I've seen CAKE live a few times. I think John McCrea's voice is very unique. Much like CAKE's music.
At one show, they were playing Sheep Go to Heaven, a song I always interpreted as being about how much cooler it is to not be a sheep. How you're being mislead and boxed-in by following everyone else.
And yet, as they played the song, they repeated the chorus about six billion times and made everyone sing along.
"SHEEP GO TO HEAVEN! GOATS GO TO HELL!" Everyone chanted over and over.
I stood there a bit perplexed, and annoyed. I was ready for the song to be over, and yet it continued. Did that make everyone a bunch of sheep, since most everyone was chanting? Were they making fun of us?
I'm going to bet they were playing a good joke. It's not like the crowd was that cool. They had to stop in the middle of "I Will Survive" to tell the crowd to quit moshing.
Everyone uses the phrase quirky. But I think Zooey Deschanel is adorable and witty and I want her to be my friend. And her voice is cool. And this next song is on my latest Paste CD.
I always thought Carly Simon was beautiful when I was wee. And as I've grown up, I've read more about her and find her fascinating. I also dislike James more.
Isaac Green and the Skalars aren't around anymore and I haven't heard what she's doing now, but Jessica Butler's voice is the primary reason I love Skoolin' with the Skalars.
Like you don't have an Elton John "best of" album!
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" was my favorite song when I was little. I still get incredibly excited and want to use my hairbrush as a microphone when I hear it.
Yeah I know everyone loves him now that he's Iron Man. I've always loved Robert Downey, Jr. Even when he's singing.
Being young when songs like "Uptown Girl" and "For the Longest Time" were released, I fell in love withBilly Joel. After that, I always loved Billy for his older music.
Then I heard "Lullabye" and he grabbed my heart again.
I know a lot of you are skipping these videos. But you should watch the video above. A New York boy singing this song so soon after the events of September 11th had to be difficult.
It's really too bad that she can't seem to remember the words to her songs. And that she seems to be such a mess. And that it was really hard to find any videos of her singing among all the "Amy doing coke!" titles. Because Amy Winehouse really does have a lovely singing voice.
I saw a picture of Rufus Wainwright wearing this cool metal armband thing. That sealed the deal for me. I would like him to serenade me at my wedding dance. Fat chance of either of those things happening!
I saw Ben Folds Five at The Granada in 1998.
Back then, I was using a disposable camera. I snapped some pictures and danced and sang all night four people away from Ben Folds.
Then I left the camera on the seventh floor of McCollum Hall. I try to make myself feel better with the fact that those pictures were probably really horrible anyway.
I love love love Tim Curry. I love him whether he's prancing around in womens' undergarments, sporting some hot horns or making an appearance on Lexx.
Queens of the Stone Age is known to work with a bunch of different artists. But nothing would be awesome without Josh Homme.
I may have mentioned a time or two that I'm a fan of the band Travis. He's not the only reason I listen, but I love Fran Healy.
I have to admit, my first Bernadette Peters experience was in The Jerk with Steve Martin. But I have since discovered that she has a powerful voice to match her sense of humor.
Look at how clean she was!
These days, I'm more compelled to give Fiona Apple a bath and a hug, but I still love her music.
I always think it's funny when people say they don't like Bette Midler and then it turns out they know all the words to the song.
For Casey
