The Morning After

Nothing  like a popular modern rock power ballad to get your emotions flowing on Wednesday afternoon.

Biffy Clyro is an esteemed rock band from Scotland.  The lead singer has a beard, a Scottish accent and they use strings… must be good.

The song “Many of Horror” is by no means new… but its new for us here at the Zone.  I jammed this song out during the Modern Rock Inbox today and really enjoyed it.

I think Coldplay wrote this same song like 12 times… but… no beard.

Biffy Clyro – “Many of Horror”

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I am a sentimental being.  I’ll never deny that.

Hey Rosetta‘s new single is “Welcome.” It was a song I always enjoyed on the Zone, but it wasn’t till I heard Pol Plastino’s interview with the band on M0nday and then re-listened to the song that it all made sense.

The song is about one of the band member’s god-child.  Its a young girl named Madelyn and she lives in Victoria.

SWA?

I know right?  Fucked up.

So now I listen to the song as a song written for a new-born baby girl and the “welcome” part of “Welcome” makes so much sense.

Hey Rosetta! – “Welcome”

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Yeesh, Switchfoot is never a good idea to me… well until just the other day.

I’ve been playing Switchfoot singles on the radio for a lotta years but this is a song that I never really heard before last weekend at the Inn Love Wedding event.

I DJ’d the fashion shows and the final cut they wanted was a string cover of “Dare You To Move.” <– click the link its a pretty song.

Getting that string version brought me into the original from Switchfoot and listening to that cut, I thought what a neat wedding song. (I am obviosly not the first to think that… that String band covers great wedding songs so brides can walk down the aisle).

Chatting up Ceara from Kool FM, she said that “Dare You To Move” would be the only Switchfoot song she’d ever recognize… and I was “huh, that is like the one song by them I’ve never heard.”  I read too much Pitchfork or something.

Switchfoot – “Dare You To Move”

Well… there we go, a power ballady freakout on a Wednesday.  if you’re getting married or having a baby, some songs to think about.

Go with yourself.