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Bears. BEATS. Battlestar Galactica. – 31 January, 2013

    Today we’re connecting killing and smoothies on the first BBBSG of the semester!

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    We’re starting off the show with the song All The Same to Me by Anya Marina. I love the attitude in this song, even when she asks for someone to kill for her. The part if the song that actually gets the most criticism from listeners is where our connection lies: “eenie meenie miney mo, e-i-e-i-e-i-o” is a call back to many of our childhood stories and songs and connects with the “Fee Fie Fo Fum” line in Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels’ Devil With a Blue Dress On. Now we’ve all seen devils depicted as serpents, right? What better follow up than Serpents by Sharon Van Etten? Metaphorical animals always get the point across. When I say serpent you think of someone slimy and snakey; when I say Black Sheep, you think of someone who doesn’t fit in, or in Gin Wigmore‘s case, someone who doesn’t want to fit in. Wigmore states that once you go black, you never go back and Amy Winehouse can prove that with her song Back to Black.

    We’ve been going with black for a while now, so let’s take the opposite route and go with White Nights by Oh Land. Oh Land has a unique idea of what night time and dreaming is like in her song, but Gin Wigmore a different idea of night time in her song Kill of the Night. We’re moving from night to day with Perfect Day by The Constellations. Since we’re on the topic of perfect, let’s listen to a track from the movie Pitch Perfect. Cups was performed in the movie and on the soundtrack by Anna Kendrick (and a cup). There are many great soundtracks out there, including the soundtrack to School of Rock. You can hear tons of classic rock songs and a few original songs on that soundtrack, including Touch Me by The Doors. Apparently touching other people is a popular subject in music because we’re going with Do You Wanna Touch Me by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Many people of my generation (sadly) don’t know the original version of this song, but they do know the Glee version of it (whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know).

    Glee has ruined covered many popular songs in its 4 year run, including Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. Torn came out in 1998, just like the next song, Sight of Land by Gaelic Storm. Gaelic Storm performs brilliantly with and without vocals, just like another one of my favorite bands, Nickel Creek. Here’s Smoothie Song by Nickel Creek.

    Bonus Songs:
    Felicia by The Constellations

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