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ERIN'S TOP 10 FAVORITE INCUBUS SONGS!
1. the warmth - there's a reason why the warmth is pretty much every incubus fan's favorite song. other than sounding just really fucking cool, what this song is to me is a universal mission statement. it tells me everything i need to know in the simplest way possible. not everyone here is that fucked up. if brandon said so, that's all i've got to hear! there's a sense of hesitation while there is still the feeling of complete freedom. this song is essentially my life goal. figure out what my "warmth" is and experience the hell out of that fucker.
2. stellar - this is like the ulimate love song to me. not like corny love song, but real fucking love. the lyrics aren't complicated. in theory, b/c i've never been in love, when one is actually in love... nothing is complicated. you know one thing and one thing only, and that is the person you love. i'd rather hear "how do you do it? make me feel like i do" than some corny "your eyes are like the ocean" line. that's what love is about to me, being completely baffled by how this person makes you feel and not even caring how it happened, you just never want it to go away. this song is how i want to feel someday about someone. (oh and of course... i need you to see this place, it might be the only way that i can show you how it feels to be inside of you. speaks for itself.)
3. a certain shade of green - story of my fucking life. i guess i was born with the hesitation, procrastination, laziness gene. (assuming all those traits come in the same gene, of course.) if it weren't for this song, i'd REALLY hate to think where i'd be now. when i'm feeling particularly frustrated about getting somewhere with my life, i listen to this song. i listened to it a lot in december when i was deciding whether or not i should go back to school. it kicks me in the ass. tells me i'm being stupid for just sitting around, waiting for something to happen, waiting for a certain shade of green. and really, just the title of the song is such a fabulous analogy to what the song is about. now, one might say, "but erin, you STILL aren't doing much of anything." it's not the song's fault, it's b/c i'm a stubborn bitch. and lastly, the guitar in this song isn't necessarily just fucking AMAZING, but it's unique enough to be incredibly addicting. (also... i highly reccomend the acoustic version from mtv unplugged!)
4. i miss you (acoustic) - hmm, i think if i were to have chosen the regular version, this song would be lower. that doesn't mean i like the music more than the lyrics... it just means that the acoustic version kicks my ass! this song kind of has the same concept as stellar, with the addition of having that longing for the person you love when you are away from them. basic human insticts we are talking about here. i also think a lot of the reason i love this song is b/c i someday imagine a guy singing it to me, or something of that nature. and that would be rad!
5. make yourself - to me, this song is more about establishing your personality and what kind of person you want to be as opposed to what you do in your life. it's about being able to withstand the tests you're taken through b/c you're confident with who you are. and to me, being happy with one's self is really what needs to happen before anything else can fall into place. no one else can tell you who you are. no one can fuck with you if you have these things. and i think all that is what this song talks about. if i hadn't assembled myself, i'd have fallen apart by now. if i hadn't made me, i'd be more inclined to bow. and of course, i could listen to brandon sing and if i fuck me, i'll fuck me in my own way over and over again.
6. glass - this is my "fuck you" song. everyone has one, right? what's so great about this one is that one doesn't have to actually say fuck you to get that point across. i listen to this when i'm pissed off at someone. this song got me through the nastiest fight i ever had in high school. (this and "break stuff" but don't tell anyone, that's embarassing! haha.) also what i get from this song is trying to make someone realize that they're just fucking ignorant/naive/what have you. summarized, this is what i'd ideally say to someone who i thought was arrogant and just fucking stupid. i'm also a bit on the opinionated side. when i know i'm right, and i know the other person knows i'm right, that's what i feeling i get... what this song is talkign about. should i apologize if what i say burns your ears and stains your eyes? oh, did i crack your shell? when it falls away, you'll see we exist as well. some people need to learn that they aren't the only ones on this planet.
7. warning - not very unlike the feelings i get from "make yourself", tis another self analyzing song, except this one is kind of the obligatory depressing song. there for a long time, i was totally convinced i'd never find what it was i wanted to do with myself and MY life was totally going to pass me by. so like a little emo girl, i've always said this song was about me. yet, in light of recent developments i've come to the conclusion that i won't let this song be about me. what's so wrong with being happy? absolutely nothing, mr. boyd! after a while, one has to ask one's self, "when is enough enough?" what i get from this song is more of a primitive look into what it would be like if i let it get that far. and hopefully i never will. i suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.
8. aqueous transmission - okay so i'll admit, the first time i got high was to this song. (definitely not the last, though. haha.) pink floyd? PSH! consequently, this song reminds me of... floating. haha, other than THAT, the overwhelming theme i get from it is some kind of frustrated liberation. it's like you're exactly where you want to be, but you're not sharing it with the person you most care about for whatever reason it may be. and of course, i must mention the AMAZING useage of the japanese koto, (or "kyoto") which is something incubus is definitely known for. (i was excited to hear it on "sick, sad little world" on the new record.) i specifically remember mike playing it during this song when i saw them... it was fucking gorgeous. lastly, the lyrics are definitely symbolistic, but overall this is just my relaxation song.
9. psychopsilocybin - ...hahahahaha. psychopsilocybin runnin' horny motherfucker. trippin' on his shoelace, searchin for the hairy sucker! he dont need no funnaaayy monaayyy, his love is all his power.
half-naked and full witted, and two weeks less a shower! enough said! *sticks nose in the grass*
10. pardon me - other than the fabulous display of brandon's wonderful vocabulary, the concept of this song is just amazes me. i just love how it compares one's frustrations to spontaneous combustion. i also see it to have sort of a sarcastic edge to it, which i love. just the fact that he asks to be pardoned just so he can burst, haha. even though it says i've had enough of this world and its people's mindless games i think the line so pardon me while i burn and rise above the flame eludes to just being superior to whatever or who ever is fucking with you... being better than all the shit this world has to offer. and that's mainly what i take from this song and why i love it.
so there ya have it! there are definitely a few exceptions and flucuations. numbers 1-5 have stayed the same for years, so i don't expect those to ever change. 6-10 have always been back and forth. so, what you see is basically my top 10 favorite incubus songs. BUT, since there's always a few more songs slipping in and out of the top 10, i shall list them anyway (in no particular order).
i wish you were here
my favorite things
11 AM
privilege
clean
mexico
in case you didn't already notice, my favorite incubus RECORD is make yourself. i fucking love every song on that album. whoever said that life didn't come with a handbook was a freakin' liar. this record is like my proverbial handbook. every song is like a lesson, every line is like advice. i'll never get sick of listening to it. i'll never stop learning from it.
also, i wanted to point out that i didn't take in account the new record on this list. i don't know... the rest of these songs have been with me for a reallyreally long time. it didn't feel right adding in songs i've only been listening to for less than a month. i definitely am loving these new songs more and more every day. as you could tell from my list yesterday, "here in my room" and "zee deveel" are my favorites... so far? haha. "here in my room" has a particular line that i can really relate to, as i'm sure lots of other people can, that is... if only the lights would dim a little, i'm wary of eyes upon my scars. plus, it's a love song, it has a piano, and brandon is singing it. OF COURSE i love it. secondly... assuming that while you're tripping on acid, you hear music, i perceive "zee deveel" as being what you would hear on a really fucked up acid trip. there's also a part where brandon seriously sounds just like the chesire cat from alice in wonderland. i fucking love it! hahaha. i'd also like to mention with the addition of the new bassist, i wouldn't say that incubus has necessarily improved b/c i love dirk! buttt, i woulddd say that the music has gotten a lot more unique (as if incubus wasn't already unique?) and just eclectic. i think this is most obvious on "sick, sad little world." but hey... maybe i'm the only one specifically taking time out to listen to the new bass player? haha. at any rate... great new album.
do i really need to talk about how amazing incubus is live? words can do that no justice, moving on.
*ahem* in conclusion...? yes, i'd like to say that i'm really glad jillian asked me to do this. it was REALLY fucking hard, and took the better part of almost 3 hours. but, it hit me that there's no other band i could do this with. there's no other band that i at least know or have heard every single song as so i could compile a top 10 list. therefore, i think i've had some sort of epiphany and/or final decision that incubus could very well be my favorite band ever. i've always been big on not having favorite bands, b/c i'm just so fickle and i get bored easily. but... i've been listening to incubus since i was in jr high. throughout all the other "bands of the moment" pretty much the only band that i've liked the entire time has been incubus. i don't know their birthdays, i don't have the morning view dvd, i haven't gone to every show they've done around here, but... i fucking love incubus and they mean so much to me. *hugsthemharderrrrrr*
sorry if there's typos... i'm WAY too lazy to read that over, haha.
ps - ask me five questions... if you want?