Song Rec: Cough Syrup - Young The Giant

This song reminds me so much of a show I'm very obsessed with right now: Skins. I don't know why but the feel of the song just matches the show [the first generation of teenagers.] That being said, I would love to share this song with you guys!


 
 Title: Cough Syrup
Artist: Young the Giant
Album: Young the Giant
Release Date: Title
Record Label: Title
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I really like the tune of this song. It doesn't sound very dark even though some of the verse is more negative than positive. I like it because the chorus turns positive and it makes me want to dance. This is the kind of song that I feel would be played while people are dancing on a beach in the middle of summer.

What's interesting to me is that I don't actually completely understanding the meaning. I've got a little bit of an idea but not a deep connection that I usually have when it comes to songs I really like. Strangely, the musical aspect of this song was enough to completely win me over.

Plus, this song makes me feel like a teenager even though I'm younger than the typical seventeen year old in YA books. I just really want to go to a party after listening to this song. That or go camping with all of my closest friends.

Let me know if you had any feels after listening!

 

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Get Rec'd: Fave Feminist Anthems

Unfortunately, at this time, Get Rec'd doesn't have a banner and since it's nearly midnight, I can't be bothered to make one. Hopefully, next week's installment will feature some snazzy images! 

 
In most of these posts, I would give you all the song info but since I have less than 20 minutes to type all this [before it becomes midnight!], let's just focus on the words because I feel like this post is so important.

Feminism has a bad reputation as angry women who don't shave and curse all men. I'm quick to call myself a feminist because the description above is not what we are. Feminists want equality in rights, pay opportunities etc. If you believe in the equality of men and women then congratulations, you're pretty much already a feminist.

In my opinion and yes, it's an opinion, songs like "Break Free" and "All About That Bass" are barely feminist themes even though I've seen them classified as such. If anything is there, it's so generic and could pretty much be applied to anything. Also, I really cannot stand Meghan Trainor for a bunch of reasons and how All About That Bass contradicts itself in so many places [boys want a little more booty to hold at night]

I looked up a few feminist anthems but none of them really fit for me. Someone actually put Blank Space as a feminist anthem for Taylor mocking the industry and saying that the amount of boyfriends she has is none of their business but these two songs below are my personal faves.

First up, we have Sex Yeah by Marina and the Diamonds. I actually didn't want to listen to this song at first because of the title. I had no idea it was about gender equality and it's my fault for judging too quickly. There are amazing messages in it and an amazing tune. I personally love Marina and how many different messages she puts in her music. Sex, Yeah has a line where it's, "tired image of a star acting naughtier than they really are."
This song doesn't just say "yeah, women!" It's got more of a message, like how some people think women are sexual objects. I recommend reading this if you don't understand the song.

Secondly, we have Hard Out Here by Lily Allen. This song is vocally not very good which is a shame because Lily Allen CAN sing. Hard Out Here focuses on a dance beat with autotuned vocals but the message is very clear.
In many cases, people who have been called slurs often reclaim said word as something to be proud of. I can think of three examples off the top of my head [including the "n" word.] I don't actually agree with it in some way but I understand why people do it. In a perfect world, there wouldn't be any need for those words but this isn't a perfect world.
So my point is that this song is, "it's hard out here for a bitch" but bitch doesn't mean what we're taught it to mean. Hard Out Here is features self love, women having equal abilities [more than just the kitchen] and in Marianas Trench's Pop 101 style, parodies the things we see in hip hop videos [*cough twerking.]

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