My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
Song: Sometimes
Band: My Bloody Valentine
Album: Loveless / Lost in Translation OST
iTunes Music Store link: "Sometimes" by My Bloody Valentine
I have a huge respect for this band. To me they redefined the direction of music during the late eighties and the start of the nineties. I won't say much about the band except that Kevin Shields is a master composer and all his material is worthy of listening.
Anyway, about the song. I had heard this one on the Loveless album a long time ago. However it was only when I heard it in the film Lost in Translation in which I could gaze at the beauty of it.
So, what's up with this song? Well... it's a mid-tempo song about love. But it's not a love song. Actually, you can't really even tell what the vocalist is singing about because the voice mixes up with the rest of the heavy guitar sounds. You can only clearly hear the progression of chords and realize that it's heavy... As heavy and mesmerizing as a relationship can be. Yeah, I have a very special feeling for this song because to me it signifies a very real and difficult to explain sensations and feelings.
Heavy distorted guitars along with acoustic chords,a synth line going up on the scale, making it feel like a progression to an extasis which never comes. "Close my eyes, feel me now... I don't know how you could not love me now". I feel it's the perfect song for when you feel your going through hard times in a relationship and you want to do something about it. Then I also think it's really great for when you want to attain something that seems impossible, but you want to try to anyway because you feel if you don't you will regret it later, even if you never reach your goal. These are my thoughts about this song.
Actually the song follows a very simple structure of chords. But the heavily distorted sounds make it beautiful and full of TEXTURE!! You have to hear it to believe it. It's the most beautiful violent, harsh,ethereal and full of hope love song I've heard.
Finally, I can only recommend seeing Lost in Translation. As a former expat living near the Tokyo area, I can tell you the film really does portrait many of the feelings you get when you are alone in THAT one city. And listening to this song during a special sequence in the film is just mesmerizing. I loved this film so much that I cried when I heard this song while watching it.
Band: My Bloody Valentine
Album: Loveless / Lost in Translation OST
iTunes Music Store link: "Sometimes" by My Bloody Valentine
I have a huge respect for this band. To me they redefined the direction of music during the late eighties and the start of the nineties. I won't say much about the band except that Kevin Shields is a master composer and all his material is worthy of listening.
Anyway, about the song. I had heard this one on the Loveless album a long time ago. However it was only when I heard it in the film Lost in Translation in which I could gaze at the beauty of it.
So, what's up with this song? Well... it's a mid-tempo song about love. But it's not a love song. Actually, you can't really even tell what the vocalist is singing about because the voice mixes up with the rest of the heavy guitar sounds. You can only clearly hear the progression of chords and realize that it's heavy... As heavy and mesmerizing as a relationship can be. Yeah, I have a very special feeling for this song because to me it signifies a very real and difficult to explain sensations and feelings.
Heavy distorted guitars along with acoustic chords,a synth line going up on the scale, making it feel like a progression to an extasis which never comes. "Close my eyes, feel me now... I don't know how you could not love me now". I feel it's the perfect song for when you feel your going through hard times in a relationship and you want to do something about it. Then I also think it's really great for when you want to attain something that seems impossible, but you want to try to anyway because you feel if you don't you will regret it later, even if you never reach your goal. These are my thoughts about this song.
Actually the song follows a very simple structure of chords. But the heavily distorted sounds make it beautiful and full of TEXTURE!! You have to hear it to believe it. It's the most beautiful violent, harsh,ethereal and full of hope love song I've heard.
Finally, I can only recommend seeing Lost in Translation. As a former expat living near the Tokyo area, I can tell you the film really does portrait many of the feelings you get when you are alone in THAT one city. And listening to this song during a special sequence in the film is just mesmerizing. I loved this film so much that I cried when I heard this song while watching it.
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