, and the main singer and his girlfriend-at-the-time touching each other inappropriately.

Warning: video consists of slight nudity. Nothing that would get it banned from Youtube though.



Several covers of this song have been made, and it was even featured in Guitar Hero: On Tour, the Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS.

Korean boy band Big Bang's G-Dragon covered this song using its trademark beat in the background, despite rapping/singing in Korean (even in the English version, the lyrics are different.) Several times during both version, the words "this love" is said, and the song is as a matter of fact called "This Love."



Recently, Natasha Bedingfield also did a cover for the Yahoo Pepsi Smash.

That Girl - Plain White T's

Song Name: That Girl
Artist: Plain White T's
Album: Big Bad World

I really do seem to like songs in albums with much more popular songs don't I? First She Says, then Gone, and now this. Naturally, the singles released for this album, 1,2,3,4, and Natural Disaster reached a higher publicity level than this. This song besides of tells a story of an evening with "that girl." Besides that though, not much that that's too interesting about this song, but it's catchy and might get stuck in your head.

Gone - Switchfoot

Ah, Switchfoot. Having the most songs in the soundtrack perhaps one of the sappiest movies ever, A Walk to Remember, the band reflects this in its music. Despite this song being kind of old, I like it. The album it was released in, The Beautiful Letdown, came out in 2003, and this great song was overshadowed by its more popular brothers, mainly Meant to Live, This is Your Life, Dare You to Move, and The Beautiful Letdown. Due to its subtle Christian lyrics, it was however quite popular in the Christian music community. In my opinion, I don't see how popular it could get with Christians with its relatively depressing lyrics basically telling us to commit suicide. But that's up to you to decide.

Dead and Gone - T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake

Song Name: Dead and Gone
Artist: T.I. and Justin Timberlake
Album: Paper Trail

Ahh... no music posts for two days... I should really start putting this higher on my priorities list. Anyways, I normally don't like music like this, but the chorus is awesome. And even the rap (kind of). It's hard to explain (plus I don't know how to judge this kind of music), so here's the video: you can see for yourself.

P.S. It was number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for a while. :O

P.P.S. Thanks for showing me this song, Isabel.

She Says - Howie Day

Song Name: She Says
Artist: Howie Day
Album: Stop All the World Now

Despite being eclipsed by the more popular single "Collide", "She Says" is an amazing song in the under-appreciated album "Stop all the World Now (which did not become popular until approximately a year after its October 2003 release, despite being rated a measly two out of five stars by Rolling Stones). Like "Collide", "She Says" has a sweet, yet slightly sad sound to it, which is well augmented by Howie Day's voice. Having first heard this song in a Hollister at the Great Mall, I took note of it, and am thankful I did: though slow at times, "She Says" is a great song.

Alexithymia - Anberlin

Song Name: Alexithymia
Artist: Anberlin
Album: Cities

Despite having been listed with the predominately Christian rock label Tooth & Nail Records and having several songs with lyrics pertaining to their faith, alternative rock band Anberlin have specifically stated that they are not a Christian rock band. Alexithymia literally means "without words for emotions" in Greek. The word is used to describe a state where one cannot describe or feel emotions. The song relays this by having a depressing feeling, but it is a nice song, with a nice chorus, and nice background music. However, the song does sound a tad repetitive and has what I believe to be a quite annoying guitar solo near the end.

P.S. Thanks to Alex Tsai for showing me this song.

Boo Boo Goo Goo - The Caesars

Song Name: Boo Boo Goo Goo
Artist: Caesars
Album: Strawberry Weed

Released 2008, Boo Boo Goo Goo sounds like more "old school" than other songs of its time. With its catchy tune and even more addicting chorus, Boo Boo Goo Goo is now the song in the trailer for Miss March, a soon-to-be-released movie (whose trailer is rated R, so I won't embed it here.)

P.S. Grace says this song makes me high.