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Nope, the more intense, the darker, the louder, the better. Apparently. So, for lack of anything better to post about, here are my Top 10 favorite songs to do creative stuff to. Well, today's Top 10, anyway. In no particular order.
Enter Sandman, Metallica: I never used to like Metallica. And then I got old, and suddenly they sound great. I like this song and also For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Kick Start My Heart, Motley Crue: Who doesn't like a song about recovering from a heroin overdose? What's not to love?
A Daisy Chain 4 Satan, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult: I had a serious thing for MLWTTKK in high school, and recently rediscovered them. Trashy, dancey, addictive. I listened to this song over and over before my Physiology final last year and I truly believe it helped me get in the right frame of mind!
Driven Like The Snow, Sisters of Mercy: I like this whole album (Floodland) and at certain times in my life have become obsessed with it. This is my current favorite song. I love the long lead-in and the building tones as the song develops.
Bela Lugosi's Dead, Bauhaus: Again with the 80s Goth music, but I love this song. It's perfect for tuning out the world around me and just focusing on exactly how much pressure to put on the paintbrush to get that little tiny stroke just right.
Cables, Big Black: Loud, obnoxious, clangy and harsh, I have loved this band since I first heard them (a long time ago, let's not talk about how long that is). This song is so self-absorbed and serious that it almost makes me laugh, but I love it. The whole album is good, as well. Also good if you are angry.
Thickfreakness, The Black Keys: Dark dirty blues. Love this stuff anytime.
Garbageman, The Cramps: More dark and dirty, but with much silliness and humor, with a fantastic surf guitar by a very sexy lady (Poison Ivy). This song is good really loud. Also a good one for exercising, I've noticed.
Breaking The Law, Judas Priest: This might be the only Priest song I know, but I love it. I sometimes play it a few times in a row.
Cables, Big Black: Loud, obnoxious, clangy and harsh, I have loved this band since I first heard them (a long time ago, let's not talk about how long that is). This song is so self-absorbed and serious that it almost makes me laugh, but I love it. The whole album is good, as well. Also good if you are angry.
Thickfreakness, The Black Keys: Dark dirty blues. Love this stuff anytime.
Garbageman, The Cramps: More dark and dirty, but with much silliness and humor, with a fantastic surf guitar by a very sexy lady (Poison Ivy). This song is good really loud. Also a good one for exercising, I've noticed.
Breaking The Law, Judas Priest: This might be the only Priest song I know, but I love it. I sometimes play it a few times in a row.
Drug Against War, KMFDM: I don't love industrial, but I like the 80s and early 90s versions of it. This song is great.
Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin: Aw, who am I kidding. Led Zeppelin is great anytime.
Well, that's 11. In general, I also like any Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Smiths, or pretty much any hair metal band. Highbrow, I tell you.
Well, that's 11. In general, I also like any Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Smiths, or pretty much any hair metal band. Highbrow, I tell you.
4 comments:
Have you ever listened to the Dresden Dolls? I like them when I'm feeling creative. I like some of these bands/songs... but a few I've never heard of.
im not a fanof hair bands or most metal, but you can always catch me singing along to Enter Sandman. There is just something about that song.
Oh how funny! You definitely throw a wrench into the belief that it's classical music that most inspires creativity! :) When I was an undergrad and had papers to write I always found Elton John worked really well fro me. Soemtimes The Cure and sometimes The Moody Blues and now and then Pink Floyd, but when deadlines loomed I always returned to Elton.
Barefoot: I don't know them! Will have to check them out.
Tammie: What? Not a fan of hair metal? I can't imagine why not? :)
Stefanie: I love Elton, too... and the Moody Blues! I was listening to them last night. When I have to write something, usually classical is fine because then I'm not thinking about the words to the song in addition to the words I'm trying to write. But art needs loud music. I don't know why. :)
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